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Mastercard unveils a Crypto Partner Program with 85 companies, including Binance, PayPal, and Ripple, to link blockchain tech with its payments infrastructure (CoinDesk)
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2026/03/

Binance, PayPal, and Ripple join Mastercard’s massive new push into blockchain payments
More than 85 partners will work with Mastercard to connect on-chain payments with banks, merchants and global commerce as part of the payment giant's recent crypto program.

"Romania to conclude memorandum with Mastercard implementing European Digital Identity Wallet"
Who knows more details about this? Many questions. 🤔
https://www.actmedia.eu/financial-and-bank

"Killers of Roe" is a new book by the reproductive rights journalist Amy Littlefield
on what she describes as the death of abortion rights in the United States.
The book is framed as a murder mystery, examining a
“twisted alliance of believers and opportunists” in the years and decades before the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022.
“It started out as a murder mystery because it was a way to entice myself to tell a really difficult story about wom…

“Killers of Roe”: Amy Littlefield Investigates the “Mysterious Death of Abortion Rights” in U.S.
Killers of Roe is a new book by the reproductive rights journalist Amy Littlefield on what she describes as the death of abortion rights in the United States. The book is framed as a murder mystery, examining a “twisted alliance of believers and opportunists” in the years and decades before the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022. “It started out as a murder mystery because it was a way to entice myself to tell a really difficult story about women dying preventable deaths as a re…

from my link log —
That British mid-century signage font is called “Festive”.
https://precastreinforced.co.uk/2024/04/22/that-mysterious-font-is-festive-not-stymie/
saved 2026-02-12

That mysterious font is Festive, not Stymie
What is that font? You know, THAT font? The chunky italic lettering you see on launderettes and council blocks, on post-war churches and new town butcher’s shops, across the UK. The font you’re thi…

Elf tote Forscher, ein vermeintliches Muster: Was die Statistik dazu sagt
Elf tote oder vermisste Forscher in den USA befeuern Spekulationen. Doch solche Häufungen sind statistisch normal – die Intuition täuscht, nicht die Zahlen.

Elf tote Forscher, ein vermeintliches Muster: Was die Statistik dazu sagt
Elf tote oder vermisste Forscher in den USA befeuern Spekulationen. Doch solche Häufungen sind statistisch normal – die Intuition täuscht, nicht die Zahlen.

Mysterious Meddling in Democratic Primaries Has G.O.P. Fingerprints (Shane Goldmacher/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/12/us/politics/gop-mystery-pac-midterms.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260512/p61#a260512p61

Microsoft says it is investigating a Mistral AI PyPI package v2.4.6 compromise; the attack is likely part of the Mini Shai-Hulud supply chain attack (Etiido Uko/Tom's Hardware)

Compromised Mistral AI and TanStack packages may have exposed GitHub, cloud and CI/CD credentials in 'mini Shai Hulud'  malware infection — supply-chain campaign spreads across npm and AI developer ecosystems like wildfire
The malware reportedly refused to run on Russian-language systems but could execute a destructive payload under certain geographic conditions.

If true, these allegations are as bad (in my opinion) as DOGE having “God level” access to voting machines.
https://mastoreader.io/?url=https:%2F/c.im/@cdarwin/116211664557616752

Trump nominates Kari Lake and Doug Mastriano to diplomatic posts (Aaron Pellish/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/11/kari-lake-doug-mastriano-diplomats-00915314
http://www.memeorandum.com/260511/p121#a260511p121

Forscher finden neue Methode für den Nachweis von Leben
Für das Leben notwendige Moleküle wie Aminosäuren sind noch kein Nachweis für Leben. Das hinterlässt eindeutige Muster, die statistisch nachweisbar sind.
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Forscher finden neue Methode für den Nachweis von Leben
Für das Leben notwendige Moleküle wie Aminosäuren sind noch kein Nachweis für Leben. Das hinterlässt eindeutige Muster, die statistisch nachweisbar sind.