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Microsoft announces a New Era of Work event on March 21 at 9am PT, where updates to Windows 11, Copilot and Surface Pro and Laptop are expected (Zac Bowden/Windows Central)
https://www.windowscentral.com/sof…

Microsoft confirms Surface and Windows event for this month — new devices and AI features expected
New Surface hardware and Windows 11 features will be announced on March 21.

Thanks to Sen. Tammy Baldwin’s work, insulin costs were capped at $35 a month for hundreds of thousands of Wisconsinites. How has this helped you or someone you know? Click the link to tell your story! https://tammybaldwin.co/stories

Tidal plans to combine its HiFi and HiFi Plus plans into a single $10.99/month "Tidal" plan, below HiFi Plus' $19.99/month; students will still pay $4.99/month (Chris Welch/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/2024/3/5/24091308/t…

Tidal’s subscription is getting simpler and cheaper — yes, you read that right
Starting in April, Tidal will combine its HiFi and HiFi Plus plans into a new single music subscription that includes high-res audio and Dolby Atmos at the lower $10.99 rate.

This April, I walked/hiked ~161Kms and biked ~32Kms. I had at least one workout on 23 days; weather and work preventing workout on seven days.
I should have done better but still I'd say I accomplished the "Active April" goal. 😀 🚶🏽‍♂️🥾🚲
BTW I covered ~40Kms more distance last April, when I had at least one work out every day of the month. The weather and my own commitment were both much better then. 😳
2023 activity:

Tens of thousands of Israelis took to the streets on Saturday to protest against Benjamin Netanyahu, as Israel’s war in Gaza reached its half-year mark.
Organisers said about 100,000 people converged at a Tel Aviv crossroads renamed, Democracy Square, since mass protests against controversial judicial reforms last year.
Chanting “#elections

One of the best yarns I've read this year.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05-05/why-i-joined-a-month-long-game-of-tag-in-longreach/103783298

In our small outback town, my friends and I square off in a month-long game of tag
In Longreach, a group of friends spend a month each year trying to tag each other. In the spirit of fun, I decided to join in the game.

This month's digest/newsletter is on the way to the inboxes all the magical impressive souls who have asked for it.
The rest of you muggle normies can read it here:
https://dalliance.net/vPre2/march2024
Mostly political ranting and tech burble as I figured out how to build the new style tarot show and the pictures are from the one time I went out all month.

Deputy minister: Ukraine can produce 150,000 drones per month: https://benborges.xyz/2024/03/05/deputy-minister-ukraine.html

Startup secures €7.6M for sand battery that can heat a small town
https://thenextweb.com/news/startup-sand-battery-funding-polar-night-finland?page=all&single=1

Startup secures €7.6M for sand battery that can heat a small town
Last month, Finnish startup Polar Night Energy announced that it is building a giant sand battery capable of heating a town of 5,000 people for up to a month. That's on a single charge.  Polar ...

Every month a record.
The climate collapse is here. And it's not the only thing collapsing.
More climate records fall in world's warmest February - BBC News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-68428348

More climate records fall in world's warmest February
It's the ninth month of global temperature records in a row, driven by climate change and El Niño.

💣 MIT tool shows climate change could cost Texans a month and a half of outdoor time by 2080
#texas

MIT tool shows climate change could cost Texans a month and a half of outdoor time by 2080 | TechCrunch
Finally, something that makes climate change relatable.

'Another blockbuster month': Unemployment drops even more as wages outpace inflation - Alternet.org
https://www.alternet.org/biden-jobs-inflation/

'Another blockbuster month': Unemployment drops even more as wages outpace inflation
Economic experts are happily surprised by the just-released March jobs report, which – contrary to expectations – saw unemployment has dropped further, overall employment has grown, and wages continue to outpace inflation.“Another blockbuster month for jobs. The US economy added 303,000 jobs in Marc...

This is your brain on #ai: "Subject to the terms of this Agreement, You hereby grant to HP a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free right to use, copy, store, transmit, modify, create derivative works of and display Your non-personal data for its business purposes."
Someone out there wrote "as a user I want my printer to steal my documents to train LLMs" without hesitation.<…

HP wants you to pay up to $36/month to rent a printer that it monitors
"Never own a printer again."

The older woman right behind me on this flight just abruptly reached forward into my space and seat and opened *my* window (as opposed to the one in her row) saying that she gets air sick and I needed to leave the window open for her. Well, I get sunburnt, and as the human who had the foresight to book the window seat a month ago *so I can close it and not get burnt while simultaneously being able to see my laptop screen*, I am absolutely boggled by the entitlement.

rhesus_monkey: Rhesus monkey grooming (1963)
Grooming interactions among a group of wild adult rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta) in Cayo Santiago, during a two month period in 1963. Edge weights represent the frequency of interaction. The two versions below are equivalent.
This network has 16 nodes and 111 edges.
Tags: Social, Animal, Weighted

I'm confused. What day of the month is the 3th.

$7/month for 20 printed pages. Might make sense of you use a lot of color ink, but for B&W laser pages, that does not make sense financially.
HP seeking to convert print users into ink addicts • The Register
#HP #Printer #Printers

oops, tax month

Reminder to not work yourself to death for the sake of your employer.
THEY ARE NOT LOYAL TO YOU.
“Tesla Rewards Dedicated Worker Who Showered at Factory and Slept In His Car By Firing Him”
#ev #cars #tesla …

Tesla Rewards Dedicated Worker Who Showered at Factory and Slept in His Car by Firing Him
A Tesla employee who slept inside his car and made microwave meals instead of going home got laid off last month from the car company.

Seeking brilliant #planners who know how to #TalkTheTalk...and want to teach others how to do the same!
The Department of City and Regional Planning at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is seeking a full-time Teaching Assistant Professor to teach courses at the i…

And another movie about the #SolarEclipse a month ago - this time with German narration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSXX5IQnrsc

Donald Trump narrowly avoided having his assets seized by New York Attorney General Letitia James last month after posting a $175 million bond at the last minute.
James' office recently filed a motion to compel either Trump's lawyers or the Knight Specialty Insurance Company (KSIC) to prove that it is financially able to comply with the conditions of the bond.
According to CBS News, KSIC is not registered with the state's Department of Financial Services --and the b…

Letitia James issues 10-day ultimatum to company that guaranteed Trump’s $175M bond
Former President Donald Trump narrowly avoided having his assets seized by New York Attorney General Letitia James last month after posting a $175 million bond at the last minute. But now, James is demanding clarity from the company that guaranteed it.

I just published "Joe discovered Tailscale" over on @…. https://jws.news/2024/joe-discovered-tailscale/

Joe discovered Tailscale
This past month, I was talking about how I spent $528 to buy a machine with enough guts to run more demanding AI models in Ollama.  That is good and all but if you are not on that machine (or at le…

Huge thanks to @… for accepting me into the Partners program today!
Super excited to be a part of this.
Remember, if you're looking for a more secure email service, Proton is the way to go and if you want to give Mail Plus a try for one month free, let me know and I can provide you with a referral link!

Ars Technica: “Linux market share passes 4% for first time; macOS dominance declines”
Do…do you guys not understand what the word “dominance” means? Because it’s not a word usually associated with the Mac OS…
Dumb asses…
https://arstechnica.com/gad…

Linux market share passes 4% for first time; macOS dominance declines
Report: Linux was on 6.34 percent of computers last month if you count ChromeOS.

I sat down and wrote my April recap. And to be honest: I AM TOTALLY SURPRISED!
I thought that I was *really* lazy this month. 2 weeks of grey bad weather dominated my memory. Just recapping how I spent this month was ... delighting. I don't feel lazy now any more.
I tried to make the post easy to read with captions and highlighting the important phrases.
(Yet I wonder if I always ommited the photos of the blog posts at the bottom 🤔)

Recap April 2024
April proved to be a month of varied experiences, from Line Dance championships to mountain biking and hiking adventures. Despite unpredictable weather and challenges, each weekend offered its own surprises. Stay tuned for a detailed exploration of April's journey, filled with both highs and lows.

Meet Gary. He's just turning 4 years old this month and has never been part of a human home. He's not enjoying his time in our rehoming kennels and craves a place where he can repay your love and kindness a hundredfold. He's ready and willing and in a matter of days will learn what you need of him.
Please show this video to anyone who's considering a greyhound as a pet and can get to us at Hersham, Surrey, KT12 4AW.
Thanks!

Der nächste Monatsrekord:
"Copernicus: February 2024 was globally the warmest on record – Global Sea Surface Temperatures at record high
The month was 1.77°C warmer than an estimate of the February average for 1850-1900, the designated pre-industrial reference period."
#Klimawandel #Klimakrise

This is it!
The Year of Linux on a Desktop.
(At least, one )
https://arstechnica.com/?p=2007911

<vertaalde toot van @… >
Vorige maand was veruit de warmste april die mensen ooit hebben meegemaakt – onze 11e *opeenvolgende* recordmaand. April 2024 lag 1,58°C boven de pre-industriële basislijn.
🚨 We bevinden ons in een klimaatcrisis. 🚨
En toch is het enige wat we van onze “leiders” krijgen meer Business As Usual…

What can possibly go wrong 🙄
https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/03/07/0719222/teachers-are-embracing-chatgpt-powered-grading

Biden campaign posts best grassroots fundraising month to date in March (Brett Samuels/The Hill)
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4572957-biden-campaign-posts-best-grassroots-fundraising-month-to-date-in-march/
http://www.memeorandum.com/240403/p64#a240403p64

Situated Understanding of Older Adults' Interactions with Voice Assistants: A Month-long In-home Study
Amama Mahmood, Junxiang Wang, Chien-Ming Huang
https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.02421

Situated Understanding of Older Adults' Interactions with Voice Assistants: A Month-long In-home Study
Our work addresses the challenges older adults face with commercial Voice Assistants (VAs), notably in conversation breakdowns and error handling. Traditional methods of collecting user experiences-usage logs and post-hoc interviews-do not fully capture the intricacies of older adults' interactions with VAs, particularly regarding their reactions to errors. To bridge this gap, we equipped 15 older adults' homes with Amazon smart speakers integrated with custom audio recorders to collect ``in-th…

Tom Tomorrow's Kitty
Tom Tomorrow's (Dan Perkins, who draws the comic This Modern World) kitty, snoozing. Dan calls his kitty "an elegant gentleman".
Dan’s latest email message for followers (also on Patreon at $2 / month) includes info about the NYPD abusing and arresting people who are protesting at Columbia University—near his home. Dan Perkins is an important #Cartoon is…

The 68th edition of De Programmatica Ipsum is out!
This month we analyze the impossible dialogue between graphic designers and developers.; in the Library section, we review "Design for Hackers" by David Kadavy, and in our Vidéothèque section, we watch "Helvetica" by Gary Hustwit.
https://

Issue #68: Design
Welcome to the sixty-eigth issue of De Programmatica Ipsum, about Design. In this edition, we analyze the impossible dialogue between graphic designers and developers.; in the Library section, we review "Design for Hackers" by David Kadavy, and in our Vidéothèque section, we watch "Helvetica" by Gary Hustwit.

I hope you can read the tricot.

If we ever get a tornado or a nuke attack around 1PM on the first Saturday of a month, we’re in deep trouble.

Quite right!
South Africa to file legal action with ICJ against UK, US, for war crime complicity – SKWAWKBOX
https://skwawkbox.org/2024/02/07/south-africa-to-file-legal-action-with-icj-against-uk-us-for-war-cr…

My 2023 Year in Review is up.
https://varnelis.net/2023-in-review/

I would pay a premium on my cell phone bill each month, or happily switch carriers to eliminate spam calls and texts.
I’m pretty sure there is a viable market here for an MVNO.

Sweet nectar of earnings
#medium #fire

To all fellow mstdn.ca members, this is an important message from @… . I donated $50 last November because I enjoy the community on Mastadon, and mstdn.ca has been a good home over the past two years. I'll commit to $5 per month and will set that up today. If you are happy with our community, please consider a one-time donation or a monthly commitment of $5.00 or whatever you're comfortable with.
Please spread this message for maximum reach.
#mstdnca
https://mstdn.ca/@chad/112223702378923193

I know I made a thread about this about a month ago, but I've found again another one of those "that server is not a Mastodon, therefore it must be a scrapper" complaints and I am confused again.
This is like the non-boomer version of the "why are you appearing on my Facebook feed, you are hacking me"
Good morning to all the people who follow me and thus have their instances "scrap" my toots so that they can be f***ing read.

This month's Band Camp Friday-
#music #BandCampFriday #IndieMusic

@… LOL, and (off topic) does anyone know, has Medium ended (or relaxed) its limit of five free articles per month?
@…

Prediction of the amplitude of solar cycle 25 from the ratio of sunspot number to sunspot-group area, low latitude activity, and 130-year solar cycle
J. Javaraiah
https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.03441

Prediction of the amplitude of solar cycle 25 from the ratio of sunspot number to sunspot-group area, low latitude activity, and 130-year solar cycle
We analysed the combined data of sunspot groups from Greenwich Photoheliographic Results (GPR) during the period 1874-1976 and Debrecen Photoheliographic Data (DPD) during 1977-2017 and determined the monthly mean, annual mean, and 13-month smoothed monthly mean whole sphere sunspot-group area (WSGA). We have also analysed the monthly mean, annual mean, and 13-month smoothed monthly mean version 2 of international sunspot number (SN) during the period 1874-2017. We fitted the annual mean WSGA a…

"""
#OpenRC […] has been in a state of bureaucratic decay for a decade now, having all been hoarded by a random corporate contractor about as responsive to the outside universe as OpenOffice (while taking up as much space; they're the entire reason for the farcical metadata/AUTHORS file in the main package repo).
"""
#Gentoo copyright policy (AKA #GLEP76) has been a long time in the making. More specifically, as you can guess from the author list, it has been a long time in fruitless debate, followed by a short period of creative activity. In its original form, it has been unanimously approved both by the Council and the Trustees in September 2018.
https://bugs.gentoo.org/653118
Not a month later, once we've actually started requiring signoffs per the new policy, one of the Council members requested a "transitional period", to give their company's legal team more time to approve it. Like, they've actively influenced the policy, they've actually voted for approving it, but they didn't mean for it to actually apply at the time — and they've never bothered telling anyone about the problem earlier. Fortunately, they've managed to get a quick approval and started using it.
https://bugs.gentoo.org/667602
As a side effect of using it, attribution lines to said company started popping up in random ebuilds that their employees touched (malicious compliance or just corporate bullshit?). This heralded a maintenance nightmare. Two months later, metadata/AUTHORS was proposed as a compromise to stop that.
https://bugs.gentoo.org/672962
All these years later, I'm thinking that we had a simpler solution to all these, and many later problems, at our disposal back then…

"Which of Daniel Jones’s 10 secondary Cardinal Vowels is your favourite? In honour of Vowel Month we [= the team of the lingthusiasm podcast] [a]re running this highly serious poll, so vote now to make sure yours wins! Check out our latest episode to learn more about vowel sounds and accents!"

The Quebec born and raised ex-Canadian Armed Forces (Afghanistan veteran) Canada-USA Citizen killed in the Israel airstrike yesterday had a wife and 18-month old son.
His (American) father: “"In my mind, this was a targeted killing of aid workers who happened to be foreign," Flickinger's father said in an interview with CBC News Wednesday afternoon. "
#Israel …

Since the New York Times can’t quite bring themselves to say it … 39 months ago was January, 2021.
“U.S. Employers Added 303,000 Jobs in 39th Straight Month of Growth
“The March data increased confidence among economists and investors that robust hiring and rising wages can continue to coexist while inflation eases.”

U.S. Employers Added 303,000 Jobs in 39th Straight Month of Growth
The March data increased confidence among economists and investors that robust hiring and rising wages can continue to coexist while inflation eases.

Why There’s So Much Confusion Over Housing Inflation
Axios - March 5, 2024
“When January inflation numbers came in hot last month, one big reason was a spike in owner's equivalent rent (OER), but the uptick may have been largely driven by a change in statistical methodology that was revealed over the last week.”

Why there's so much confusion over housing inflation
The uptick in January's inflation numbers may have been largely driven by a change in statistical methodology.

Thinking about switching my personal tech #blog from #hashnode to #ghost / Ghost(Pro), as this seems to be what all the cool kids are using these days. However, I don’t want to self-host Ghost, as I don’t want to deal with running updates and signing up to a bunch of extra services to get newsletter sending etc. to work. As I am not planning to introduce any premium tiers or anything like that, I wonder if any of the advantages of ghost over Hashnode are even relevant to me, especially considering the price of at least $9 a month for Ghost.
What do people recommend these days? Should I stick to what I already have with hashnode (at least until they inevitably turn evil one day, as apparently all services must), or is there a compelling reason to switch to ghost today?

"He is mandated to compile and share the achievements of the Islamic Revolution in culture, science, and art on his internet platform. Furthermore, he is required to prepare a summary of two books regarding women’s status in Islam, produce a song addressing “USA’s atrocities against humanity,” collect cases of human rights violations by U.S. governments over the past century, and participate in behavior and knowledge skills training courses in the field of art."

Does someone out there want a code for a 3-month trial of Super Duolingo? idk what to do with mine

Opinion: The threat to American hegemony is real: https://benborges.xyz/2024/03/06/opinion-the-threat.html

Sources: Microsoft plans to unveil Surface Pro 10 with an OLED screen and Surface Laptop 6, both with Intel Core Ultra and Snapdragon X Elite chips, on March 21 (Zac Bowden/Windows Central)
https://www.

EXCLUSIVE: Microsoft will unveil OLED Surface Pro 10 and Arm Surface Laptop 6 this spring ahead of major Windows 11 AI update
Microsoft's first AI PCs will be unveiled on March 21, ahead of next-gen Windows 11 AI features coming this fall.

How my #AuDHD brain handles transitions:
#Autism - Give me *at least* a 6-month advanced warning. Better make it 12. Actually, you know what? I think we're good right where we are...
#ADHD - J…

Giants TE Darren Waller still hasn't 'made a decision yet' on playing in 2024 https://www.nfl.com/news/giants-te-darren-waller-still-hasn-t-made-a-decision-yet-on-playing-in-2024

Giants TE Darren Waller still hasn't 'made a decision yet' on playing in 2024
A month has passed since Darren Waller said he would decide on retirement soon, and the Giants tight end remains up in the air.

The older woman right behind me on this flight just abruptly reached forward into my space and seat and opened *my* window (as opposed to the one in her row) saying that she gets air sick and I needed to leave the window open for her. Well, I get sunburnt, and as the human who had the foresight to book the window seat a month ago *so I can close it and not get burnt while simultaneously being able to see my laptop screen*, I am absolutely boggled by the entitlement.

dutch_school: Dutch school friendships (2003)
A series of snapshots of the friendships among freshmen at secondary school in The Netherlands, in 2003-2004. Friendship ties were surveyed four times, at three month intervals. The direction of an edge indicates that student i is friends with student j. Missing data is coded as 0 or 10. Metadata includes sex, age, ethnicity, and religion.
This network has 26 nodes and 87 edges.
Tags: Social, Offline, Unweighted, Metadata, Tempo…

So I got a whole bunch of 10-month old @… posts from Bluesky in my Mastodon feed today. Bridgy Fed must be working! But is that date mapping working as designed @… ?

I generally blame the UK, but the impacts of usa immigration policy are huge
https://prospect.org/world/2024-05-06-who-created-israel-palestine-conflict/

This month's digest newsletter is on it's way to the high-class important people who subscribed for it.
The rest of you low-class normals can read it here:
https://dalliance.net/vPre2/april24
Featuring political rants and updates on the VR/Sci-fi project plus cool stuff and great retoots in the links sections.

VoilŠ le but de HP et pourquoi il ne faut plus leur donner un centime !
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/02/hp-wants-you-to-pay-up-to-36-month-to-rent-a-printer-that-it-monitors/

oops, tax month

Huge thanks to @… for accepting me into the Partners program today!
Super excited to be a part of this.
Remember, if you're looking for a more secure email service, Proton is the way to go and if you want to give Mail Plus a try for one month free, let me know and I can provide you with a referral link!

Mahbod Moghadam, the controversial co-founder of Genius and Everipedia, passed away in March at age 41, according to a post on Genius attributed to his family (Connie Loizos/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/06/mahbo…

Mahbod Moghadam, who rose to fame as the co-founder of Genius, has died | TechCrunch
Mahbod Moghadam, the controversial, never-boring co-founder of Genius and Everipedia, as well as an angel investor, passed away last month at age 41 owing

Laken Riley's parents decline State of The Union invite from antisemitic MAGA Congressman Mike Collins - National Zero
https://nationalzero.com/2024/03/06/laken-rileys-parents-decline-state-of-the-union-invite/

Meet Gary. He's just turning 4 years old this month and has never been part of a human home. He's not enjoying his time in our rehoming kennels and craves a place where he can repay your love and kindness a hundredfold. He's ready and willing and in a matter of days will learn what you need of him.
Please show this video to anyone who's considering a greyhound as a pet and can get to us at Hersham, Surrey, KT12 4AW.
Thanks!

What can possibly go wrong 🙄
https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/03/07/0719222/teachers-are-embracing-chatgpt-powered-grading

Sources: Microsoft plans to unveil Surface Pro 10 with an OLED screen and Surface Laptop 6, both with Intel Core Ultra and Snapdragon X Elite chips, on March 21 (Zac Bowden/Windows Central)
https://www.

EXCLUSIVE: Microsoft will unveil OLED Surface Pro 10 and Arm Surface Laptop 6 this spring ahead of major Windows 11 AI update
Microsoft's first AI PCs will be unveiled on March 21, ahead of next-gen Windows 11 AI features coming this fall.

Quite right!
South Africa to file legal action with ICJ against UK, US, for war crime complicity – SKWAWKBOX
https://skwawkbox.org/2024/02/07/south-africa-to-file-legal-action-with-icj-against-uk-us-for-war-cr…

Frontline Situation Report – April 2024: https://benborges.xyz/2024/05/05/frontline-situation-report.html

email_company: Manufacturing company email (2010)
A network of emails among employee email addresses at a mid-sized manufacturing company. Each directed edge represents an email sent from address i to address j. Edges are timestamped, and occurred over a 6 month period in an unspecified year.
This network has 167 nodes and 82927 edges.
Tags: Social, Communication, Unweighted, Multigraph, Timestamps

"Come to mind the names of violent battles: DR-DOS, Taligent, AmigaOS, Newton OS, Windows for Pen Computing, Copland, Vino, NeXTSTEP, Novell NetWare, JavaOS, BeOS, DoJ vs Microsoft, Rhapsody, POSIX, Linux is communism, Linux is a cancer, Samizdat, Windows Vista, SCO, Symbian, Solaris, OpenSolaris, systemd, Windows Phone, MeeGo, Tizen, Firefox OS, Sailfish OS. Countless mythical man-month hours were lost. Millions of lines of code were fired."

@… LOL, and (off topic) does anyone know, has Medium ended (or relaxed) its limit of five free articles per month?
@…

Nearly 1 in 5 GOP primary voters across four contests Tuesday voted for an option other than the presumptive nominee.
That’s about the same proportion that voted against him on the last big primary day, March 19.

While President Biden continues to cede votes as well
— largely protests over his Gaza war policy, reflected in choices like “uncommitted”
— Trump is ceding more.

Since Nikki Haley dropped out of the campaign after Super Tuesday on March 5, an average of 17…

1 in 5 GOP primary voters keep bucking Trump. What does it mean?
The Republican presidential nominating contest effectively came to an end nearly a month ago, but the protest vote against Trump is still going strong.

This month's birthday newsletter / digest is on it's way to all the sensible and well calibrated people who asked for it in their email box.
The rest of you crazy horses can read it here:
https://dalliance.net/vPre2/feb24
Featuring making an image for a blind and ranting about politics and all the best of the month's Fedi.

Notes from the March 2024 Employment Report
Payroll Employment: 303,000
vs. 214,000 expected and 270,000 in February
Unemployment Rate: 3.8%
vs. 3.8% expected and 3.5% one year ago
Average Hourly Earnings, month-over-month: 0.3%
vs. 0.3% expected and 0.2% in February
Average hourly earnings, year-over-year: 4.1%
vs. 4.1% expected and 4.6% one year ago

Mahbod Moghadam, the controversial co-founder of Genius and Everipedia, passed away in March at age 41, according to a post on Genius attributed to his family (Connie Loizos/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/06/mahbo…

Mahbod Moghadam, who rose to fame as the cofounder of Genius, has died | TechCrunch
Mahbod Moghadam, the controversial, never-boring co-founder of Genius and Everipedia, as well as an angel investor, passed away last month at age 41 owing

First over-the-counter birth control pill ships to retailers, will hit shelves this month | The Hill
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/4506316-first-otc-birth-control-pill-opill-perrigo/

First over-the-counter birth control pill ships to retailers, will hit shelves this month
The first birth control pill available without a prescription in the U.S. has shipped to retailers and will be available in most stores and online later this month, its manufacturer announced Monday. According to Perrigo, Opill is available for pre-order this week from select online retailers and is expected to be on store shelves at…

Frontline Situation Report – April 2024: https://benborges.xyz/2024/05/05/frontline-situation-report.html

Texans' McNair says Dell to make 'full recovery' https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/40095145/texans-owner-cal-mcnair-says-wr-tank-dell-make-full-recovery

Texans owner Cal McNair says WR Tank Dell to make 'full recovery' - ESPN
Texans owner Cal McNair said Monday that Tank Dell will make a "full recovery" after he was wounded in a shootout at a Florida restaurant last month.

Despite Trump push, Nebraska unlikely to change electoral vote system for now
A late push to change Nebraska’s unusual electoral vote system appears doomed for now
— despite the urging of Donald Trump and his allies, who saw an opportunity to gain an advantage in his rematch against President Biden.

The sponsor of the bill to change the system, state Sen. Loren Lippincott (R), told the Lincoln Journal Star on Friday that “it’s just procedurally impossible” to pass the propo…

Despite Trump push, Nebraska unlikely to change electoral vote system for now
The author of a bill to change the system reportedly said Friday it is “procedurally impossible” to pass the proposal before the state’s legislative session ends later this month.

Top UN Court Will Hold Hearings in a Case Accusing Germany of Facilitating Israel's Gaza Conflict | Military.com
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2024/04/07/top-un-court-will-hol…

Top UN Court Will Hold Hearings in a Case Accusing Germany of Facilitating Israel's Gaza Conflict
Monday’s hearing at the world court comes amid growing calls for allies to stop supplying arms to Israel as its six-month campaign continues to lay waste to Gaza.

Free-agent RB Dalvin Cook remains confident ahead of next opportunity: 'I'm still that guy' https://www.nfl.com/news/free-agent-rb-dalvin-cook-remains-confident-ahead-of-next-opportunity-i-m-still-that-guy

Free-agent RB Dalvin Cook remains confident ahead of next opportunity: 'I'm still that guy'
Dalvin Cook went from a four-time Pro Bowler with four straight 1,000-yard rushing seasons to an afterthought in 2023. That trend has continued after nearly a month of free agency, but Cook is still as confident as ever in his game-breaking abilities.

Today offered yet more evidence that🔸 Biden’s rejection of the Republicans’ supply-side economics🔸
-- in favor of investing in ordinary Americans
-- is paying off with #high #growth, #low

April 5, 2024
Today offered yet more evidence that Biden’s rejection of the Republicans’ supply-side economics in favor of investing in ordinary Americans is paying off with high growth, low unemployment, and strong wages. Today’s jobs report from the U.S. Department of Labor for the month of March showed higher job growth than analysts anticipated. Instead of the 214,000 jobs expected, the U.S. added 303,000. The government also revised its estimate of job growth in January and February upward by a co…

RNC chair Whatley sidesteps question on if 2020 election was stolen | The Hill
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4579323-rnc-chair-whatley-sidesteps-question-on-if-2020-election-was-stolen/

RNC chair Whatley sidesteps question on if 2020 election was stolen
Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairman Michael Whatley appeared to sidestep questions over whether the 2020 election was stolen, instead turning his focus to ensuring election integrity in this cycle. NewsNation’s “The Hill” anchor Chris Stirewalt, in an interview with Whatley, referenced reports from last month that the RNC was asking potential rehires if the 2020…

A U. N. Panel has long monitored the sanctions against North Korea .
In the Security Council on March 28, Russia vetoed an extension of the panel’s work, which it had previously supported.
China abstained and 13 other members voted for it.
As a result, the panel is to expire at the end of this month, and the rest of the world will know even less than it does now about North Korea’s quest.

This was a gift by Russian President Vladimir Putin to North Korean leader Kim…

North Korea sends arms to Russia. Now Putin pays back Kim Jong Un.
Russia is helping North Korea’s rogue regime, in Putin’s latest abdication of responsibility.

moreno_sheep: Bighorn sheep (1984)
Dominance interactions among a group of female bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) from the National Bison Range in western Montana USA, over a 27 month period ending in 1984. Edge weights represent the frequency of interaction. Metadata gives the sheep ages, roughly.
This network has 28 nodes and 250 edges.
Tags: Social, Animal, Weighted, Metadata

OnePlus Watch 2 review: runs Wear OS with a big, bright screen and three-day battery life but lacks some health features, the accuracy of results is a mixed bag (Julian Chokkattu/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/review/oneplus-watch-2/

The OnePlus Watch 2 Has Better Battery Life Than Apple, Google, and Samsung Smartwatches
A month with the OnePlus Watch 2 has made me wish that every fully-featured smartwatch had this battery life.

The EU executive body is proposing that the Voice of Europe media outlet be added to the upcoming 14th round of EU sanctions against Russia,
the Vice-President of the European Commission, Vera Jourova, said on May 5, as reported by European Pravda.
Yurova, originally from the Czech Republic, said the Voice of Europe was used to interfere in European elections.
Earlier this month, the Czech government uncovered a Moscow-financed propaganda network that sought to influence Eu…

European Commission looks to sanction Voice of Europe media outlet
The EU executive body is proposing that the Voice of Europe media outlet be added to the upcoming 14th round of EU sanctions against Russia, the Vice-President of the European Commission, Vera Jourova, said on May 5, as reported by European Pravda.

rhesus_monkey: Rhesus monkey grooming (1963)
Grooming interactions among a group of wild adult rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta) in Cayo Santiago, during a two month period in 1963. Edge weights represent the frequency of interaction. The two versions below are equivalent.
This network has 16 nodes and 111 edges.
Tags: Social, Animal, Weighted

BBC: Russia lures Cubans to army with offers of high pay, Russian passport: https://benborges.xyz/2024/05/05/bbc-russia-lures.html

As bitcoin rallies past $67K and nears its all-time high, Coinbase's stock, which hit $46.43 last year, soars to $229.15, nearly doubling in the past month (Niamh Rowe/Fortune)
https://fortune.com/crypto/2024/03/04/coinbase-shares-double-crypto…

Coinbase shrugs off site crash as shares of the top U.S. crypto exchange surge
Shares in Coinbase were up 14% on Monday, the biggest daily jump since January 2022, thanks to crypto's latest bull run.

us_air_traffic: U.S. air traffic
Yearly snapshots of flights among all commercial airports in the United States from 1990 to today. Metadata include passengers, distance, carrier, airport located city, state, and month of the flight.
This network has 2278 nodes and 6390340 edges.
Tags: Transportation, Airport, Unweighted, Metadata, Temporal

Spotify launches the Audiobooks Access Tier, which gives free users in the US access to 15 hours of audiobooks per month for $9.99 per month (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/01/spotify-launches-a…

Spotify launches a $9.99/mo standalone audiobooks service for its free users | TechCrunch
After adding 15 hours of free audiobooks listening to its subscription plan late last year, Spotify today is introducing a $9.99 per month option that

CB Insights: global VC investment in fintech fell 16% QoQ to $7.3B over 904 deals in Q1 2024, the lowest amount of funding the sector has seen since 2017 (Mary Ann Azevedo/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/04/fintech-funding-slows-t…

Fintech funding slows to the lowest level since 2017 | TechCrunch
CB Insights released its Q1 2024 State of Venture Report, revealing that fintech funding slid by 16% during the three-month period.