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Raiders sign Kirk Cousins to give expected top pick Fernando Mendoza a veteran presence https://www.foxsports.com/articles/nfl/raiders-sign-kirk-cousins-to-give-expected-top-pick-fernando-mendoza-a-veteran-presence

Trying out the new “Share on Mastodon” button to share this post. Excellent to see this functionality now available as it both enables the more rapid sharing of links… and the presence also promotes the use of #Mastodon and the #Fediverse.

A new Share button
We'd like to help you to Share to Mastodon, with a new tool.

Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence,
is running her own review into the 2020 election with Donald Trump’s approval,
working separately from a justice department investigation
even as she joined an FBI raid of an election center in Georgia last week.
Her presence at the raid drew criticism from Democrats and former intelligence officials,
who questioned why the country’s top intelligence officer with no domestic law enforcement powers would appea…

Gabbard says Trump requested her presence at Fulton County election center search (Sarah Davis/The Hill)
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5719961-tulsi-gabbard-trump-fbi-raid-fulton-county-election-office/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260203/p50#a260203p50

#WhenIAmKing every government institution will have a website with an RSS feed.
And maybe a fediverse presence.
No corporate social media.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #AfternoonShow
P.M. Dawn:
🎵 In the Presence of Mirrors
#PMDawn
https://open.spotify.com/track/7khTTaXVQpswAc2bBV1yfL

Finished “Deacon King Kong” by James McBride.
In 1969, an elderly church deacon known as “sportcoat” in his community of the Causeway Housing project in south Brooklyn, approaches & unexpectedly shoots a drug dealer, wounding him.
What happens afterwards is a great character & community driven story of colliding tectonic plates: changing neighborhood demographics, police presence, the destruction of drugs. Stays mostly humorous & light.
5/5 ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
…

Deacon King Kong
The funny, sharp, and surprising story of the shooting …

ICE has no planned immigration operations at Super Bowl, host committee says https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7016806/2026/02/02/super-bowl-ice-immigration-operations/

Remember folks, it’s not “genocide”, it’s “genocide libel”.
Report and block for genocide denial, please and thank you.
#israel #genocide #hasbara

Sona, which uses AI to help companies with scheduling, HR, payroll, and other workflows, raised a $45M Series B led by N47, bringing its total funding to $100M (Chris Metinko/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/pro/enterprise-software-deals/2026/…

Exclusive: Workforce planning startup Sona raises $45M Series B
The money will help the company expand its U.S. presence.

"Organisational accounts engaged in scholarly communication on Twitter: Patterns of presence, activity and engagement"
https://doi.org/10.1177/01655515261421164
[closed access 🙄]

Trump scolds CNN reporter Kaitlan Collins for not smiling as she asks about survivors of Epstein's abuse
Frustrated by her persistence in asking questions about Jeffrey Epstein during an Oval Office event
he wanted to use to promote himself and his party,
Donald Trump scolded the CNN correspondent Kaitlan Collins for supposedly not smiling enough in his presence.
The exchange began with Collins pointing out that Trump’s attempt to frame the disclosures in the late…

@… also:
Reddit Just Declared War on Bots. Here’s What That Means for Your Brand’s Presence — Ethan Crump, Foundation Marketing <https://foundationinc.co/reddit-bot-cr…

us_congress: US Congressional co-sponsorship (1973-2016)
Two temporal networks of bill co-sponsorship tendencies among US Congresspeople, from 1973 (93rd Congress) to 2016 (114th Congress). Edges are signed, indicating the presence of a significant tendency to co-sponsor, or tendency to not co-sponsor, bills. Two networks per year, one for each chamber (House, Senate). Each file contains the signed network for a chamber of congress (H = House, S = Senate) in one session (e.g. 93 = 93rd…

Good for Josh Segarra that he is well employed, but his characters in Best Medicine, The Big Door Prize, Animal Control and Abbott Elementary are so similar to each other, it makes his presence irritating.

Gamma Imagers for Nuclear Security and Nuclear Forensics: Recommendations based on results from a side-by-side intercomparison
L. E. Sinclair, P. R. B. Saull, A. McCann, A. M. L. MacLeod, N. J. Murtha, A. El-Jaby, G. Jonkmans
https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.00826 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2602.00826 https://arxiv.org/html/2602.00826
arXiv:2602.00826v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Nuclear security operations and forensic investigations require the utilization of a suite of instruments ranging from passive gamma spectrometers to high-precision laboratory sample analyzers. Gamma spectroscopy survey is further broken down into wide-area search performed with large-volume scintillator-based mobile survey spectrometers which are integrated with geographic position sensors for mapping and identification of hot zones, and high-precision long-dwell measurements using solid state spectrometers for follow-on characterization to establish isotopic content and ratios. While performing well at detecting the presence, quantity and type of radioactivity, all of these methods have limited ability to determine the location of a source of radioactivity. In recent years, technology advances have resulted in gamma imager devices which can create an image of the distribution of radioactive sources using the gamma emissions which accompany radioactive decay, and overlay this on an optical photograph of the environment. These gamma imaging devices have arisen out of methods developed for medical physics, experimental particle physics, and astrophysics, resulting in a proliferation of different technological approaches. Those responsible for establishing a nuclear security concept of operations, require guidance to choose the proper gamma imager for each of the application spaces in a tiered response. Here the results of an intercomparison of two gamma imagers based on two widely different technologies, semiconductor and scintillator detectors, are presented. The optimal utilization of these imaging technologies in a tiered response is discussed based on the results of the trial. Finally, an outlook on future directions for gamma imaging advances is provided.
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Even if ICE CBP presence in the Twin Cities goes back to pre-Dec levels (which to be clear it •has not• yet done), we will be living with this for a long time. The world will be moving on, the national press will forget about us no doubt, but we’ll be living with this.
Nobody here thinks we’re done. But a lot of us are cautiously hopeful that we are now entering a time where this is some room for repairing and rebuilding.
Cautiously hopeful. But vigilant.
/end

Top Democrats call for Tulsi Gabbard to explain presence at Fulton County raid
https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/5714725-intelligence-democrats-gabbard-hearing/

Raiders Land Clear Message About Free-Agent QB Kirk Cousins https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/las-vegas-raiders/clear-message-free-agent-kirk-cousins/

US ambassador questions troop presence in Poland after official says Trump doesn't deserve Nobel Prize: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/06/us-ambassador-questions-troop-presence.html

Rashan Gary Excited For Cowboys Rebuild With Key Familiar Presence https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/onsi/news/rashan-gary-excited-dallas-cowboys-rebuild-key-familiar-presence

Transit system isn't reliable. Work space is limited and not enough parking...
Home office is better equipped.
https://ottawacitizen.com/opinion/public-servants-offices-opinion

Management: return to office (80 %) because that's needed to perform, solve problems faster, move forward together. Physical presence matters.
Also management: spread out development from 1 continent and 2 sites to 3 continents and 4 sites.
🫠

Free 3D Printed Whistles to alert people of the presence of ICE.
https://linktr.ee/3Dwhistles
(As seen in Los Angeles & Chicago:

Guatemala has opted out of renewing a lease agreement
on a 7,000-acre oil field in order to use the land for better protection of the surrounding Laguna del Tigre Biosphere Reserve.
An 830,000-acre component of the greater Mayan Biosphere Reserve
which allows Mesoamerican wildlife to roam freely between the country and neighboring Belize and Mexico,
it’s one of the world’s most important protected areas.
As such, the presence of an oil field inside its borders wa…

Guatemala Opts Out of Oil Extraction in Favor of Protecting Jaguars and Macaws in Mayan Biosphere
Natural Resources Minister Patricia Orantes said the government is trying to do a “180-degree” shift on many management decisions.

ENGIE has acquired UK Power Networks. Does this mean that the UK’s energy infrastructure is now more integrated with the EU than it was before Brexit?
https://en.newsroom.engie.com/news/eng

ENGIE announces the acquisition of UK Power Networks, UK’s best-in-class electricity distribution network
ENGIE today announces the signing of an agreement to acquire 100% of UK Power Networks (UKPN), the best-in-class electricity distributor in the UK, for an equity value1 of £10.5 billion. This acquisition marks a major milestone in ENGIE’s ambition to become the best energy transition utility, by strengthening its position in regulated electricity networks. It will also bolster the Group’s presence in the UK, which will become its second-largest country of activity.

“ A European diplomat said that troops from the Netherlands, Canada and Germany were also taking part.” , https://www.politico.eu/article/denmark-allies-boost-greenland-military-presence-donald-trump-ramps-up-pressure/

Denmark and allies boost Greenland military footprint as Trump ramps up pressure
The deployment comes as U.S. President Donald Trump intensifies talk of taking over the Arctic island.

Memeorandum data: WaPo's presence on the news aggregator plunged since a peak in Trump's first term, while the NYT recovered from a drop to grow in his second (Nate Silver/Silver Bulletin)
https://www.natesilver.net/p/the-sad-and-self-inflicted-decline

The sad and self-inflicted decline of the Washington Post, in one chart
Under Jeff Bezos, the paper retreated from the adversarial, anti-Trump posture that helped fuel its growth. And now its influence has fallen sharply.

Pune-based supply chain robotics startup Unbox Robotics raised a $28M Series B in a mix of primary and secondary capital, after raising $15M in earlier rounds (Anjali Jain/Inc42 Media)
https://inc42.com/buzz/automation-startup-unbox-robotics-r…

Automation Startup Unbox Robotics Raises $28 Mn To Expand Global Presence
Deeptech startup Unbox Robotics has raised $28 Mn (about INR 243 Cr) in its Series B round in a mix of primary and secondary capital.

Simulation and optimization of the Active Magnetic Shield of the n2EDM experiment
N. J. Ayres, G. Ban, G. Bison, K. Bodek, V. Bondar, T. Bouillaud, G. L. Caratsch, E. Chanel, W. Chen, C. Crawford, V. Czamler, C. B. Doorenbos, S. Emmeneger, S. K. Ermakov, M. Ferry, M. Fertl, A. Fratangelo, D. Galbinski, W. C. Griffith, Z. D. Grujic, K. Kirch, V. Kletzl, J. Krempel, B. Lauss, T. Lefort, A. Lejuez, K. Michielsen, J. Micko, P. Mullan, O. Naviliat-Cuncic, F. M. Piegsa, G. Pignol, C. Pistillo, I. Rien\"acker, D. Ries, S. Roccia, D. Rozp\k{e}dzik, L. Sanchez-Real Zielniewicz, N. von Schickh, P. Schmidt-Wellenburg, E. P. Segarra, L. Segner, N. Severijns, K. Svirina, J. Thorne, J. Vankeirsbilck, N. Yazdandoost, J. Zejma, N. Ziehl, G. Zsigmond
https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.22960 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2601.22960 https://arxiv.org/html/2601.22960
arXiv:2601.22960v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: The n2EDM experiment at the Paul Scherrer Institute aims to conduct a high-sensitivity search for the electric dipole moment of the neutron. Magnetic stability and control are achieved through a combination of passive shielding, provided by a magnetically shielded room (MSR), and a surrounding active field compensation system by an Active Magnetic Shield (AMS). The AMS is a feedback-controlled system of eight coils spanned on an irregular grid, designed to provide magnetic stability to the enclosed volume by actively suppressing external magnetic disturbances. It can compensate static and variable magnetic fields up to $\pm 50$ $\mu$T (homogeneous components) and $\pm 5$ $\mu$T/m (first-order gradients), suppressing them to a few $\mu$T in the sub-Hertz frequency range. We present a full finite element simulation of magnetic fields generated by the AMS in the presence of the MSR. This simulation is of sufficient accuracy to approach our measurements. We demonstrate how the simulation can be used with an example, obtaining an optimal number and placement of feedback sensors using genetic algorithms.
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Ah, dit lijkt me nuttig en handig en fijn. @… maakte een app (vooralsnog Android, iOS in de maak) die waarschuwt als iemand met smart glasses in de buurt lijkt te zijn.
Death to Spies! Смерть Шпионам!
Play store link:

Nearby Glasses - Apps on Google Play
This app searches for smart glasses nearby and notifies you of their presence.

ICE to maintain 'presence' at 13 airports and help with crowd control (Anna Giaritelli/Washington Examiner)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/4500317/ice-maintain-presence-13-airports-help-with-crowd-control/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260323/p91#a260323p91

I was intrigued and moving my head like "really?" when read the headline "Scan Finds Presence of Nuclear Fuel in 3I/ATLAS". Then, I started reading the article until the 3rd word: "Astronomist Avi Loeb". No need to read anything else.

In what dystopian hell is this? A persons mere presence could be illegal? You don't have to be involved in a crime, you just have to exist?
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-27/police-to-target-young-people-for-causing-anxiety/10650515…

Police to target young people for 'causing anxiety' under proposed Queensland laws
Young people could be moved on by police officers for "causing anxiety" without ever committing a crime under proposed Queensland laws.

It looks like the Mayor of Brookfield's daughter is harassing his opponent, Mike Hallquist.
https://www.therecombobulationarea.news/p/claims-of-harassment-other-concerning
(Disclaimer: I've met Mike, he's a friend of a friend, seem…

Claims of 'harassment,' other concerning behavior surround Ponto campaign in Brookfield mayor's race
Supporters and others express concern over behavior from the online presence of Mayor Steve Ponto's adult daughter, who has also been listed as the campaign manager.

And cue “Swiss neutrality” (privilege cowardice complicity) in 3… 2… @… https://hcommons.social/@adachika192/116087612441385859

us_congress: US Congressional co-sponsorship (1973-2016)
Two temporal networks of bill co-sponsorship tendencies among US Congresspeople, from 1973 (93rd Congress) to 2016 (114th Congress). Edges are signed, indicating the presence of a significant tendency to co-sponsor, or tendency to not co-sponsor, bills. Two networks per year, one for each chamber (House, Senate). Each file contains the signed network for a chamber of congress (H = House, S = Senate) in one session (e.g. 93 = 93rd…

#eDNA Environmental DNA
The Core Concept: A non-invasive monitoring technique that detects the presence of species by extracting and analyzing genetic material shed into the environment (water, soil, air) rather than isolating the organism itself.
Key Distinction/Mechanism: Unlike traditional ecology which relies on physical capture or visual observation ("macro-organismal" interaction),…

What Is: Environmental DNA (eDNA)
The Silent Archive: Environmental DNA and the Revolution in Planetary Surveillance

Justice Department defends Tulsi Gabbard's presence at Atlanta election search (Josh Gerstein/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/30/georgia-ballots-fbi-raid-tulsi-gabbard-00757856
http://www.memeorandum.com/260130/p119#a260130p119

'Weidetiere' #FotoVorschlag 'grazing animals' (okay, I learned a new term)
This one is from our first vacation in #scotland .
It's funny - a couple of years ago, I made my photos quite saturated, how they also popout on classical Instagram.
Nowadays I pr…

#ICE agents at airports may be doing nothing now but you know they're upto something. Won't be long before they start harassing people and causing insecurity requiring more law-enforcement presence.
And they're not leaving after the #TSA issues are resolved.
#excuses

"Satellite images indicate that the Doñana Marshland will disappear within 60 years"
#Environment
https://phys.org/news/2026-02-satellite-images-doana-…

Satellite images indicate that the Doñana Marshland will disappear within 60 years
The Doñana National Park, considered one of Europe's most valuable wetlands, is expected to lose its marshland in 61 years, according to calculations from a major water-resource monitoring study carried out by the University of Seville. The study has developed an innovative algorithm, based on machine learning, capable of detecting the presence of surface water with high precision using images from the Sentinel-2 satellite.

The case for putting a European military presence in Greenland
https://euobserver.com/eu-and-the-world/ar2e50da01

Google invests an undisclosed sum in Sakana AI, valued at $2.6B in November 2025, to boost Gemini's presence in Japan; Sakana AI gains access to Google's LLMs (Min-Jeong Lee/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

Media Matters says it is ceasing posting on X due to changes in X's TOS, effective January 15, that force legal disputes to be litigated in a Texas court (Andrew Egger/The Bulwark)
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/media-matters-says-its-ending-its-presenc…

Media Matters Says It’s Ending Its Presence on X
The liberal watchdog says changes to the terms of service make it impossible for them to keep posting on the platform.

🦅 Tiny falcons are helping keep the food supply safe on cherry farms
https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/01/tiny-falcons-are-helping-keep-the-food-supply-safe-on-cherry-farms/

Tiny falcons are helping keep the food supply safe on cherry farms
Their presence appears to lower the risk of food-borne illnesses from pathogens.

When did having a LinkedIn presence (mostly flaunting one's cheekbones) actually outweigh publishing good academic papers?

The rolling robots that deliver groceries and hot meals across Los Angeles are getting an upgrade.
Coco Robotics, a UCLA-born startup that's deployed more than 1,000 bots across the country, unveiled its next-generation machines on Thursday.
The new robots are bigger, tougher and better equipped for autonomy than their predecessors.
The company will use them to expand into new markets and increase its presence in Los Angeles, where it makes deliveries through a partners…

A new delivery bot is coming to L.A., built stronger to survive in these streets
Coco Robotics launched a new generation of delivery bots

German #hosting provider Netcup (#AS197540) price adjustments coming, approximately 18%-25% increase:
https://www.netcup.com/en/priceadjustment

Sonnet 067 - LXVII
Ah! wherefore with infection should he live,
And with his presence grace impiety,
That sin by him advantage should achieve,
And lace itself with his society?
Why should false painting imitate his cheek,
And steal dead seeming of his living hue?
Why should poor beauty indirectly seek
Roses of shadow, since his rose is true?
Why should he live, now Nature bankrupt is,
Beggar'd of blood to blush through lively ve…

Buttbuttination (n): an assassination carried out in the presence of an overly aggressive profanity filter

If you don't create a presence on Google today, you'll be left behind.

Von der Leyen to visit Greenland as EU shores up Arctic presence (Ferdinand Knapp/Politico)
https://www.politico.eu/article/ursula-von-der-leyen-confirms-greenland-trip-as-eu-shores-up-arctic-presence/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260219/p19#a260219p19

Apple's iPhone 16 was the world's best-selling smartphone in 2025, followed by the 16 Pro Max and 16 Pro; Apple took 7 of the top 10 spots and Samsung took 3 (Counterpoint Research)
https://counterpointresearch.com/en/in

Some City Some Nature 🏙️🪾
一些城一些自然 🏙️🪾
📷 Nikon F4E
🎞️ ERA 100, expired 1993
#filmphotography #Photography #blackandwhite

‘I mean, it’s Tom Brady, right?’: Coaches say Raiders’ Brady can be game-changer https://www.reviewjournal.com/sports/raiders/i-mean-its-tom-brady-right-coaches-say-raiders-brady-can-be-game-changer-3732022/

Series C, Episode 07 - Children of Auron
SERVALAN: Tell them to have specimens ready for analysis.
GINKA: Right.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/307/232 B7B5

“Britain’s failure to meet its legal obligations has contributed to the mass killing of Palestinian civilians and the wholesale destruction of civilian objects, the desecration of international law and the further erosion of Britain’s status as a nation committed to the rule of law in the international arena.”
#Corbyn would have done much better to have NOT led this tribunal; his presence wil…

internet_top_pop: Internet topology (PoP level) (1969-2012)
Assorted snapshots of internet graph at the Point of Presence (PoP) level (which lies between the IP and AS levels), collected from around the world and at various times. The earliest snapshots are for ARPANET (1969-1972), with a few more from pre-2000. Most are from 2006 onward. Metadata include link type or speed, longitudes, and latitudes of nodes, URL, and date of record.
This network has 61 nodes and 89 edges.

A complete set of canonical nucleobases in the carbonaceous asteroid (162173) #Ryugu: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-026-02791-z -> "The detection of diverse nucleobases in asteroid and meteorite materials demonstrates their widespread presence throughout the Solar System and reinforces the hypothesis that carbonaceous asteroids contributed to the prebiotic chemical inventory of early Earth."

Naming Things Is Hard
Big Tree™ (no understatement!) at Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park, 2019.
This beautiful individual is 1500 years old, but will it or its kind survive another 1500 years (or even just 150 years) of human presence?
#ThickTrunkThursday #NaturePhotography

@… Ask me how many times someone other than me has, in my presence, used or mentioned using a debugger (As contrary to inserting a bunch of debug prints in the code).
Zero. It’s zero times.

What happens on Tuesday is a matter of life and death.
The Endangered Species Committee
—composed of the heads of the Interior, Agriculture, Environmental Protection Agency, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Army, and the Council of Economic Advisors
—can decide that the very presence of an endangered species is an unacceptable obstacle to the oil and gas industry’s balance sheet.
When the "God Squad" grants an exemption, the species in q…

Trump’s “God Squad” Might Vote for a Whale’s Extinction This Week
On Tuesday, a powerful committee of agency leaders will decide whether oil and gas companies can disregard protections for a critically endangered species that’s known as “America’s Whale.”

In Iran Talks, U.S. Brings Tough Demands, Growing Military Presence (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/u-s-brings-tough-demands-to-iran-nuclear-talks-8aab06ad?st=P4o4Uk&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
http://www.memeorandum.com/260226/p117#a260226p117

"running a country" without a presence on the ground is pure fiction, more people should call out Trump on that aspect. He is not in control, he can't really steer events in Venezuela (yet). Also a blockade, verbal threats and some additional strikes won't do. Some military presence will be needed but will also be very unpopular in the US i think.
#Trump

🔥 Triggering self-combustion in fat cells for weight loss
#medicine

Triggering self-combustion in fat cells for weight loss
Ordinary fat cells in obese animals can be induced to burn energy stores, generating substantial heat, according to a preclinical study by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators. In the study, published in Nature Metabolism, the researchers showed that in fat cells called white adipocytes, high levels of fatty acids from fat stores, in the presence of a key enzyme called AAC, can trigger a process that uses fat to produce heat and increase energy expenditure. They demonstrated that this process c…

'Tierische Begegnungen' #FotoVorschlag
'animal(ic) encounter'
I wasn't sure if I have a good or funny one to share with this topic. But I remembered visiting a wildlife park nearby at an autumn day.
It was a beautiful stroll through the park, watching the wildlife there when this situation came to be. Unplanned, just by pure luck.
And well.. I thin…

I did print like a few hundred whistles that a friend of mine will be giving to an org here in Milwaukee to help alert people to the presence of ICE bastards.

internet_top_pop: Internet topology (PoP level) (1969-2012)
Assorted snapshots of internet graph at the Point of Presence (PoP) level (which lies between the IP and AS levels), collected from around the world and at various times. The earliest snapshots are for ARPANET (1969-1972), with a few more from pre-2000. Most are from 2006 onward. Metadata include link type or speed, longitudes, and latitudes of nodes, URL, and date of record.
This network has 22 nodes and 24 edges.

Series B, Episode 10 - Voice from the Past
[Corridor just outside Conference Room]
GLYND: How are you feeling?
BLAKE: Excited.
GLYND: Not without cause.
LE GRAND: Your finest hour.
BLAKE: Good luck
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/210/567 B7B2

Taiwan reports large-scale Chinese military aircraft presence near island (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/15/taiwan-reports-large-scale-chinese-military-aircraft-presence-near-island-00829219
http://www.memeorandum.com/260315/p55#a260315p55

Denmark on Monday is boosting its military presence on the Arctic island, according to local press reports.
A "substantial contribution" of Danish combat soldiers is expected to arrive in Kangerlussuaq,
the location of Greenland’s main international airport, on Monday evening, according to Danish broadcaster TV2.
Denmark’s top military commander in the Arctic,
Maj. Gen. SŸren Andersen, said that about 100 Danish soldiers have already arrived in Nuuk, Greenla…

Denmark sends more troops to Greenland
Denmark says its troops could stay in Greenland for one to two years.

India's TCS signs OpenAI as its first data center customer, starting with 100MW of capacity; Tata Group plans to deploy ChatGPT Enterprise, starting with TCS (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/18/openai-taps-t…

OpenAI taps Tata for 100MW AI data center capacity in India, eyes 1GW | TechCrunch
OpenAI also plans to expand its presence in India with new offices in Mumbai and Bengaluru later this year.

internet_top_pop: Internet topology (PoP level) (1969-2012)
Assorted snapshots of internet graph at the Point of Presence (PoP) level (which lies between the IP and AS levels), collected from around the world and at various times. The earliest snapshots are for ARPANET (1969-1972), with a few more from pre-2000. Most are from 2006 onward. Metadata include link type or speed, longitudes, and latitudes of nodes, URL, and date of record.
This network has 13 nodes and 12 edges.

Bombed Iranian girls school had vivid website and yearslong online presence (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/investigations/bombed-iranian-girls-school-had-vivid-website-yearslong-online-presence-2026-03-12/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260312/p92#a260312p92

Alex Jeffrey Pretti’s
“care for others”
led the intensive care nurse
to protest immigration agents’ presence in Minnesota.
Federal agents shot and killed the 37-year-old man on Saturday morning in Minneapolis
-- prompting further clashes between law enforcement and protesters.
Pretti, worked as a nurse at the Veterans Affairs hospital in the city.
Pretti’s parents said that politicians were telling “sickening lies”,
adding: “Please get the trut…

Who is Alex Jeffrey Pretti? Minnesota shooting victim
His parents said the 37-year-old nurse loved the outdoors and cared deeply about people and ‘what was happening in Minneapolis’

sp_colocation: Social co-locations (2018)
Network of colocations between peoople, based on the information on which RFID readers received information from the RFID tags. Namely, we define two individuals to be in co-presence if the same exact set of readers have received signals from both individuals during a 20s time window.
This network has 100 nodes and 394247 edges.
Tags: Social, Offline, Unweighted, Weighted, Temporal, Metadata

sp_colocation: Social co-locations (2018)
Network of colocations between peoople, based on the information on which RFID readers received information from the RFID tags. Namely, we define two individuals to be in co-presence if the same exact set of readers have received signals from both individuals during a 20s time window.
This network has 403 nodes and 1417485 edges.
Tags: Social, Offline, Unweighted, Weighted, Temporal, Metadata

Feds have reportedly shot another person.
Preliminary info is shaky for now, hearing two people injured.
BORTAC just rolled up in an armored vehicle.
A crowd is gathering outside the police tape—
Minneapolis Police Department presence as well.
The Feds realized they weren't going to have an easy time getting through.
They're reversing out.
And they've launched gas.

sp_colocation: Social co-locations (2018)
Network of colocations between peoople, based on the information on which RFID readers received information from the RFID tags. Namely, we define two individuals to be in co-presence if the same exact set of readers have received signals from both individuals during a 20s time window.
This network has 242 nodes and 6594492 edges.
Tags: Social, Offline, Unweighted, Weighted, Temporal, Metadata

In recent weeks, the U.S. military has built up forces close to Iran, in what Donald Trump has referred to as an “armada.”
Trump is now deciding whether to take military action against Iran as soon as this weekend, officials said.
But unlike last June, when the United States joined Israel in attacking nuclear sites in Iran, the president’s objectives are less clear.
The "armada" includes the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln, which is accompanied by three warships …

Maps: Where the U.S. Is Building Up Military Force Near Iran
President Trump has not authorized military action in Iran, but the United States has built up its presence in the region in recent weeks. Now it’s sending even more firepower.

Gabbard spokesperson says Trump and Bondi both asked intel chief to be present for FBI Fulton County search (Kathryn Watson/CBS News)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-gabbard-presence-fbi-search-fulton-count-election-records/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260205/p71#a260205p71

us_congress: US Congressional co-sponsorship (1973-2016)
Two temporal networks of bill co-sponsorship tendencies among US Congresspeople, from 1973 (93rd Congress) to 2016 (114th Congress). Edges are signed, indicating the presence of a significant tendency to co-sponsor, or tendency to not co-sponsor, bills. Two networks per year, one for each chamber (House, Senate). Each file contains the signed network for a chamber of congress (H = House, S = Senate) in one session (e.g. 93 = 93rd…

The Pentagon plans to cut its participation in elements of NATO’s force structure
and a range of the alliance’s advisory groups,
-- the latest sign of the Trump administration’s drive to scale back the U.S. military presence in Europe,
according to multiple officials familiar with the matter.

The impending move will affect about 200 military personnel
and diminish U.S. involvement in nearly 30 NATO organizations,
including its "Centers of Excellence&…

Pentagon moves to cut U.S. participation in some NATO advisory groups
The planned exit marks the Trump administration’s latest move to scale back Washington’s military investment in Europe’s defense.

us_congress: US Congressional co-sponsorship (1973-2016)
Two temporal networks of bill co-sponsorship tendencies among US Congresspeople, from 1973 (93rd Congress) to 2016 (114th Congress). Edges are signed, indicating the presence of a significant tendency to co-sponsor, or tendency to not co-sponsor, bills. Two networks per year, one for each chamber (House, Senate). Each file contains the signed network for a chamber of congress (H = House, S = Senate) in one session (e.g. 93 = 93rd…

sp_colocation: Social co-locations (2018)
Network of colocations between peoople, based on the information on which RFID readers received information from the RFID tags. Namely, we define two individuals to be in co-presence if the same exact set of readers have received signals from both individuals during a 20s time window.
This network has 100 nodes and 394247 edges.
Tags: Social, Offline, Unweighted, Weighted, Temporal, Metadata

us_congress: US Congressional co-sponsorship (1973-2016)
Two temporal networks of bill co-sponsorship tendencies among US Congresspeople, from 1973 (93rd Congress) to 2016 (114th Congress). Edges are signed, indicating the presence of a significant tendency to co-sponsor, or tendency to not co-sponsor, bills. Two networks per year, one for each chamber (House, Senate). Each file contains the signed network for a chamber of congress (H = House, S = Senate) in one session (e.g. 93 = 93rd…

Some 1,500 active duty Army paratroopers have been put on alert for a potential deployment to Minnesota, according to two defense officials.
The soldiers are from the 11th Airborne Division,
based at Joint Base Elmendorf--Richardson,
one of the Army's premier infantry formations and a frontline force in the U.S. military presence in the Pacific, positioned to help deter China.
The division is also the military's leading formation for Arctic warfare.
One…

sp_colocation: Social co-locations (2018)
Network of colocations between peoople, based on the information on which RFID readers received information from the RFID tags. Namely, we define two individuals to be in co-presence if the same exact set of readers have received signals from both individuals during a 20s time window.
This network has 403 nodes and 1417485 edges.
Tags: Social, Offline, Unweighted, Weighted, Temporal, Metadata

This year, the Mastodon team returned to FOSDEM for the third time.
FOSDEM is an annual gathering of open source developers, held in Brussels.
We’re excited to report that the Fediverse is feeling vibrant!
FOSDEM has become a central element of EU Open Source Week
- a series of events, meetups and workshops that have formed around the conference itself.
The range of events makes this trip to Brussels valuable for our team,
with opportunities to meet other …

FOSDEM 2026 Recap
All about our presence at FOSDEM 2026.

Alabama is finding new ways to criminally charge undocumented immigrants.
Federal courts in the state are using a law last applied during the U.S. internment of people of Japanese descent during World War II
to charge immigrants who don’t register themselves.
The Trump administration is attempting to criminalize presence in the United to justify removal.

Alabama uses Japanese American Internment era law to charge immigrants who don’t self-register
Alabama is finding new ways to criminally charge undocumented immigrants

internet_top_pop: Internet topology (PoP level) (1969-2012)
Assorted snapshots of internet graph at the Point of Presence (PoP) level (which lies between the IP and AS levels), collected from around the world and at various times. The earliest snapshots are for ARPANET (1969-1972), with a few more from pre-2000. Most are from 2006 onward. Metadata include link type or speed, longitudes, and latitudes of nodes, URL, and date of record.
This network has 16 nodes and 18 edges.

On Oct. 4, Marimar Martinez, a teacher’s assistant at a Montessori school, was driving in Chicago when she observed federal immigration agents on patrol.
She had begun to honk her horn to warn her neighbors about their presence when she collided with a Border Patrol vehicle.
Moments later, the agent in the vehicle, Charles Exum, fired multiple shots into Martinez’s car, hitting her again and again.
(Later, Exum bragged to colleagues that he had “fired 5 rounds and she had 7…

Opinion | We Have to Face What ICE Has Done to Us
Any serious push to account for the actions of this government must include recompense and repair for its victims.

internet_top_pop: Internet topology (PoP level) (1969-2012)
Assorted snapshots of internet graph at the Point of Presence (PoP) level (which lies between the IP and AS levels), collected from around the world and at various times. The earliest snapshots are for ARPANET (1969-1972), with a few more from pre-2000. Most are from 2006 onward. Metadata include link type or speed, longitudes, and latitudes of nodes, URL, and date of record.
This network has 9 nodes and 20 edges.
…

More gas, more flashbangs.
Feds reappeared, made that arrest.
People screaming for medics.
Feds cleared out from this road but left one vehicle.
It's been broken open.
https://skywriter.blue/pages/did:plc:s4t4ce7wbksdau5aqb5aqa4u…

internet_top_pop: Internet topology (PoP level) (1969-2012)
Assorted snapshots of internet graph at the Point of Presence (PoP) level (which lies between the IP and AS levels), collected from around the world and at various times. The earliest snapshots are for ARPANET (1969-1972), with a few more from pre-2000. Most are from 2006 onward. Metadata include link type or speed, longitudes, and latitudes of nodes, URL, and date of record.
This network has 25 nodes and 26 edges.