2026-04-17 11:56:36
Wild George Pickens Trade Proposal Gives Cowboys Rare NFL Draft Opportunity https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/dallas-cowboys/george-pickens-nfl-trade-proposal-draft/
Wild George Pickens Trade Proposal Gives Cowboys Rare NFL Draft Opportunity https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/dallas-cowboys/george-pickens-nfl-trade-proposal-draft/
Patriots and Raiders trade proposal sends Maxx Crosby to New England for star defender https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/new-england-patriots/news/patriots-and-raiders-trade-pro…
India drops a proposal to require Apple, Google, Samsung, and others to pre-install the country's biometric identification app Aadhaar on phones (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/india-drops-propo…
Modest proposal: For even more public health benefit, ban bars from serving alcohol too. There are plenty of delicious N/A beers and mocktails that they can switch to serving exclusively.
(this is a shitpost and not a serious argument against the proposal)
https://missionlocal.org/2026/04/bar-p
If you still thought Israel's military was defensive, think again.
The annexation of more of Palestine in a permanent Nakba.
Israel approves proposal to register occupied West Bank lands as 'state property' | Morning Star
https://morni…
Removal of XSLT from HTML living standard · Issue #1287 · mozilla/standards-positions
#web
Ukrainian delegation headed by Budanov arrives in US to clarify peace proposal: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/17/ukrainian-delegation-headed-by-budanov.html
How does Fedi feel about extending Markdown admonitions with taglines?
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WDYT?
https://github.com/rust-lang/mdBook/issues/3031
Going after Vanuatu: Trump administration urges nations to call for the withdrawal of a UN climate proposal | AP News
https://apnews.com/article/un-resolution-climate-international-court-justice-trump-31f4164aebd2b7bf8b9b4d1c89af9f50
What i like about this article from @… on the Billy Bishop Toronto airport is that it looks a the numbers.
Even if we ignore the whole noise and gas pollution, this airport is not doing so well since they introduced the train to Pearson and it's unclear how adding jets would fix it.
The value prop of the airport is that it's small and…
Sources: the EU's cybersecurity proposal, to be presented on Jan. 20, is expected to phase out vendors such as Huawei from the bloc's critical infrastructure (Barbara Moens/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/eb677cb3-f86c-42de-b819-277bcb042295
Cowboys Blockbuster Trade Proposal Would Create Serious Hype for Dallas' Defense https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/onsi/news/cowboys-blockbuster-trade-proposal-would-create-serious-hype-dallas-defense
Commute-cutting proposal for Australian workers, as fuel crisis bites https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/council-workers-fighting-for-four-day-week/2z87f7veo
49ers trade proposal sends two top-60 draft picks to Raiders for Maxx Crosby https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/san-francisco-49ers/news/49ers-trade-proposal-top-60-draft-picks-raiders-maxx-crosby/99…
A modest proposal for the use of AI https://crookedtimber.org/2026/02/04/a-modest-proposal-for-the-use-of-ai/
The Chinese president, Xi Jinping, has put forward a four-point proposal for peace and stability in the Middle East,
as he called for the world not to be allowed to “revert to the law of the jungle”.
In the most significant remarks he’s made so far about the crisis in the Middle East,
Xi said China would play a “constructive role” in promoting peace talks in the Middle East.
He made the comments during a meeting with Khaled bin Mohamed, the crown prince of Abu Dhabi, …
RE: https://infosec.exchange/@cR0w/116414542243932662
The IPv8 proposal released this week is pure slop. The official IANA IP Version Num…
What Is In Iran's 10-Point Proposal, and How Does It Compare to U.S. Demands? (Erika Solomon/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/08/world/middleeast/iran-10-point-proposal-trump-us-ceasefire.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ZVA.aJB-.9iKGhY9BXPOA
http://www.memeorandum.com/260408/p112#a260408p112
Ravens trade proposal sends first-round pick to Cowboys for $27 million star https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/baltimore-ravens/news/ravens-trade-proposal-sends-first-round-pick-cowboys-27-mil…
Public Comment Period Open: White House Ballroom Proposal | National Trust for Historic Preservation
https://savingplaces.org/public-comment-period-white-house-ballroom
RE: https://mastodon.social/@botgov/116064225980562715
saveamerica leads to a whitehouse page about the SAVE (republican-led voting changes) act proposal
Competition committee co-chairman Rich McKay doesn't expect tush push ban proposal in 2026 https://www.nfl.com/news/competition-committee-co-chairman-rich-mckay-doesn-t-expect-tush-push-ban-proposal-in-2026
From Proposal to Passage: Enacted U.S. AI Laws, 2023–2025
https://fpf.org/blog/from-proposal-to-passage-enacted-u-s-ai-laws-2023-2025/
@…
Cowboys Must Consider George Pickens Trade Proposal For 1 Major Reason https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/onsi/news/dallas-cowboys-must-consider-george-pickens-trade-proposal-1-major-reason
Sean makes a good point, so fine, here’s a proposal for Barasso:
A photo ID is both necessary •and• sufficient to vote. No voter rolls, no registration. You show up on the day of the election with a photo ID that shows an address in the district, you can vote — end of story. Because photo IDs are so great.
What do you think, Barasso? How about it? https://mastodon.social/@SeanCasten/116194834884868503
Kind of a cool proposal in terms of squeezing density onto a slim site, but I wish it didn't have 10 parking spaces for 11 units. That much parking shouldn't be allowed so close to BART, inducing more driving trips on Guerrero which is already a traffic sewer.
https://missionlocal…
Iran's 10-Point Proposal Demands an End to Attacks and Sanctions (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/06/world/middleeast/iran-10-point-proposal.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260407/p6#a260407p6
NATO SG Rutte calls authoritarian leader who illegally attacked a third country and threatened to end its civilisation his friend.
https://kyivindependent.com/trump-meets-nato-chief-as-us-mulls-wihtdrawal-from-alliance/
No official version of the proposal has been made available, but a summary released by Iran's Supreme National Security Council includes demands for the following:
The Strait of Hormuz to be reopened "under the co-ordination of the armed forces of Iran".
The war against "all components" of Iran's so-called Axis of Resistance to end.
US forces to withdraw from "all bases and points of deployment within the region".
I submitted a small talk proposal to our local event called installfest.cz.
It's about @…. Any feedback on it? https://pretalx.ins…
“Stat crux dum volvitur orbis”: the cross is steady while the world turns. https://unherd.com/newsroom/church-of-england-infighting-is-driving-away-worshippers/
Lily Cheng in #Willowdale is again advocating against new housing next to a subway station
According to her, adding 2000 new residents to the neighborhood would be a risk to lose the Costco (???). As if adding new people to the neighborhood would make Costco leave.
Yes some "essential local retail shops" (aka Starbucks) would leave... But there's no shortage i…
“Honoring Mobile OS Text Size”
https://adrianroselli.com/2026/02/honoring-mobile-os-text-size.html
Looks at the new HTML thing proposed from CSSWG (yeah, not confusing) and tries to merge Safari’s propriety hack with Google’s CSSWG proposal and Canary impl…
Please comment by April 6 on the DOJ proposal to stop state bars from disciplining DOJ attorneys. The DOJ can't be trusted to police itself. : r/50501
https://www.reddit.com/r/50501/comments/1rtq2s0/comment/oafrkfh/
Cowboys Predicted to Ship Out $21.5 Million Defender in Head-Scratching Trade https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/onsi/news/cowboys-predicted-to-ship-out-21-5-million-defender-in-head-scratching-trade
#Pelosi endorsing lifetime term limits? For real? Not satire?
Pelosi, Lurie endorse SF’s lifetime term-limit ballot measure | The San Francisco Standard
https://sfstandard.com/2026/04/09/term
#Pelosi endorsing lifetime term limits? For real? Not satire?
Pelosi, Lurie endorse SF’s lifetime term-limit ballot measure | The San Francisco Standard
https://sfstandard.com/2026/04/09/term
@… haven't read this in full yet, but looks relevant to what you've been pondering https://social.coop/@ntnsndr/116363841612449282
"According to Iranian state media, the ten-point proposal includes a number of conditions that the US has in the past rejected. Among them are controlled transit through strait of Hormuz coordinated with Iranian armed forces and withdrawal of all US forces from regional bases. The plan would also require the lifting of all primary and secondary sanctions, payment of full compensation to Iran and release of all frozen Iranian assets." @…
Trump Says Iran Proposal Isn't Enough to Stop Attacks on Bridges and Power Plants (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/06/us/politics/trump-iran-cease-fire-proposal.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ZFA.YXtR.e7OtyU5dHa7k&smid=url-share
http://www.memeorandum.com/260407/p24#a260407p24
I suspect that most people do not recognize how terrible this proposal is.
It is a return to the patronage system of the 1860s where people were hired into and fired from government positions, not on merit, but on loyalty and patronage.
If you think the Federal bureaucracy is slow and sometimes indifferent now, just wait until those bureaucrats operate not out of concern for the country and its citizens but for their jobs and salaries.
"Trump admin moves to finalize re…
Lester B. Pearson is spinning in his grave as his prime ministerial descendant participates in an effort to delegitimize and destroy the UN.
“a person briefed with the proposal told FT that the Trump administration views the concept "as a potential substitute for the UN... a kind of parallel unofficial body to deal with other conflicts beyond Gaza."”
#Canada #CdnPoli #Carney #Liberals #canPoli #UN #world #diplomacy #genocide #gaza #ethniccleansing
"#Gamification in #Libraries: A Bibliometric Study"
https://doi.org/10.18785/slis.1301.12
MLA 2027 Special Session Proposal: "Doing the Thing: Objects Scripting Action in Late Medieval England" https://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2026/01/23/mla-2027-special-session-proposal-doing-the…
Cowboys-Browns trade proposal emerges before NFL draft https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/cleveland-browns/news/cowboys-browns-trade-proposal-emerges-nfl-draft/5b2515735842d883e02e160a
McKay: Not expecting tush push ban proposal https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/48010331/rich-mckay-expect-tush-push-ban-proposal-year
California voters are receiving mailers promoting a 'poison-pill' ballot measure aimed at nullifying a proposed one-time 5% tax on billionaires' assets. The countermeasure, backed by Silicon Valley billionaires including Sergey Brin and Eric Schmidt, would override the tax even if both pass in November. The clash reflects a broader surge in billionaire political spending, which reached $3 billion nationally in 2024 and is reshaping policy battles at state and federal levels
…
Capitol agenda: Democrats demand more from GOP on DHS (Calen Razor/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/02/10/congress/democrats-white-house-dhs-proposal-shutdown-00772903
http://www.memeorandum.com/260210/p68#a260210p68
Want to pop your proposal question at Allegiant Stadium? It’ll cost you https://www.reviewjournal.com/business/stadium/las-vegas-sports-fans-can-pop-their-proposals-question-at-allegiant-stadium-3616474/…
Defense spending would surge to its highest level in decades under a budget proposal put forward by the Trump administration on Friday,
while other government programs would face cuts totaling 10%.
The document prepared by the White House office of management and budget (OMB) is a starting point for negotiations that will probably occupy Congress’s appropriators in the coming months -- and is unlikely to be enacted in full.
But it nonetheless serves as a signal of Donald Tr…
NFL's Tush Push ban proposal not expected for 2026: What it means for Eagles, Bills
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/nfls-tush-push-ban-proposa…
8 of 11 supervisors support Prop D, the Overpaid CEO Tax. That's as close to consensus as we get in SF. Even moderates recognize taxing the biggest corporations, when they just got Trump tax cuts, is preferable to painful cuts to public services.
Dorsey, Mandelman, Mayor Lurie, and Scott Wiener really stand out here as out of touch with their districts and the city.
On the one hand, I’m heartened to see Scott and Sarah were involved (even if Sarah’s name is misspelled).
OTOH, it treats APG as a source of truth when ARIA is the spec and APG patterns are broken / buggy.
“Request for developer feedback: `focusgroup`”
https://developer.chrome.com/blog/focu
Late for Work: Blockbuster Trade Proposal Has Ravens Acquiring George Pickens https://www.baltimoreravens.com/news/ravens-cowboys-george-pickens-trade-draft-scenarios-big-questions
Trump Goes After Federal Programs He Calls 'Woke' in Budget Proposal (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/03/us/politics/trump-budget-proposal-woke.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260403/p133#a260403p133
The Trump administration proposes cutting CISA's budget for 2027 by $707M to help the agency refocus on its "core mission", not "weaponization and waste" (Zack Whittaker/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/07/cisa-bud…
Cowboys Urged to Reject Viral NFL Draft Trade Proposal https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/dallas-cowboys/david-bailey-nfl-draft-trade-proposal/
Maxx Crosby trade proposal sends Raiders star to perennial playoff contender https://raiderramble.com/2026/01/25/maxx-crosby-trade-proposal-sends-raiders-star-to-perennial-playoff-contender/
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey wants to eliminate the 15-year deadline to prosecute rape in cases with a DNA match.
The proposal is part of her budget recommendation for the 2027 fiscal year.
Current Massachusetts law bars rape prosecutions in older cases, even when DNA testing has identified a suspect.
An investigation last year by WBUR and ProPublica found that nearly all other states allow more time to charge rapes or similar assaults of adults than Massachusetts.
…
Sources: the UK plans to delay copyright rule changes for AI training after a two-month consultation failed to land on a favored proposal among stakeholders (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/e759a712-eddf-4bdd-b4d9-03446f8c6545
Super Bowl pop culture prop bets: Cardi B proposal? Kendall Jenner-Devin Booker relationship? https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7010877/2026/02/04/super-bowl-prop-bets-pop-culture-cardi-b-bad-bunny/
The U.S. Commission of Fine Arts,
a panel made up of Donald Trump's appointees,
on Thursday approved his proposal to build a ballroom larger than the White House itself
where the East Wing once stood.
https://www.
Cowboys landing Crosby among litany of proposed trades from NFL writer https://cowboyswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/cowboys/2026/04/11/cowboys-urged-to-trade-for-maxx-crosby-in-bold-draft-day-p…
Blockbuster Trade Proposal Has Raiders Swap Star Player for All-Pro WR https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/las-vegas-raiders/aj-brown-maxx-crosby-trade-eagles/
'Medicare Advantage Is Not Medicare': Democrats Proposal Would Unmask For-Profit Fraudsters | Common Dreams
https://www.commondreams.org/news/medicare-advantage-reform-bill
Trump budget would cut TSA funding, require privatization at small airports (Fiona Bork/The Hill)
https://thehill.com/policy/transportation/5815507-trump-budget-proposal-tsa-funding/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260403/p115#a260403p115
The key to ⚠️holding Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents accountable for constitutional violations -- may lie in a 1987 law review article by a young law professor named Akhil Reed Amar.
“I think it was a good idea then,” he said last week,
“and it’s only taken more than half a lifetime for people to actually read the thing.”
The article has, in truth, been quite influential. It has been cited, for instance, in seven Supreme Court opinions.
But it was also 96 pa…
Sources: the UK has stepped up its efforts to get Anthropic to expand in the country, including a dual listing proposal, after Anthropic's clash with the US DOD (Financial Times)
https://giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/actions/redeem/23de58fd-86d…
Browns propose drastic rule change that could lead to more NFL trades and the Rams fully support it
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/browns-rules-proposal-nfl-trades-rams/
Browns trade rumors: Cowboys eyeing top 10 move in Draft Day blockbuster https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/cleveland-browns/news/browns-trade-rumors-cowboys-top-10-move-draft-day/4f536baa8cc76901d3028871
DHS funding proposal falls flat as Democrats, conservatives and Trump raise doubts (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/24/dhs-shutdown-proposal-doubts-00842576
http://www.memeorandum.com/260324/p127#a260324p127
Bears-Raiders blockbuster trade proposal would solve huge problems for Chicago, Vegas https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/chicago-bears/news/bears-raiders-blockbuster-trade-proposal-solve-problems…
New York pulls a proposal that would have allowed for robotaxi services outside NYC, a setback for Waymo, which wants to hit 1M paid weekly US rides by 2026 end (Natalie Lung/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20
Hold off on Celebrating Trump’s Proposal to Increase Disability Education Funding – Mother Jones
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/04/trump-budged-disability-education-rfk/
Cowboys-Titans Trade Proposal Sees Dallas Moving First-Round Pick to Tennessee https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/onsi/news/cowboys-titans-trade-proposal-sees-dallas-moving-first-round-pick-tennessee
NFL proposes rule to assist possible replacement officials for 2026 season https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7147157/2026/03/25/nfl-rule-proposal-replacement-officials/
Trump agrees to suspend attacks for ‘two weeks’ if Iran opens Strait of Hormuz
Just 90 minutes before Donald Trump’s 8 p.m. deadline to
“wipe out a whole civilization”
with massive strikes on Iran’s energy infrastructure and bridges,
he came up with a two-week extension for diplomacy to continue.
“Subject to the Islamic Republic of Iran agreeing to the COMPLETE, IMMEDIATE and SAFE OPENING of the Strait of Hormuz,”
Trump said on social media,
“I agre…
Trade Proposal Has Raiders Land 5-Time Pro Bowl RB https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/las-vegas-raiders/alvin-kamara-saints-trade-rumors/
Browns propose allowing teams to trade draft picks five years into future https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7131400/2026/03/19/nfl-rule-change-proposal-trade-draft-picks/
The White House's latest effort to enact legislation that would preempt state AI laws stalls as multiple Democrats dismiss the proposal as a partisan play (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/03/trumps-partisan-ai-pitch-stalls-on-…
Greenland rejects Trump’s offer to send US hospital ship to Arctic island | Donald Trump News | Al Jazeera
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/2/22/greenland-reiterates-its-public-healthcare-amid-us-hospital-ship-proposal?traffic_source=rss
Trump agrees to suspend attacks for ‘two weeks’ if Iran opens Strait of Hormuz
There was no immediate comment from Tehran,
and it was not clear whether or how either side had altered what appeared to be mutually exclusive demands.
In sputtering negotiations over the past week, Iran had rejected U.S. demands to shut down its nuclear and ballistic missile programs and reopen the strait, the vital Persian Gulf waterway through which an estimated one-fifth of the world’s ene…
Former NATO commander on Iran rejecting ceasefire proposal: 'They still have cards to play' (Ashleigh Fields/The Hill)
https://thehill.com/policy/international/5818324-iran-still-holds-cards/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260406/p79#a260406p79
Cowboys free agency proposal would add former $120 million All-Pro pass rusher https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/dallas-cowboys/news/cowboys-free-agency-proposal-would-add-former-120-mi…
It's #TacoTuesday 🌮
Trump announced that he will suspend his threatened bombing of Iran’s energy infrastructure and bridges for ...(wait for it) ... two weeks.
The New York Times is reporting that Iran has accepted Pakistan’s two-week cease-fire proposal following frantic diplomatic efforts.
The newspaper quotes Iranian officials as saying the ceasefire was approved by the new sup…
The new NFL draft picks proposal was dead on arrival. Is it dead forever? https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7162399/2026/04/01/nfl-draft-pick-trades-rule-change/
The United States and Iran reached an 11th-hour ceasefire deal on Tuesday night,
pausing for two weeks the threat of military strikes that Trump had warned would wipe out a “whole civilization” unless Tehran agreed to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
Accepting ceasefire, Trump agreed to negotiate on Iran’s terms
-- He did so stating that diplomacy would revolve around a 10-point proposal from Tehran,
a framework he described as a
“workable basis on which to negotiat…
Letters: industry groups pushed back after India proposed in January that Apple, Google, and others consider pre-installing biometric ID app Aadhaar on phones (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/indias-proposal-p…
ESPN: Cowboys offered 'veteran to sweeten deal' in Crosby trade pursuit https://cowboyswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/cowboys/2026/03/08/espn-confirms-cowboys-offered-vet-to-raiders-…
Iran dismissed a US ceasefire proposal on Wednesday
and countered with a negotiation plan of its own
as intermediaries sought to keep diplomatic channels between the warring countries open.
Iranian state TV quoted an anonymous official as saying Tehran had rejected the plan it had received via Pakistan,
saying it would “end the war when it decides to do so and when its own conditions are met”,
and until then would continue fighting across the region.
The f…
Cowboys 4x Pro Bowler should see contract extension proposal for $110M https://cowboyswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/cowboys/2026/02/21/contract-extension-proposal-cowboys-quinnen-williams-110m/88796235…
Cowboys Proposal Has Them Move For All-Pro George Pickens-Replacement https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/dallas-cowboys/brandon-aiyuk-proposal-george-pickens-replacement/
The White House is seeking a record-shattering Pentagon budget of
$1.5 trillion for the next fiscal year,
the largest year-over-year increase in a presidential military spending request since World War II.
The United States already has the world’s largest military budget at roughly $1 trillion,
more than the combined budgets of the next nine highest-spending countries.
The budget proposal also includes deep cuts to social programs.
The Trump administrati…
Iran confirms it has received ceasefire plan,
but says US is not ready for peace
The US, Iran and a group of regional mediators discussed the terms for a potential 45-day ceasefire that could lead to a permanent end to the war,
according to a report from Axiosthat cites “four US, Israeli and regional sources with knowledge of the talks”.
Now, a senior Iranian official has now confirmed to the Reuters news agency that Tehran has received the two-tier ceasefire plan fro…
Steve Bannon, the former White House strategist and rightwing podcast host, said he wants to
🔥see immigration agents at the polls in November,
a proposal that election officials have decried.
Bannon has no formal power,
but is an influential figure on the far right and is closely tied with the Trump administration.
Donald Trump this week again suggested that the federal government
“should take over the voting”
and federalize elections,
which ar…
Democratic senator Chris Van Hollen, viewed as a potential 2028 presidential candidate, will unveil a plan that he says would ensure roughly half of all U.S. workers pay no federal income taxes.
Sen. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland is expected to release the measure next week as Democratic lawmakers search for a sharp economic message to counter last year’s Republican tax law.
Under Van Hollen’s proposal, workers making at or below a “living wage”
— $46,000 for taxpayers filin…
As Donald Trump formally inaugurated his so-called
"Board of Peace" at the
World Economic Forum in Davos,
Switzerland, on Thursday,
his son-in-law Jared Kushner
presented his vision of
turning the Gaza Strip into
an upscale seaside resort
with gleaming skyscrapers and entirely new cities.
The proposal is said to require an investment of at least $25 billion,
and Kushner’s presentation showed a map of the besieged territor…
The Trump administration officially sent Congress its 2027 budget proposal on Friday,
And while the largest story that emerged from the mammoth document was that the president is looking to
increase defense spending over 40 percent to a staggering $1.5 trillion,
there are plenty more budget adjustments to laugh/shudder/weep over.
Among the social and health programs Trump is looking to cut in order to fund his bloodlust is the
National Institutes of Health,