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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’

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My new favorite charger is the "Anker Prime Charger, 160W 3-Port (140W on a single port). Perfect for a power-hungry laptop smartphone.
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🦾 Artificial tendons give muscle-powered robots a boost
#robotics

Artificial tendons give muscle-powered robots a boost
Our muscles are nature's actuators. The sinewy tissue is what generates the forces that make our bodies move. In recent years, engineers have used real muscle tissue to actuate "biohybrid robots" made from both living tissue and synthetic parts. By pairing lab-grown muscles with synthetic skeletons, researchers are engineering a menagerie of muscle-powered crawlers, walkers, swimmers, and grippers.

Ukrainian envoy says US raised concerns about strikes aimed at Russia that impacted US oil interests (Aamer Madhani/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/trump-russia-ukraine-kazakhstan-port-64099dd2a9a3124600682f736c3f5117
http://www.memeorandum.com/260224/p88#a260224p88

macOS-Klangverwaltung: Soundsource 6 steuert App-Output
Rogue Amoeba hat eine neue Hauptversion seines Tools Soundsource parat. Damit leitet man Klänge auf dem Mac gezielt um oder verfeinert sie.
https://www.

In an act of casual callousness, the British Home Office (interior ministry) affirms that
British dual nationals risk imminent refusal of travel home to UK.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/feb/2…

Mews, which makes AI-powered hospitality management software, raised a $300M Series D led by EQT Growth at a $2.5B valuation (Tamara Djurickovic/Tech.eu)
https://tech.eu/2026/01/22/mews-raises-300m-to-accelerate-ai-powered-hospitality-operations/<…

La révolution de l’immunité ancestrale : quand nos défenses sont un héritage des bactéries
https://www.lemonde.fr/sciences/article/2025/11/24/la-revolution-de-l-immunite-ancestrale…

La révolution de l’immunité ancestrale : quand nos défenses sont un héritage des bactéries
De récents travaux font état de nombreux éléments du système immunitaire retrouvés à la fois chez l’homme et les bactéries. Ces protéines ou domaines protéiques ont été élaborés chez les micro-organismes avant d’être transmis aux eucaryotes (lignée à laquelle nous appartenons). Les chercheurs ne sont pas au bout de leurs surprises.

Mr. Pretti, wearing brown, is filming with his cellphone
when agents approach m,
then bring him to the ground.
An agent begins shoving the demonstrators,
and squirts pepper spray at their faces.
At this moment,
Mr. Pretti has both hands clearly visible.
One is holding his phone, while he holds the other up to protect himself from pepper spray.
He moves to help one of the protesters who was sprayed, as other agents approach and pull him from be…

Videos Show Moments in Which Agents Killed a Man in Minneapolis
Federal authorities said the slain man, Alex Pretti, had approached agents with a gun. But videos show Mr. Pretti was holding his phone, not a weapon, when they pulled him to the ground.

Minneapolis Live Updates:
Videos Contradict the Federal Account of the Killing
An I.C.U. nurse shot by federal agents was an American citizen with no criminal record, the city police chief said.
Federal authorities said the slain man, #Alex #Pretti, had approached agents with a gun.
But videos show…

Videos Show Moments in Which Agents Killed a Man in Minneapolis
Federal authorities said the slain man, Alex Pretti, had approached agents with a gun. But videos show Mr. Pretti was holding his phone, not a weapon, when they pulled him to the ground.