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Nederland moet sneller verduurzamen, uit noodzaak.
https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws…

Wat vindt NRC | Nederland moet sneller verduurzamen, uit noodzaak
Energietransitie

Indian edtech startup upGrad plans to acquire rival Unacademy in an all-stock deal; Unacademy was valued at less than $500M in 2025, down from $3.5B in 2021 (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/15/unac

Unacademy to be acquired by upGrad in share-swap deal as India’s edtech sector consolidates | TechCrunch
The deal comes after Unacademy’s valuation plunged from $3.5B to under $500M, as India’s once-booming edtech sector struggles.

Trump regime wants social media sites to expose anti-ICE accounts.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/technology/dhs-anti-ice-social-media.html?smid=nytcore-android-share

Homeland Security Demands Social Media Sites Reveal Names Behind Anti-ICE Posts
The department has sent Google, Meta and other companies hundreds of subpoenas for information on accounts that track or comment on Immigration and Customs Enforcement, officials and tech workers said.

Real estate agent brothers
Tal, Oren and Alon Alexander
– known as ‘closers’
– are on trial in New York for
sex trafficking
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/15/alexander-brothers-trial?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Piel de oveja. Columna de Javier Sajuria.
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Amebae!
https://www.nytimes.com/badges/games/v1/bee.html?d=2026-02-14&l=mabegin&p=293&r=Queen Bee&c=e6584b2c60d150b59c1dda9f9a74269c&smid=url-share…

I got Queen Bee!
How many words can you make with 7 letters?

Ben Jennings on Trump and the pope
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2026/apr/13/ben-jennings-on-trump-and-the-pope-cartoon?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

Ben Jennings on Trump and the pope
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2026/apr/13/ben-jennings-on-trump-and-the-pope-cartoon?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

Is dit een waarschuwing en een les voor stadsverwarming in Nederland?
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/14/soviet-era-heating-system-ukraine-russia-visual-guide?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

How a Soviet-era heating system exposes Ukraine to Russian attack – a visual guide
Communal central heating means Moscow can plunge entire neighbourhoods into cold with a single strike

How the little-known ‘dark roof’ lobby may be making US cities hotter
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jun/01/dark-roof-lobby?CMP=share_btn_url

#heiseshow: Fair Share, KI im Arbeitsmarkt, iPhones im All
In der #heiseshow: Meta soll Telekom Millionen zahlen, KI verdrängt Einstiegsjobs und Astronauten dürfen jetzt iPhones mit ins All nehmen.

Again, it's reprehensible that none of the press reports on the power outage in Venezuela even bother to mention that we bombed the sh*t out of two substations. I feel like I'm going crazy.
https://www.nytimes.com/2…

Cyberattack in Venezuela Demonstrated Precision of U.S. Capabilities
Senators are expected to ask Lt. Gen. Joshua M. Rudd, President Trump’s nominee to lead the U.S. Cyber Command, about the mission in Caracas.

Death of the President, March 15, 1959
https://www.tumblr.com/teledyn/811155018909728768/march-15-1959?source=share

🙊 Spider monkeys found to share ‘insider knowledge’ to help locate best food
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/jan/25/spider-monkeys-found-to-share-insider-knowledge-to-help-locate-best-food

Spider monkeys found to share ‘insider knowledge’ to help locate best food
Researchers observed the primates switching social groups and passing information on where to find the ripest fruit

Superreicher Typ, der sehr viel Geld an die AfD spendet, hat Probleme mit dem Gesetz. …wären die Rechtsextremen an der Macht, könnten solche Leute tun und lassen was sie wollen, so lange nur das Geld fließt. Gut, dass Kiel besser funktioniert.

Möbel Höffner in Kiel: Noch immer Ärger um Umweltauflagen
Die Proteste gegen Möbel Höffner in Kiel sind längst verhallt – doch Jahre später wird nun klar: Das Unternehmen von Kurt Krieger hat noch immer nicht alle Umweltauflagen für den Bau seines Möbelmarktzentrums erfüllt. Durch die Baustelle waren 2020 große Schäden an der Natur entstanden.

One writer whose name was offered as editing help for Grammarly users tells why she is lead plaintiff in a class-action suit against Grammarly's parent company (Julia Angwin/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/…

Opinion | Why I’m Suing Grammarly
A tech company made a deepfake of my mind. I’m fighting back.

#Worldle #1513 (14.03.2026) 1/6 (100%)
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A daily geography game where you guess the country from its shape and get clues with every attempt. Play daily or explore the archive.

You may have come across the I-have-nothing-to-hide argument as a response to concerns about digital mass surveillance. It's a red herring; the real argument is about who gets to choose what to share.
https://theprivacydad.com/i-have-nothing-but-red-herring-to-hide/

#GiftLink
"Iran Proposes Suspending Nuclear Activity for Up to 5 Years" but JD demanded 20
Iran War Live Updates: Trump and Iran Trade Threats on 1st Day of Strait of Hormuz Blockade - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/04/13/world/iran-war-trump-news?unlocked_article_code=1.a1A.dgXa.BQIgFEfydvSO&smid=url-share

Pete Hegseth's Gospel of Carnage (Frank Bruni/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/13/opinion/pete-hegseths-religious-war.html?unlocked_article_code=1.alA.bJIS.KmJ6dP-uspy9&smid=url-share
http://www.memeorandum.com/260414/p3#a260414p3

A dozen states have tried so far, but Maine is now on the verge of becoming the first in the US with a state-wide data center ban. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jonippolito_mepolitics-aiethics-datacenter-share-7449821151343775744-PlEQ

Reacción excéntrica. Columna de Paula Escobar.
https://wallabag.altgr.xyz/share/69922096d83251.82283937
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And another:
https://www.tumblr.com/sadabeuk/808193253872746496?source=share

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‘You are all worse than each other’: anti-regime Iranians turn on Trump https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/14/anti-regime-iranians-turn-on-trump-us?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Tadej while the bicycles still cling to the road,
I’ll celebrate your victories, I’ll share in your heavy load.
A million kilometres shall all pass away, ‘ere I forget all the joy that is, Tadej
I’ll be a fan and I’ll be a rover, you’ll know who I am by the shouts that I sing.
I’ll share in your peloton, I’ll support your events, who cares what tomorrow shall bring?
#pogI

The backlash against Trump from critics of the Iranian regime has started. After all:
You can bomb a country to pieces
You can't bomb a country to peace https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/14/anti-regime-iranians-turn-on-trump-us?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

That e-bike you bought your teen might be an illegal electric motorbike – and the risks are real
https://theconversation.com/that-e-bike-you…

That e-bike you bought your teen might be an illegal electric motorbike – and the risks are real
From serious injuries to thrill-seeking rideouts, teens on overpowered e-bikes have provoked a media frenzy. But the risks of these vehicles is very real.

Excited to share that the MITRE Fight Fraud Framework™ (F3) is now included in the default MISP galaxy and available across all MISP instances.
F3 is a curated knowledge base of tactics and techniques used by financial fraud actors, helping analysts structure, share, and enrich fraud-related intelligence more effectively.
A great step forward for the MISP community and for teams tracking financial fraud.
🔗

"A new Share button" for #Mastodon:
https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/03/a-new-share-button/

CoinDesk Data: Binance's market share of spot crypto trading fell to 25% in December, its lowest since 2021, and it is also losing ground in derivatives trading (Sidhartha Shukla/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20<…

Sperm whales’ communication closely parallels human language, study finds
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/15/sperm-whales-alphabet-vocalizations-similar-humans?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

How ‘day zero’ water shortages in Iran are fuelling protests
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/15/how-day-zero-water-shortages-in-iran-are-fuelling-protests?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

JD Vance jumped into Donald Trump’s feud with Pope Leo,
effectively telling the pontiff to stay in his lane after the head of the Catholic church criticized the White House over the Iran war.
“It would be best for the Vatican to stick to matters of morality"
-- Implicitly conceding that Trump's politics are immoral

China’s Edge in an Oil Shock: Electric Cars and Renewables.
Beijing’s decades-long push to reduce its dependence on foreign oil with huge investments in clean energy sources like electric vehicles is now paying off. https://www.nytimes.com/20…

China’s Edge in an Oil Shock: Electric Cars and Renewables
Beijing’s decades-long push to reduce its dependence on foreign oil with huge investments in clean energy sources like electric vehicles is now paying off.

El otro tipo parpadeó | Columna de Daniel Matamala
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Meta is evil, confirmed again. Leave it's platforms.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/technology/meta-facial-recognition-smart-glasses.html?unlocked_article_code=1.MFA.q…

Meta Plans to Add Facial Recognition Technology to Its Smart Glasses
In an internal memo last year, Meta said the political tumult in the United States would distract critics from the feature’s release.

Sources: Jeff Bezos said "I don't care" after WaPo leaders told him changes to the Opinion section could turn off subscribers; 60K canceled their subs in Feb. (New York Times)
https://www.nytim…

How Jeff Bezos Upended The Washington Post
The billionaire newspaper owner, dissatisfied by years of losses, wants the newsroom to double productivity with half its budget.

#Worldle #1514 (15.03.2026) 1/6 (100%)
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A daily geography game where you guess the country from its shape and get clues with every attempt. Play daily or explore the archive.

Trump Administration Set to Receive $10 Billion Fee for Brokering TikTok Deal (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/tech/tiktok-deal-fee-trump-administration-5aa31c9f?st=cFotYx&reflink=article_copyURL_share
http://www.memeorandum.com/260313/p108#a260313p108

Android: Google plant „Tap to Share“ für schnellen Datenaustausch
Google arbeitet an einer Funktion, um Dateien und mehr zwischen Android-Geräten durch Aneinanderhalten zu teilen – ähnlich wie Apples NameDrop.

Al rector le haría bien | Columna de Paula Escobar
https://wallabag.altgr.xyz/share/69deb3e4969590.12594012
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Scientists say that AI has become a powerful and rapidly improving research tool, and that whether it is generating ideas on its own is, for now, a moot point (Cade Metz/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/technol

Can A.I. Generate New Ideas?
Systems like OpenAI’s GPT-5 are accelerating research in math, biology and chemistry. But there is a debate over whether it can do that work on its own.

How ‘day zero’ water shortages in Iran are fuelling protests
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/15/how-day-zero-water-shortages-in-iran-are-fuelling-protests?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

Good to see this NRC editorial catch the essence of the Topsector Energie report on energy security "Autonoom en veilig", to which I contributed:
"The Netherlands should green its energy supply, out of necessity."

Wat vindt NRC | Nederland moet sneller verduurzamen, uit noodzaak
Energietransitie

"I am a Hispanic American and a United States citizen by birth who believes deeply in the foundational tenets of this nation.
But for the first time in my 42 years, I live in fear.
Fear that I’ll be stopped because I look the way I look
or because I was overheard speaking Spanish to my wife or son — both American citizens."

Opinion | American Citizens Are Living in Fear
Readers share their anxieties over the aggressive tactics of ICE agents. Also: Undermining the Fed’s stability; one reader’s Trump quiz.

Onderzoekers: Tweede Kamerverkiezingen verliepen ‘onder dreiging’, online manipulatie neemt snel toe.

Verkiezingen en online manipulatie
Pieter van Boheemen | directeur Post-X Society: Politieke beïnvloeding via het buitenland, online haatcampagnes en AI-filmpjes met nepbeelden. Ze ondermijnen de democratie, schrijven onderzoekers in een rapport over de vorige verkiezingen. „Het toezicht vanuit de overheid moet veel strenger worden.”

El dios de la decadencia | Columna de Oscar Contardo
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Sources: the US cyberattack that plunged Caracas into darkness during the Maduro mission shows its offensive capabilities; Senators plan to question officials (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/us/poli

Cyberattack in Venezuela Demonstrated Precision of U.S. Capabilities
Senators are expected to ask Lt. Gen. Joshua M. Rudd, President Trump’s nominee to lead the U.S. Cyber Command, about the mission in Caracas.

The last line: “‘a great level of deference’ is not equivalent to ignoring the facts on the ground”.
What is the Insurrection Act, and can Trump use it?
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/07/trump-insurrection-act-exp…

What They Wanted From Jeffrey Epstein (Ezra Klein/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/15/opinion/jeffrey-epstein-ro-khanna.html?unlocked_article_code=1.MVA.gXlY.amZIejMmCvqa&smid=url-share
http://www.memeorandum.com/260215/p20#a260215p20

U.S. Deports Nine Migrants in Secret
-- Ignoring Legal Protections
Most had court orders protecting them from removal to their home countries
-- so they were sent to detention in Cameroon
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/world/a

U.S. Deports Nine Migrants in Secret, Ignoring Legal Protections
Most had court orders protecting them from removal to their home countries, so they were sent to detention in Cameroon.

FTM over DigiD, "Prominenten komen in actie tegen Amerikaanse overname van DigiD"
https://www.ftm.nl/artikelen/prominenten-k

Prominenten komen in actie tegen Amerikaanse overname van DigiD-leverancier
Een groep wetenschappers, opiniemakers en organisaties eist duidelijkheid over de Amerikaanse overname van Solvinity, het bedrijf achter DigiD. Economische Zaken onderzoekt of de nationale veiligheid hierbij in het geding is, maar wil er niets over zeggen. Juridisch vuurwerk dreigt.

Study: most AI-generated videos on social media about the war in Iran push pro-Iranian views, often exaggerating its military capabilities and sophistication (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/int…

Cascade of A.I. Fakes About War With Iran Causes Chaos Online
The technology has been used to create misleading fakes before. But never at this scale.

The last line: “‘a great level of deference’ is not equivalent to ignoring the facts on the ground”.
What is the Insurrection Act, and can Trump use it?
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/07/trump-insurrection-act-exp…

JD Vance defends Trump amid spat with Pope Leo: ‘Stick to matters of morality’
Which makes me wonder how #Vance defines "morality".
https://www.thegua…

Inside the administration, some officials are growing pessimistic about the lack of a clear strategy to finish the war.
But they have been careful not to express that directly to the president,
who has repeatedly declared that the military operation is a complete success
htt…

How Trump and His Advisers Miscalculated Iran’s Response to War
In the lead-up to the U.S.-Israeli attack, President Trump downplayed the risks to the energy markets as a short-term concern that should not overshadow the mission to decapitate the Iranian regime.

Deep in China's Mountains, a Nuclear Revival Takes Shape (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/02/15/world/asia/china-nuclear.html?unlocked_article_code=1.MVA.hi8b.Q8yVPBHesmWF&smid=url-share
http://www.memeorandum.com/260215/p25#a260215p25

Best voorspelbaar dit, los van dat ik een groot voorstander ben van reguleren BigTech

In Australië zijn sociale media al verboden voor jongeren. Werkt dat? ‘Ik ken niemand die geen account meer heeft’
De eerste Australische zomervakantie sinds een verbod op sociale media voor kinderen is voorbij. De meeste scholieren in Sydney hebben weinig van de maatregel gemerkt. "Voor mij bleef alles hetzelfde, ik hoefde niet eens te liegen."

Israel just attacked a university in Beirut, Lebanon, killing a dean and a researcher. Like it did in Gaza, where it systematically bombed all universities.
https://www.

Universiteit in Beiroet geraakt bij Israëlische aanvallen, decaan en onderzoeker gedood
Bij Israëlische luchtaanvallen op een universiteit in een buitenwijk van de Libanese hoofdstad Beiroet zijn donderdag twee academici omgekomen, meldt de Libanese president Joseph Aoun op X. Het gaat volgens Aoun om een onderzoeker en de decaan van de faculteit Natuurwetenschappen van de Lebanese University. Aoun heeft in een telefoongesprek met het universiteitshoofd zijn condoleances aangeboden,…

JD Vance defends Trump amid spat with Pope Leo: ‘Stick to matters of morality’
Which makes me wonder how #Vance defines "morality".
https://www.thegua…

The U.S. Is Pressing Mexico to Allow U.S. Forces to Fight Cartels (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/world/americas/us-mexico-cartels.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ElA._zu8.TZgUyqZrusdK&smid=url-share
http://www.memeorandum.com/260115/p90#a260115p90

"Inside a jubilant DC conference where ‘the climate deniers are in charge now’"
#Accusations&Confessions: "Zeldin said, a “cabal” of elites promoted climate science to further their agenda."

How Jeff Bezos Upended The Washington Post (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/14/business/media/washington-post-jeff-bezos-layoffs.html?unlocked_article_code=1.TFA.1BXW.uPrAKNmySdUA&smid=nytcore-ios-share
http://www.memeorandum.com/260314/p18#a260314p18

"Inside a jubilant DC conference where ‘the climate deniers are in charge now’"
#Accusations&Confessions: "Zeldin said, a “cabal” of elites promoted climate science to further their agenda."

The most lawless administration, the likes of which nobody’s ever seen before...
‘A different set of rules’: thermal drone footage shows Musk’s AI power plant flouting clean air regulations
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/20

Trump Knew the Risk of Iran Blocking the Strait of Hormuz. He Still Went to War. (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/iran-oil-hormuz-blockade-trump-f96bdd53?st=FmQfMm&reflink=article_copyURL_share
http://www.memeorandum.com/260313/p124#a260313p124

The most lawless administration, the likes of which nobody’s ever seen before...
‘A different set of rules’: thermal drone footage shows Musk’s AI power plant flouting clean air regulations
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/20

Past administrations had been war-gaming an Iran invasion for decades
– but with Trump in the White House, observers said that the rigidly closed circle of advisers around him,
the collapse of an interagency process in the government
and his erratic decision-making process made this unlike any other US military campaign in recent memory.
Donald Trump’s back-of-the-envelope plan for regime change in Tehran ran into the reality of the largest US intervention in the Midd…

Amazon agrees to pay $11.57B to acquire Globalstar, or $90 per share; the deal requires Globalstar to meet certain HIBLEO-4 replacement satellite milestones (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/media-tel

Undocumented Immigrants Fear Tax Data Will Be Shared With ICE (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/14/us/undocumented-immigrants-ice-tax-returns-irs.html?unlocked_article_code=1.a1A.dCak.n750Kokdec2M&smid=bs-share
http://www.memeorandum.com/260414/p139#a260414p139

The 72nd meeting of the Bilderberg group,
the elite and secretive policy conference that is the longtime subject of endless conspiracy theories,
was held at the weekend in Washington DC.
A security cordon went up around the opulent Salamander hotel for the notoriously media-shy summit,
which was packed as ever with prime ministers, military leaders, tech billionaires and the heads of giant investment companies.
Bilderberg, which since the 1950s has been the int…

Trump's Attacks on Pope Leo Create Fresh Midterm Headaches for G.O.P. (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/14/us/politics/trump-attacks-pope-midterms.html?unlocked_article_code=1.a1A.YQKr.oltusoQUfk8h&smid=url-share
http://www.memeorandum.com/260414/p104#a260414p104

Polymarket and Kalshi count Donald Trump Jr. as an adviser, and Trump Media plans to launch Truth Predict, raising ethical questions during Trump's second term (Sharon LaFraniere/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/us/politics/donald-…

Leading Prediction Firms Share a Commonality: Donald Trump Jr.
Traders in companies with ties to the president’s eldest son can bet on the outcome of events the president affects.

One State, Two Very Different Views of Minneapolis (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/us/minnesota-minneapolis-shooting-ice-renee-good.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ElA.BQQH.M2ZrF4LhWpgv&smid=url-share
http://www.memeorandum.com/260115/p42#a260115p42

A portion of California’s scenic Highway 1, which winds through rugged cliffs along the coast and has long been a highlight for travelers admiring the ocean views, 🙏🏻reopened on Wednesday after a years-long closure.
A large section of the road in #Big #Sur has been cut off due to landslides
💥 since 2023,
creat…

Uber says it plans to launch Uber Eats in Austria and six other European countries in 2026, as it gains market share in the UK, Germany, France, and Spain (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/8280412c-df99-4eb2-b447-f29872d0439d

Change in Data Sources Led to Lower Inflation Reading (Ben Casselman/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/business/economy/inflation-cpi-pce-methodology.html?unlocked_article_code=1.S1A.b-6S.rhZfhHrqCiYa&smid=url-share
http://www.memeorandum.com/260313/p107#a260313p107

New renderings released this week provide the most detailed vision yet of Donald Trump’s proposed $400m White House ballroom addition.
The renderings, submitted by the project’s architects and released on Friday by the National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC), depict a vast sprawling structure, expected to be around 90,000sq ft, from multiple angles.
In the images, the proposed building stands level with the White House mansion.
The renderings appear in a 28-page documen…

Pride Flag Can Fly at Stonewall After Trump Administration Reversal (Liam Stack/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/13/nyregion/pride-flag-stonewall-trump.html?unlocked_article_code=1.alA.O3on.bNtR-C-pj51X&smid=nytcore-ios-share
http://www.memeorandum.com/260413/p149#a260413p149

Pentagon Used Anthropic's Claude in Maduro Venezuela Raid (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/pentagon-used-anthropics-claude-in-maduro-venezuela-raid-583aff17?st=zM4NSw&reflink=article_copyURL_share
http://www.memeorandum.com/260213/p115#a260213p115

A national majority vote for president is one step closer to reality after the Virginia governor, Abigail Spanberger, signed the national popular vote bill into law,
joining an interstate compact with 17 other states and the District of Columbia.
Under the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, states would assign their presidential electors to the winner of the popular vote, regardless of the results within the state.
The compact takes effect when states representing a …

Pentagon's Boat Bombings Are Illegal, Human Rights Panel Is Told (Carol Rosenberg/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/us/politics/pentagon-boat-bombings.html?unlocked_article_code=1.TFA.OcAd.YrLBVBrF6fNe&smid=nytcore-ios-share
http://www.memeorandum.com/260314/p57#a260314p57

Tech billionaires are leveraging tens of millions of dollars
to influence California politics
in a marked uptick from their previous participation in affairs at the state capitol.
Behemoths such as #Google and #Meta are getting involved in campaigns for November’s elections,
as are venture capitalist…

Rains Inundate Hawaii, Closing Schools and Causing Landslides (Amy Graff/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/14/weather/hawaii-kona-storm-rain-flooding-landslides.html?unlocked_article_code=1.TFA.TkUG.11VKEiOE2vdH&smid=url-share
http://www.memeorandum.com/260315/p25#a260315p25

Two immigration judges who ruled against the Trump administration in the deportation cases of pro-Palestinian university students have been fired by the Department of Justice.
The New York Times reported over the weekend that the justice department had terminated six judges,
including Roopal Patel and Nina Froes, who oversaw deportation proceedings against Rümeysa Öztürk and Mohsen Mahdawi,
two students who were arrested last year as part of Trump’s campaign against the Gaz…

Suspended U.S. Sanctions Add a Political Win to Russia's Economic Gains (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/world/europe/russia-oil-suspended-sanctions-economy.html?unlocked_article_code=1.S1A.Y2FE.FRGSiMtetT5e&smid=url-share
http://www.memeorandum.com/260314/p28#a260314p28

Lobbyist Arrested in Extortion Attempt of Client Who Received a Trump Pardon (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/14/us/lobbyist-trump-pardon-extortion-charge.html?unlocked_article_code=1.TFA.tvHb.XrwFEJnmTFhd&smid=nytcore-ios-share
http://www.memeorandum.com/260314/p38#a260314p38

The Trump administration has increasingly deported people
– including refugees
– to countries with which they have little or no connection,
often placing their lives in danger.
For years, Bhutan had refused to repatriate Bhutanese refugees,
and no public repatriation agreement between the two countries exists,
according to Aisa Villarosa, an attorney with the Asian Law Caucus, also involved in
ongoing Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) litigation tie…

Jared Kushner Solicits Funds for His Firm While Working as Mideast Envoy (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/business/jared-kushner-affinity-mideast-funds.html?unlocked_article_code=1.TFA.B9T9.sNYsbtoibOAv&smid=nytcore-ios-share
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"Western man" is code for
"white man,"
and one of the most popular racist books in these subcultures is
"Which Way Western Man",
which has been featured in a [Department of Homeland Security] post celebrating manifest destiny.
The 1978 book is essential reading among the American far right
and was written by the late white nationalist #William

More Than Ever, Videos Expose the Truth. And Cloud It, Too. (Charles Homans/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/15/us/politics/minneapolis-videos-killings-artificial-intellingence.html?unlocked_article_code=1.MVA.Q3FP.6miahXgU-yHJ&smid=url-share
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"We don’t really think about our future – we remember it",
said Dr Hal Hershfield, who studies how humans think about time and how that influences our emotions and behaviors.
When we daydream or envision ourselves at a later point, we essentially create a memory.
We then use these memories to construct our ideas about the future.
This process is called “episodic future thinking”;
it supports our decision-making, emotional regulation and ability to p…

Trump's Meltdown -- Attacking the pope was only part of the president's disturbing night on Truth Social. (Tom Nichols/The Atlantic)
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/04/trump-pope-post-truth-social/686802/?gift=otEsSHbRYKNfFYMngVFweNo33wuHWV4Tdf5cppid2dI&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
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“The are several stages to the escalation trap,” said Robert Pape,
a US historian who has studied the limitation of air power and has advised a number of US administrations.
“What we saw with the initial attack was tactically almost 100% success,” he said.
“The problem is that when that doesn’t lead to strategic success … you get to second stage of the trap.
“The attacker still has escalation dominance, so there is a doubling down,
which then moves up the escala…

The scale of Orbšn’s defeat has left Moscow with little choice but to acknowledge the loss of a key partner in Europe.
“Hungary made its choice. We respect that choice,” Russian Foreign Minister Peskov said on Monday.
“We were never friends with Orbšn,” said Peskov,
adding that Moscow remained open to dialogue and to building good, mutually beneficial relations with Budapest.
Moscow appears to be playing down the loss of a key ally in Europe,
striking a tone rem…

One day during his first term, Donald Trump summoned a top aide to discuss a new idea.
“Trump called me down to the Oval Office,”
John Bolton, national security adviser in 2018, told the Guardian.
💥“He said a prominent businessman had just suggested the US buy #Greenland.”
It was an extraordinary proposal.
And it originated from a longtime friend of the president who would go …

Danish PM says US
‘ambition to take over #Greenland’
is intact after Washington meeting
'Not easy' talks with US leave to #Denmark determined to
'prevent' US takeover of Greenland
Danish prime minister
Mette Frederiksen has responded to last night’s “not easy” meetin…

Gripped by a terrible #drought now entering its 💥sixth year,
#Iran’s cities are on the brink of what its meteorological organisation calls
♦️“water day zero”:
the boundary beyond which supply systems no longer function.
🔥This was crossed by

Hundreds of thousands of people have taken part in rallies around the world
to show their solidarity with anti-government demonstrators in Iran
whose continued protests have been met with brutal and deadly repression.
On Saturday, Reza Pahlavi, the exiled son of Iran’s last shah,
addressed a crowd of 200,000 people in Munich,
telling them he was ready to lead the country to a “secular democratic future”.
Pahlavi urged Iranians at home and abroad to continu…