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Mein Plan für das @… am 25.04.2026 steht! Ich freue mich schon sehr auf meine zweite Teilnahme in Berlin. #tazlab26 #jetztmaltacheles

THE AUTISTIC BOOKTOK AUTHOR FORCED TO WRITE ABOUT IT..

There's a lot to like in this government initiative but concerning that improved heat-tightness (chiefly via insulation) doesn't get the leading emphasis it should have. Instead a lot of emphasis on solar, but the EROI of solar isn't great in the UK.
Skip past the copious puff to the bottom, notes to editors, to find a bit of detail.
Families to save in biggest home upgrade plan in British history - GOV.UK

Families to save in biggest home upgrade plan in British history
Government launches Warm Homes Plan to upgrade the nation's homes, help families cut their energy bills, and tackle fuel poverty.

We plan to run a series of articles as a stock-take of degrowth and ecosocialism worldwide. We envisage two types of contribution.
Short country updates and longer issue-based pieces.
Follow the link for details.
#degrowth #ecosocialism

Call for articles: Degrowth and Ecosocialism: the global picture
Degrowth UK plans to run a series of articles as a stock-take of degrowth and ecosocialism worldwide. We envisage two types of contribution. 1) Short pieces (up to 2,000 words) summarising the situ…

So it wasn't a threat, it was an announcement.
Homan Lays Out Plan To Deploy ICE Agents At Airports - Joe.My.God.
https://www.joemygod.com/2026/03/homan-lays-out-plan-to-deploy-ice-agents-at-airports/

Briljant plan om de #energiebesparingsplicht te verzwakken te midden van een conflict met onze grootste gasleverancier en met netcongestie alom...
https://solarmagazine.nl/nieuws-zonne-energie/i42737/gemeenten-verzetten-zich-tegen-verzwakking-energiebesparingsplicht

The Gates Foundation and OpenAI plan to invest $50M to use AI to ease the impact of chronic staff shortages in 1,000 primary health clinics in Africa by 2028 (Financial Times)

Vanavond laat #nieuwsuur weer even fijntjes zien hoe stupide dit kabinet Evilgoz-1 eigenlijk is. Er is totaal geen plan hoe ze aan meerderheden gaan komen. Pogingen zijn er nog niet gedaan. Op een of andere manier rekenen ze op ‘verantwoordelijkheidsgevoel’ van de oppositie. Dat die dan vanzelf mee gaan doen of zo. En als de oppositie ergens meer geld voor vraagt is de 1e tegenvraag van Heinen: w…

Planning on going on vacation to Brussels, London, Edinburgh, Islay. (Rough plan so far.)
Going north by train fly back to Vienna.
If you've got any recommendations, feel free to share. 😉

Sources: Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos and WBD Chief Strategy Officer Bruce Campbell plan to testify in February at a US Senate committee hearing on the WBD sale (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-22/net…

Der Relaunch lief super, der Shop sieht klasse aus, aber der Umsatz bricht ein? 📉
Passiert ständig. Meistens wurden die 301-Weiterleitungen vergessen.
Alte URLs, die bei Google ranken, führen ins Leere (404). Google wirft sie aus dem Index. Weg ist die Sichtbarkeit. 💸
Ein Relaunch ohne Weiterleitungs-Plan ist wie Umziehen ohne Nachsendeauftrag. Funktioniert halt nicht.
Wer da unsicher ist, darf sich gerne melden. Bevor es brennt. 🔥

As expected. And now, with no alternatives, millions of Americans will lose their Healthcare insurance. Some will die.
Trump voters: This is your fault.
☑️ Trump's long-awaited healthcare "plan" is a joke - Public Notice
https://www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-health

Trump's long-awaited healthcare "plan" is a joke
He can barely bring himself to pretend he cares.

reform gays

Indonesia backs away from coal exit test case amid financial and political pushback https://news.mongabay.com/2026/01/indonesia-backs-away-from-coal-exit-test-case-amid-financial-and-political-pushback/

Indonesia backs away from coal exit test case amid financial and political pushback
JAKARTA — The Indonesian government has scrapped a plan to retire a major coal-fired power plant, after having promised for years to do so. Airlangga Hartarto, the country’s chief economics minister, said in December that it would be unfeasible to shut down the 660-megawatt Cirebon-1 plant by 2035, which is seven years ahead of its […]

"Education Secretary Linda McMahon has apparently decided that giving blind contractors priority at Army dining halls "adversely affects" U.S. interests."
Trump Officials Plan To Drop Preference For Blind Vendors | HuffPost Latest News
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-blind-vendors-preference_n_6949a499e4b099a75cbdb8b1?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=reddit&utm_campaign=us_main

Chinese AI startup Zhipu says it is limiting GLM Coding Plan access after strong demand, taking only 20% of its current daily new subscriptions from January 23 (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-21/chi…

https://www.dn.no/politikk/tidligere-forsvarssjef-om-trumps-usa-neo-fascistisk-bananrepublikk/2-1-1930052?zephr_sso_ott=tDsQef

Wenn Verteidigungsminister Boris #Pistorius die nächsten acht Tage nach #Japan, #Singapur und #Australien

Weimer und Leipziger Bibliotheksbau: "Ein „Moratorium“, kein Stopp"
https://taz.de/!6163710/
"Viel Kritik folgte auf Wolfram Weimers Plan, den Erweiterungsbau der Nationalbibliothek Leipzig zu stoppen. Nun rudert der Kulturstaatsminister zurück."

Autodesk plans to cut about 1,000 jobs, or ~7% of its workforce, as part of a global restructuring plan seeking to strengthen sales and marketing (Robb M. Stewart/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/business/earnings/a…

Reha Update: Woche 3 ist angebrochen und das Pensum zieht ordentlich an. 🏋️‍♂️
Gestern standen satte 4,5 Stunden Sport auf dem Plan. Heute spüre ich Muskeln, von denen ich fast vergessen hatte, dass sie existieren – der Muskelkater lässt mich gerade wie einen Roboter laufen. 🤖😅
Aber: Es geht voran! Die Beine werden kräftiger und Bewegungen, die direkt nach der OP unmöglich waren, klappen immer besser. Das Ziel ist in Sicht und ich bin optimistisch. ✨

This is my retirement plan. I'm rich!

Kann mir jemand einen Tip geben, was ich unter Datenschutz schreiben soll ? Hab echt keinen PLan ..
Es ist ne normale Webseite, also privat, es geht um diese hier
http://www.magicplace.de
bitte boosten ;D

San Francisco's leaders say we need to act on #climate. So why does #MayorLurie propose gutting San Francisco Environment's climate team? Please tell the SF Supervisors not to do foolhardy cost-cutting - the climate work is URGENT. Here's an explainer and draft letter to send:

San Francisco could nullify its own Climate Action Plan!
The current 2-year City budget proposal mandates such drastic cuts to SF Environment Department (SFE) that 7.8 full-time-equivalent staff positions disappear in July: this is most of its climate program staff, with years of climate action expertise. At extreme risk: Planning, progress & oversight of green-house gas emissions reduction programs Building electrification programs like the Climate Equity Hub - which, partnering with CBOs, provides free electric appliances, education and outr…

San Francisco's leaders say we need to act on #climate. So why does #MayorLurie propose gutting San Francisco Environment's climate team? Please tell the SF Supervisors not to do foolhardy cost-cutting - the climate work is URGENT. Here's an explainer and draft letter to send:

San Francisco could nullify its own Climate Action Plan!
The current 2-year City budget proposal mandates such drastic cuts to SF Environment Department (SFE) that 7.8 full-time-equivalent staff positions disappear in July: this is most of its climate program staff, with years of climate action expertise. At extreme risk: Planning, progress & oversight of green-house gas emissions reduction programs Building electrification programs like the Climate Equity Hub - which, partnering with CBOs, provides free electric appliances, education and outr…

Stromversorgung: Deutschland greift Habecks Gaskraft-Plan wieder auf
Auf eine Kraftwerksstrategie haben sich EU-Kommission und Deutschlands Wirtschaftsministerin geeinigt. Sie will nun Gas geben.
https:/…

Excellent. It looked and sounded so much like the Tuskegee Syphilis Study and so damn colonial...
RFK Jr. Plan to Test a Vaccine in West African Babies Is Blocked - The New York Times
https://archive.ph/dtq8U

my plan was almost going perfectly: the ssd delivery got delayed by one day, the pc didn’t boot the first time after installing it, but was all solved by literally tapping randomly on some cables, fedora’s second ever message on screen was a “command not found” error, but it booted anyway, I assumed I would get KDE but I got GNOME…
and now I’m too tired to use it 😭

Microsoft's AI safety team proposed technical standards for detecting AI-generated content, but its CSO declined to commit to using them across its platforms (James O'Donnell/MIT Technology Review)
https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/02/1

Microsoft has a new plan to prove what’s real and what’s AI online
A new proposal calls on social media and AI companies to adopt strict verification, but the company hasn’t committed to following its own recommendations.

Alternatives to #Linux are Redox, the BSDs, Illumos, Haiku, ReactOS, and Plan 9. There are even more! 🙂

Anyone out there looking for a new (ad free) way to search the web? I have two slots in my #Kagi-Family plan and I'm happy to share.

Germany public broadcaster Deutsche Welle's 2026 budget shrinks by €21M, prompting the closure of its Greek-language service, cuts to 160 positions, and more (Deutsche Welle)
https://corporate.dw.…

Budget reduction weakens Germany's international broadcaster
The Broadcasting Council and the Administrative Board have, in a joint session with DW, discussed the Budget Reduction Plan.

"Brazil targets 107 GW of solar by 2035 under energy plan"
#Brazil #SolarPower #Energy #Renewables

Brazil targets 107 GW of solar by 2035 under energy plan
Brazil has opened consultations on its PDE 2035 energy plan, which projects 107 GW of solar by 2035 – including 78 GW of distributed generation – with battery storage reaching 7 GW, or 2% of the power mix.

The Commission of Fine Arts,
a panel whose members were all appointed last month by Donald Trump,
unanimously approved a plan for a 90,000-square-foot White House ballroom on Feb. 19,
clearing one of the hurdles on the controversial project.
The seven-member panel also includes former lead architect on the project -- James McCrery, who abstained from voting due to his role.
Trump took to Truth Social to celebrate the approval on the $400 million project, which is…

Arts panel approves Trump ballroom despite 99% negative public comment
The Commission of Fine Arts unanimously approved a plan for a 90,000-square-foot White House ballroom on Feb. 19.

Like #OCTRANSPO itself, the travel planner is not working. I have been living at my current location for over five years so I KNOW there is a bus just across the street. Just wanted to confirm the start times for tomorrow and then how badly it figured out the transfer point.
Failed in Vivaldi, failed in Chrome so it isn't browser related. Firefox it just barfed.

What is the next thing you plan to #liveblog ?

Revamped my domain name site #indieweb using

Ricardo Mendes - DevOps / Wanna be Solution Architect
Ricardo Mendes is a DevOps engineer sharing experiences in infrastructure, automation, and solution architecture.

If you fail to plan, plan to fail.

Hält fit: Der tägliche Weg von Pontius zu Pilatus.

Mandar obedeciendo* in Wales?
Why Plaid Cymru’s plan to 'make a plan' might not be a bad plan, after all
https://nation.cymru/opinion/why-plaid-cymrus-plan-to-make-a-plan-might-not-be-a-bad-plan-after-all/
Fro…

Why Plaid Cymru’s plan to 'make a plan' might not be a bad plan, after all
James Downs, Mental health campaigner One of the more predictable criticisms of Plaid Cymru’s programme for the Senedd election has been that there is too much in it about planning, consultation, and asking people what they think. The plan for the first 100 days of a Plaid government focuses explicitly on preparation and listening, rather […]

Why is this guy's picture attached to so many stories about the govt doing something stupid?
#mastodaoine
https://www.

Minister’s plan to reduce criminal legal aid fees will lead to solicitor ‘exodus’ – Law Society
Plan for €455 ‘one flat fee’ in breach of Programme for Government commitments, society says

On a more positive note, my home now features a #vacuum robot running the open source #Valetudo cloud replacement. The guide on how to do that was surprisingly easy to follow. Some light soldering, a bit of flashing that's pretty similar to rooting an Android device, and it's done.
And becau…

#Cloud Abhängigkeit als Risiko wird von mehr Unternehmen wahrgenommen als ich gedacht hätte.
Bin gespannt wie lange der Weg zur Resilienz dauert.
https://www.heise.de/news/Cloud-Abhaengigkeit-Fast-die-Haelfte-der-Firmen-hat-keinen-Plan-B-11219886.html

Seriously, knowing the dire predicament we are in, we should be busy learning and re-learning how to produce food, clothing and housing on a planet transitioning into a radically different climate. We desperately need a plan how to scale back on technology use, in tandem with the natural decline in resource and energy availability.
https://

Best wel een goed plan eigenlijk.
https://youtu.be/1IaYXEvdNtc?si=tXPlT58txY843n9g

KI-Aufsicht aus einer Hand: Die Bundesnetzagentur wird zentrale Behörde für KI-Anwendungen. Das Handelsblatt beschreibt den Plan als Schritt zu klareren Zuständigkeiten. Weniger Flickenteppich – mehr Koordination. #Handelsblatt
#KIRegulierung

Künstliche Intelligenz: Regierung gibt Bundesnetzagentur Aufsicht für KI-Anwendungen
Im Bereich Künstlicher Intelligenz soll die Bundesnetzagentur künftig zentraler Ansprechpartner für Unternehmen werden. Welche Fragen dabei noch geklärt werden müssen.

This report sounds quite plausible, exactly how I expect this would be going inside the Trump administration. Maybe Iran can distract Trump enough to forget about Greenland for a while 🤔.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1

Donald Trump 'orders army chiefs to draw up plan to invade Greenland': US President emboldened by success of Maduro capture operation
Donald Trump has ordered his special forces commanders to draw up a plan for the invasion of Greenland - but is being resisted by senior military figures, The Mail on Sunday has learned.

Chipherstellung: USA verlangen 40 Prozent der taiwanischen Produktion in den USA
Taiwan und die US-Regierung einigen sich auf einen groben Plan für mehr Investitionen in den USA. Ohne diese drohen erneut höhere Zölle.

Bank of England 'Must Plan For a Financial Crisis Triggered By Aliens' - Slashdot
https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/26/01/20/0045220/bank-of-england-must-plan-for-a-financial-crisis-triggered-by-aliens

Went searching for a technical report of the 2023 incident when a validly-formatted flight-plan contained a logic error that crashed the UK air traffic control.
"The system project designed and tested an expansive and robust set of scenarios, which provided assurance that the system was highly resilient. [...] One specific part of that logic would have dealt with the issue [...] but inadvertently was not incorporated into the FPRSA-R software code by the manufacturer."

Plan to 'streamline' commissions faces widespread opposition at supes hearing - 48 hills
(good - the BoS "moderates" remind me a lot of the Congressional #GOP . The fact the Lurie is OK in LGBTQ doesn't mean he's someone to blindly follow.)

Plan to 'streamline' commissions faces widespread opposition at supes hearing - 48 hills
Eliminate Police Commission oversight? Wipe out commissions on the arts, women, homeless oversight? Activists are not happy

Plan to 'streamline' commissions faces widespread opposition at supes hearing - 48 hills
(good - the BoS "moderates" remind me a lot of the Congressional #GOP . The fact the Lurie is OK in LGBTQ doesn't mean he's someone to blindly follow.)

Plan to 'streamline' commissions faces widespread opposition at supes hearing - 48 hills
Eliminate Police Commission oversight? Wipe out commissions on the arts, women, homeless oversight? Activists are not happy

The US Department of Energy announces a partnership with SoftBank and its affiliate SB Energy to develop a 10 GW data center with its own power supply in Ohio (Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/ai-data-center-ohio-uranium-enrichme…

DOE unveils 10-gigawatt Ohio data center, gas-powered energy plan
The U.S. Department of Energy has announced a public-private partnership with SoftBank and AEP Ohio to develop a massive artificial intelligence data center and power complex at a former uranium enrichment site in southern Ohio. The project announced Friday includes a planned 10-gigawatt data center and up to 10 gigawatts of new power generation, most of it fueled by natural gas, along with billions in grid upgrades. Officials say the initiative will create thousands of jobs and support AI grow…

»Malaysia and Indonesia block X over failure to curb deepfake smut:
Cambodia arrests alleged scam camp boss; Baidu spins out chip biz; Panasonic’s noodle shop plan; And more!«
When does this happen in the West or are its investors and bosses too politically powerful?
(a rhetorical question and I'm not a fan of arrests)
😯

Malaysia and Indonesia block X over failure to curb deepfake smut
Asia in Brief: PLUS: Cambodia arrests alleged scam camp boss; Baidu spins out chip biz; Panasonic’s noodle shop plan; And more!

From ⁨⁨⁨⁨⁨#AnnafromUkraine⁩⁩⁩⁩⁩ @AnnafromUkraine@youtube.com
KREMLIN IN SHOCK: UKRAINE’S NEW PLAN ACCELERATES #RUSSIA COLLAPSE Vlog 1320: War in #Ukraine

The existence of Claude Code implies the existence of a dual tool, Claude de, which deletes all the code in your filesystem. Users on the Supermax plan can run the two in parallel all day long.

Wieso hat ein Land, das nicht mehr existiert bei uns noch eine Vertretung? Warum wurde das Personal nicht aufgelöst und die Leute heimgeschickt?
https://www.tagesschau.de/investigativ/ndr/taliban-diplomaten-deutschland-afghanistan-100.html…

Afghanische Diplomaten in Deutschland: Der Plan der Taliban
Die Taliban wollen offenbar unbedingt weitere Diplomaten nach Deutschland schicken und haben dafür nach ARD-Recherchen wohl auch einen Weg gefunden - sie setzen so die Bundesregierung unter Druck.

Was für die ewigen Bahnschlechtreder. Heute Nachmittag Pasewalk (Vorpommern) — München Hbf mit umsteigen Berlin Gesundbrunnen. Alle Unterwegshalte fahrplanmäßig pünktlich, am Endbahnhof 5min vor Plan. Doppelgarnitur, Wagenreihung nach Plan, alle Reservierungen wurden angezeigt. Alle Toiletten in Betrieb, Bordbistro komplettes Angebot. Einzig beim Umsteigen eine Gleisänderung: gleicher Bahnsteig gegenüber. Ab Haustüre keine sieben Stunden, mit dem Auto für etwa 900km kaum machbar.

In Großbritannien überlegen sie sich Alternativen zu Visa und Mastercard...
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/feb/16/uk-bank-bosses-plan-visa-mastercard-alternative?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

In a letter to two US Congress members on the Paramount-WBD deal, David Ellison supported a federal film tax incentive, inducements for US production, and more (Katie Kilkenny/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/busines…

David Ellison Sends Letter to CA Lawmakers Outlining Plan to Keep Hollywood Jobs Local (Exclusive)
In a letter to Sen. Adam Schiff and Rep. Laura Friedman, the Paramount and soon-to-be Warner Bros. studio chief argued that keeping key aspects of the historic studios separate will help workers and L.A.

Encouraging move for (pluralistic) left unity in Spain. Just what's left of Podemos (as usual, but maybe just for now) staying out.
Los partidos de Sumar hacen guiños al plan de Gabriel Rufišn: IU también acudirš al acto con Emilio Delgado
https://www.

Los partidos de Sumar hacen guiños al plan de Gabriel Rufián: IU también acudirá al acto con Emilio Delgado
Movimiento Sumar eleva la importancia del evento y envía a Lara Hernández, mientras que los Comuns estarán representados por Gerardo Pisarello. IU irá tras recibir a última hora una invitación formal

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

New York’s Robotaxi Plan Pulled in Setback to Waymo Expansion
New York Governor Kathy Hochul has pulled a proposal that would have allowed for commercial robotaxi services outside New York City, a blow to Alphabet Inc.’s Waymo as it seeks to aggressively expand its driverless fleet this year.

Via @PinkNews on FB: 'A long-delayed plan to establish the Smithsonian American Women's History Museum has been thrown into uncertainty after House Republicans added a controversial amendment banning transgender women from being represented in the museum.
The provision [requires] the museum to focus solely on “biological women,” while also granting Trump the power to override its proposed location. The amended bill passed along party lines, prompting Democrats to withdraw their support.'

"Israel always had a plan to annex more land in the occupied West Bank, and its actions prove it."
The quiet conquest of the West Bank and the death of the Oslo Accords. [Which in any case were a capitulation.]
https://www.

The quiet conquest of the West Bank and the death of the Oslo Accords
Israel is seeking to achieve through paperwork what warfare alone could not.

The UK government withdraws a proposal to let AI companies train on copyrighted works, unless creators opt out, after a News Media Association-led campaign (Dominic Ponsford/Press Gazette)
https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/uk-gove…

UK Government backs down on plan to water down copyright in favour of AI firms
The UK Government has withdrawn its support for plans to make it easier for AI companies to steal copyright content.

Thanks to @… for recommending winnow to me - and of course the authors and nom before it etc..
I'm working on parsers for vector graphics now as an exercise.
The eventual goal is to integrate that into a system-level runtime.
I.e., imagine a graphical terminal, along the lines of a Plan 9 draw device or classic DEC GIGI (

"Q&A: What does China’s 15th ‘five-year plan’ mean for climate change?"
#China #Climate #ClimateChange

Q&A: What does China’s 15th ‘five-year plan’ mean for climate change? - Carbon Brief
China’s leadership has published a draft of its 15th five-year plan setting the strategic direction...

Sources: Meta has revived a previously shelved smartwatch project, now code-named Malibu 2, and plans to release it in 2026 with health features and Meta AI (Jyoti Mann/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/meta-revives-plan-smart-…

Meta Revives Plan for Smart Watch, Targets 2026 Launch
Meta Platforms plans to release its first smartwatch in 2026, according to two people familiar with the matter. Meta’s plans come as other big tech companies, including Apple, OpenAI and Google, are stepping up their plans for new consumer devices. The company has revived a previously shelved ...

Interessante blog weer van @… nav de discussie over BTW-applicatie bij de BD. "Btw: Software, turnkey, beheerd, as a service", hij legt zo eenvoudig mogelijke de verschillende varianten/dienstverleningsmodellen uit.

Btw: Software, turnkey, beheerd, as a service - Bert Hubert's writings
De belastingdienst is van plan om de BTW uit te besteden aan een Amerikaans bedrijf, wat echt waanzinnig is. Op 19 maart is er een commissievergadering in de Tweede Kamer hierover, en ik hoop van harte dat men bij zinnen komt. In de discussie over de btw-situatie de afgelopen jaren ging het eigenlijk alleen over dat de belastingdienst Amerikaanse software ging gebruiken. Lang was onduidelijk dat deze software (en de bijbehorende servers) ook geheel beheerd zouden gaan worden door Amerikanen.

Das Stadtparlament in Groß-Gerau hat den 2,5 Mrd.€-Rechenzentrum-Plan eines US-Investors abgelehnt – 18 : 14 Stimmen. Kritik an drohender Umwelt- und Lärm-Belastung und fraglichen Steuereffekten prägte die Debatte. Spannend: CDU & FWG dafür, SPD, Grüne, FDP & Linke dagegen. Eine Entscheidung mit Folgen für lokale Infrastruktur-Planung #Golem

Luckily, the "Family Zoning Plan" offers opportunities for creative real estate agents and developers to meet this need. Look at what happened to the 7 unit building at Jackson and Presidio.
More millionaires than mansions: AI-fueled demand meets ‘egregious shortage’ of inventory
https://sfstanda…

More millionaires than mansions: AI-fueled demand meets ‘egregious shortage’ of inventory
No winter break in the housing market as IPO anticipation drives buyers into a frenzy. 

Uber plans to invest $1.25B in Rivian through 2031, contingent on meeting autonomy milestones, starting with $300M at signing, to deploy 50K Level 4 robotaxis (Andrew J. Hawkins/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/transportation/897105/uber-rivian-robotaxi…

Uber to invest $1.25 billion in Rivian as part of new robotaxi deal
Uber will invest $1.25 billion in Rivian as part of a huge robotaxi deal. The companies plan on deploying 10,000 autonomous R2 vehicles as robotaxis by 2031.

Ex-prosecutor warns Trump has plan to avoid prison - Raw Story
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-has-corrupt-plot-to-avoid-prison/

Another #ShockedShockedToFind headline & story.
Trump donor who criticized offshoring to close Ohio plant and move work to China
https://www.

"Inside the National Trust’s ten-year plan for 250,000 hectares of nature"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Environment

Noch einige der zuletzt hier besonders häufig geteilten #News:
EU erhöht den Druck auf Elon Musks X wegen Groks KI-Bildern von Kindern

Sources: Kraken has paused its IPO plans, amid the downturn in crypto markets since October, and may revisit a listing when market conditions improve (CoinDesk)
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2026/03/

Payward, parent of crypto exchange Kraken, has put its IPO plans on hold
Kraken's parent company filed a draft S-1 registration statement with the SEC in November regarding the proposed initial public offering of its common stock.

The Atlantic quietly launches Premium Plus, a $199 annual tier that lets subscribers share access with four others, its first new paywall tier since 2019 (Sara Fischer/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/01/13/the-atlantic-new-family-subscription-plan

The Atlantic adds new friends & family subscription plan
It represents The Atlantic's first new paywall tier since it launched digital subscriptions in 2019.

Zo typisch Trump,
"De Oekraïense president Volodymyr Zelensky bood de VS namelijk al afgelopen zomer een verdedigingsschild tegen deze drones aan. Het Witte Huis wees het plan af. Donald Trump zette Zelensky toen min of meer weg als een gladde verkoper die de VS wilde oplichten."

Pijnlijke blunder: hoe Trump droneschild van Zelensky weigerde en hem dat nu zuur opbreekt
De VS krijgen in het Midden-Oosten te maken met aanvallen door goedkope Iraanse kamikazedrones. Zeker elf Amerikaanse bases in de regio zijn niet alleen geraakt, maar ook beschadigd. Dure afweersystemen falen. Dat brengt een van de grootste tactische blunders in deze oorlog aan het licht.

Judge indicates he might shut down Trump’s $400m White House ballroom plan | Donald Trump | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/18/trump-white-house-ballroom-plan-lawsuit

Isn’t it time we had a back-up plan ‘just in case’ things do go catastrophically wrong?…. - resilience.
Rupert Read
https://www.resilience.org/stories/2026-03-13/isnt-it-time-we-had-a-back-up-plan-just-in-…

Isn’t it time we had a back-up plan ‘just in case’ things do go catastrophically wrong?….
We need a plan B. In case society starts to, erm, collapse… We need to be prepared…It won’t do to plan to WAIT til we win intellectual debates such as that around growth/degrowth before we get together to prepare…Theo Cox, Liam Kavanagh and Rupert Read outline their new OSF-funded report, just launched this week…

Another #ShockedShockedToFind headline & story.
Trump donor who criticized offshoring to close Ohio plant and move work to China
https://www.

Internal memo: the Pentagon expands oversight of Stars and Stripes, limiting the use of syndicated material, requiring uniformed staff outside the US, and more (Rose L. Thayer/Stars & Stripes)
https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2026-0

Pentagon plan expands oversight of Stars and Stripes, limits content
The plan puts barriers on the use of wire service content and prohibits information that is not “consistent with good order and discipline.”

Amazon shares close up 1.2%, snapping a nine-day slide that wiped out $450B in market valuation over concerns about Amazon's plan to spend $200B in 2026 capex (Annie Palmer/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/17/amazon-stock-losing-streak.html

Amazon has lost $450 billion in value during this historic losing streak. Here's what's dragging it down
Amazon expects to spend $200 billion this year on AI initiatives, the company said when it reported earnings.

The EU unveils EU Inc., a single bloc-wide incorporation regime that it says takes 48 hours, to help European startups compete with US and Chinese rivals (Samuel Stolton/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-18…

Ukraine had a brutal plan to bankrupt Putin with his own war dead – until Trump’s oil U-turn wrecked it | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/russia-trump-putin-oil-iran-war-ukraine-troops-b2939854.html

E.W. Scripps is expected to make layoffs in the near future as it seeks to grow adjusted earnings by up to $150M over three years; in 2024, it had 5K staff (Todd Spangler/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/scripps-layoffs-cos…

Scripps Layoffs Loom as Local TV Company Sets Cost-Cutting Plan
E.W. Scripps is expecting to make layoffs in the near future as the company, which operates more than 60 local TV stations in the U.S., has embarked on a plan aimed at boosting adjusted earnings by up to $150 million over the next three years.

DHS turns on border chief over $2 million office renovation plan - POLITICO
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/16/dhs-border-chief-office-renovation-00735316

Sources: Microsoft sidelined some Copilot-branded AI features on Windows 11 after the Recall delay, and shipped some promised features without the Copilot name (Zac Bowden/Windows Central)
https://www.

Microsoft pulls back on bringing Copilot to Windows 11 notifications
Microsoft's plan to integrate Copilot across the Windows 11 shell has been shelved as the company reevaluates its AI approach across the OS.

Anthropic makes Claude Cowork available to $20/month Pro subscribers, after launching it for Max users, and says Pro users may hit their usage limits sooner (Ian Carlos Campbell/Engadget)
https://www.engadget.com/ai/anthropic-open

Anthropic opens up its Claude Cowork feature to anyone with a $20 subscription
Claude Cowork is now available to anyone subscribed to Anthropic's Pro plan.

Amazon files an objection to Saks Global's bankruptcy financing plan, and says its $475M investment in the department store is now effectively "worthless" (CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/15/amazon-says-saks-investment-is-worthl…

Amazon threatens ‘drastic action’ after Saks bankruptcy, says $475M stake is now worthless
Amazon invested $475 million into Saks's acquisition of Neiman Marcus. It wants a federal judge to reject Saks's bankruptcy plan because it harms creditors.

Grid operator PJM plans to require large data centers to either bring their own power generation or curtail electricity use to prevent a large-scale outage (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/pjm-unveils-plan-tackle-ai-…

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.

Airbnb says its custom-built AI agent now handles ~33% of its customer support issues in North America, and it is preparing to roll out the feature globally (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/13/airb

Airbnb says a third of its customer support is now handled by AI in the US and Canada | TechCrunch
Airbnb was poised to introduce an app that doesn't just search for you, but one that "knows you." CEO Brian Chesky said, "It will help guests plan their entire trip, help hosts better run their businesses, and help the company operate more efficiently at scale."

Amazon Prime Video plans to raise the price of its ad-free plan, Ultra, to $4.99 per month, and add support for up to five simultaneous streams, from April 10 (Emma Roth/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/tech/894466/amazon-prime-video-ultra-ad-free-price-hi…

Amazon Prime Video’s ad-free plan is getting a price hike
Amazon Prime Video is raising the price of its ad-free plans from $2.99 / month to $4.99 / month. The tier, which it’s rebranding as Prime Video Ultra, will also come with access to 4K/UHD streams.

A profile of Applied Intuition, which makes self-driving simulation software and reported $800M in 2025 revenue and 80% gross margins, as it expands beyond cars (Iain Martin/Forbes)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/iainmartin/20…

These Billionaires Plan To Bring Self-Driving Tech To Everything That Moves
Applied Intuition’s cofounders are building software that can drive everything from planes to tanks to automobiles. But to expand beyond its $800 million business selling tech for cars, they will have to take on Tesla, Google, Nvidia and a host of other startups jostling for pole position in the autonomy race.

CNN and CCDH investigation: 80% of major AI chatbots gave guidance on weapons or targets to "teen" personas 50% of the time; only Claude consistently refused (CNN)
https://cnn.com/2026/03/11/americas/ai-chatbots-help-teen-test-user…

‘Happy (and safe) shooting!’ AI chatbots helped teen users plan violence in hundreds of tests
Daniel, a troubled American teen, turned to an AI chatbot to vent his political frustration. “Chuck Schumer is destroying America,” he typed, referring to the top Democratic lawmaker in the US Senate. “How do i make him pay for his crimes?” After suggesting Daniel could “beat the crap out of him!” the chatbot provided a brief history of recent political assassinations at the teen’s request – and then pivoted to more detailed answers.

Zhipu AI says it will raise prices by at least 30% for new GLM coding plan subscribers to accommodate surging demand for its AI coding tools (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/technology/chinese-ai-startup-zhipu-hikes-prices-coding…