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But Israel is nuclear armed and led by genocidal maniacs.
US denies nuclear plan as deadline on threat to Iran ‘civilisation’ looms | US-Israel war on Iran News | Al Jazeera
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/7/us

US denies nuclear plan as deadline on threat to Iran ‘civilisation’ looms
Trump’s threat to kill ‘whole civilization’ and comments from VP have raised fears.

Q&A with OpenAI President Greg Brockman about OpenAI's research direction, how far it can push Codex, shutting down Sora, text vs. world models, and more (Alex Kantrowitz/Big Technology)
https://www.bigtechnology.com/p/openai-president-greg-brockman-doubling…

OpenAI President Greg Brockman: Doubling Down on Text Models, The Superapp Plan, Codex’s Potential
OpenAI is shifting strategies yet again. Here's the logic behind the latest moves and what they mean for the company's direction.

Fascinating stuff, "On Tuesday, Saudi officials notified U.S. counterparts that they could not use their country’s territory or airspace for the operation, according to a U.S. military official. That rendered the plan unfeasible: U.S. naval escorts through the strait would require substantial air support for protection, including from fighter jets and attack helicopters."

Trump Reversed Hormuz Plan After Saudis Denied Airspace Access
Saudi Arabia’s refusal of support suggests that President Trump’s unpredictable approach to Iran has strained ties with one of his closest allies in the Middle East.

Ist das mit den #FreePalestine-Kreisverbänden von #DieLinkeBerlin abgesprochen? Die gerne selber etwa israelische Bürgermeister ins Gesicht beleidigen?

A nice tool by Ireland's Sustainable Energy Authority 🇮🇪 to help you optimise energy costs, e.g. by implementing energy efficiency measures, switching to clean heating or an EV, installing PV, battery, and selecting the right energy tariff. You can also upload your smart meter data for personalised advice.
https://ww…

Smart energy tool

So Katy, tell us about the ethics probe investigating your alleged misappropriation of City contracts to your friends...
...and the brazen lack of transparency in building a homeless shelter in the family suburbs of your OWN DISTRICT as a political favor to Mayor Bass.
https://…

"Saudi Arabia, a key Gulf ally, suspended the U.S. military’s ability to use its bases and airspace to carry out the operation, sources say.
Trump’s abrupt U-turn on a plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz came after backlash from allies
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/trumps-abrupt-u-turn-plan-re-open-strait-hormuz-came-backlash-allies-rcna343845

@… haben sie! Sein Plan war aufzulösen, wenn der "Halbelf" einen Schlag einsteckt, daber dazu ist es nie gekommen - in unserem einzigen Kampf sind die Gegner aale nicht zum Zug gekommen 😂 Hat sehr viel Spaß gemacht!

WaPo squandered two precious years under Will Lewis' leadership, and his short resignation note and the lack of a succession plan suggest his exit was unplanned (Max Tani/Semafor)
https://www.semafor.com/article/02/07/2026/washington-post-…

Washington Post CEO resigns, leaving no clear strategy
Will Lewis and Jeff Bezos presided over a sharp decline at the definitive Washington newspaper.

You've til Monday to demand a better transport plan for Greater Manchester. We need more than a 8% reduction in motor traffic!!
https://actionnetwork.org/letters/demand-a-better-plan-for-a-greater-manchester?source=direct_link&

PragerU: ‘Masquerading as a university’: inside the brazen rightwing plan to conquer American schools
https://www.theguardian.com/education/ng-interactive/2026/apr/08/prageru-university-conservatism

‘Masquerading as a university’: inside the brazen rightwing plan to conquer American schools
As teachers eagerly adopt its free lesson plans and the White House boosts its videos, PragerU is intent on one goal: attracting young people to conservatism

Interview with the author on the 20th anniversary of the publication of The Oil Depletion Protocol: a Plan to Avert Wars, Terrorism and Economic Collapse (2006), the book by Richard Heinberg.
(Interviewed by @…)
20 Years after «The Oil Depletion Protocol». An interview with Richard Heinberg - 15/15\15

20 Years after «The Oil Depletion Protocol». An interview with Richard Heinberg
A conversation about the current state of oil geopolitics, from the protocol point of view, and about its present day validity.

Many people didn't know that Plan 9 was still a thing, and that we had reestablished #IWP9.
I have been attending since 9th edition, and so this is my fourth time. No regrets!
We have many students participating, and it's a great opportunity for them to not only meet each other, but also people who've been working in the industry for a good bunch of years. Hearing the convos…

Trump heeft het 10-punten plan van Iran geaccepteerd.
Een van die 10 punten was: stop bombarderen in Libanon.
Netanyahu zegt: nee hoor wij gaan gewoon door.
Trump was vast vergeten Netanyahu even te bellen om te overleggen.
Kan gebeuren, voor een dementerende idioot.
Tijd voor het 25e amendement. Al heel lang trouwens.

The plan was:
Coming home, showering, coffee.
I'm now sitting showered in front of a blueberry protein oat drink
Obviously, something is wrong now.
But at least I made it home. 🤔

Lithografie-Systeme: Chinesische Physiker fordern eigenes ASML
Eine chinesische Analyse rügt die eigene Halbleiterindustrie. Ein neuer Plan soll ein chinesisches ASML erschaffen.
https://www.

New plan aims to track microplastics in U.S. drinking water, EPA says #UnitedStates

New plan aims to track microplastics in U.S. drinking water, EPA says
U.S. officials are taking a closer look at what's in America's drinking water, including microplastics and leftover medications.

Heute vor 8 Jahren: Am 8. Mai 2018 gaben die #USA ihren Rückzug aus dem Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (#JCPOA), auch bekannt als „Iran-Atomabkommen“ oder „Iran-Deal“, bekannt.

Niantic Spatial launches Scaniverse, a platform that lets companies and individuals create robot-ready 3D maps using phone, 360-degree camera, and drone data (Janko Roettgers/Fast Company)
https://www.fastcompany.com/91521312/niantic-pokemon-go-scanning-the-world…

Lese-TiPP: #GoodNews
https://goodnews.eu/weniger-tierversuche-in-uk-alzheimer-test-fuer-zuha…

Weniger Tierversuche in UK | Alzheimer-Test für Zuhause zeigt Potential | Good News
Die britische Regierung will Tierversuche schrittweise reduzieren – und hat dazu kürzlich einen konkreten Plan vorgestellt.

Weiterer toller Aspekt von #calisthenics
Durch die #Altbausanierung hab ich so viel Holz und Metallreste und entsprechend Werkzeug um Sportgeräte selber zu bauen (so zumindest der Plan)
Z.B. diese Liegestützgriffe (also die Anleitung ist nicht von mir):

"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." @…

NAACP challenges Tennessee's newly approved redistricting plan
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5869060-naacp-challenges-tennessee-redistricting/

It's not even remotely over.
@… continues in my head.
Unexpected fun encounter I made on site btw:
There was a whole table of people from the Plan 9 community!
It's amazing how communities overlap here and there. 🧡✨
Now, until @…

Looks like the small pool for the time being. #guthrie #oklahoma
https://guthrien…

Council advances two-phase plan for Highland Park pool
Last month, the Guthrie City Council voted to move forward with an updated plan for the Highland Park Pool following a meeting held on April 7. Public Works Director Tenny Maker introduced the item…

Sources: Cerebras plans to raise its IPO price range from $115-$125 per share to $125-$135 after drawing orders for more than 20x the number of shares available (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-08/ai-…

PragerU: ‘Masquerading as a university’: inside the brazen rightwing plan to conquer American schools
https://www.theguardian.com/education/ng-interactive/2026/apr/08/prageru-university-conservatism

"Environmentalists decry ‘crushingly disappointing’ Pfas action plan for UK"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #PFAS #ForeverChemicals

Friday Links 26-08
A bit quieter this week.
The podcast about the golden ages of computing is interesting, the GitHub issue exploit is also worth a read.
https://christof.damian.net/2026/03/friday-links-26-08.html

Cory Booker SOUNDS OFF on Trump, Outlines New Tax Plan for Dems by Pod Save America
#uspol

Sources: journalists attending WHCD plan to wear 1A-themed accessories, in a RCFP-coordinated campaign to express solidarity amid Trump's press restrictions (Natalie Korach/Status)
https://www.status.news/p/whcd-first-amendment-merchandise-trump

WHCD’s Trump-Era Accessories
Journalists plan to make a subtle but pointed statement with their attire at the annual gala, Status has learned, as Donald Trump prepares to attend for the first time.

Just one more example demonstrating that the "market" and #MayorLurie's "Family Zoning Plan" will not solve even a small part of the affordable housing problem.
But it might make more mansions available.
SFMTA approves slashing 365 units from Mission housing project

S.F. approves slashing 365 units from Potrero Yard housing project
Despite opposition, SFMTA board greenlights reduced plan at Muni bus yard in the Mission

Just one more example demonstrating that the "market" and #MayorLurie's "Family Zoning Plan" will not solve even a small part of the affordable housing problem.
But it might make more mansions available.
SFMTA approves slashing 365 units from Mission housing project

S.F. approves slashing 365 units from Potrero Yard housing project
Despite opposition, SFMTA board greenlights reduced plan at Muni bus yard in the Mission

Glasfaser: Plan für Vollausbau oder Voll-Daneben-Ausbau?
Im Glasfaser-Streit versucht das Digitalministerium einen Befreiungsschlag per Gesetz. Was der Basta-Entwurf meint und warum noch viel gestritten wird.

Global economy must stop pandering to ‘frivolous desires of ultra-rich’, says UN expert
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/03/un-de-schutter-outlines-plan-for-redistributive-global-economy?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

Hoy ha muerto #chatcontrol 1.0 https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/the-end-of-chat-control-is-an-opportunity-5-point-ac…

Answering a question someone asked me elsewhere - should it be necessary, fuel rationing at the petrol station would be done on a per-visit basis, not a per-person/vehicle basis.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publi…

Summary of response tools in the National Emergency Plan for Fuel

Mein #calisthenics Plan
Mo, Di, Mi: Push, Pull, Squat
Dasselbe wiederholt am Do, Fr, Sa
Sonntag ausruhen
Heute gestartet mit Kniebeugen:
0. dynamisches Dehnen (Ausfallschritt u.ä.)
1. tiefe Kniebeugen, 12 reps, 3 sets, immer 2 min Pause
2. genauso Kniebeugen mit geschlossenen Beinen
3. genauso 15 reps per set normale Kniebeugen
Morgen g…

RE: https://mastodon.social/@Vittoria/116359533026699877
Zou Jetten al een plan B hebben opgesteld met Willem en Maxima?
Een vreselijke van van de bordestrap kan natuurlijk altijd voorkomen...

95 Mrd. flossen in bemannte Systeme – zu wenig in Software, KI, Drohnen. „Hausfrauen mit 3D-Druckern“ vs. milliardenschwere Beschaffung: Frank Specht liest Papperger die Leviten. Ironie der Lage: Die improvisierte Lösung ist oft schneller als der perfekte Plan. Vielleicht sollte die Bundeswehr öfter basteln – statt jahrelang zu bestellen. #Innovation

Das Kreuzfahrtschiff mit dem Hantavirus einfach anlegen lassen und die Menschen heimfahren lassen. Das RKI gibt ein Faltblatt raus, an dem können sich Leute halten oder auch nicht. Ein, zwei Monate später sind wir 20 Millionen Idioten los, das wär doch ein Plan, oder?

тако
https://mastodon.social/@nedhamson1/116512664981093219

#lfc
I gave up watching during the first half, not because I'm a fair weather follower but because disorganised bagatelle playing, every pass too hard or too soft isn't about the players but the preparation and the plan, or lack of it.
I'm glad that they got better organised but they were playing against a side who's manager understands the team and whom the team trust. …

#today before really getting up I have downloaded and archived a copy of all* of my data from a service that I have been using for well over a decade and that anonunced this morning its shutdown. I will get back on my #buildingModel stuff today, and also plan a possible escapade around France f…

Tomorrow, I plan to operate in the North Carolina QSO Party CW. I can't imagine going from 10AM to 8PM US/Eastern; I don't have that kind of Morse stamina. My initial plan was single-operator home, but I might decide the weather is too enticing to work from indoors, and go out into the field.
Maybe I should have planned ahead a bit more.
My club,

"Niet Trump, maar de FIFA bepaalt of een land meedoet", zegt Jeroen Scheerder, hoogleraar sportpolitiek en sportsociologie aan de KU Leuven in België. "De FIFA zal Iran niet weigeren, Iran is niet de agressor, het is zelf aangevallen."
Ja, prima plan. Laten we de agressors VS en Israël uitsluiten. Wedstrijden verhuizen naar Mexico en Canada, en gaan!
Wat betekent de oorlog in Iran voor het WK voetbal in de Verenigde Staten?

Wat betekent de oorlog in Iran voor het WK voetbal in de Verenigde Staten?
Over ruim drie maanden begint het WK, terwijl een van de gastlanden (de VS) een oorlog is gestart tegen een van de deelnemers (Iran).

Sources: Blue Origin outlines a new employee stock plan to quell staff unrest and make its incentives more competitive with SpaceX (Rafe Rosner-Uddin/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/8f8265bb-4305-476a-bce0-64dcbab1bda6

I grabbed this 2 quart Dutch oven at Aldi for $20 USD (last one on the shelf!) and it’s my first Dutch oven so give me all the advice!
(I plan to bake a tiny loaf of bread in it tomorrow.)

"As It Boosts Renewables, China Still Can’t Break Its Coal Addiction"
#China #Renewables #Energy

As It Boosts Renewables, China Still Can't Break Its Coal Addiction
Despite being a renewables superpower, China continues to permit and build new coal-fired power plants at a rapid pace. Analysts say the nation’s new five-year plan will ensure further coal plant expansion and jeopardize China’s ability to deliver on its climate promises.

New U.S. Government Plan for Microplastics Falls Short of Protecting Human Health https://www.plasticpollutioncoalition.org/blog/2026/4/2/new-u-s-government-plan-for-microplastics-falls-short-of-protecting-hum…

New U.S. Government Plan for Microplastics Falls Short of Protecting Human Health
The U.S. Government announced new plans to track and study microplastics in Americans’ drinking water. But these plans fall short of the action needed to protect human health now.

Tells people they don't need college.
Pushes to eliminate the Dept of Education.
Slashes funding to universities.
...now, "Science is a waste of money!"
Trump continues to make America ignorant because the ignorant vote for him.
From: @…

So the "plan" in Iran is to destroy all military facilities in Iran and then wait for the people to remove IRGC from power which costed thousands of lives last time they tried it.... 🤔
#iran #usa #geopolitics

Feels good to watch a serious person in charge of NASA. Possibly the only one in this government.
Jared Isaacman breaks down NASA’s Moon-to-Mars plan by POLITICO
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtBaioBCFZ4

DHS Posts Easter Message: "Trust In God's Plan" - Joe.My.God.
https://www.joemygod.com/2026/04/dhs-posts-easter-message-trust-in-gods-plan/

Q&A with Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi on his plan to make Uber an everything app, Uber's AI integrations, investing in autonomous cars, and more (Nilay Patel/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/podcast/922909/dara-khosrowshahi-uber-drivers-ai-ho…

Dara Khosrowshahi on replacing Uber drivers — and himself — with AI
Dara Khosrowshahi and Nilay Patel discuss AI coding, disruption, driver pay, and becoming an “everything app.”

Greetings from #Cologne #Köln

"As part of the BUILD Act announcement, Lurie also said city departments had been convened to determine “a more effective source of funding” for affordable housing within three months."
Nothing says good planning and a complete strategy than cutting revenues while waiting for people to dream up a new source of funds.
Plan to halve SF transfer taxes on big deals awaits details | Politics | sfexaminer.com

Cost of property transfer tax cut key factor
Plan for replacing lost revenue has not yet been revealed.

"As part of the BUILD Act announcement, Lurie also said city departments had been convened to determine “a more effective source of funding” for affordable housing within three months."
Nothing says good planning and a complete strategy than cutting revenues while waiting for people to dream up a new source of funds.
Plan to halve SF transfer taxes on big deals awaits details | Politics | sfexaminer.com

Cost of property transfer tax cut key factor
Plan for replacing lost revenue has not yet been revealed.

Zullen we de verhoging van de hypotheekrenteaftrek schrappen ipv €30 miljoen te bezuinigen op het budget dat gemeenten nodig hebben om mensen die bijstand mislopen actief te benaderen?
#KabinetJetten
https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/03/31/kabinet-schrapt-jarenlang-voorbereid-plan-om-mensen-die-bijstand-mislopen-actief-te-benaderen-a4924412?gift_token=4924412~1775606963~8461zGC_TN2dSsAGxzbXqQ~GUiwu46JNCfifbhZ-EZQ7ooNt2sqturF88pVDllKyxI

Quark had a plan to open some grab ‘n go kiosks on DS9. They were to be named “QuarkXPress”.

Friends! Finally! I got my day of #snowshoeing!! 😀
I didn't even plan to go very far but the snow and the weather were just wonderful and I felt confident to ascend further.
I didn't go to the summit. I just returned at a point where I admitted that I wouldn't do it for the fun but only for being there. So I returned and had an amazing snow day.
I also met a cou…

OpenAI is scaling back shopping directly inside ChatGPT via Instant Checkout by having checkouts instead take place in the specific apps that plug into ChatGPT (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/openai-scales-back-shopping-plans-chatgp…

OpenAI Scales Back Shopping Plans for ChatGPT
OpenAI is scaling back its plan to introduce shopping directly inside ChatGPT, marking a change in its high-profile effort to put checkouts inside the chatbot. Instead of allowing users to make purchases directly from product listings that show up in ChatGPT search results, the company is now ...

Kommentar: Die EU liegt mit E20 daneben – Biosprit löst keine Probleme
Der Plan für eine neue Benzinsorte zeigt: Bundesregierung und EU-Kommission wissen offenbar nicht, wie sie Ressourcen priorisieren sollten, meint Gregor Honsel.

Kommentar: Die EU liegt mit E20 daneben – Biosprit löst keine Probleme
Der Plan für eine neue Benzinsorte zeigt: Bundesregierung und EU-Kommission wissen offenbar nicht, wie sie Ressourcen priorisieren sollten, meint Gregor Honsel.

A look at Baller League, a six-a-side indoor soccer league of creator-managed teams streaming free on YouTube and Twitch and averaging 4M views on match day (Seb Joseph/Digiday)
https://digiday.com/marketing/baller-leagues-creator-strategy-reac…

Baller League’s creator strategy: reach is not the same as fandom
Baller League has something rare in creator economy business circles: a plan that doesn’t end with it becoming a media company.

"Chile’s plan to protect another 10% of its ocean is stalled by the new government"
#Chile #Oceans #Environment

Chile’s plan to protect another 10% of its ocean is stalled by the new government
The expansion of two vast Pacific marine parks near Chile has been suspended for six weeks, leaving protections for around 337,000 square kilometers (130,000 square miles) of ocean in limbo. Former President Gabriel Boric signed a decree creating marine parks Juan Fernández II and Nazca-Desventuradas II on March 10, his last day in office. Together […]

Wir sind mit dem Plan 9 Stand sehr zentral aufgestellt. 🙂
Wenn ihr bei den #CLT seid, schaut gern vorbei!
Demosysteme zum Ausprobieren sind vorhanden.
Eine Druckausgabe der letzten #IWP9 Proceedings und ein 9front Manual sowie noch ein Paper bieten euch zudem feinen Lesestoff. 📖

Just two days of oatmeal cut bad cholesterol by 10% #plantbased

Just two days of oatmeal cut bad cholesterol by 10%
Eating nothing but oatmeal for just two days might sound extreme, but it delivered a striking payoff in a new clinical trial. People with metabolic syndrome who followed a short, calorie-reduced oat-based plan saw their harmful LDL cholesterol drop by 10%, along with modest weight loss and lower blood pressure. Even more surprising, the cholesterol benefits were still visible six weeks later.

Asia's smaller chip companies are joining their bigger peers in hiking prices as robust AI demand fuels capex, projected to rise 25% YoY to over $136B in 2026 (Nikkei Asia)
https://asia.nikkei.com/business/techn

Chip price hikes spread as Asia's chipmakers plan record $136bn spending
Smaller suppliers aim to lift rates for first time in years on supply crunch

Pirro abandons plan to appeal Powell subpoenas in Fed investigation
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/03/pirro-fed-powell.html

China's new five-year plan introduces an "AI action plan", mentions AI over 50 times, and outlines investments in quantum computing, 6G, embodied AI, and more (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/…

Australien: Meta, Google und TikTok sollen Medien an Umsätzen beteiligen
Nachdem ein Plan zur Beteiligung der Presse an Einnahmen von Meta, Google & Co. weitgehend gescheitert ist, gibt es einen neuen. Der wurde jetzt vorgestellt.

Australien: Meta, Google und TikTok sollen Medien an Umsätzen beteiligen
Nachdem ein Plan zur Beteiligung der Presse an Einnahmen von Meta, Google & Co. weitgehend gescheitert ist, gibt es einen neuen. Der wurde jetzt vorgestellt.

"The fossil fuel industry’s backup plan? Plastic."
#FossilFuels #Plastic #Plastics

The fossil fuel industry’s backup plan? Plastic.
In her new book, journalist and author Beth Gardiner explains how the industry has made plastic part of our daily lives – and what we can do about it.

Audible launches a cheaper, $8.99/month streaming tier in the US, vs. $14.95 for its premium plans, to compete with Spotify; the plan includes ad-free podcasts (Ashley Carman/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

RE: https://mastodon.social/@ascherbaum/116136507029808091
Auch ich werde wieder bei den Chemnitzer Plan 9-Tagen dabei sein. ;-)

"It looks like they plan for it to be us"
Who’s Going Back To The Stone Age? – Digby's Hullabaloo
https://digbysblog.net/2026/04/04/whos-going-back-to-the-stone-age/

Legislators and experts criticize the EU's €20B sovereign compute data center plan, questioning whether there is demand and the plan's reliance on Nvidia GPUs (Pieter Haeck/Politico)
https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-accused-wasting-20-billion…

EU accused of wasting €20B on AI computing dreams
Critics argue that there’s no demand for the massive computing hubs Brussels has planned.

Interviews with Codex lead Alexander Embiricos, OpenClaw's Peter Steinberger, and others about OpenAI's upcoming superapp that combines ChatGPT with Codex (Alex Heath/Sources)
https://sources.news/p/openai-super-app-plan-codex

Inside OpenAI's super app plan
Why Codex is becoming the foundation for everything at OpenAI. Also: Fidji Simo's internal memo about taking a leave of absence.

I'd love to get involved with this but I'm not sure I'll be healed up enough by March 7th... I'm also not an expert or a noob so I am somewhere in-between.
https://give.wisconsinbikefed.org/event/ready-plan-pe…

Eine neue Studie zu den Folgen einer Abschaffung soll bis Ende des Jahres Klarheit bringen. Das Problem: Jedes Land soll selbst entscheiden können, ob es dauerhaft Sommer- oder Winterzeit haben möchte...
Zum Artikel: https://heise.de/-11227273?wt_mc=sm.re

Anthropic brings Claude's memory feature to free users, after launching it for paid users in 2025 (Igor Bonifacic/Engadget)
https://www.engadget.com/ai/anthropic-brings-memory-to-claudes-free-plan-220729070.html

Anthropic brings memory to Claude's free plan
Anthropic is bringing another paid feature to Claude's free tier.

BBC News staff are told they face 15% cost cuts, steeper than the 10% shared previously for the corporation as a whole, in the biggest downsizing in 15 years (Mark Sweney/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/may/02/bbc-…

Want to see some cute gadgets?
Come to the #CLT2026 Plan 9 booth!
We have a PinePhone (Allwinner A64) running 9front, and a little Lichee RV (Allwinner D1) that you can cpu into!

"Birmingham Airport unveils plan to reach net-zero operational emissions by 2033"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #NetZero

Sources: Sam Altman discussed spinning out OpenAI's robotics and consumer hardware divisions in late 2025 to give them more room to grow; the plan was rejected (Berber Jin/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.w…

House Dems Plan To Subpoena Trump About Epstein - Joe.My.God.
https://www.joemygod.com/2026/03/house-dems-plan-to-subpoena-trump-about-epstein/

Visa and Stripe's Bridge plan to expand their partnership to issue stablecoin-linked cards in 100 countries; the cards are currently live in 18 countries (Ben Weiss/Fortune)
https://fortune.com/2026/03/03/visa-stripe-bridge-stablecoin-backed-card…

Exclusive: Visa to expand card partnership with Stripe’s Bridge to over 100 countries
The two firms previously launched stablecoin-backed cards for 18 countries in April.

Boston's GBH and New England Public Media plan to merge operations, keeping separate branding and headquarters; Susan Goldberg will remain GBH's top executive (Julian Wyllie/Current)
https://current.org/2026/05/gbh-new-engl…

GBH, New England Public Media to merge operations this summer
The largest station in public media and its neighboring station in the region are joining forces.

X is testing a standalone X Chat iOS app with 1,000 users via Apple's TestFlight, a shift away from Elon Musk's plan to make X an "everything app" (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/03/x-begins-testing-standalone-x-chat-…

X begins testing standalone X Chat app on iOS | TechCrunch
The new app promises a way to send and receive messages without being distracted by your timeline.

SAP to acquire Dremio, an open data lakehouse provider, and Prior Labs, which it pledges to invest €1B in over four years, hoping to create a frontier AI lab (Larry Dignan/Constellation Research)
https://www.constellationr.com/insights/ne

Audible launches a cheaper, $8.99/month streaming tier in the US, vs. $14.95 for its premium plans, to compete with Spotify; the plan includes ad-free podcasts (Ashley Carman/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

Google increases the storage of its $19.99/month AI Pro subscription plan to 5 TB, up from 2 TB, at no additional cost (Abner Li/9to5Google)
https://9to5google.com/2026/04/01/google-ai-pro-5-tb/

Google AI Pro now comes with 5 TB of storage, no price increase
Google today announced that AI Pro subscriptions now come with 5 TB of storage at no additional cost. Previously, members...

An interview with Mustafa Suleyman on Microsoft's AI reorg, how revising its OpenAI contract "unlocked [Microsoft's] ability to pursue superintelligence", more (Hayden Field/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/report/905791/mustafa-s…

Microsoft’s new ‘superintelligence’ game plan is all about business
Mustafa Suleyman’s new role at Microsoft AI, post-restructuring, is focused on superintelligence and new frontier models. On Thursday, he debuted a new transcription model.

Microsoft partners with SoftBank and Sakura Internet to build AI data infrastructure in Japan, investing $10 billion over four years and training 1M engineers (Takashi Mochizuki/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

Vitalik Buterin outlines a two-part plan to overhaul Ethereum's execution layer with a binary state tree and eventually move beyond the Ethereum virtual machine (Zack Abrams/The Block)
https://www.theblock.co/post/391681/vitali

Sources: the White House opposes Anthropic's plan to expand access to Mythos to 70 additional companies and organizations because of concerns about security (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/white-house-opposes-ant…

Block's plan to lay off over 4,000 employees, citing AI work automation, adds to growing angst among white-collar workers over AI's potential for job disruption (Chip Cutter/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/the-week-…

As part of the Amazon-OpenAI deal, the companies plan a "stateful runtime environment" for AWS, letting agents carry context forward to handle ongoing projects (Ina Fried/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/02/27/amazon-openai-stateful-ai-deal

Amazon's OpenAI deal aims to leapfrog Microsoft
AWS can offer custom OpenAI models, bolstering Amazon's enterprise and Alexa efforts.

Sources: the White House is developing rules for government agencies to get around Anthropic's supply chain risk designation and onboard new models like Mythos (Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/04/29/trump-anthropic-pentagon-ai-executive-order-gov…

Scoop: White House workshops plan to bring back Anthropic
One source described the efforts as a way to "save face and bring em back in."

X limits X Pro access to subscribers of the $40/month Premium plan without notifying users in advance; it was previously available in the $8/month Premium plan (Juli Clover/MacRumors)
https://www.macrumors.com/2026/03/26/x-pro-premium-plus-restriction/

X Moves X Pro Behind $40/Month Premium+ Paywall With No Notice to Users
Social network X is now limiting X Pro access to customers who subscribe to the X Premium+ plan, which is priced at $40 per month (or...