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Trump’s latest travel ban leaves fans unable to travel to support their World Cup team | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/trump-travel-ban-world-cup-2026-b2900875.html

Brits Travel to Town Called Lover to Send Valentine’s Day Cards From World’s Most Romantic Post Office https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/brits-travel-to-town-called-lover-to-send-valentines-day-cards/

Brits Travel to Town Called Lover to Send Valentine's Day Cards From ‘World’s Most Romantic Village’
While other places go all-out on decorations at Christmas and Halloween, one village called Lover pretty much owns Valentine’s Day. Dubbed the world’s most romantic village, it has drawn visitors from across the UK to send Valentine’s Day cards with a special postmark. Thousands of cards are sent from Lover every February to recipients across […]

Efficacy of electronic travel aids for the blind and visually impaired during wayfinding #ETA

Efficacy of Electronic Travel Aids for the Blind and Visually Impaired During Wayfinding
Independent traveling remains challenging for blind and visually impaired (BVI) individuals. While the white cane is effective at detecting ground-level obstacles, it provides no information about elevated obstacles or object characteristics. Recent technologies have been designed to support navigation as well as object detection. In our study, we compared the performance of 13 BVI participants who separately used two secondary electronic travel aids (ETAs) versus cane use alone. One ETA was a …

oof #TheOnion https://theonion.com/state-department-issues-travel-warning-for-women-vacationing-with-husbands/

State Department Issues Travel Warning For Women Vacationing With Husbands
WASHINGTON—In an effort to call attention to a potentially life-threatening hazard, the State Department issued a travel warning Thursday for all women considering taking a vacation with their husbands. “While we aren’t yet expressly banning women from traveling with their husbands, we’re emphatically urging them to use extreme caution if they feel they must take […]

For someone like me who has a fear of heights, this is terrifying... even watching on a PHONE. 😬
▶️ Harihar Fort’s 80-degree rock-cut stairs take you to the top of the world
https://30stades.com/travel/harihar-forts-nashik-ma…

Alibaba links Qwen to its online shopping and travel services, including Taobao, Alipay, Fliggy, and Amap, aiming to build a one-stop AI app for its 100M users (Luz Ding/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026…

Continuing my Resident Evil rewatch as it's been a lot of years, starting 2007's Extinction today. And I still wonder, all these years later, why the T-virus turned forests into deserts as it spread across Earth. Did it like, jump from mammals to trees? I dunno, man 😂
https://boxd.it/20Oy

Resident Evil: Extinction (2007)
Years after the Racoon City catastrophe, survivors travel across the Nevada desert, hoping to make it to Alaska. Alice joins the caravan and their fight against hordes of zombies and the evil Umbrella Corp.

Der Reisedienst #Bookingcom bestätigt einen #Datenzugriff durch Unbefugte.
Betroffen sind Namen, E-Mail-Adressen, Telefonnummern und Buchungsdetails von Kunden. Finanzinformationen wurden laut Unternehmen nicht eingesehen.
Hinweise deuten darauf hin, dass gestohlene Daten für

Booking.com confirms hackers accessed customers' data | TechCrunch
The travel giant notified customers that their personal data, including names, email addresses, and phone numbers, may have been accessed in a security incident.

We have a squirrel this morning who does not know how to lift the flap on the squirrel feeder. That implies that it's a squirrel new to my wood, which is exciting because my wood is relatively isolated and quite hard for squirrels to travel to.

49ers could be facing unprecedented NFL travel schedule during 2026 season with reported game in Mexico

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/49ers-mexico-city-game-2026-inter…

Tourist To Traveller
A travel podcast for curious, time-poor adventurers who want to travel deeper, smarter, and more intentionally, without quitting their 9-5...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/tourist-to-traveller/ …

#FotoVorschlag: Bodenmarkierungen
Photo suggestion: ground markings

Did 3 escape rooms at the Escaparium in Laval, outside Montreal. The wardrobe was one of the best escape rooms I had done and The Voodoo Queen was just as good.
But the 2.5 hour Magnifico was worlds beyond anything else. 3 live actors. Amazing set pieces. Well set up puzzles. Truly the undisputed best in the world. Travel to Montreal to do this!
https…

So glad we spend more than 900 billion dollars on defense, so we can panic and shoot down a mylar party balloon with a high energy laser.
"After the shutdown was lifted, the New York Times reported the military was conducting tests of counter-drone technology.
The weapon…a high-energy laser, was used earlier in the week to target what turned out to be at least one mylar party balloon…"

Thanks to AI working on realising a long time wish to have a proper high quality map app for my waypoints and travel logs that I kept for like decades.
Nice little SaaS tool - multi user, public profiles, private maps, custom made public maps etc
I dont know anything at all about web development so this is a case of no other option and really loving this.
Have a working iOS app also to do tagging on the go etc, very happy with this.

DHS Wants to Build a System to Surveil Americans’ Travel Records
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/03/dhs-wants-to-build-a-system-to-surveil-americans-travel-records/

DHS wants to build a system to surveil Americans’ travel records
Previously unreported documents show the agency has asked companies for input. Last year, a similar program was shuttered over public outcry.

in other news I been decorating today

Europeans are booking fewer trips to the US,
Europe’s biggest travel operator has said,
as appetite for long-haul travel wanes and concerns linger around Donald Trump’s immigration policies.
Tui, which receives most of its bookings from customers in Europe, has seen
“significantly lower demand” for travel into the US, according to its chief executive, Sebastian Ebel.
“What we do see is growing business to the Emirates and Asia,” he said.
“We also see Europ…

i need to shop for a new suitcase — this one is only a couple years old and it's already full! (of stickers, i mean)
also, it's too big. i am going to travel light on this trip I SWEAR I AM 😤

A profile of Jeffrey Yan and his startup Hyperliquid, a $10B crypto exchange that never took VC money and generated $900M in profit in 2025 with 11 employees (Dom Cooke/Colossus)
https://colossus.com/article/beyond-the-sky-jeffrey-yan-hyperliquid/

Hyperliquid: In Singapore With Jeffrey Yan
Jeffrey Yan turned down $100 million, airdropped billions to strangers, and can’t travel without a bodyguard. The story of how he built Hyperliquid,

Pigeon Holed Podcast
Comedians David Hughes and Tait Middleton host a weekly podcast, where they recount wild travel stories, have their say on matters that they shouldn't and help out listeners who send in queries and questions...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/p…

States beg Canadians to return as Trump antagonizes America's neighbor (Julianna Bragg/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/02/10/us-trump-travel-canada-economy-tourism
http://www.memeorandum.com/260210/p125#a260210p125

The Constraint of Crewed Mars Missions Based on Current Radiation Dose Measurements: #Mars: https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Human_and_Robotic_Exploration/The_radiation_paradox_why_solar_maximum_is_the_safest_time_to_travel_to_Mars

Sonnet 050 - L
How heavy do I journey on the way,
When what I seek, my weary travel's end,
Doth teach that ease and that repose to say,
'Thus far the miles are measured from thy friend!'
The beast that bears me, tired with my woe,
Plods dully on, to bear that weight in me,
As if by some instinct the wretch did know
His rider lov'd not speed being made from thee.
The bloody spur cannot provoke him on,
That sometimes a…

FOSS4G 2026 Travel Grant Program is Now Open
#foss4g

If you like having your luggage opened by TSA, do what I do and keep a bottle of MiraLAX in your suitcase 😆
#travel

My last morning in Hanoi. Heading to the airport this afternoon for the long drag home. #travel

How the other 1% lives...
"No Lines, No ‘Regular’ People: Flying Ultra-Luxury From Paris"
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/06/travel/first-class-luxury-flight-air-france-la-premiere.html

What Does an Ultra-Luxury First Class Ticket Get You? Flying in a Frictionless Bubble.
A writer reports from inside the premium bubble, where there’s no such thing as too much, petty annoyances are nonexistent and the real world never intrudes.

Another statue of Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein has appeared on the National Mall, this one styled after Jack and Rose from Titanic.
#Titanic #JeffreyEpstein #DonaldTrump

Paris Gard du Nord Train Station Afternoon Piano (2023-09) - Ambient busy big city train station with a talented chap tickling the public piano. #fieldRecording #travel #Paris -

Paris Gard du Nord Train Station Afternoon Piano (2023-09)
Ambient busy big city train station with a talented chap tickling the public piano. #fieldRecording #travel #Paris

"Wood burners may treble children’s exposure to pollution in homes, study finds"
#Pollution #AirPollution

Travel giant Booking.com has issued a warning to Aussie customers after it suffered a major data breach – with the personal information of customers using the platform likely accessed by “unauthorised third parties”.
h…

Back to Now: My Case Against Time Travel
Time travel sounds thrilling—until you start thinking about paradoxes, pandemics, and unintended consequences. For this week’s WWBC, I explore why I’m actually glad it’s fictional, from alternate timelines to germ theory and everything that could go very, very wrong.
https://www.…

Back to Now: My Case Against Time Travel – Bob Mueller
For WWBC, I explain why time travel is one fictional idea I’m glad isn’t real—paradoxes, pandemics, and all.

Feds face lawsuit over travel ban for foreign misinformation researchers | Courthouse News Service
https://www.courthousenews.com/feds-face-lawsuit-over-travel-ban-for-foreign-misinformation-researchers/

I noticed only now that the ubiquitous Costa Coffee in Poland is no longer owned by Coca Cola, it's French since 2023 (Lagardère).
From our classic "No Logo" nemesis to a billionaire-controlled #copyright cartel: not sure how I feel about it.
It's one of those chains where a #vegan g…

Lagardère Travel Retail builds on its strategic partnership with Costa Coffee to become the brand’s master franchise partner in Poland - Lagardère - Lagardere.com - Groupe
Lagardère Travel Retail and British coffee shop chain Costa Coffee, a Coca-Cola owned company, announce that their long-term partnership has further developed with the transfer of control of the brand’s 142 stores in Poland and Latvia to Lagardère Travel Retail, as master franchisee. This confirms Lagardère Travel Retail’s strategic ambition to become a global leader in Foodservice and to cover travelers’ needs holistically. The transfer of control of Costa Coffee’s network of stores…

Coalition of Human Rights Organizations Issues a Statewide Travel Alert for Florida Ahead of FIFA World Cup
A coalition of civil rights, community leaders, and human rights leaders is coming together to issue a travel alert today to warn international travellers, tourists, and visitors of the potential dangers that exist in the United States, particularly in Florida, to their rights, liberty, and physical security.

TikTok launches an opt-in Local Feed in the app's US version, including content related to travel, news, events, shopping, and dining near the user's location (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/11/tikt

TikTok launches an opt-in Local Feed in the U.S. leveraging users' precise location | TechCrunch
TikTok's new Local Feed will show you nearby shopping, dining, events, news, and more.

Women's mobility networks enable more efficient travel
https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.00943

Women's mobility networks enable more efficient travel
Our understanding of gender differences in mobility is marked by a clear tension: surveys portray women's movements as more complex than men's, while digital traces suggest less diverse travel. Here, we resolve the contradiction by modeling trajectories as networks of sequential visits, using smartphone traces linked to self-reported gender for 543,155 individuals across 10 countries. We show that the apparent conflict in the literature arises because women's mobility networks are simultaneousl…

Kudos
"Leo is yet to travel stateside since his election and has no public plans to do so. He will instead spend July 4, 2026, on the Mediterranean island of Lampedusa—a stopping point for African refugees hoping to reach Europe."
https://www.thedaily…

Cheap air fares have allowed millions of Europeans to travel longer distances, boosting tourism and helping migrant workers keep close links to home.
They’ve also come with a heavy environmental toll.
"Thanks, Brussels, for that €9 flight" by #europeancorrespondent

Thanks, Brussels, for that €9 flight
Forty years ago, Ryanair’s first flight was a 15-seater aircraft that ferried businessmen from a small Irish city to London. Last year, the airline sa

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

AAEHC Opens Applications for 2026–2027 Research Travel Grants https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcements/20141658/aaehc-opens-applications-2026-2027-research-travel-grants

Fleet of ‘Flying Ferries’ Will Provide Zero-Emission, Silent EV Boats for Commuters and Tourists Along Norway’s Coast https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/fleet-of-flying-ferries-will-provide-zero-emissio…

Fleet of ‘Flying Ferries’ Will Provide Zero-Emission, Silent EV Boats for Commuters and Tourists Along Norway’s Coast
Tourists and commuters along Norway’s coast will soon travel aboard “flying” electric ferries—quietly whizzing above the water from Candela.

What kind of person [allegedly] brings their own food for foreign travel when the foreign country they're traveling to is ITALY?
https://www.economictimes.com/news/international…

JD Vance’s 40-car motorcade draws ridicule after navigating narrow Italian streets
US Vice President JD Vance faced online backlash during his Italy visit. People reacted to his large security convoy in Milan and crowd boos at the Olympics opening ceremony. His trip included sports events and political meetings. The visit also came during tense US-Europe relations under President Donald Trump.

A quiet but significant expansion of the US surveillance apparatus is taking shape inside DHS — built from travel databases, biometric systems, location data markets, AI analytics, and tools like Palantir’s ELITE platform.
In this report, I trace how investigative reporting from Mother Jones, Wired, and 404 Media reveals the architecture of a system capable of tracking Americans’ movements, identities, and digital lives.
Available to Metacurity paid subscribers.

The Homeland Security surveillance machine
A series of press investigations reveal how DHS has quietly assembled a system capable of tracking Americans’ movements, identities, and digital lives.

Texas is a truly amazing place (provided you can travel there without being targeted, etc.). What I wasn't expecting was a UK travel agent advertising a trip of the US's Deep South. For £5000, no less.

at_migrations: Austrian internal migrations (2002-2022)
A network of migrations between municipalities in Austria, from 2002 to 2022. A weighted directed link from source to target indicates a migration flow from these two municipalities. Edges are annotated with migration volume (number of people), nationality, sex, and year.
This network has 2115 nodes and 2908569 edges.
Tags: Social, Economic, Travel, Weighted, Politlcal, Timestamps, Metadata

Slowjamastan: The new 'nation' hiding in the US https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20260330-slowjamastan-the-worlds-newest-nation-youve-never-heard-of

Slowjamastan: The new 'nation' hiding in the US
More than 25,000 self-proclaimed citizens have pledged their allegiance to this faux dictatorship, where Crocs and reply-all emails are forbidden.

I just looked for my knitting needles I knew I had, but knitting was so many obsession/fixations ago. I had to look through the detritus of successful and false-start obsessions of years past. There's creative writing. There's photography. There's travel. There's fandom. There's running. There's sewing. There's needlepoint/cross-stitch.
Ah, ha! There's my knitting needles. I knew I had the right ones for this project. Now, where did I put my knitting ba…

South Korean online travel platform Myrealtrip aims to hit a $1B valuation in a Seoul IPO as early as H2 2027, per CEO Donggun Lee, amid a boom in tourism (Jihye Lee/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj…

Am planning my drive to pick up The Son from #yyj on Friday and discovered that the BC Hydro charging app has a very nice and comprehensive session summary for past charges.
It's a 2.5hr drive from home or 1.5hr from work, either way Ill need to charge before heading home.
I was trying to remember how long I charged for or what my starting point was, and there it is in the summary: 40min, going from 36% to 79%.
Now I can figure out what time I need to leave home/work to get down there, charge, and grab him from the airport. ✈️
Need to be at YYJ around 11:10. The chargers are only 5min away in Sydney (literally at the end of the runway lol) so if I'm charged by 11:00 I should have lots of time. So... at the chargers by 10:15.
done.
#evLive #EV #cars #HyundaiKona #Victoria #PortAlberni #VancouverIsland #travel

Oha, @… ist in der BBC. Lesenswerter Artikel.
https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20260225-the-nostalgic-winter-drink-div…

The nostalgic winter drink dividing Germany
The Lumumba cocktail is one of Northern Europe's most popular winter drinks, but its name – borrowed from a Congolese politician – is now sparking a cultural controversy.

Today I was supposed to go to Dublin to see André Rieu (I bought tickets for my mam at Christmas, she wanted to see him).
Was hoping to travel on the bus, but then an hour beforehand, we learned that the bus was not going to be served because of the #fuelprotests blocking all every main entrance and exit.
It was too late to make other arrangements, and we have ended up not going, …

Ontario regional train return to the North announced their pricing
#northlander

Headed home today. Setting up the Mobile Passport Control app since Global Entry is currently not operating. The MPC app is remarkably good! Clear instructions, easy usability, it's very nice. It basically just collects your immigration info and customs declarations, replaces a paper form, but they did it nicely.

Artemis II sets new record as astronauts travel farther from Earth than ever before
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/apr/06/artemis-ii-astronauts-record-moon-earth-distance?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other…

Super bowl, open air bar, Hanoi, Vietnam. #travel

It's mind-boggling that tourism to the US was only down by 6% last year. Hopefully, the drop will be a lot bigger this year. Don't go there if you don't have to.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/20/travel/us-tourism-declines-eu-canada.html

Why the United States Is Seeing an Ongoing Tourism Slump
Last year, the U.S. was the only major destination to see a decline in international travelers. With increased scrutiny at the border, ICE violence and unpredictable policies, the new year isn’t looking better.

Remember Forests? 🌿
#nature #ambient

tree.fm – Tune Into Forests From Around The World 🌳🔈
People around the world recorded the sounds of their forests, so you can escape into nature, while in lockdown or unable to travel. Use this site to chill, meditate or do some digital shinrin-yoku.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #Roadhouse
Tiwayo:
🎵 I've Got to Travel Alone
#Tiwayo
https://recordkicks.bandcamp.com/track/tiwayo-ive-got-to-travel-alone
https://open.spotify.com/track/6VkLHw9YP2waFgxdTIDJSa

For WWBC this week, I tackled a fun question with a slightly paranoid answer: I’m glad time travel isn’t real.
Between timeline paradoxes, unintended world wars, and the possibility of dragging forgotten diseases across centuries… maybe fiction is safer.
#WWBC

Back to Now: My Case Against Time Travel – Bob Mueller
For WWBC, I explain why time travel is one fictional idea I’m glad isn’t real—paradoxes, pandemics, and all.

I see nothing has changed in Vienna (I left in 2012).
I'm missing Café Central in this Sachertorte review though.
https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2026/mar/29/perfect-sachertorte-cake-vienna-austria

Immigrant, civil rights groups issue Florida travel alert for FIFA World Cup (Kimberly Leonard/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/05/immigrant-civil-rights-groups-push-florida-travel-alert-for-fifa-world-cup-00767388
http://www.memeorandum.com/260205/p96#a260205p96

The Eglinton Crosstown finally opened yesterday. How did it take to travel 19km across Toronto? About 16 years....
https://www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/article/we-rode-the-whole-length-of-the-eglinton-crosstown-on-opening-day-heres-how-long-it-took/

"Stockholm’s ‘flying’ electric ferry cuts emissions by 94 percent and reimagines city travel"
#Stockholm #Ferries #PublicTransport

Stockholm’s ‘flying’ electric ferry cuts emissions by 94 percent and reimagines city travel | The Optimist Daily
Stockholm’s hydrofoil electric ferry halves commute times and cuts emissions by 94 percent, signaling a cleaner future for urban waterways.

I love that there are sites like this out on the Internet:
https://www.power-plugs-sockets.com/
(Explaining electrical plugs and sockets from all over the world.)

Since Trump launched a new war with Iran, he has portrayed it as a
"shock-and-awe assault" with few lasting consequences,
especially for Americans.
On Monday in Florida, he called it a “brief disruption.”
Experts say it is rapidly becoming something else entirely:
a jolt to the global security order and economythat far exceeds those delivered by other recent conflicts in the Middle East.
Trump’s war, now nearly two weeks old,
is already res…

How Trump’s War With Iran Changed the World in a Week
The conflict is reshaping travel patterns, energy dependencies, living costs, trade routes and diplomatic alliances.

https://www.axios.com/2026/02/13/government-shutdown-dhs-democrats-trump
The DHS shutdown may impact airport travel, disaster response and cyber monitoring starting as soon as Friday

Congress plunges into "no pressure" government shutdown
Each side sees an upside to letting DHS run out of money.

Sonnet 027 - XXVII
Weary with toil, I haste me to my bed,
The dear repose for limbs with travel tired;
But then begins a journey in my head
To work my mind, when body's work's expired:
For then my thoughts--from far where I abide--
Intend a zealous pilgrimage to thee,
And keep my drooping eyelids open wide,
Looking on darkness which the blind do see:
Save that my soul's imaginary sight
Presents thy shadow to my sightless…

Watched a couple of episodes of #DeArktiskeReddere on DR (public broadcaster on Denmark) yesterday (series about #Greenland's search and rescue team - though they do a lot of emergency air ambulance type work too).
It's a really gripping and well filmed piece of work, sensitive on the difficult topics too and shows really well how different authorities work together.
I imagine it would be uncomfortable watching for USians who seem to imagine some kind of stone age society seeing healthcare emergencies dealt with so professionally with such excellent equipment (and for free at point of delivery).
I also find it hard to explain that the categories and separation between "Danes" and "Greenlanders" isn't always so clear cut and I think the programme got that over well.
It's filmed mostly in Danish but with Swedish, Norwegian and quite a bit of English, so may not travel easily but it's a really well done piece of TV and if you are at all interested in Greenland, it's worth seeking out.
De arktiske reddere https://www.dr.dk/drtv/serie/de-arktiske-reddere_450849

ICYMI: Inflation rose .9% in March 2026, almost a full point in a month, because of Trump's war with Iran. Gas, groceries, healthcare, travel - all costs are skyrocketing.
Trump voters... this is your fault.
✅ Inflation surges as Iran war spirals
https://www.dailyko…

Inflation surges as Iran war spirals
Inflation rose nearly one full percentage point in March, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported on Friday, a jump that is entirely thanks to skyrocketing ...

thirty years ago i didn't have mastodon so i muttered to myself in a kind of witless travelogue http://peter.honeyman.org/travel/travel.1995.html
i have kept this server on the dl for many many years (many years!) but a bofh emailed me today which is prob'ly the death k…

'New one for you': Inside Steve Tisch’s transactional friendship with Jeffrey Epstein https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7040342/2026/02/12/steve-tisch-jeffrey-epstein-new-york-giants/

AAEHC Opens Applications for 2026–2027 Research Travel Grants https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcements/20141658/aaehc-opens-applications-2026-2027-research-travel-grants

This week, tens of thousands of game developers and producers will once again gather in San Francisco,
as they have since 1988,
for the weeklong Game Developers Conference.
But this year’s show will be missing many international developers
who say they no longer feel comfortable traveling to the United States to attend,
no matter how relevant the show is to their work and careers.
Dozens of those developers who spoke to Ars in recent months say they’re wa…

“It doesn't feel safe”—Many international game developers plan to skip GDC in US
Stories of border issues lead to pervasive travel fears across the worldwide industry.

I’m in SLC, punk!
#travel #slc

TikTok launches an opt-in Local Feed in the app's US version, including content related to travel, news, events, shopping, and dining near the user's location (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/11/tikt

TikTok launches an opt-in Local Feed in the U.S. leveraging users' precise location | TechCrunch
TikTok's new Local Feed will show you nearby shopping, dining, events, news, and more.

Diarycast - Lockdown Patently Workable (2020-05-10) - April/May news: more good PV generation, and active travel is getting some UK central-government TLC... #podcast #coronavirus #activeTravel…

Diarycast - Lockdown Patently Workable (2020-05-10)
April/May news: more good PV generation, and active travel is getting some UK central-government TLC... #podcast #coronavirus #activeTravel

There is never a shortage of cybersecurity news, even on the weekends, so check out today's Metacurity for the most critical developments you might have missed, including
--Russian hackers target Signal and WhatsApp accounts of officials, journalists, and military,
--DPRK hackers use AI to accelerate and expand their schemes,
--Trump promotes offensive operations in cyber strategy and issues cybercrime EO,
--DHS and Secret Service seek real-time access to travel re…

Russian hackers target Signal and WhatsApp accounts of officials, journalists, and military
DPRK hackers use AI to accelerate and expand their schemes, Trump promotes offensive operations in cyber strategy and issues cybercrime EO, DHS and Secret Service seek real-time access to travel records, Polish hospital hit by 'huge' cyberattack, Chinese spy groups target S. American telcos, more

"The annual Ig Nobel Prizes, renowned for celebrating scientific achievements that first make people laugh and then think, are relocating their ceremony from the United States to Europe for the first time"
Concerns over US travel visas sees huge event moved to Europe for first time in 35 years | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/us-visas-ig-nobel-prizes-europe-trump-b2935119.html

Back to Then: My Case for Time Travel
In this Wednesday Weekly Blogging Challenge post, I imagine time travel made real—not to change history, but to witness it. From ancient burials to wartime Europe, the dream collides with the risks, paradoxes, and unintended consequences of stepping outside our century.
https://www.

Back to Then: My Case for Time Travel – Bob Mueller
A WWBC post on time travel: visiting history without changing it—and the safety risks and paradoxes that could unravel everything.

Like the Hayabusa2 mission,
which explored and returned samples from an asteroid,
#MMX will investigate the Martian moons -- and return a sample from Phobos to Earth.
The mission is scheduled for launch in JFY 2026, followed by an approximately five year journey for the round-trip to the Martian sphere and exploration of the system.
MMX aims to collect more than 10g of material from P…

No Help and Few Options for Travelers Stranded by Mideast Conflict (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/04/travel/iran-middle-east-stranded-travelers-flight-cancellations.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260304/p148#a260304p148

NFL might do this scheduling favor for the 49ers to help offset team's record-setting travel in 2026

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/nfl-scheduling-favor-49ers-record-se…

Last day in lovely Luang Prabang, Laos. It's a UNESCO heritage protected colonial gem and probably the nicest little tourist town I've ever visited. #travel

Slack messages: some staffers complained about Marc Benioff making jokes about ICE at a Salesforce event, including about ICE surveilling employee travel (Ashley Stewart/Business Insider)
https://www.businessinsider.com/salesforce-ceo-ice-jokes-employee-event-2…

Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff joked about ICE at an event, and employees are up in arms
Salesforce employees took to Slack to express anger and disappointment in CEO Marc Benioff's comments.

Hate to share this because it's so unconfirmed but Spain's Transport Minister said one hypothesis is a cyberattack.
Travel chaos in Catalonia as ‘suspected cyber attack’ hobbles train network leaving thousands stranded amid intermittent services
…

Catalonia travel chaos: thousands stranded as suspected cyber attack disrupts rail network
Thousands of travelers face delays and stranded journeys in Catalonia after a suspected cyber attack disrupts the regional train network, causing intermittent service and widespread travel chaos.

Millions of Canadians avoid US Disney parks in favour of Paris amid Trump travel boycott | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/disneyland-us-paris-canada-trump-travel-boycott-b2920951.html

Travel Advisory Update: Authorized Departure of Non-Emergency U.S. Government Personnel and Family Members of Personnel from U.S. Mission Israel. (U.S. Embassy Jerusalem)
https://il.usembassy.gov/travel-advisory-february-27-2026/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260227/p15#a260227p15

AAEHC Opens Applications for 2026–2027 Research Travel Grants
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H-Net Job Guide Weekly Report for H-NC: 15 February - 22 February H-Net Job Guide 02/25/2026 -…
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RE: https://c.im/@cdarwin/116047199489705353
In Europe, several countries have issued advisories about travel to the US
owing to stricter border scrutiny,
the detention of some visitors
and protests over the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)…

This week’s #WWBC prompt: What fictional thing do I wish were real?
My answer is time travel—but only to observe, not interfere. History, family mysteries, ancient burials, WWII… and the very real safety risks.
https://www.

Back to Then: My Case for Time Travel – Bob Mueller
A WWBC post on time travel: visiting history without changing it—and the safety risks and paradoxes that could unravel everything.

$4.55 for a glass of Spanish wine and the most comfortable chair of my trip. Luang Prabang, Laos. #travel

Sunny Naqvi, a 28-year-old U.S. citizen, is now back at home
after her family says she spent about 43 hours in Department of Homeland Security custody.
Customs and Border Patrol officials are now disputing her relatives' claims.
Naqvi was born in Evanston and raised in the Chicago suburbs.
A few weeks ago, she was set to travel overseas on a work trip with five other people. That group included three U.S. citizens and three green card holders, all in the U.S. legal…

DHS detains US citizen from Evanston at O'Hare, releases her in Wisconsin after nearly 2 days
Family said agents told them Sunny Naqvi was not in custody despite her phone location showing her at the Broadview facility.

'The alarm bells are going off': Air travel hits new lows (Oriana Pawlyk/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/28/air-travel-lows-trump-00847449
http://www.memeorandum.com/260328/p34#a260328p34

New York's Mayor Mamdani orders citywide travel ban as major storm hits US
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/climate/article/2026/02/23/new-york-s-mayor-mamdani-orders-citywide-travel-ban-as-major-storm-hits-us_6750769_96.html

The nonstop parade of luxury that is
La Première, Air France’s first-class trans-Atlantic service,
begins when a Mercedes limousine collects you from your hotel and whisks you to an exclusive entrance at Charles de Gaulle International Airport.
It ends at J.F.K., when an Air France employee personally escorts you from your seat through a special customs line.
Each new indulgence seems more lavish than the one before.
The bespoke departure lounge, where you can or…

What Does an Ultra-Luxury First Class Ticket Get You? Flying in a Frictionless Bubble.
A writer reports from inside the premium bubble, where there’s no such thing as too much, petty annoyances are nonexistent and the real world never intrudes.

Lower-cost drones reaching the battlefield range in size, cost and abilities.
The Shahed and LUCAS,
which each cost about $35,000,
are roughly 10 feet long
with an eight-foot wingspan,
and carry an explosive payload in their nose
that detonates on impact.
After a target’s coordinates are entered, the drones can travel hundreds of miles autonomously.
Looking something like a miniature fighter jet, they occupy a middle ground between the tiny h…

‘Designed to Wreak Havoc’: The Cheap Drones Shaping the War With Iran
Iran has launched waves of Shahed drones to menace Persian Gulf nations. The U.S. has unleashed its own copycat on Iran. It’s a sign of how war is changing.

US House Republicans rejected a bipartisan Senate deal to temporarily fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
and instead passed their own funding measure late on Friday, extending a weeks-long budget standoff that has disrupted air travel.
The stopgap bill, which proposes funding the DHS in full for eight weeks,
passed by 213 to 203 votes after Republicans in the lower chamber refused to take up a Senate-passed deal that excluded money for Immigration and Customs En…