2026-01-07 07:02:12
pkg and planetary alignments, Tuesday 6th January 2025
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pkg and planetary alignments, Tuesday 6th January 2025
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https://forensic-architecture.org/investigation/tear-gas-tuesday-in-downtown-portland
Interesting visualizations of 2020 teargas exposure in portland.
Tuesday results put incumbents on notice in 2026 primaries
Tuesday’s primaries exposed vulnerabilities that are expected to plague incumbent lawmakers in both parties throughout this year’s primary elections.
Several old-guard House Democrats faced spirited,
successful challenges from younger and more liberal candidates,
while several Republicans were imperiled by a lack of an endorsement from Donald Trump.
In the lead-up to the midterms, Democratic voters expr…
Internal memo: Hark, the new AI lab from Figure AI CEO Brett Adcock, backed by $100M of his own capital, has hired 30 engineers from Apple, Meta, and others (Rocket Drew/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/hark-hires-leadership-apple-meta
Have a courageous Day of Ares aka Mars' Day aka Tuesday 🗡️
The #NewYear is barely a week old and shows already that Ares will be busy. Let's not forget he is also the god of riots and rebellion:
"Ares . . . ally of Themis, stern governor of the rebellious."
Homeric Hymn 8 to Ares
🏛
Unionized Hearst staffers represented by the WGA East conducted half-day walkouts on Tuesday after a month of contract negotiations with management failed (Erik Pedersen/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2026/02/hearst-magazines-union-walkouts-co…
House clears key hurdle to reopening the government later Tuesday (Sahil Kapur/NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/house-path-end-government-shutdown-tuesday-dhs-trump-rcna257138
http://www.memeorandum.com/260203/p78#a260203p78
This article from Tuesday has a great animation of the traffic slowing through the strait of Hormuz. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/03/iran-has-largely-halted-oil-and-gas-exports-through-strait-of-hormuz
NFL news roundup: Veteran kicker Nick Folk, 41, plans to play in 2026 https://www.nfl.com/news/nfl-news-roundup-latest-league-updates-from-tuesday-march-3
Jerry Jones: It was clear a change was needed https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/jerry-jones-it-was-clear-a-change-was-needed
Vote On Trump's War Powers Expected On Tuesday - Joe.My.God.
https://www.joemygod.com/2026/03/vote-on-trumps-war-powers-expected-on-tuesday/
Abortion will stay legal in Wyoming
after the state’s supreme court struck down two near-total abortion bans on Tuesday,
ruling that the laws violate the constitution of the profoundly conservative state.
In a 4-1 decision, the justices decided that the two bans
– which include the nation’s first exclusive ban on abortion pills
– violated a 2012 state constitutional amendment.
That amendment affirmed competent adults’ right to make their own healthcare de…
The Tuesday Review
Join hosts James Josipovic, Callum Berry and Nathan Berry as they review all the latest films, discuss classic and cult favourites, as well as TV shows, video games, comicbooks, and more...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/tuesda
Here is the Agreement Giving ICE Medicaid Patients' Data https://www.404media.co/here-is-the-agreement-giving-ice-medicaid-patients-data/
Bitcoin dived below the $73,000 mark on Tuesday, hitting its lowest price since November 2024 as heavy selling resumes amid mounting geopolitical concerns (Liz Napolitano/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/03/bitcoin-price-today.html
Shot ...and chaser (and it's only Tuesday): Two new 8x6" prints done over the weekend, from one of my fave repeat hikes in the Allgäuer Alps...
Alpsee and view into the Lechtal Alps (November 2021)
Himmeleck mountain pass with Großer Wilder (October 2023)
I find the aesthetics of the Kallitype process are so nicely complementing the timelessness of these places...
For some of the next prints I will be switching to Rochelle salt as developer for supposedly even…
Every story I've seen on congestion charging is similar:
"Traffic is down, business is up, and we’re making crucial investments in a transit system that moves millions of people a day,” Janno Lieber, the MTA’s CEO, said on Tuesday. “New York is winning.”
Trump administration’s bid to halt New York City congestion toll blocked in court
Every story I've seen on congestion charging is similar:
"Traffic is down, business is up, and we’re making crucial investments in a transit system that moves millions of people a day,” Janno Lieber, the MTA’s CEO, said on Tuesday. “New York is winning.”
Trump administration’s bid to halt New York City congestion toll blocked in court
House eyes Tuesday vote to reopen the government and end brief shutdown (NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/house-tuesday-vote-end-government-shutdown-reopen-trump-rcna256782
http://www.memeorandum.com/260202/p121#a260202p121
OMG, it's Patch Tuesday
Microsoft January 2026 Patch Tuesday fixes 3 zero-days, 114 flaws
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-january-2026-patch-tuesday-fixes-3-zero-days-114-flaws/
Jerry Jones: It was clear a change was needed https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/jerry-jones-it-was-clear-a-change-was-needed
The Edo-Tokyo Museum is scheduled to reopen on Tuesday, March 31, 2026.
sp_high_school_new: High school dynamic contacts (2011-2012)
These datasets contain the temporal network of contacts between students in a high school in Marseilles, France. The first dataset gives the contacts of the students of three classes during 4 days in Dec. 2011, and the second corresponds to the contacts of the students of 5 classes during 7 days (from a Monday to the Tuesday of the following week) in Nov. 2012.
This network has 126 nodes and 28561 edges.
Tags: Soc…
Happy First Tuesday in February #MisconceptionsDay tomorrow for all those who celebrate!
https://www.tumblr.com/teledyn/807477408461701120/happy-misconceptions-day-to-those-who-celebrate?source=share
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution plans to cut around 50 positions, or ~15% of its workforce, with about half of them in the newsroom, as it seeks to cut costs (J. Scott Trubey/Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
https://www.ajc.com/business/2026/02/the-a
Bengals' Cam Taylor-Britt to serve five days in jail for reckless driving
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/bengals-cam-taylor-britt-to-serve-five-days-…
Northern California! Don’t forget the total lunar eclipse Tuesday morning! https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/lunar/2026-march-3
Happening tomorrow! Our Sorensen Lecture for 2026, to be given by the distinguished scholar Gary Dorrien of Union Theological Seminary and Columbia University.
Join us for the lecture on Tuesday, March 3, 5:30 p.m in Niebuhr Hall at YDS, reception to follow.
https://
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #AfternoonShow
Francis of Delirium:
🎵 Blue Tuesday
#FrancisofDelirium
https://francisofdelirium.bandcamp.com/track/blue-tuesday-soft-version
https://open.spotify.com/track/5gHWdS1CKOcirrBqmGZ2qU
Apple changes its CPU terminology alongside the M5 Pro and M5 Max, renaming "performance cores" to "super cores" and "efficiency cores" to "performance cores" (Jason Snell/Six Colors)
https://sixcolors.com/post/2026/03/app
As House Democrats walked out of a closed-door briefing on Tuesday evening
over the United States’s military campaign against #Iran,
many expressed exasperation with the Trump administration
and said the president and his team ⚠️had not offered a sufficient justification for the attack on foreign soil.
♦️“I just want to say I am more fearful than ever after this briefing
that we …
American Religion and Literature Society: Two panels at May 2026 American Literature Association
https://ift.tt/cDAsjxn
updated: Tuesday, January 6, 2026 - 10:47pmfull name / name of organization: American Religion and…
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I knew it.
✅ Australia Admits All Those Animals Made Up - The Onion
#humor
Blocking the work of MSF is absolutely depraved. Israel continues to fumble its way out of the community of civilized nations.
https://apnews.com/article/gaza-israel-hamas-palestinians-ceasefire-war-news-286106d7a5a911704cdcf1c93…
Lions fire offensive coordinator John Morton after one season https://www.nfl.com/news/lions-fire-offensive-coordinator-john-morton-after-1-season
BREAKING: 1 person is in critical condition after being shot by Border Patrol in Arizona at around 7:30am, Tuesday, January 27, 2026.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/person-shot-border-patrol-involved-arizona-rcna256137
#MAHA: "Trump administration lawyers told Supreme Court justices on Tuesday that they should rule in favor of the chemical company Bayer in an upcoming case that could prevent individuals from suing pesticide companies over claims their products cause cancer and other illnesses."
Trump Administration Affirms Support for Bayer in Glyphosate Case | Civil Eats
https://civileats.com/2026/03/03/trump-administration-affirms-support-for-bayer-in-glyphosate-case/
Shutdown likely to continue at least into Tuesday (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/31/shutdown-tuesday-house-votes-00759001
http://www.memeorandum.com/260131/p68#a260131p68
Shuffalo, 7m 11s
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https://www.newyorker.com/puzzles-and-games-dept/shuffalo/2026/02/03
Once again, Trump acts to hurt anyone who stands in his way.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-vetoes-boebert-miccosukee-tribe-alligator-alcatraz-ac59b3ab03fb6f3b09d65b0223f1b495
UMMC clinics remain closed Monday and Tuesday after cyberattack
https://www.wtva.com/news/ummc-clinics-remain-closed-monday-and-tuesday-after-cyberattack/article_170b9a2e-ba20-43aa-b084-b62f57114650.h…
U.S. forces have launched military operations with Ecuador against
“designated terrorist organizations”
inside the South American country,
Southern Command said Tuesday.
The military released no details on the operations
but suggested in a statement that it was an extension of strikes carried out by the Trump administration
against suspected drug trafficking organizations in the region
In January 2024 gangs stormed a TV station,
taking staff ho…
Last Tuesday, a spokesman of Dutch state-owned Gasunie said that the historical low in gas storage filling (11% of capacity) was no problem. But, he added, 'we wouldn't want a blockade of the Strait of Hormuz'.
Now, Gasunie says that the attack came at an unfortunate moment, and that our gas may become very expensive once more.
https://
A U.S. #submarine sank an Iranian warship in international waters, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Wednesday.
In addition to striking Tehran, Israel hit the Iranian-backed #Hezbollah militant group in Lebanon,
while Iran fired on #Bahrain
Fubo's CEO says NBCUniversal has been unwilling to restart carriage talks with Fubo; NBCUniversal channels have been unavailable on Fubo since November 2025 (Matthew Keys/TheDesk.net)
https://thedesk.net/2026/02/fubo-comcast-nbc-discussions-stall/
TikTok USDS says users "may temporarily experience lags in posting content" due to an issue at Oracle's Ashburn data center, the second Oracle outage in a month (Stevie Bonifield/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/tech/888647/tiktok-us-oracle-outage-mar…
Mike Johnson’s shutdown gamble
The speaker is hoping to quell an internal Republican revolt in order to pass the funding package Tuesday.
House GOP leaders face an uphill battle to pass the revamped government funding package from the Senate, potentially dragging out the shutdown.
Speaker Mike Johnson hopes to pass the five full-year funding bills and the two-week DHS stopgap Tuesday
relying only on Republicans,
after Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries told him he w…
Sources: Texas Instruments is in advanced talks to buy chip designer Silicon Laboratories for ~$7B, a premium to Silicon Labs' market cap of $4.4B as of Tuesday (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/c7b3eaa5-a650-400d-beda-ba71d44cc8e7
Have a courageous Day of Ares aka Mars' Day aka Tuesday 🗡️
Ares steers his chariot towards a #NewYear 🍾
"The Amazones of the Doiantian plain were by no means gentle, well-conducted folk; they were brutal and aggressive, and their main concern in life was war. War, indeed, was in their blood, daughters of Ares as they were."
Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 2.989
Speaking at the US Capitol today, Senate and House Democrats said that
“dramatic changes” are needed
at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
as they continue their negotiations over a full-year appropriations bill
Trump signed a stopgap spending measure on Tuesday that funds the DHS until 13 February while lawmakers hammer out guardrails.
The Senate’s top Democrat, Chuck Schumer, said that the party is also demanding the end of “roving patrols”,
“inde…
Dario Amodei says Anthropic has a higher retention than OpenAI, emphasizing its "mission" as a way to reinforce staff loyalty and fend off competitors' offers (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/anthropic…
NFL-leading eight Cowboys to play in 2026 Pro Bowl Games https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/nfl-leading-eight-cowboys-to-play-in-2026-pro-bowl-games
Winfield's INT of Burrow seals NFC's Pro Bowl win https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47822658/mvps-antoine-winfield-jr-george-pickens-lead-nfc-pro-bowl-win-vs-afc
Noem faced Republican criticism
Republicans largely kept the focus on the large numbers of migrants who came into the country under former President Joe Biden,
portraying Noem as the leader of a cleanup effort of the former administration’s mess.
But she did come under some harsh questioning by members of her own party.
Senator Tillis, who called on Noem to resign following the shootings in Minneapolis, criticized her for erroneously arresting American citizens, for…
A competitive Texas Senate race looms over Tuesday's primaries (Bridget Bowman/NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/competitive-texas-senate-race-looms-tuesdays-primaries-rcna260865
http://www.memeorandum.com/260302/p28#a260302p28
In an all-hands meeting, Sam Altman said OpenAI does not "get to make operational decisions" regarding how its technology is used by the Department of Defense (Ashley Capoot/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/03/sam-altman-t…
The Military Religious Freedom Foundationhas received a litany of complaints about religious ideology seeping into military orders since the U.S. and Israel began bombing Iran,
independent journalist Jon Larsen first reported.
Mikey Weinstein, founder and president of MRFF,
a nonprofit group established 21 years ago that focuses on ensuring constitutional protections for service members,
spoke with HuffPost by phone Tuesday morning and illuminated some details of the…
NFL-leading eight Cowboys to play in 2026 Pro Bowl Games https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/nfl-leading-eight-cowboys-to-play-in-2026-pro-bowl-games
Take-Two reports Q3 net bookings up 28% YoY to $1.76B, vs. $1.58B, net revenue up 25% to $1.7B, and raises its annual bookings forecast; TTWO up 5% after hours (Max Knoblauch/Sherwood News)
https://sherwood.news/markets/take-two-raises-…
NFL news roundup: Steelers TE Darnell Washington undergoes surgery on broken arm https://www.nfl.com/news/nfl-news-roundup-latest-league-updates-from-tuesday-dec-30
Where to watch Cowboys in Pro Bowl today https://cowboyswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/cowboys/2026/02/03/dallas-cowboys-nfl-pro-bowl-2026/88488841007/
Defense Dept. effort to punish Mark Kelly draws skepticism from judge
A federal judge on Tuesday sharply questioned the legality of the Defense Department’s efforts to censure and possibly demote
Sen. Mark Kelly,
a retired Navy captain,
over his public criticism of the Trump administration.
U.S. District Judge Richard J. Leon said Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth appeared to be
expanding restrictions on free speech that have applied only to active-duty servi…
2026 NFL franchise tag window closes today https://www.nfl.com/news/2026-nfl-franchise-tag-window-closes-today
The marquee matchup for the open US Senate seat in North Carolina will begin to resolve into focus Tuesday,
with a well-known former Democratic governor and a Donald Trump-endorsed but untested Republican appearing to lead the field.
In the Democratic primary, former two-term governor Roy #Cooper is ahead in recent polling against the slate of other candidates who have never held elected office.…
Israel on Tuesday said it had
💥suspended more than two dozen humanitarian organizations,
including "Doctors Without Borders" and CARE,
from operating in the Gaza Strip
for failing to comply with new registration rules.
Israel says the rules are aimed at preventing Hamas and other militant groups from infiltrating the aid organizations.
But the organizations say the rules are arbitrary and warned that the new ban would harm a civilian population d…
Falcons get 5th European game, this time Madrid https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/48088916/falcons-play-madrid-part-nfl-international-slate
Renée Good’s brothers, others describe assaults, shootings at hearing
American citizens told congressional leaders Tuesday that they had been shot, manhandled and dragged from their cars
by aggressive federal immigration enforcement agents in recent months,
experiences that left them fearing for their lives.
The witnesses wept and spoke with emotion as they described violent encounters with federal agents at a forum on Capitol Hill sponsored by two Democrats.
2026 Pro Bowl Games: What We Learned from NFC's 66-52 win https://www.nfl.com/news/2026-pro-bowl-games-what-we-learned-from-nfc-s-66-52-win
Cards' LaFleur to call plays as QB decision looms https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47820560/cards-lafleur-says-call-plays-qb-decision-looms
NFLPA: Players 'have no appetite' for 18th game https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47819473/nflpa-interim-boss-players-no-appetite-18th-game
France summoned billionaire
#Elon #Musk to a
“voluntary interview”
as #cybercrime authorities on Tuesday searched the French offices of his social media network X,
the Paris public prosecutor’s office said.
…
The US Treasury has lifted sanctions on three executives tied to spyware maker Intellexa, reversing a designation imposed by the Biden administration in 2024 (Suzanne Smalley/The Record)
https://therecord.media/treasury-sanctions-intellexa-removed
Franchise tag deadline winners and losers: Colts' Alec Pierce, Daniel Jones on opposite ends of the spectrum
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/nfl-franchise-tag-deadline-winners-a…
Sources: Jets place franchise tag on star RB Hall https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/48090048/sources-jets-place-franchise-tag-star-rb-breece-hall
Patrick Mahomes Sr. arrested after parole violation: Father of Chiefs QB previously pled guilty to DWI
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/patrick-mahomes-sr-arrested-parole-violatio…
No tag for Hendrickson as time in Cincinnati ends https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/48092392/trey-hendrickson-says-goodbye-bengals-no-tag-used-de
Seahawks do not use franchise tag on Super Bowl LX MVP Kenneth Walker III https://www.nfl.com/news/kenneth-walker-iii-seahawks-do-not-use-franchise-tag-super-bowl-lx-mvp
Worried about election interference?
Join Sen. Chris Murphy
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Colts applying transition tag on QB Daniel Jones https://www.nfl.com/news/colts-applying-transition-tag-on-qb-daniel-jones
Jets placing franchise tag on RB Breece Hall ahead of deadline https://www.nfl.com/news/jets-placing-franchise-tag-on-rb-breece-hall-ahead-of-deadline
More than two dozen Democratic lawmakers plan to to attend the "People's State of the Union" rally on the National Mall on Tuesday night instead of listening to Donald Trump's address inside the House chamber.
https://www.p…
Bears Pro Bowl center Drew Dalman expected to retire after five NFL seasons https://www.nfl.com/news/bears-pro-bowl-center-drew-dalman-expected-to-retire-after-five-nfl-seasons
The US military struck five alleged drug-smuggling boats over two days,
killing a total of eight people
while others jumped overboard and may have survived,
US Southern Command said in a social media post on Thursday.
Similar attacks have occurred in the Caribbean Sea and the eastern Pacific Ocean.
A video of Tuesday's attack posted by Southern Command on social media shows three boats travelling in a close formation, which is unusual
The military said…
NFL news roundup: Ravens aim to extend Lamar Jackson, offer C Tyler Linderbaum 'market-setting' contract https://www.nfl.com/news/nfl-news-roundup-latest-league-updates-from-tuesday-feb-24
A 5-year-old boy and his father must be released by Tuesday
from the Texas center where they’ve been held after being detained by immigration officers in Minnesota,
a federal judge ordered Saturday in a ruling that harshly criticized the Trump administration’s approach to enforcement.
Images of Liam Conejo Ramos, wearing a bunny hat and Spider-Man backpack,
being surrounded by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers
sparked even more outcry about the admini…
NFL news roundup: Latest league updates from Tuesday, Dec. 23 https://www.nfl.com/news/nfl-news-roundup-latest-league-updates-from-tuesday-dec-23
Trump’s intensifying standoff with European leaders over the fate of Greenland
prompted a sharp response from investors Tuesday morning,
with the value of U.S. stocks, dollar and government bonds all falling.
The S&P 500 dropped over 1 percent
as investors reacted to Trump’s increasing threat of higher tariffs on European allies unless they supported his plans for America to take control of Greenland.
Tuesday morning’s decline was first time the index has st…
Lamar (back) sidelined for Ravens' walkthrough https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47403004/ravens-qb-lamar-jackson-nonparticipant-tuesday-walkthrough-due-back-injury
Border Patrol has been ARRESTING U.S. CITIZENS, according to the agency’s leader.
U.S. Border Patrol Chief Gregory Bovino told Fox News Tuesday that his underlings had in fact arrested American citizens -- claiming that they had cuffed U.S. nationals for assaulting border patrol agents.
“Anyone that assaults a federal officer, you’re gonna go to jail.”Bovino said.
The Homeland Security Department released a memo in November claiming that assaults on DHS agents had risen by 1…
Dems tout another special election as a boost for their party ahead of midterms
Democrat won a special election for an Iowa state Senate seat Tuesday,
denying Republicans the opportunity to regain a supermajority in the chamber
and handing the Democratic Party a large-margin victory ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.
#Renee
Browns CB Denzel Ward hopes Jim Schwartz returns as DC in 2026 https://www.nfl.com/news/browns-cb-denzel-ward-hopes-jim-schwartz-returns-as-dc-in-2026
Trump administration retreats in Newsom lawsuit over National Guard deployment
https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2025-12-31/trump-administration-retreats-in-newsom-lawsuit-over-national-guard-deployment
Colts seeking long-term deal with Daniel Jones with franchise tag deadline looming
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/colts-daniel-jones-contract-franchise-tag-free-agent/