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This Week in Sports Trivia: March 12, 2026 https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7108528/2026/03/12/this-week-in-sports-trivia-march-12-202612-2026/

Apple announces a multi-year deal to use Google's Gemini to power new Siri features later in 2026, saying Google's tech "provides the most capable foundation" (CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/12/apple-google-ai-siri-gemini.html

Apple picks Google's Gemini to run AI-powered Siri coming this year
Google's market value surpassed Apple for the first time since 2019 last week and topped $4 trillion on the news.

Adelaide Festival board resigns and Adelaide Writers’ Week cancelled after 180 authors pull out in protest of Zionist board decision to disinvite Palestinian author.
Remember this, if you’re a Zionist: like the Nazis before you, you are committing genocide, you are on the wrong side of history, and – as long as there are people of good moral character and conscience to oppose you – you will not succeed. Your only allies are the MAGAs of the world and those too spineless to stand up to …

Adelaide Writers' Week cancelled after week of escalating controversy around author Randa Abdel-Fattah
The remaining members of the Adelaide Festival board will step down and this year's Writers' Week event has been cancelled, after days of furore regarding the decision to cancel a scheduled appearance by Palestinian Australian author Randa Abdel-Fattah.

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/07/600-week-buys-freedom-fear/613972/?gift=7dKtnNrILXcLLty1b9gh3v55Ifcy-zz6-SVLZ4NDiZw

$600 a Week Buys Freedom From Fear
An extra $600 a week buys freedom from fear.

Climate amnesia: in the Netherlands, we had some winter weather since New Year. Nothing special a few decades ago, but now in the news as "1.5 week of harsh winter weather".
I just looked it up: the period of 1-12 January (average 0.6°C) would rank as #32 coldest in the 126-year record. 25% was colder.

Bijzonder veel sneeuw en -11,6 graden: streng winterweer na 1,5 week ten einde
Kort na de jaarwisseling raakte Nederland in de ban van sneeuw en strenge vorst. De afgelopen anderhalve week werd vijf keer code oranje uitgegeven, viel er meer sneeuw dan in jaren is gevallen en daalde de temperatuur plaatselijk tot -11,6 graden.

A federal appellate court ruled that
the Trump administration must remove California National Guard troops from Los Angeles by Monday.
The decision upheld a lower court order that halted the mobilization that had roiled the nation’s second-largest city for six months.
The ruling late Friday by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit substantially upheld a district court decision from earlier this week
that found the federal government had illegally prolonged t…

Appeals Court Says Trump Must End Los Angeles Deployment by Monday
While the decision did not remove the National Guard troops from the president’s control, it blocked him from using them in the nation’s second-largest city.

Sources: Paramount CEO David Ellison met with Trump last week for two conversations; Trump has said he will stay out of Netflix-Paramount competition for WBD (Brian Stelter/CNN)
https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/12/media/david-ellison-tr…

Trump met with David Ellison days before saying he’s ‘not involved’ in Paramount’s Netflix battle
The timing of the meetings — early last week — is notable because Trump was asked by NBC’s Tom Llamas on Wednesday about Paramount and Netflix’s battle for WBD, and he said, “I haven’t been involved.”

♫ Top 5 artists of the Last.week: Ahkatari (14) twisted teens (12) Dillon & Paten Locke (9) place on earth (5) Slik Jak & Vincent Pryce (5). #myweekcounted 54 Scrobbles with Lastfm #music via @…

NFL Injury Report Week 15: Commanders, Raiders, Jets Without Starting QB https://www.foxsports.com/stories/nfl/nfl-injury-report-week-15

If you liked the AppleTV series, Slow Horses, I recommend reading the books. There are some minor and some major departures. I just finished no. 7, Slough House. They haven’t got that far yet in the series. I’m thoroughly enjoying the books. I have to put them down at 9 o’clock, 2 hours before I go to bed. And I have to wait a few days, well, a week, between books. A sort of palate cleanse. More like decompressing, tbh. Herron pulled a switch at the end that floored me.

Life Is Good, Even When the Fog Machine Leaks
Short post this week, because Nutcracker. Got some cool news this week from Second Son, AKA McNugget. Their family is growing. We’ll know more in a couple of weeks, but they think they’re due in July. Makes me think about my parents. My Dad only ever met his first grandchild. My Mom (who would have turned 99 earlier this month) only met three.

Life Is Good, Even When the Fog Machine Leaks – Bob Mueller
Family news, Nutcracker fog, costume changes, and Michigan football turmoil collide in a busy week—life is still good.

Jacinda Ardern quits Adelaide Festival's Writers Week appearance
https://www.crikey.com.au/2026/01/12/jacinda-ardern-quits-adelaide-festical-writers-week-boycott-randa-abdel-fattah/

Sources: Meta plans to lay off ~10% of its 15,000-person Reality Labs division, disproportionately affecting those working on VR headsets and Horizon Worlds (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/technology/meta-layoffs-reality-labs.html

Meta Plans to Cut 10% to 15% of Employees in Reality Labs Business
The layoffs are set to be announced this week and would affect Meta’s work on the metaverse, as the company spends heavily on building artificial intelligence.

Katika Kühnreich beim #39c3
https://media.ccc.de/v/39c3-all-sorted-by-machines-of-loving-grace-ai-cybernetics-and-fascism-and…

Kash Patel Confirms UFC Fighters Will Train FBI Agents This Week, Calling It A "Historic Opportunity" (Tom Tapp/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2026/03/kash-patel-ufc-fighters-train-fbi-agents-1236750897/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260312/p33#a260312p33

The Center for the Future of Museums at the #AmericanAllianceOfMuseums publishes interesting articles every week, but its year-beginning predictions are especially worth a look. https://www.…

"An amorphous extortion group called ShinyHunters contacted Bloomberg News this week claiming they were planning to release a large amount of data stolen from Telus in August in a 'supply chain attack.'"
Canadian Telecom Telus Says It’s Investigating Cyber Breach

OH: "I'm so sick, there's a brand-new laptop sitting here and I haven't even unpacked it in a week."

#Blakes7 Series C, Episode 05 - The Harvest of Kairos
VILA: Tell that to Servalan. They don't take kindly to scrumping on Kairos.
ZEN: The planet has an orbital revolution of fifteen Earth years. The fertile zone is small, and noted for the suborganic growth of Kairopan, a highly prized crystal, which is gathered during the first week following the vernal equinox. This is know…

So much for Jerry Jones busting the budget, huh? https://insidethestar.com/so-much-for-jerry-jones-busting-the-budget-huh

NIVEL weekrapportage week 6.
Met de vorige week al in aantocht zijnde griepepidemie die nu een feit is.
Voor de tweede achtereenvolgende week is de incidentie 'griepachtige klachten' boven de epidemische grens.
#qp2t

First day of the year back in #London and I'm shattered. It was a good day, even without any after-work socialising, but... blimey.
(I don't think I can blame the commute really, it's day 1 of an intense week of interviewing folk for a role)

NFL Week 15 injuries to monitor for Sunday's games: Packers' Josh Jacobs (knee) expected to play vs. Broncos https://www.nfl.com/news/nfl-week-15-injuries-to-monitor-for-sunday-s-games-packers-josh-jacobs-knee…

I don’t care that Homan says he is pulling immigration troops from Minnesota. He said that last week with a pittance of a removal.
It’s a trick. Get an axe (and cut DHS funding).

@…
Dear Bara'a
How are you this morning and how is Ibrahim? I see the weather forecast for you for today (and for the week to come) is warm and dry, which should give both of you a chance to recover.
My best wishes to you
Simon

Added to my TODO list for next week: figure out ways to move some of my cash savings, such as they are, out of USD
Blowing into the wind, I’m sure. But. https://masto.ai/@Nonilex/115879305258736619

This week's career limiting accessibility regression from @… is to not show comments in pull request diff any more. There's a separate comment panel which you can look at (but not at the same time as the diff) where there are indications of content replies but these cannot be interacted with using standard accessibility tools.
I review very long pull requests for work and as a volunteer maintainer and I am not sure why we're okay with this constant march of degraded experience. #a11y

Little Caesars Pizza!Pizza! Pregame Show | Week 15 vs. Raiders https://www.philadelphiaeagles.com/video/little-caesars-pizza-pizza-pregame-show-week-15-vs-raiders-2025-nfl-season

Morgan Stanley survey of audio habits in the US: 50% to 60% of listeners aged 18 to 44 reported listening to AI-generated music for 2.5 to 3 hours per week (Luke Kawa/Sherwood News)
https://sherwood.news/markets/morgan-stanley-most-…

Morgan Stanley: Most Gen Zers and millennials in the US listen to about three hours of AI music a week
That’s enough AI music to last the run time of “Avatar.”

Trump trys to spin spiking oil prices as a win for the US
-- as Pentagon reportedly tells lawmakers Iran war cost
$11.3 billion in the first week
https://www.theguard…

#FotoDerWoche mit verschneiter zeitgenössischer Technik.
https://blog.till-westermayer.de/2026/01/photo-of-the-week-glasfaser-gundelfingen/

Photo of the week: Glasfaser, Gundelfingen
Da und dort aufgerissene Straßen, da und dort werden riesige Kabeltrommeln mit knallig bunten Kabeln bevorratet. Anscheinend tut sich etwas in Sachen Glasfaser. Jedenfalls habe ich die Hoffnung noch nicht aufgegeben, dass aus dem Vorvertrag oder der Interessensbekundung, die unser Haushalt schon vor

Alibaba says Qwen generated 120M in orders from Chinese users over the past six days, ahead of the Lunar New Year; Alibaba is giving a ~$3.60 shopping voucher (Juro Osawa/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/al…

Alibaba’s Holiday AI Shopping Campaign Generates 120 Million Orders
Alibaba Group said its Qwen chatbot app’s AI e-commerce service has generated more than 120 million orders from Chinese consumers over the past six days, since the company last week started giving away free shopping vouchers to the app’s users. Alibaba, ByteDance and Tencent Holdings have all started offering giveaways and other incentives to promote their AI chatbot apps ahead of the Lunar

What do you use to track symptoms?
My goal is to be able to say things like: “In the last thirty days I had headaches on twelve days.” or “On average, I have two shutdowns per week.”.

Weekly Climate Solutions Digest #24!! 💖🌊✨
https://www.forpeopleandpla.net/weekly-climate-solutions-digest-24/?utm_source=bri-mastodon&utm_medium=social&src=mstdn

Weekly Climate Solutions Digest
Welcome Outside, the light feels longer today. A crocus lifts a purple cup through cold soil, and a wren tests a bright, uncertain phrase. In faraway shallows, mangrove leaves glint and tiny fish stitch silver lines between roots. It is a good week to notice momentum. Our stories move on

Alrighty, I got a good handful of PRs merged this week.
Feels good! 🥳✨👩‍💻

Stop the Government Redefining Animal Testing Sites as “National Infrastructure” #AnimalRights

Animal testing petition - Protect the Wild
Stop the Government Redefining Animal Testing Sites as “National Infrastructure” The Government is quietly pushing through a change to the law that would dramatically restrict the public’s right to protest. A new Statutory Instrument, due to be considered by MPs this week, would amend the Public Order Act 2023 to…

This week's #ThursDeath is debut LP 'Chasm of Immurement' by Warsaw''s CLAIRVOYANCE. Not sure how I missed this last year, as I loved their EP. This is some KILLER cavernous, churning, CRUSHING death doom with great dynamics and excellent faster/mid-tempo spots too.

Zaporizhzhia Oblast loses power overnight for 2nd time in a week amid freezing temperatures: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/11/zaporizhzhia-oblast-loses-power-overnight.html

So I joined a gym, the local YMCA, for the 1st time in my life. Yesterday I participated in my 1st drop-in exercise class and discovered I'm not as fit as I thought I was. I'm now committed to attending at least one exercise session each week. I might need my wife to drag me there occasionally.
#StayActiveStayHealthy

Mock the Week is back 😀 What is this TLC channel though?

🔊 #NowPlaying on #BBCRadio3:
#RoundMidnight
- Brand new from NIJI
Soweto shares more of the best in jazz, and Iain Ballamy returns to share his final 4/4 pick of the week.
Relisten now 👇
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002br0t

UFC Fighters to Train FBI Agents in 'Historic Seminar' This Week: We'll 'Be Even Better Prepared to Protect the American People,' Kash Patel Says (Ellise Shafer/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/politics/news/ufc-fighters-train-fbi-agents-historic-seminar-kash-patel-1236685597/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260312/p76#a260312p76

Yeeha! This would be one heck of a route leak:
... but presumably just some local CIDR Report breakage. :-) Reaching out to Geoff.

Meditation With Ashley Brown
Each week you'll find: Simple meditation insights to understand the mind. Guided practices for calm, focus, and inner freedom. Inspiring conversations with my favourite teachers and wisdom keepers...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustr…

But it would be nice to have not just a link in the lecture notes, but a preview. And you know what? It’s almost too easy to write a little #Pandoc Lua filter for it ;-)
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(I intend to write a blog post about it next week or so.)

But it would be nice to have not just a link in the lecture notes, but a preview. And you know what? It’s almost too easy to write a little #Pandoc Lua filter for it ;-)
□
(I intend to write a blog post about it next week or so.)

We're already looking ahead to the NFL divisional round, plus Texas' big win https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6962549/2026/01/12/nfl-wild-card-49ers-patriots-bills-the-pulse/

The temperature here in Manc is pretty crazy; it's 9c, last week about the same time was about -6c and last Monday I had to deal with defrosting a pipe.

@… I eh… emailed the Danish embassy in the US that same question last week, haven’t gotten an answer, will probably call Monday.
Like what exactly should *I* do as a dual citizen? Scary question.

A quick excerpt from this week's podcast: what *is* #procrastination?
https://youtu.be/z218x4wEFLI

The UK plans to bring into force a law this week that will make it illegal to create non-consensual intimate images, as Ofcom investigates X (BBC)
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cq845glnvl1o

UK to bring into force law to tackle Grok AI deepfakes this week
It is currently illegal to share deepfakes, but the law against creating them has not yet come into force.

I have received A Lot Of Feedback (ALOF™) in the last week. The hardest and most insidious bits echo “Why does Open Source Thing need money?” which rhymes with “Why do you—a software developer working on Open Source Thing—need money?”
Trying not to read too much into it 😬

The Trump regime is ramping up violence and terror
in part because its grip on the nation -- and even on its own party, seems to be slipping.
Last week it suffered two humiliating defeats in Congress,
one in each chamber.
⭐️The House passes ACA subsidies
⭐️The Senate tries to restrain Trump’s warmongering
The administration will probably be able to contain the damage
-- But the signs of revolt in the legislature highlight the extreme and increasing…

Republicans in Congress show signs of life
Trump's grip on his party is weakening.

Diesel price in US is almost a dollar more than a week ago, I'm sure this is totally fine wrt to costs for consumer products etc.

David Bowie’s single 'Cat People (Putting Out Fire)' came out this week in 1982 for the horror movie 'Cat People'. And I highly recommend seeing this ridiculous flick, as I did recently 😹
#Bowie

Last-minute NFL Week 15 picks: Can Philip Rivers keep Colts alive? Will Lamar Jackson, Ravens bounce back?

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/last-mi

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…"

Cowboys DE fined for play that got him ejected from Week 18 finale https://cowboyswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/cowboys/2026/01/11/cowboys-donovan-ezeiruaku-donovan-wilson-fined-week-18/88121148007/

Disney is rolling out Verts, its new short-form video feed, to US users on its mobile app, featuring clips from movies and TV shows on Disney (Kayla Cobb/The Wrap)
https://www.thewrap.com/media-platforms/tv/disney-plus-vertical-video-verts-explained/

Disney+ Rolls Out Its Vertical Video Offering 'Verts' This Week in the US
Users will be able to swipe through a stream of scenes from movies and shows on Disney+

Document: Meta said last week that it would exclude Italy from its ban on rival AI chatbots on WhatsApp, after an order from the country's antitrust authority (Foo Yun Chee/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boa

When the time change and tornado warnings hit in the same week. Ah, sweet peak stress.

Ik was vorige week op een begrafenis die me nog lang zal heugen. Ze was veel te jong en liet 4 kinderen achter.
’t Was hier in Kralingen.
Haar kist werd op een bakfiets vervoerd naar de begraafplaats en haar zoon bestuurde de fiets. De aanwezigen was gevraagd om op de fiets te komen en de kist te vergezellen naar de begraafplaats. De stoet legde voor een heel mooi moment het verkeer in Kralingen stil.
Een fietsoptocht van een kilometer lang, het was zo ontroerend mooi. En…

Enjoy your weekly slice of Java Geek!
https://blog.frankel.ch/java-geek-weekly/127/

NIVEL week rapportage week 10.
Normaal begin ik met de incidentie 'griepachtige klachten' maar deze is in het kader van pandemische onparaatheid (officieel: beperkte publieke middelen) ... afgeschaft. De monsters maar eerst dus.
Er is 13 keer een influenzavirus gevonden, waarvan bijna de helft H3N2. Geen Sars-Cov-2.
#qp2t

Russia fires Oreshnik missile near NATO border | Ukraine This Week: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/11/russia-fires-oreshnik-missile-near.html

#JoshJohnson is still on tour. This week he was in #Atlanta. Talkin about the fighter who got hit so hard his hair flew off—I saw that clip🤯— and about the #Epstein files, and

Each week, Metacurity is pleased to offer our free and premium subscribers a weekly digest of the best long-form (and longish) infosec-related pieces we couldn't properly fit into our daily news crush.
Check out this week's selection, which includes
--Kids turn from cybercrime to real-world violent thefts,
--How retailers profit from crypto ATM scams,
--Integrated web browsers are insecure out of the box,
--An MIT railroad club led to modern-day hackers,…

Best infosec-related long reads for the weeks of 12/13/25, 12/30/25, and 1/3/26
Kids turn from cybercrime to real-world violent thefts, How retailers profit from crypto ATM scams, Integrated web browsers are insecure out of the box, An MIT railroad club led to modern-day hackers, AI coding tools are susceptible to attacks, LLM guardrails are inherently exploitable

'This Week' Transcript 1-11-26: Sen. Tina Smith & Sen. Rand Paul (ABC News)
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/week-transcript-1-11-26-sen-tina-smith/story?id=129088973
http://www.memeorandum.com/260111/p78#a260111p78

Waymo co-CEO Tekedra Mawakana expects the company to hit 1M paid weekly robotaxi rides in the US by the end of 2026, up from ~400K per week in six cities now (Edward Ludlow/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/202…

Cowboys new OLB Rashan Gary details 'crazy' week, thoughts on Maxx Crosby

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/cowboys-rashan-gary-details-crazy-week-maxx-crosby-th…

A US judge stays Cumulus Media's antitrust lawsuit against Nielsen, following Cumulus' filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy last week (Cameron Coats/Radio Ink)
https://radioink.com/2026/03/12/cumulus-nielsen-fight-goes-dark-as-bankruptcy-sta…

Cumulus-Nielsen Fight Goes Dark as Bankruptcy Stay Takes Hold - Radio Ink
Cumulus's Chapter 11 bankruptcy has halted its landmark antitrust lawsuit against Nielsen. With a new board and new owners set to take over, the future of the case is anything but certain.

So much for Jerry Jones busting the budget, huh? https://insidethestar.com/so-much-for-jerry-jones-busting-the-budget-huh/

This week I’m thinking back to this powerful quote (long-circulating, origin unclear):
❝
Sometimes people use “respect” to mean “treating someone like a person”
and sometimes they use “respect” to mean “treating someone like an authority”
and sometimes people who are used to being treated like an authority say “If you won’t respect me I won’t respect you,” and what they mean is “If you won’t treat me like an authority then I won’t treat you like a person.”
❞
Re @…: https://mas.to/@fsinn/115874975151407409

NFL Confidential: Execs, Agents Share Winners, Losers; Best, Worst Contracts in Free Agency https://www.foxsports.com/stories/nfl/nfl-confidential-execs-agents-share-winners-losers-best-worst-contracts-free-agency…

Jay and Kristen Ruskey
—who pioneered California’s coffee-growing movement from their farm in the hills of western Goleta
—both died suddenly on Sunday due to what’s being described as a ‘tragic accident.’
On Tuesday, the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Department confirmed that the Ruskeys died in Cambria.
There does not appear to be any crime or foul play involved, according to the department,
and autopsies will be performed this week. 
The co-founders …

Cowboys’ Rashan Gary Breaks Silence After ‘Emotional’ Trade https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/dallas-cowboys/rashan-gary-emotional-trade/

Apple updates iOS and iPadOS for older devices, including iPhone 6s, iPad Air 2, and iPod touch (7th gen), to address the Coruna exploit disclosed last week (Marcus Mendes/9to5Mac)
https://9to5mac.com/2026/03/11/apple-c

Apple confirms today’s iOS and iPadOS updates fix Coruna exploit - 9to5Mac
Apple has detailed the security content for iOS and iPadOS 16.7.15, 15.8.7, 16.7.15, and 15.8.7, confirming that they address the Coruna vulnerability.

Maxx Crosby commits to Raiders after Ravens trade falls through: 'I'm back'

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/maxx-crosby-raiders-ravens-trade/

Cowboys plan more defensive coordinator interviews for Week 2 of search https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/onsi/news/dallas-cowboys-plan-more-defensive-coordinator-interviews-week-2-search

A drastic rise in the reported death toll came as Iranian authorities intensified their crackdown on the protests, now in their second week.
Rights groups were struggling to reach contacts within Iran due to a complete internet shutdown in the country, and warned that the death toll was likely to climb even further.
The brutal crackdown has raised the likelihood of US intervention, with Trump saying he would “rescue” protesters if the Iranian government killed them.
He rei…

RIVM update rioolwaarden en percentage positief Sars-Cov-2.
Het 'bochtje omhoog' van vorige week is door de aangevulde data volledig verdwenen. De 18e golf doet juist zijn best om verder te dalen naar een record laagte. Sterker nog: met het gewogen gemiddelde van 7 en 8 maart (resp. 47 en 42) hebben we in feite dat laagterecord 'te pakken'. Deze waarden zijn echter nog wel aan verandering onderhevig want van die dagen moet nog heel veel data binnenkomen.

Pentagon bars press photographers over ‘unflattering’ Hegseth photos https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2026/03/11/hegseth-press-briefings-photos-iran/

Pentagon bars press photographers over ‘unflattering’ Hegseth photos
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s staff took issue with photos taken in a rare briefing last week and decided to shut out press photographers from two subsequent news conferences.

RIVM update rioolwaarden en percentage positief Sars-Cov-2.
De lichte stijging die vorige week te zien was heeft niet geleid tot een grotere stijging nu.
Er is sprake van een plateau/dal, wellicht nog licht aflopend zelfs.
Het gewogen gemiddelde rioolniveau zit op 141, dat is weer even laag als op 24 januari.
Er zitten 7 nieuwe dagen in de data: 2 t/m 8 februari, met 90%-5% van de meetstations.
De laatste dagen hiervan zijn erg lage waarden, maar betreffen ook erg w…

This week's #MusicWomenWednesday is this fantastic new rap record 'Baejing Ballad'. This one is straight fire. Vocals and lyrics (aside from a couple features) by the immensely talented emcee Chyna Baejing, and it's all carried along by the ridiculously great beats and samples of producer Boneweso. I've been playing this one constantly this year, as anyone who's seen my …

Chinese AI executives say China is unlikely to eclipse the US in the AI race anytime soon, citing limited resources and US chip export curbs as key constraints (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-10/ch…

This year, the Mastodon team returned to FOSDEM for the third time.
FOSDEM is an annual gathering of open source developers, held in Brussels.
We’re excited to report that the Fediverse is feeling vibrant!
FOSDEM has become a central element of EU Open Source Week
- a series of events, meetups and workshops that have formed around the conference itself.
The range of events makes this trip to Brussels valuable for our team,
with opportunities to meet other …

FOSDEM 2026 Recap
All about our presence at FOSDEM 2026.

NFL announces schedule for upcoming 2025 Divisional Round https://www.nfl.com/news/nfl-announces-schedule-for-upcoming-2025-divisional-round

Cowboys expected to interview three more defensive coordinator candidates https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/cowboys-expected-to-interview-three-more-defensive-coordinator-candidates

A Marine Corps veteran suffered a broken arm last week
after he disrupted a Senate hearing to voice his opposition to the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran.
Democracy Now! speaks with the veteran, Brian McGinnis,
who is also a Green Party candidate for Senate in North Carolina.
McGinnis is critical of U.S. policy in Israel and the Trump administration’s decision to go “full speed ahead with military action” in the Middle East.
McGinnis is charged with three counts of ass…

Ex-Marine, Senate Candidate Speaks Out After Arrest, Arm Broken During Iran War Protest in Senate
A Marine Corps veteran suffered a broken arm last week after he disrupted a Senate hearing to voice his opposition to the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran. Democracy Now! speaks with the veteran, Brian McGinnis, who is also a Green Party candidate for Senate in North Carolina. McGinnis is critical of U.S. policy in Israel and the Trump administration’s decision to go “full speed ahead with military action” in the Middle East. McGinnis is charged with three counts of assault on police officers and…

Cowboys expected to interview three more defensive coordinator candidates https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/cowboys-expected-to-interview-three-more-defensive-coordinator-candidates

Let's predict who will land all eight open NFL coaching jobs: Which team will hire Kevin Stefanski? https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47591091/2026-nfl-coach-hire-predictions-candidates-gia…

Anthropic announces Claude for Healthcare to offer HIPAA-ready tools for providers, insurers, and consumers, and expands its life sciences offerings (Eugene Kim/Business Insider)
https://www.businessinsider.com/anthropic-chases-openai-ai-heath-claude-2026-1

Anthropic expands into healthcare a week after OpenAI launched a similar product
Anthropic launches Claude for Healthcare, expanding AI tools for clinicians, insurers, and patients.

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Elon Musk announces an xAI reorganization that "required parting ways with some people", after two xAI co-founders announced they were leaving this week (Lora Kolodny/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/11/musk-announces-xai-re-o…

Musk announces xAI re-org following co-founder departures, SpaceX merger
The reorganization "required parting ways with some people," Elon Musk said Wednesday on X.

New Cowboys Star Takes $6 Million Pay Cut on Arrival https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/dallas-cowboys/rashan-gary-pay-cut-on-arrival/

The protest movement in Iran,
now in its second week,
is the most significant unrest the country has experienced in years.
Though triggered initially by a sudden slide in the country’s currency,
protesters soon demanded political reform and called for the downfall of the government.
🔥Iranian authorities have arrested key members of the protest movement that has rocked the country over the last two weeks,
the national police chief has said,
💥as Washi…

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.

As US officials move to restrict vaccines
-- including the shots to prevent respiratory syncytial virus ( #RSV )
-- more evidence is emerging to confirm how dramatically the jabs reduce hospitalizations.
Announced last week as part of new restrictions on one-third of all routine childhood vaccines,
❌RSV shots are now recommended only for high-risk babies, instead of all infants.
The…

Donald Trump said that the US-Israel war in Iran will end “soon” because there is “practically nothing left to target” in a phone interview with Axios.
“Any time I want it to end, it will end,” the president told the outlet.
“The war is going great. We are way ahead of the timetable.
We have done more damage than we thought possible, even in the original six-week period.”
It’s the latest update in a series of inconsistent messages from the administration on the estima…