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Each April, during the week of the new moon,
International Dark Sky (IDS) Week invites people to reclaim the experience of wonder
Timed for the darkest nights of the lunar cycle, the observance encourages individuals and communities to turn off unnecessary lighting and reconnect with the stars.
What began as a small grassroots effort has grown into a global movement with profound ecological, cultural, and spiritual implications.
The event traces its origins to 2003, …

Into the Night: International Dark Sky Week Begins
International Dark Sky Week begins as advocates urge a return to darker nights. As light pollution grows, the observance highlights ecological harm, threatened species, and even the spiritual loss of the stars that once shaped human ritual, story, and connection.

Great article by @… on how insurgencies and nonviolent protests work - what their goals and frameworks are, how they achieve their goal, and how „mixing and matching“ between the playbooks will defeat itself - especially violent actions in support of a non-violent movement.

Collections: Against the State – A Primer on Terrorism, Insurgency and Protest
This week, continuing in the vein of some of our previous strategy and military theory primers, I wanted to off a basic 101-level survey of the strategic theory behind efforts, in a sense, directed…

“A country might justify that position if it used the proceeds to build something (anything!) like world-class public services, extraordinary infrastructure, or a society so well-functioning that the trade-off had a visible return. Ireland did… None of this. It extracted from others and failed to build anything for itself. That is the uniquely disgraceful aspect of the Irish model; not the extraction alone, but the total nothingnessthat followed it. The nothingness we live in.”
This is…

Mind the Gap
Ireland is the second richest country in Europe, and this week a single protest shut it down. Here's why.

2026 NFL offseason team grades: Rams earn high mark, while Broncos, Jaguars confuse

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/nfl-offseason-team-grades-free-agency/

“A week ago, someone sent me a link to an online article describing a flaming confrontation between me and the CEO of the Commonwealth Bank, Matt Comyn, on the set of 7.30.
“The story was 2,000 words long, very detailed, and had pictures of Comyn and me arguing in front of 7.30 host Sarah Ferguson, before Matt throws away his microphone and storms off.
“Not a word nor a photo of it was true. It was an #AI

AI got personal last week, and it's more complicated than we think
A fake news story about me, a series of AI breakthroughs, and a resignation in the tech world show that 2026 could be pivotal for AI. 

New Railway Between Europe and China Will Shave a Week Off Delivery Times, Boost Kyrgyzstan Economy https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/new-railway-between-europe-and-china-to-shave-a-week-off-delivery-times-boost-kyrgyz…

New Railway Between Europe and China to Shave a Week Off Delivery Times, Boost Kyrgyzstan Economy
It's also predicted to have a transformational impact on the economy of Kyrgyzstan, one of the slowest developing countries in Asia.

I'm kicking off reading week with some actual reading: Wickwire's highly regarded At the Bridge (2019). I'm looking forward to discussing it with the brilliant group of grad students I have in this year's seminar towards the end of the month.
#histodons #anthropology

In and of itself these bills are a good thing, but it seems bad that that we're essentially letting landlords off the hook and expecting tenants to make this investment in solar power. It should be treated like other appliances, such as ovens and refrigerators, that we expect landlords to provide. Furthermore, it's not apparent that this legislation forces landlords (or HOAs for that matter) to allow for these systems to be installed.

10 teams with new head coaches kick off voluntary workouts this week https://www.nfl.com/news/10-teams-with-new-head-coaches-kick-off-voluntary-workouts-this-week

Indoor run today, windy and cooler out. Looks like spring (proverbial) took a break for a week 😄 City turned off the holiday lights; very northern State thing to do. #running #runnersofmastodon

"No ice is safe ice" is the mantra of those who work and engage in recreational activities on lake ice. This event overwhelmed the news of many other ice rescues that had to be done on the weekend across the Great Lakes basin. After a week period of *extremely warm temperatures where everything was clearly melting, it doesn't matter if you drive 2 hrs to get there. Many first responders had to risk themselves to save these people. Stay off the ice!

Amazon's Melania documentary fell 67% in its second week box office with $2.4M; Amazon MGM Studios says it is sparking "interest" among Prime Video subscribers (Pamela McClintock/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/m…

Amazon MGM Goes on Offense as ‘Melania’ Risks Getting Sacked at Super Bowl Box Office
The first lady's documentary is falling off steeply in its second weekend, prompting Amazon MGM to go on the offensive and stress that the film is in it for the long game, whether theatrically or streaming.

Sources: the US and China approve a deal to sell TikTok's US business to a group of mostly US investors led by Oracle and Silverlake, set to close this week (Semafor)
https://www.semafor.com/article/01/22/2026/china-us-sign-off-on-tiktok-us-spinoff

Exclusive: China, US sign off on TikTok US spinoff
The deal caps a yearslong battle between the social media app and the two superpowers.

Amazon is lining up another wave of job cuts next week, according to reports, while Autodesk has confirmed 1,000 roles are to go in sales-related redundancies.
https://www.computing.co.uk/news/2026/amazon-to-lay-off-thousands-mor…

Amazon to lay off thousands more while Autodesk confirms 1,000 jobs to go
Amazon is lining up another wave of job cuts next week, according to reports, while Autodesk has confirmed 1,000 roles are to go in sales-related ...

Sound Smart: 3 Observations to Kick Off Super Bowl Week https://www.foxsports.com/stories/nfl/sound-smart-3-observations-kick-off-super-bowl-week

It Can Now Be Plainly Said:
Trump Is Planning a November Coup d’État
During the campaign, it was kind of hard to picture the specifics of how Trump might pull such a thing off.
Alas, it’s getting less hypothetical by the week.
Back in 2024, Kamala Harris and the Democrats struggled to convince voters that a second Donald Trump term would constitute a serious threat to democracy.
We can debate the effectiveness of her, and their, rhetoric.
But on a cert…

It Can Now Be Plainly Said: Trump Is Planning a November Coup d’État
During the campaign, it was kind of hard to picture the specifics of how Trump might pull such a thing off. Alas, it’s getting less hypothetical by the week.

Good article from Graham Fisher of Broadcast 2040 in this week's Big Issue
Why Freeview should not be switched off.
See also,
#Broadcast2040

Home | Broadcast 2040+
The Broadcast 2040+ campaign brings together a range of voices with a shared goal – to secure the future of broadcast TV and radio to 2040 and beyond.

Sadly, my old off-brand, 32", 1080p, 60 Hz TV set slowly fritzed before my eyes after 9 years and 7 months of continuous service. Good game.
Even more depressing, for the last week of tedious browsing, I can't seem to settle on another dirt-cheap ~€300, non-32", non-Sony, non-Samsung, 4K, at-least-a-solid-60Hz TV set that I am confident would not die on me or would not run out of smart software support within the next three years.

Her I was, thinking Putin’s abortive war against #Ukraine might be the trigger to WWIII, but it seems to be not working out lately. And now ol’ Donnie boy is trying to pull off a copycat job at #Iran with the same 2 day, I mean 4-5 week, I mean 3-4 month oops multi-year “plan” that’s blowing up (heh) into an…

amazing. https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:pabvs6a5fnlyclsotatpuns4/post/3me4jnonwlc2t
edit: here's mr nipples

kate (@katertot.bsky.social)
I need everyone to know that on the crochet subreddit the mods made a big post about how they're taking a week off because there was too much fighting/political posts. so there's currently no mods on r/crochet and people are being absolutely insane

Missing 66-Year-old Hiker is Found–Even After 2-Week Search was Called Off in New Zealand https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/missing-66-year-old-hiker-is-found-even-after-2-week-search-was-called-off-in-nz/

Missing 66-Year-old Hiker is Found–Even After 2-Week Search was Called Off in New Zealand
A 66-year-old who'd been missing in New Zealand backcountry for two weeks has now been found, even as search was called off three days ago.

I •do• actually expect to see some kind of shift over the next week. I don’t think their “Victory! Now we’re leaving(ish)!” press conference last week was something we can take at face value, but I also don’t think it was just a ruse.
After they murdered Alex Pretti, the writing was on the wall. One killing of a white observer they could try to write off; two is a pattern. They’re losing support they desperately need — from politicians, from the press, from judges, from less-extreme right-wingers — and the longer they continue doing what they’ve been doing, the further they dig themselves in a hole. I’ve been expecting for a while that they would declare MISSION ACCOMPLISHED and change strategy.

I had a lie in this morning. It’s 6.50 am. I didn’t have to get up as early as during the week. There’s time for coffee at home right now, so off to the kitchen I go!

Washington Post Guild Steward Sarah Kaplan says the reported 300 layoffs figure doesn't account for non-Guild cuts, making the actual total "well over" 300 (Paul Farhi/@farhip)
https://x.com/farhip/status/2020591656387694810

Paul Farhi (@farhip) on X
For the record: It’s been widely reported that the @washingtonpost laid off the equivalent of a third of its newsroom last week. Terrible enough, but this appears to understate what happened.  More…

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-…

This headline suggests to me that we really ought to change things so that it is TACO Monday. The Iranian's well understand that Trump Always Chickens Out.
"Oil Prices Tumble and Stocks Rise as Trump Backs Off Threats to Iran Infrastructure"
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/…

Oil Prices Tumble and Stocks Rise as Trump Backs Off Threats to Iran Infrastructure
Investors braced for a fourth week of market turmoil caused by the war in the Middle East

I have been a huge LLM sceptic, but after testing @… 's #LeChat this week (they get bonus points for sustainability, privacy and are EU based and regulated and not #UStech either), I'm starting to be seriously impressed - they have moved on a lot.
I can see why these tools are taking off for daily life.
@… has an interesting piece on LLMs in general in the FT today too:
Social media is populist and polarising; AI may be the opposite - https://giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/actions/redeem/b18870c7-de35-4325-9a9b-5c038ee3ceba

Earthquake hits Super Bowl week in San Francisco: Bay Area jolted by 4.2-magnitude quake on Monday

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/earthquake-hits-super-bowl-week-in-san…

We're off to Finland this week with a bit of high energy metal from Awake Again!
Check it out and see what we had to say about the song and the band behind it.
Don't forget to follow us for more from our weekly showcase, exploring great tracks from across the universe of #rock and #metal

Awake Again - river
One awesome, hand picked song from the world of rock and metal, showcased every week. Nothing more, nothing less! 🤘

On this Monday morning, please spare a thought for those who are starting the week off in cold, damp tents surrounded by the rubble of their previous lives, trapped within the clutches of an ongoing genocide that is the collective failure of humanity.
If you want to help, here’s a list of verified Mastodon accounts of Gazans and links to their fundraisers, ranked by how little support they got last week to feed their families and cover the basic necessities of life:

Gaza Verified
We’ve personally had video conversations on Signal with the people from Gaza whose Mastodon accounts on the fediverse are listed here and we verify that their accounts are genuine. – Joy & Aral Balkan

@gruber I purposefully have automatic downloads and updates turned off because OS 26 seems half-baked and I wanted to wait. Last weekend, after pestering me for a week even though I kept pressing “cancel update” my iPhone and iPad ignored all that and installed OS 26 overnight. I know I’m in the minority, but how do we evaluate the adoption rate with this in mind?

The iOS 26 Adoption Rate Is Not Bizarrely Low Compared to Previous Years
A change to how Safari reports the OS it is running on led many in the media to lose their minds.

Figured I'd start the week off with some nice, gentle High on Formaldehyde tunes

“I’m glad Trump backed off and is desperately searching for any sort of exit ramp from his ridiculous bluster,”
Chuck Schumer, the Senate Democratic leader, said on Tuesday night,
reacting to the news of a two-week provisional ceasefire.
Earlier, Schumer called Trump an “extremely sick person” who was waging a “wanton war of choice”.
After his increasingly bellicose threats of imminent demolitions, dozens of House Democrats, including the former speaker Nancy Pelosi, …

Reliving Brock Bowers’ brilliant one-handed TD in Week 13 vs. Chargers https://raiderswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/raiders/2026/03/25/reliving-brock-bowers-brilliant-one-handed-td-in-week-1…

Blech, bit of a cold today (and on and off through the week) - sitting here watching Styropro's Epic battery video has been a useful way of not doing anything.

Draft prospects to watch at the 2026 Senior Bowl https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/draft-prospects-to-watch-at-the-2026-senior-bowl

Early Birds
Shake off the week with Steve and Alana on Early Birds...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: #AusPods …

Today I thankfully stumbled across an email reminding me I’m seeing On Cinema On Tour this week having completely forgotten I’d bought the ticket months ago. Thank G-d I scheduled Friday off ages ago and so now I’m making a weekend of it. #OnCinema @oncinemaonline
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🔊 #NowPlaying on #BBCRadio3:
#RoundMidnight
- Ego Ella May’s mixtape
Rounding off Jamie Cullum's week sitting in for Soweto Kinch on ‘Round Midnight, Jamie invites singer Ego Ella May as his Friday night mixtape guest.
Relisten now 👇
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002q6jf

A week or two ago, I saw a youtube video where someone was claiming that the adult thing to do was to get your coats dry cleaned at the end of the winter season, so that they are ready for next year. I briefly thought that it would be a nice gift for future you. Fast forward to this past Monday and I ended up dropping my coat off at the dry cleaners in an attempt to get cat pee out of it. I've used laundry services before but not a dry cleaner. I'm curious to see what $40 buys me.

I was playing "Stranded" in the van on the way to Melbourne last week. First heard it live when I was a uni student (76,77?), and The Saints were playing in that funny house at the end of Wickham Terrace.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-22/50-

Australia's punk boom was born in Brisbane 50 years ago
The Saints released their single "(I'm) Stranded" in 1976, kicking off the punk movement in Australia. So how did it all unfold?

"Seabird nests built with plastic waste off the coast of Germany: Photo of the week"
#Germany #Birds #Plastic #Plastics

Seabird nests built with plastic waste off the coast of Germany: Photo of the week
The northern gannet, a seabird that lives across the northern Atlantic Ocean, typically builds its nests from seaweed and other aquatic plants. But more recently, its nests have started to include plastic material fished from the ocean. Martin Brogger, a researcher at Argentina’s Institute of Marine Organisms Biology (IBIOMAR), photographed several gannet nests containing plastic […]

My kids have had the last week off of school and it's looking like they'll have a snow day on Monday, too.
Just slowly losing my mind over here.. (also way behind on work)

Sources: the US and China approve a deal to sell TikTok's US business to a group of mostly US investors led by Oracle and Silverlake, set to close this week (Liz Hoffman/Semafor)
https://www.semafor.com/article/01/22/2026/china-us-sign-off-on-tiktok-us-s…

Exclusive: China, US sign off on TikTok US spinoff
The deal caps a yearslong battle between the social media app and the two superpowers.

The Italian tech holding company Bending Spoons, has developed a reputation for buying tech companies past their peak and aggressively cutting costs.
The firm acquired Evernote in 2022, followed by Meetup and WeTransfer in 2024, and AOL and Eventbrite in 2025.
Layoffs followed many of those deals. In September 2024, just months after being acquired by Bending Spoons, WeTransfer laid off 75% of its staff.
Just months after Bending Spoons bought Vimeo for $1.38 billion last ye…

Vimeo Lays Off 'Most' of Its Staff, Allegedly Includes 'the Entire Video Team'
Employees reported major job cuts this week, just months after the video hosting site was bought by Bending Spoons.

Next week, the grad students and I will be discussing Don Wright's biography of my forebear at the University of Toronto and English Canada's national historian, Donald Creighton. It's an expertly crafted book that, while sympathetic to the famously cantankerous Creighton, doesn't pull its punches. It tells us much about how the academic discipline of history developed alongside a certain strain of conservative nationalism through the middle decades of 20th-century Canada.

TBH, if someone’s willing to compromise their integrity and change their work habits for a measly grand, then they’re a security risk. https://eigenmagic.net/@NewtonMark/116333390854304713

My latest short story submission for "Doctor Vex Gets Her Revenge" has been 'Under Review' for over a week. There's no way to know if they're seriously considering it, or just putting off reading the slush.

Nothing unusual to see here. Just the Canadian armed forces training for to meet the greatest military threat they currently face … [checks notes] … an invasion by the US.

2026 NFL mock draft: WRs fly off the board at a historic rate as combine week begins in Indianapolis

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/draft/news/2026-nfl-mock-draft-combine-week/

I have a new primary care doc. He seems nice. Nowhere near burned out like some you hear about. I saw him 3 weeks ago to schedule a shot in my arthritic knee, and mentioned the wife & I had both come down with some viral crud going around. Saw him today for the shot & said we were better but not done with the crud yet. The wife got a 1-off scrip for a codeine cough suppressant from urgent care last week & I asked if he’d give us another one, & he did. Maybe next time I’ll ask…

Monday Morning: https://eyebeemania.net/2026/03/30/monday-morning.html

Monday Morning
Sigh. But only two days this week and then another week off!

Democrats watched with mouths agape this week as Latino voters,
many of whom have sat out previous primary seasons,
turned out in droves for James Talarico in Texas.
But the push to win back the elusive and swingy coalition that proved pivotal to Donald Trump’s 2024 victory goes way beyond the closely watched Lone Star State.
This is a story that kicked off last year as Democrats overperformed in Latino-dominant districts across Virginia and New Jersey.
It’s o…

Sources: Washington Post Executive Editor Matt Murray spiked a story prepared by the newspaper's media desk covering the historic layoffs (Natalie Korach/@nataliekorach)
https://x.com/nataliekorach/status/2019614374432825673

Natalie Korach (@NatalieKorach) on X
Scoop: As Washington Post leadership laid off hundreds of staffers this week, exec editor Matt Murray blocked the paper’s media desk from covering the cuts, spiking a pre-written story despite internal lobbying https://t.co/5EbLMPEFlJ

We've got a bit of power metal for you this week as our spotlight falls on Ascension. Just what the doctor ordered to cap off the week!
Check it out and see what we had to say about it as we continue our weekly mission to select one awesome track from across the epic world of rock and metal, do a little write up on it and send it your way. Keeping that old school music blogging spirit alive, for better or worse 🤘

Ascension - Somewhere Back In Time
One awesome, hand picked song from the world of rock and metal, showcased every week. Nothing more, nothing less! 🤘

Behind the Blog: Nothing to Hide Here https://www.404media.co/behind-the-blog-nothing-to-hide-here/

Draft prospects to watch at the 2026 Senior Bowl https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/draft-prospects-to-watch-at-the-2026-senior-bowl

Though we never really spoke, I will miss the kid in my Tuesday morning lecture who sat in the same seat every week and might've jumped directly off the pages of Love and Rockets.

Raiders' 2026 voluntary offseason workouts begin https://www.raiders.com/news/raiders-2026-voluntary-offseason-workouts-begin

Snow surveys taking place across the American west this week are offering a grim prognosis,
after a historically warm winter and searing March temperatures left the critical snowpack at record-low levels across the region.
Experts warned that even as the heat begins to subside, the stunning pace of melt-off over the past month has left key basins in uncharted territory for the dry seasons ahead.
Though there’s still potential for more snow in the forecast, experts said it wi…

The 30th anniversary celebration of Democracy Now!, held in New York City’s historic Riverside Church this week, featured live performances and appearances from writers and musicians including Bruce Springsteen and Patti Smith. The musical performances were kicked off by singer-songwriter Alynda Segarra and their band Hurray for the Riff Raff, performing the Puerto Rico-inspired anthem “Pa’lante.”

Hurray for the Riff Raff Performs “Pa’lante” at Democracy Now!’s 30th Anniversary
The 30th anniversary celebration of Democracy Now!, held in New York City’s historic Riverside Church this week, featured live performances and appearances from writers and musicians including Bruce Springsteen and Patti Smith. The musical performances were kicked off by singer-songwriter Alynda Segarra and their band Hurray for the Riff Raff, performing the Puerto Rico-inspired anthem “Pa’lante.”

Raiders' 2026 voluntary offseason workouts begin https://www.raiders.com/news/raiders-2026-voluntary-offseason-workouts-begin

It's #TacoTuesday 🌮
Trump announced that he will suspend his threatened bombing of Iran’s energy infrastructure and bridges for ...(wait for it) ... two weeks.
The New York Times is reporting that Iran has accepted Pakistan’s two-week cease-fire proposal following frantic diplomatic efforts.
The newspaper quotes Iranian officials as saying the ceasefire was approved by the new sup…

September in Seattle? Cowboys possible Week 1 opponent for Seahawks in rare Wednesday game https://cowboyswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/cowboys/2026/03/25/cowboys-2026-nfl-season-kic…

Thieves stole paintings by Renoir, Cézanne and Matisse from a museum in Italy a week ago, police have said.
Four masked men entered the villa of the Magnani Rocca Foundation, near Parma in northern Italy,
and made off with the artworks on the night of 22 March, a police spokesperson said.
They stole Fish by Pierre-Auguste Renoir,
Still Life with Cherries by Paul Cézanne
and Odalisque on the Terrace by Henri Matisse.
The stolen paintings had an estimated tota…

Well that was all rather splendid, except for the parts that were all rather atrocious.
I'm off to give the bot a good spanking (yes feel free to interpret that with as much or as little innuendo as you choose) and see if we can make things a bit better for next week.
Have a great Easter weekend all.
#TOTP

Sources: Labor talks stop amid NFL-ref impasse https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/48306490/sources-nfl-referees-break-labor-talks-amid-impasse

Gutierrez: 3 takeaways from Combine week https://www.raiders.com/news/gutierrez-3-takeaways-from-2026-nfl-combine-john-spytek-klint-kubiak-maxx-crosby

5 upcoming free agents who could be fits for the Raiders https://www.raiders.com/news/5-upcoming-free-agents-who-could-become-raiders-tyler-linderbaum-alec-pierce

After years of failing to produce a profitable augmented reality platform,
Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta is pounding one of the final nails into the coffin of its metaverse efforts
— the ones that were once so central to its vision that it renamed the entire company after them.
This week, the Wall Street Journalreported Meta was laying off some 1,500 employees from its Reality Labs division,
-- the department working on Meta’s virtual reality products.
As part of the …

Meta Lays Off Thousands of VR Workers as Zuckerberg’s Vision Fails
The company has laid off some 1,500 virtual reality developers as part of a broader shift toward AI wearable devices.

One hot topic for every team at the 2026 NFL combine: Quarterback contracts, Kelce's future https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7063486/2026/02/23/nfl-combine-team-future-question-quarterback-draft/

5 upcoming free agents who could be fits for the Raiders https://www.raiders.com/news/5-upcoming-free-agents-who-could-become-raiders-tyler-linderbaum-alec-pierce

Gold and silver retreated from record highs
and the dollar strengthened
on reports that Trump may appoint a more hawkish-than-expected Federal Reserve chair.
Trump said on Thursday that he intended to announce his pick to replace Jerome Powell on Friday,
with growing speculation that the role will go to the former Fed governor #Kevin

Gold falls, dollar gains on talk Trump wants Kevin Warsh as Fed chair
Precious metals eased off record highs and the US currency clawed back some of its losses this week ahead of an announcement from the president

One hot topic for every team at the 2026 NFL combine: Quarterback contracts, Kelce's future https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7063486/2026/02/23/nfl-combine-team-future-question-quarterback-draft/

An FBI operation to capture former Olympian turned suspected cocaine trafficker Ryan Wedding in Mexico
has shaken relations between the U.S. and its southern neighbor.
⭐️Last week, the U.S. deployed the FBI’s "Hostage Rescue Team" to Mexico to capture Wedding,
who once was protected by the powerful #Sinaloa #cartel

Kash Patel Sets Off Diplomatic Incident With FBI Operation in Mexico
The FBI director couldn’t stop himself from posting news that shouldn’t be public.

The short-term economic expectations of consumers plunged 14%,
though long-term expectations saw less sharp declines.
“These patterns suggest that, at this time, consumers may not expect recent negative developments to persist far into the future,”
Joanne Hsu, the director of the Surveys of Consumers, said in a statement.
“These views are subject to change, however, if the Iran conflict becomes protracted or if higher energy prices pass through to overall inflation.”…

House and Senate Republicans have identified the enemy
— and it is one another.
A meltdown in relations between the two G.O.P.-led chambers caused the embarrassing collapse on Friday of a Senate-passed proposal to reopen the Department of Homeland Security before lawmakers raced out of town on a two-week recess.
It left no clear path for resolving the crisis that has led to airport chaos and workers without paychecks.
And with President Trump seemingly cheering on the…

G.O.P. Rift Leaves Congress With No Clear Path to End the Shutdown
The deadlock that left the Department of Homeland Security shuttered highlighted Republican divisions that are flaring ahead of the midterm elections.

Press freedom groups are warning that the arrests of two independent journalists,
including the veteran former CNN anchor Don Lemon,
signal a chilling new crackdown on US media by the Trump administration.
Lemon was taken into custody on Thursday night by federal agents in Los Angeles,
despite a magistrate judge declining to sign off on charges against him a week ago
in connection with a protest at a Minnesota church against violent government immigration enforc…

Nurul Amin Shah Alam,
a Rohingya refugee from Burma,
was nearly blind and spoke no English.
He was dropped off by agents in Buffalo on the other side of town from his home.
His family was not notified of his release.
Police are investigating his death
https://www.

Blind refugee abandoned by Border Patrol dies in Buffalo.
A nearly blind refugee abandoned by Border Patrol miles from his home dies in Buffalo after having been missing for nearly a week.

Even by his chaotic standards,
Donald Trump has just presided over an unusually wild week in his misguided war on Iran.
The president had threatened imminent, punitive bombing of Iran’s civilian energy infrastructure.
Though Iran didn’t quail, markets did.
So a u-turn followed -- Trump said he had become aware of secret proposals for peace talks, and held off.
The Pentagon then said it would send some of the 82nd Airborne Division.
That suggests escal…

One hot topic for every team at the 2026 NFL combine: Quarterback contracts, Kelce's future https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7063486/2026/02/23/nfl-combine-team-future-question-quarterback-draft/

My hobby this week is deleting Google Off My Phone.
So I #grapheneOS #degoogle #android #blog