Chinese media: China executed 11 members of the Ming mafia family that ran online scam centres in Myanmar; five Bai family members are also sentenced to death (Koh Ewe/BBC)
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2gdrvy9gjo
China Executes 11 People Linked to Cyberscam Centers in Myanmar
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-29/china-executes-11-people-linked-to-cyberscam-centers-in-myanmar
I went through the US "Selective Service" draft process just before the draft ended.
I feel that a military draft is a terrible thing.
However, if we had it now I seriously doubt we would have El Cheato as president nor our wars in Venezuela and Iran.
By-the-way, the Selective Service machinery still exists here in the US...
https://www.
FBI executing search warrant at Georgia election office related to 2020 vote, law enforcement official says (Jana Winter/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/fbi-executing-search-warrant-election-office-georgia-related-2020-vote-fox-news-2026-01-28/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260128/p76#a260128p76
These ice lenses are giving me a tough time in processing today, they're everywhere. But if I believe the satellite data, they also shouldn't exist. It appears we are underestimating surface melt* in Antarctica.
*But not runoff! These are refrozen meltwater layers
#iQ2300 #DronningMaudLand #Fieldwork
Just asking
Not complaining
https://bsky.app/profile/coreyspowell.bsky.social/post/3mhxqefl6q22w
How Google DeepMind Chief Scientist Jeff Dean has been an outspoken voice on politics, a rare tech leader openly criticizing Trump actions and an ICE shooting (Katherine Blunt/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.w…
Inside the Washington Post's existential meltdown. (Charlotte Klein/New York Magazine)
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/inside-the-washington-posts-existential-meltdown.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260128/p96#a260128p96
Sources: OpenAI is in talks to raise up to $30B from Nvidia, less than $10B from Microsoft, and $10B-$20B from Amazon as part of a $100B funding round (Sri Muppidi/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/nvidia-microsoft-amazon-…
FBI executes search warrant seeking ballots from Fulton County's 2020 election (Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/01/28/fbi-fulton-2020-election-fraud/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzY5NTc2NDAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzcwOTU4Nzk5LCJpYXQiOjE3Njk1NzY0MDAsImp0aSI6IjJhNTdiZTEwLTNjMjgtNGFiMy1iOWZiLTk5MGE0MmE1MzkxMSIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9uYXRpb25hbC1zZWN1cml0eS8yMDI2LzAxLzI4L2ZiaS1mdWx0b24tMjAyMC1lbGVjdGlvbi1mcmF1ZC8ifQ.mL7su3fv3yGE1-zmdQdw5_csJxvc_PeNBwNAoG1RHgE&itid=gfta
http://www.memeorandum.com/260128/p111#a260128p111