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Catching up on news of the past week... I saw the posts go by about show company AllBirds pivoting to be an #AI company... er... "a fully integrated GPU-as-a-Service and AI-native cloud solutions provider"... but I hadn't read the story... and now I'm just sitting here smiling and laughing! We live in strange times! 😃

Allbirds Is an AI Company Now… Seriously
The $2.2 billion wool sneaker darling that became a $39 million cautionary tale would now like to talk to you about its GPU infrastructure vision

Alberto Castañeda Mondragón
was hospitalized with
eight skull fractures
after being arrested by ICE agents
in January
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/18/fbi-minnesota-police-investigate-ic…

IMHO: the ad is just a little too low-budget amateur to graduate fully from 'massive cringe' (my overriding reaction lol) to socially disruptive 'parody' but OK, I'm willing to give them the benefit of the doubt I guess?
Aside: what i take away from this is that car salespeople of all genders are incapable of not being creepy or cringy-af. lol
#ad #mysogynism #carsalesman

Selbstbestimmt und dezentral: Zur alternativen Geschichte und Gegenwart von Social Media
Soziale Netzwerke sorgen permanent für schlechte Laune – aber man bleibt drin oder zieht bestenfalls zur nächsten kommerziellen Plattform. Es gibt jedoch eine andere, dezentrale und selbstbestimmte Tradition, sich digital zu vernetzen. Gleb J. Albert zeichnet die Geschichte dieser Alternative nach – von Mailboxen bis Mastodon.
– von @…

Selbst­be­stimmt und dezen­tral: Zur alter­na­tiven Geschichte und Gegen­wart von Social Media
Soziale Netzwerke sorgen permanent für schlechte Laune – aber man bleibt drin oder zieht bestenfalls zur nächsten kommerziellen Plattform. Es gibt jedoch eine andere, dezentrale und selbstbestimmte Tradition, sich digital zu vernetzen. Gleb J. Albert zeichnet die Geschichte dieser Alternative nach – von Mailboxen bis Mastodon.

Wishing a blissful Bicycle Day to all who celebrate!😵‍💫🫯
The 83rd anniversary of the first intentional #LSD trip, by Albert Hoffman. He ingested 250 micrograms and rode his bicycle home.
https://en.wikipedia.org/…

During a Senate hearing, FBI Director Kash Patel says FBI does purchase "commercially available information" that can be used to track people's location history (Alfred Ng/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/18/fbi-buying-data-tr…

#stemkliko's *
En dan verbaasd zijn over het aantal dalende kiezers ....
(* Eerlijk gejat van Casper Albers)

FBI is buying data that can be used to track people, Patel says (Alfred Ng/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/18/fbi-buying-data-track-people-patel-00834080
http://www.memeorandum.com/260318/p70#a260318p70

Bislang Schuhe, jetzt KI: Aktienkurs von US-Firma verzehnfacht sich in Stunden
Seit Jahren verkauft Allbirds modische Schuhe, nun wurden Marke und Schuhgeschäft verkauft. Jetzt soll die Firma KI-Technik vermieten, die Börse ist begeistert.

Ramón and Luis are part of a group composed of family and friends of the defendants in a controversial federal criminal case alleging that a dozen protesters—who took part in a July 4, 2025, protest outside the Prairieland Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center in Alvarado during which one protester allegedly shot a police officer—and seven others are members of an organized “North Texas antifa terror cell,” as described in federal complaints and press releases.
In …

The ‘Antifa Scare’ Goes on Trial in North Texas
As nine of the "Prairieland 19" face their days in court, the broader constitutional rights of left-wing activists may hang in the balance.