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LinkedIn profile review shows Thinking Machines Lab has been hiring more researchers from Meta than from any other employer; TML's headcount now stands at ~140 (Connie Loizos/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/24/metas-loss-is-thinking-machines-gain/

Meta's loss is Thinking Machines' gain | TechCrunch
Meta has been poaching talent from Thinking Machines Lab. But it's a two-way street.

Of course Trump is killing off libraries & museums: He wants every voter as ignorant as his base. And GOP Congress will let him burn it all to the ground.
You did this to yourselves, Trump voters.
▶️ Trump’s budget would gut local libraries and museums. Congress is not on board. | News From The States

Trump’s budget would gut local libraries and museums. Congress is not on board.
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is looking to eliminate funding in fiscal 2027 for the agency that serves as the primary federal funding source for libraries and museums nationwide.But congressional appropriators — who rebuffed similar efforts to gut the agency in fiscal 2026 — expressed little enthusiasm for the proposed cut in interviews with States Newsroom. Groups representing museums and libraries across the country also blasted the president’s proposal.

Missing Link: Vor 40 Jahren explodierte der Reaktor in Tschernobyl
Die Crew im Atomkraftwerk wollte testen, wie sich der Reaktor bei einem Stromausfall verhält. Damit löste sie den bis dahin folgenschwersten Atomunfall aus.

Missing Link: 40. Jahrestag der Reaktorkatastrophe in Tschernobyl
Die Crew im Atomkraftwerk wollte testen, wie sich der Reaktor bei einem Stromausfall verhält. Damit löste sie den bis dahin folgenschwersten Atomunfall aus.

More than 90,000 Ukrainians officially missing due to Russia's war, commissioner says: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/26/more-than-ukrainians-officially-missing.html

Notre Dame secondary coach Mike Mickens to join Baltimore Ravens staff: Sources https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6998260/2026/01/25/noter-dame-mike-mickens-baltimore-ravens/

Floods ravage southeastern Brazil and kill 40 as rescuers race to find dozens missing https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/02/floods-ravage-southeastern-brazil-and-kill-40-as-rescuers-race-to-find-dozens…

Floods ravage southeastern Brazil and kill 40 as rescuers race to find dozens missing
JUIZ DE FORA, Brazil (AP) — Families of those killed in the devastating floods in southeastern Brazil began burying the dead on Wednesday, as the death toll climbed to at least 40 in the state of Minas Gerais. All the victims found so far are in the cities of Juiz de Fora and Uba, about 310 kilometers […]

Designers trying to fight PMs for "ownership" of decision-making find that they do less and less actual design.
Meanwhile, this model of vertical, touchpoint-based ownership is ALSO a poor fit for making a good user experience, because the experience cuts across multiple areas of ownership. Fighting over the obvious decisions leaves gaps and seams that make the experience a poor one.
Instead, designers should embrace another form of influence that fits our work better.

Experience Design is about finding the gaps in intent
Rather than fighting over vertical ownership, design has the unique opportunity to embrace a horizontal model of decision-making.

🧼 New chemi-mechanical process removes pigments and restores properties in recycled plastics
https://phys.org/news/2026-01-chemi-mechanical-pigments-properties-recycled.html

New chemi-mechanical process removes pigments and restores properties in recycled plastics
Researchers in Worcester Polytechnic Institute's Department of Chemical Engineering and at the University of Akron have published research in Chemical Engineering Journal about a new technology that seeks to solve long-standing challenges in plastic recycling that limit the overwhelming majority of plastics to a single use and contribute to the accumulation of plastic waste.

Everyone is missing the most important detail about the Maxx Crosby situation https://raiderramble.com/2026/03/24/everyone-is-missing-the-most-important-detail-about-the-maxx-crosby-situation/

Threema wird quantensicher: Partnerschaft mit IBM Research
Der Schweizer Messenger Threema arbeitet mit IBM Research zusammen, um seine Chats quantensicher zu machen. Ziel ist Schutz vor Quantencomputern.
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