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Why Twitter Matters – Digby's Hullabaloo
https://digbysblog.net/2026/01/02/why-twitter-matters/

"Are we the baddies?" he asked, putting on his gas mask and tossing a can of tear gas at a group of 8 year olds.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/02/federal-agents-launch-tear…

Federal agents launch tear gas at nonviolent anti-ICE protesters in Portland—including children
The city's mayor Keith Wilson said that it was a “peaceful daytime protest” that “posed no danger to federal forces.” 

Yesterday they reverse engineered Apple’s neural engine: https://github.com/maderix/ANE
And today people are running the amazing Qwen3.5 accelerated on an m1, this is insane:

In Our Mothers' Gardens"
Film Screening & Potluck
Community Event · Hosted by Black Thumb Farm
Saturday, February 28
5 – 8pm PST
8380 Ventura Canyon Ave
Los Angeles, CA 91402
About this event
In honor of Black History Month, Black Thumb Farm invites you to a free screening of "In Our Mothers' Gardens."
This powerful documentary celebrates the strength and resiliency of Black women and Black families through the r…

"In Our Mothers' Gardens" Film Screening & Potluck · Mobilize
In honor of Black History Month, Black Thumb Farm invites you to a free screening of "In Our Mothers' Gardens." This powerful documentary celebrates the strength and resiliency of Black women and Black families through the relationship between mothers and daughters. The film honors Black maternal ancestors while examining the critical importance of self-care and the healing practices necessary for Black communities to thrive. Saturday Feb 28th, 2026 5 PM - 8:00 PM Black Thumb Farm 8380 Ventu…

European Union (probably not alone) is at risk of insufficient primary materials to facilitate the renewable energy capture systems on which its modest climate mitigation plans rely.
Report by their Audit Court.
https://www.eldiario.es/economia/ue-rie…

La UE está en riesgo de quedarse sin materias primas para potenciar las energías renovables
Un informe del Tribunal de Cuentas revela que las políticas puestas en marcha por la Comisión Europea sobre minerales críticos y tierras raras para las energías renovables y la agenda verde han sido insuficientes: "El objetivo de garantizar el suministro de aquí a 2030 se antoja inalcanzable"

Gamification enhances user engagement and task performance in prosthetic vision testing https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.20.25342740v2 "Three Argus II users completed circle localization and motion direction discrimination in clinical and gamified ver…

Gamification Enhances User Engagement and Task Performance in Prosthetic Vision Testing
Purpose Visual function testing in retinal prosthesis users relies on repetitive psychophysical tasks that are cognitively demanding and fatiguing. Gamification may increase engagement, but its effects on perceptual performance in implanted users remain unclear. Methods Three Argus II users completed circle localization and motion direction discrimination in clinical and gamified versions. Visual stimuli, trial structure, and response requirements were matched within each participant; gamified…

I've been sending some minor contributions to Mactrix, which is highlighted in TWIM: https://matrix.org/blog/2026/02/27/this-week-in-matrix-2026-02-27/#mactrix (Drafts was me; @…

This Week in Matrix 2026-02-27
Matrix, the open protocol for secure decentralised communications

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #ElSonido
El Mató a un Policía Motorizado:
🎵 Mšs o Menos Bien
#ElMatóaunPolicíaMotorizado
https://nacionalrecords.bandcamp.com/track/el-mato-a-un-policia-motorizado-mas-o-menos-bien
https://open.spotify.com/track/5NY1Up0CdDRwKDlEmOsQ8X

ROV pilots filmed this giant phantom jelly, or Stygiomedusa gigantea,
at 253 meters during an ROV descent to explore the
Colorado-Rawson submarine canyon wall. #ArgentinianDeepSeeps
https://

Schmidt Ocean Institute (@schmidtocean.bsky.social)
ROV pilots filmed this giant phantom jelly, or Stygiomedusa gigantea, at 253 meters during an ROV descent to explore the Colorado-Rawson submarine canyon wall. #ArgentinianDeepSeeps