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Attacks on GPS Spike Amid US and Israeli War on Iran
https://www.wired.com/story/gps-attacks-on-ships-spike-amid-the-us-and-israeli-war-on-iran/

Attacks on GPS Spike Amid US and Israeli War on Iran
New analysis shows that attacks on satellite navigation systems have impacted some 1,100 ships in the Middle East since the US and Israel attacked Iran on February 28.

❝“Free speech culture” becomes bad and unserious when it starts telling us that speech is morally neutral, that we should not make value judgments against it, and that there is no moral component to promoting it. I am committed to the defense of the legal right to speak, but the defense of speech does not require us to refrain from speaking frankly about moral truths.
Giving Wax [a bigot] a platform to be a bigot is morally distinguishable from saying she should be free to be a bigot. “The only immoral thing you can say is that someone else’s speech is immoral” is not an ethos worthy of respect.❞
https://www.theunpopulist.net/p/the-fashionable-notion-of-free-speech

🤮 The ups and downs of space research
#space

The ups and downs of space research
Microgravity experienced during spaceflight poses potential health risks to astronauts' cardiovascular systems. Determining how to mitigate these health risks is challenging, as countermeasures are tested in Earth's gravity. But what if there was a way to perform research in microgravity, without leaving the atmosphere?

Does your local newspaper have a space news column? I wish mine did...
#news #localnews #spacenews
https://mastodon.scot/@fionaorkneynews/115835654661135458
fionaorkneynews@mastodon.scot - Space Notes January 2026
In a month when the heavyweight players in space have been relatively quiet, this is a good moment to take note of two important spacecraft which are no longer with us.
https://theorkneynews.scot/2026/01/04/space-notes-january-2026/

SBS Gujarati – SBS ગુજરાતી
Independent news and stories connecting you to life in Australia and Gujarati-speaking Australians...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/sbs-gujarati/

from my link log —
British Rail settlement plan barcode specs.
https://magicalcodewit.ch/rsp-specs/
saved 2026-03-03 https://dotat.at/:/Q0X7T.html

Iranian cryptoasset outflows reached ~$10.3M between February 28 and March 2 amid US and Israeli strikes; in 2025, Iran's crypto ecosystem was worth $7.8B (Chainalysis)
https://www.chainalysis.com/blog/iranian-crypto-outflows-spike-after-airstrikes/

Iranian Crypto Outflows Spike After Airstrikes
On-chain data shows a sharp increase in activity from major Iranian exchanges in the hours following the February 28, 2026 US-Israeli airstrikes.

Space Forge erhitzt erstmals Fertigungsofen im Weltall auf 1000 Grad
Das Unternehmen Space Forge aus Cardiff konnte zum ersten Mal Plasma im Fertigungsofen ihres Satelliten ForgeStar-1 erzeugen.
https:/…

Attention to speech modulates distortion product otoacoustic emissions evoked by speech-derived stimuli in humans https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/neuroscience/articles/10.3389/fnins.2026.1756386/full

Frontiers | Attention to speech modulates distortion product otoacoustic emissions evoked by speech-derived stimuli in humans
Humans are remarkably skilled at understanding speech in noisy environments. While segregation of different audio streams is mostly accomplished in the audit...

OpenAI says GPT-5.3 Instant's tone should feel less "cringe" than GPT-5.2 Instant and has a smoother, more to-the-point conversational style (Marcus Schuler/Implicator.ai)
https://www.implicator.ai/openai-ships-gpt-5-…

OpenAI Ships GPT-5.3 Instant With 27% Fewer Hallucinations and a Less Preachy Tone
GPT-5.3 Instant replaces ChatGPT's default model with up to 26.8% fewer hallucinations, reduced refusals, and a less defensive tone.