News gathered 2024-03-06

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La réduction stratégique des risques au-delà des puces

date: 2024-03-07, from: ETH Zurich, recently added

Pulver, Tobias Schepers, Névine

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Strategisches De-Risking jenseits von Chip

date: 2024-03-07, from: ETH Zurich, recently added

Pulver, Tobias Schepers, Névine

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Eldie Gummies Make Elderberry Benefits Portable

date: 2024-03-06, from: Santa Barbara Indenpent News

Carmel Berry Company Founder Katie Reneker launches line of immunity-boosting treats.

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US Targets Houthi Revenue With New Sanctions, Treasury Dept Says

date: 2024-03-06, from: VOA News USA

WASHINGTON — The United States on Wednesday issued sanctions targeting two companies and two vessels that the Treasury Department said had facilitated commodities shipments on behalf of a network of an Iranian-backed Houthi financial facilitator.

The action targets two Hong Kong- and Marshall Islands-based ship owners and two vessels for their role in shipping commodities on behalf of Sa’id al-Jamal, the Treasury Department said in a statement.

The revenue from the commodity sales supports the Houthis and their attacks against international shipping in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, the department said.

Wednesday’s action represented the latest bid by the U.S. to pressure the Iran-backed Houthi militant group over attacks in shipping. Last month, Washington imposed sanctions on oil tankers as well as two companies it accused of working with al-Jamal.

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Elon Musk tried to merge Tesla and OpenAI, emails reveal

date: 2024-03-06, from: Electrek Feed

In response to Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI, the company answered by releasing emails from Elon Musk showing that he actually supported OpenAI pivoting to a for-profit model and even merging with Tesla.

more…

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Jaguar Will End Production Of All Current Models Ahead Of Next Year’s New EVs

date: 2024-03-06, from: Inside EVs News

That means the aging I-Pace EV will also get the axe, not just the combustion cars.

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Iowa Journalist Wins Five-year Fight for Press Credentials

date: 2024-03-06, from: VOA News USA

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Simply NUC Onyx Pro mini PC pairs Intel Core i9-13900H with discrete graphics options

date: 2024-03-06, from: Liliputing

The Simply NUC Onyx line of mini PCs are small, but powerful, computers with support for up to an Intel Core i9-13900H processor. Up until recently, the company only offered models with integrated graphics, but now Simply NUC has launched a new Onyx Pro computer with a slightly larger chassis support for an optional discrete GPU. […]

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Could AI Make a Disease-Free World?

date: 2024-03-06, from: VOA News USA

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A “hypervaccinated” man voluntarily received 217 Covid vaccine shots in a 29-month…

date: 2024-03-06, updated: 2024-03-06, from: Jason Kittke’s blog

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California man arrested after teen boy’s secret signal for help leads to Utah hotel rescue

date: 2024-03-06, from: San Jose Mercury News

The charging document explains that investigators found the teen with four adult men in a hotel room. They believe Austin David Arnold sexually abused the teen and had visited him before.

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Santa Maria Kids Hold “Supply Drive” for Adopt-a-Room Campaign to Help Homeless Individuals Moving into Hope Village Interim Housing

date: 2024-03-06, from: Santa Barbara Indenpent News

Santa Barbara County, CA, March 5, 2024 — Santa Maria’s Asa Jacobo-Anaya has always had the desire to help others. At

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Governments not keen on pushing citizen-facing AI services, for obvious reasons

date: 2024-03-06, updated: 2024-03-06, from: The Register (UK I.T. News)

As soon as public sector implements GenAI, someone will do their best to break it… or even flirt with it

Gartner says governments remain wary of AI-enabled citizen-facing services, while cybersecurity experts at NordVPN have warned against getting too chatty with chatbots.…

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This election’s big trust issue (maybe not the one you’re thinking of)

date: 2024-03-06, from: Marketplace Morning Report

Following Super Tuesday’s results, there hasn’t been a major paradigm shift, even after the suspension of Republican contender Nikki Haley’s presidential campaign. But many people in the world of business are laser-focused on the outcomes of November’s election because of what it can mean for antitrust policy. We delve in. Also: what’s included in spending packages before the House and how a lack of water is impacting the Panama Canal.

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Berkeley man run over while pushing truck on snowy Tahoe street

date: 2024-03-06, from: San Jose Mercury News

The previous day, a teenage pedestrian was injured in a crash three blocks away.

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San Jose: Arrest made in deadly shooting at parking lot vigil

date: 2024-03-06, from: San Jose Mercury News

Juan Perez was jailed on suspicion of the shooting that killed one and injured two outside a liquor store.

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Only 1% Of 270,000 Surveyed Retail Locations Have EV Charging: Consumer Reports

date: 2024-03-06, from: Inside EVs News

Retail spaces could be an ideal space to quickly establish charging infrastructure, but Consumer Reports found that the majority have not done so.

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Polaris Drops Its 2025 Snow Lineup and They Look Stellar

date: 2024-03-06, from: Ride Apart, Electric Motorcycle News

Sleds and snow bikes galore.

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Get-Out-The-Vote event at The Oinkster encourages civic participation for the Filipino community

date: 2024-03-06, from: The Occidental News (Occidental College Student Newspaper)

With promises of free ube shakes, Filipino merienda, music and vintage cars, Democratic primary candidate for Assembly member for the 52nd district of California Jessica Caloza sponsored a Get-Out-the-Vote event at The Oinkster on Colorado Boulevard March 3. As classic ’90s hip hop played from the DJ’s speakers, Caloza took pictures with supporters and Paco, […]

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Mysterious Pillarhenge project continues to confound, even as development moves ahead

date: 2024-03-06, from: The Occidental News (Occidental College Student Newspaper)

After 20 years, Vanos Architecture, an LA-based firm, along with a new property owner, will accomplish what many thought was impossible: develop Pillarhenge, a long abandoned, 0.63 acre narrow strip of land located at 1332 Colorado Blvd. An LA Times Article said Vanos Architecture first planned a 17 unit multi-use building on the property back […]

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Paul Holdengräber makes people say something they’ve never said before

date: 2024-03-06, from: The Occidental News (Occidental College Student Newspaper)

Paul Holdengräber was born in Texas, the son of Austrian immigrants who left their home country for Haiti in 1938. Though he is not a California native, he said he agreed when the curator of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) contacted him in 1997, asking him to bring a group of Californians together for the […]

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Beginner birders take flight at community bird walk with Moore Laboratory of Zoology

date: 2024-03-06, from: The Occidental News (Occidental College Student Newspaper)

Feb. 27, 8 a.m., the knotted trees of the Sycamore Glen whispered against a cool, dry LA morning breeze. A group of around 20 students, faculty and community members gathered on the pebbled landing just outside the glen. They were about to embark on a bird walk, hosted by Occidental’s Moore Laboratory of Zoology, a […]

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Physical activity classes provide an outlet for Occidental students

date: 2024-03-06, from: The Occidental News (Occidental College Student Newspaper)

Occidental offers a variety of physical activity courses, open to students of all years and experience levels. The classes offered are are yoga, karate, Zumba and spin. In addition to keeping students active, these courses provide a break from the rigors of academic life, said spin instructor Delaney Nolin. Nolin said that with her spin classes she […]

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Like a deep-sea comet, Professor Shana Goffredi delivers Sterling Award Lecture

date: 2024-03-06, from: The Occidental News (Occidental College Student Newspaper)

Titled “Beneficial Partnerships: From the Deep Ocean to the Rainforest,” biology professor Shana Goffredi delivered the annual Sterling Award Lecture Feb. 28 in Choi Auditorium. Goffredi received the Graham L. Sterling Memorial Award in 2023, which recognizes faculty members with distinguished teaching, service and professional achievement records. Written by her colleagues, the letter nominating Goffredi […]

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No Place Like Home

date: 2024-03-06, from: The Occidental News (Occidental College Student Newspaper)

They call LA the City of Angels but I wasn’t made to have wings. You taught me to keep my feet on the ground with my head down while everyone remains afloat staring at me with dagger eyes and half smiles.   I wasn’t meant for direct sunlight it fuels everyone’s kindred spirits  but turns […]

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Lessons Learned: How seasickness taught me to fail

date: 2024-03-06, from: The Occidental News (Occidental College Student Newspaper)

Content warning: This article discusses suicide. I wouldn’t make a good sailor. Boy scout outings and biology labs have washed me out to sea a few times in my life, and after the excitement of finding myself on a boat subsides, I usually feel somewhat queasy. But on a trip last week with the Vantuna […]

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Women’s basketball claims SCIAC Championship and competes in NCAA

date: 2024-03-06, from: The Occidental News (Occidental College Student Newspaper)

Occidental women’s basketball team traveled to Abilene, Texas to battle it out against Hardin-Simmons University in the first round of NCAA DIII tournament March 1. The Tigers fell to Hardin-Simmons 65-53. Hardin-Simmons took the lead with a nine point difference early in the first quarter, and held on throughout the entire game, with the Tigers trailing 36-24 at […]

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Sunrise Oxy endorses Ysabel Jurado in upcoming City Council election

date: 2024-03-06, from: The Occidental News (Occidental College Student Newspaper)

Sunrise Oxy, an on-campus climate action group, endorsed Ysabel Jurado, one of the eight candidates running for City Council District (CD) 14 in the election March 5. Jurado said that her campaign focuses on addressing the housing affordability crisis, ending homelessness, reimagining public safety, fighting for accessible and reliable public transit and delivering climate action. […]

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The Most Beautiful Shots in Movie History

date: 2024-03-06, updated: 2024-03-06, from: Jason Kittke’s blog

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St. Patrick’s Day 2024: Where to find corned beef, green drinks and more at chain eateries

date: 2024-03-06, from: San Jose Mercury News

Restaurant kitchens are breaking out the green dye and corned beef for St. Patrick’s Day.

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NASA’s Newest Astronauts

date: 2024-03-06, from: NASA breaking news

The most recent astronaut candidates wave to the crowd in this image from their March 5, 2024, graduation ceremony at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Nicknamed “The Flies,” this cohort is now eligible for spaceflight assignments to the International Space Station, future orbiting destinations, the Moon, and beyond. Selected for training in 2021, the […]

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Kirby apps and regressive enhancements

date: 2024-03-06, from: Chris Heilmann

ChatGPT announced that it now has a killer new feature: it can read out results in several synthesised voices. This means you can speak your prompt and the computer answers. We’ve reached Star Trek TNG levels of human-computer interaction. All praise be AI and the large corporations that make it happen! Except, when I read […]

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BYD launches cheaper Seagull electric car with starting price under $10,000 to fuel price war

date: 2024-03-06, from: Electrek Feed

BYD’s cheapest electric car just got even more affordable. The EV maker is fueling its price war with gas-powered cars with the launch of its newest “mini Lamborghini” electric car. The BYD Seagull EV Honor Edition starts at $9,700 (69,800 yuan), 5% cheaper than the previous model.

more…

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Eleven College Avenue calls it quits in Los Gatos

date: 2024-03-06, from: San Jose Mercury News

The Los Gatos restaurant will become Dar Restaurant and Bar, owned by brothers Milad Shaqir and Chef Esam Shaqir, who also own Saratoga’s popular Tamra Mediterranean Grill

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For Bay Area, a rainy morning ahead of promise for a significant dry spell

date: 2024-03-06, from: San Jose Mercury News

“It appears a (high-pressure) ridge is going to start to build next week,” NWS meteorologist Sarah McCorkle said.

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‘We had to educate Oracle about our contract,’ CIO says after Big Red audit

date: 2024-03-06, updated: 2024-03-06, from: The Register (UK I.T. News)

Estimates put audits at $3B revenue for Ellison’s company, so go at your own pace, experts recommend

A retired CIO has offered advice in dealing with Oracle audits: the vendor will try to work from its current licensing policies, yet users should stick to their contracts with the global tech giant.…

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‘We’re sad that it’s come to this’: OpenAI publishes Elon Musk’s emails

date: 2024-03-06, from: San Jose Mercury News

OpenAI fired back at Elon Musk, who sued the ChatGPT company last week for chasing profit and diverging from its original, nonprofit mission.

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The FDA just approved the first over-the-counter continuous glucose monitor. I was…

date: 2024-03-06, updated: 2024-03-06, from: Jason Kittke’s blog

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Best of the West: Arizona on top, Gonzaga climbs and Utah State’s remarkable rise

date: 2024-03-06, from: San Jose Mercury News

The Aggies were picked closer to the bottom than the top of the Mountain West but are alone in first place entering the final weekend.

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EU users can’t update 3rd party iOS apps if abroad too long

date: 2024-03-06, updated: 2024-03-06, from: The Register (UK I.T. News)

Remember how Apple told you security was of paramount concern?

It really seems like Apple is doing everything it can to make its new EU compliance rules for third-party iOS app stores a pain for any user or developer that wants to take advantage of them.…

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Back on Earth: NASA’s Orion Capsule Put to the Test Before Crewed Mission

date: 2024-03-06, from: NASA breaking news

The Orion spacecraft that traveled around the Moon and back during 2022’s Artemis I mission completed a different round trip when it recently returned to Ohio for testing. Now known as the Orion Environmental Test Article, the spacecraft is undergoing ground testing at NASA’s Neil Armstrong Test Facility in Sandusky, Ohio. This testing is crucial […]

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Ana Agore, A First Course in Category Theory

date: 2024-03-06, from: Logic Matters blog

The most recommended introductory books on category theory (at least for pure mathematicians) are probably those by Steve Awodey, Tom Leinster, and Emily Riehl. All three have very considerable virtues. But for differing reasons, each presents quite steep challenges to the beginner (especially for self-study). Having, back in the day, worked through Awodey’s book with […]

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Uber and Revel partner up to offer EV drivers exclusive charging discounts in NYC

date: 2024-03-06, from: Electrek Feed

Uber Technologies and charging provider Revel have announced a new strategic partnership in which the rideshare network will financially support the latter in expanding its charging infrastructure in exchange for exclusive charging discounts for its drivers. The perks will start in New York City with plans to expand Revel chargers and discounts to other major cities across the US.

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GPD Win Mini (2024) is a mini gaming laptop with Ryzen 7 8840U and 7 inch, 120 Hz VRR display

date: 2024-03-06, from: Liliputing

The GPD Win Mini is either a handheld gaming PC with a 7 inch display and a clamshell design with a QWERTY keyboard, touchpad, and built-in game controllers in the bottom section. GPD launched the first model in the fall of 2023, and now the company has launched a new model that’s available for pre-order […]

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2024 Kia EV9 Gets Up To $7,000 In Discounts

date: 2024-03-06, from: Inside EVs News

Shop around and you could get a great deal on Kia’s all-electric family hauler.

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What Are Hubble and Webb Observing Right Now? NASA Tool Has the Answer

date: 2024-03-06, from: NASA breaking news

It’s not hard to find out what NASA’s Hubble and James Webb space telescopes have observed in the past. Barely a week goes by without news of a cosmic discovery made possible using images, spectra, and other data captured by NASA’s prolific astronomical observatories.  But what are Hubble and Webb looking at right this minute? A shadowy […]

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Cellular Self-Destruction May Be Ancient. But Why?

date: 2024-03-06, from: Quanta Magazine

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Windows to add gobs of “AI” to Explorer

date: 2024-03-06, from: OS News

According to my sources, AI Explorer is the blockbuster AI experience that will separate AI PCs from non-AI PCs. It’s described as an “advanced Copilot” with a built-in history/timeline feature that turns everything you do on your computer into a searchable moment using natural language. It works across any app and allows users to search for previously opened conversations, documents, web pages, and images. For example, you could type, “Find me that list of restaurants Jenna said she liked,” and Windows can bring up the exact conversation you were having when Jenna mentioned those restaurants. Even vague prompts should work, like “Find me that thing about dinosaurs,” Windows will pull up every word, phrase, image, and related topic about dinosaurs that you’ve previously opened on your computer. The AI Explorer app can also understand context, help jumpstart projects or workflows, and even suggest tasks based on what’s currently on screen. For example, suppose you’re looking at an image in an app. In that case, the AI Explorer will automatically show an “edit image” button that lets you type out your criteria, such as “remove this image’s background using the Photos app.” ↫ Zac Bowden Windows, for all your “AI” and ads.

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The One Big Change to the SEC’s Climate Rule

date: 2024-03-06, from: Heatmap News

The Securities and Exchange Commission will vote today on a highly anticipated rule that would require companies to disclose information about their climate-related risks to investors. The rule was first proposed two years ago, and since then it has undergone some dramatic changes.

Perhaps the most dramatic: Most of the climate-related disclosures the rule covers are now mandatory only if they’re considered “material.” Under the original rule, all public companies would have been required to calculate and report the greenhouse gas emissions they are directly responsible for, known as scope 1 emissions, and the emissions from the electricity they use, known as scope 2 — no exceptions. But under the final rule, companies only have to report this information if they deem it material — i.e. if there is “a substantial likelihood that the disclosure of the omitted fact would have been viewed by the reasonable investor as having significantly altered the ‘total mix’ of information made available,” according to a 1976 Supreme Court decision.

Further, only about 40% of domestic public companies will even be required to consider whether their emissions are material. Smaller companies and emerging growth businesses — generally companies with less than $1.2 billion in annual revenues — are exempt.

“By shifting to a materiality standard, they are leaving a huge gap in the information available to investors and the public,” Kathy Fallon, the director of land and climate at the Clean Air Task Force told me. “That’s going to hurt companies and the climate in the long run.”

This wasn’t entirely unexpected. Last year, reports emerged that the Commission would likely remove a requirement that companies tally up and report a third category of their emissions, known as scope 3, which includes those associated with their supply chains and the use of their products. Then last week, Reuters reported that the SEC would also soften the requirements for disclosing scope 1 and 2 emissions by subjecting them to this materiality test.

There is no special definition for when emissions are considered material. But the climate disclosure rule does discuss some examples of when a company’s scope 1 or scope 2 emissions may become material. One is if there is a transition risk associated with those emissions — for example, if a company anticipates that future regulations would increase their costs. Another is if a company has articulated a climate goal, like an ambition to achieve net-zero emissions, to the public. As with other SEC disclosures subject to a material standard, it will be entirely up to these companies to determine whether their emissions are material, and they will not have to share their analysis with investors.

Experts don’t expect this to lead to a total lack of emissions reporting. If a company fails to disclose its emissions, it could open up the business to fines from the SEC or lawsuits from investors if the information is later determined to be, in fact, material. Many companies, prodded by their lawyers, are likely to play it safe and disclose. “It’s hard to make an argument that scope 1 emissions are not material,” Jameson McLennan, a sustainable finance analyst at BloombergNEF, told me.

But there still may be a spectrum. John Tobin, a professor of practice at Cornell University’s business school and a former managing director of sustainability at Credit Suisse, told me that big, white collar companies like banks and tech companies that don’t directly emit much may not need to disclose, whereas manufacturing and industrial companies that directly burn fossil fuels to produce their products, absolutely should. That being said, those white collar businesses should still consider their scope 2 emissions material, Tobin said, as they tend to use a substantial amount of electricity and could be at risk of cost increases if regulations change.

Where Tobin thinks the rule really falls short is in lacking requirements to disclose certain kinds of scope 3 emissions — particularly upstream supply chain emissions. Why would an investor care more about the emissions from the electricity Toyota uses than the emissions from the steel it buys? The latter is more likely to pose a significant risk to the company’s business due to carbon regulations. “A lot of the emissions associated with industrial activity have very little to do with electricity,” he told me.

By telling companies they only have to report emissions that are material, the Commission is essentially saying that a company’s emissions are not inherently material to an investor’s understanding of risk. Allowing companies to opt out of emissions reporting “misses the whole point of climate disclosures,” said Fallon. “The whole point is to make available the information that investors want, not just the information that companies want to give.” Investors want to know how exposed a company may be to changes in climate policies, energy prices, or shifts in consumer sentiments.

At the same time, tying the list of required disclosures to a materiality test could be what ultimately preserves the rule when it inevitably ends up in court. Many groups have already threatened to sue the commission if it exceeds its legal authority. These include the National Association of Manufacturers.

“The NAM has been clear that a failure to bring the rule back within the agency’s statutory authority could invite legal action. On the other hand, a balanced, workable rule could obviate the need for litigation,” said the group’s vice president of domestic policy, Charles Crain.

The rule will still likely surface valuable information for investors and others keen to get their hands on more consistent, comparable data about certain companies’ emissions and vulnerability to climate change. But it will also leave huge reporting gaps that dilute the overall utility of that information.

“The fact that the SEC is providing uniform requirements for reporting is still an improvement upon what we had before,” said Fallon. “But the final rule doesn’t go far enough to give investors the information they need to make informed decisions.”

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Pluralistic: Electrons, not molecules (06 Mar 2024)

date: 2024-03-06, from: Cory Doctorow’s blog

Today’s links Electrons, not molecules: Renewables don’t generate above-average returns for Exxon’s shareholders. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2009, 2014, 2019, 2023 Upcoming appearances: Where to find me. Recent appearances: Podcasts, events and more. Latest books: You keep readin’ em, I’ll keep writin’ ‘em. Upcoming books: Like I said, I’ll keep writin’ ‘em. Colophon: All the rest. Electrons, not molecules (permalink) When hydrocarbon barons do their damndest to torch the Earth with fossil fuels, they call us dreamers. They insist that there’s a hard-nosed reality – humanity needs energy – and they’re the ones who live in it, while we live in the fairy land where the world can run on sunshine and virtuous thoughts. Without them making the tough decisions, we’d all be starving in the frigid dark. Here’s the thing: they’re full of shit. Mostly. Humanity does need energy if we’re going to avoid starving in the frigid dark, but that energy doesn’t have to come from fossil fuels. Indeed, in the long-term, it can’t. Even if you’re a rootin’ tootin, coal-rollin’ climate denier, there’s a hard-nosed reality you can’t deny: if we keep using fossil fuels, they will someday run out. Remember “peak oil” panic? Fossil fuels are finite, and the future of the human race needn’t be. We need more. Thankfully, we have it. Despite what you may have heard, renewables are more than up to the task. Indeed, it’s hard to overstate just how much renewable energy is available to us, here at the bottom of our gravity well. I failed to properly appreciate it until I read Deb Chachra’s brilliant 2023 book, How Infrastructure Works: https://pluralistic.net/2023/10/17/care-work/#charismatic-megaprojects Chachra, an engineering prof and materials scientist, offers a mind-altering reframing of the question of energy: we have a material problem, not an energy problem. If we could capture a mere 0.4% of the sun’s rays that strike the Earth, we could give every person on the planet the energy budget of a Canadian (like an American, only colder). Energy isn’t just wildly abundant, though: it’s also continuously replenished. For most of human history, we’ve treated energy as scarce, eking out marginal gains in energy efficiency – even as we treated materials as disposable, using them once and consigning them to a midden or a landfill. That’s completely backwards. We get a fresh shipment of energy every time the sun (or the moon) comes up over the horizon. By contrast, new consignments of material are almost unheard of – the few odd ounces of meteoric ore that survive entry through Earth’s atmosphere. A soi-dissant adult concerned with the very serious business of ensuring our species isn’t doomed to the freezing, starving darkness of an energy-deprived future would think about nothing save for this fact and its implications. They’d be trying to figure out how to humanely and responsibly gather the materials needed for the harvest, storage and distribution of this nearly limitless and absolutely free energy. In other words, that Very Serious, Hard-Nosed Grown-Up should be concerned with using as few molecules as possible to harvest as many electrons as possible. They’d be working on things like turning disused coal-mines into giant gravity batteries: https://www.euronews.com/green/2024/02/06/this-disused-mine-in-finland-is-being-turned-into-a-gravity-battery-to-store-renewable-ene Not figuring out how to dig or flush more long-dead corpses out of the Earth’s mantle to feed them into a furnace. That is a profoundly unserious response to the human need for energy. It’s caveman shit: “Ugh, me burn black sticky gunk, make cave warm, cough cough cough.” Enter Exxon CEO Darren Woods, whose interview with Fortune’s Michal Lev-Ram and editor Alan Murray contains this telling quote: “we basically focus our technology on transforming molecules and they happen to be hydrogen and carbon molecules”: https://fortune.com/2024/02/28/leadership-next-exxonmobil-ceo-darren-woods/ As Bill McKibben writes, this is a tell. A company that’s in the molecule business is not in the electron business. For all that Woods postures about being a clear-eyed realist beating back the fantasies of solarpunk-addled greenies, Woods does not want a future where we have all our energy needs met: https://billmckibben.substack.com/p/the-most-epic-and-literal-gaslighting That’s because the only way to get that future is to shift from molecules – whose supply can be owned and therefore sold by Exxon – to electrons, which that commie bastard sun just hands out for free to every person on our planet’s surface, despite the obvious moral hazard of all those free lunches. As Woods told Fortune, when it comes to renewables, “we don’t see the ability to generate above-average returns for our shareholders.” Woods dresses this up in high-minded seriousness kabuki, saying that Exxon is continuing to invest in burning rotting corpses because our feckless species “waited too long to open the aperture on the solution sets terms of what we need as a society.” In other words, it’s just too late for solar. Keep shoveling those corpses into the furnace, they’re all that stands between you and the freezing, starving dark. Now, this is self-serving nonsense. The problem of renewables isn’t that it’s too late – it’s that they don’t “generate above-average returns for our shareholders” (that part, however, is gospel truth). But let’s stipulate that Woods sincerely believes that it is too late. It’s pretty goddamned rich of this genocidal, eminently guillotineable monster to just drop that in the conversation without mentioning the role his company played in getting us to this juncture. After all, #ExxonKnew. 40 years ago, Exxon’s internal research predicted climate change, connected climate change to its own profits, and predicted how bad it would be today. Those predictions were spookily accurate and the company took them to heart, leaping into action. For 40 years, the company has been building its offshore drilling platforms higher and higher in anticipation of rising seas and superstorms – and over that same period, Exxon has spent millions lobbying and sowing disinformation to make sure that the rest of us don’t take the emergency as seriously as they are, lest we switch from molecules to electrons. Exxon knew, and Exxon lied. McKibben quotes Woods’ predecessor Lee Raymond, speaking in the runup to the Kyoto Treaty negotiations: “It is highly unlikely that the temperature in the middle of the next century will be significantly affected whether policies are enacted now or 20 years from now.” When Woods says we need to keep shoveling corpses into the furnace because we “waited too long to open the aperture on the solution sets terms of what we need as a society,” he means that his company lied to us in order to convince us to wait too long. When Woods – and his fellow enemies of humanity in the C-suites of Chevron and other corpse-torching giants – was sending the arson billions to his shareholders, he held back a healthy share to fund this deceit. He colluded with the likes of Joe Manchin (“[D-POLLUTION]” -McKibben) to fill the Inflation Reduction Act with gifts for molecules. The point of fantasies like “direct air carbon-capture” is to extend the economic life of molecule businesses, by tricking us into thinking that we can keep sending billions to Exxon without suffocating in its waste-product. These lies aren’t up for debate. Back in 2021, Greenpeace tricked Exxon’s top DC lobbyist Keith McCoy into thinking that he was on a Zoom call with a corporate recruiter and asked him about his work for Exxon, and McCoy spilled the beans: https://pluralistic.net/2021/07/01/basilisk-tamers/#exxonknew He confessed to everything: funding fake grassroots groups and falsifying the science – he even names the senators who took his bribes. McCoy singled out Manchin for special praise, calling him “a kingmaker” and boasting about the “standing weekly calls” Exxon had with Manchin’s office. Exxon’s response to this nine-minute confession was to insist that their most senior American lobbyist “wasn’t involved at all in forming policy positions.” McKibben points to the forthcoming book The Price Is Wrong, by Brett Christophers, which explains how the neoclassical economics establishment’s beloved “price signals” will continue to lead us into the furnace: https://www.versobooks.com/products/3069-the-price-is-wrong The crux of that book is: We cannot expect markets and the private sector to solve the climate crisis while the profits that are their lifeblood remain unappetizing. Nearly 100 years ago, Upton Sinclair wrote, “It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.” Today, we can say that it’s impossible to get an oil executive to understand that humanity needs electrons, not molecules, because his shareholders’ obscene wealth depends on it. [back to top] Hey look at this (permalink) How Comics Were Made: a Visual History of Printing Cartoons https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/glennf/how-comics-were-made On women’s anatomy and the power of paying attention https://going-medieval.com/2024/03/05/on-womens-anatomy-and-the-power-of-paying-attention/ Instagram fatigue and the rise of ‘Resentment Reels’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIqOLehArVw This day in history (permalink) #15yrsago Middle schooler wins C-SPAN prize for doc about NSA spying https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/03/middle-schoolers-win-c-span-prizes-nsa-documentaries #10yrsago Chocolate cookie milk shots: milk tumblers made from chocolate chip cookies https://www.eater.com/2014/3/5/6269103/dominique-ansel-to-debut-milk-cookie-shots-at-sxsw #10yrsago Make taser-proof clothing with carbon-fiber linings https://hackaday.io/project/196-homamade-carbon-tape-taser-proof-clothing #10yrsago Why does Hollywood like dystopian LAs and utopian SFs? https://boomcalifornia.org/2014/02/27/postcards-from-the-future/ #10yrsago Why DRM’ed coffee-pods may be just the awful stupidity we need https://memex.craphound.com/2014/03/06/why-drmed-coffee-pods-may-be-just-the-awful-stupidity-we-need/ #10yrsago Complaint: WIPO director illegally collected staff DNA in order to out whistleblower https://unwatch.org/un-whistleblower-head-world-intellectual-property-agency-stole-employees-dna-samples/ #10yrsago US Embassy and Godaddy conspire to censor dissenting Mexican political site https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/03/mexican-protest-site-censored-godaddy-us-embassys-help #10yrsago Harry Reid on the Koch Brothers’ agenda https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2-cIpXIoY4 #10yrsago Rob Ford’s pitiable moment on Jimmy Kimmel https://www.joeydevilla.com/2014/03/04/rob-fords-red-faced-interview-on-jimmy-kimmel-live/ #10yrsago Video explainer: why open spectrum matters, and why you’re about to lose it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhVx-kH7RAQ #10yrsago Feds drop link-related charges against Barrett Brownhttps://www.techdirt.com/2014/03/05/barrett-brown-tells-court-that-sharing-link-is-not-crime/ https://www.techdirt.com/2014/03/05/barrett-brown-tells-court-that-sharing-link-is-not-crime/ #5yrsago Ruminations on decades spent writing stories that run more than 1,000,000 words https://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2019/03/lessons-learned-writing-really.html #5yrsago A thorough defense of Modern Monetary Theory https://www.forbes.com/sites/johntharvey/2019/03/05/mmt-sense-or-nonsense/ #5yrsago A brilliant, simple exercise to teach privacy fundamentals https://twitter.com/Klonick/status/1102970732890316801 #5yrsago GOP lawmaker driven mad by bill that would decriminalize children who take naked photos of themselves, delivers a frenzied rant about anal sex on legislature’s floor https://www.thestranger.com/news/2019/03/05/39511377/a-bill-decriminalizing-teen-sexting-passes-the-house-causing-republican-to-scream-about-anal-sex-on-the-floor #5yrsago Bounty hunters and stalkers are able to track you in realtime by lying to your phone company and pretending to be cops https://www.vice.com/en/article/panvkz/stalkers-debt-collectors-bounty-hunters-impersonate-cops-phone-location-data #5yrsago From prisons to factories to offices: the spread of workplace surveillance and monitoring tech https://datasociety.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/DandS_WorkplaceMonitoringandSurveillance-.pdf #5yrsago NH GOP lawmakers mocked gun violence survivors by wearing clutchable pearl necklaces to gun control hearing https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/03/06/gop-lawmakers-wore-pearls-while-gun-violence-victims-testified-activists-were-outraged/ #5yrsago Omniverse CEO rejects piracy accusations, claims that he has a legit, “mind-blowing” 100-year license to stream TV on the internet https://www.lightreading.com/video-broadcast/omniverse-ceo-i-m-doing-everything-literally-by-the-book- #1yrago Biden set to appoint mass foreclosure cheerleader to the Fed https://pluralistic.net/2023/03/06/personnel-are-policy/#janice-eberly Upcoming appearances (permalink) Tucson Festival of Books, Mar 9/10 https://tucsonfestivalofbooks.org/?id=676 The Bezzle at San Francisco Public Library, Mar 13 https://sfpl.org/events/2024/03/13/author-cory-doctrow-bezzle Enshittification: How the Internet Went Bad and How to Get it Back (virtual), Mar 26 https://libcal.library.ubc.ca/event/3781006 Wondercon Anaheim, Mar 29-31 https://www.comic-con.org/wc/ The Bezzle at Anderson’s Books (Chicago), Apr 17 https://www.andersonsbookshop.com/event/cory-doctorow-1 Torino Biennale Tecnologia (Apr 19-21) https://www.turismotorino.org/en/experiences/events/biennale-tecnologia Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (Winnipeg), May 2 https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/cory-doctorow-tickets-798820071337?aff=oddtdtcreator Tartu Prima Vista Literary Festival (May 5-11) https://tartu2024.ee/en/kirjandusfestival/ Media Ecology Association keynote (Amherst, NY), Jun 6-9 https://media-ecology.org/convention American Association of Law Libraries keynote (Chicago), Jul 21 https://www.aallnet.org/conference/agenda/keynote-speaker/ Recent appearances (permalink) Is Social Media Becoming a Bit Shit? 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Signed copies at Book Soup (https://www.booksoup.com/book/9781804291245). “Red Team Blues”: “A grabby, compulsive thriller that will leave you knowing more about how the world works than you did before.” Tor Books http://redteamblues.com. Signed copies at Dark Delicacies (US): and Forbidden Planet (UK): https://forbiddenplanet.com/385004-red-team-blues-signed-edition-hardcover/. “Chokepoint Capitalism: How to Beat Big Tech, Tame Big Content, and Get Artists Paid, with Rebecca Giblin”, on how to unrig the markets for creative labor, Beacon Press/Scribe 2022 https://chokepointcapitalism.com “Attack Surface”: The third Little Brother novel, a standalone technothriller for adults. 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6 arrested for illegally importing goose intestines, duck blood through California port, federal authorities say

date: 2024-03-06, from: San Jose Mercury News

They are charged with illegally importing goose and duck intestines from China, in some cases by hiding them under packaged rattlesnakes or mislabeling them as pet grooming products on customs forms.

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Europe may slap retroactive tariffs on Chinese EVs

date: 2024-03-06, from: Electrek Feed

After months of investigation, the European Commission says it has found evidence that China has been “unfairly” subsidizing the EVs it exports to Europe. Possible “remedies” on the table include retroactive tariffs on Chinese EVs.

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Santa Cruz drug dealer sentenced to 19-year federal prison term

date: 2024-03-06, from: San Jose Mercury News

A federal judge sentenced a former Santa Cruz man this week to more than 19 years in prison on drugs charges stemming back to a 2019 Eastside county narcotics team bust.

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Why You Don’t Underestimate Toyota In The Electric Race

date: 2024-03-06, from: Inside EVs News

Toyota buys out Panasonic’s share in a battery joint-venture, BYD cuts prices and one Chinese component delays shipments of VW’s cars.

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Russia plans to put a nuclear reactor on the Moon – with China’s help

date: 2024-03-06, updated: 2024-03-06, from: The Register (UK I.T. News)

Roscosmos has had a few problems landing on the lunar surface recently

Roscosmos and China are considering putting a nuclear reactor on the Moon, according to the Russian space agency’s boss.…

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Sphere Refuses To Release U2 Despite Band Fulfilling Terms Of Residency. “Yes,…

date: 2024-03-06, updated: 2024-03-06, from: Jason Kittke’s blog

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Podcast: AI-Powered TikTok Hustlers

date: 2024-03-06, from: 404 Media Group

The wild world of AI-powered content hustlers on TikTok and Instagram; Etsy ripoffs; and a development in Oregon that could have global ramifications for Apple.

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Nissan Leaf regains tax credit access, now starts at $24,400

date: 2024-03-06, from: Electrek Feed

Nissan and the IRS announced today that the Leaf has regained eligibility for the federal tax credit for electric vehicles.

With now $3,750 in tax credit, the Leaf can start at just $24,400 – making it one of the cheapest EVs in the US.

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Volvo Global EV Sales Hit A New Record Share In February 2024

date: 2024-03-06, from: Inside EVs News

The ramp-up of the Volvo EX30 continues, resulting in over 3,500 sales last month.

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OpenAI goes public with Musk emails, claiming he backed for-profit plans

date: 2024-03-06, updated: 2024-03-06, from: The Register (UK I.T. News)

Be careful what you write in that message

OpenAI has responded to Elon Musk’s lawsuit over an alleged breach of contract, publishing a trove of emails that appear to show Musk was not only aware of the need to become a for-profit entity, but also wanted to merge OpenAI into Tesla and become CEO.…

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Here’s Why This City Banned Full-Face Motorcycle Helmets

date: 2024-03-06, from: Ride Apart, Electric Motorcycle News

Should public security, if there is such a thing, outweigh individual safety?

https://www.rideapart.com/news/710932/bacolod-city-bans-full-face-motorcycle-helmets/ Save to Pocket

Article Spotlight: Dark kinase annotation, mining, and visualization using the Protein Kinase Ontology

date: 2024-03-06, from: PeerJ blog

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@Dave Winer’s Scripting News (date: 2024-03-06, from: Dave Winer’s Scripting News)

Screaming into the void, which is what the media we have now is really good at, gets us nowhere.

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@Dave Winer’s Scripting News (date: 2024-03-06, from: Dave Winer’s Scripting News)

From the Credit-Where-Credit-Is-Due department, links that are jokes was a practice I first saw in HotWired in 1994. Here I am thirty years later and I’m still stealing the idea and every time I do, I think of Joey Anuff and Carl Steadman’s brilliance.

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@Dave Winer’s Scripting News (date: 2024-03-06, from: Dave Winer’s Scripting News)

Sidebar – this also explains the behavior of the owners of the media companies, such as the New York Times. He doesn’t wear a robe, but otherwise, Fear of Gulag probably has a lot to do with what he does.

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Tesla now offers 10,000 free Supercharging miles as delivery incentive

date: 2024-03-06, from: Electrek Feed

Tesla has increased its end-of-quarter delivery incentive to offer 10,000 free Supercharging miles to Tesla owners who trade in for a new vehicle by the end of the month.

more…

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The Chopsticks Kill Me

date: 2024-03-06, updated: 2024-03-06, from: One Foot Tsunami

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Dutch government in panic mode over keeping ASML in the country

date: 2024-03-06, updated: 2024-03-06, from: The Register (UK I.T. News)

Lithography kitmaker has ‘concerns’ over ability to get the right staff amid reports of visa, immigration worries

Updated  The Dutch government is reportedly concerned that chipmaking equipment vendor ASML may move operations out of the country due to policy decisions that would restrict its ability to hire skilled staff.…

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It’s a great time to be out in the ’burbs

date: 2024-03-06, from: Marketplace Morning Report

The U.S. housing market gained $2.4 trillion over the last year, according to a new Redfin report. Homes in suburban areas saw their values increase by more than 5.6%, which is more than homes in city centers. We add it all up. Plus, Apple has lost market share in China and is pushing an update to mobile operating systems in Europe. Then, lessons in life — and economics — courtesy of an HBCU marching band director.

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LOST LANDSCAPES OF SAN FRANCISCO: The City and Bay in Motion

date: 2024-03-06, from: Internet Archive Blog

LOST LANDSCAPES OF SAN FRANCISCO: The City and Bay in MotionMarch 18 @ 6:30pm – 9pmInternet Archive, 300 Funston Avenue, San FranciscoBuy Tickets This 18th edition of LOST LANDSCAPES immerses […]

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Many Community Colleges Serve Basic Needs. But Free Dental Care? That’s A Crowning Achievement

date: 2024-03-06, updated: 2024-03-06, from: The LAist

Oral health can impact academic performance. It can also be a learning opportunity for dental hygiene students.

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REE closes $15M share offering, links with Airbus, and showcases demo EV at Work Truck Week

date: 2024-03-06, from: Electrek Feed

EV startup REE Automotive is off to a newsworthy week so far, dropping three separate updates regarding its business strategies and unique technology. In addition to a new collaboration to provide technology to aerospace developer Airbus UpNext, REE closed a public offering of ordinary shares this morning, totaling close to $15 million. Lastly, the public is getting its first public look at REE’s all-electric demo vehicle at Work Truck Week 2024.

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It’s Decision Day for the SEC

date: 2024-03-06, from: Heatmap News

Current conditions: Texas’ Smokehouse Creek Fire is now 37% contained • Parts of Oklahoma and Texas could see large hail today • An excessive heat warning is in place for Bangkok where the heat index hit 107 degrees Fahrenheit.

THE TOP FIVE

1. SEC set to vote on corporate climate disclosures

The Securities and Exchange Commission is expected to issue a long-awaited, final rule today on what climate-related disclosures public companies have to make to their investors. The rules will cover a company’s greenhouse gas emissions and its exposure to climate-related risks, like extreme weather or future regulations. The SEC’s initial proposal has been the center of a lobbying firestorm. The most contentious aspect asked companies to disclose emissions indirectly related to their business, known as “scope 3” emissions. As Heatmap’s Emily Pontecorvo explained: “That means a company like Amazon wouldn’t just have to report the emissions from its warehouses and delivery trucks, but also an estimate of the emissions associated with producing and using all the products it sells.”

Lobbying groups pushed back hard on this, and probably won: The SEC is expected to drop requirements to report scope 3 emissions in the final rule. But it is also reportedly going to soften rules for disclosing scope 1 and scope 2 emissions, which are greenhouse gases produced directly by the company through its own operations, and through its electricity use, respectively. “The draft rule now under consideration would compel such disclosures only if companies deem they are material,” Reuters reported.

2. Solar accounted for more than half of new electric generating capacity last year

Solar installations in America hit a record-high last year, according to the U.S. Solar Market Insight 2023 Year in Review. The industry added 32.4 gigawatts of electric generating capacity, which is a 51% increase over 2022. Solar accounted for more than half (53%) of all new electric generating capacity, a first for renewable electricity. “If we stay the course with our federal clean energy policies, total solar deployment will quadruple over the next 10 years,” said SEIA president and CEO Abigail Ross Hopper. The report outlines solar deployment forecasts through 2034 based on different scenarios. Supply chain improvements, lower interest rates, and tax credits could increase installations; supply chain problems and unfavorable economic policies would hurt capacity:

SEIA

3. El Niño is weakening, WMO says

The El Niño weather pattern that has been in place since June of last year peaked in December and is now weakening, the World Meteorological Organization said yesterday. But its warming effects will linger, resulting in above normal temperatures over nearly all land areas through May. “Every month since June 2023 has set a new monthly temperature record – and 2023 was by far the warmest year on record,” said WMO Secretary-General Celeste Saulo. “El Niño has contributed to these record temperatures, but heat-trapping greenhouse gases are unequivocally the main culprit.” She continued: “Ocean surface temperatures in the equatorial Pacific clearly reflect El Niño. But sea surface temperatures in other parts of the globe have been persistently and unusually high for the past 10 months. The January 2024 sea-surface temperature was by far the highest on record for January. This is worrying and can not be explained by El Niño alone.”

4. Study: Arctic could see ice-free summer by 2035

New research published in the journal Nature Reviews Earth & Environment suggests the Arctic could be ice-free during the summer months as soon as 2035 due to planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions. “This would transform the Arctic into a completely different environment, from a white summer Arctic to a blue Arctic,” said Alexandra Jahn, an associate professor of atmospheric and oceanic sciences at the University of Colorado Boulder and a lead author of the research. “So even if ice-free conditions are unavoidable, we still need to keep our emissions as low as possible to avoid prolonged ice-free conditions.” But she added that if, in the future, we are able to remove large amounts of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and reverse warming, “sea ice will come back within a decade.”

5. Not-so-windy Florida moves to ban offshore wind farms

Florida seems very keen on banning things that don’t yet exist. Earlier this week the state Senate approved a bill making it illegal to manufacture or sell lab-grown meat, a product that is still in early stages of development and pretty hard (though not impossible) to find. Now the state legislature is about to pass HB 1645, a bill prohibiting offshore wind turbines in state waters. Florida doesn’t have very strong offshore winds, and hurricanes pose a big risk to turbines, which explains why the state has not a single operational wind farm – offshore or onshore. And legislators want to keep it that way! Joking aside, the rest of the bill is less benign: It would ban transmission cabling in state waters, weaken regulations on natural gas pipelines, and delete most references to climate change in state law.

THE KICKER

The state of Illinois has the busiest EV chargers in the U.S., with one report finding the chargers are in use 26% of the time.

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BMW gives you extra cash to switch from a Tesla or other EVs, but not from a gas car

date: 2024-03-06, from: Electrek Feed

BMW introduced a new incentive for its EV buyers: $1,000 off if you switch from a Tesla or other EVs.

The new conquest program doesn’t apply to gas car as the German automaker goes for low picking fruits.

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@Dave Winer’s Scripting News (date: 2024-03-06, from: Dave Winer’s Scripting News)

This just in from Occam’s News. The states of Colorado, Maine and Illinois have guts and the members of the so-called “Supreme Court” enjoy wearing robes to work and they have nice offices, and don’t want to be shipped off to a gulag, or worse, once Putin’s lapdog is back in the White House.

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Capita says 2023 cyberattack costs a factor as it reports staggering £100M+ loss

date: 2024-03-06, updated: 2024-03-06, from: The Register (UK I.T. News)

Additional cuts announced, sparking fears of further layoffs

Outsourcing giant Capita today reported a net loss of £106.6 million ($135.6 million) for calendar 2023, with the costly cyberattack by criminals making a hefty dent in its annual financials.…

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Surveillance through Push Notifications

date: 2024-03-06, updated: 2024-03-04, from: Bruce Schneier blog

The Washington Post is reporting on the FBI’s increasing use of push notification data—”push tokens”—to identify people. The police can request this data from companies like Apple and Google without a warrant.

The investigative technique goes back years. Court orders that were issued in 2019 to Apple and Google demanded that the companies hand over information on accounts identified by push tokens linked to alleged supporters of the Islamic State terrorist group.

But the practice was not widely understood until December, when Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), in a …

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WAVES: It’s a Woman’s War Too!

date: 2024-03-06, from: National Archives, Pieces of History blog

Today’s post, from Alyssa Moore in the National Archives History Office, is in honor of Women’s History Month and looks at the Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service program, or WAVES, during World War II. Less than one year after the United States entered World War II, the Navy was facing a dire shortage of … Continue reading WAVES: It’s a Woman’s War Too!

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iPhone sales slide in China

date: 2024-03-06, from: Marketplace Morning Report

From the BBC World Service: Sales in China of Apple’s iPhone fell by 24% in the first six weeks of 2024 compared to a year earlier, while competitor Huawei saw its sales jump by 64% during that same period. Also, Singapore’s prime minister defends exclusive access to Taylor Swift’s Eras tour, and regional neighbors aren’t happy. And the Panama Canal faces a major problem: The canal is running out of water.

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Year of Linux on the desktop creeps closer as market share rises a little

date: 2024-03-06, updated: 2024-03-06, from: The Register (UK I.T. News)

25% increase in seven months… But it depends how you count it

Statcounter says Linux’s share of the desktop moved up from three percent last July to four percent in February, which on the face of it is pretty good.…

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Fostering collaboration in the Global Clubs Partner network

date: 2024-03-06, from: Raspberry Pi (.org)

We partner with educational organisations around the world to bring coding activities to young people in their regions through Code Club and CoderDojo. Currently involving 52 organisations in 41 countries, this Global Clubs Partner network shares our passion for empowering kids to create with technology. A key aspect of how we foster the Global Clubs…

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Gary Horton | Please Shift Forward, Not in Reverse

date: 2024-03-06, from: The Signal

I saw a cute meme the other day on Facebook. It was a stylized Joe Biden sitting in a vintage Corvette, looking over with his wide grin and his signature Ray Bans. Says Biden, “Remember: You put it in D to go forward. You put it in R to go backwards.”   Our entire country needs […]

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Eunice Davidson and Tony Henson | Educate vs. Eradicate

date: 2024-03-06, from: The Signal

The following is a copy of a letter sent to the William S. Hart Union High School District. We are the Native American Guardian’s Association, the national voice of a proven 90% of Native people who support or have no problem with the respectful use of our names and imagery in sports and the mainstream. […]

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Dan Petkunas | Why Presidents Need Immunity

date: 2024-03-06, from: The Signal

Donald Trump is right in saying every president needs immunity from being sued. Imagine Abraham Lincoln being sued for all the losses cotton-growing plantations experienced with the loss of all the workers. Or a family suing Barack Obama for killing a relative-terrorist American living overseas.  Dan Petkunas Valencia 

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Jim Haley | Immigration Helps Our Communities

date: 2024-03-06, from: The Signal

The facts speak for themselves about immigration, and how the economy has always gotten stronger because of it. We can’t let racist bigots control how we handle people who want to make a better life for themselves at the same time they help improve our communities grow and prosper. Jim Haley Castaic

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Boffins propose fiber-optic network for the Moon

date: 2024-03-06, updated: 2024-03-06, from: The Register (UK I.T. News)

To detect seismic waves, silly

Researchers at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute in the US are proposing the deployment of a fiber-optic network on the Moon to probe our natural satellite’s interior by detecting seismic waves.…

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Bill 185-37 vetoed by governor

date: 2024-03-06, from: Guam Daily Post

As promised, Gov. Lou Leon Guerrero has vetoed Bill 185-37, the measure that would ensure any hospital constructed under the previously enacted Guam 21st Century Healthcare Center Act would be built in Tamuning, specifically at Ypao Point.

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Logitech MX Brio 705 – where Ultra HD meets Ultra AI

date: 2024-03-06, updated: 2024-03-06, from: The Register (UK I.T. News)

Because your face surely deserves to be rendered in glistening 4K, right?

Review  Logitech has marched back into the webcam world with the MX Brio, an Ultra HD device sprinkled with copious AI. But is it worth $199.99?…

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Does Rooftop Solar Actually Help the Climate?

date: 2024-03-06, from: Heatmap News

For a few weeks now, Heatmap’s staff writer, Emily Pontecorvo, has been trying to figure out if installing rooftop solar panels on your home actually reduces carbon pollution in a systematic way. In other words: If you own a home, and install solar panels on it, are you doing anything to change how much fossil fuel gets burned in your region or around the world? Or — somewhat counterintuitively — will your panels just increase the cost of electricity near you while shifting demand for those fossil fuels around?

On this week’s episode, we try to answer these questions in a satisfying way. Princeton Professor Jesse Jenkins and I welcome Emily to the podcast to discuss the messy truth of distributed solar power.

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Here is an excerpt from our conversation:

Emily Pontecorvo: My question is, if you’re taking this solar-shaped hole out of electricity demand and that’s displacing a cheaper utility-scale solar project, how do we go from that to you’re not having an effect on emissions? Why is displacing that cheaper option than meaning that it’s not as an effective climate action?

Jesse Jenkins: Well, because basically there’s a certain amount of demand for solar-shaped production in the electricity system, right? And if you’re reducing demand for electricity at exactly the time that a utility solar project would produce, then you’re making the economics of building more solar incrementally worse as you add more distributed solar.

We still get basically the same amount of overall solar power in equilibrium. Like, you know, that’s the amount that’s profitable for people to invest in. It’s just that you’ve shifted it from, again, cheaper projects at larger scale to more expensive projects at smaller scale, particularly in the U.S. We can come back to why the U.S. market is so, I think, broken and so much more expensive than it needs to be.

But particularly in the US, it is much more expensive, like three or four times more expensive, to build a megawatt worth of solar panels in 10 kilowatt increments at a bunch of different homes than it is to build one megawatt of solar on a big landfill or in a farm or on a big box store.

Pontecorvo : So is the idea that, do you get less solar overall or is it?

Jenkins : No, you basically get the same amount. You just get the same amount of solar and it’s just more expensive.

Pontecorvo : Why does it matter then? I mean, obviously it matters. It’s a better outcome to have a cheaper clean electricity system. But …

Jenkins: No, it’s a great question.

So why does it matter? I mean, there’s two questions.

You were asking before, like, does it amount to an effective climate action? Well, if it doesn’t increase the overall supply of solar power in the regional grid, then no, it’s not an effective climate action.

It might be fine for you to do it as a personal decision for other reasons like economics or feeling like you don’t want to keep paying your utility because you don’t like the utility and you want to generate your own power. Like there’s lots of other reasons why you might do this. Or because you want to save land, right? We can talk about the sort of land-saving potential distributed generation, which I think is probably the best case for it.

But in terms of climate impact, it’s null. If you’re not increasing the supply of clean energy overall, you’re just substituting one clean megawatt hour for another clean megawatt hour.

Why does it matter that we’re making that megawatt hour more expensive? Well, at the end of the day, we have to keep our electricity supply affordable as we decarbonize. Both because it’s important for equity reasons, because we don’t want people who have a hard time paying their bills to have to pay a lot more. But from a climate perspective, because we have to radically expand the amount of electricity supply and decarbonize transportation and heating and industry and make hydrogen and do all these other things, that are going to require electricity to be relatively competitive against the fossil fuels that they’re trying to displace in those sectors.

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Council resolution paves the way for 14 Kona parking stalls

date: 2024-03-06, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>Kailua-Kona may be getting a few more free public parking spaces thanks to state land being offered to the county.</p>
        

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The clock is ticking for Maunakea authority

date: 2024-03-06, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>The transition of control over the summit of Maunakea has been slow going over the past year, but could speed up soon.</p>
        

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Biden and Trump are sweeping Super Tuesday races and moving closer to a November rematch

date: 2024-03-06, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>WASHINGTON &#8212; President Joe Biden and his predecessor, Donald Trump, were romping to coast-to-coast victories on Super Tuesday, all but cementing a November rematch and increasing pressure on the former president&#8217;s last major rival, Nikki Haley, to leave the Republican race.</p>
        

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Grep Lupton dies at 64: LGTBQ+ community mourns loss of leader

date: 2024-03-06, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>Members of the Hawaii Island LGTBQ+ community are mourning the loss of fellow advocate and leader Greg Lupton.</p>
        

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Edey helps rally No. 3 Purdue to 77-71 win at No. 12 Illinois to clinch outright Big Ten title

date: 2024-03-06, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>CHAMPAIGN, Ill. &#8212; Zach Edey had 28 points and eight rebounds as No. 3 Purdue rallied in the second half to beat No. 12 Illinois 77-71 on Tuesday night, becoming the first team in 17 years to win consecutive outright Big Ten regular-season championships. </p>
        

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Embrace, don’t restrict, use of IVF

date: 2024-03-06, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>A child&#8217;s hug at the end of a long workday is a happy moment for any parent. But it&#8217;s extra emotional for Liz McLoone Dybvig of St. Paul, Minnesota, because her path to motherhood wasn&#8217;t an easy one.</p>
        

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Your Views for March 6

date: 2024-03-06, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>Don&#8217;t cut funding&#0010;for art in Hawaii</p>
        

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A Senate partisan departs

date: 2024-03-06, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>What is Mitch McConnell&#8217;s legacy as leader of Senate Republicans? A lot of procedurally astute but brazenly hypocritical moves to strengthen the power of his party in the chamber.</p>
        

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Seahawks’ makeover begins as Jamal Adams, Quandre Diggs and Will Dissly are released

date: 2024-03-06, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>RENTON, Wash. &#8212; The Seattle Seahawks&#8217; remodel under new coach Mike Macdonald started Tuesday as the team released safeties Jamal Adams and Quandre Diggs, and tight end Will Dissly in moves that will give the team a boost of salary cap space ahead of the start of the new league year. </p>
        

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South Korea has plan ready for prolonged walkout by doctors

date: 2024-03-06, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>South Korea has a contingency plan for a prolonged walkout by trainee doctors that has threatened the delivery of health care as they protest against a plan to increase medical school enrollment, according to the nation&#8217;s health minister.</p>
        

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Biden administration would cap credit card late fees at $8, part of campaign against junk fees

date: 2024-03-06, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>WASHINGTON &#8212; The Biden administration announced a rule Tuesday to cap all credit card late fees, the latest effort in the White House push to end what it has called junk fees and a move that regulators say will save Americans up to $10 billion a year.</p>
        

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Haitian leader who was mysteriously absent arrives in Puerto Rico on his way home to quell violence

date: 2024-03-06, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti &#8212; It&#8217;s the one question on the minds of all Haitians ever since armed gangs plunged the long-suffering Caribbean nation into near anarchy: Where in the world is the prime minister?</p>
        

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Vulcans baseball, softball see mixed success in weekend series

date: 2024-03-06, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>UH-Hilo&#8217;s baseball and softball teams each played two Pacific West Conference doubleheaders on Friday and Saturday in Hilo &#8212; with baseball going 2-2 against Biola and softball going 1-3 against Dominican.</p>
        

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DeSantis will send troopers to Miami Beach, other cities during spring break

date: 2024-03-06, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Tuesday that 140 state troopers will be deployed across Florida to assist 17 different law enforcement agencies with anticipated spring break crowds.</p>
        

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Suspect Robert Telles says he wants to waive search of slain Las Vegas reporter’s devices

date: 2024-03-06, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>LAS VEGAS &#8212; Former Clark County Public Administrator Robert Telles said he wants to proceed with his murder trial instead of obtaining information on the devices of slain Las Vegas Review-Journal investigative reporter Jeff German.</p>
        

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UH auctioning ‘island heritage’ basketball jerseys

date: 2024-03-06, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>HONOLULU &#8211; The University of Hawai&#8216;i at Manoa men&#8217;s basketball team is gearing up for a big week as it prepares to host CSU Northridge today and CSU Bakersfield on Saturday</p>
        

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‘This is a community asset’: Salvation Army acquires new kitchen trailer

date: 2024-03-06, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>When emergencies occur or disaster strikes, a new bright red trailer will be bringing hot meals to people in need.</p>
        

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Public comment period extended for county’s General Plan update

date: 2024-03-06, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>Hawaii County has extended the public comment period to April 1 for the General Plan Comprehensive Review and Update.</p>
        

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Kona coffee festival seeks ‘signature’ artwork

date: 2024-03-06, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>The Kona Coffee Cultural Festival has announced its &#8220;call for signature art&#8221; for the 53rd festival, which will be held Nov. 1-10.</p>
        

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Kahilu to host premiere of Kauhane documentary

date: 2024-03-06, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>Kahilu Theatre in Waimea will present the premiere of &#8220;Hawaii Songwriter, The Film&#8221; at 7 p.m. on Saturday, March 16.</p>
        

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UH-Hilo men’s hoops set for PacWest tourney, women’s squad left out

date: 2024-03-06, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>UH-Hilo&#8217;s men&#8217;s basketball team is set for the Pacific West Conference tournament this week, while the women&#8217;s team fell short in the standings and was left out.</p>
        

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Defense attorneys ID potential new witnesses in Fulton County DA removal fight

date: 2024-03-06, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>ATLANTA &#8212; Defendants in the Fulton County election interference case say they have two new witnesses who can raise additional questions about whether Nathan Wade&#8217;s law partner was truthful when he testified last month about the special prosecutor&#8217;s romantic relationship with District Attorney Fani Willis.</p>
        

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Obituaries for March 6

date: 2024-03-06, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>Jon Dolph Goldman, 74, of Ocean View died Dec. 28 at home. Born in Oakland, Calif., he was a farm manager for Mac Farms, member of Line Riders Motorcycle Club and enjoyed horticulture. Services at a later date. Survived by daughter, Amanda (Jonathan Ching) Rudolph of Kailua-Kona; a grandson. Arrangements by Dodo Mortuary.</p>
        

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Gaza cease-fire talks fail to achieve a breakthrough with Ramadan just days away, Egypt says

date: 2024-03-06, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>CAIRO &#8212; Three days of negotiations with Hamas over a cease-fire in Gaza and the release of Israeli hostages failed to achieve a breakthrough on Tuesday, Egyptian officials said, less than a week before the start of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, the informal deadline for a deal.</p>
        

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The Savvy Senior | How to Divide Your Personal Possessions Without Dividing the Family

date: 2024-03-06, from: The Signal

Dear Savvy Senior,  Do you have any suggestions on divvying up my personal possessions to my kids after I’m gone without causing hard feelings or conflict? I have a lot of jewelry, art, family heirlooms and antique furniture, and four grown kids that don’t always see eye-to-eye on things.   — Conflicted Parent  Dear Conflicted,  Divvying […]

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Supermium drags Google Chrome back in time to Windows XP, Vista, and 7

date: 2024-03-06, updated: 2024-03-06, from: The Register (UK I.T. News)

If you really need obsolete OSes, here’s a modern(ish) browser

Supermium is a browser based on the Google Chrome 121 codebase that works fine on Windows 7 and even, for the truly desperate, for Vista and XP.…

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Former detainee denies sexually assaulting 14-year-old at DYA

date: 2024-03-06, from: Guam Daily Post

An 18-year-old man pleaded not guilty to sexually assaulting a male detainee at the Department of Youth Affairs.

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Officials respond to SOTI address

date: 2024-03-06, from: Guam Daily Post

The governor delivered her annual State of the Island address Tuesday night, speaking on matters involving a new public hospital and medical campus, a need to reconsider automatic procurement stays and public safety matters, but not everyone agrees with her…

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Temporary power bill in voting file as AG withdrawal addressed

date: 2024-03-06, from: Guam Daily Post

The measure seeking to avoid delays in the procurement of temporary power for Guam, Bill 206-37, has been placed into the voting file while lawmakers now turn their attention to addressing the attorney general’s withdrawal of representation from agencies under…

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State of island strong, future is bright, says Leon Guerrero

date: 2024-03-06, from: Guam Daily Post

Gov. Lou Leon Guerrero delivered her annual State of the Island address Tuesday night, and while she would ultimately discuss health care issues, procurement woes and public safety matters, the governor began by recalling some of her administration’s accomplishments amid…

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Drug suspect allegedly stabbed man with dart in October 2023

date: 2024-03-06, from: Guam Daily Post

A man accused in an October 2023 stabbing was arrested this week after he was suspected of having methamphetamine during a traffic stop.

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Woman held on $100K cash bail in Thai Thai restaurant homicide case

date: 2024-03-06, from: Guam Daily Post

Jenna Manibusan was detained at the Department of Corrections on $100,000 cash bail after she was indicted on charges related to the fatal shooting and robbery of Sumittra Lairopi.

https://www.postguam.com/news/local/woman-held-on-100k-cash-bail-in-thai-thai-restaurant-homicide-case/article_4acc26f2-db59-11ee-8bf5-db0c55279fef.html Save to Pocket

Recovering addicts criticize new billboard from attorney general

date: 2024-03-06, from: Guam Daily Post

Two recovering addicts shared their thoughts on a new billboard put up by the Office of the Attorney General.

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Oddµ beta program for Campaign Wiki

date: 2024-03-06, from: Alex Schroeder’s Blog

Oddµ beta program for Campaign Wiki

Campaign Wiki offers a basic wiki for people wanting to keep campaign records for their role-playing games. I’ve been developing a new software that’s now available for beta testing. That is to say: I think it’s ready. I’ve been using it for this site for a while, now.

What hasn’t been tested is 1. its usability (how well can it be used by people that are mainly interested in their games and not their software) and 2. it’s permission setup (the new site no longer allows editing by strangers: you need an account to edit the site).

Well, as soon as the first person signed up, problems started showing up in both areas! 😅

So I’ve been busy fixing bugs and writing documentation.

#Oddµ

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Office Hours: What should be Biden’s central message in tomorrow’s State of the Union?

date: 2024-03-06, from: Robert Reich on Substack

Friends, In effect, the general election begins now — after Super Tuesday, with tomorrow’s State of the Union address. Joe Biden should win this election. He’s an incumbent president running for reelection with a reasonably healthy economy. Yet Biden is not winning, at least not now.

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This phone charger only works when your eyes are closed

date: 2024-03-06, from: Raspberry Pi News (.com)

Artist Dries Depoorter’s installation Recharge will only charge your phone if you are getting some much-needed shut-eye yourself.

The post This phone charger only works when your eyes are closed appeared first on Raspberry Pi.

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Biden, Trump Have Super Night on Super Tuesday

date: 2024-03-06, from: VOA News USA

Super Tuesday — the night that has been known to make or break candidates in the past — is over. More convention delegates are awarded on Super Tuesday than any other night of the campaign year. Fifteen states and a U.S. Territory conducted primaries and caucuses for the Democratic and Republican presidential candidates. VOA’s Senior Washington Correspondent Carolyn Presutti brings us the highlights and tells us what’s next.

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The Lie That’s Inflating Your Credit Card Bills

date: 2024-03-06, from: The Lever News

Credit card companies doubled interest rates on the false claim of inflated financial risk — and now to fight new late-fee rules, they’re threatening to raise them even higher.

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Classifieds – March 6, 2024

date: 2024-03-06, from: The Daily Trojan (USC Student Paper)

The Daily Trojan features Classified advertising in each day’s edition. Here you can read, search, and even print out each day’s edition of the Classifieds.

The post Classifieds – March 6, 2024 appeared first on Daily Trojan.

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Chip lobby group SEMI to EU: Export restrictions should only be used in self-defense

date: 2024-03-06, updated: 2024-03-06, from: The Register (UK I.T. News)

Please don’t scare away foreign investors - who do you think pays for this stuff?

SEMI, an industry association representing 3,000 chip vendors, would really appreciate it if the European Union would back off plans to impose export controls on China, arguing that they should only be used as a “last resort” to protect national security.…

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Latines deserve better representation in media

date: 2024-03-06, from: The Daily Trojan (USC Student Paper)

Welcome back to the Soapbox, the Daily Trojan’s official opinion podcast. Today, we turn our eyes to the world of entertainment through a Latin lens. Mateo Jimenez joins us today, he has highlighted in his article, that you can read now on dailytrojan.com, how we latin people in north american pop culture are seen as more of a gimmick than a reality, more stereotype than truth.

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Today in SCV History (March 6)

date: 2024-03-06, from: SCV New (TV Station)

1772 – Spanish Capt. Pedro Fages arrives; camps at Agua Dulce, Castaic, Lake Elizabeth, Lebec, Tejon. [story

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Tuition to rise by 4.9% for 2024-25 school year

date: 2024-03-06, from: The Daily Trojan (USC Student Paper)

The transportation fee, which finances USC initiatives such as the Lyft Rides Program and the Student U-Pass Program, will increase by $23, or roughly 5.4%.

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World’s largest LGBTQIA+ archive reopens

date: 2024-03-06, from: The Daily Trojan (USC Student Paper)

ONE Archives at the USC Libraries was closed for two years for improvements.

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A family feud: style versus fashion

date: 2024-03-06, from: The Daily Trojan (USC Student Paper)

We may be one step closer to finding our own style by understanding the distinct nature between trends and fashion.

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The lost humanity in detention centers

date: 2024-03-06, from: The Daily Trojan (USC Student Paper)

The cruel reality of mistreatment of migrants at detention centers.The cruel reality of mistreatment of migrants at detention centers.

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Veggie tale: alum speaks on journey with Beyond Meat

date: 2024-03-06, from: The Daily Trojan (USC Student Paper)

Hazel Lee, a 2019 graduate, uses skills learned at USC in the labs at Beyond Meat.

The post Veggie tale: alum speaks on journey with Beyond Meat appeared first on Daily Trojan.

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Heart in his skates: A San Diego man’s path to the NHL

date: 2024-03-06, from: The Daily Trojan (USC Student Paper)

Chad Ruhwedel’s love for hockey has sustained his playing career against all odds.

The post Heart in his skates: A San Diego man’s path to the NHL appeared first on Daily Trojan.

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What Nex Benedict’s death means for us

date: 2024-03-06, from: The Daily Trojan (USC Student Paper)

Gender policies here at USC are as impactful as those that caused Nex’s death.

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Women’s basketball braces for Pac-12 clash

date: 2024-03-06, from: The Daily Trojan (USC Student Paper)

The Trojans have a first-round bye, and will begin play in the quarterfinals.

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Art museum meets amusement park at Luna Luna

date: 2024-03-06, from: The Daily Trojan (USC Student Paper)

The exhibit’s L.A. opening delights with creations from iconic 20th century artists.

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Google dresses up services for the EU’s Digital Markets Act

date: 2024-03-06, updated: 2024-03-06, from: The Register (UK I.T. News)

Apple also unpeels its offerings before Europe makes its pips squeak

On Tuesday, Google elaborated on its efforts to comply with the European Union’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) – a set of competition obligations that take effect on Thursday.…

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China pushes ‘AI Plus’ initiative to integrate technology and industry

date: 2024-03-06, updated: 2024-03-06, from: The Register (UK I.T. News)

Beijing used a similar moniker for program that arguably gave us TikTok, Tencent, and Xiaomi

A plan to integrate AI into industry was among the top goals China’s government revealed in the annual Report On the Work of the Government delivered at its 14th National Party Congress on Tuesday.…

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I’m a programmer and I’m stupid

date: 2024-03-06, from: Anton Zhiyanov blog

But it kind of works.

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Deputies ask for help to find Valencia teen reported missing 

date: 2024-03-06, from: The Signal

Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station officials posted an alert to Instagram regarding a 15-year-old girl reported missing from the Valencia North Park area.   She was last seen Tuesday leaving her residence at approximately 3:30 p.m., according to the special bulletin posted around 9:30 p.m.  Sadie Ulloa is described as 5 feet, 3 inches tall, approximately […]

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Garcia leading Whitesides in early returns 

date: 2024-03-06, from: The Signal

Rep. Mike Garcia, R-Santa Clarita, and Democratic challenger George Whitesides, a former chief of staff for NASA, are expected to be on the ballot in November after months of campaigning.   Garcia led with 53.2% with 31,235 votes; Whitesides had 34.3%, or 20,200 votes; and Steve Hill, a Democrat, was in third with 12.5%, or 7,385 […]

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March 5, 2024 (Tuesday)

date: 2024-03-06, from: Heather Cox Richardson blog

Possibly the biggest story today in terms of its impact on most Americans’ lives is that as part of its war on junk fees, the Biden administration announced an $8 cap on late fees charged by credit card issuers that have more than a million accounts. These companies hold more than 95% of outstanding credit card debt. Currently, fees average $32, and they fall on more than 45 million people. The White House estimates that late fees currently cost Americans about $25 billion a year. The rule change will save Americans about $10 billion a year.

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Incumbents holding strong for state Legislature races 

date: 2024-03-06, from: The Signal

Election night is officially over, but the ballots still need to be fully counted.  The Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk released the first batch of counted ballots on Tuesday night, with these consisting of mail-in ballots received prior to Tuesday, as well as in-person ballots cast prior to Tuesday.  In total, 672,267 ballots have been […]

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Gascón, Hochman lead in early results for DA 

date: 2024-03-06, from: The Signal

One of the most closely watched and widely contested races in Los Angeles County, the campaign for the District’s Attorney’s Office, was led by District Attorney George Gascón and Nathan Hochman as of press time Tuesday night.  Gascón had 22.87% of the vote, or 138,403 votes; Hochman had 18.11%, or 109,602 votes; and Jonathan Hatami, […]

The post Gascón, Hochman lead in early results for DA  appeared first on Santa Clarita Valley Signal.

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San Marcos Baseball Finds its Groove With 7-0 Victory Over Rival Dos Pueblos

date: 2024-03-06, from: Santa Barbara Indenpent News

The Royals and Chargers will complete their two-game set on Friday beginning at 3 p.m.

The post San Marcos Baseball Finds its Groove With 7-0 Victory Over Rival Dos Pueblos appeared first on The Santa Barbara Independent.

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Barger opens up big lead in 5th District supervisor race 

date: 2024-03-06, from: The Signal

Los Angeles County 5th District Supervisor Kathryn Barger said she is feeling confident after the first batch of election results were released by the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk on Tuesday night.  “I feel great,” Barger said in a phone interview. “I feel that my campaign reflected my values and the fact that I stood […]

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US Lawmakers Push for ByteDance to Divest TikTok or Face Ban

date: 2024-03-06, from: VOA News USA

WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers introduced legislation on Tuesday to give China’s ByteDance about six months to divest popular short video app TikTok or face a U.S. ban, seeking to tackle national security concerns about its Chinese ownership.

The bill is the first significant legislative move in nearly a year toward banning or forcing ByteDance to divest the popular app, after Senate legislation to ban it stalled in Congress last year in the face of heavy lobbying by TikTok.

Mike Gallagher, the Republican chairperson of the House of Representatives’ select China committee and Representative Raja Krishnamoorthi, the top Democrat, are among more than a dozen lawmakers introducing the measure, which is expected to see an initial vote on Thursday.

“This is my message to TikTok: break up with the Chinese Communist Party or lose access to your American users,” Gallagher said. “America’s foremost adversary has no business controlling a dominant media platform in the United States.”

The bill would give ByteDance 165 days to divest TikTok, which is used by more than 170 million Americans, or make it unlawful for app stores run by Apple, Google, and others to offer TikTok or provide web hosting services to apps controlled by ByteDance.

The bill would not authorize any enforcement against individual users of an affected app, however.

“This bill is an outright ban of TikTok, no matter how much the authors try to disguise it,” a company spokesperson said on Tuesday.

“This legislation will trample the First Amendment rights of 170 million Americans and deprive 5 million small businesses of a platform they rely on to grow and create jobs,” the spokesperson said.

A White House National Security Council spokesperson called the bill “an important and welcome step” adding that the Biden administration would work with Congress “to further strengthen this legislation and put it on the strongest possible legal footing.”

The administration has worked with lawmakers from both parties to counter threats of tech services operating in the United States that pose risks to Americans’ sensitive data and broader national security, the official added.

TikTok says it has not, and would not, share U.S. user data with the Chinese government.

The American Civil Liberties Union called the bill unconstitutional, saying lawmakers were “once again attempting to trade our First Amendment rights for cheap political points during an election year.”

The bill, which would require companion legislation in the Senate, will be considered at an Energy and Commerce Committee hearing on Thursday for a vote.

The popularity of the app could make it tough to get legislation approved in an election year. Last month, Democratic President Joe Biden’s re-election campaign joined TikTok.

The bill would give the president new powers to designate apps of concern posing national security risks and subject them to the risk of bans or curbs unless ownership was divested.

It would cover apps with more than a million annual active users and under control of a foreign adversary entity, the bill says.

Concerns about Chinese-owned TikTok sparked efforts in Congress last year to tackle the risks from the short video sharing app or potentially ban it. Late in 2022, Congress barred federal employees from using it on government devices.

Last year the administration backed legislation sponsored by Senator Mark Warner and more than two dozen senators to give it new powers to ban TikTok and other foreign-based technologies if they pose national security threats.

That bill has never been voted on.

The new bill aims at bolstering the legal authority to address TikTok concerns. U.S. courts blocked an effort by previous President Donald Trump to ban TikTok in 2020.

Late in November, a U.S. judge blocked Montana’s first-of-its kind state ban on TikTok, saying it violated users’ free speech rights.

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What a surprise! Apple found a way to deliver browser engine and app store choice

date: 2024-03-06, updated: 2024-03-06, from: The Register (UK I.T. News)

We know this because those features just landed in iOS 17.4, along with lots of other goodies

Apple has debuted version 17.4 of its iOS & iPadOS, and by doing so made them compliant with European law.…

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Haley Suspends Campaign as Biden, Trump Move Toward 2024 Rematch

date: 2024-03-06, from: VOA News USA

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xa (xa65) 2.4.1

date: 2024-03-06, from: Old Vintage Computer Research

A quick one: xa (xa65), André Fachat’s compatible fast two-pass cross-assembler for 6502, 65C02, R65C02 and 65816 processors that André and I maintain is now at version 2.4.1. This optionally expands the syntax from 2.4.0 and fixes some bugs primarily with relocatable .o65 objects. As usual, there are even more tests in its extensive conformance test-suite, and it is tested on Linux/ppc64le, Mac OS X (PowerPC, Intel and Apple silicon), AIX (its primary development platform, just to be difficult), and NetBSD/macppc and NetBSD/mac68k. You can download it and read documentation in man(1) format (converted to HTML) from the main xa65 home page. xa is free and open-source under the GNU Public License v2.

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Early returns show Santa Clara County Supervisors race tight after polls close

date: 2024-03-06, from: San Jose Mercury News

The top two vote-getters in each contest will head to the general election in November unless a single candidate captures a majority of votes..

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US smashes solar records in 2023 – but 2024 will bring road bumps [Update]

date: 2024-03-06, from: Electrek Feed

The US added a record-setting 32.4 gigawatts (GW) of solar capacity in 2023, according to a new report, but 2024 will bring challenges to the industry.

more…

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Ex-San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo leads in race to replace U.S. Rep. Anna Eshoo in Congress, Supervisor Joe Simitian, Assemblymember Evan Low locked in tight battle

date: 2024-03-06, from: San Jose Mercury News

The top two candidates will head to the November run-off.

https://www.mercurynews.com/2024/03/05/ex-san-jose-mayor-sam-liccardo-leads-in-race-to-replace-u-s-rep-anna-eshoo-in-congress-supervisor-joe-simitian-assemblymember-evan-low-locked-in-tight-battle/ Save to Pocket

Sharks set new season-low in attendance for game vs. Dallas Stars

date: 2024-03-06, from: San Jose Mercury News

NHL: Struggling San Jose Sharks draw crowd of 10,070 for game vs. Joe Pavelski and the Dallas Stars

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California Assembly District 15: Too close to call race in early results

date: 2024-03-06, from: San Jose Mercury News

Election officials had counted 48,059 ballots when polls closed at 8 p.m.

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Super Tuesday takeaways: Though nominations not official, Biden-Trump battle is officially joined

date: 2024-03-06, from: San Jose Mercury News

On not-so-Super Tuesday, there were few surprises.

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Prop 1 results: Early support for mental health ballot measure

date: 2024-03-06, from: San Jose Mercury News

Proposition 1 – which needs a simple majority to pass – would authorize the state to issue bonds for 6,800 mental health and drug treatment beds.

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In early returns, tight race between Bas, Bauters for Alameda County supervisor seat

date: 2024-03-06, from: San Jose Mercury News

The nine-candidate field consisted of mayors, city council members, political organizers, lawyers, and executives.

https://www.mercurynews.com/2024/03/05/tk/ Save to Pocket

Rep. Adam Schiff leading former baseball star Steve Garvey in early returns for California U.S. Senate seat

date: 2024-03-06, from: San Jose Mercury News

In the Bay Area’s races for two open seats in the U.S. House of Representatives saw former San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo out front in early returns while Santa Clara County Supervisor Joe Simitian and Assemblyman Evan Low battled for second place in the South Bay’s 16th District.

https://www.mercurynews.com/2024/03/05/rep-adam-schiff-leading-former-baseball-star-steve-garvey-in-early-returns-for-california-u-s-senate-seat/ Save to Pocket

Early results show Republican Shoemaker leading in expensive East Bay state Senate race

date: 2024-03-06, from: San Jose Mercury News

Villapudua, who was backed by oil and gas money, is trailing in third, as early results show Shoemaker in the lead, followed by McNerney.

https://www.mercurynews.com/2024/03/05/early-results-show-mcnerney-and-republican-shoemaker-leading-in-expensive-state-senate-race/ Save to Pocket

Election Results Update: Local Races

date: 2024-03-06, from: The Signal

The post Election Results Update: Local Races appeared first on Santa Clarita Valley Signal.

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California Senate District 7: Arreguín leads with Kalb, Lybarger following closely

date: 2024-03-06, from: San Jose Mercury News

In the California State Senate race for District 7, Berkeley Mayor Jesse Arreguín is leading, with several prominent East Bay Democrats in close competition

https://www.mercurynews.com/2024/03/05/california-senate-district-7-arreguin-leads-with-kalb-lybarger-following-closely/ Save to Pocket

Citrix reveals invitation-only ‘Platform’ license

date: 2024-03-06, updated: 2024-03-06, from: The Register (UK I.T. News)

Follows the Broadcom playbook by ending standalone sales of some products

Citrix has created a “Platform License” that it will offer by invitation only, and stopped selling some products outside bundles.…

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Santa Barbara Votes: 2024 Primary Election Results

date: 2024-03-06, from: Santa Barbara Indenpent News

Das Williams behind in race for 1st District; Joan Hartmann way out front in race for 3rd; election results still too soon to call Tuesday night.

The post Santa Barbara Votes: 2024 Primary Election Results appeared first on The Santa Barbara Independent.

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@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-03-06, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)

The big news isn’t that Nikki Haley won — the big news is that Trump lost. #Loser.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/05/us/politics/nikki-haley-wins-vermont.html Save to Pocket

@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-03-06, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)

Veselka looks to ease back into a 24/7 schedule starting with weekends first.

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@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-03-06, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)

You know better but I know him.

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@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-03-06, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)

Haley defeats Trump in Vermont GOP primary. ❤️

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4511258-nikki-haley-donald-trump-vermont-primary/ Save to Pocket

GCC to host Multi-Purpose Auditorium public hearing for proposed fees

date: 2024-03-06, from: Guam Daily Post

The Guam Community College will hold a public hearing regarding proposed fees for the new Multipurpose Auditorium (Building 300) on Tuesday, March 12, 2024, at 2:30 p.m. and Wednesday, March 13, 2024, at 3 p.m., at the campus in Building…

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Japan orders local giants LINE and NAVER to disentangle their tech stacks

date: 2024-03-06, updated: 2024-03-06, from: The Register (UK I.T. News)

Government mighty displeased about a shared Active Directory that led to a big data leak

Japan’s government has ordered local tech giants LINE and NAVER to disentangle their tech stacks, after a data breach saw over 510,000 users’ data exposed.…

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Castaic’s CIF champion basketball coach fired

date: 2024-03-06, from: The Signal

Four days after leading Castaic Coyotes boys’ basketball to a CIF title, head coach Dominique Butler and assistant coach Ty McKinney were dismissed by the William S. Hart Union High School District, which cited screenshots of “inappropriate communications online between players and coaches.”  Butler said he met with district Assistant Superintendent Collyn Nielson and Castaic […]

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SCVi Charter School Welcomes New Applicants for 2024-25 School Year

date: 2024-03-06, from: SCV New (TV Station)

Santa Clarita Valley International Charter School, the founding school for iLEAD, a public charter school network providing innovative learning options for children in grades TK through 12, is excited to announce the recruitment of new students for the upcoming 2024-25 school year through enrollment lottery applications

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March 18: The 12th Annual Hart Games

date: 2024-03-06, from: SCV New (TV Station)

The 12th Annual Hart Games return on Monday, March 18 at Valencia High School in Valencia, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

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Coffee with a cause 

date: 2024-03-06, from: The Signal

What more could high school students ask for if their favorite caffeinated pick-me-up is right around the corner? Literally.   Valencia High School students who are a part of the school’s Medical Science Academy program are working closely with functional academic students on campus to immerse them through a coffee kiosk at brunch.  The MSA, according […]

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US Stops Short of Congratulating Indonesia’s Prabowo Subianto on Apparent Election Victory

date: 2024-03-06, from: VOA News USA

The White House says it looks forward to working with the new Indonesian administration but stopped short of congratulating Prabowo Subianto on his apparent victory in Indonesia’s presidential election last month. Prabowo, for his part, has vowed to continue a policy that allows Jakarta to reap Chinese investments while maintaining security ties with Washington. White House Bureau Chief Patsy Widakuswara has this report.

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NASA and Japan’s X-ray satellite space ’scope sends first snaps of distant galaxies

date: 2024-03-06, updated: 2024-03-06, from: The Register (UK I.T. News)

Calibration is done, operations nominal, science starts in August

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) announced on Monday that the X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM) – its joint mission with NASA – has transitioned into nominal operations.…

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US Stops Short of Congratulating Indonesia’s Prabowo on Apparent Election Victory

date: 2024-03-06, from: VOA News USA

white house — The White House said it looks forward to working with the incoming Indonesian administration but stopped short of congratulating Prabowo Subianto on his apparent victory in Indonesia’s presidential election last month.

“We congratulate the Indonesian people on a successful election. The president looks forward to early engagement with the new administration and strengthening our cooperation on what is already a strategic partnership,” said John Kirby, White House National Security Council spokesperson, in response to VOA’s question during the White House briefing Tuesday.

Kirby said the administration is “closely following the ongoing vote count” that shows Prabowo commanding a significant lead. With almost 90% of the votes counted, Prabowo holds almost 59% of the more than 150 million votes in the February 14 election.

“We’ve had an excellent cooperation with him since the time he was defense minister, and if he is in fact finally elected, then we look forward to continuing that relationship,” Kirby said.

Official results are not due until later in March, but Prabowo has claimed victory, and several countries have extended their congratulations, including China, Australia, the United Kingdom and others.

Alleged human rights violation

Currently serving as Indonesia’s defense minister, Prabowo has a long track record of alleged human rights violations, including the abduction and torture of activists during the 1998 ouster of his then father-in-law, former President Suharto, who ruled Indonesia for 32 years.

Prabowo’s victory is widely attributed to the support of the popular outgoing president, Joko Widodo, who last week awarded Prabowo with an honorary four-star general rank. The president’s son, Gibran Rakabuming Raka, is Prabowo’s running mate, fueling accusations of nepotism.

“Prabowo’s election creates not only a bad precedent in the effort to prosecute state crimes committed by the previous government,” said Gufron Mabruri, executive director of Indonesian human rights group Imparsial. “It will also weaken enforcement of human rights in the future.”

Until 2020, Prabowo was banned from entering the U.S. due to alleged human rights violations, but he has since visited as defense minister, invited by both the Trump and Biden administrations.

Asked about potential democratic backsliding in Indonesia, Kirby said the administration will “never back away from our concerns about the need for human rights, civil rights, and all the values of democratic institutions,” and that President Joe Biden “absolutely will not shy away” about expressing such concerns.

As the United States and China compete for regional influence, Prabowo aims to continue Indonesia’s nonaligned foreign policy that has allowed Jakarta to reap massive investments from Beijing while maintaining security ties with Washington.

In Washington, concerns about Indonesia veering too close to Beijing provide a geostrategic backdrop to U.S.-Indonesia ties, said Andreyka Natalegawa, associate fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

“At the same time, these broader geopolitical factors are also just strengthened by the fact that the U.S.-Indonesia partnership is strong and solid,” Natalegawa told VOA. He added that given the continuities with the outgoing Indonesian government, Washington should be comfortable in working with the new incoming administration.

There have been sporadic protests in Jakarta alleging election interference, but official results are expected to declare Prabowo as the country’s next leader in the coming weeks.

VOA Indonesia’s Rivan Dwiastono contributed to this report.

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COC to host Mike Gillespie Field dedication ceremony

date: 2024-03-06, from: The Signal

News release  The College of the Canyons Athletic Department is scheduled to March 16 to host a field dedication ceremony to unveil the recently named Mike Gillespie Field in honor of the legendary baseball coach’s distinguished career, the college announced in a news release.  The festivities begin at noon Saturday, March 16, with a pregame […]

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Review | U.S. Elevator’s Freewheeling Santa Barbara Sound Is on Great Display at SOhO

date: 2024-03-06, from: Santa Barbara Indenpent News

Led by Johnny Irion, U.S. Elevator brings vibrant fun to town.

The post Review | U.S. Elevator’s Freewheeling Santa Barbara Sound Is on Great Display at SOhO appeared first on The Santa Barbara Independent.

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Community invited to webinar on SCV Water’s 5-year strategic plan

date: 2024-03-06, from: The Signal

News release  The Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency is inviting the community to learn more about the agency’s five-year strategic plan through a special virtual presentation on Monday, March 25, from 6 to 7 p.m.   By attending the “Water Matters: Charting the Course – SCV Water’s Strategic Plan” webinar, community members will discover how […]

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@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-03-06, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)

Governor Roy Cooper of North Carolina is impressive.

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Massive apartment plans for Newhall fall through 

date: 2024-03-06, from: The Signal

Time has run out for a massive housing plan that would have added more than 2,000 apartments to the city of Santa Clarita’s housing supply against the city’s wishes, officials announced this week, with one official calling the failed submission “a win.”  The plans?   A 17.6-acre development south of Newhall Avenue at Sierra Highway for […]

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Review | ‘Treasure Island’

date: 2024-03-06, from: Santa Barbara Indenpent News

SBCC Theatre Group’s swashbuckling story has superb staging and plenty of intrigue, but a tepid script.

The post Review | ‘Treasure Island’ appeared first on The Santa Barbara Independent.

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Uncle Sam intervenes as Change Healthcare ransomware fiasco creates mayhem

date: 2024-03-06, updated: 2024-03-06, from: The Register (UK I.T. News)

As the crooks behind the attack - probably ALPHV/BlackCat - fake their own demise

The US government has stepped in to help hospitals and other healthcare providers affected by the Change Healthcare ransomware infection, offering more relaxed Medicare rules and urging advanced funding to providers.…

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Wednesday 6 March, 2024

date: 2024-03-06, from: John Naughton’s online diary

In the beginning… This is Gougane Barra, one of the most magical places in Ireland. It’s where the river Lee starts its journey to the sea on the South coast beyond the city of Cork. My first summer job involved … Continue reading →

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Director Joel Coen and Star Frances McDormand Discuss ‘The Tragedy of Macbeth’

date: 2024-03-06, from: Santa Barbara Indenpent News

Carsey-Wolf Center at UC Santa Barbara’s ‘Revisiting the Classics’ series casts fresh eyes on iconic works of our filmic past.

The post Director Joel Coen and Star Frances McDormand Discuss ‘The Tragedy of Macbeth’ appeared first on The Santa Barbara Independent.

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SC Flyers youth hockey teams to compete in SCAHA semis at The Cube 

date: 2024-03-06, from: The Signal

Four Santa Clarita Flyers youth hockey teams are set to compete this weekend in the semifinals of the Southern California Amateur Hockey Association playoffs being held at The Cube. Three separate Flyers 10U teams advanced to the final four of their respective tournaments, while the 14U squad also reached the knockout stage.  Prescott Littlefield, club […]

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Pigsty, Battery-included PostgreSQL Distro & Free RDS Alternative, v2.6 released!

date: 2024-03-06, from: PostgreSQL News

The Pigsty Community is happy to announce Pigsty 2.6.0, which uses PostgreSQL 16.2 as the default kernel and introduces the new ParadeDB & DuckDB FDW extensions to provide extra OLAP workload support.

We also have a brand new official website available at https://pigsty.io

Getting started with the latest v2.6.0 release with:

bash curl -fsSL https://get.pigsty.cc/latest

About Pigsty

Pigsty is a Battery-included, local-first PostgreSQL Distribution as an open-sourced RDS alternative.

Links: Website | GitHub | Demo | Blog | Install | Feature

Images: Introduction | Extensions | High-Availability | Dashboards

Extensible Postgres

PG with 180+ powerful extensions out of the box: PostGIS, Timescale, Citus, PGVector, AGE, PGML, ParadeDB, Hydra, DuckFDW, GraphQL, ……

Reliable Infras

Create self-healing HA PostgreSQL clusters with pre-configured PITR, built-in ACL, & SSL, and secure your infra with local CA & best practices.

Observable Graphics

Unparalleled monitoring best practices build upon the modern Prometheus & Grafana stack. Reuse them to monitor existing DBs & cloud RDS. Check our Gallery & Demo

Available Service

Deliver auto-routed, high-performance, pooled, reliable, flexible database Services Access via Pgbouncer DNSMasq, Keepalived, vip-manager, and HAProxy.

Maintainable Toolbox

Infra as Code, Declarative API & Idempotent Playbooks, Vagrant sandbox & Terraform IaaS provisioning specs. Local repo, offline package, delivered without Internet access.

Composable Modules

Modular design, flexible arch with many bonus features. Redis, MinIO, ETCD, FerretDB, DuckDB, Supabase, and Docker compose template for software that uses Postgres.

Painless Experience

Easy to use: Download, Install, and Configure in one command. Built-in configuration templates for different scenarios, auto-tuned params, admin SOP, and zero-downtime blue-green migration plans.

Compatible Distros

Run on base OS without containerization support: EL 7, 8, 9 and Rocky, Alma, CentOS, OracleLinux,… and Ubuntu 20.04 / 22.04 and Debian 11 / 12 Support.

Open-Source RDS

Free software open-sourced under the AGPLv3 license, a free RDS for PostgreSQL alternative.

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Stock market soars to record highs on AI boom: A bubble in the making?

date: 2024-03-05, from: The Sundail (CSUN student paper)

The stock market has surged, and optimism seems to have been renewed among investors that saw the Dow Jones hit an all-time high Friday and the S&P 500 following suit….

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Florida has no wind turbines but it’s going to ban them anyway

date: 2024-03-05, from: Electrek Feed

Florida legislature is about to ban offshore wind turbines in state waters, which wouldn’t be put there to begin with, to protect the beaches.

more…

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Good grief: CSUN theater presents a comedy of mourning

date: 2024-03-05, from: The Sundail (CSUN student paper)

The CSUN theater department hosted its interpretation of the play “House of Bernarda Alba” on Feb. 23 at the Little Theatre located in Nordhoff Hall. The play “House of Bernarda…

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The Veterans Resource Center and the importance of community

date: 2024-03-05, from: The Sundail (CSUN student paper)

The Veterans Resource Center was established in 2012 and strives to aid veterans with their educational journey at CSUN. For over a decade, the VRC at CSUN has been a…

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Stuck paying for your apartment’s crummy internet? FCC boss Rosenworcel wants to help

date: 2024-03-05, updated: 2024-03-06, from: The Register (UK I.T. News)

Proposed regulation would bar building owners from forcing internet services on tenants

One of the oddities of American apartment living is “bulk billing” – a practice that sees landlords determine which ISP serves the entire complex and requires residents to use that provider even if they would prefer a rival.…

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@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-03-05, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)

My friend Guy Kawasaki has a new book out, right now, which you can buy. If you want a great read from a person who knows how to develop and market ideas with humor, wisdom, love and integrity, this is the one to get.

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Cougars Win Second Straight Conference Tourney, Remain Undefeated

date: 2024-03-05, from: SCV New (TV Station)

College of the Canyons Men’s Golf won its second straight Western State Conference event, posting a 10-stroke advantage over runner-up Santa Barbara City College to remain undefeated on the season.

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Santa Barbara Airport Hosts Flight Simulation Before Alpha Resource Center Plane Pull

date: 2024-03-05, from: Santa Barbara Indenpent News

Annual fundraiser brings in more than $72,000 to support Alpha Resource Center.

The post Santa Barbara Airport Hosts Flight Simulation Before Alpha Resource Center Plane Pull appeared first on The Santa Barbara Independent.

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LA AGENCIA DE SERVICIOS MÉDICOS DE EMERGENCIA DEL CONDADO DE SANTA BÁRBARA CELEBRA 40 AÑOS

date: 2024-03-05, from: Santa Barbara Indenpent News

(CONDADO DE SANTA BÁRBARA, Calif.) – Es un gran placer que el Departamento de Salud Pública del Condado de Santa Bárbara (SBCPHD,

The post LA AGENCIA DE SERVICIOS MÉDICOS DE EMERGENCIA DEL CONDADO DE SANTA BÁRBARA CELEBRA 40 AÑOS appeared first on The Santa Barbara Independent.

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March 9: Santa Clarita Symphony ‘Awakening Spring’ Concert

date: 2024-03-05, from: SCV New (TV Station)

The Santa Clarita Symphony Orchestra will host the “Awakening Spring” concert Saturday, March 9 at 7 p.m. at the Canyon High School Performing Arts Center, 19300 Nadal St., Santa Clarita, CA

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Santa Barbara County EMS Agency Celebrates 40 Years

date: 2024-03-05, from: Santa Barbara Indenpent News

(SANTA BARBARA County, Calif.) – It is with great pleasure that the Santa Barbara County Public Health Department (SBCPHD) celebrates the Emergency

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Chris Sneddon Named New Head of Santa Barbara County Public Works

date: 2024-03-05, from: Santa Barbara Indenpent News

The supervisors confirmed Sneddon’s appointment on Tuesday before diving into Tajiguas Landfill, which will be on Sneddon’s plate for years to come.

The post Chris Sneddon Named New Head of Santa Barbara County Public Works appeared first on The Santa Barbara Independent.

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Saugus High jazz choir to perform at ACDA Western Conference 

date: 2024-03-05, from: The Signal

The Saugus High School “Blue Notes” jazz choir has been selected as the only high school jazz choir to perform on Friday at the American Choral Directors Association Western Conference.  The conference is set to be held at the Pasadena Convention Center.  “Singing at an ACDA conference is one of the highest honors a choir […]

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@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-03-05, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)

RSS and feeds in general are back in style.

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@Dave Winer’s Scripting News (date: 2024-03-05, from: Dave Winer’s Scripting News)

I have been a reader of the NYT since I was a small child. I wanted to be a writer like Russell Baker. I was quoted by William Safire in an op-ed. I have done some of the most successful work of my career with the NYT. I love journalism like I love the Mets. I don’t expect them to do great things every season, but I do hope for a 1969 or 1986 every once in a while. These days I don’t have much hope for the NYT returning to its former glory. I also wonder if they ever really were that great, that maybe I was just a naive young hero-seeker, growing up in Queens in the 1960s. We all have to work together to dig out of the hole we’re in. And that means reporters have to start looking at themselves, and they have to listen to us, the people who care about the job that we need journalism to do, that it isn’t doing.

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Santa Barbara’s Downtown Just Got a Boost on Fresh Produce Availability

date: 2024-03-05, from: Santa Barbara Indenpent News

Santa Barbara, March 2024 For many decades, the residents of our city have been blessed with a strong offering of

The post Santa Barbara’s Downtown Just Got a Boost on Fresh Produce Availability appeared first on The Santa Barbara Independent.

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March 16: Puppy Adoption Event St. Patrick’s Day Weekend

date: 2024-03-05, from: SCV New (TV Station)

Ken and Joe’s Powersports Dealership will host a special Pet Adoption Event taking place on March 16 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 21618 Golden Triangle Road, Santa Clarita CA 91350.

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tang_nano_20k_c64: Commodore c64 living in a Sipeed Tang Nano 20K, Primer 25K or Mega 138K

date: 2024-03-05, from: Tilde.news

Comments

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Colon Cancer Awareness Month Brings Local Grant into Spotlight

date: 2024-03-05, from: Santa Barbara Indenpent News

The Cancer Foundation of Santa Barbara has received a $167,000 grant in support of a genetic counseling program called the

The post Colon Cancer Awareness Month Brings Local Grant into Spotlight appeared first on The Santa Barbara Independent.

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More Planets than Stars: Kepler’s Legacy

date: 2024-03-05, from: NASA breaking news

The Kepler mission enabled the discovery of thousands of exoplanets, revealing a deep truth about our place in the cosmos: there are more planets than stars in the Milky Way galaxy. The road to this fundamental change in our understanding of the universe, however, required almost 20 years of persistence before the mission became a […]

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Trump supporters forge AI deepfakes to woo Black voters

date: 2024-03-05, updated: 2024-03-06, from: The Register (UK I.T. News)

Perps argue that if you vote based on one fake pic you get what you deserve

Admirers of Donald Trump are creating fake AI-generated images depicting the former US president interacting with Black people, in the hope the pictures are interpreted by voters as a sign of increasing support from a key voter group that would bolster his attempt to regain the White House.…

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What Do the Different Emoji Hearts Mean?

date: 2024-03-05, updated: 2024-03-05, from: Jason Kittke’s blog

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March 16: Santa Clarita Master Chorale Presents ‘Bruckner Birthday Brilliance’

date: 2024-03-05, from: SCV New (TV Station)

The Santa Clarita Master Chorale, led by Artistic Director Allan Robert Petker, is scheduled March 16 to present its classical concert, “Bruckner Birthday Brilliance.”

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South Sudan Activist in US Charged With Trying to Export Arms Illegally for Coup Back Home

date: 2024-03-05, from: VOA News USA

phoenix, arizona — A leading South Sudanese academic and activist living in exile in the United States has been charged in Arizona along with a Utah man born in the African nation on charges of conspiring to buy and illegally export millions of dollars’ worth of weapons to overthrow the government back home. 

Peter Biar Ajak fled to the U.S. with the help of the American government four years ago, after he said South Sudan’s president ordered him abducted or killed. Emergency visas were issued at the time to Ajak, now 40, and his family after they spent weeks in hiding in Kenya. He was most recently living in Maryland. 

A federal criminal complaint unsealed Monday in Arizona charges Ajak and Abraham Chol Keech, 44, of Utah, with conspiring to purchase and illegally export through a third country to South Sudan a cache of weapons in violation of the Arms Export Control Act and the Export Control Reform Act. The weapons that were considered included automatic rifles like AK-47s, grenade launchers, Stinger missile systems, hand grenades, sniper rifles, ammunition, and other export-controlled arms. 

Although the criminal complaint was made public by Justice officials, the case was still not available in the federal government’s online system by Tuesday afternoon so it was unknown if the men had attorneys who could speak to the charges against them. 

“As alleged, the defendants sought to unlawfully smuggle heavy weapons and ammunition from the United States into South Sudan — a country that is subject to a U.N. arms embargo due to the violence between armed groups, which has killed and displaced thousands,” Assistant Attorney General Matthew Olsen of the Justice Department’s National Security Division said in a statement. 

“Sanctions and export controls help ensure that American weapons are not used internationally to destabilize other sovereign nations,” said Gary Restaino, U.S. attorney for Arizona. 

A man who answered the telephone Tuesday at the Embassy of South Sudan in Washington said the mission does not have a press officer and the ambassador was traveling and unavailable for comment. 

From 2022-23, Ajak was a postdoctoral fellow in the Belfer Center’s International Security Program at the Harvard Kennedy School, focusing on state formation in South Sudan, according to the program’s website. He has also been a fellow at the Africa Center for Strategic Studies of the National Defense University and a Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellow at the National Endowment for Democracy. 

Sudan gained independence from Sudan July 9, 2011, after a successful referendum. But widespread inter-ethnic violence and extreme human rights abuses by all sides continue to plague the country.

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@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-03-05, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)

If Trump Prevails, How Will Section 3 Be Litigated On Or After January 20, 2025?

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Can AI Solve Science?

date: 2024-03-05, from: Stephen Wolfram blog

Note: Click any diagram to get Wolfram Language code to reproduce it. Wolfram Language code for training the neural nets used here is also available (requires GPU). Won’t AI Eventually Be Able to Do Everything? Particularly given its recent surprise successes, there’s a somewhat widespread belief that eventually AI will be able to “do everything”, […]

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Kia bumps up 2024 EV9 discount with massive $5,000 customer cash offer

date: 2024-03-05, from: Electrek Feed

If you’ve been waiting to buy Kia’s first three-row electric SUV, the perfect opportunity may have just landed. Kia is now offering a $5,000 customer cash discount on all 2024 EV9 models.

more…

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Liberty University to Pay Record Fine for Failing to Report Campus Crimes

date: 2024-03-05, from: VOA News USA

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March 9: SCV Eco Alliance Eco-Film Festival

date: 2024-03-05, from: SCV New (TV Station)

Six environmental films with a short discussion following each will be screened at the SCV Eco Alliance Eco-Film Festival to be held on the College of the Canyons Valencia campus on Saturday, March

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Volvo’s U.S. EV Sales Slow Down Continued In February 2024

date: 2024-03-05, from: Inside EVs News

The company is selling more plug-in hybrids, but all-electric car sales are down from last year.

https://insideevs.com/news/711243/volvo-us-ev-sales-february2024/ Save to Pocket

Rare ‘Jungle Book’ Watercolor Goes on Display at Rudyard Kipling’s Home in England

date: 2024-03-05, from: Smithsonian Magazine

“The Return of the Buffalo Herd” is one of only four surviving illustrations from the book

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/original-watercolor-from-the-jungle-book-to-be-showcased-at-authors-home-in-england-180983896/ Save to Pocket

Lilbits: Pixel 8a could cost more than the Pixel 7a, and Surface Pro 10 could have an OLED display

date: 2024-03-05, from: Liliputing

Details about the Google Pixel 8a have been leaking for months, but launch day could be coming soon, as WinFuture has found product listings at some retail websites… including some references to the price tag, which indicate that Google’s next mid-range phone will be pricier than its last. In other recent tech news from around […]

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March 8: Lure of Paradise Video Art Exhibit

date: 2024-03-05, from: SCV New (TV Station)

View “Lure of Paradise” an art show put on by California Institute of the Arts alumni on Friday, March 8 at 7 p.m

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Daimler Truck North America rolls out its EV dealer certification program

date: 2024-03-05, from: Electrek Feed

Daimler Truck North America just launched a dealer certification program to ensure a “world-class” experience for its electric truck buyers.

more…

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Microsoft drags Windows Subsystem for Android into the trash

date: 2024-03-05, updated: 2024-03-05, from: The Register (UK I.T. News)

Amazon Appstore tieup fizzles out, too

Next year Microsoft will kill off the Windows Subsystem for Android, its framework for running Android applications from the Amazon Appstore on Windows 11 devices.…

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Scientists Unravel the Mysteries of Earth’s Towering Star Dunes—Massive, Moving Mountains of Sand

date: 2024-03-05, from: Smithsonian Magazine

Using new technologies, researchers revealed an enormous star dune in Morocco formed more quickly than thought, and it’s on the move

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/scientists-unravel-the-mysteries-of-earths-towering-star-dunes-massive-moving-mountains-of-sand-180983898/ Save to Pocket

Barger Seeks Tax Relief for Homeowners Impacted by Chiquita Canyon Landfill

date: 2024-03-05, from: SCV New (TV Station)

Los Angeles County Supervisor Kathryn Barger has introduced a motion that explores bringing tax relief to homeowners in the communities of Val Verde, Live Oak and Hasley Hills impacted by odors from the Chiquita Canyon Landfill.

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@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-03-05, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)

U.S. students will take the SAT entirely online this year.

https://www.npr.org/2024/03/05/1235891530/sat-online-digital-test-college# Save to Pocket

A woman documented her effort to become the first person to complete…

date: 2024-03-05, updated: 2024-03-05, from: Jason Kittke’s blog

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A Remarkable Fresco Depicting a Scene From Greek Mythology Has Been Found in Pompeii

date: 2024-03-05, from: Smithsonian Magazine

The vibrant painting portrays siblings Phrixus and Helle as they flee from their stepmother

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-unearth-a-colorful-fresco-depicting-mythical-greek-siblings-in-pompeii-180983888/ Save to Pocket

Tuition to increase by 4.9% for Fall 2024

date: 2024-03-05, from: The Daily Trojan (USC Student Paper)

The transportation fee, which finances initiatives
such as the Shryft program and the Student U-Pass
Program, will increase by $24, or roughly 25%.

The post Tuition to increase by 4.9% for Fall 2024 appeared first on Daily Trojan.

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2024 Honda Prologue Officially Qualifies For $7,500 Federal Tax Credit

date: 2024-03-05, from: Inside EVs News

This makes the car up to 15% less expensive.

https://insideevs.com/news/711222/honda-prologue-7500-tax-credit/ Save to Pocket

MacPad: Hybrid Mac-iPad Laptop and Tablet

date: 2024-03-05, from: Michael Tsai

Federico Viticci (Hacker News): The concept behind the video was fascinating: if a Vision Pro can provide you with a virtual display for your Mac, can you physically remove the display from a MacBook and continue using it in “headless” mode with a Vision Pro or other external monitors? The answer is yes.That video planted […]

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Keyboard Control of Messages.app

date: 2024-03-05, from: Michael Tsai

With macOS Catalina, Apple replaced the Messages app, which had been based on iChat, with a version derived from the iOS Messages app. This brought some new features such as effects but dropped others such as conversation archiving. (You can’t even Select All to copy the text of a conversation.) Messages is often held up […]

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Emulation on iPhone

date: 2024-03-05, from: Michael Tsai

Mike Rockwell: Last year I wrote an about retro gaming on iOS. I’ve had a lot of fun playing games on the platform, especially through emulation. Much of what I wrote last year is still applicable today, but I thought I’d revisit the topic with a focus on the state of emulation on iOS and […]

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Nintendo v. Yuzu

date: 2024-03-05, from: Michael Tsai

Chris Brandrick (Hacker News): Nintendo is taking action against the creators of the popular emulator tool Yuzu.The copyright infringement filing, from Nintendo of America, states that the Yuzu tool (from developer Tropic Haze LLC) illegally circumvents the software encryption and copyright protection systems of Nintendo Switch titles, and thus facilitates piracy and infringes copyright under […]

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Samsung’s SD Express microSD cards support speeds up to 800 MB/s

date: 2024-03-05, from: Liliputing

Samsung has unveiled the first microSD cards with support for sequential read speeds as high as 800 MB/s later. That’s two to three times as fast as the speediest UHS-II SD cards available today, and even faster than a SATA SSD. So why are Samsung’s new microSD cards so fast? Because they’re the first to […]

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CNPS Announces New Projects to Scale Up Native Plant Production and Habitat for Pollinators

date: 2024-03-05, from: California Native Plants Society

The $1.9M cooperative agreements will allow CNPS to create science-based, publicly available tools for native plant propagation protocols and critical biodiversity data.

The post CNPS Announces New Projects to Scale Up Native Plant Production and Habitat for Pollinators appeared first on California Native Plant Society.

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BMW Will Pay EV Buyers $1,000 To Dump Their Tesla

date: 2024-03-05, from: Inside EVs News

The offer is valid for BMW BEVs through April 1, 2024.

https://insideevs.com/news/711269/bmw-2024-bev-conquest-program/ Save to Pocket

SWOT Satellite Catches Coastal Flooding During California Storms

date: 2024-03-05, from: NASA breaking news

Operated by NASA and the French space agency, the Surface Water and Ocean Topography mission provides a new view of water on land, at the coast, and in the ocean. A series of atmospheric rivers drenched California in February, with record amounts of rainfall and hurricane-force winds sweeping across parts of the state. At one […]

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Polestar (PSNY) CEO says rivals are falling into a trap by delaying EV plans

date: 2024-03-05, from: Electrek Feed

Polestar (PSNY) has been clear about its belief in an all-electric future. The company’s CEO, Thomas Ingenlath, is now calling out rivals for pulling back on EV plans, saying they are falling into a “trap” and they will be left behind as the industry transitions.

more…

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The writing is the same

date: 2024-03-05, from: Dave Winer’s Scripting News

All these different networks, but it’s all the same kind of writing.

I just pasted a link to a Substack post into a Threads document.

It would make so much sense if the document itself was readable right there, wouldn’t it?

Is the concept of a “web page” all that valuable?

Imagine if each note was a node.

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How we learn to art

date: 2024-03-05, from: Dave Winer’s Scripting News

People learn to make art by studying previous artists. Would we want it any other way?

Imagine if everyone had to reinvent everything that anyone had ever invented just to make something new.

There is a lot of that in software, people won’t put in an API so you have to rebuild the whole house just to get a window.

We can make progress when people don’t try to lock up their ideas.

Individuals live just a short time, we can’t do that much in a lifetime, but we are an amazing species, because we leave behind what we learn and we build.

We learn by studying ourselves.

So why shouldn’t our machines be able to learn too? They already can do things vastly more complex than we can. We’ve invented a huge lever.

Science fiction tells us that we will lose control and be enslaved by our machines. I love those stories, like the Matrix and Battlestar Galactica. But those are stories, they didn’t happen. The future is rarely so predictable. Things interact in unforseeable ways.

We’re at dead-ends in climate and government. We need to make radical changes, and a fresh invention as radically progressive as any that has come before is now in our hands.

We’re going to use it.

PS: I wrote the words, ChatGPT did the images.

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California Credit Union Foundation to Fund Innovative Teacher Projects

date: 2024-03-05, from: SCV New (TV Station)

California Credit Union Foundation encourages Santa Clarita Valley teachers who have an innovative class project idea to apply for a credit union grant through its spring Teacher Grant program. Ten grants of $500 each will be awarded to area teachers in April in the spring program

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La NASA abre plazo de solicitudes para ser astronauta

date: 2024-03-05, from: NASA breaking news

Read this release in English here. La NASA dio la bienvenida a su nueva cohorte de astronautas de la generación Artemis durante una ceremonia celebrada el martes en el Centro Espacial Johnson de la agencia en Houston. Los 10 astronautas graduados ya son elegibles para misiones de vuelo. La agencia también anunció la apertura de la […]

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NASA Opens Astronaut Applications as Newest Class Graduates

date: 2024-03-05, from: NASA breaking news

Lee esta nota de prensa en español aquí. NASA welcomed its newest class of next generation Artemis astronauts in a Tuesday ceremony at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. The 10 astronaut graduates now are eligible for flight assignments. The agency also announced the opening for the next round of NASA astronaut applications. “Congratulations to […]

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Programmed Prejudice: Fighting Racism in AI

date: 2024-03-05, from: The Sundail (CSUN student paper)

With more technological advances becoming heavily integrated into daily life, the rise of artificial intelligence has become something to welcome and fear. For some, this new tech is nothing to…

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Demographic Rankings: What makes CSUN stand out in diversity?

date: 2024-03-05, from: The Sundail (CSUN student paper)

California State University, Northridge is well-known for its strong academic programs in the business, film and arts departments, along with being the epicenter of the 1994 Northridge earthquake. However, the…

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What music different birds would listen to. All right, the gull one…

date: 2024-03-05, updated: 2024-03-05, from: Jason Kittke’s blog

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@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-03-05, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)

"Dave Winer used ChatGPT to illustrate a few of his favorite songs. I tried it with books, movies and a TV show."

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Watch Tesla Full Self-Driving V12 Get Pushed To And Past Its Limits

date: 2024-03-05, from: Inside EVs News

This version of FSD is by far the best yet.

https://insideevs.com/news/711227/tesla-full-self-driving-v12-toughest-test/ Save to Pocket

Daily Deals (3-05-2024)

date: 2024-03-05, from: Liliputing

EBay is offering 20% off when you purchase select items from some brands and use the coupon SPRINGSAVE20 at checkout. There are discounts available on hundreds of thousands of different products. Some of the stand-out tech deals I spotted include mini PCs with Intel Alder Lake-N processors for as little as $108 and a deal […]

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Fidelity customers’ financial info feared stolen in suspected ransomware attack

date: 2024-03-05, updated: 2024-03-06, from: The Register (UK I.T. News)

Insurance giant blames Infosys, LockBit claims credit

Criminals have probably stolen nearly 30,000 Fidelity Investments Life Insurance customers’ personal and financial information — including bank account and routing numbers, credit card numbers and security or access codes — after breaking into Infosys’ IT systems in the fall.…

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@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-03-05, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)

Is this statement true: Congress and the states have the power to amend the Constitution, not the Supreme Court.

https://chat.openai.com/share/d4b1c47a-c11e-4208-9d1e-15516fc22c25 Save to Pocket

@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-03-05, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)

Congress and the states have the power to amend the Constitution, not the Supreme Court.

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Oregon Passes Bill That Would Make iPhones More Repairable Everywhere

date: 2024-03-05, from: 404 Media Group

The bill was passed over the objections of Apple lobbyists and would ban Apple’s favorite repair restriction.

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Jupiter’s Moon Europa May Have Less Oxygen Than Previously Thought

date: 2024-03-05, from: Smithsonian Magazine

The new findings could have implications for whether Europa’s vast ocean contains the conditions necessary to support life

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The NASA Space Technology Art Challenge: Imagine Tomorrow

date: 2024-03-05, from: NASA breaking news

The NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Program wants you to show the world the future of space technology. The NIAC Program is looking for posters that help people better understand these visionary aerospace concepts that might be used in future NASA missions. If you can create an engaging poster that depicts one or more of the innovative […]

https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/stmd/stmd-prizes-challenges-crowdsourcing-program/center-of-excellence-for-collaborative-innovation-coeci/the-nasa-space-technology-art-challenge-imagine-tomorrow/ Save to Pocket

Dartmouth Basketball Team Votes to Form First Union in US College Sports

date: 2024-03-05, from: VOA News USA

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The Windows Subsystem for Android has one year to live (Microsoft pulls the plug on March 5, 2025)

date: 2024-03-05, from: Liliputing

The Windows Subsystem for Android (WSA) is a Windows 11 feature that lets you install and run Android apps on a Windows computer. Microsoft first previewed the feature in 2021, rolled out a preview to beta testers a few months later, followed by a public beta in early 2022 and a wider launch later that […]

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The GMC Hummer SUV Is The First EV On This ‘Meanest’ Cars For The Environment List

date: 2024-03-05, from: Inside EVs News

The all-electric SUV’s huge weight makes it a not-so-green choice.

https://insideevs.com/news/711233/gmc-hummer-ev-meanest-cars-environment-list/ Save to Pocket

Visual Effects Oscar Nominees Go In-Depth On Their Work

date: 2024-03-05, updated: 2024-03-05, from: Jason Kittke’s blog

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Velotric Discover 1 e-bike now $1,099 ($500 off), Juicebox EV charger hits $529, and more

date: 2024-03-05, from: Electrek Feed

Headlining today’s green deals is the spring into March sale from Velotric Bikes that is taking up to $500 off a selection of e-bikes as well as offering bundle deals for certain models, led by the Discover 1 e-bike for $1,099 with two bundle options available. It is joined by a rare discount on the Juicebox 48A Level 2 EV Charger at $529, as well as the Jackery Explorer 2000 Pro Portable Power Station for $1,199. Plus, all of the other best new Green Deals landing this week.

Head below for other New Green Deals we’ve found today and, of course, Electrek’s best EV buying and leasing deals. Also, check out the new Electrek Tesla Shop for the best deals on Tesla accessories.

more…

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With Midwest expansion, the Pivot Fund tries to put grassroots news sources on philanthropy’s radar

date: 2024-03-05, from: Nieman Journalism Lab

A couple of weeks ago, Press Forward announced 11 new local chapters among the latest developments in the growing coalition’s movement to invest at least $500 million into local news over five years, and recruit more funders to that cause. Leaders of that coalition, which now comprises more than 40 funders, also shared a Guide…

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Amazon bends to Euro watchdogs, waives egress fees for folks ditching AWS

date: 2024-03-05, updated: 2024-03-06, from: The Register (UK I.T. News)

Now the pressure is on for Microsoft to stop holding user data hostage

Amazon Web Services has joined Google in waiving egress fees for customers looking to ditch its platform for a rival cloud provider or on-prem datacenter.…

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Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week 2024 Recap!

date: 2024-03-05, from: Association of Research Libraries News

Last Updated on March 5, 2024, 1:55 pm ET Last week, the library community celebrated the 11th annual Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week! Fair use (in the US) and fair dealing…

The post Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week 2024 Recap! appeared first on Association of Research Libraries.

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This Is When Washington, D.C.’s Cherry Trees Are Predicted to Bloom This Year

date: 2024-03-05, from: Smithsonian Magazine

“Peak bloom,” which typically falls in late March or early April, refers to the day when at least 70 percent of the trees have blossomed

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/heres-when-washington-dcs-cherry-trees-are-predicted-to-bloom-this-year-180983892/ Save to Pocket

FCC: April is last month for Affordable Connectivity Program payments

date: 2024-03-05, updated: 2024-03-05, from: The Register (UK I.T. News)

US broadband customers prepare for the great disconnection

The end is nigh for the US Affordable Connectivity Program, with April being the final full month of the program.…

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Jennifer Krottinger: Designing Ways to Serve

date: 2024-03-05, from: NASA breaking news

At NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York City, Jennifer Krottinger pairs her artistic vision with a passion for public service. Name: Jennifer KrottingerTitle: Business ManagerFormal Job Classification: Business Management SpecialistOrganization: Goddard Institute for Space Studies, Science and Exploration Directorate (Code 611) What do you do and what is most interesting about your […]

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“The first over-the-counter birth control pill will be available in U.S. stores…

date: 2024-03-05, updated: 2024-03-05, from: Jason Kittke’s blog

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Dodge Charger Daytona EV unveiled as first electric muscle car with Hellcat performance

date: 2024-03-05, from: Electrek Feed

Dodge revealed the new 2024 Dodge Charger Daytona EV for the first time Tuesday. Retaining its title as the “world’s quickest and most powerful muscle car,” the electric Dodge Charger will deliver Hellcat Redeye levels of performance.

more…

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Meta’s Facebook, Instagram Back Up After Global Outage

date: 2024-03-05, from: VOA News USA

Washington — Meta-owned Facebook and Instagram were back up on Tuesday after a more than two-hour outage that was caused by a technical issue and impacted hundreds of thousands of users globally.

The disruptions started at around 10:00 a.m. ET (1500 GMT), with many users saying on rival social media platform X they had been booted out of Facebook and Instagram and were unable to log in.

“We are aware of the incident and at this time, we are not aware of any specific malicious cyber activity at this time,” a spokesperson for the White House National Security Council said.

At the peak of the outage, there were more than 550,000 reports of disruptions for Facebook and about 92,000 for Instagram, according to outage tracking website Downdetector.com.

“Earlier today, a technical issue caused people to have difficulty accessing some of our services. We resolved the issue … for everyone who was impacted,” Meta spokesperson Andy Stone said in a post on X.

Meta Platforms, shares of which were down 1.2% in afternoon trading, has about 3.19 billion daily active users across its family of apps, which also include WhatsApp and Threads.

Its status dashboard had earlier showed the application programming interface for WhatsApp Business was also facing issues.

Though the outage for WhatsApp and Threads was much smaller, according to Downdetector, which tracks outages by collating status reports from several sources including users.

Several employees of Meta said on anonymous messaging app Blind that they were unable to log in to their internal work systems, which left them wondering if they were laid off, according to posts seen by Reuters.

The outage was among the top trending topics on X, formerly Twitter, with the platform’s owner Elon Musk taking a shot at Meta with a post that said: “If you’re reading this post, it’s because our servers are working.”

X itself has faced several disruptions to its service after Musk’s $44 billion purchase of the social media platform in October 2022, with an outage in December causing issues for more than 77,000 users in countries from the U.S. to France.

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Volcon’s Stag UTV Has Entered Production and Looks Sick

date: 2024-03-05, from: Ride Apart, Electric Motorcycle News

The Stag, touted as the world’s fastest electric UTV, has entered production.

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Microsoft kills Windows Subsystem for Android

date: 2024-03-05, from: OS News

Well, that was a short run. Announced with much fanfare in 2021, Microsoft has announced it’s already killing Windows Subsystem for Android, Microsoft’s solution to run Android applications on Windows 11. Microsoft is ending support for the Windows Subsystem for Android™️ (WSA). As a result, the Amazon Appstore on Windows and all applications and games dependent on WSA will no longer be supported beginning March 5, 2025. Until then, technical support will remain available to customers. Customers that have installed the Amazon Appstore or Android apps prior to March 5, 2024, will continue to have access to those apps through the deprecation date of March 5, 2025. Please reach out to our support team for further questions at support.microsoft.com. We are grateful for the support of our developer community and remain committed to listening to feedback as we evolve experiences. ↫ Microsoft’s Learn website Whenever Microsoft offers a way or an API to run and/or develop applications for Windows, and it isn’t Win32, you can be certain they’re going to kill it within a few years.

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March 4, 2024

date: 2024-03-05, from: Heather Cox Richardson blog

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@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-03-05, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)

Super Tuesday Facebook Outage Stirs Election Conspiracies

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Kate Wagner (from McMansion Hell) was sent to an F1 race by…

date: 2024-03-05, updated: 2024-03-05, from: Jason Kittke’s blog

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15 US States Vote in Super Tuesday Presidential Nominating Elections

date: 2024-03-05, from: VOA News USA

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Report: AI Explorer coming to Windows 11 this fall (Copilot that remembers, helps you find anything you’ve done on your PC)

date: 2024-03-05, from: Liliputing

PC makers have begun referring to the latest laptops with Intel Core Ultra, AMD Ryzen 8040, and Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite chips as “AI PCs” thanks to the advanced neural processing units integrated in each of those processors. But it’s a little vague what actually makes these “AI PCs” at this point. According to Windows […]

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A Great EV Fast-Charging Station Will Probably Be Like A Great Gas Station

date: 2024-03-05, from: Inside EVs News

EV drivers want many of the same amenities that gas car owners regularly use, like air pumps, vacuums, and convenience store items nearby.

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AMD hires former Oak Ridge chief to punt AI to governments

date: 2024-03-05, updated: 2024-03-05, from: The Register (UK I.T. News)

You get a ‘sovereign’ AI, and you get a ‘sovereign’ AI, everybody gets a ‘sovereign’ AI

AMD is betting that it can get governments and other public bodies to sign off on investment in AI infrastructure by enlisting the former head of America’s prestigious Oak Ridge National Laboratory research center.…

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Growing Up Asian – Hall and Chan Family Photos

date: 2024-03-05, from: Internet Archive Blog

Please come join us as the Internet Archive partners with the Skyline College Art Gallery for the viewing of “Portraits of Growing Up Asian,” a photo exhibition that tells a […]

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Screen shot

date: 2024-03-05, from: Dave Winer’s Scripting News

A new version of news.scripting.com went up today.

I like to save a screen shot when a new version of something goes up.

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MG roadster set for UK return – Cyberster specs, colors, and more

date: 2024-03-05, from: Electrek Feed

The highly-anticipated return of the drop-top MG to British soil is right around the corner – and we’ve got the UK launch specs for the hottest electric roadster you can buy today.

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US accuses Army vet cyber-Casanova of sharing Russia-Ukraine war secrets

date: 2024-03-05, updated: 2024-03-05, from: The Register (UK I.T. News)

Where better to expose confidential data than on a dating app?

Yet another US military man is facing a potentially significant stretch in prison after allegedly sending secret national defense information (NDI) overseas.…

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@Dave Winer’s Scripting News (date: 2024-03-05, from: Dave Winer’s Scripting News)

BTW, in case you’re wondering where “still diggin!” came from – here’s the deal. I have a feeling that when I develop software it’s a lot like digging a hole and then starting another, and another and using the dirt from a new hole to fill in the old holes. At any time there’s more or less a constant amount of dirt and holes. It seems futile at first look, and second looks and third looks, but we do eventually get somewhere, or so we hope, maybe. It’s like “even worse than it appears.” Still diggin is meant to say we know it’s really futile, you don’t have to point that out, we never actually go anywhere or do anything, but we feel somehow that next time it really will work. It’s a Vonnegut-like or Deadhead-like philosophy, which is also very Postel-like. In other words, realistic.

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BYD Cuts Prices In China, Goes To War Against ICE Cars And Tesla Too

date: 2024-03-05, from: Inside EVs News

The BYD Yuan Plus Honor edition is the latest in a refreshed BYD lineup that trims 5 to 15% percent off prices.

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Digital archives: a time machine for the web

date: 2024-03-05, from: Internet Archive Blog

This post was originally published in a newsletter by Project Liberty, February 20, 2024. Image by Project Liberty. In the summer of 2023, the New York Times ran an article […]

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We Can’t Stop Ogling At These Fancy Forged Wheels From Gale Speed

date: 2024-03-05, from: Ride Apart, Electric Motorcycle News

The new Type-J pays homage to the iconic styling of the 70s and 80s.

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Getting Out the Vote: Indian Reorganization Act Elections on the Rez

date: 2024-03-05, from: National Archives, Text Message blog

Today’s post is by Cody White, Archivist at the National Archives at Denver and Subject Matter Expert for Native American Related Records It was the day of the election. Debates had gone back and forth over the past year, voting dates had moved around, a parade of folks had stumped the country drumming up support … Continue reading Getting Out the Vote: Indian Reorganization Act Elections on the Rez

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Nothing Phone (2a) is a cheap(er) phone with premium features

date: 2024-03-05, from: Liliputing

The Nothing Phone (2a) is the third smartphone from Nothing, but it’s the company’s first budget model, with prices starting at £319 in the UK, €329 in Europe, and $349 in the United States (although it will only be available in the US through a developer program at launch). But while that makes this new […]

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@Dave Winer’s Scripting News (date: 2024-03-05, from: Dave Winer’s Scripting News)

The new version of news.scripting.com is up. It’s been a long time coming. It looks a lot like the previous version. But it’s faster. And if you poke around you’ll find some new stuff. There’s an About page, linked into the info icon at the top of the page. Basically the dust is settling on the big work we did last year, and now things are starting to feel more like products. I don’t doubt there will be problems, as they say, still diggin! 😄

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Based on your feedback & bug reports, I’ve made some changes to…

date: 2024-03-05, updated: 2024-03-05, from: Jason Kittke’s blog

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Volvo EX30 boosts EV sales share in February to reach a new record at 22%

date: 2024-03-05, from: Electrek Feed

Volvo reached its highest-ever share of electrified vehicles as its new fully electric EX30 boosted EV sales in February. Although overall sales slid 2% last month, Volvo’s fully electric vehicle sales were up 14%, reaching a new record share.

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Future, Civilization & Change

date: 2024-03-05, from: Om Malik blog

What is dystopia? What is technology? What is progress? What is society? What is civilization? It’s all a moving target. What seems like dystopia, seems normal eventually. I was reminded of this when I read a piece by Mahatma Gandhi, originally published in 1909. He was writing about a future now all too present around us. Everything is all …

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Rad Power Bikes unveils 4 new e-bikes & faster speeds in biggest shakeup yet

date: 2024-03-05, from: Electrek Feed

Rad Power Bikes, the Seattle-based electric bike maker that spent years at the top of the US e-bike sellers list, has occasionally rolled out major updates alongside the launch of a new model. But today the company is announcing the biggest shakeup in its history, simultaneously debuting two brand new e-bike models, two majorly updated e-bike models, and new battery technology that could help push the industry towards safer batteries. The Rad lineup is now welcoming the new Radster Road and Radster Trail e-bikes, as well as the RadWagon 5 and the RadExpand 5 Plus models.

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The GPD Win 4 (2024) handheld gaming PC is now available with a Ryzen 7 8840U processor

date: 2024-03-05, from: Liliputing

The GPD Win 4 is a handheld gaming PC with a display that slides upward to reveal a physical keyboard. First launched in 2022 with an AMD Ryzen 7 6800U processor, GPD released an updated model with Ryzen 7040U processor options in 2023. And now the company has updated the processor yet again: you can […]

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Running CP/M on the C128

date: 2024-03-05, from: OS News

I owned a C64 and was familiar with the C128, but this one was odd. It wasn’t running any games, color graphics or playing music. Instead, it was connected to a monochrome monitor which always displayed either a weird command line prompt or what seemed to be some boring professional writing software. I soon came to find that it was running CP/M and WordStar, one of the first word processors for microcomputers. My daily obsessive visits to the computer shop led to some friendship with the owner, to the point that he’d let me in and play with the machines. So, I played with CP/M and learned how to use WordStar. Well, in case you didn’t notice, I own a C128DCR now. This blog is about how I got CP/M, WordStar, and other fun ancient software apps running on it. ↫ Celso Martinho CP/M, of course, was the primary influence of DOS.

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IP address X-posure now a feature on Musk’s social media thing

date: 2024-03-05, updated: 2024-03-06, from: The Register (UK I.T. News)

Just a little FYI

Video and audio calling features for X Premium users added last year to Elon Musk’s version of Twitter have been expanded to everyone on the platform, and FYI: It may reveal your IP address to those you’re nattering away to.…

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World-plus-dog booted out of Facebook, Instagram, Threads

date: 2024-03-05, updated: 2024-03-06, from: The Register (UK I.T. News)

Millions of Meta addicts suddenly cried out in terror and were silenced

Updated  Those trying to log into Meta’s Facebook, Instagram, and Threads for their social media fixes are facing panic this morning after being locked out of their accounts.…

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Facebook and Instagram outage: Widespread disruption disrupts services

date: 2024-03-05, from: San Jose Mercury News

Meta’s platforms, including Facebook and Instagram, went down for thousands of users on Tuesday.

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Facing reality, whether it’s about Apple or the EU, is a core requirement for good management

date: 2024-03-05, from: OS News

Baldur Bjarnason has written an excellent piece to explain why, exactly, companies like Apple seem wholly incapable of working with the EU, instead of against it. He argues – quite effectively – that Apple, and US tech punditry in general, simply do not understand the EU, nor are they willing to spend even 10 minutes to understand it, which is really all you need. The core premise of the EU, its very primary function, is to enable and protect the single market. A great example of this is the ban on roaming charges – mobile phone carriers in EU are not allowed to charge extra for using mobile voice and data services in another EU country. From the EU’s perspective, taking action to prevent private parties from fragmenting and taking private control over the single market simultaneously grew the economy and increased consumer surplus. This is the operating theory behind much of the actions the EU takes regarding market regulation and product standardisation: a single market built on standards is more profitable for both businesses and consumers. ↫ Baldur Bjarnason And because Apple and its tech punditry refuse to try and understand the party they are dealing with, they get caught looking like childish idiots every time they open their mouths about it. Normally when the EU regulates a given sector, it does so with ample lead time and works with industry to make sure that they understand their obligations. Apple instead thought that the regulatory contact from the EU during the lead time to the DMA was an opportunity for it to lecture the EU on its right to exist. Then its executives made up some fiction in their own minds as to what the regulation meant, announced their changes, only to discover later that they were full of bullshit. This was entirely Apple’s own fault. For months, we’ve been hearing leaks about Apple’s talks with the EU about the Digital Market Act. Those talks were not negotiations even though Apple seems to have thought they were. Talks like those are to help companies implement incoming regulations, with some leeway for interpretation on the EU’s side to accommodate business interests. Remember what I wrote about electrical plugs? The EU is pro-business – often criticised for being essentially a pro-business entity – and not in favour of regulation for regulation’s sake. If Apple had faced reality and tried to understand the facts as they are, they would have used the talks to clarify all of these issues and more well in advance of the DMA taking effect. But they didn’t because they have caught the tech industry management disease of demanding that reality bend to their ideas and wishes. ↫ Baldur Bjarnason What a lot of people – both inside and outside the EU – do not grasp is that while we all know the EU has shortcomings and issues, in general, the EU is uncharacteristically (for a government agency) popular among EU citizens, no matter the country of origin. That’s because we, as EU citizens, and especially as EU citizens who do anything international, know just how ridiculously beneficial the EU has been for trade, business, the economy, travel, and so much more. Apple can keep acting like a whiny trust fund boy who thinks the world owes them everything, but they’ll have to deal with the consequences. Continued violation of the DMA can lead to fines of up to 10% of revenue. That’s 38 billion dollars. I secretly hope Apple keeps this childish behaviour up. It’s deeply entertaining.

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Mercedes-Benz launches branded ‘Wallbox’ charger across US, included with certain EVs

date: 2024-03-05, from: Electrek Feed

Mercedes-Benz shared that its new “Wallbox” EV charger is now available to customers throughout the US. The Level 2 home charger was designed in true Mercedes-Benz style and has internet-connected capabilities like remote functions and over-the-air updates. Specific Mercedes customers can receive a complimentary charger with an EV purchase.

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Taylor Swift urges fans to vote on Super Tuesday after sparking concerns for her health during Singapore show

date: 2024-03-05, from: San Jose Mercury News

Swift used her considerable influence to encourage fans to vote today, after fans expressed concerns about her coughing and looking ‘tired’ and in need of ‘rest’ while performing in Singapore Monday night.

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Amazon just bought a 100% nuclear-powered data center

date: 2024-03-05, from: Electrek Feed

One of the US’s largest nuclear power plants will directly power cloud service provider Amazon Web Services’ new data center.

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Extraordinarily Effective Trompe l’Oeil Paintings of Paper Craft

date: 2024-03-05, updated: 2024-03-05, from: Jason Kittke’s blog

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2024 Dodge Charger Daytona Coupe And Sedan: Meet The First EV Muscle Cars

date: 2024-03-05, from: Inside EVs News

Dodge’s first electric cars go hard out of the gate with up to 670 horsepower and a thunderous simulated exhaust.

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Copilot pane as annoying as Clippy may pop up in Windows 11

date: 2024-03-05, updated: 2024-03-05, from: The Register (UK I.T. News)

It’s in the Beta Channel build for now… but oh my, you’re not going to love this

Copilot in Windows is set to get even more assertive after Microsoft added a function that makes the AI assistant’s window pop up after a user’s cursor hovers over the icon in the task bar.…

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Breaking the Logjam: How to Start a Process That Leads to Negotiations

date: 2024-03-05, updated: 2024-03-05, from: RAND blog

It is too early to begin real talks between Russia and Ukraine. And Kyiv would have to be in the lead when they begin. But all parties should take steps now to bring about the possibility of talks in the future.

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Two New Exciting Venues Included in the 2024 SMX Series

date: 2024-03-05, from: Ride Apart, Electric Motorcycle News

What venue would you have chosen to re-host in 2024?

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Microsoft’s Archival Storage Research

date: 2024-03-05, from: David Rosenthal’s blog

• The value that can be extracted from data decays rapidly with time.
• Thus companies would rather invest in current than archival data.
• Thus archival media and systems are a niche market.
• Thus archival media and systems lack the manufacturing volume to drive down prices.
• Thus although quasi-immortal media have low opex (running cost), they have high capex (purchase cost).
• Especially now interest rates are non-zero, the high capex makes the net present value of their lifetime cost high.
• Archival media compete with legacy generic media, which have mass-market volumes and have already amortized their R&D, so have low capex but higher opex through their shorter service lives.
• Because they have much higher volumes and thus much more R&D, generic media have much higher Kryder rates, meaning that although they need to be replaced over time, each new unit at approximately equal cost replaces several old units, reducing opex.
• Especially now interest rates are non-zero, the net present value of the lower capex but higher opex is likely very competitive.

Background

aimed at limiting the worst-case power draw. It exploits the fact that this storage is at the bottom of the storage hierarchy and can tolerate significant access latency. Disks are assigned to groups in equal numbers. One group of disks is spun up at a time in rotation, so the worst-case access latency is the time needed to cycle through all the disk groups. But the worst-case power draw is only that for a single group of disks and enough compute to handle a single group.

Why is this important? Because of the synergistic effects knowing the maximum power draw enables. The power supplies can be much smaller, and because the access time is not critical, need not be duplicated. Because Facebook builds entire data centers for cold storage, the data center needs much less power and cooling. It can be more like cheap warehouse space than expensive data center space. Aggregating these synergistic cost savings at data center scale leads to really significant savings.

It has 12 Blu-ray drives for an entire rack of cartridges holding 10,000 100TB Blu-ray disks managed by a robot. When the robot loads a group of 12 fresh Blu-ray disks into the drives, the appropriate amount of data to fill them is read from the currently active hard disk group and written to them. This scheduling of the writes allows for effective use of the limited write capacity of the Blu-ray drives. If the data are ever read, a specific group has to be loaded into the drives, interrupting the flow of writes, but this is a rare occurrence. Once all 10,000 disks in a rack have been written, the disks will be loaded for reads infrequently. Most of the time the entire Petabyte rack will sit there idle.

No-one expects the racks to sit in the data center for 50 years, at some point before then they will be obsoleted by some unknown new, much denser and more power-efficient cold storage medium

Every few months there is another press release announcing that some new, quasi-immortal medium such as 5D quartz or stone DVDs has solved the problem of long-term storage. But the problem stays resolutely unsolved. Why is this? Very long-lived media are inherently more expensive, and are a niche market, so they lack economies of scale. Seagate could easily make disks with archival life, but they did a study of the market for them, and discovered that no-one would pay the relatively small additional cost. The drives currently marketed for “archival” use have a shorter warranty and a shorter MTBF than the enterprise drives, so they’re not expected to have long service lives.

The fundamental problem is that long-lived media only make sense at very low Kryder rates. Even if the rate is only 10%/yr, after 10 years you could store the same data in 1/3 the space. Since space in the data center racks or even at Iron Mountain isn’t free, this is a powerful incentive to move old media out. If you believe that Kryder rates will get back to 30%/yr, after a decade you could store 30 times as much data in the same space.

While a group of disks is spun up, any reads queued up for that group are performed. But almost all the I/O operations to this design are writes. Writes are erasure-coded, and the shards all written to different disks in the same group. In this way, while a group is spun up, all disks in the group are writing simultaneously providing huge write bandwidth. When the group is spun down, the disks in the next group take over, and the high write bandwidth is only briefly interrupted.

DNA

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This single-channel device, which occupied a tabletop, had a throughput of 5 bytes over approximately 21 hours, with all but 40 minutes of that time consumed in writing “HELLO” into the DNA.

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Prior projections for data storage requirements estimated a global need for about 12 million petabytes of capacity by 2030. The research firm Gartner recently issued new projections, raising that estimate by 20 million petabytes. The world is not on track to produce enough of today’s storage technologies to fill that gap.

Engineers, your challenge is to increase the speed of synthesis by a factor of a quarter of a trillion, while reducing the cost by a factor of fifty trillion, in less than 10 years while spending no more than $24M/yr.

Finance team, your challenge is to persuade the company to spend $24M a year for the next 10 years for a product that can then earn about $216M a year for 10 years.

For a DNA drive to compete with today’s archival tape drives, it must be able to write about 2 gigabits per second, which at demonstrated DNA data storage densities is about 2 billion bases per second. To put that in context, I estimate that the total global market for synthetic DNA today is no more than about 10 terabases per year, which is the equivalent of about 300,000 bases per second over a year. The entire DNA synthesis industry would need to grow by approximately 4 orders of magnitude just to compete with a single tape drive.

One of our goals was to build a semiconductor chip to enable high-density, high-throughput DNA synthesis. That chip, which we completed in 2021, demonstrated that it is possible to digitally control electrochemical processes in millions of 650-nanometer-diameter wells.

The main problem is that it employs a volatile, corrosive, and toxic organic solvent (acetonitrile), which no engineer wants anywhere near the electronics of a working data center.

Moreover, based on a sustainability analysis of a theoretical DNA data center performed my colleagues at Microsoft, I conclude that the volume of acetonitrile required for just one large data center, never mind many large data centers, would become logistically and economically prohibitive.

Fortunately, there is a different emerging technology for constructing DNA that does not require such solvents, but instead uses a benign salt solution. Companies like DNA Script and Molecular Assemblies are commercializing automated systems that use enzymes to synthesize DNA. These techniques are replacing traditional chemical DNA synthesis for some applications in the biotechnology industry. The current generation of systems use either simple plumbing or light to control synthesis reactions. But it’s difficult to envision how they can be scaled to achieve a high enough throughput to enable a DNA data-storage device operating at even a fraction of 2 gigabases per second.

The University of Washington and Microsoft team, collaborating with the enzymatic synthesis company Ansa Biotechnologies, recently took the first step toward this device. Using our high-density chip, we successfully demonstrated electrochemical control of single-base enzymatic additions.

Novel enzymatic methods are poised to become the dominant processes for de novo synthesis of DNA, promising functional, economic, and environmental advantages over the longstanding approach of phosphoramidite synthesis. Before this can occur, however, enzymatic synthesis methods must be parallelized to enable production of multiple DNA sequences simultaneously. As a means to this parallelization, we report a polymerase-nucleotide conjugate that is cleaved using electrochemical oxidation on a microelectrode array. The developed conjugate maintains polymerase activity toward surface-bound substrates with single-base control and detaches from the surface at mild oxidative voltages, leaving an extendable oligonucleotide behind. Our approach readies the way for enzymatic DNA synthesis on the scale necessary for DNA-intensive applications such as DNA data storage or gene synthesis.

Silica

In 2009, Hitachi focused on fused silica known for its excellent heat and water resistance as a recording medium for long-term digital storage. After proposing the use of computed tomography to read data recorded with a femtosecond pulse laser, fused silica glass was confirmed as an effective storage medium. Applying this technology, it is possible to achieve multi-layer recording by changing the laser’s focal point to form microscopic regions (dots) with differing refractive indices. In 2012, a method was developed with Kyoto University to read the recorded dots in 4 layers using an optical microscope (recording density equivalent to a CD), and in 2013, 26 layer recording was achieved (recording density equivalent to a DVD). In order to increase recording density for practical applications, one means is to increase the number of recording layers. At the 100-layer level of recording density equivalent to a Blu-ray disc however issues arose in dot quality degradation and read errors resulting from crosstalk of data recorded in other layers.

Technologies like DNA storage offer the promise of an extremely dense media for long-term data storage. However, the high costs and low throughputs of oligonucleotide synthesis and sequencing continue to hamper the technology’s feasibility. The total amount of data demonstrably stored in DNA remains on the order of MBs, and building a functional storage system that can offer reasonable SLAs underpinned by DNA is a substantial challenge. Alternative DNA-based technologies like dNAM attempt to bypass costly sequencing and synthesis steps, sacrificing density down to densities comparable with magnetic tape.

This paper presents Silica: the first cloud storage system for archival data underpinned by quartz glass, an extremely resilient media that allows data to be left in situ indefinitely. The hardware and software of Silica have been co-designed and co-optimized from the media up to the service level with sustainability as a primary objective. The design follows a cloud-first, data-driven methodology underpinned by principles derived from analyzing the archival workload of a large public cloud service.

on average for every MB read there are 47 MBs written, and for every read operation there are 174 writes. We can see some variation across months, but writes always dominate by over an order of magnitude.
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Small files dominate the workload, with 58.7% of the reads for files of 4 MiB or smaller. However, these reads only contribute 1.2% of the volume of data read. Files larger than 256 MiB comprise around 85% of bytes read but less than 2% of total read requests. Additionally, there is a long tail of request sizes: there is ∼ 10 orders of magnitude between the smallest and largest requested file sizes.
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We observe a variability in the workload within data centers, with up to 7 orders of magnitude difference between the median and the tail, as well as large variability across different data centers.
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At the granularity of a day, the peak daily [ingress] rate is ∼16x higher than the mean daily rate. As the aggregation time increases beyond 30 days, the peak over mean ratio decreases significantly down to only ∼2, indicating that the average write rate is similar across different 30-day windows.
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To summarize, as expected for archival storage, the workload is heavily write-dominated. However, unexpectedly, the IO operations are dominated by small file accesses.

Figure 3

A BLOB is a Binary Large OBject. Each type of BLOB contains a single type of immutable binary content, such as photos, videos, documents, etc.
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Figure 3 shows that the rate of I/O requests to BLOBs drops rapidly through time. The rates for different types of BLOB drop differently, but all 9 types have dropped by 2 orders of magnitude within 8 months, and all but 1 (profile photos) have dropped by an order of magnitude within the first week.

The vast majority of Facebook’s BLOBs are warm, as shown in Figure 5 - notice the scale goes from 80-100%. Thus the vast majority of the BLOBs generate I/O rates at least 2 orders of magnitude less than recently generated BLOBs.

Figure 5

• Microsoft stores generic data and depends upon user action to migrate it down the hierarchy to the archive layer, whereas Facebook stores 9 specific types of application data which is migrated automatically based upon detailed knowledge of the workload for each of the types.
• Because Facebook can migrate data automatically, it can interpose a warm layer above the archive layer of the hierarchy, and because it has detailed knowledge about the behavior of each of the data types it can make good decision about when to move each type down the hierarchy.
• Because the warm layer responds to the vast majority of the read requests and schedules the downward migrations, Facebook’s archive layer’s IOPS are a steady flow of large writes with very few reads, making efficient use of the hardware.

Figure 2

At the granularity of a day, the peak daily rate is ∼16x higher than the mean daily rate.

As different technologies are used to read and write, after a platter is written it must be fully read using the same technology that will be used to read it subsequently. This happens before a platter is stored in the library and any staged write data is deleted.

This design has an interesting consequence: during the period when user data is being written into the library, the workload is going to become read-dominated. Every byte written must be read to be verified, in addition to the user reads. The read bandwidth has to be provisioned for peak user read rate, however the read workloads are very bursty, so read drive utilization is extremely low on average. Thus, the verification workload simply utilizes what would otherwise be idle read drives.

This allows independent scaling of read and write throughput. Additionally, this design allows us to create the first storage system that offers true air-gap-by-design: the robotics are unable to insert a glass platter into a write drive once the glass media has been written.

To enable high drive efficiency, two platters can be mounted simultaneously in a read drive: one undergoing verification, and one servicing a customer read. Customer traffic is prioritized over verification, with the read drive switching away when a platter is mounted for a customer read. As soon as the customer platter stops being accessed, the read drive has the ability to quickly switch to the other platter and continue verification. This is similar to avoiding head-of-line blocking of mice flows by elephant flows in networked systems.

A Silica library is a sequence of contiguous write, read, and storage racks interconnected by a platter delivery system. Along all racks there are parallel horizontal rails that span the entire library. We refer to a side of the library (spanning all racks) as a panel. A set of free roaming robots called shuttles are used to move platters between locations.
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A read rack contains multiple read drives. Each read drive is independent and has slots into which platters are inserted and removed. The number of shuttles active on a panel is limited to twice the number of read drives in the panel. The write drive is full-rack-sized and writes multiple platters concurrently.

The Silica read drives use polarization microscopy, which is a commoditized technique widely used in many applications and is low-cost. Currently, system cost in Silica is dominated by the write drives, as they use femtosecond lasers which are currently expensive and used in niche applications. This highlights the importance of resource proportionality in the system, as write drive utilization needs to be maximized in order to minimize costs. As the Silica technology proliferates, it will drive up the demand for femtosecond lasers, commoditizing the technology.

Conclusion

time-scales in the storage industry are long. Disk is a 60-year-old technology, tape is at least 65 years old, CDs are 35 years old, flash is 30 years old and has yet to impact bulk data storage.

Source

Six years on flash has finally impacted the bulk storage market, but it isn’t predicted to ship as many bits as hard disks for another four years, when it will be a 40-year-old technology. Actual demonstrations of DNA storage are only 12 years old, and similar demonstrations of silica media are 15 years old. History suggests it will be decades before these technologies impact the storage market.

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Explaining a major health care ransomware attack

date: 2024-03-05, from: Marketplace Morning Report

There’s news this morning that UnitedHealth paid $22 million to recover systems from a ransomeware gang. The attack impacted a number of doctor’s clinics, especially in rural areas, and some pharmacies struggled to fill prescriptions as a result. Also on the program, we hear more about the state of Japan’s economy, a new satellite that detects methane gas leaks and club closures across the U.K. amid fizzling weeknight business.

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Covert racism in LLMs

date: 2024-03-05, from: Gary Marcus blog

Shocking new paper with potentially serious implications

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European crash tester says carmakers must bring back physical controls

date: 2024-03-05, from: OS News

The European organisation for crash testing and car safety, Euro NCAP has announced that starting in 2026, cars will need physical controls in their interiors to gain the highest safety ratings. “The overuse of touchscreens is an industry-wide problem, with almost every vehicle-maker moving key controls onto central touchscreens, obliging drivers to take their eyes off the road and raising the risk of distraction crashes,” said Matthew Avery, Euro NCAP’s director of strategic development. “New Euro NCAP tests due in 2026 will encourage manufacturers to use separate, physical controls for basic functions in an intuitive manner, limiting eyes-off-road time and therefore promoting safer driving,” he said. ↫ Jonathan M. Gitlin at Ars Technica Excellent news, and it’s taken regulators and safety organisations way too long to long to adapt to the growing menace of touch screens in cars.

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Why Are There So Many Methane Satellites?

date: 2024-03-05, from: Heatmap News

On Monday afternoon, a satellite the size of a washing machine hitched a ride on a SpaceX rocket and was launched into orbit. MethaneSAT, as the new satellite is called, is the latest to join more than a dozen other instruments currently circling the Earth monitoring emissions of the ultra-powerful greenhouse gas methane. But it won’t be the last. Over the next several months, at least two additional methane-detecting satellites from the U.S. and Japan are scheduled to join the fleet.

There’s a joke among scientists that there are so many methane-detecting satellites in space that they are reducing global warming — not just by providing essential data about emissions, but by blocking radiation from the sun.

So why do we keep launching more?

Despite the small army of probes in orbit, and an increasingly large fleet of methane-detecting planes and drones closer to the ground, our ability to identify where methane is leaking into the atmosphere is still far too limited. Like carbon dioxide, sources of methane around the world are numerous and diffuse. They can be natural, like wetlands and oceans, or man-made, like decomposing manure on farms, rotting waste in landfills, and leaks from oil and gas operations.

There are big, unanswered questions about methane, about which sources are driving the most emissions, and consequently, about tackling climate change, that scientists say MethaneSAT will help solve. But even then, some say we’ll need to launch even more instruments into space to really get to the bottom of it all.

Measuring methane from space only began in 2009 with the launch of the Greenhouse Gases Observing Satellite, or GOSAT, by Japan’s Aerospace Exploration Agency. Previously, most of the world’s methane detectors were on the ground in North America. GOSAT enabled scientists to develop a more geographically diverse understanding of major sources of methane to the atmosphere.

Soon after, the Environmental Defense Fund, which led the development of MethaneSAT, began campaigning for better data on methane emissions. Through its own, on-the-ground measurements, the group discovered that the Environmental Protection Agency’s estimates of leaks from U.S. oil and gas operations were totally off. EDF took this as a call to action. Because methane has such a strong warming effect, but also breaks down after about a decade in the atmosphere, curbing methane emissions can slow warming in the near-term.

“Some call it the low hanging fruit,” Steven Hamburg, the chief scientist at EDF leading the MethaneSAT project, said during a press conference on Friday. “I like to call it the fruit lying on the ground. We can really reduce those emissions and we can do it rapidly and see the benefits.”

But in order to do that, we need a much better picture than what GOSAT or other satellites like it can provide.

In the years since GOSAT launched, the field of methane monitoring has exploded. Today, there are two broad categories of methane instruments in space. Area flux mappers, like GOSAT, take global snapshots. They can show where methane concentrations are generally higher, and even identify exceptionally large leaks — so-called “ultra-emitters.” But the vast majority of leaks, big and small, are invisible to these instruments. Each pixel in a GOSAT image is 10 kilometers wide. Most of the time, there’s no way to zoom into the picture and see which facilities are responsible.

Jacob, D. J., Varon, D. J., Cusworth, D. H., Dennison, P. E., Frankenberg, C., Gautam, R., Guanter, L., Kelley, J., McKeever, J., Ott, L. E., Poulter, B., Qu, Z., Thorpe, A. K., Worden, J. R., and Duren, R. M.: Quantifying methane emissions from the global scale down to point sources using satellite observations of atmospheric methane, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 22, 9617–9646, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-9617-2022, 2022.

Point source imagers, on the other hand, take much smaller photos that have much finer resolution, with pixel sizes down to just a few meters wide. That means they provide geographically limited data — they have to be programmed to aim their lenses at very specific targets. But within each image is much more actionable data.

For example, GHGSat, a private company based in Canada, operates a constellation of 12 point-source satellites, each one about the size of a microwave oven. Oil and gas companies and government agencies pay GHGSat to help them identify facilities that are leaking. Jean-Francois Gauthier, the director of business development at GHGSat, told me that each image taken by one of their satellites is 12 kilometers wide, but the resolution for each pixel is 25 meters. A snapshot of the Permian Basin, a major oil and gas producing region in Texas, might contain hundreds of oil and gas wells, owned by a multitude of companies, but GHGSat can tell them apart and assign responsibility.

“We’ll see five, 10, 15, 20 different sites emitting at the same time and you can differentiate between them,” said Gauthier. “You can see them very distinctly on the map and be able to say, alright, that’s an unlit flare, and you can tell which company it is, too.” Similarly, GHGSat can look at a sprawling petrochemical complex and identify the exact tank or pipe that has sprung a leak.

But between this extremely wide-angle lens, and the many finely-tuned instruments pointing at specific targets, there’s a gap. “It might seem like there’s a lot of instruments in space, but we don’t have the kind of coverage that we need yet, believe it or not,” Andrew Thorpe, a research technologist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory told me. He has been working with the nonprofit Carbon Mapper on a new constellation of point source imagers, the first of which is supposed to launch later this year.

The reason why we don’t have enough coverage has to do with the size of the existing images, their resolution, and the amount of time it takes to get them. One of the challenges, Thorpe said, is that it’s very hard to get a continuous picture of any given leak. Oil and gas equipment can spring leaks at random. They can leak continuously or intermittently. If you’re just getting a snapshot every few weeks, you may not be able to tell how long a leak lasted, or you might miss a short but significant plume. Meanwhile, oil and gas fields are also changing on a weekly basis, Joost de Gouw, an atmospheric chemist at the University of Colorado, Boulder, told me. New wells are being drilled in new places — places those point-source imagers may not be looking at.

“There’s a lot of potential to miss emissions because we’re not looking,” he said. “If you combine that with clouds — clouds can obscure a lot of our observations — there are still going to be a lot of times when we’re not actually seeing the methane emissions.”

De Gouw hopes MethaneSAT will help resolve one of the big debates about methane leaks. Between the millions of sites that release small amounts of methane all the time, and the handful of sites that exhale massive plumes infrequently, which is worse? What fraction of the total do those bigger emitters represent?

Paul Palmer, a professor at the University of Edinburgh who studies the Earth’s atmospheric composition, is hopeful that it will help pull together a more comprehensive picture of what’s driving changes in the atmosphere. Around the turn of the century, methane levels pretty much leveled off, he said. But then, around 2007, they started to grow again, and have since accelerated. Scientists have reached different conclusions about why.

“There’s lots of controversy about what the big drivers are,” Palmer told me. Some think it’s related to oil and gas production increasing. Others — and he’s in this camp — think it’s related to warming wetlands. “Anything that helps us would be great.”

MethaneSAT sits somewhere between the global mappers and point source imagers. It will take larger images than GHGSat, each one 200 kilometers wide, which means it will be able to cover more ground in a single day. Those images will also contain finer detail about leaks than GOSAT, but they won’t necessarily be able to identify exactly which facilities the smaller leaks are coming from. Also, unlike with GHGSat, MethaneSAT’s data will be freely available to the public.

EDF, which raised $88 million for the project and spent nearly a decade working on it, says that one of MethaneSAT’s main strengths will be to provide much more accurate basin-level emissions estimates. That means it will enable researchers to track the emissions of the entire Permian Basin over time, and compare it with other oil and gas fields in the U.S. and abroad. Many countries and companies are making pledges to reduce their emissions, and MethaneSAT will provide data on a relevant scale that can help track progress, Maryann Sargent, a senior project scientist at Harvard University who has been working with EDF on MethaneSAT, told me.

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It could also help the Environmental Protection Agency understand whether its new methane regulations are working. It could help with the development of new standards for natural gas being imported into Europe. At the very least, it will help oil and gas buyers differentiate between products associated with higher or lower methane intensities. It will also enable fossil fuel companies who measure their own methane emissions to compare their performance to regional averages.

MethaneSAT won’t be able to look at every source of methane emissions around the world. The project is limited by how much data it can send back to Earth, so it has to be strategic. Sargent said they are limiting data collection to 30 targets per day, and in the near term, those will mostly be oil and gas producing regions. They aim to map emissions from 80% of global oil and gas production in the first year. The outcome could be revolutionary.

“We can look at the entire sector with high precision and track those emissions, quantify them and track them over time. That’s a first for empirical data for any sector, for any greenhouse gas, full stop,” Hamburg told reporters on Friday.

But this still won’t be enough, said Thorpe of NASA. He wants to see the next generation of instruments start to look more closely at natural sources of emissions, like wetlands. “These types of emissions are really, really important and very poorly understood,” he said. So I think there’s a heck of a lot of potential to work towards the sectors that have been really hard to do with current technologies.”

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East Bay city looks to curb illegal dumping by hitting perpetrators in their pocketbooks

date: 2024-03-05, from: San Jose Mercury News

Pittsburg hopes larges fines, cleanup fees will deter people from dumping in the city

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@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-03-05, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)

Apple Stock Gloom Deepens as Pressure to Show AI Progress Mounts.

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Battery startup ONE – once a high-flying unicorn – is cutting staff, again

date: 2024-03-05, from: Electrek Feed

Michigan-based EV battery startup ONE, Our Next Energy – considered one of the most valuable privately held companies in the US and Biden’s darling for homegrown batteries – is once again cutting its workforce after months of problems.

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YouTube workers laid off mid-plea at city hall meeting

date: 2024-03-05, updated: 2024-03-05, from: The Register (UK I.T. News)

Caught on camera: ‘Our jobs are ended today, effective immediately’

The moment 43 unionized YouTube Music subcontractors lost their jobs was dramatically caught on camera during an Austin City Hall meeting in Texas last week.…

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New York’s Newest Public EV Charger Could Add 200 Miles Of Range In 5 Minutes

date: 2024-03-05, from: Inside EVs News

Google-backed start-up Gravity intends to add thousands of DC fast chargers in the U.S. annually.

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Two men steal $500 worth of laundry detergent from Los Gatos Safeway

date: 2024-03-05, from: San Jose Mercury News

Another man steals $15 worth of frozen items from Trader Joe’s.

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San Jose apartment complex aims to convert first-floor retail to homes

date: 2024-03-05, from: San Jose Mercury News

A new apartment complex in downtown San Jose aims to convert its retail spaces into residential units,

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@Miguel de Icaza Mastondon feed (date: 2024-03-05, from: Miguel de Icaza Mastondon feed)

This Xcode warning was lovely, it found a real bug in my code:

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NIO revenues up in Q4 2023, Alps sub-brand to launch in Q2 with a Tesla Model Y competitor

date: 2024-03-05, from: Electrek Feed

Chinese EV automaker NIO shared its Q4 2023 report today, followed by an analyst call that included some interesting updates about its plans for the year, expansion to new global markets, and the launch of not one but two EV sub-brands, including Alps.

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Live Results: What We Know So Far In The Vote On Proposition 1

date: 2024-03-05, updated: 2024-03-06, from: The LAist

Watch this space for live results once the polls close.

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Wow, another amazing interactive explainer from Bartosz Ciechanowski; this one is about…

date: 2024-03-05, updated: 2024-03-05, from: Jason Kittke’s blog

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Tech Today: Semiconductor Research Leads to Revolution in Dental Care

date: 2024-03-05, from: NASA breaking news

Toothpaste based on the mineral hydroxyapatite, popular across Asia and much of Europe today, is finding its first foothold in the U.S. But the idea behind this alternative to fluoride-based toothpaste was conceived here in a short-lived NASA field center more than 50 years ago.  While working at NASA’s Electronics Research Center – active in […]

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Inside the World of TikTok Spammers and the AI Tools That Enable Them

date: 2024-03-05, from: 404 Media Group

This is where AI generated formats, Minecraft splitscreens, Reddit stories, ‘Would You Rather’ videos, and deep sea story spam come from.

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Google’s Gemini AI Doesn’t Want to Talk About Palestine

date: 2024-03-05, from: 404 Media Group

Google’s supposedly “woke” AI will also not say where Gaza is, but will locate Israel and Tel Aviv.

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Credit card late fees capped at $8 as part of Biden administration’s crackdown on junk fees

date: 2024-03-05, from: San Jose Mercury News

More than 45 million people are charged late fees on credit cards each year. Those individuals will now save an average of $220 per year.

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Elliptic Curve ‘Murmurations’ Found With AI Take Flight

date: 2024-03-05, from: Quanta Magazine

The post Elliptic Curve ‘Murmurations’ Found With AI Take Flight first appeared on Quanta Magazine

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Toyota to boost EV battery production with Primearth EV Energy buyout

date: 2024-03-05, from: Electrek Feed

Toyota is boosting its ability to mass-produce “a wide variety” of EV batteries following an agreement with Panasonic to take full control of Primearth EV Energy (PEVE). The move will help Toyota respond to the growing demand for batteries.

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21st-century CPR: Los Gatos, Saratoga high schools hold student Narcan training

date: 2024-03-05, from: San Jose Mercury News

Students learn to identify, reverse opioid overdoses in the wake of fentanyl deaths.

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Class action claims Snowflake is an overhyped sales blizzard

date: 2024-03-05, updated: 2024-03-05, from: The Register (UK I.T. News)

Investors unhappy after 2022 revenue guidance cut

Snowflake is the subject of a would-be class action lawsuit alleging it made misleading statements and failed to disclose important data about sales practices and its commercial model between September 16, 2020, and March 2, 2022.…

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A Car Buyer’s Guide to the 2024 EV Tax Credit

date: 2024-03-05, from: Heatmap News

The Department of Treasury published new rules last year that will determine which new electric vehicles, purchased for personal use, will qualify for a $7,500 tax credit. They went into effect on April 18, 2023, and last for the next decade or so.

These new tax credit rules are complicated. The list of cars that qualify for the new tax credit can change from year to year — and even month to month. Many buyers in the EV market might have a few questions, including: Should I buy that new car now, or should I wait? Which cars qualify for the current tax credit, and which ones will earn the new one?

This is Heatmap’s guide to the new tax credit, why it matters, and what to keep in mind as you go EV shopping.

Who is affected by these new rules?

If you’re an ordinary American buying a brand-new EV to run errands and pick up the kids, these new rules apply to you. They will determine which cars you can get a federally funded discount on.

If you’re not buying a new car for personal use — because you’re getting it for your business, say, or because you’re buying a used EV — these new rules don’t apply to you. But you may qualify for other new subsidies. We get into those below.

And even if you are in that first category, you may discover it’s much cheaper to lease a new EV instead of buying it outright. We get into why below, too.

Why are these new rules important?

They completely change how the United States approaches the EV industry.

During the Bush and Obama administrations, the U.S. was focused mostly on getting automakers to begin to experiment with EVs. So it discounted the first 200,000 or so electric vehicles that each manufacturer sold by up to $7,500. If a company had cumulatively sold more than that number over time, as Tesla and General Motors eventually did, then the discount expired. By 2022, that had led to a peculiar situation where foreign automakers, such as Hyundai, could use the subsidy, while some of the largest American automakers couldn’t.

Now, U.S. policy is focused on two goals: (1) building up a domestic supply chain for EVs and (2) getting more EVs on the road. So the tax break is completely uncapped — any automaker can use it as many times as possible if they meet the criteria.

But many new requirements apply: Only cars that undergo final assembly in North America will qualify for any of the tax credit. Then, cars with a battery that was more than 50% made in North America will qualify for a $3,750 subsidy. And cars where at least 40% of the “critical minerals” used come from the U.S. or a country with whom we have a free-trade agreement will qualify for another $3,750 subsidy.

Those percentage-based requirements will ramp up over time. By 2029, for instance, 100% of a car’s battery and battery components must be made in North America.

Why is this change happening now?

Because Congress said so. The Inflation Reduction Act, which Democratic majorities in the House and Senate passed last year, mandated this change to the EV tax credit as part of its broad expansion of American climate policy.

Will more EVs or fewer EVs qualify for a subsidy under those new rules?

Initially, fewer EVs will receive a subsidy under the new rules, Biden officials say. On a press call with reporters, a senior Treasury official argued that more cars will eventually qualify under the new rules than qualified under the old ones.

Which EVs will qualify under the new rules in 2024?

This year, at least 15 car or light trucks will receive some or all of the credit. Only some of those vehicles will qualify for the full $7,500 tax credit; some will qualify for a partial $3,750 tax credit. Here is the full list of qualifying models, along with the amount of the tax credit that they will earn:

• Audi Q5 TFSI e Quattro PHEV ($3,750)
• Cadillac LYRIQ ($7,500) • Chevrolet Bolt ($7,500)
• Chevrolet Bolt EUV ($7,500)
• Chrysler Pacifica PHEV ($7,500)
• Ford Escape Plug-in Hybrid ($3,750)
• Ford F-150 Lightning, Standard & Extended Range ($7,500)
• Jeep Wrangler PHEV 4xe ($3,750)
• Jeep Grand Cherokee PHEV 4xe ($3,750)
• Lincoln Corsair Grand Touring ($3,750)
• Rivian R1S, Dual Large & Quad Large ($3,750)
• Rivian R1T, Dual Large, Dual Max, & Quad Large ($3,750)
• Tesla Model X Long Range ($7,500)
• Tesla Model 3 Performance ($7,500)
• Tesla Model 3 Long Range AWD ($3,500)
• Tesla Model Y AWD, Rear-Wheel Drive, & Performance ($7,500)
• Volkswagen ID.4 AWD PRO, PRO, S, & Standard ($7,500)

Some vehicles that earned the full tax credit in 2023, such as the Ford Mustang Mach E, don’t qualify for any benefit as of January 2, 2024.

Are there any EVs that definitely do not qualify for either tax credit?

Yes. A few examples: The Hummer EV, which costs more than $110,000 a piece, won’t qualify for either the new or old tax credit — it’s too expensive. And the Polestar 2 won’t qualify because it’s assembled in China.

Have there been any other recent changes to the EV tax credit? 

Yes. Starting this year, the U.S. is preventing cars that receive too much manufacturing input from a “foreign entity of concern” — that is, China — from qualifying for any of the tax credit. This has reduced the number of vehicles that qualify for the $7,500 bonus.

This year, the government will also allow buyers to refund their EV tax credit at the dealership. That means buyers can now get up to a $7,500 discount at the moment when they buy their car instead of waiting until they file their taxes in the following year.

Are there any income caps on the $7,500 tax credit?

Yes. A married couple must have an adjusted gross income of less than $300,000 a year, and a single filer must have an AGI of less than $150,000 a year, to qualify for any aspect of the subsidy. A head-of-household must have an income of less than $225,000 a year.

Lots of rules! Is there a price limit on the EVs that can qualify for this new subsidy?

Yes. Under the proposed rule, cars must have an MSRP below $55,000 to qualify for the credit. Vans, pickup trucks, and SUVs must have an MSRP below $80,000.

If my household makes more than that, do I have any other options?

Yes. The Inflation Reduction Act also included a new $7,500 tax credit for EVs used for any commercial purpose. The Treasury Department is expected to interpret that provision to cover leasing, but it hasn’t announced the guidelines for that rule yet, so we don’t know for sure.

But the provision will probably tilt new EV drivers toward leasing their car rather than buying it outright, because the dealer should — emphasis on should — offer relative discounts on leasing vehicles as compared to buying them.

There’s no way I can afford a new EV. Does the IRA contain any subsidies for buying a used EV?

Yes. There’s also a new $4,000 tax credit for buying a used EV that costs $25,000 or less. It went into effect on January 1, 2023, so you can go ahead and use it today.

But note that it has even stricter income limits: Married couples can only take advantage of it if they make $150,000 or less, and other filers if they make $75,000 or less.

Out of the curiosity, what models qualified for the $7,500 credit before April 18?

Here’s the list of cars that qualified for the $7,500 tax credit before April 18, 2023, according to the Department of Energy.

• Audi Q5 TFSI e Quattro (PHEV)
• BMW 330e *
• BMW X5 xDrive45e**
• Cadillac Lyriq
• Chevrolet Bolt
• Chevrolet Bolt EUV
• Chevrolet Silverado EV
• Chrysler Pacifica PHEV
• Ford E-Transit
• Ford Escape Plug-In Hybrid
• Ford F-150 Lightning
• Ford Mustang Mach-E
• Genesis Electrified GV70
• Jeep Grand Cherokee 4xe
• Jeep Wrangler 4xe
• Lincoln Aviator Grand Touring
• Lincoln Corsair Grand Touring
• Nissan Leaf
• Nissan Leaf (S, SL, SV, and Plus models)
• Rivian R1S
• Rivian R1T
• Tesla Model 3 Long Range
• Tesla Model 3 Performance
• Tesla Model 3 RWD
• Tesla Model Y All-Wheel Drive
• Tesla Model Y Long Range
• Tesla Model Y Performance
• Volkswagen ID.4
• Volkswagen ID.4 AWD, Pro, and S models
• Volvo S60 PHEV
• Volvo S60 Extended Range
• Volvo S60 T8 Recharge (Extended Range)

• These cars don’t qualify for the full $7,500 subsidy, although they all receive at least a $5,400 tax credit.

  ** Only some BMW X5 xDrive45e vehicles qualify — it depends where the car was made. Check the VIN or ask the dealership to confirm it was made in North America before buying.

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  

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2024 Nissan Ariya Is Up To $6,000 Less Expensive Than The Outgoing Model

date: 2024-03-05, from: Inside EVs News

The entry-level version starts at an MSRP of $39,590, while the long-range version is priced at $41,190.

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Hilo Medical Center to be renamed, marking Benioffs’ $50M charitable investment

date: 2024-03-05, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>A $50 million investment in Hilo Medical Center by Salesforce Chairman and CEO Marc Benioff and his wife, Lynne, will be used to launch a family birthing center and help the hospital complete its expansion of the intensive care unit.</p>
        

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Benioffs give $150M: Philanthropists seek to bolster Hawaii’s health care system

date: 2024-03-05, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>Hawaii hospitals are getting a significant boost in funding, thanks to a $150 million donation by longstanding philanthropists Marc and Lynne Benioff.</p>
        

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Pluralistic: You can’t shop your way out of a monopoly (05 Mar 2024)

date: 2024-03-05, from: Cory Doctorow’s blog

Today’s links You can’t shop your way out of a monopoly: Any election where you vote with your wallet will be won by the people with the thickest wallets. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2009, 2014, 2019 Upcoming appearances: Where to find me. Recent appearances: Podcasts, events and more. Latest books: You keep readin’ em, I’ll keep writin’ ‘em. Upcoming books: Like I said, I’ll keep writin’ ‘em. Colophon: All the rest. You can’t shop your way out of a monopoly (permalink) If you’re running a business, you can either invest at being good at your business, or good at Google SEO. Choose the former and your customers will love you – but they won’t be able to find you, thanks to the people who choose the latter. And if you’re going to invest in top-notch SEO, why bother investing in quality at all? For more than a decade, Google has promised that it would do something about “lead gens” – services that spoof Google into thinking that they are local businesses, pushing down legit firms on both regular search and Google Maps (these downranked businesses invested in quality, not SEO, remember). Search for a roofer, a plumber, an electrician, or a locksmith (especially a locksmith), and most or all of the results will be lead-gens. They’ll take your call, pretend to be a local business, and then call up some half-qualified bozo to come out and charge you four times the going rate for substandard work: https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/31/business/fake-online-locksmiths-may-be-out-to-pick-your-pocket-too.html Some of them just take your money and they “go back to the shop for a tool” and never return: https://www.riverfronttimes.com/news/when-a-fake-business-used-a-real-st-louis-address-things-got-weird-32087998 Google has been promising to fix this since the late aughts, and to be fair, it’s a little better. There was once a time when a map of Manhattan showed more locksmiths than taxis: https://blumenthals.com/blog/2009/02/18/google-maps-proves-more-locksmiths-in-nyc-than-cabs/ But GMaps is trapped in the enshittification squeeze. On the one hand, the company wants to provide a good and reliable map. On the other hand, the company makes money selling “ads” that are actually payola, where a business can pay to get to the top of the listings or get displayed on the map itself. Zoom out of Google’s map of central London and the highlighted landmarks are a hilarious mix of “organic” and paid listings: the British Museum, Buckingham Palace, the Barbican, the London Eye…and a random oral and maxillofacial clinic in the financial district: https://twitter.com/dylanbeattie/status/1764711667663831455 Hell of a job “organizing the world’s information and making it universally accessible and useful,” Big G. Doubtless the average Londoner finds the presence of this clinic super helpful in orienting themselves relative to the map on their phone screens, and it’s a real service to tourists hoping to hit all the major landmarks. It’s not just Maps users who’d noticed the rampant enshittification. Even the original design team is so horrified they’re moved to speak out about the moral injury they experience seeing the product they worked so hard on turned into a giant pile of shit: https://twitter.com/elizlaraki/status/1727351922254852182 Now, when it comes to locksmiths, I’m lucky. My neighborhood in Burbank includes the wonderful Golden State Lock and Safe, which has been in business since 1942: https://www.goldenstatelock.com/ But you wouldn’t know it from searching GMaps for a locksmith near me. That search turns up a long list of scams: https://www.google.com/maps/search/locksmith/@34.1750451,-118.369948,14z/data=!3m1!4b1?entry=ttu It also turns up plenty of Keyme machines – these are private-equity backed, self-serve key-cutting machines placed in grocery stores. Despite Keyme calling itself a “locksmith,” it’s just a badly secured, overcaptilized, enshittification-bound system for collecting and retaining shapefiles for the keys to millions of homes, cross-referenced with billing information that will make it easy for the eventual hackers to mass-produce keys for all those poor suckers’ houses. (Hilariously, Keyme claims to be an “AI” company): https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200114005194/en/KeyMe-Raises-35-Million-to-Further-Its-Mission-of-Building-the-Premier-Locksmith-Services-Company-in-the-Nation But despite the fact that you can literally see the Golden State storefront from Google Streetview, Google Maps claims to have no knowledge of it. Instead, Streetview labels Golden State “Keyme” – and displays a preview showing a locksmith using a tool to break into a jeep (I’d dearly love to know how the gadget next to the Slurpee machine at the 7-Eleven will drive itself to your jeep and unlock the door for you when you lose your keys): https://www.google.com/maps/place/KeyMe+Locksmiths/@34.1752624,-118.3487531,3a,75y,350.19h,90.21t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1ssHrtqjqvgFir3NBauMy13Q!2e0!7i16384!8i8192!4m15!1m8!3m7!1s0x80c2959cd65dbb1b:0x4b3744cf87492a71!2sBurbank+Blvd+%26+N+Hollywood+Way,+Burbank,+CA+91505!3b1!8m2!3d34.1750025!4d-118.3493484!16s%2Fg%2F11f37_3lq8!3m5!1s0x80c2951cedbf4d39:0xe8ff9fd5872e66e9!8m2!3d34.1755176!4d-118.349!16s%2Fg%2F11mw7nr4fx?entry=ttu It’s pretty clear to me what’s going on here. Keyme has hired some SEO creeps and/or paid off Google, flooding the zone with listings for its machines. Meanwhile, Golden State, being merely good at locksmithing, has lost the SEO wars. Perhaps Golden State could shift some of its emphasis from being good at locksmithing in order to get better at SEO, but this is a race that will always be won by the firm that puts the most into SEO, which will always be the firm that puts the least into quality. Whenever I write about this stuff, people inevitably ask me which search engine they should use, if not Google? And there’s the rub. Google used predatory pricing and anticompetitive mergers to acquire a 90% search market-share. The company spends more than $26b/year buying default position in every place where you might possibly encounter a new search engine. This created the “kill zone” – the VC’s term of art for businesses that no one will invest in, because Google makes sure that no one will ever find out it exists: https://www.theverge.com/23802382/search-engine-google-neeva-android That’s why the only serious competitor to Google is Bing, another Big Tech company (Bing is also the primary source of results on Duckduckgo, which is why DDG sometimes makes exceptions for Microsoft’s privacy-invading tracking): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DuckDuckGo#Controversies Google tells us that the quid-pro-quo of search monopolization is search excellence. The hundreds of billions it makes every year through monopoly control gives it the resources it needs to fight spammers and maintain search result quality. Anyone who’s paid attention recently knows that this is bullshit: Google search quality is in free-fall, across all its products: https://downloads.webis.de/publications/papers/bevendorff_2024a.pdf But Google doesn’t seem to think it has a problem. Rather than devoting all its available resources to fighting botshit, spam and scams, the company set $80 billion dollars alight last year with a stock buyback that was swiftly followed with 12,000 layoffs, followed by multiple subsequent rounds of layoffs: https://pluralistic.net/2024/02/21/im-feeling-unlucky/#not-up-to-the-task The scams that slip through Google’s cracks are sometimes nefarious, but just as often they’re decidedly amateurish, the kind of thing that Google could fix by throwing money at the problem, say, to validate that new ads for confirmed Google merchants come from the merchant’s registered email addresses and go to the merchant’s registered website: https://pluralistic.net/2023/02/24/passive-income/#swiss-cheese-security Search is a capital intensive business, and there are real returns to scale, as the UK Competition and Market Authority’s excellent 2020 study describes: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5fe4957c8fa8f56aeff87c12/Appendix_I_-search_quality_v.3_WEB.pdf But Google doesn’t seem to think that its search needs that $80 billion to fight the spamwars. That’s the thing about monopolists, they get complacent. As Lily Tomlin’s “Ernestine the AT&T operator” used to say, “We don’t care, we don’t have to, we’re the phone company.” That’s why I’m so excited about the DOJ Antitrust Division monopolization case against Google. Trusting one company to “organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful,” was a failure: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-sues-google-monopolizing-digital-advertising-technologies I understand why people want to know which search engine they should use instead of Google, and I get why, “There aren’t any good search engines” is such an unsatisfactory answer. I understand why each fresh round of printer-company fuckery prompts people to ask “which printer should I get?” and I understand why “There are only six major printer companies and they’re all suffering from end-stage enshittification” isn’t what anyone wants to hear. We want to be able to vote with our wallets, because it’s so much faster and more convenient than voting with our ballots. But the vote-with-your-wallet election is rigged for the people with the thickest wallets. Try as hard as you’d like, you just can’t shop your way out of a monopoly – that’s like trying to recycle your way out of the climate emergency. Systemic problems need systemic solutions – not individual ones. That’s why the new antitrust matters so much. The answer to monopolies is to break up companies, block and unwind mergers, ban deceptive and unfair conduct. “Caveat emptor” is the scammer’s motto. You shouldn’t have to be an expert on lead gen scams to hire a locksmith without getting ripped off. There are good products and services out there. Earlier this year, we decided to install a (non-networked) programmable pushbutton lock. I asked Deviant Ollam – whom I know from Defcon’s Lockpicking Village – for a recommendation and he suggested the Schlage FE595: https://www.schlage.com/en/home/products/FE595PLYFFFFLA.html I liked it so much I bought another one for my office door. Eric from Golden State Lock and Safe installed it while I wrote this blog-post. It’s great. I recommend both of ‘em – 10/10, would do business again. (Image: alicia rae, CC BY 2.0; Budhiargomiko, CC BY-SA 4.0; modified) Hey look at this (permalink) Platforms’ Treacherous Turn https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4664056 The Supreme Court Must Be Stopped https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/the-supreme-court-must-be-stopped/ (h/t Kottke) Wyden’s Office Gets FTC To Protect The Data Of 1.6 Billion People Tracked By Now-Bankrupt Data Broker https://www.techdirt.com/2024/03/04/wydens-office-gets-ftc-to-protect-the-data-of-1-6-billion-people-tracked-by-now-bankrupt-data-broker/ This day in history (permalink) #15yrsago Chinese gold farming https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2009/mar/05/virtual-world-china #10yrsago Comment-spammers threaten to sabotage their victims through Google Disavow if the evidence of their vandalism isn’t removed https://ellis.fyi/blog/gordon-sands-threatens-seattle-bubble-google-disavow-comment-spam/ #10yrsago Obama whirls the copyright lobbyist/government official revolving door https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/03/obama-nominates-former-sopa-lobbyist-help-lead-tpp-negotiations #10yrsago CIA spied on Senate committee writing damning torture report and Obama knew about it https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/05/obama-cia-senate-intelligence-committee-torture #5yrsago Jibo the social robot announces that its VC overlords have remote-killswitched it, makes pathetic farewell address and dances a final step https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2019/3/4/18250104/jibo-social-robot-server-shutdown-offline-dead #5yrsago Bowing to public pressure, Coinbase announces it will “transition out” the ex-Hacking Team cybermercenaries whose company it just bought https://www.vice.com/en/article/qvyndw/coinbase-says-ex-hacking-team-members-will-transition-out-after-users-protest #5yrsago The NSA has reportedly stopped data-mining Americans’ phone and SMS records https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/04/us/politics/nsa-phone-records-program-shut-down.html #5yrsago Facebook forces you to expose your phone number to the whole world in order to turn on two-factor authentication https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/03/facebook-doubles-down-misusing-your-phone-number #5yrsago America is not “polarized”: it’s a land where a small minority tyrannize the supermajority https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/05/opinion/oppression-majority.html Upcoming appearances (permalink) Tucson Festival of Books, Mar 9/10 https://tucsonfestivalofbooks.org/?id=676 Enshittification: How the Internet Went Bad and How to Get it Back (virtual), Mar 26 https://libcal.library.ubc.ca/event/3781006 Wondercon Anaheim, Mar 29-31 https://www.comic-con.org/wc/ The Bezzle at Anderson’s Books (Chicago), Apr 17 https://www.andersonsbookshop.com/event/cory-doctorow-1 Torino Biennale Tecnologia (Apr 19-21) https://www.turismotorino.org/en/experiences/events/biennale-tecnologia Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (Winnipeg), May 2 https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/cory-doctorow-tickets-798820071337?aff=oddtdtcreator Tartu Prima Vista Literary Festival (May 5-11) https://tartu2024.ee/en/kirjandusfestival/ Media Ecology Association keynote (Amherst, NY), Jun 6-9 https://media-ecology.org/convention American Association of Law Libraries keynote (Chicago), Jul 21 https://www.aallnet.org/conference/agenda/keynote-speaker/ Recent appearances (permalink) Is Social Media Becoming a Bit Shit? 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Avid Supporters

date: 2024-03-05, from: Santa Barbara Indenpent News

Diana Thorn’s letter in the Independent regarding why Donald Trump should be re-elected to the White House — to put “America First” — is an excellent summary of why his avid supporters are so adamant about a second term.

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Oregon passes bill to end Daylight Saving Time if California, Washington follow

date: 2024-03-05, from: San Jose Mercury News

If both California and Washington don’t end Daylight Saving Time by March 2034, the Oregon bill will be repealed.

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DHL puts 50 Orange EV yard trucks to work, plans to add 50 more

date: 2024-03-05, from: Electrek Feed

DHL was the first major company to put an all-electric class 8 yard truck into service in 2015. Now, DHL has 50 electric yard trucks from Orange EV in its logistics fleet, with plans to fully phase out diesel trucks by 2025.

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Armed suspect killed, 4 deputies hurt after exchanging gunfire during Sonoma County car chase

date: 2024-03-05, from: San Jose Mercury News

One deputy was shot in the leg, another suffered a head injury and two had injuries to their hands, officials said. The deputy with a head injury is in critical but stable condition.

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‘No dog’ policy leads to altercation at Campbell school

date: 2024-03-05, from: San Jose Mercury News

Both parties claim to have been hit by the other.

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That Cosplay Steampunk Gun Blade the NYPD Confiscated Could Be Yours

date: 2024-03-05, from: 404 Media Group

The gun blade is for sale on Amazon and other retailers, but maybe don’t go swinging it around in Queens.

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It’s Time to Give Up on Everything but Email

date: 2024-03-05, from: Manu - I write blog

            <p>I was sitting there, minding my own damn business, surfing the web, clicking around, enjoying my time, when I stumbled on <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2024/03/email-nightmare-just-give-up/677615/">this article</a>, by Ian Bogost on The Atlantic, that is so painfully stupid that I had to take the time and comment on it. Because, as you know, I love emails.</p>

Finally, in step five, you must evangelize your mission. Email is a public-health concern. Gently correct your mother when she tries to correspond. Reprimand your email-happy colleagues. Punish email abuse by withholding your replies. Or, more gently, darken someone’s doorway. In short, you must show the sort of leadership that will encourage others to forsake their email too. We’ll never stop the rain of email, no matter what we do. But if we work together, maybe we can build a kind of shelter.

The entire premise of this article is that email is an unmanageable mess filled with all sorts of garbage and dealing with it is a lost cause. There’s an analogy in there that is so idiotic that is worth quoting:

Alas, there is no opting out from email. As a practical matter, your inbox cannot be abandoned altogether. The same is true for postal mail: To function within the normal bounds of contemporary society, you must be addressable in physical space. You must be able to receive Amex bills and Amazon baubles, and also, you must subject yourself to lots of junk. This analogy between your home’s mailbox and your computer’s inbox is so easily made that it’s often overlooked. Both are stuffed with garbage by default, but also just a few essential messages.

Ian, let me give you some shocking advice: unlike your physical address, it’s not hard to get an extra email address. Hell, you can get even more than one. You can go one step further and get a disposable one! Shocking, I know!

In all seriousness, if in 2024 you’re using one single email address for everything that’s a you problem, not an email problem. Also, Ian, let me ask you a question: what’s the alternative here? Do we all move to Slack/Discord/Teams? Do we all move everything to DMs? Do you think that’s a better solution?

There’s a reason why emails are still here. They’re still here because they work. Is email perfect? No. Is there a better alternative? Also no.

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Tesla Berlin gigafactory goes dark after alleged eco-sabotage

date: 2024-03-05, updated: 2024-03-05, from: The Register (UK I.T. News)

Left-wing extremist group claims responsibility, says goal is to ‘bring Tesla to its knees’

An alleged arson attack at a power substation outside Berlin has knocked Tesla’s nearby gigafactory offline, and a left-wing activist group is claiming that disrupting Tesla was their entire intent.…

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Europe To Automakers: Bring Back Buttons If You Want A Good Safety Rating

date: 2024-03-05, from: Inside EVs News

Plus, Tesla still owns the charging market, and Polestar says EV doubters are falling into an ‘incredible trap.’

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Ronan Farrow profiles RuPaul for the New Yorker. “He’s seen the way…

date: 2024-03-05, updated: 2024-03-05, from: Jason Kittke’s blog

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Willy Wonky

date: 2024-03-05, updated: 2024-03-05, from: One Foot Tsunami

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Amazon Just Bought a Nuclear-Powered Data Center

date: 2024-03-05, from: Heatmap News

Current conditions: A tumbleweed invasion nearly buried some houses in Utah • Storms triggered floods, avalanches, and tornadoes across Italy • California’s snowpack is above normal levels for the first time this year.

THE TOP FIVE

1. Amazon Web Services buys nuclear-powered data center

Amazon’s cloud computing arm, Amazon Web Services, just paid $650 million for a data center that runs on nuclear power. Talen Energy’s Cumulus data center campus in Pennsylvania gets power from the Susquehanna nuclear plant, one of the largest nuclear power plants in the U.S. It will give Amazon a supply of clean carbon-free power, which the company could use to run energy-intensive artificial intelligence operations. The Wall Street Journal reported that AI searches require 10 times more computing power than regular searches. Amazon’s new data center campus could give it a leg-up over other tech giants because “companies looking to start data centers running AI face delays in getting permits to connect to grids, and long waits for the installation of transmission lines to connect utilities to their facilities.”

2. E-bike accidents account for majority of NYC cycling deaths

Thirty cyclists died in New York City last year, the highest number since 1999, The New York Times reported, citing Department of Transportation data. Twenty-three of those killed were riding electric bikes, and most of them collided with vehicles in areas lacking proper cycling infrastructure. However the Times notes that a good portion (about one-third) of the e-bike riders who died were in solo crashes – accidents that did not involve cars or pedestrians, a trend that isn’t seen among traditional bike-riders. “There may be a learning curve that some first-time e-bike riders aren’t prepared for,” said Sara Lind, an executive director at Open Plans. “It’s very possible that that learning curve, combined with the speed of the bike, exacerbates already confusing or chaotic conditions. Navigating a pothole or a suddenly blocked bike lane is more dangerous at a higher speed, emphasizing even more the need for better infrastructure as more people use e-bikes.” Some e-bikes can reach speeds of 25 mph, though NYC is reducing the top speeds of electric Citi Bikes to 18 mph.

3. NOAA warns of mass coral bleaching event

The world is on the cusp of the worst mass coral bleaching event in the history of the planet, the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) warned. Climate change and El Niño have sent ocean temperatures soaring, and already “the Southern Hemisphere is basically bleaching all over the place,” ecologist Derek Manzello, the coordinator of NOAA’s Coral Reef Watch, told Reuters. “The entirety of the Great Barrier Reef is bleaching. We just had reports that American Samoa is bleaching.” Researchers believe a sustained global temperature increase of 1.5 degrees Celsius is a tipping point for mass coral reef die-off. Coral reef ecosystems provide a home to thousands of species of fish and other plants and animals, and are essential sources of food and income for millions of people around the world. NOAA notes that “when a coral bleaches, it is not dead. Corals can survive a bleaching event, but they are under more stress and are subject to mortality.”

4. Goldman Sachs predicts battery prices will soon plummet

In case you missed it, Goldman Sachs is forecasting that electric vehicle battery prices will fall dramatically in the coming months thanks to an increased supply of minerals like nickel and lithium, plus innovations in manufacturing. In a research note, the firm said it expects battery prices to drop by 40% between 2023 and 2025, resulting in “breakthrough levels” of cost parity with internal combustion engine cars in some markets. By 2030, Goldman sees EVs accounting for 50% of U.S. car sales. Looking ahead, Nikhil Bhandari, co-head of Asia-Pacific Natural Resources and Clean Energy Research, said major innovations like solid-state batteries could “be a game-changer for the industry.” Batteries can account for one-third of the cost of an EV.

5. Man charged with smuggling greenhouse gases into U.S.

Here’s a weird one: A California man has been charged with smuggling greenhouse gases into the U.S., Axios reported. Michael Hart allegedly bought hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) in Mexico, hid them in his vehicle, and brought them into the States where he listed them for sale. HFCs are greenhouse gases used in refrigeration. The United Nations’ Climate and Clean Air Coalition says HFCs represent around 2% of total greenhouse gases, but “their impact on global warming can be hundreds to thousands of times greater than that of carbon dioxide (CO2) per unit of mass.” The EPA is trying to implement a phase-down of HFCs, and said smuggling them “undermines international efforts to combat climate change.”

THE KICKER

Just three of this year’s Oscar-nominated films (Barbie, Nyad, and Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part One) pass the “Climate Reality Check,” a two-part test that asks if climate change exists in a film’s story, and if at least one character knows about it.

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Microsoft: Copyright law didn’t stop the VCR and shouldn’t stop the LLM

date: 2024-03-05, updated: 2024-03-06, from: The Register (UK I.T. News)

Lawyers argue content used to train LLMs does not ‘supplant the market’ for news

Updated  Microsoft is coming out swinging over claims by the New York Times that the Windows giant and OpenAI infringed copyright by using its articles to build ChatGPT and other models.…

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Hyundai Ioniq 6 Now Cheaper To Lease Than Sonata, Toyota Camry

date: 2024-03-05, from: Inside EVs News

Hyundai’s sleek electric sedan now costs just $249 a month and $3,499 down to lease. That’s the same price as a Honda Accord lease.

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Jaguar kills off its entire range for new era of extremely expensive EVs

date: 2024-03-05, from: Electrek Feed

British automaker Jaguar – set to become an EV-only brand next year – is officially ending production of its ICE vehicles by June and stepping into a new era of very expensive but powerful EVs. Assembly lines are stopping to transition to an entirely new EV platform from the one underpinning the long-troubled I-Pace.

more…

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@Dave Winer’s Scripting News (date: 2024-03-05, from: Dave Winer’s Scripting News)

Emily Nunn: “I don’t understand how all the outcry about their bizarre and defensive political coverage and the scary effect it can have on the election is not a major investigative story being written by other journalists. Not some fancy media critic opinion or an editorial. A real report, taking defensiveness out of it and applying accountability.” A regular reader of this blog will know how totally I agree with this. But oddly when I agreed with her, perhaps a little to strongly for her liking, she accused me of being a MAGA. It’s so totally not true, and typical of reporters, to use an ad hominem to not have to listen to a non-journalist opinion about journalism.

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Day in Review (March 4–7)

date: 2024-03-05, from: Association of Research Libraries News

Last Updated on March 5, 2024, 3:27 pm ET Sign up to receive the Day in Review by email. Jump to: Tuesday, March 5 | Wednesday, March 6 | Thursday,…

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“Mutual incomprehension now exists seemingly everywhere”: The New York Times’ publisher responds to its critics

date: 2024-03-05, from: Nieman Journalism Lab

It’s an honor to be here to deliver this year’s memorial lecture. The Reuters Institute has been an invaluable resource for so many of us engaged in the difficult work of trying to blaze a sustainable path for quality journalism. And I feel lucky to receive such a warm welcome here at Oxford despite my…

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10 Ways Students Can Prepare to #BeAnAstronaut

date: 2024-03-05, from: NASA breaking news

10 Ways Students Can Prepare to #BeAnAstronaut Want to #BeAnAstronaut, but don’t know where to start? Here are some ways you can kick-start your journey! Even if you don’t qualify to #BeAnAstronaut — yet — within NASA’s Office of STEM Engagement, or OSTEM, there are ways to get involved with NASA’s missions. Check out the […]

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Rapid7 throws JetBrains under the bus for ‘uncoordinated vulnerability disclosure’

date: 2024-03-05, updated: 2024-03-06, from: The Register (UK I.T. News)

Exploits began within hours of the original disclosure, so patch now

Updated  Security shop Rapid7 is criticizing JetBrains for flouting its policy against silent patching regarding fixes for two fresh vulnerabilities in the TeamCity CI/CD server.…

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@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-03-05, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)

Supreme Court metadata reveals last-minute change in Trump ballot case.

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2024-03-04 Israel and Palestine

date: 2024-03-05, from: Alex Schroeder’s Blog

2024-03-04 Israel and Palestine

If you’re wondering how Israel is going to come back after all this, I suspect you already forgot how it managed to come back after 2006. I’m not sure how that makes me feel. On the one hand, I have completely checked out. The people in charge are utter villains. The settlements, the cutting down of trees, the terrorizing, the things one reads in the news if one cares to look are in a vague but emotionally crushing and morally grinding way similar to how the territory of the US was built on rape, murder, land grab, death marches and reservations. On the other hand, I think we cannot let that hold us back from seeking a better future. We must not stare at the bloody entrails left behind on this road to war. Yes, the news is grim. We must look past it, however. What comes after that? Where will we be in forty years? In twenty years? In five years? In two years? Next year? How will it be better than this?

“The disparity in conditions in the north and south is clear evidence that aid restrictions in the north are costing lives. UNICEF and WFP malnutrition screenings in the north in January found that nearly 16 per cent - or 1 in 6 children under 2 years of age - are acutely malnourished. Similar screenings conducted in the south in Rafah, where aid has been more available, found 5 per cent of children under 2 years are acutely malnourished.” – Statement by Adele Khodr, UNICEF Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa

And if you think a solution is impossible, then take heart. The world has managed to come back from two World Wars and countless other brutal wars. Peace is possible. People are not inherently evil. Most people want peace. Those in power and the people surrounding them and supporting them often don’t want peace, however. And once the slaughter starts, it’s hard to stop. Peace is hard.

Often the people arguing for war just can’t imagine peace because of this detail or that detail. And the details are hard to get right, for sure. But they are not impossible. Imagination is required. How else are people going to make plans for after the war? The war will end one day. And those who survived will be following plans that somebody imagined. It is important to imagine a happy, prosperous future and then to make plans of how to get there.

I remember how I was a German speaking kid in Portugal in the eighties and sometimes I’d be greeted by an angry “Heil Hitler!” from kids my age. And Portugal wasn’t even in the war! But all the killing takes generations to forgive and forget. The longer it takes us to get to peace, the longer it will take to forgive. And once there is peace, we must not squander it. We need to work for it. We need to keep aiming for that happy, prosperous future and stick to plans that go there. Don’t follow leaders without a clear plan. If they don’t have one, they don’t care or they’re unwilling to listen. There are many people with plans for peace. It’s just that the road is hard. And yet, that is the road we have.

• Stop the killing.
• Respect human rights.
• Implement justice.

Yes, it’s hard. But the alternative isn’t looking good. And we know how to do this. We have negotiated countless peace treaties. We have found solutions to thorny issues all over the world. This is not an impossible task.

#Israel #Palestine

“We laugh so we don’t cry,” I heard Sarah Taber say in her Farm to Taber podcast, either in Season 4, Ep. 7: The History of US Agriculture: How Jim Crow paid off for the Midwestern family farm or in Season 4, Ep. 9: King Cotton, Jim Crow, and Pellagra.

In that spirit, Existential Comics 527: Fantasy Morality has this note at the end:

Since the good guys always win in the end, and are typically outnumbered, this becomes pretty important. The orcs will brutally, savagely kill a few dozen elves, and the elves will respond in a very civilized fashion by wiping out the entire orc civilization. You can even still see this kind of justification in contemporary colonialism (cough Israel cough).

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Live Results: What We Know So Far In LA County District Attorney Race

date: 2024-03-05, updated: 2024-03-06, from: The LAist

Follow the latest results in the race for Los Angeles County District Attorney.

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Live Results: What We Know So Far In The LA City Council Races

date: 2024-03-05, updated: 2024-03-06, from: The LAist

Follow the latest results for the seven Los Angeles City Council seats on the March 5 primary ballot.

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Live Results: What We Know So Far In The US Senator Races

date: 2024-03-05, updated: 2024-03-06, from: The LAist

Watch this space for live results once the polls close.

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Live Results: What We Know So Far In The Orange County Races

date: 2024-03-05, updated: 2024-03-06, from: The LAist

Join us for live results once the polls close.

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Live Results: What We Know So Far In The LA County Supervisors Race

date: 2024-03-05, updated: 2024-03-06, from: The LAist

Watch this space for live results once the polls close.

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I Didn’t Get Into My Dream College. What Did I Do Wrong?

date: 2024-03-05, updated: 2024-03-06, from: The LAist

College admissions is a black box. What might make the process of acceptance and rejection more transparent?

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On Time

date: 2024-03-05, from: Accidentally in Code

The past year I’ve been working on a book. I organized my entire life to carve out and preserve my Saturdays for this project. It is finally done (almost! Just reviews of proof pages to go); I got my weekends back just in time to work them through the review cycle, and with the worst […]

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Brit chip industry wonders if UK budget will put its money where its silicon is

date: 2024-03-05, updated: 2024-03-06, from: The Register (UK I.T. News)

Don’t hold your breath

Brit tech industry association Techworks wants to see more support for the UK semiconductor sector in this week’s budget to help the nation’s chip companies better compete on the global stage.…

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Rivian R2 Starts At $47,000 With 330-Mile Range, Tesla NACS Plug: Leaked Info

date: 2024-03-05, from: Inside EVs News

Rivian’s small crossover rival will also feature pop-out rear windows and exterior accessory ports for things like bike mounts.

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It’s not just nurses in short supply

date: 2024-03-05, from: Marketplace Morning Report

Nursing leaders in hospitals around the countries are on the frontlines of a decadeslong nursing shortage. But they’re dealing with retention issues of their own. A new survey found that nearly a third of hospital nurse leaders plan to leave their jobs within a year. We’ll also take a look at the hottest new tech stock and the president’s crackdown on junk fees. Plus, get ready for the political campaign ad deluge.

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China sets ambitious economic target for 2024

date: 2024-03-05, from: Marketplace Morning Report

From the BBC World Service: China’s National People’s Congress is underway, and the government has been laying out its aims for the next year — which includes a 5% growth target. We delve into the latest. Then, Australia plans to boost trade and investment in East Asia. Plus, midweek nights out used to be the norm for British college students. Have sticky floors and expensive drinks lost their appeal?

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The Insecurity of Video Doorbells

date: 2024-03-05, updated: 2024-03-04, from: Bruce Schneier blog

Consumer Reports has analyzed a bunch of popular Internet-connected video doorbells. Their security is terrible.

First, these doorbells expose your home IP address and WiFi network name to the internet without encryption, potentially opening your home network to online criminals.

[…]

Anyone who can physically access one of the doorbells can take over the device—no tools or fancy hacking skills needed.

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Moto Mysteries: The Yamaha Towny Was Apparently A Scooter For Men, For Some Reason?

date: 2024-03-05, from: Ride Apart, Electric Motorcycle News

Of course men need scooters. But with the vast majority of riders already being men, the specification is a strange choice.

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CamJam threw us a birthday party

date: 2024-03-05, from: Raspberry Pi News (.com)

Thanks to everyone who came to our third-cum-twelfth birthday party last weekend, thrown for us by CamJam. Here are some photos of the day so you can immerse yourself in the experience if you weren’t there, and relive the unadulterated joy if you were.

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Nvidia now plays kingmaker in the server court, says Omdia

date: 2024-03-05, updated: 2024-03-05, from: The Register (UK I.T. News)

AI’s appetite for compute means general refreshes stalled as customer used budgets elsewhere

The server market is bouncing back in value terms, as customers demand beefier systems to train or run AI models – and the success of server makers is now largely dependent on getting GPUs from Nvidia.…

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Ride1Up LMT’D V2 launched as new torque sensor electric bike

date: 2024-03-05, from: Electrek Feed

Ride1Up, the San Diego-based electric bike retailer known for some of the best value commuter e-bikes on the market, has spent much of the last year expanding into new categories such as electric mopeds and adventure e-bikes. Now, the company is updating one of its popular commuter-focused models, maintaining its grip on the road market even as the brand expands its reach. Meet the new Ride1Up LMT’D V2.

more…

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Watchdog calls for more plugs, less monopoly in EV charging network

date: 2024-03-05, updated: 2024-03-05, from: The Register (UK I.T. News)

Exclusivity deals a no-no, and ‘charging deserts’ must be avoided

The UK’s competition regulator is calling for more competition, interoperability, and better reliability in the local electric vehicle (EV) charging network.…

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Juno fly-by detects lower levels of oxygen on Europa than expected

date: 2024-03-05, updated: 2024-03-05, from: The Register (UK I.T. News)

Less abundant molecular oxygen narrow chances of life being found on Jupiter’s icy moon

Jupiter’s moon Europa has a lot less free oxygen than previously thought, narrowing the odds that life may have evolved in this remote orb.…

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Tesla shuts down Gigafactory Berlin after suspected sabotage results in power outage

date: 2024-03-05, from: Electrek Feed

Tesla had to shut down Gigafactory Berlin today after a significant power outage that may have been caused by sabotage.

more…

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Donald Trump wins North Dakota Republican caucuses, adding to victories going into Super Tuesday

date: 2024-03-05, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>BISMARCK, N.D. &#8212; Donald Trump won the North Dakota Republican presidential caucuses on Monday, adding to his string of victories heading into Super Tuesday.</p>
        

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Sister of slain Kona woman, supporters rally to foster awareness about domestic violence

date: 2024-03-05, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>For survivors of domestic violence, sometimes support is the best course to healing.</p>
        

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Supreme Court restores Trump to ballot, rejecting state attempts to ban him over Capitol attack

date: 2024-03-05, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>WASHINGTON &#8212; The Supreme Court on Monday unanimously restored Donald Trump to 2024 presidential primary ballots, rejecting state attempts to ban the Republican former president over the Capitol riot.</p>
        

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China sets an economic growth target of 5% and pledges help for consumers and property developers

date: 2024-03-05, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>BEIJING (AP) &#8212; China&#8217;s official growth target for this year is around 5%, Premier Li Qiang said Tuesday in an annual report on the government&#8217;s plans and performance that prioritized both security and the economy.</p>
        

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Prep work begins for HVNP roundabout

date: 2024-03-05, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>Work to prepare for the installation of a traffic roundabout just beyond the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park entrance began Monday.</p>
        

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Joni Mitchell proves why we should look beyond stereotypes about aging

date: 2024-03-05, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>Whether or not we&#8217;re older adults, we all are being bombarded with a blunt political narrative about aging that is as wrong as it is dangerous. In essence, the message is that &#8220;old&#8221; equals &#8220;bad&#8221; and that if a person is going to be a leader, they had better do it while they are young. Headlines, campaign messages and political cartoons, often across party affiliations, draw upon ageist tropes, painting older people as inherently deficient.</p>
        

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Your Views for March 5

date: 2024-03-05, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>Pro-war parties&#0010;running America</p>
        

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Biden, not Trump, has real immigration solutions

date: 2024-03-05, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>In dueling visits to the Texas-Mexico border, President Joe Biden and Donald Trump each tried to make the case that they&#8217;re the person best positioned to handle immigration amid polls showing voters trust the latter more despite his chaotic and sadistic tenure presiding over the nation&#8217;s enforcement infrastructure.</p>
        

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Newly released messages detail roots of the ‘fake electors’ scheme

date: 2024-03-05, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>WASHINGTON &#8212; Just five days after Election Day in 2020, a conservative lawyer named Kenneth Chesebro emailed a former judge who was working for the Trump campaign in Wisconsin, James R. Troupis, pitching an idea for how to overturn the results.</p>
        

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Nvidia becomes Tesla’s successor as market flips from EV to AI

date: 2024-03-05, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>Nvidia Corp.&#8217;s rise is captivating the stock market and driving the S&#038;P 500 Index to new highs. But it also raises cautionary reminders of another investor darling that soared on dreams of a technological transformation, only to tumble back to earth when those hopes turned to disappointment. That stock belongs to Tesla Inc., which sparked its own mania in 2017 as investors bet that electric vehicles were going to take over the world. Back then, Elon Musk&#8217;s company was a phenomenon as it blew past established carmakers like General Motors Co. and Ford Motor Co. in market capitalization to become America&#8217;s biggest auto manufacturer. Some analysts were looking beyond the industry and calling it &#8220;the next Apple Inc.&#8221;</p>
        

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6 in 10 US adults doubt mental capability of Biden and Trump, AP-NORC poll finds

date: 2024-03-05, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>WASHINGTON &#8212; A poll finds that a significant share of U.S. adults doubt the mental capabilities of 81-year-old President Joe Biden and 77-year-old Donald Trump, the former president and current Republican front-runner in what could be a rematch of the 2020 election.</p>
        

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State news in brief

date: 2024-03-05, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>Efforts to lower Hawaii &#0010;teachers&#8217; housing costs advance</p>
        

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AP Decision Note: What to expect in Hawaii’s Democratic presidential caucuses

date: 2024-03-05, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>WASHINGTON &#8212; Hawaii Democrats will hold a presidential preference vote tomorrow as President Joe Biden moves closer to securing the delegates needed to clinch nomination for a second term in the White House.</p>
        

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Vice President Harris hosts Israeli war Cabinet member as the US pushes to get more aid into Gaza

date: 2024-03-05, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>WASHINGTON &#8212; Vice President Kamala Harris met on Monday with a member of Israel&#8217;s wartime Cabinet who came to Washington in defiance of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as the Biden administration intensifies its efforts to push more humanitarian aid into war-battered Gaza.</p>
        

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Ex-Trump Org CFO Allen Weisselberg pleads guilty to perjury in fraud case

date: 2024-03-05, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>NEW YORK &#8212; Donald Trump&#8217;s former finance chief Allen Weisselberg copped to new criminal charges in a lower Manhattan courtroom on Monday &#8212; admitting he told lies to the New York attorney general concerning what he knew about the actual size of Trump&#8217;s Fifth Avenue penthouse, and when.</p>
        

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Supreme Court temporarily blocks Texas law that allows police to arrest migrants

date: 2024-03-05, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>AUSTIN, Texas &#8212; Texas&#8217; plan to arrest migrants who enter the U.S. illegally is headed to the Supreme Court in a legal showdown over the federal government&#8217;s authority over immigration.</p>
        

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Apple gets fined nearly $2 billion by the EU for hindering music streaming competition

date: 2024-03-05, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>LONDON &#8212; The European Union leveled its first antitrust penalty against Apple on Monday, fining the U.S. tech giant nearly $2 billion for unfairly favoring its own music streaming service by forbidding rivals like Spotify from telling users how they could pay for cheaper subscriptions outside of iPhone apps.</p>
        

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Obituaries for March 5

date: 2024-03-05, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>Henry T. Dela Rosa, 81, of Honokaa died Feb. 11 at home. Born in Haina, he was an assistant factory superintendent for the former Hamakua Sugar Co., then retired from the engineering department at Mauna Lani Bay Hotel. Visitation 8-10 a.m. Saturday, March 16, at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church in Honokaa. Services at 10 a.m. Lunch to follow. Survived by wife, Luzonica Dela Rosa of Honokaa; children, Faith (Shon) Olivera, Gaylene (Kalae) Dela Rosa and Eric (Aisley) Dela Rosa; sister, Dorothy (Francis) Nakamoto; sisters-in-law, Sumie Dela Rosa and Aloha Dela Rosa; nine grandchildren and three great-grandchildren; nieces and nephews. Arrangements by Dodo Mortuary.</p>
        

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AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Super Tuesday’s presidential nominating contests

date: 2024-03-05, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>WASHINGTON &#8212; With contests in 16 states and American Samoa, the Super Tuesday primaries next week will be the largest day of voting of the year outside of the November election. Just how &#8220;super&#8221; it is may be a matter of perspective.</p>
        

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Pentagon leaker Jack Teixeira pleads guilty under a deal that calls for at least 11 years in prison

date: 2024-03-05, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>BOSTON &#8212; Massachusetts Air National Guard member Jack Teixeira pleaded guilty on Monday to leaking highly classified military documents about the war in Ukraine and other national security secrets under a deal with prosecutors that calls for him to serve at least 11 years in prison.</p>
        

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Eagles center Jason Kelce retires after 13 NFL seasons and 1 Super Bowl ring

date: 2024-03-05, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>PHILADELPHIA &#8212; Jason Kelce needed only seconds to burst into tears.</p>
        

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BIIF softball: Kealakehe wins road trip

date: 2024-03-05, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>KEA&#8216;AU &#8212; Kealakehe softball collected 12 hits and 10 RBI in its 12-1 win over KS-Hawai&#8216;i on Saturday afternoon on the road.</p>
        

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History-rich Pac-12 marks the end of an era as the conference basketball tournaments take place

date: 2024-03-05, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>LAS VEGAS &#8212; Tara VanDerveer managed to compartmentalize her emotions as she chased down and eclipsed Mike Krzyzewski&#8217;s all-time wins record earlier this season, determined to focus only on the moment ahead.</p>
        

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Decisions made by Caleb Williams, Marvin Harrison Jr. could impact future NFL combines

date: 2024-03-05, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>INDIANAPOLIS &#8212; The NFL scouting combine&#8217;s evolution from hidden gem into the league&#8217;s second-most anticipated offseason event has come with all sorts of twists.</p>
        

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Let’s Talk Food: This and that

date: 2024-03-05, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>Hilo Pizza Co.</p>
        

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Spam crusade lands charity in hot water with data watchdog

date: 2024-03-05, updated: 2024-03-05, from: The Register (UK I.T. News)

Penny Appeal sent more than 460,000 texts asking for money to help war-torn countries, no opt out

Typically it is energy improvement peddlers or debt help specialists that are disgraced by Britain’s data watchdog for spamming unsuspecting households, but the latest entrant in the hall of shame is a charity.…

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CCU approves GWA plan, utility required to mitigate rate hikes

date: 2024-03-05, from: Guam Daily Post

The Consolidated Commission on Utilities has approved the fourth consecutive five-year financial plan and capital improvement program for the Guam Waterworks Authority, but with a directive for the utility to pursue legislative authorization of alternative financing methods so that proposed…

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OPA: GDOE laptop purchases ‘excessive’

date: 2024-03-05, from: Guam Daily Post

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Guam Department of Education made an investment in technology - namely 34,503 laptops to the tune of $24.6 million, which the public auditor has deemed a questionably excessive purchase.

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GPD: Man allegedly found with meth after motorcycle chase

date: 2024-03-05, from: Guam Daily Post

A man on pretrial release in an alleged rape reported in April 2023 is facing new charges after allegedly being found with meth after leading police officers on a high-speed chase.

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Plea agreement offered to man charged in 2022 slaying

date: 2024-03-05, from: Guam Daily Post

The prosecution has sent a plea agreement to a man facing charges related to the death of Stevy Villanueva, whose remains were found in January 2022.

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Port receives national award

date: 2024-03-05, from: Guam Daily Post

The ability of the Port Authority of Guam to turn a deficit into a multimillion-dollar surplus has gained national attention from the National Association of Government Accountants, the Port announced recently in a press release.

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Commissaries to eliminate single-use bags this month

date: 2024-03-05, from: Guam Daily Post

Starting March 15, commissaries on Guam will no longer issue single-use bags

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Bill to address OAG withdrawal introduced as Legislature preps for emergency session

date: 2024-03-05, from: Guam Daily Post

Following last week’s announcement that the Office of the Attorney General will withdraw from representing agencies under investigation due to potential conflict issues, Sen. Amanda Shelton has now introduced legislation that she says will keep procurement processes functioning while the…

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Villaluz 2024 spelling bee champ

date: 2024-03-05, from: Guam Daily Post

Following an afternoon of testing the spelling prowess of island youth, Alleena Villaluz rules the word as the 2024 Scripps Spelling Bee regional champion.

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OPA finds inconsistencies in tourism program

date: 2024-03-05, from: Guam Daily Post

The Office of Public Accountability has found inconsistencies in the evaluation of award tiers and grant amounts for the Guam Visitors Bureau’s Tourism Assistance Program, or TAP, and has determined that program eligibility requirements need more stringent criteria.

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Shriners Guam clinic inundated

date: 2024-03-05, from: Guam Daily Post

For roughly 50 years, Shriners Hospital has held outreach clinics on Guam, helping hundreds of children. In its sixth clinic at the Guam Regional Medical City, the off-island specialists are inundated with patients.

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Back to the trial of John T. Scopes

date: 2024-03-05, from: Robert Reich on Substack

The resurgence of anti-science fundamentalism in America

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Trojans running in the 2024 primaries

date: 2024-03-05, from: The Daily Trojan (USC Student Paper)

Six USC alumni will face off in the Los Angeles City Council District 10, 14 races.

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USC experts discuss growing polarization ahead of primaries

date: 2024-03-05, from: The Daily Trojan (USC Student Paper)

Polarization has been attributed to political violence and the changing media environment.

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Inside the ‘scary’ race for LA District Attorney

date: 2024-03-05, from: The Daily Trojan (USC Student Paper)

Twelve are running in the 2024 Los Angeles County District Attorney primary.

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The Plutocrats’ Plot To Control America

date: 2024-03-05, from: The Lever News

Under the banner of voting reform, a tycoon’s plan could give the rich even more power to buy elections.

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Classifieds – March 5, 2024

date: 2024-03-05, from: The Daily Trojan (USC Student Paper)

The Daily Trojan features Classified advertising in each day’s edition. Here you can read, search, and even print out each day’s edition of the Classifieds.

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US and Europe try to tame surveillance capitalism

date: 2024-03-05, updated: 2024-03-05, from: The Register (UK I.T. News)

Trade watchdog argues that browsing and location data are sensitive and deserve to be defended

Feature  The US Federal Trade Commission on Monday warned that data brokers need to rethink how they define sensitive data in light of recent enforcement actions involving antivirus vendor Avast, and location data providers X-Mode and InMarket. Europe too is moving in this area and crackdowns move around the world.…

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March 4, 2024

date: 2024-03-05, from: Heather Cox Richardson blog

Today the Supreme Court ruled unanimously that states cannot remove Donald Trump from the 2024 presidential ballot. Colorado officials, as well as officials from other states, had challenged Trump’s ability to run for the presidency, noting that the third section of the Fourteenth Amendment prohibits those who have engaged in insurrection after taking an oath to support the Constitution from holding office.

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Today in SCV History (March 5)

date: 2024-03-05, from: SCV New (TV Station)

1864 – L.A. Star newspaper report: County supervisors have accepted Beale’s Cut as complete. [story

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Stop misusing therapy speak

date: 2024-03-05, from: The Daily Trojan (USC Student Paper)

Self-care and prioritizing our needs can make us less empathetic toward others.

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Women’s lacrosse falls short to Blue Jays

date: 2024-03-05, from: The Daily Trojan (USC Student Paper)

Despite a strong start, the Trojans failed to seal a road win against Johns Hopkins.

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Roski graduate student exhibition highlights dreams

date: 2024-03-05, from: The Daily Trojan (USC Student Paper)

Siyan Camille Ji presents four collections for her MFA photography thesis show.

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I choose to believe Hasan Minhaj’s emotional truths

date: 2024-03-05, from: The Daily Trojan (USC Student Paper)

The New Yorker recently condemned Minhaj for exaggerating his stories, but I believe they serve a larger purpose.

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Ultimate Frisbee: USC’s Division I club sport

date: 2024-03-05, from: The Daily Trojan (USC Student Paper)

Ultimate is one of the fastest-growing sports, especially on campus.

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Authors, screenwriters honored at Scripter Awards

date: 2024-03-05, from: The Daily Trojan (USC Student Paper)

USC Libraries celebrated “American Fiction” and “Slow Horses” Saturday.

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Every journalist is an opinion writer

date: 2024-03-05, from: The Daily Trojan (USC Student Paper)

Nothing is free from bias, including journalism, despite the industry’s claim to be the exception.

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Dell exec reveals Nvidia has a 1,000-watt GPU in the works

date: 2024-03-05, updated: 2024-03-05, from: The Register (UK I.T. News)

Hot and hungry, yet direct liquid cooling may not be required

If you thought Nvidia’s 700W H100s were hot and power-hungry machines, just wait until the GPU slinger’s B100 arrives later this year.…

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AMD may have failed to dumb down its chips enough to allow China sales

date: 2024-03-05, updated: 2024-03-05, from: The Register (UK I.T. News)

Washington reportedly decided chipmaker hadn’t done too little

AMD reportedly failed at an attempt to dumb down its AI chips to a level at which Washington DC is happy for them to be exported to China.…

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US Hits Houthi Missiles After Latest Attack on Ship

date: 2024-03-05, from: VOA News USA

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Rivian R2 electric SUV leaks, 3 sec 0-60, 330 miles of range, more

date: 2024-03-05, from: Electrek Feed

The Rivian R2, the electric vehicle startup’s upcoming new electric SUV, has leaked through the company’s website. It starts at $47,000 and gets up to 330 miles of range. Lots of new details are emerging here…

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Republican Voters Clash Over Whether Haley Should Remain in Nomination Race

date: 2024-03-05, from: VOA News USA

NEW ORLEANS — As the Republican Party primary contests continue into their third month, former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley is the only remaining challenger to former U.S. President Donald Trump. 

The primaries will determine who is the GOP’s nominee for president and who will challenge President Joe Biden in November’s presidential election.

Trump has won all but one of the 11 primaries and caucuses so far, racking up 276 total delegates to Haley’s 43. (Haley earned her first victory in Washington D.C. this past weekend, a contest long predicted to go her way.) With 15 states casting their votes for a nominee on March 5, a day known as “Super Tuesday,” Republicans are divided on whether Haley should remain in the race or get out of the former president’s way.  

“If you’re a Democrat, you probably want Haley to stay in the race because she’s distracting Trump from focusing on defeating Biden,” explained Bob Carreto, a Trump supporter from Chalmette, Louisiana. “But if you’re a real Republican, you want her to drop out of the primaries as fast as possible.”

“She’s forcing Trump to spend money defeating her, and it’s not good for the Republican Party,” Carreto said. “But the reality is, she doesn’t stand a chance, so she should just quit.”

Even though Trump has won each of the contests so far, not all voters who could cast their ballot this November for a Republican think Haley should exit.

“I think she’s incredibly brave for staying in the race, especially given that Trump is a maniacal egoist who attacks anyone who challenges him,” Abby LaCombe, an independent voter from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, told VOA. 

“She’s facing a lot of attacks for refusing to withdraw, and she’s giving people who vote Republican a choice — the ability to choose someone other than Trump, a politician who has shown he has no respect whatsoever for democracy,” LaCombe said.

The Haley campaign did not respond to VOA’s request for comment when asked what Haley would say to those questioning why she is staying in the race.

Uphill battle

The Trump campaign has been insistent on undercutting Haley’s challenge by 

highlighting her many stumbles at the ballot box. In her home state of South Carolina, for example, the former president collected 60% of the vote to her 40%.

Michigan is a more moderate state where independent voters — thought to be more receptive to Haley’s message — are allowed to vote in the Republican primary. Still, in the state’s recent primary, Trump’s margin of victory was even greater (68% to 27%).

“She can’t name one state she can win, let alone be competitive in,” Steven Cheung, a Trump spokesperson, said in a statement last week.

The Haley campaign did not respond to VOA’s request for comment when asked where she believes she can win on Super Tuesday or beyond.

On Sunday’s “Meet the Press” talk show, Haley said, “I think we fight. You’re going to have 16 states and territories that are voting on Tuesday. And so, a lot of people’s voices are going to be heard. And that’s what this has all been about.”

Most political experts, like University of Georgia political scientist Charles Bullock, agree that it will be difficult for Haley to win against the former president.

“I think it’s probably too late for her,” he explained to VOA. “This is Trump’s party, and he controls its voters. It’s a party dominated by an electorate who will stick with him no matter what — probably until he dies or withdraws from public view.”

Bullock, however, sees one way the Republican faithful could abandon him.

“A conviction,” he said. “Polling shows that if he is convicted of one of the several crimes he is accused of, then a substantial number of voters would abandon him. I think it’s possible that Haley is waiting, hopeful she could gather his votes if a conviction takes place.”

Trump faces 91 charges in four trials, including allegations he illegally tried to upend his 2020 election loss, whether he illegally took highly classified documents with him when he left office, and whether he falsified documents related to hush-money paid to a porn actor.

He has denied all the allegations.

Motivation for remaining in the race

A Reuters/Ipsos poll from last month found that 51% of Republican voters said they would not vote for Trump if he was convicted of any of the 91 felony charges brought against him across four criminal trials. A further 25% said they weren’t sure how they would vote in that case.

Fifty-eight percent said they would not vote for Trump if he were serving time in prison in November.

While experts like Bullock believe a Trump conviction might be Haley’s reason for staying in the race, others say she could have other motivations.

Henry Olsen, a senior fellow with the Ethics and Public Policy Center, believes Haley, the former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, hopes if she can win several states, it will allow her to gain concessions from Trump during the Republican National Convention.

“She’s been spending her time in more moderate states and states where independent voters are also allowed to take part in the Republican primary,” Olsen said, adding, “states like Minnesota, where Marco Rubio beat Trump in the 2016 primary, and Colorado, where moderate Republican Senator Joe O’Dea beat a Trump-supported opponent by a wide margin.”

“Utah, Vermont, Massachusetts and Maine are all in the same boat, and if she can win five states, Republican Party rules will give her more time and clout at the convention to voice her opposition to Trump,” Olsen continued. “Those wins are going to be a stretch for her, but if she gets them, Trump’s team will want to avoid any bad attention at the convention and may be willing to give concessions important to her, like a promise to support NATO.”

Other experts, like David Stack, a political scientist at Cleveland State University, thinks Haley might have one eye set on the 2028 presidential election.

“I just don’t see Haley having a path to the nomination this cycle,” Stack told VOA. “Her best bet for a win on Super Tuesday might be in Vermont, but even there she is down by about 30% in polling.”

“So, the question then is why is she staying in the race?” Stack said. “I think it could be to bolster her name recognition and collect donations for future elections. If she has a good amount of money in the bank after Super Tuesday, that could be a sign she is building a war chest for the future.”

Alternative to Trump

For her part, Haley insists her focus is on the present and that she believes she is the Republican Party’s best chance at unseating President Biden.

“This has never been about me or my political future,” Haley said last week after her defeat in the South Carolina primaries. “We need to beat Joe Biden in November. I don’t believe Donald Trump can beat Joe Biden. Nearly every day, Trump drives people away.”

She added, “I’m an accountant. I know 40% is not 50%, but I also know 40% is not some tiny group. There are huge numbers in our Republican primaries who are saying they want an alternative.”

Jason Winder, a Republican from Uintah County, Utah, says he is one of those voters and is looking forward to casting his ballot for Haley on Tuesday.

“I like the idea of having a choice, and I’m grateful to still be able to show my dissent for Trump by backing someone who wasn’t involved in the January 6 insurrection,” Winder told VOA. “I hope the GOP leadership wakes up. He lost the popular vote in 2016 and 2020, and I think the margins will be even bigger this year. At least Nikki Haley gives us a chance.”

This week, Haley told supporters at a rally in Minnesota that Trump can’t win the general election if he’s losing 40% of the vote, and polling has shown a sizable portion of the Republican Party believe Trump is too extreme to defeat Biden. Nearly nine in 10 Haley voters in South Carolina said they would not be satisfied with Trump as the Republican Party’s presidential nominee.

As a result, support in the form of fundraising dollars and endorsements from moderate segments of the Republican Party continue to find their way to the former governor.

On Friday, Haley received endorsements from two of the party’s most moderate senators, Susan Collins from Maine and Lisa Murkowski from Alaska.

Despite that support, many in the party, including Trump’s most ardent supporters, continue to push Haley to exit the race.

“I actually like Nikki Haley and I would vote for her if she was the nominee,” explained Harvey Wasserman, a resident of Daytona Beach, Florida. “But I’ve voted for Trump twice and I’m going to do it again in the primary. I don’t think she can win, so it’s time for her to give the stage to Trump so he can focus on Biden.”

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Project Tapestry

date: 2024-03-05, updated: 2024-03-05, from: Daring Fireball

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Donald Trump Wins North Dakota Republican Caucuses

date: 2024-03-05, from: VOA News USA

BISMARCK, N.D. — Donald Trump won the North Dakota Republican presidential caucuses on Monday, adding to his string of victories heading into Super Tuesday.

The former president finished first in voting conducted at 12 caucus sites, ahead of former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley. The result puts Trump back on the winning track, which was briefly interrupted on Sunday when Haley notched her first victory of the campaign in the District of Columbia’s primary.

The White House hopefuls now turn their attention to Super Tuesday, when results will pour in from 16 states in contests that amount to the single biggest delegate haul of any day in the presidential primary. Trump and President Joe Biden, a Democrat, are dominating their races and are on track to winning their nominations later this month.

Under North Dakota’s rules, candidates are eligible to win delegates if they finish with at least 20% of the vote. However, a candidate who wins at least 60% of the vote receives all of the state’s 29 delegates.

Four candidates were on the ballot, including Trump and Nikki Haley. The other candidates, who have received little attention, were Florida businessman David Stuckenberg and Texas businessman and pastor Ryan Binkley, who recently ended his campaign.

Retired music teacher and librarian Karen Groninger, of Almont, said Monday that she voted for Trump, calling him the best choice. The 76-year-old cited Trump’s 2020 speech at the annual March for Life anti-abortion event in Washington, D.C. — the first by a sitting president — and his border policies.

Longtime Republican state Sen. Dick Dever, of Bismarck, said he voted for Haley, but added she’s unlikely to win. The retired factory representative, 72, said, “I hear an awful lot of people say that they really liked Trump’s policies, but they don’t like the way he conducts himself, and I think he’s gone overboard a bit.”

Caucus voters were encouraged to be paying party members, but those who wouldn’t pay $50 for annual membership were asked to sign a pledge to affiliate with the party, caucus Chair Robert Harms said.

North Dakota is the only state without voter registration. The caucuses followed official state voter identification protocols, such as providing a driver’s license. Voting was done only in person and on printed ballots, which will be hand-counted.

In 2016, it was a North Dakota delegate who helped Trump secure the number needed for the Republican presidential nomination.

He swept North Dakota’s three electoral college votes in 2016 and 2020, winning about 63% and 65% of those votes, respectively.

As president, Trump visited Bismarck and Mandan in 2017 to talk about tax cuts, and he campaigned twice in Fargo in 2018 for Kevin Cramer in the then-congressman’s successful Senate bid against Democratic Sen. Heidi Heitkamp.

North Dakota’s Democratic-NPL Party is holding a presidential primary almost entirely by mail, with mail-in voting from Feb. 20 to March 30, and limited in-person voting for residents of Indian reservations. President Joe Biden, Rep. Dean Phillips and six others are on the ballot.

A third party will count ballots in Fargo on March 30, with results available on the party’s website afterward.

Sen. Bernie Sanders won the Democratic caucuses in 2016 and 2020.

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Grab shrank its superapp by a quarter in order to survive

date: 2024-03-05, updated: 2024-03-05, from: The Register (UK I.T. News)

Large APKs and disk footprints spell doom in a developing market

In 2019, Southeast Asian superapp developer Grab spotted a problem: its app was growing in size by one percent per month, making it less suited to the modest smartphones found across the region in which it operates, degrading user experience and ultimately threatening its prospects for attracting more users.…

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White House Raises Hopes for Gaza 6-Week Cease-Fire Deal

date: 2024-03-05, from: VOA News USA

Vice President Kamala Harris reiterated Monday support for an “immediate” six-week cease-fire in Gaza, meeting with a top member of Israel’s war Cabinet as the conflict teeters on the five-month mark. But analysts and protesters note that stopping the conflict hinges on negotiations the Biden administration won’t discuss, and that may not yield a deal before the White House’s stated deadline – the start of Ramadan. VOA’s Anita Powell reports from the White House.

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Inclusive playground coming to Peachland Elementary 

date: 2024-03-05, from: The Signal

Prospective preschool students at Peachland Elementary School will have something new and exciting to look forward to: an inclusive playground, the first of its kind for the Newhall School District. At last week’s regular meeting, the district’s governing board approved that item as well as a new phone system that would see the district upgrade […]

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Twitter’s ex-CEO, CFO, and managers sue Elon Musk for $128M

date: 2024-03-05, updated: 2024-03-05, from: The Register (UK I.T. News)

Musk playbook described as ‘Keep money he owes other people, and force them to sue him’

Four top former executives who were let go after Elon Musk acquired the social media platform have sued the tech billionaire for $128 million in severance payments.…

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Trump Nears Crucial Delegate Numbers Ahead of Super Tuesday

date: 2024-03-05, from: VOA News USA

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Old enough to know better

date: 2024-03-05, from: Dave Winer’s Scripting News

There are advantages to being older.

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Cloudflare wants to put a firewall in front of your LLM

date: 2024-03-05, updated: 2024-03-05, from: The Register (UK I.T. News)

Claims to protect against DDoS, sensitive data leakage

Cloudflare has tweaked its web application firewall (WAF) to add protections for applications using large language models.…

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Ken Striplin | One Story One City

date: 2024-03-05, from: SCV New (TV Station)

Personally, and professionally, I have always been committed to a life of learning and a huge part of that is reading

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Lady Mustangs Upset No. 1 Seed to Win GSAC Championship

date: 2024-03-05, from: SCV New (TV Station)

The Master’s University women’s basketball team upset No-1 seed Vanguard 68-65 Saturday to win the Golden State Athletic Conference Women’s Basketball Tournament Championship in Atherton, Calif

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6 Principles Many Journalists Miss

date: 2024-03-05, from: Dan Rather’s Steady

Why Nixon hated your correspondent

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Burroughs volleyball sweeps West Ranch 

date: 2024-03-05, from: The Signal

A balanced attack and strong serving to close out the match were enough to power Burroughs Bears boys’ volleyball to victory on Friday.  The Bears swept the hosting West Ranch Wildcats, 25-23, 27-25, 25-22.  West Ranch (6-4) was without star junior Noah Douphner, who is trying out for the USA Men’s National Volleyball U19 team […]

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Barger sends letter to Schiavo over Chiquita Canyon 

date: 2024-03-05, from: The Signal

L.A. County 5th District Supervisor Kathryn Barger sent a letter to Assemblywoman Pilar Schiavo, D-Chatsworth, dated Monday “to seek your immediate assistance with the ongoing issues at the Chiquita Canyon Landfill.”  In the letter, Barger thanked Schiavo for her recent engagement on this issue and her work to ensure that “varying state agencies are doing […]

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Anthropic releases Claude 3 and claims it’s better than ChatGPT and Gemini

date: 2024-03-05, updated: 2024-03-05, from: The Register (UK I.T. News)

Boasts of ‘near-human levels of comprehension and fluency’

AI startup Anthropic has released Claude 3, the latest iteration of its large language model, which it claims is more powerful than OpenAI’s GPT-4.…

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March 14: Mayor’s Committee on Employment of Individuals with Disabilities

date: 2024-03-05, from: SCV New (TV Station)

The Santa Clarita business community is invited to attend the SCV Mayor’s Committee on Employment of Individuals with Disabilities Thursday, March 14, from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., at The Centre

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US Honors Dozen Women Defending Human Rights Worldwide

date: 2024-03-05, from: VOA News USA

A dozen female activists from different countries were honored Monday at the White House for their activism in defense of human and women’s rights. VOA Correspondent Veronica Balderas Iglesias has the highlights of the 2024 International Women of Courage Awards.

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@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-03-05, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)

Can you believe these idiots think this is news?

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US: Low Iran Election Turnout Another Sign of ‘Discontent’

date: 2024-03-05, from: VOA News USA

Washington — The United States said Monday that the low turnout in Iran’s election came as no surprise and was a new sign of discontent in the cleric-run state.

“I don’t think there’s any doubt that there’s discontent about the regime’s rule,” State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller told reporters.

“We did not assess that these elections would be free and fair, and I believe that many Iranian voters would assess that the elections would not be free and fair, and so it wouldn’t surprise me if in that regard they chose not to participate,” he said.

Election authorities said Monday that conservatives and ultra-conservatives secured a large majority in parliamentary elections — in which many hopefuls including moderates and reformists were disqualified from running.

Authorities said turnout was 41%, the lowest since the 1979 Islamic Revolution toppled the pro-Western shah.

Miller said that the United States could not offer its own assessment but added: “Iranian authorities’ claims about turnout have generally been unreliable.”

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Topological Matter by Inverse Design

date: 2024-03-05, from: ETH Zurich, recently added

Bösch, Cyrill

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