Which open digital infrastructure does Europe depend on? We invite maintainers and experts worldwide to share their knowledge to inform the design and investment priorities of the #EUSovereignTechFund pilot. Take part by 30 Nov 2026 and share it with your networks: survey.sovereign.tech/eustf

Do all security vulnerabilities need to be fixed in private? With support from the Sovereign Tech Agency, OpenJS is using @nodejs.org to research whether some vulnerabilities can be remediated faster through normal open development without increasing security risk. More: openjsf.org/blog/soverei...

Google's Sergey Brin throws $3M more into the fight against the CA billionaire tax. That brings his total known contributions to $48M. In this new filing, other techies donated too, incl crypto exec Chris Larsen and VCs John Doerr and Michael Moritz. Background: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

New from 404 Media: the FBI was able to extract incoming Signal messages from a phone even though the app was deleted. Why? Because parts of messages were stored in the iPhone's internal notification database. Shows how secure chat data can come from unexpected places www.404media.co/fbi-extracts...

FBI Extracts Suspect’s Deleted Signal Messages Saved in iPhone Notification Database

The case was the first time authorities charged people for alleged “Antifa” activities after President Trump designated the umbrella term a terrorist organization.

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This damn post has absolutely ruined my brain every time I hear someone mention "for the time being." Major kudos to the poster, if I ever meet you in person I will congratulate you and then punch you in the face.

The New York Times Got Played By A Telehealth Scam And Called It The Future Of AI Since the New York Times published its semi-viral big profile of Medvi last week — the "AI-powered" telehealth startup that it breathlessly described as a "$1.8 billion company" supposedly run by just two brothers —…

25th amendment. Impeachment. I will support any avenue to remove Donald Trump from office. We cannot leave this man in charge of America’s nuclear weapons as he threatens to end an entire civilization. And Congress must not fund this reckless administration.

not to downplay the severity of what's cominb but the entire fall campaign of just executing boats full of civilians in the caribbean was a screaming klaxon that illegality of the order is no obstacle for Hegseth's Department of Warcrimes

ARC-AGI-3 properly rewards _efficiency_ and not just wastefully stumbling towards a solution. Chollet's work holds a lot of sway in the AI world; hopefully this will lead to real improvements beyond "the model got there after burning 100 million tokens". arcprize.org/arc-agi/3

ARC-AGI-3

ARC-AGI-3 is the first interactive reasoning benchmark for AI agents—play as humans and build agents that learn in novel environments.

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"The real question, the question almost nobody was asking, is not about Claude or any language model. It is a bureaucratic question about what happened to the kill chain, and the answer is Palantir."

The Guardian@theguardian.com · 8mo ago

AI got the blame for the Iran school bombing. The truth is far more worrying

If you spot ICE agents at an airport in the coming days, I’m still collecting stories and I want to hear from you. Reach me via Signal at marisakabas.04

NEW: For the first time, ProPublica has been able to quantify how many U.S. citizen children have been directly affected by Trump’s immigration crackdown: more than 11,000 kids had a parent detained — and that’s an undercount. 1/ 🧵 www.propublica.org/article/trum...

Trump Has Detained the Parents of More Than 11,000 U.S. Citizen Kids

A ProPublica analysis of new ICE data shows that Trump has detained parents of U.S. citizen children at about twice the rate that Biden did, and moms have been deported four times as often.

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Many people have been saying this since 2022, but it's never too late to join this particular party:

Paris Marx@parismarx.com · 8mo ago

Elon Musk took over Twitter and turned it into the anti-woke, fascist-amplifying X. There’s been debate about whether to stay since he bought it. But seeing how it’s evolved and the recent Grok deepfake scandal, there’s no good argument to stay. I stopped posting there. You should too.

Remember all of those times you said you would pick up an indie game if it was on sale. Now's that time. Here's a list of solid titles you can pick up for less than 5 bucks.

Trump: I’m going to put ICE in the airports, where they will target and arrest all the illegals, especially Somalis, because I hate the Democrats Headlines: Trump puts ICE officers in airports to ease long lines, provide relief for weary travelers

just a reminder to editors, please use accurate photos when describing extreme heat. do not use photos of kids frolicking in fountains.

Andrew Dessler@andrewdessler.com · 4y ago

as we begin summer in a few days, I'm sure there'll be lots of stories celebrating (some) people's favorite season. To help editors out, here are some photos you can use to illustrate these articles. "BBQ is a summertime tradition"

What has 14 months of Trump meant for Medicaid? Less funding and staff. Way more red tape for millions of low-income recipients. 10 million more people losing health insurance by 2034.

Medicaid: Timeline — Unbreaking

How the administration is breaking the government, and what that means for all of us.

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Thrilled to publish my latest article BAN COOKIE BANNERS: A CASE STUDY IN TECH REGULATION with the Harv. J. of Law & Tech! A cri de cœur to end this worse-than-useless regulatory compliance regime and let something that actually protects users take its place. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... 1/

ah yes, the obligatory "this is not a quagmire", typically uttered as we enter into another quagmire

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 8mo ago

Hegseth: "The media wants you to think that just 19 days into this conflict, that we're somehow spinning toward an endless abyss or a forever war or a quagmire. Nothing could be further from the truth."

Inside China’s robotics revolution

Inside China’s robotics revolution

The long read: How close are we to the sci-fi vision of autonomous humanoid robots? I visited 11 companies in five Chinese cities to find out

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New Fellowship Alert: Our colleagues at The Open Notebook are partnering with Retraction Watch to offer up to six $7,500 fellowships + training to support reporting on local issues of scientific accountability. Learn more and register for the Mar 26 informational webinar:

Announcing the Retraction Watch Research Accountability Reporting Fellowship - The Open Notebook

The Open Notebook and Retraction Watch are thrilled to announce a new fellowship program funded by The Center for Scientific Integrity. This six-month program will equip up to six reporters and editors at local newsrooms to report stories of scientific integrity unfolding at research universities or institutions in their areas.

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"Carr is using the same playbook against news outlets over their Iran war coverage because it’s worked before. And it will continue to work unless the media and lawmakers stand firm against him." @freedom.press' Caitlin Vogus writes:

Trump’s FCC chair wants American media to work like Iran’s state TV | Caitlin Vogus

If Brendan Carr and the US president’s attacks on the press aren’t stopped, the outcome could be dire

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V-Dem: US is no longer a liberal democracy.

‘Trump is aiming for dictatorship’. That’s the verdict of the world’s most credible democracy watchdog | Martin Gelin

Sweden’s V-Dem Institute warns that the US is no longer a liberal democracy. And autocracy is creeping across Europe too, says writer Martin Gelin

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‘You are all worse than each other’: anti-regime Iranians turn on Trump

‘You are all worse than each other’: anti-regime Iranians turn on Trump

Mood among some in Iran shifts from hope of being rescued to dismay at destruction of infrastructure, culture and lives After years of arrests, disappearances and mass killings of protesters, the hatred in Iran from some quarters for the hardline, oppressive governing regime had boiled into such a desperate rage that many believed Donald Trump’s promise that the US would “come to their rescue”. Now, after a fortnight of war, with US and Israeli airstrikes killing hundreds as they hit residential blocks, shops, fuel depots and even a school, the mood is changing. Continue reading...

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I read the “Save America Act,” so you don’t have to. Most of the media apparently *hasn’t* read it because, if they had, they would be sounding the alarm about the provision in Point 1, below, which almost none of them have even mentioned. I hope this summary helps raise awareness. 1/

Good thing everyone involved is only in a position of power because of merit

Ryan Goodman@rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 8mo ago

"Top Trump officials acknowledged to lawmakers during recent classified briefings that they did not plan for the possibility of Iran closing the strait in response to strikes." www.cnn.com/2026/03/12/p...

Yes. This is transparently the plan. It is a destructive and unconstitutional plan. And it can be stopped. It can even be turned into an electoral issue that hurts Trump. But only if we face this now.

Marc Elias@marcelias.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Trump is setting the stage to claim extraordinary powers to take over the 2026 elections — from banning mail-in voting to imposing new obstacles to voter registration. All of this will be justified on the grounds of national security. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/trum...

Ms Rachel talking to Deiver Henao, a 9yo in an immigration detention center www.instagram.com/reel/DVzUzoz... What a world

Agree with this. Attempting to access everything with well-documented CLIs, then discovering you're missing capabilities MCP already provides, ends up just reinventing MCP. The underlying problem of optimizing context use and tool discovery doesn't go away.

{🧪} +paoloricciuti.svelte@paolo.ricciuti.me · 8mo ago

I'm tired of everybody claiming MCP is dead... I put my thoughts in words here! ricciuti.me/blog/mcp-is-...