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Trump's Norway Letter Proves This Isn't Sustainable (Jamelle Bouie/New York Times)

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Trump's Norway Letter Proves This Isn't Sustainable

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The first major tech layoff of 2026 hit Seattle-area workers at Meta this week. About 330 roles at the social networking giant were eliminated, according to a filing with the Washington Employment Security Department. It’s the latest in a series of tech layoffs, and more cuts are expected across the industry in the coming weeks.
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Tech layoffs drive Seattle-area unemployment above 5%

Monica Nickelsburg (KUOW Public Radio)
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Apple is reportedly working on an AirTag-sized AI wearable

The circular device will pick up a wearer’s surroundings using its built-in cameras and microphones, according to The Information.


Apple is reportedly working on an AirTag-sized AI wearable

Apple is working on an AI wearable the size of an AirTag, according to a report from The Information. The device will reportedly pick up a user’s surroundings with two cameras and three microphones.
Emma Roth (The Verge)

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Vice President JD Vance plans to visit Minneapolis tomorrow. Does anyone have a protest planned against his visit yet? We’ll share his location and time as soon as we have that information.
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Right, so the only smart way out of this was to kill all of them. I was going to have to take the dumb way out of this.

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The instructions may be placed in separate pamphlets or leaflets according to categories of operations but should be distributed with care and not broadly.

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My husband gives me the major ick and I can't stand him. But I don't want 2 failed marriages so I spend a lot of time fantasising about him dying. I'd get all the money, the house and people would feel sorry for me. There would be casseroles. It would be glorious.

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Repair and Reverse-Engineering of Nespresso Vertuo Next Coffee Machines

Akin to the razor-and-blades model, capsule-based coffee machines are an endless grind of overpriced pods and cheaply made machines that you’re supposed to throw out and buy a new one …read more
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Repair And Reverse-Engineering Of Nespresso Vertuo Next Coffee Machines

Akin to the razor-and-blades model, capsule-based coffee machines are an endless grind of overpriced pods and cheaply made machines that you’re supposed to throw out and buy a new one of, jus…
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Trump hails 'framework' of Greenland deal, reversing tariff threats (Washington Post)

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Trump hails ‘framework’ of Greenland deal, reversing tariff threats

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Trump pauses Greenland-linked tariffs on 8 European countries (Steve Kopack/NBC News)

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Trump pauses Greenland-linked tariffs on 8 European countries

Prseident Donald Trump backed off threatened tariffs on 8 European countries that did not support his bid to control Greenland
Steve Kopack (NBC News)

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From Project Gutenberg:

Matkustus Brasiliassa: Kuvaus luonnosta ja kansoista Brasiliasta

by Edv. A. (Edvard August) Vainio

Get it at: gutenberg.org/ebooks/50362

Matkustus Brasiliassa: Kuvaus luonnosta ja kansoista Brasiliasta by Edv. A. Vainio

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US court allows ICE to arrest and pepper-spray peaceful protesters in Minnesota (Maya Yang/The Guardian)

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US court allows ICE to arrest and pepper spray peaceful protesters in Minnesota

In victory for Trump administration, appeals court has temporarily lifted injunction as JD Vance set to visit state
Maya Yang (The Guardian)

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AMD ROCm 7.2 Now Released With More Radeon Graphics Cards Supported, ROCm Optiq Introduced

Back at CES earlier this month AMD talked up features of the ROCm 7.2 release. ROCm 7.2 though wasn't actually released then, at least not for Linux. That ROCm 7.2.0 release though was pushed out today as the latest improvement to this open-source AMD GPU compute stack and officially extending the support to more Radeon graphics cards...
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AMD ROCm 7.2 Now Released With More Radeon Graphics Cards Supported, ROCm Optiq Introduced

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0.289035671505682 + -0.45686721276081876i at zoom 1.5556059351e+12.
A render of the mandelbrot set using randomised colours. The centre point is 0.289035671505682 + -0.45686721276081876i and we are zoomed to 1.5556059351e+12 magnitude.

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Trump announces 'framework' for future deal on Greenland, cancels planned tariffs on Europe (Emily Goodin/New York Post)

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Trump announces 'framework' for future deal on Greenland, cancels planned tariffs on Europe

President Trump announced he has a “framework of a future deal with respect to Greenland” and will not impose tariffs on Europe like he threatened to do.
Emily Goodin (New York Post)

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Fetal heart monitors still available online despite being banned
By Caitlyn Davey

Home fetal doppler devices were banned from sale in Australia last year but they are still readily available for purchase online, prompting experts to issue warnings.

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A bit of Pluto
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House panel approves Clinton contempt of Congress resolutions (The Hill)

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House panel approves Clinton contempt of Congress resolutions

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