"To be clear, the understanding for the neurological explanation shouldn’t negate or minimize the racist act that was displayed.

And for some Black people online, they feel as if that’s being missed from the broader online conversations.

They also expressed exhaustion for Black people always having to stay gracious in moments where they’re blatantly wronged."

I don't really have anything too useful to add here, but I do want to say that I stand in solidarity with Black people. ✊

https://www.theroot.com/why-black-people-have-a-right-to-be-outraged-at-the-202-2000091075

#news #USNews #BAFTA #racism

U.S. Rep Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Gov. Gretchen Whitmer appeared on a panel together at the 62nd Munich Security Conference along with Matthew Whittaker, United States ambassador to NATO. They talked about complicated issues of foreign policy and geo-diplomacy for an hour or so and it was, at the time, seen as an uncontroversial, non-newsworthy conversation. Yet a few days later, the press was full of stories about their slip-ups and lack of knowledge. Emily Horne, a former National Security Council and State Department spokesperson, did a deep dive into what had happened. What she found? Stories from "pink slime" sites — local news publications that are largely funded by right-wing dark money groups — picked up and "laundered" into real news by POLITICO, The New York Times and more.

https://flip.it/usYHQu

#News #Media #Journalism #MediaIndustry #AOC #GretchenWhitmer #PinkSlime

ABC’s ‘The Rookie’ to Crossover With Dropout’s ‘Game Changer’ in March Episode
#Variety #News #Dropout #GameChanger #TheRookie

https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/the-rookie-game-changer-crossover-episode-1236670298/

Hetzner increases prices from April 1

Hosting provider Hetzner is increasing prices for existing and new services from April 2026. The reason is increased costs for RAM and SSDs.

https://www.heise.de/en/news/Hetzner-increases-prices-from-April-1-11185981.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

#CloudComputing #IT #news

Hetzner increases prices from April 1

Hosting provider Hetzner is increasing prices for existing and new services from April 2026. The reason is increased costs for RAM and SSDs.

https://www.heise.de/en/news/Hetzner-increases-prices-from-April-1-11185981.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

#CloudComputing #IT #news

"A.I. is clearly not technology that is being universally encouraged as inevitable. Corporations often report that, so far, it does not seem to do much."

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/21/technology/ai-boom-backlash.html?unlocked_article_code=1.OVA.Ynqq.XAB-lNTc16MB&smid=url-share

#news #TechNews #technology #AI #GenAI #LLMs

"A.I. is clearly not technology that is being universally encouraged as inevitable. Corporations often report that, so far, it does not seem to do much."

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/21/technology/ai-boom-backlash.html?unlocked_article_code=1.OVA.Ynqq.XAB-lNTc16MB&smid=url-share

#news #TechNews #technology #AI #GenAI #LLMs

Our top story, from Steven Monacelli: Wearing black, owning zines, using the encrypted messaging app Signal. The broader constitutional rights of left-wing activists may hang in the balance as the government builds its "antifa conspiracy." https://www.texasobserver.org/antifa-scare-prairieland-19-trial-ice-detention/

#politics #USpol #news #FreeSpeech #Texas #NorthTexas #ICE #law #antifa

Our top story, from Steven Monacelli: Wearing black, owning zines, using the encrypted messaging app Signal. The broader constitutional rights of left-wing activists may hang in the balance as the government builds its "antifa conspiracy." https://www.texasobserver.org/antifa-scare-prairieland-19-trial-ice-detention/

#politics #USpol #news #FreeSpeech #Texas #NorthTexas #ICE #law #antifa

"Fascism doesn’t just take down the oppressed. It doesn’t just come for the people it’s trying to control. It inevitably destroys the people who have worked the hardest to build it."

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/andor-creator-tony-gilroy-gives-the-interview-1236510166/

via https://flipboard.social/@CultureDesk/116105080423383866

#USPol #fascism #disney #StarWars #news #culture

Nice. *Subtle.*

"Assemblyman Ravi Bhalla (D-Hoboken), one of the prime sponsors, said the act “sends a clear message that New Jersey will not stand idly by while federal agents violate residents’ civil liberties under the guise of immigration enforcement.”"

https://www.shorenewsnetwork.com/new-jersey-democrats-unveil-provocatively-named-f-u-c-k-i-c-e-act-targeting-federal-immigration-enforcement/

https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/bill-search/2026/A4446

#USPol #news #USNews #NewJersey #NJLegislature #A4446 #FuckICE

@timkmak

Like the 80.000-ish men guarding that chechen leader, Kadyrov?
#Moscow #Rosgvardia #Ukraine #Putin #Russia #news

Scientists have confirmed that Space X rocket, linked to lithium pollution.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cpd8z4eqlxno

#spacex #spacejunk #pollution #news

Scientists have confirmed that Space X rocket, linked to lithium pollution.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cpd8z4eqlxno

#spacex #spacejunk #pollution #news

Bondi, "There is no evidence that Donald Trump has committed a crime"

Rep. Ted Lieu, "You just lied under oath. There is ample evidence in the Epstein files"

Bondi, "Don't you ever accuse me of a crime"

Rep. Ted Lieu, "You just lied under oath, and this is on video tape"

Rep. Ted Lieu then reads an extract from the #Epstein files about a girl who says she was raped by Trump and Epstein and had her head blown off, with officer saying it couldn't have been a suicide

Rep. Ted Lieu, "You have not held a single man accountable. Shame on you. If you had any decency, you would resign after this hearing concludes"

#epsteinfiles #eu #europe #baltics #europeanunion #france #Germany #uk #poland #Italy #Spain #news #usa

Bondi, "There is no evidence that Donald Trump has committed a crime"

Rep. Ted Lieu, "You just lied under oath. There is ample evidence in the Epstein files"

Bondi, "Don't you ever accuse me of a crime"

Rep. Ted Lieu, "You just lied under oath, and this is on video tape"

Rep. Ted Lieu then reads an extract from the #Epstein files about a girl who says she was raped by Trump and Epstein and had her head blown off, with officer saying it couldn't have been a suicide

Rep. Ted Lieu, "You have not held a single man accountable. Shame on you. If you had any decency, you would resign after this hearing concludes"

#epsteinfiles #eu #europe #baltics #europeanunion #france #Germany #uk #poland #Italy #Spain #news #usa

Judge Carolyn B. Kuhl at today's hearing over social media’s alleged harms to children:

"If your glasses are recording, you must take them off. It is the order of this court that there must be no facial recognition of the jury. If you have done that, you must delete it. This is very serious."

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-02-18/mark-zuckerberg-tesimony-la-social-media-trial

#news #USNews #technology #TechNews #meta #SocialMedia #MetaGlasses #AI

Judge Carolyn B. Kuhl at today's hearing over social media’s alleged harms to children:

"If your glasses are recording, you must take them off. It is the order of this court that there must be no facial recognition of the jury. If you have done that, you must delete it. This is very serious."

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-02-18/mark-zuckerberg-tesimony-la-social-media-trial

#news #USNews #technology #TechNews #meta #SocialMedia #MetaGlasses #AI

Big news in #minneapolis #minnesota. 26,000 renters have committed to a rent strike if no action is taken by government for a moratorium on rent. This would be the largest #us rent strike in 100 years. #news #Politics

James Talarico Raised $2.5 Million After Stephen Colbert Interview Was Shifted From Broadcast To YouTube
#News #Politics #ElectionLine #JamesTalarico #StpehenColbert #TheLateShowWithStephenColbert

https://deadline.com/2026/02/james-talarico-stephen-colbert-fundraising-record-1236728151/