Leftovers

• Hardware

  • Tom's Hardware ☛ Crazy Surveillance Giant Google Japan keyboard design switches keys for dials — the Gboard Dial Edition shows why the software team isn't allowed to design hardware

    Google Japan’s Gboard team have designed and open-sourced a revolutionary new physical keyboard that boldly eschews keys in favor of dials.

• Defence/Aggression

  • New York Times ☛ Mark Sanchez, Ex-N.F.L. Quarterback, Is Charged in Stabbing in Indianapolis

    Mr. Sanchez, who works as a Fox Sports commentator, was charged with battery on Saturday, the police said. He was in stable condition after being injured in the early-morning episode in Indianapolis.

  • Futurism ☛ Chinese Military Investigates What Would Happen If They Shot the Same Target With Three Rapid-Fire Nuclear Missiles

    That's gonna leave a mark.

  • Russia, Belarus, and War in Ukraine

    • Insight Hungary ☛ Orbán: “If something flies into Hungary that does not belong to us, we will shoot it down”

      “My colleagues who disagree with me are attacking me from all sides Both the committee officials, and the opposition at home. It will be a tough day, but we will fight through it,” Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán said in Copenhagen ahead of the EU summit.

      When asked whether Ukraine's accession procedure could be initiated without him, he said that legal tricks would not work, as all accession procedures had been conducted under the same legal framework.

• Environment

  • The Straits Times ☛ Magnitude 6 earthquake strikes east coast of Honshu, Japan, GFZ says

    The quake was at a depth of 10km.

  • Energy/Transportation

    • Ruben Schade ☛ Visiting the historic Coal Loader in North Sydney

      I was born in Sydney and moved back here a decade ago, but there is still so much here I haven’t seen, or didn’t even know existed. Clara’s dad took us on a small trip down to the Harbour yesterday to see The Coal Loader, and to explore some of the hiking trails around the harbour. We couldn’t have asked for better weather; Sydney in the spring is my new favourite climate.

      The Coal Loader is located just behind Waverton in North Sydney. It was a coal bunker and refuelling station for steamships that was built out of local sandstone the 1910s, and only retired in the 1970s. It’s since been rehabilitated into a public park, complete with a piano and allotments for local residents to grow plants and veggies.

• Finance

  • New York Times ☛ What You Want to See Emerge From the Canada Post Walkout

    Newsletter readers shared their thoughts about the future of Canada’s postal service.

  • New York Times ☛ Canada Post Strike Poses Challenges for Remote Communities

    A strike, and growing prospects of drastic cuts to the state-owned postal service, make life very hard for Canada’s remote communities.

• Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press

  • The Dissenter ☛ The Deportation Of Mario Guevara Is Chilling For Journalism

Monopolies/Monopsonies