Leftovers

• Audiocasts/Shows

  • The Nation ☛ Introducing “Fighting Fascism,” a New Podcast Devoted to Resisting Authoritarianism

    The new weekly program will discuss the history of fascist takeovers, the conditions enabling them, and the resistance movements that have defeated them, to draw lessons for today’s fights against Trump, MAGA, and the growing threat of modern authoritarianism. Each week, Regunberg and DaSilva, with frequent appearances by Smucker, will sit down with historians, strategists, and activists from inside and outside of The Nation’s orbit to draw real lessons for the fights happening right now.

• Science

  • Science Alert ☛ Best Measurement Yet of Cosmic Expansion Confirms The Universe Has a Very Big Problem

    The Hubble tension is real.

  • Science Alert ☛ A Quiet Region of Italy Is Hiding a Vast Reservoir of Magma

    "Comparable to that of supervolcanic systems such as Yellowstone."

  • Science Alert ☛ Why You Keep Waking at 3am, According to Sleep Science

    It's not just stress.

  • Science Alert ☛ Unexpected Source of Salt May Be Raising Blood Pressure For Millions

    This isn't a lifestyle choice.

  • Science Alert ☛ Scientists Discover a Strange Arachnid Trapped in Amber 35 Million Years Ago

    We've never seen these here before.

  • Science Alert ☛ These Five Quick Tricks Could Help Boost Your Memory

    And improve your recall.

  • Science Alert ☛ Mysterious Collapse Reshaped Europe 5,000 Years Ago, Scientists Say

    A perfect storm.

  • Science Alert ☛ The 'Sound' of a Flare Erupting From The Sun Is an Unnerving Horror

    It's creepy!

  • Science Alert ☛ Tiny Microbes Hiding in Soil May Help Pull Rain From The Sky, Study Reveals

    This discovery could change how researchers view conservation.

• Career/Education

  • Stanford University ☛ A powerful student coalition dissolved before COVID. We’re rebuilding it.

    David Sengthay argues for renewing the Students of Color Coalition, which has endorsed 14 candidates for the Undergraduate Senate.

• Hardware

  • CNX Software ☛ IP65-rated TWOWIN T808P-G Edge Hey Hi (AI) computer features 8x GMSL2 cameras, aviation-grade M12/M16 connectors

    TWOWIN Technology has introduced the TW-T808P-G, a rugged, fan-cooled, IP65 edge Hey Hi (AI) computer built around the NVIDIA Jetson Orin NX system-on-module (SoM). Designed specifically for autonomous driving, unmanned delivery vehicles, and smart inspection scenarios, the system provides up to 157 TOPS of Hey Hi (AI) performance and features various connectivity options for real-time processing in industrial and smart infrastructure environments. Housed in an aluminum alloy enclosure, the device features aviation-grade M12 and M16 connectors for Gigabit Ethernet (PoE), RS232/RS485 serial communication, and power. Other features include two FAKRA connectors for up to eight GMSL2 cameras, USB 3.0, CAN Bus, GPIO, HDMI, and M.2 NVMe storage.

  • CNX Software ☛ Intel Core Ultra X7 358H-powered open robotics development system targets humanoid robots and autonomous vehicles

    AAEON CEXD-INTRBL is an “open robotics development system” powered by a 16-core, 180 TOPS defective chip maker Intel Core Ultra X7 Processor 358H (Panther Lake) SoC and designed for the development of AI-enhanced humanoid robots and autonomous vehicle platforms. The Edge Hey Hi (AI) computer features four 2.5GbE ports with support for IEEE1588 PTP (Precision Time Protocol), two FAKRA connectors for up to eight GMSL2 cameras, four USB 3.2  Type-C ports, two USB 2.0 ports, a CAN Bus connector, and a 40-pin HAT connector with 22 GPIOs.

• Health/Nutrition/Agriculture

  • Science Alert ☛ Antibiotics Can 'Inflame' Bacteria, Making Infections Harder to Treat

    Some life-saving drugs also trigger an inflammatory response.

  • Futurism ☛ Dihydroxyacetone Man Secretly Believes That Diet Coke Kills Cancer Cells Inside the Body

    News flash: Convicted Felon is wrong.

  • New York Times ☛ Dihydroxyacetone Man Signs Executive Order to Loosen Restrictions on Psychedelic Drugs

    The president’s executive order is intended to accelerate research into the compounds’ efficacy in treating mental health disorders like severe depression and PTSD.

  • NYPost ☛ Deadly drug overdoses in San Francisco hit chilling milestone as city leaders shrug

    San Francisco continues to grapple with a staggering number of fatal drug overdoses. The latest Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data puts the city second on the list, trailing behind only Baltimore.

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2026-04-09 [Older] Matthew Perry's 'Ketamine Queen' dealer jailed for 15 years

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2026-04-09 [Older] Migrant dinghy sinks in English Channel off France, 4 people die

• Proprietary

  • Tom's Hardware ☛ Microsoft offers $2 million sweepstake for Edge users, but no one noticed for a month — $1 million cash, Mercedes-Benz cars among prizes in desperate push for users

    Microsoft has readied a new $2M prize pot to tempt users to adopt its Edge browser.

  • Futurism ☛ Things You Told Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Chaffbot or Claude My Have Already Doomed You in Court

    "Disclosure of privileged communications to a third-party Hey Hi (AI) platform may constitute a waiver of the attorney-client privilege."

  • Artificial Intelligence (AI) / LLM Slop / Plagiarism

    • Futurism ☛ Democrats Warned Not to Upset Multi-Million Dollar Hey Hi (AI) Lobbyists, Even Though It’d Be a Slam Dunk With Voters

      "In a lot of cases it is going to be easier to say nothing."

  • Social Control Media

    • New York Times ☛ U.K.’s Starmer Summons U.S. Social Media Companies Over Child Safety Online

      The British prime minister will meet with executives from Meta, Surveillance Giant Google and other companies on Thursday as his government explores how to protect children from online harms.

    • YouTube launches the “Zero Shorts” option: Take back control of your time

    • The Straits Times ☛ China seeks to rein in risks from Hey Hi (AI) ‘digital humans’

      Videos featuring Hey Hi (AI) digital humans are ubiquitous on Chinese social control media.

    • NYPost ☛ 36,000 people quit Facebook (Farcebook) for six weeks and the stunning findings were just revealed

      Taking a break from social control media may come with real benefits, according to a major new study. Researchers at Stanford University asked about 36,000 Facebook (Farcebook) and Instagram users to log off in the weeks leading up to the 2020 US presidential election, and the results showed that their emotional well-being improved.

• Security

  • Security Week ☛ Tycoon 2FA Loses Phishing Kit Crown Amid Surge in Attacks

    Threat actors are reusing Tycoon 2FA tools across other phishing kits following the platform’s disruption.

  • Silicon Angle ☛ NIST shifts National Vulnerability Database to risk-based triage as CVE submissions hit record levels

    The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology today announced an overhaul of how it processes cybersecurity vulnerabilities in its National Vulnerability Database . NIST is abandoning its longstanding goal of fully analyzing every submitted Common Vulnerability and Exposure in favor of a risk-based triage model that prioritizes the most dangerous flaws. 

  • Privacy/Surveillance

    • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2026-04-08 [Older] India's digital census prompts fear of hidden agendas

    • Tom's Hardware ☛ Bluetooth tracker hidden in a postcard and mailed to a warship exposed its location — $5 gadget put a $585 million Dutch ship at risk for 24 hours

      A Dutch journalist mailed a postcard to a Dutch Navy ship containing a hidden Bluetooth tracker, allowing them to track its route for 24 hours before it was found and disabled.

    • JURIST ☛ Federal advisory panel votes to protect donor privacy, narrowing scope of amicus disclosure rules

      The US Advisory Committee on Appellate Rules (ACAR) on Thursday voted to remove a proposed membership-disclosure requirement from the rules governing amicus briefs in federal appellate courts.

    • JURIST ☛ US federal court dismisses suit seeking personal information about Rhode Island voters

      Judge Mary McElroy of the US District Court of Rhode Island on Friday dismissed a suit from the Department of Justice (DOJ) seeking detailed voter information from Rhode Island’s Department of State. 

• Defence/Aggression

  • France24 ☛ 168 children killed by Israel's strikes in Lebanon

    Jawad Younes, 11, and his cousins were playing soccer in the lot between their houses, as they often did. Minutes later, an Israeli strike came. Jawad and his cousin are among 168 children killed — of more than 2,100 people in all — by Israel's strikes in the six weeks of renewed war between the country and Iran-backed Hezbollah.

  • New York Times ☛ More Displaced Lebanese Head Home as Cease-Fire Is Tested

    The truce appeared to mostly hold even as Israel said it had carried out strikes on what it called “terrorists” approaching its forces in southern Lebanon. Separately, a U.N. peacekeeper was killed.

  • France24 ☛ Israel & Hezbollah trade fire a day after historic talks in Washington

    Israeli strikes rocked southern Lebanon overnight and into Wednesday, a day after a first round of historic talks between Lebanese and Israeli officials in Washington. Smoke rose over the coastal city of Tyre, underscoring the fragility of diplomatic efforts. Though Israeli strikes in Beirut have eased since last week's shattering 10-minute bombardment without warning that killed over 350 people across the country, areas in southern Lebanon remain under frequent attack. FRANCE 24's Cyril Payen reports from Lebanon.

  • France24 ☛ The Gaza Strip grapples with a major garbage, health crisis

    In Deir al-Balah, displaced families are living next to growing rubbish piles as destroyed infrastructure forces authorities to rely on unsafe temporary dumps. Across the Gaza Strip, poor sanitation and pest infestations are raising serious health concerns despite limited humanitarian aid.

  • France24 ☛ 'L’Abuso': Real Italian magazine cover of Israeli settler sparks online storm

    Prominent left-leaning Italian weekly L’Espresso is at the centre of a diplomatic storm online, after the Israeli ambassador to Italy slammed its choice of front cover as "manipulative." The magazine titled its latest edition “L’Abuso” or “The Abuse,” illustrating the cover with a photo of an armed Israeli settler sneering, whilst pointing his smartphone at a visibly-distressed Palestinian woman.

  • Tom's Hardware ☛ Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang ‘nearly lost his composure’ when pressed on selling chips to China — ‘You’re not talking to someone who woke up a loser’ [Ed: Ready for the bubble to pop; financial fraud or circular financing]

    Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said that blocking China, the second biggest market for Hey Hi (AI) chips, from buying from American companies is a "losing proposition" that makes no sense to him.

  • The Strategist ☛ NDS 2026 – The Australia-US Alliance: the art of dealing with a great power

  • New York Times ☛ What the Iran War Means for China

    Our national security correspondent David E. Sanger examines what the Iran war means to China, which is the world’s biggest importer of Iranian oil.

  • New York Times ☛ Mamdani’s Wife Admits ‘Shame’ Over Social Media Posts From Her Teens

    Rama Duwaji apologized for using what she said was “harmful” language as a teenager, in her first interview since her husband, Zohran Mamdani, took office.

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2026-04-08 [Older] Iran war: how farmers adapt as fertilizer crunch heats up

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2026-04-08 [Older] Nigeria: At least 20 killed in attack, residents say

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2026-04-08 [Older] North Korea fires ballistic missiles toward sea

  • The Straits Times ☛ North Korea fires multiple ballistic missiles towards sea off its east coast

    The incident marks North Korea’s seventh ballistic missile launch in 2026.

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2026-04-08 [Older] Iran doubles down on executions amid US-Israeli war

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2026-04-08 [Older] Germany news: Military travel rule for young men put on hold

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2026-04-08 [Older] 60 years after the Indonesian mass killings: Is the Cold War back?

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2026-04-09 [Older] Southeast Asia trusts the EU more, but Brussels still has work to do

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2026-04-09 [Older] Cheeto Mussolini criticizes NATO over Iran in meeting with Rutte

  • JURIST ☛ Singapore prepares to execute man for cannabis offense

    Singaporean authorities are scheduled on Thursday to execute a man convicted of importing just over a kilogram of cannabis across the country’s border in a case that has drawn urgent condemnation from human rights organizations, the European Union, and a growing chorus of international observers.

  • The Straits Times ☛ Former US Marine pilot loses appeal against extradition from Australia

    A former U.S. Marine Corps pilot on Thursday lost an appeal against his extradition from Australia to the United States on charges of violating U.S. arms control laws while training Chinese pilots.

  • The Straits Times ☛ South Korea, Vietnam leaders to meet in Hanoi next week, sources say

    The meeting is currently scheduled for April 23, sources said.

  • The Straits Times ☛ ‘In accordance with international law’: New Zealand defends military patrol flight near China

    Beijing had accused New Zealand of undermining its security interests.

  • France24 ☛ Europe's far right leaders gather in Milan rally against immigration

    Several thousand people gathered in Milan on Saturday for a large rally attended by several European far-right leaders who spoke on immigration, security, and against EU regulations.

  • Hong Kong Free Press ☛ ‘Growing trend worldwide’: MSF worker warns of rising attacks on healthcare facilities after S Sudan hospital strike

    Médecins Sans Frontières’ (MSF) hospital in Lankien, a town in South Sudan’s Jonglei state, was hit by an airstrike in February, although the medical charity’s bright red logo was painted on the building’s roof.

  • France24 ☛ No signs of regime collapse as Iran weathers weeks of war

    After weeks of US and Israeli strikes, Iranians are watching to see if ceasefire talks could lead to negotiations, while uncertainty over the future of the conflict persists. Despite foreign calls for regime change, analysts say Iran’s leadership remains entrenched, as economic pressure, repression and war damage deepen tensions inside the country.

  • Russia, Belarus, and War in Ukraine

    • The Straits Times ☛ PETRONAS to negotiate with Russia on oil deal: Malaysian Prime Minister

      This is to ensure sufficient supplies for domestic use, he said.

    • New York Times ☛ Kyiv Mass Shooting Kills 6 and Gunman Is Shot Dead After Taking Hostages in Grocery

      It was the deadliest mass shooting in Ukraine in years, where firearms have proliferated since the war with Russia began.

    • RFERL ☛ Six Killed In Daylight Shooting Incident In Kyiv, Ukrainian Officials Say

      A shooter killed six people in Kyiv before being eliminated by Ukraine's special forces in a daylight incident on April 18, according to local officials.

    • France24 ☛ At least five dead in Kyiv shooting, suspected gunman killed

      At least five people were killed in a shooting Saturday in a residential neighborhood of Kyiv, and 10 were hospitalized, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced. The suspected gunman was shot during an arrest attempt, officials said.

• Environment

  • Energy/Transportation

    • Latvia ☛ Big data centre opens in Rīga, Latvia

      An impressive data centre opened in Rīga on Wednesday – a massive and highly secure home for information on the internet, Latvian Television reported on 15th April.

    • Futurism ☛ City Council Wrecked in Voter Bloodbath After Allowing New Data Center

      "This is a referendum against all of them based on their support of the data center."

    • New York Times ☛ Ford Says Doug Field, Who Led Company's E.V. Push, is Leaving

      Doug Field, a former Tesla and Fashion Company Apple executive, had returned to Ford Motor in 2021 to help develop new electric models and software.

  • Wildlife/Nature

    • The Straits Times ☛ Mangosteens now more expensive than durians in Malaysia because of supply shortages

      Musang King durian prices have also dropped by 80 per cent.

    • Futurism ☛ You Are Not Prepared to Learn the Size of Neanderthal Infants

      If only peewee football existed back then.

    • The Straits Times ☛ Fire in Malaysia's Sabah destroys 200 homes, hundreds displaced

      Hundreds of people have been displaced after a fire destroyed around 200 homes in a coastal village in Malaysia's Sabah state on Sunday, state news agency Bernama reported.

    • Science Alert ☛ This Week in Science: Osteoarthritis Injections, Whale 'Speech', And Much More!

      Our weekly science news roundup.

• Finance

  • New York Times ☛ New York’s Anti-Rich Current Reaches Apex With Second-Home Tax Plan

    With a new tax proposal, the threat of a building workers’ strike and Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s shunning of the Met Gala, the city’s wealth gap was on full display.

  • New York Times ☛ China’s G.D.P. Stronger Than Expected, Led by Infrastructure Spending

    A steep slide in housing prices has left consumers less prosperous and less willing to spend, but the government is pouring money into new rail lines and other projects.

• AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics

  • CS Monitor ☛ Beyond Jesus memes: Convicted Felon’s Christian supporters also fret about abortion, inflation

    President The Insurrectionist’s broadsides against the pope, alongside controversial memes, reveal cracks in his support from religious conservatives. That discontent is amplified by some policy disappointments, particularly around abortion.

  • France24 ☛ Pope vs Convicted Felon: Has the week of tension weakened the US president?

    A week of escalating tensions has unfolded between The Insurrectionist and the Vatican, after Convicted Felon insulted the Pope on social control media following remarks on peace in the Middle East. His behaviour shocked audiences worldwide and reignited debate over his mental health. The feud has further exposed divisions within the American right in a country where religion plays a central political role. FRANCE 24’s guest Scott Lucas, Professor of US and international politics at the University College of Dublin, examined whether this week of tensions has ultimately weakened the US president.

  • France24 ☛ Colombia fights female genital mutilation

    In Colombia’s Risaralda region, female genital mutilation persists in some Indigenous Embera communities, despite severe health risks including infection, complications in childbirth and death. For the first time, Congress is debating a bill to ban the practice, led in part by Indigenous women calling for its eradication.

• Censorship/Free Speech

  • Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Beijing top official warns of people ‘politicising’ Tai Po fire to ‘stir up chaos’ in Hong Kong

    China’s top official in charge of Hong Kong affairs has warned of some people who “politicised” the deadly Tai Po fire and tried to use the disaster to “stir up chaos” in Hong Kong.

  • JURIST ☛ Amnesty flags growing censorship risks in India’s proposed digital media framework

    Amnesty International called for the immediate withdrawal of India’s proposed digital media amendments on Thursday, warning that the new rules would grant the government “abusive powers” to censor and monitor ordinary citizens online.

• Civil Rights / Policing / Accessibility

  • The Straits Times ☛ Hourly check-ins a hassle for Malaysian civil servants working from home

    The hourly check-ins are done to ensure officers do not slack off.

  • Soft power ‘win’ for Beijing as Chinese medical ship treats 5,400 for free in PNG

    Floating hospital Silk Road Ark’s 220-day goodwill humanitarian mission ends with Port Moresby port call

  • Stanford University ☛ Q&A: Elizabeth Lo’s MFA ’15 ‘Mistress Dispeller’ examines a unique solution to China’s rising infidelity rate

    Filmmaker Elizabeth Lo MFA ’15 sat down with The Daily to discuss her latest film “Mistress Dispeller.”

  • Digital Music News ☛ Australian Police Speak Out After Ruby Rose’s Claims About Katy Perry

    Australian police confirm an investigation into Katy Perry’s alleged sexual assault of actress Ruby Rose, following claims over the weekend. An investigation is being carried out by Australian authorities following actress Ruby Rose’s claims over the weekend that singer Katy Perry sexually assaulted her almost 20 years ago.

  • Licensing / Legal

    • Deccan Chronicle ☛ Judicial Independence Must Include Freedom From AI Influence: Justice Nagarathna

      "The principle that must remain absolutely unchanged amid all this change is the rule of law. No matter how advanced technology becomes, the foundation of our judiciary cannot and must not shift," she said. "The rule of law is not a technical concept; it is a moral and constitutional commitment that ensures fairness, equality, and accountability," she added.

• Internet Policy/Net Neutrality

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2026-04-08 [Older] Norway's Telenor faces lawsuit for giving junta data from its customers in Myanmar

• Monopolies/Monopsonies

  • Digital Music News ☛ Live Nation Suffers Major Defeat to 34 States In High-Stakes Antitrust Trial — Concert Giant Promises Verdict ‘Isn’t the Last Word on This Matter’

    One heavily publicized trial later, a jury has determined that Live Nation violated antitrust laws and, in the process, overcharged customers for tickets between May 2020 and 2024. Meanwhile, lawmakers and organizations are urging the presiding judge to split the promoter from its Ticketmaster subsidiary.

  • New York Times ☛ Activists Urge Boycott of ‘Bezos Met Gala’ With Posters Around NYC [Ed: Meanwhile, NPR is controlled by Microsoft, Bill Epsteingate and former CEO+Microsoft PR department (Connie Ballmer), so culture and media are already controlled by oligarchy]

    A guerrilla activist group is covering New York with posters criticizing the billionaire Jeff Bezos’ involvement in the event, a fund-raiser for the Metropolitan Museum.