Iran war: How conflict could affect struggling families and push some to the brink
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/iran-war-how-conflict-could-36922259
Iran war: How conflict could affect struggling families and push some to the brink
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/iran-war-how-conflict-could-36922259
Also
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/03/05/2026-04377/reduction-in-force
Here is the one on the RIFs. There is more time this one (May).
This is the one that says that seniority will no longer be considered for RIFs, except in the event of a tie breaker.
For anyone interesting on commenting on the #OPM proposed rulings related to the forced distributions of evaluations and prohibiting employees from filing grievances, the comment period ends today.
Please share with anyone you think would be interested.
Senate Democrats Seek to Ban Military AI Weapons, Mass Surveillance
#AI #AISafety #AIRegulation #AIEthics #AutonomousWeapons #Surveillance #Military #DefenseTech #NationalSecurity #USGovernment #HumanRights #Pentagon
https://winbuzzer.com/2026/03/25/trump-appoints-zuckerberg-huang-brin-pcast-panel-xcxwbn/
Trump Names Zuckerberg, Huang, Brin to PCAST Technology Advisory Council
#AI #DonaldTrump #USGovernment #BigTech #Google #NVIDIA #Meta #MarkZuckerberg #JensenHuang #SergeyBrin #AMD #LisaSu #Dell #Oracle #AIRegulation #Cryptocurrency #WhiteHouse #PCAST
https://winbuzzer.com/2026/03/25/sanders-bill-freeze-ai-data-center-construction-xcxwbn/
Bernie Sanders AI Bill Aims to Freeze AI Data Center Construction
#AI #BernieSanders #AOC #DataCenters #AIRegulation #BigTech #USGovernment #Climate #Regulation #AIInfrastructure #DataCenterInvestment #RenewableEnergy #ConsumerProtection
Reasons to avoid the #FlyingCattleCars: you might make it past the cattle pen into the flying cattle car.
> TSA experiencing highest wait times in history — and may be forced to shutter entire airports https://nypost.com/2026/03/25/us-news/tsa-experiencing-highest-wait-times-in-history-and-may-be-forced-to-shutter-entire-airports/
Videos of depositions that were taken down from YouTube because of the risk of harassment and "reputational harm" towards DOGE members Nate Cavanaugh and Justin Fox can be published online again. Judge Colleen McMahon, who had originally ordered that the videos be removed, wrote in this new ruling: "[T]he testimony in the videos concerns the conduct of public officials acting in their official capacities — a context in which the public interest in transparency and accountability is at its apex." Here's more from @404mediaco.

“We are pleased to see today's ruling in defense of the First Amendment rights of all Americans,” one of the plaintiffs in the DOGE-related lawsuit said. The videos previously went viral when a DOGE member was unable or unwilling to define DEI.
US govt pays TotalEnergies nearly $1B to stop US offshore wind projects
#HackerNews #USgovernment #TotalEnergies #OffshoreWind #ClimateChange #RenewableEnergy