Spare a thought for some of the world’s most insufferable people, whose idyllic Dubai lifestyle has been rudely interrupted by a geopolitical unpleasantness they were supposed to be above:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/02/dubai-private-jet-prices-soar-tourists-stuck-wealthy-leave

https://pluralistic.net/2026/03/02/nonconsensual-slopping/

“a fatal flaw in the idea that we will increase our productivity by asking chatbots to summarize things we don't understand: by definition, if we don't understand a subject, then we won't be qualified to evaluate the summary, either.”

👌 @pluralistic

We shot down three of our own F-15s. Sure sign of a well planned military operation run by professionals.

*edit — Kuwait shot them down. So “friendly-ish” fire.

Saudi official says "United States abandoned us & redirected its air defense to protect Israel."

"They left all the Gulf states that host American military bases at the mercy of Iranian strikes."
#AureFreePress #News #Politics #uspolitics #uspol

The claim "you won't be replaced by AI, but by a person using AI" is nonsense. The Block layoff victims were some of the most productive, #llm pilled people in the company, but it didn't save them, because that's not what layoffs are about.

The layoff script goes, as always:
- overhire
- lay everyone off
- pretend it's because of #AI productivity gains
- stock go up

There is no individual solution that will protect you from bad leadership and cost cutting.

https://productpicnic.beehiiv.com/p/ai-layoffs-like-block-s-are-a-race-to-the-bottom-that-have-nothing-to-do-with-productivity

#tech

RE: https://chaos.social/@sleepyowl/116126002122086149

A must read thread from @sleepyowl, particularly for anyone laughing off the "oh they're trying to enforce age verification at an OS level, well I'll just change my open source operating system settings"

Y'all, this is the game where we get LOCKED OUT of having ANY real FOSS operating system we control AT ALL

The steps have been being put in place for this for over a decade now. And who controls the supply chain?

We have to fight this stuff tooth and nail.

We're happy to announce a long-term partnership with Motorola. We're collaborating on future devices meeting our privacy and security standards with official GrapheneOS support.

https://motorolanews.com/motorola-three-new-b2b-solutions-at-mwc-2026/

Breaking hearts in Quakertown, Pennsylvania 💔

High school students were peacefully protesting when police allegedly escalated it after claiming snowballs were thrown. The chief in plainclothes put a teenage girl in a chokehold before others stepped in to protect her.

No child should face violence for demanding justice. ✊💙

#BlueCrew #ProudBlue #JusticeMatters #ProtectOurKids #YouthPower