"Ukraine plans to mass-produce mobile robots capable of mining, demining, operating attack drones, evacuating wounded soldiers, and transporting ammunition"

"...operating attack drones..."
buried the lede, do what now?!
https://kyivindependent.com/ukraine-produce-robots-minimize-human-involvement/
#Ukraine

Digging though my files for something else found this journal entry:
"03/17/20
Over the past week eased into self-quarantine to not contribute to extra loads on medical resources. Started stocking food and necessities when China's infection rate went exponential, reasoning that at the very least America's supply chain would be disrupted. It was apparent that the virus was going on a world tour."
#covid #anniversaries

US Congress reaping unintended consequences. France and Poland tap the mic.
"The comments came after French President Emmanuel Macron recently said that sending Western troops to Ukraine cannot be "ruled out" in the future.

"The presence of NATO forces in Ukraine is not unthinkable," Sikorski noted, saying he had appreciated Macron's initiative.

"Because it is about (Russian President Vladimir) Putin being afraid, not us being afraid of Putin,"
#ukraine #politics
https://kyivindependent.com/polish-fm-nato-forces-presence-in-ukraine-is-not-unthinkable/

Transferring confiscated Russian assets to Ukraine will be the first step towards future reparations from Russia.
#makeRussiaPay #petition #Ukraine
https://ccl.org.ua/en/russiamustpay-en/

A lump in your throat
DakhaBrakha
#cosoMusic #Ukraine

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NmoLrEazgg

Tonight I put some south in the mouth of a dozen or so Nagoyans. Went great! Plates came back empty. Pork ribs were the crowd favorite, beef brisket a little less so.

past me started a slow-rise bread dough before making coffee so 24 hours later I'm battling the (fermented) Creature from the Black Lagoon. Anyway.
#coffee

So the dog started the day with a truly impressive feat of energetic gymnastics that upended my fresh new FIRST cup of coffee all over the wall, table, rug, etc. So I put him outside. Now:
#dogs

Early voted.

https://ballotpedia.org/Main_Page
#vote

Singapore's Jewel Changi airport is...a rainforest? It's a rainforest.

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Shiseido+Forest+Valley+%40+Jewel+Changi+Airport&t=ffab&atb=v315-1&iax=images&ia=images

/nosanitize

Catch up on a week of news or nah. Prolly nah.

Damnit.
RIP Dexter Romweber.

Okay I'm out.

Going walkabout for a week or so. Hold my spot plsthx

Rhiannon Giddens says, "...woke up yesterday morning to new music from @beyonce, featuring none other than my banjo and viola playing throughout. On the heels of her SUPER BOWL commercial album announcement, her single “Texas Hold ‘Em” is the first off her new country-inspired record, #actii.

The beginning is a solo riff on my minstrel banjo - and my only hope is that it might lead a few more intrepid folks into the exciting history of the banjo."

Love watching Giddens succeed.
#cosomusic

what on Dog's green earth is a " blank-check acquisition vehicle" ?

And how do I get one for myself

I think I just had a very positive customer service experience with a cellular network carrier.
Since that's plainly impossible I got an emergency appointment with a neurologist. Something's gone wobbly in ye olde brain pan.

@nursefrombirth It's a day that ends in Y. Russia has amply demonstrated anti-satellite technology: blowing stuff up in LEO. Nothing fancy, very effective.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/11/debris-from-a-satellite-shot-down-by-the-russians-appears-to-threaten-the-iss/

@MLClark @LnzyHou I love longhand despite my technophile tendencies. And I don't author books but Neal Stephenson does -- long ones -- longhand.

Well well, happy surprise: The European Court of Human Rights yesterday banned a general weakening of secure end-to-end encryption.
#infosec #law
https://www.eureporter.co/world/human-rights-category/european-court-of-human-rights-echr/2024/02/14/european-court-of-human-rights-bans-weakening-of-secure-end-to-endencryption-the-end-of-eus-chat-control-csar-mass-surveillance-plans/

Dang the Super Bowl _was_ pretty woke: " 621,000 solar panels channeled the electricity needed to power the Allegiant Stadium, home of both Super Bowl VXIII...recycle all the rubber pellets from the turf, run food scrap collection from the on-site restaurants and divert them from the waste stream to feed livestock, and compost all the grass clippings from the field."
#renewableEnergy
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/super-bowl-2024-to-be-powered-by-nevada-desert-solar-farm/