Martin Ruskov @mapto@qoto.org

Sleepless Nights Could Drive Half a Million Cases of Dementia in The US Each Year
https://www.sciencealert.com/sleepless-nights-could-drive-half-a-million-cases-of-dementia-in-the-us-each-year?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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An extraordinary resource.

A seaside town on the Izu Peninsula is undergoing a quiet revival, thanks in part to non-Japanese residents creating new spaces for connection. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2026/02/09/issues/ito-revival-izu-peninsula-foreign-businesses/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #community #issues #izupeninsula #ito #tourism #expats #smallbusinesses #crafts #bubbleera

A wave of lawsuits in the Unites States is targeting tech firms for their product design decisions. Lawyer Carrie Goldberg has played a role in establishing the product liability theory that underlies them. As the founder of C.A. Goldberg, PLLC, in 2017, her firm brought a lawsuit that sought to apply product liability theory to a tech platform — Herrick v. Grindr — arguing that a dangerous app design, not just user behavior, was the source of harm. In 2022, Goldberg was appointed to the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee in the federal social media multidistrict litigation. She’s led cases against Amazon, Meta, and Omegle, has testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee on child safety issues, and is the author of Nobody's Victim: Fighting Psychos, Stalkers, Pervs, and Trolls. Justin Hendrix spoke to her from her offices in Brooklyn about what she's learned over the last decade, and about some ongoing litigation that remains in dispute.

INTERVIEW: The race to agree global rules on deep-sea mining https://www.euractiv.com/news/interview-the-race-to-agree-global-rules-on-deep-sea-mining/?utm_source=eac&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_campaign=%40euractiv%40masto.ai

Tulsi Gabbard and Susie Wiles reportedly engaged in what looks like a national security related coverup. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/07/nsa-foreign-intelligence-trump-whistleblower

No longer at all odd to imagine that Trump and various members of his staff and family and cabinet are all working for foreign, hostile governments.

Per ridurre il traffico la piramide delle priorità deve essere rovesciata, così. In più si riducono smog, rumore, pericolo, incidenti e si migliora la salute dei cittadini e la vivibilità della città

https://benzinazero.wordpress.com/2026/02/08/la-piramide-inversa-del-traffico-urbano/ #traffico #mobilità #urbanistica #politica

A look inside an abandoned scam compound in Cambodia reveals the brutality and banality of fraud. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/07/asia-pacific/crime-legal/inside-abandoned-cambodia-scam-center/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #crimelegal #cambodia #gangs #fraud #romancescams

@the_ins_ru "Russia's economy entered 2026 in a worse state than the previous year: GDP is declining and oil prices are at their lowest. Combined with the expensive rouble, this will further increase the state budget deficit, and if oil prices do not rise (which no one expects), the National Welfare Fund reserves, which are being spent at a record pace, could be depleted as early as this year." 1/3

Much of the 2026 Games will be run on artificial snow.

Unlike light, airy natural flakes, machine-made snow packs dense and icy. This changes speed, grip and how much falls hurt.

https://theconversation.com/olympic-skiers-and-snowboarders-are-competing-on-100-fake-snow-the-science-of-how-its-made-and-how-it-affects-performance-176339

Hey #TEI & #DigitalHumanities friends—we need your help! 🆘
Our DHSI course "Processing Your TEI/XML with the XML Family of Languages" (https://bit.ly/dhsi-xpath) needs registrants to run this June (15-19). This is the ONLY DHSI course teaching XSLT, XQuery, & Schematron together via XPath (https://dhsi.org/course-offerings/).
People are excited about AI courses, but XML processing is MORE essential now, not less. You need these skills to validate AI outputs, build pipelines, & control your projects. 🧵1/3

London doing the work ! ❤️‍🩹

In 2023, a sci-fi magazine shut down submissions after being flooded with AI-written stories. That problem is now everywhere — AI-generated text overwhelming courts, journals, newsrooms, and HR departments.

AI text detectors are good, but they can’t keep up with #AI, which is getting faster and more sophisticated.

https://theconversation.com/ai-generated-text-is-overwhelming-institutions-setting-off-a-no-win-arms-race-with-ai-detectors-274720

Many races during the #WinterOlympics will run on machine-made snow as warming winters bring rain and slush.

Artificial snow is faster, icier – and consequently, more dangerous.

https://theconversation.com/what-olympic-athletes-see-that-viewers-dont-machine-made-snow-makes-ski-racing-faster-and-riskier-and-its-everywhere-274806

@mapto@feddit.bg "Then there is the question of the support that Epstein appears to have been giving to far-right parties in Europe seeking to undermine the European Union – a key strategic goal for Putin. He was in regular contact with Steve Bannon, who later became Trump’s first chief of staff, who was seeking to build a pan-European far-right, anti-EU “movement” and was a powerful supporter of Nigel Farage’s Brexit campaign" 2/2 https://www.euractiv.com/opinion/is-epstein-haunting-europe-from-the-grave/