Our govts are keen to reduce #RedTape for business and Investments arguing it to be necessary to grow the economy, yet the very people who provide the seed ideas for such growth and prosperity are plunged into bottomless pits of excrutiating govt processes.

“Discovery grants are a key pillar of Australia’s research ecosystem, allowing scientists to do fundamental “blue-sky” research over a three-year funding period.
The Australian Research Council took nine months to process the 2025 grants. For the 2026 grants, they are now proposing to take up to 16 months.”
REad more:
https://www.smh.com.au/national/complete-joke-efforts-to-reduce-funding-wait-times-ends-with-longer-blowout-20260303-p5o739.html

#Research #ResearchGrants #ARC #AustralianSciences #ResearchFunding

Reform Promised, Red Tape Delivered: Australia's Research Grant Crisis Deepens

#ARC #AusSci #ResearchFunding #HigherEd #AusPol #AusNews

https://thedailyperspective.org/article/2026-03-03-reform-promised-red-tape-delivered-australias-research-grant-crisis-deepens-512d3229

I still love the #Arc browser. I'll use it till they can pry it from my cold, dead hands!

#ARC #lesfic

🎉🎉 #Intel finally "enhances" its #XeSS 3 support, now expanding to #Core #Ultra and #Arc series, because who wouldn’t want more #compatibility with things nobody uses? 💤💻 It's the "innovation" we've all been waiting for - now in the language of your choice! 😂🌍
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/download/785597/intel-arc-graphics-windows.html #Innovation #Tech #News #Gaming #HackerNews #ngated

The news of the proposed Arc de Trump reminds me of "The Vertical Runway" in Vientienne Laos:

Patuxai is a massive war monument and triumphal arch in the center of Vientiane, Laos. Built between 1957 and 1968 in memory of the Laotian soldiers who died during World War II and the war of independence from France in 1949.

In the 1950s, the United States provided Laos with funds and concrete for the expansion of the city’s airport, which could then serve as a base for US fighter jets during the Vietnam War. But the Laotian Government decided to build a massive triumphal arch instead.

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/patuxai

#Trump #Arc #Laos #UsPoli

ARC Readers Wanted
Some stories are written to entertain.
Others are written to endure.
The Rise of Thion is slow-burn mythic high fantasy, written in archaic prose and shaped by classical epic structure.
It is not designed for fast consumption.
It unfolds deliberately — and lingers.
If you appreciate Tolkien’s gravity and the depth of ancient myth, this may speak to you.
Advance Review Copies are available here:
https://storyoriginapp.com/reviewcopies/3a1ae450-bb8d-4978-9ceb-40e26ea8e917

#EpicFantasy #MythicFantasy #ARC

@kimlockhartga
Great list.

Just to add that if you search for #ARC on Fedi you will see many free books. Many #writers advertise free advance reader copies on Fedi,p

You get to read books before they are published!

P.S. I just announced an ARC for my latest volume of short stories. DM me if you want to request one

Here's the ARC page on GoodReads

https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog_posts/26357538-arc-requests-open-the-screw-turns-vol-9

2026 is the first tax season since the CRA revamped its services

https://toronto.citynews.ca/2026/02/20/its-the-first-tax-season-since-the-cra-revamped-its-services-heres-what-to-expect/
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2026 est la première saison d’impôts depuis que l’ARC a révisée ses services

// Article en anglais //

#Canada #Taxes #Impôts #CRA #ARC

Do you also click on the #Arc release notes every week in the hope that there will be something other than "This update upgrades Chromium" in there? 😅

If you are into #reading slightly dark short stories that are a bit like "Final Destination" meets "The Monkey's Paw", and would like to get an Advance Reader Copy #ARC collection of #shortstories, then read this blog for details, and ping me here or on GoodReads to get a copy.

In return, I want feedback on anything that was confusing or broken

https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog_posts/26357538-arc-requests-open-the-screw-turns-vol-9

#Bookstodon
#bookclub
#reading
#betareaders

There's a powerful picture book biography coming out about Septima Clark, a civil rights leader who taught others how to fight Jim Crow. This children's book was written by her granddaughter. #BookThreads #BookSky #TeachingForChange #QuillTreeBooks #HarperAudio #ChildrensBook #Netgalley #ARC

http://bargain-sleuth.com/2026/02/19/%f0%9f%8e%a7%f0%9f%93%9ateaching-for-change-how-septima-clark-led-the-civil-rights-movement-to-voting-justice-bookreview-harperaudio-quilltreebooks-multiculturalinterest-arcreview-childrens/

Crescent sliver arcs
Sickled moon smiles in silence
Lunar reflections

#Haiku #OneHaikuADay #WritersCollective #writingcommunity #BackToHaiku #Seasons #Winter #Ohio #Weather #February #Moon #Smile #Arc #Lunar #Crescent #Silence #Ohio #USA #Photography #2026

February 18, 2026

The first chapter book in the beloved Boxcar Children series is now available as a full-color graphic novel! I'm so glad it's now in a more accessible format! -> #BookThreads #BookSky #BookReview #TheBoxcarChildren #RandomHouse @randomhouse
#ARC #Netgalley @randomhousekids.bsky.social

http://bargain-sleuth.com/2026/02/16/%f0%9f%93%9athe-boxcar-children-graphic-novel-bookreview-randomhouse-arcreview-childrensbooks-graphicnovel/

The untold, intimate story of how three young visionaries―Francis Ford Coppola, George Lucas, and Steven Spielberg―revolutionized American cinema. Review -> #BookThreads #BookSky #BookReview #TheLastKingsofHollywood #Netgalley #ARC #ALC #CeladonBooks #MacmillanAudio
@celadonbooks @macmillan.audio

http://bargain-sleuth.com/2026/02/14/%f0%9f%8e%a7%f0%9f%93%9athe-last-kings-of-hollywood-coppola-lucas-spielberg%e2%80%95and-the-battle-for-the-soul-of-american-cinema-bookreview-celadonbooks-macmillanaudio-arcreview-movies-popc/

Numerama: #Plus #fort que les #meilleurs #humains ?
Le nouveau modèle #Google #Gemini 3 #Deep #Think atomise #Claude et #GPT

Sur le #benchmark #ARC-AGI-2, un des plus complexes du milieu, le modèle est passé d’un score de 45 % à près de 85 % en trois mois. Avec un score aussi élévé, #Google approche des limites du #test : son #modèle a désormais les #capacités des #meilleurs #humains de la #planète #réunis

#LLM #IA

https://www.numerama.com/tech/2179151-google-gemini-repasse-devant-claude-le-nouveau-deep-think-bat-tous-les-records.html

On Friday, a man tried to stab a police officer with a knife during a ceremony at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. Police said the attacker was shot and wounded by... https://news.osna.fm/?p=34347 | #news #arc #attacker #ceremony #knife

If you were to plot every living person’s “story/life arc”, I wonder if it would be rising, falling, or flat. My guess it would be a bell curve around flat or falling.

#life #story #character #arc #writing #statistics

If you were to plot every living person’s “story/life arc”, I wonder if it would be rising, falling, or flat. My guess it would be a bell curve around flat or falling.

#life #story #character #arc #writing #statistics

Singer, Songwriter, producer, actor, painter… David Bowie is one of the most fascinating artists the world has ever known. A look at his life, through his music. -> #BookThreads #BookSky #BookReview #DavidBowieTheArtistTheAlbumsTheMusic #UnderPressure #ZiggyStardust #Netgalley #ARC

http://bargain-sleuth.com/2026/02/13/%f0%9f%93%9a%f0%9f%8e%b6david-bowie-the-artist-the-albums-the-music-bookreview-aurorametrobooks-arcreview-biography-music/