Tootfinder

To see the butcher slap the steak, before he laid it on the block,
and give his knife a sharpening, was to forget breakfast instantly. It was
agreeable, too -- it really was -- to see him cut it off, so smooth and juicy.
There was nothing savage in the act, although the knife was large and keen;
it was a piece of art, high art; there was delicacy of touch, clearness of
tone, skilful handling of the subject, fine shading. It was the triumph of
mind over matter;…

Something that came up in conversation today: the UK government is likely using unattributed AI in its public output, and (possibly wrongly) ascribing Crown Copyright to it.

Adobe patches a zero-day in Acrobat DC, Reader DC, and Acrobat 2024, which hackers have been actively exploiting for at least four months (Zack Whittaker/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/14/adobe-fixes-pdf-zero-day-sec…

Adobe fixes PDF zero-day security bug that hackers have exploited for months | TechCrunch
It's not clear how many people were compromised by this hacking campaign, but a security researcher said the hackers were targeting victims since at least November 2025.

📱 Die Bürger-App – eine gute Idee auf maroder Basis.
Kindergeld per App, KI-Assistent durch Formulare, alles digital. Klingt gut.
Das fundamentale Problem liegt nicht in der App, sondern im IT-Unterbau:
Deutschlands Verwaltungs-IT ist ein Flickenteppich in desolatem Zustand.
Dazu: Telekom und SAP ohne Ausschreibung beauftragt – dieselben Partner wie
bei der Corona-App. Das Ergebnis von damals ist bekannt.
Holger Schmidt (FAZ):

MIO: Memories in Orbit is one of the best Metroidvanias I’ve ever played. This is absolutely my favorite genre of game, and this one hits all the right notes for me.
I loved Silksong, but it leans very heavily into combat. To the point that, because of the difficulty, I probably won’t replay it much.
MIO, instead, leans much more into platforming. Though, paradoxically, it’s often platforming without the platforms; it’s more akin to fast-paced aerial acrobatics…

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Amber Mark:
🎵 Worth It
#AmberMark
https://pfsmusic2.bandcamp.com/track/amber-mark-worth-it-snip
https://open.spotify.com/track/7AQRpyFBYQqtWfkmlqkw4l

What the actual fuck.
I was already looking at an alternative to Adobe Acrobat Pro to replace for my clients who need it, this is just fuel for the dumpster fire that is Adobe. https://mastodon.social/@marcedwards/116371577815792197

Kapitän zur See Sebastian Hamann, Non-Resident Fellow am #ISPK zur Straße von #Hormus:
„Die Entwicklung der Operationen gegen die #Huthi-Rebellen hätten eine Warnung sein können: Eine…

The latest post on the DLR Space Blog is about the #RAMSES mission, which will accompany the #asteroid #Apophis as it soars past Earth in 2029 - and about the instrument

Based on a wee experiment, I've decided that I could probably replace my MacBook Air with a Thinkpad running Elementary OS 8.
I wouldn't do it voluntarily but if necessary, it's far less aggravating than Windows.
#linux #thinkpad