Today, @… and I had the pleasure of talking to the families behind four Mastodon accounts from Gaza over video chat and we’re very happy to welcome them to Gaza Verified.
They are:
• Talal Naser – https://
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Temporal: getting started with JavaScript’s new date time API.
https://2ality.com/2021/06/temporal-api.html
saved 2021-06-29 https://<…
The dream of safe C/C code is here.
I have been following this development, and I am in awe at how much has been achieved, now available as a package:
https://fil-c.org/install_optfil
You can get drunk on the details here:
Sphere, which raised a $4.3M seed as an edtech marketplace, pivots and raised a $21M Series A led by a16z to develop an AI tax compliance software service (Dominic-Madori Davis/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/18/a16z-leads-21m-series-…
Have a joyful #DayOfDionysos here at Erotic Mythology! 🍇
"Goatherd Pan cried out: ‘I wish my father had taught me the trick of that matchmaking wine! I wish I could be lord of the mindtripping grape, like Bakkhos [Dionysos]!’"
Nonnus, Dionysiaca 16.289
🏛 Dionysos and Pan, 50-150 CE
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #AstralPlane
Galaxie 500:
🎵 Listen, the Snow Is Falling
#Galaxie500
https://galaxie500.bandcamp.com/track/listen-the-snow-is-falling
https://open.spotify.com/track/6rXh1BjDeBG6u7XbYBb8yZ
Google unveils Gemini 3 Flash that it says offers Pro-level performance with lower latency, higher efficiency, and reduced costs compared to 2.5 Pro (Abner Li/9to5Google)
https://9to5google.com/2025/12/17/gemini-3-flash-launch/
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #PositiveVibrations
Flying Vipers:
🎵 Astral Underground
#FlyingVipers
https://flyingvipers.bandcamp.com/track/astral-underground
https://open.spotify.com/track/2l5gTtQtDgsGHhJIqnOVKw
Filing: the US FTC ends its review of SoftBank's $6.5B acquisition of chip designer Ampere, granting an early termination; SoftBank announced the deal in March (Josh Sisco/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20
Sources: Salient, which uses AI to automate loan servicing, raised $10M following a $60M Series A in June, pushing its valuation to ~$500M; its ARR hit $25M (Lily Mae Lazarus/Fortune)
https://fortune.com/2025/12/18/salient