Ukraine to replace head of Southern Air Command following repeated deadly Russian strikes in Odesa Oblast: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/20/ukraine-to-replace-head-of.html
Lions' unsung defense steps up, surprises even Dan Campbell: 'I had confidence, but nine points?' https://www.nfl.com/news/lions-unsung-defense-steps-up-surprises-even-dan-campbell-i-had-confidence-but-nine-points
Turns out that what hit flight #UA1093 was most likely a balloon from https://windbornesystems.com - this was brought up first in the thread https://x.com/vk5qi/status/1980386581497409891 and now the company confirms that it's a very strong possibility: https://x.com/johndeanl/status/1980462264974209292. See also https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZzbS30xdjM for a short video about the company and how it's filling the atmosphere with long-duration balloons carrying weather sensors. They had just been hailed as one of the best inventions of 2025: https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2025/7318250/windborne-systems-atlas/ ...
Filings: Meta spent the most on US lobbying in Q3, spending $5.8M, followed by Amazon, Google, Apple; Anthropic, Nvidia, and a16z hit $1M for the first time (Ashley Gold/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/10/21/tech-lobbying-insights-q3
Today, we had a fire alarm going off at @… when I was just working on a local :git: repo.
This reminded me on the popular meme:
In case of fire 🔥
1. git commit
2. git push
3. leave building
I always had some mixed feelings about it. Thus, I wrote down whats wrong with this meme on several levels (technical and social):
An evening discussing falling enrollment in #STEM courses at universities across Europe, especially traditional studies like chemistry, geology and meteorology. I wonder if young people are unaware of just how interesting #STEM careers to be? Or do they have the perception it's "too hard" compared to other subjects where easier grades may be had? Or is it simply they think they can have "better"* jobs in other fields?
#AcademicChatter
*Where better might mean higher paid, more prestigious, more certain of employment, or less workload or some combination of all of these... ?
UK filings: Paramount and Comcast invested $1B into European streamer SkyShowtime since 2022; SkyShowtime had a €543.7M operating loss in 2024, down 3% YoY (Jake Kanter/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2025/10/paramount-comcast-invest-1b-into-skyshowtime-…
So the US had a huge case using high-level informants.
Bukele wanted back 9 informants who could expose his govt's deals with that same gang to lower the level of violence,
fueling his image as a crime-fighter.
That Rubio made a deal was known.
That he reneged on informants was not.
https://
Broncos WR Bryant in hospital, has movement https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47385829/broncos-pat-bryant-hospitalized-big-hit-vs-jaguars