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A parasite that has been eating people for 3,500 years is about to be wiped off the planet.
It infected 3.5 million people in 1986.
Last year, it infected 10. And I have not seen it make a single front page
https://www.resete…

Guinea worm is close to being the second disease eradicated in history, following smallpox
https://www.euronews.com/health/2026/02/04/guinea-worm-is-close-to-being-the-second-disease-eradicated-in-history-following-smallpox You may have seen this online at some point, a long white worm being pulled from someone's leg, looking almost like a white string. This worm has been plaguing...

US Senators Warren and Banks urge suspending Nvidia AI chip export licenses to China and Southeast Asia, following Supermicro co-founder Wally Liaw's indictment (Demetri Sevastopulo/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/556e534d-bbc5-46e0-8965-ec3a13a8871a

Valve FM: Internet-Radio im Terminal hören https://blog.oliverswelt.de/blog/back-to-the-roots-warum-ich-radio-jetzt-im-terminal-höre-valve-fm

The risk of a hothouse Earth trajectory: #Climate May Go from Greenhouse to Hothouse: https://eos.org/articles/earths-climate-may-go-from-greenhouse-to-hothouse - uncertainty in climate models could mean Earth systems are perilously close to their tipping points, scientists warn.

Filings: Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway cut its Amazon stake by 75% to ~2.3M shares in Q4 2025; Berkshire bought 5.1M NYT shares, worth ~$352M in December (Alexandre Rajbhandari/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

Nice here in the fediverse.
But have you ever been to Ankh-Morpork?
City of a thousand surprises
#GNUPterry #gnuterrypratchett #GNUSirPterry

Why do I have the feeling that the word "nihilism" was difficult to avoid in this quote:
“I think Silicon Valley is immersed in a titanic battle between the hippie value system of the Steve Jobs generation and the Ayn Randian libertarian values of the Peter Thiel generation.”
https://

The billionaires made a promise -- now some want out | TechCrunch
In 2010, Warren Buffett and Bill Gates launched a disarmingly simple campaign they called the Giving Pledge: a public commitment, open to the world's

POL-HK: Bispingen: Planenschlitzer auf Rastanlage aktiv; Bad Fallingbostel: Glasscheibe eingeworfen; Walsrode: Auto gerät in Vorgarten Heidekreis (ots) - 12.02.2026 / Planenschlitzer auf Rastanlage aktiv Bispingen: In der Zeit von Mittwochabend (19:30 Uhr) bis Donnerstagfrüh (04:00 Uhr) waren Planenschlitzer auf der A 7-Rastanlage Lüneburger Heide West (Fahrtrichtung Hannover) ...

Survey: 80% of Americans say being informed about the news is essential to voting, but only 8% say people in the US have a responsibility to pay for news (Pew Research Center)
https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2026/02/11/americans-complica…

Americans’ Complicated Relationship With News
Most say being informed is essential for voting. Yet views differ on the importance of following news – and many say they're worn out by it.

Some developers say the App Store review process is taking significantly longer, up to multiple weeks, with an influx of vibe-coded apps as the likely cause (Business Insider)
https://www.businessinsider.com/developers-warn-flood-vibe-c…

Developers warn flood of vibe-coded apps could slow Apple approvals
AI and "vibe coding" are fueling a boom in new apps, which developers say could lead to delays in Apple's App Store approvals.