RIP, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa.
https://deadline.com/2025/12/cary-hiroyuki-tagawa-dead-mortal-kombat-actor-1236636368/
Cloudflare says it has fixed an issue that caused a 25 minute outage on Friday, following a major, hours-long outage last month (Rose Henderson/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-05/cloudflare-says-it-f…
Noem faced Republican criticism
Republicans largely kept the focus on the large numbers of migrants who came into the country under former President Joe Biden,
portraying Noem as the leader of a cleanup effort of the former administration’s mess.
But she did come under some harsh questioning by members of her own party.
Senator Tillis, who called on Noem to resign following the shootings in Minneapolis, criticized her for erroneously arresting American citizens, for…
hstf = homeland security task force
https://mastodon.social/@botgov/115667864265641978
From The Maple
How did labour fare in 2025?
In many respects, last year was a mixed bag for workers and unions in Canada. Though union wage gains were relatively healthy, the overall economy continued to cool with unemployment creeping up and many workers still feeling the cost-of-living crunch.
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MiddayShow
Flying Mojito Bros feat. Scott Hirsch:
🎵 Wild Mountain Honey
#FlyingMojitoBros #ScottHirsch
https://flyingmojitobros.bandcamp.com/album/wild-mountain-honey-ft-scott-hirsch
https://open.spotify.com/track/7yHAlQDpUYEmvR8ro9Z9tD
#Explosions, loud noises and low-flying aircraft have been heard in the #Venezuelan capital of #Caracas,
amid reports that Donald Trump had ordered strikes against the South American country.
In the early hours of Sat…
Iranian cryptoasset outflows reached ~$10.3M between February 28 and March 2 amid US and Israeli strikes; in 2025, Iran's crypto ecosystem was worth $7.8B (Chainalysis)
https://www.chainalysis.com/blog/iranian-crypto-outflows-spike-after-airstrikes/
AI coding agents are fueling productivity panic among executives and engineers, as a UCB study finds those offloading work to AI are also working longer hours (Issie Lapowsky/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20