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FAA to eliminate floppy disks used in air traffic control systems - Windows 95 also being phased out
https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/storage/the-faa-seeks-to-eliminate-floppy-disk-usage-in-air-traffic-co…

FAA to eliminate floppy disks used in air traffic control systems - Windows 95 also being phased out
Millions trust their lives daily to floppy disks and Windows 95.

Demand that the European Union does not leave millions of dogs and cats unprotected against illegal breeding! #AnimalRights

Demand that the European Union does not leave millions of dogs and cats unprotected against illegal breeding!
While MEPs prepare to vote on a groundbreaking regulation on the welfare of dogs and cats, animal welfare organizations warn: the proposed exemptions could leave millions of animals unprotected.

Advertisers are shifting millions in ad budgets, particularly in CTV, from The Trade Desk's DSP to Amazon's, driven by lower fees, inventory access, and more (Trishla Ostwal/Adweek)
https://www.adweek.com/media/marketers-mov

EXCLUSIVE: Marketers Move Millions in Ad Spend from The Trade Desk to Amazon’s Ad Platform 
Sources say Amazon is gunning for The Trade Desk’s clients to win market share

The US supreme court on Friday permitted DOGE, the so-called ‘department of government efficiency’, broad access to personal information on millions of Americans in Social Security Administration data systems while a legal challenge plays out.
At the request of the Justice Department, the justices put on hold US district judge Ellen Hollander’s order that had largely blocked Doge’s access to “personally identifiable information”
in data such as medical and financial records while …

Da fährt eins nach Biskoupky (aktuelle Bevölkerung 185 nach cs-wikipedia) nur, um von dort aus die Jihlava hinauf zur Mohelenska hadcovš step zu wandern, und dann ist das erste Haus nach dem Ausstieg aus dem Bus gleich das Geburtshaus des Poetisten Vítězslav Nezval. Allerdings: Die Číslo popisné (40 laut OSM) ist darauf nicht angebracht, aber Nezval hat schließlich eines seiner berühmtesten (von Milča Mayerovš getanzten) Gedichte auch abeceda und nicht 1234 genannt.

DOJ moves to claim $7.74 million tied to North Korean IT worker scheme https://therecord.media/north-korea-it-worker-scams-doj-civil-forfeiture-claim

Yikes: DOGE deploying AI to hastily port SSA’s COBOL to Java. https://www.wired.com/story/doge-rebuild-social-security-administration-cobol-benefits/

DOGE Plans to Rebuild SSA Code Base in Months, Risking Benefits and System Collapse
Social Security systems contain tens of millions of lines of code written in COBOL, an archaic programming language. Safely rewriting that code would take years—DOGE wants it done in months.

"Kestävyyden filosofia" (Teea Kortetmäki, Markku Oksanen & Mikko Puumala) on mielenkiintoisin ja filosofisin tänä vuonna lukemani kestävyyskirja. Monipuolista, analyyttistä, kattavaa ja tarkkaa aiheen käsittelyä.

"Patricia #Espenak announced in an email that Fred passed away yesterday afternoon," Michael Zeiler just wrote on the Solar Eclipse Mailing List: "Fred was in hospice at their home in Portal, Arizona. Pat was holding his hand when he passed away and is devastated.
Fred had an extremely consequential life and was a giant in the solar eclipse community. Let‘s remember his enthusiasm for nature‘s greatest spectacle, his warm friendship to many of us, his generosity in sharing his knowledge, and his impact on all of us."
Obituaries: https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-news/fred-espenak-1953-2025/ and https://www.astronomy.com/observing/fred-espenak-dies-at-71/

Yikes: DOGE deploying AI to hastily port SSA’s COBOL to Java. https://www.wired.com/story/doge-rebuild-social-security-administration-cobol-benefits/

DOGE Plans to Rebuild SSA Code Base in Months, Risking Benefits and System Collapse
Social Security systems contain tens of millions of lines of code written in COBOL, an archaic programming language. Safely rewriting that code would take years—DOGE wants it done in months.