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Ankara warns of Black Sea escalation after Russian strike on Turkish ship in Odesa: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/13/ankara-warns-of-black-sea.html

Movie piracy is bad. That's why I want to know the best sites to block so I live free of sin.
I used to block dopebox.to, but since it doesn't work the way I want, I no longer need to block it.
What other good sites are there that I should block or whatever? 😉

Thank you @etherdiver.bsky.social for your "Other People's Music" blogs that helps me find great new-to-me music!
https://blog.bmann.ca/3m6pzjjct722k

Latin American VC funding rose 14.3% YoY in 2025 to $4.1B, with early-stage investment up 31.9% YoY to nearly $2B and late-stage/growth deals reaching $1.63B (Mary Ann Azevedo/Crunchbase News)
https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/vcs-bullish-latam-startup-…

LatAm Startup Funding Rebounds In 2025 As Mexico Sees Surge In Investment And VCs Remain Bullish On Region
Latin America startup investment climbed by 14.3% in 2025, driven by a boost in both early- and late-stage funding, Crunchbase data shows. 

CAPITOL HILL CELEBRATES
JENNER & BLOCK:
Congressional Republicans and Democrats
came together last night
for a bipartisan event celebrating the release of
“When Congress Comes Calling,”
a newly updated handbook on congressional investigations
published by Jenner & Block and the Project on Government Oversight.
Jenner & Block is a prominent law firm which remains locked in a bitter legal fight with the Trump administration.

Top House Republicans cheer law firm tangled in bitter battle with Trump
Top Republicans and Democrats on Capitol Hill came together this week to praise a prominent law firm and government watchdog group – even as the firm remains locked in a bitter legal fight with President Donald Trump’s administration.According to a new report in Politico, lawmakers from both parties...

MacBook Pro ist 20: Ein Blick zurück
Am Wochenende hat Apples Profi-Notebook-Linie ein Jubiläum gefeiert. Seit dem Beginn hat sich einiges verändert – von Intel zu Apple Silicon.
https://www.heise.de/news…

I recently encountered an issue with the Renovate Bot, where it consistently selected the latest version of PHP for dependency analysis.
I have documented my findings & learnings in my latest @… blog post:

PHP Version Constraints for Renovate Bot | bitExpert
Lean how to fix Renovate Bot dependency update issues after PHP 8.5 upgrades by configuring language constraints in your renovate.json file.

Wondering how many folks here are also on #Bluesky but experiencing the birthdate bug so can't use the app: https://github.com/bluesky-social/social-app/issues/7077

"Captured at Battle of the Bulge at 19, #Fargo WWII vet nears 101st birthday" - InForum #northdakota

Captured at Battle of the Bulge at 19, Fargo WWII vet nears 101st birthday
Maurice Bonemeyer was just 19 when he was captured during the Battle of the Bulge. Now nearing 101, the Fargo WWII veteran reflects on faith, survival and gratitude.

Trump threatens to block ExxonMobil from Venezuela
after CEO calls country ‘uninvestable’
Trump says the company is
'playing too cute’
after CEO responds sceptically to his push for oil investment
after deposing Nicolšs Maduro
https://www.