2026-07-19 10:09:03
Oh, you’re an angel investor, are you?
Which angel, exactly?
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"10 Tips for Goal-Oriented Science Communication" @ De Gruyter Communications
https://blog.degruyter.com/10-tips-for-goal-oriented-science-communication/
"Building a bridge between science and society takes more than passion – it take…
OHAI Mastodon v4.5.10
https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases/tag/v4.5.10
#AntiAKW Kommende Woche: #Castor 9 & 10 von 152 nach Ahaus
Aktuellen Informtionen zufolge sollen in der kommenden Woche zwei weitere #Atommmüll behälter von
Assisting the last mile with smart glasses: towards user-centric LLM prompt engineering for visually impaired people #AI
In disclosures to investors, Anthropic says it expects to generate $10.9B in revenue in Q2, vs. $4.8B in Q1, and turn a $559M operating profit, its first ever (Berber Jin/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.
The National Diplomatic Academy under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Korea was found to have been hacked for approximately 10 months.
https://www.chosun.com/english/national-en/2026/07/20/6YOEKLPG3JFMNPTC2U32HR3SY4/
#Großbritannien plant ein Verbot von #SocialMedia-Plattformen für unter 16-Jährige.
Betroffen wären unter anderem #TikTok,
Ziemlich obskurer Solar PV Speicher bei Lidl im Angebot. Die Beschreibung ist äußerst dürftig.
Weiß jemand, welches Gerät dahinter steckt?
https://www.lidl.de/p/tronic-solarstromspeicher/p10077980
Farmers backed Trump. Now some say they're losing patience. (Matthew Choi/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/06/19/farmers-backed-trump-now-some-say-theyre-losing-patience/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzgxODQxNjAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzgzMjIzOTk5LCJpYXQiOjE3ODE4NDE2MDAsImp0aSI6ImRkNjFhNDlmLWI5ZTgtNDc3OC04NWE3LTQwZjM4ZmQ2YzEzZiIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9wb2xpdGljcy8yMDI2LzA2LzE5L2Zhcm1lcnMtYmFja2VkLXRydW1wLW5vdy1zb21lLXNheS10aGV5cmUtbG9zaW5nLXBhdGllbmNlLyJ9.BOWDi2reIW-AWLIhVUJTm1R6uY_fr2jvW9RxCtvc6bw&itid=gfta
http://www.memeorandum.com/260619/p10#a260619p10
Ich lese gerade wieder Merz sei ein „kleiner Mann mit (zu) großen Ambitionen“, und nein, diese Beschreibung ist elitär und unzutreffend.
Daß der sogenannte „kleine Mann“¹ in bedeutende Positionen gelangen kann, ist ein Grundversprechen der Demokratie. Merz mag ein Spießbürger sein, der sprichwörtliche kleine Mann war er nie.
Was Merz fehlt, ist menschliche Größe, Ehrfurcht von der Würde des Menschen. Die Haltung, die Brandt den Kniefall von Warschau ohne Pathos oder Kitsch mögli…
"Durchsage ihres Lokomotivführers: Wegen einer Stellwerkstörung kann diese S11 ab Winterthur nicht weiterfahren. Sie müssen mit einem anderen Zug nach Zürich weiterfahren."
Montag.
#SBB #övlife #Winterthur
In Mexico we say “estoy mšs exprimido que un limón de fonda” and I think this is beautiful
Commanders WR Terry McLaurin 'loves' idea of getting 10 targets a game in David Blough's offense https://www.nfl.com/news/commanders-wr-terry-mclaurin-loves-idea-of-getting-10-targets-a-game-in-david-blough-s-offen…
mew :3
もうすぐ夏至と聞いて
"‘Mega-consumers’ of food and energy cost environment $5.7tn a year, study finds"
#Energy #Environment #Climate
Off the metro in leafy Frederiksberg, where the streets are refreshed and hanging with the scent of the lilacs after the rain
#simpleJoy
from my link log —
chibicc: a small C compiler.
https://github.com/rui314/chibicc
saved 2020-10-04 https://dotat.at/:/HB8B4.html
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Kehlani:
🎵 Morning Glory
#Kehlani
https://open.spotify.com/track/0kas95RruYRVqrOb07rgkh
Top 10 Dallas Cowboys of 2026: Tyler Smith Aiming for Another Pro Bowl https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/onsi/top-10-dallas-cowboys-2026-tyler-smith-aiming-another-pro-bowl
Årets fŸrste strandtur! #ellidsbøl #jammerbugten
#LG-Monitore schleusen Werbeschleuder ein
https://www.heise.de/news/LG-Monitore-schleusen-Werbeschleuder-ein-11369530.html
Der meiner Meinung nach Intere…
POL-WOB: Mann in hilfloser Lage bestohlen - Polizei sucht unbekannte Zeugin Wolfsburg (ots) - Wolfsburg, Kleiststraße 10.06.2026, 22.17 Uhr Am Abend des 10.06.2026 (Mittwoch) nutzte ein unbekannter Täter die Hilflosigkeit eines 23-jährigen Mannes aus und entwendete sein Portemonnaie. Der junge Mann wurde im Nahbereich ... https://www.
"Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th."
—Julie Andrews
#acting #coaching #inspiration
For some it's an ego surfing metric, for others an indicator how much of their published material/output was present in the training datasets of LLMs and now is encoded in their model weights...
https://intheweights.com/
"This site queries all models with something like "Who is ? Give up to 10 results, e…
Gamedev/graphics/graph theory people: right now the filter graph editor (imgui-node-editor) in ngscopeclient uses a simple spline curve when drawing edges from one node to another, ignoring everything in its path (i.e. edges can cross nodes).
Is anyone interested in trying to rework this to add a bit more intelligence to the routing? It needs to be fast with up to a few hundred nodes in a typical worst-case scenario, and generally "stable" (small motions of a node should not …
«Hunderte bösartige npm-Pakete im AntV-Ökosystem entdeckt:
Das Datenvisualisierungs-Ökosystem AntV war Ziel einer Mini-Shai-Hulud-Lieferkettenattacke mit Hunderten schädlicher npm-Pakete.»
Schon wieder viele npm-Pakete. Liegt das an npm selber oder ist dies im allgemeinen ein Code-Struktur-Fehler? Betreffen tut es schlussendlich alle User dieser Software, auch wenn die es "nur" nutzen.
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Design Diskussion: ich bin immer noch nicht überzeugt, dass runde Displays mehr sind als Nostalgie wegen der alten Armbanduhren. Das sieht mir doch immer so aus, als ob man eigentlich sinnvoll nur den Teil benutzen kann, der ungefähr die Form der Apple Watch hat. Oben und unten werden dann immer Logos oder abgerundete Buttons eingefügt und das Display muss größer sein, als Kompromiss, damit man überhaupt was lesen kann.
Heute in #Stuttgart die beeindruckende Performance "Passing" von Smadar Goshen miterlebt, die über den Pragfriedhof führte und an der Gedenkstätte Nordbahnhof endete. Von dort wurden ab 1941 Juden mit dem Zug deportiert.
Mehr Infos:
https://
❔ How can climate mobility function as a proactive strategy for women and marginalised groups? What influences decision-making processes to migrate or to stay? What do governments and stakeholders need to do to increase women's agency?
📝 New Paper Published:
Human mobility as a climate and disaster risk management strategy: Addressing intersectional vulnerability and enhancing women's agency
🔗
I haven't been paying attention to the World Cup, but I do think it's cool that Kid1 has decided to support Côte d'Ivoire because that's where one of his teachers is from.
Impressive real-world numbers of EDF 🇫🇷 (with its smart charging subsidiary DREEV) for charging a fleet of electric waste collection trucks:
10 MWh of charging for 10 trucks, at a cost of minus €129, by collecting otherwise wasted energy and providing grid support
#EV #Flexibility
I've forced myself to make a good and delicious smelling meal, but I think I'm too depressed to eat it.
#Depression
The Maximum Particle Energy Gain during #MagneticReconnection: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/ae3ca1 -> NASA's Parker Solar Probe flew in and out of the solar corona and found a source of high-energy particles that no existing model had predicted: https://spacedaily.com/n-nasas-parker-solar-probe-flew-in-and-out-of-the-solar-corona-and-found-a-source-of-high-energy-particles-that-no-existing-model-had-predicted/
Gestern dann zweimal mit dem #Lastenrad #rausgeschafft, einmal am Nachmittag zum Einkaufen und Abends nach Termin beim Velomech in der Stadt den Rückweg etwas ausladender gestaltet und die Landschaft genossen. Insgesamt knapp 35km und gute 250 Garmin-Höhenmeter bei sehr angenehmen Wetter.
phpc.social is now running Mastodon 4.5.10, released ~10 minutes ago. #mastoAdmin
#FotoDerWoche mit blau-schwarzer Biene statt schwarz-blauer Politik.
https://blog.till-westermayer.de/2026/07/photo-of-the-week-blue-bee/
Was ist dass denn für ein Müll, der hier in meine Mentions kommt?
Eine starke Demokratie ist der beste Schutz gegen Faschismus, davon bin ich fest überzeugt. Aber jetzt schreiben mir irgendwelche Accounts, dass Demokratie quasi die Ursache des Faschismus sei. Was sind das für Irrlichter? Haben wir hier nun auch ein Bot-Problem?
Es gibt viele gute Gründe gegen die sog. "Nachhaltigkeits"-Initiative. Sie würde aber vor allem auch an den Grund- und Menschenrechten rütteln und direkt und indirekt zu mehr Überwachung führen, wie die @… schreibt. Weil die Initiative de facto die Kündigung der Europäischen Menschrenrechtskonvention
I want Mike Duncan's "Revolutions" but covering the Spanish Civil War, China, Cuba, Algeria, Vietnam, and the various anti-colonial struggles, then come back to France for May 1968, and a few others, maybe ending with the Zapatistas, Rojava/DAANES, the Gen Z uprisings, and maybe introducing Myanmar.
'Traitor to the republic': MAGA turns knives on John Thune after he shelves Trump bill - Raw Story
https://www.rawstory.com/john-thune-2676789663/
Primer to get you started with Optimization and Mathematical Programming in R #rstats
"ALIMA – Sacherschließung unterstützt durch große Sprachmodelle. Ein Werkstattbericht"
#Inhaltserschließung
Na, klebt Ihr bei der Sommerhitze auch schon am Schreibtischstuhl fest und träumt von arktischen Temperaturen im Wohnzimmer? 🥵 Dann haben wir gute Nachrichten für alle, die in einer Eigentumswohnung leben.
Zum Artikel: https://heise.de/-1136869?wt_mc=sm.red
RE: https://puntarella.party/@antanicus/116775628271606884
Only if you believe in facts though, right?
The EU fines Alibaba's online marketplace AliExpress €550M for failing to do enough to prevent the sale of illegal products, the largest DSA fine to date (Barbara Moens/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/13c385e7-600f-471a-858e-6f1970802a10
There's a hole in your sock 🧦
:shukusai02:
It's not often you can describe a scientific article as an absolute banger, but I'm revisiting again the paper on ESM-snowMIP by Menard et al 2021 and it really is an absolute banger. Completely genius paper. I remain also amazed that such a candid article got through review..
https://journals.ametsoc.org/view/journals/bams/102/1/BAMS-D-19-0329.1.xml
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony:
🎵 Tha Crossroads
#BoneThugsNHarmony
https://bigdealwhocares.bandcamp.com/track/1996-bone-thugs-n-harmony-tha-crossroads
https://open.spotify.com/track/5KSJ9k1FYjFLnIRlJT2wF8
I forgot to mention in the newsletter yesterday, but Metacurity is on a publishing hiatus today in honor of Juneteenth. Wishing everyone a meaningful holiday!✊
from my link log —
Spork: A posix_spawn you can use as a fork.
https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/3713082.3730396
saved 2026-05-19 https://
Die #Kernfusionskollektoranlage hat heute 0,782 kWh Energie eingefangen.
Gesamtleistung: 480 Wp
Ausrichtung: West
Anstellwinkel: 58 Grad
Diese #Balkonsolaranlage wurde durch das Berliner SolarPLUS-Programm gefördert.
Einspeiseverlust: 3.63 %
just the loveliest of summer evenings at the forest hills tennis stadium with yo la tengo opening for wilco (extra jammy "tom courtenay"), elegant career-spanning wilco set, & epic 2-band encore, "i heard you looking" > "spiders", YLT starting as a trio & joined by the wilcos. stadium-sized ira the k. good segue, too!
Tesla peilt in Deutschland Expansion an
Die Nachfrage nach Elektroautos zieht wieder an. Das gibt dem Autobauer Tesla Rückenwind für seine Produktionspläne.
https://www.heise.de/news/Tesla-peilt-in-D…
It was never easier to support a band:
just click the link and LIKE THE COMMENT with our name in it:
https://www.instagram.com/p/DYfHHi0DBUq/?carousel_share_child_media_id=3899863847308332045_11297…
ICYMI: "The thirteenth flight test of #Starship is preparing to launch as early as Thursday, July 23. The 90-minute launch window will open at 5:45 p.m. CT." So says https://www.spacex.com/launches/starship-flight-13
Sealioning cultists are swarming like muggen and earn the same treatment.
Six women win 2026 Goldman prize, world’s top environmental award | Environment News | Al Jazeera
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/21/six-women-win-2026-goldman-prize-worlds-top-environmental-award
“Oil hits three-month low, markets soar as U.S. and Iran announce peace deal.”
And the people who were murdered? Just the cost of doing business. Consequences for the murderers: zero.
But hey, you get cheap gas again and Wall Street’s happy so what do we care, right?
I’d say we’re lemmings but we’re not. Lemmings aren’t evil.
Iran Roared. Trump Blinked. (Thomas L. Friedman/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/19/opinion/iran-israel-us-war-deal.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260619/p9#a260619p9
KPMG partners with Anthropic to embed Claude into its tax and advisory platforms; KPMG's tax and legal services unit saw revenue grow ~8% YoY to $9.3B in 2025 (Mark Maurer/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/cfo-j…
"Many of 1988’s droughts and floods, heat waves and hurricanes were random events, the roll of the dice. But the dice are being weighted. In coming years they will fall hot and stormy-side uppermost more often"
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Neekeetone:
🎵 Jungle Request
#Neekeetone
https://open.spotify.com/track/13XFgyA8i986Syh4NFoxs4
From a Chinese state-sponsored news outlet. Can you say pot-kettle-black?
"Investigations found that the foreign intelligence agency had taken control of multiple routers within China and used them as platforms to send phishing emails disguised as invitations to participate in review work or traffic violation payment notices, targeting staff at key institutions."
Windows-Update außer der Reihe korrigiert Performanceprobleme
Microsoft verteilt ein ungeplantes Windows-Update. Es soll Probleme beheben, die insbesondere bei Dell-Computern aufgetreten sind.
https://www.
RE: https://mastodonczech.cz/@jirirbr/116775196894528223
Oopsie, you go sign up right away then. Twat.
robert hunter's foray into horror comics (with a wisp of sci-fi), written in 1995 with art by timothy truman. a bit overwrought, but genuinely creepy & weird, & fun to read him in this mode. https://archive.org/details/dog-moon
Sources: Chinese AI startup Moonshot told investors it would revamp its corporate structure to pave the way for a Hong Kong IPO and comply with Beijing's rules (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-19…
The ocean demands more billionaires 🌊
from my link log —
Weighted round robin / weighted random integers with the golden ratio low discrepancy sequence.
https://blog.demofox.org/2020/06/23/weighted-round-robin-using-the-golden-ratio-low-discrepancy-sequence/
Court Overturns Pa. Medicaid Abortion Limits | Associated Press
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/abortion-medicaid-pennsylvania/2026/04/20/id/1253602/
US-Iran peace talks postponed, clouding prospects for lasting truce (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/us-iran-peace-talks-postponed-clouding-prospects-lasting-truce-2026-06-19/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260619/p8#a260619p8
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MorningShow
Tempers:
🎵 Cold and Cruel
#Tempers
https://open.spotify.com/track/2MojUnIZUHC1sqE9CTvCkP
Standard Chartered plans to cut nearly 8,000 back-office positions by 2030, a 15% reduction in support functions in hubs like Bengaluru, amid growing AI usage (Arjun Neil Alim/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/ff678495-2a99-4a70-a340-31c0f8094b4c
RE: https://hostux.social/@grumpyoldtechie/116238894250231701
"I only use half-duplex, because that's the only way to have polite conversation"
DHS making smart glasses to spy on migrants and protesters: report - Raw Story
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-ice-2676789723/
Elon Musk's OpenAI loss is set to speed up the AI juggernaut amid rising opposition; the case offered a rare glimpse into tech's workings, ending with a whimper (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/18/technology/elon-musk-openai-trial.html…
50 years ago tonight, the grateful dead conclude 3 nights in passaic, new jersey, broadcast on WNEW. spring ’76, show #11
soundboard https://archive.org/details/gd1976-06-19.sbd.digitalrbb.miller.111852.flac16
video:
Large mammal declines reshape nutrient flows in African savannas—with consequences for tadpoles
https://phys.org/news/2026-04-large-mammal-declines-reshape-nutrient.html
A look at Russia's push to develop homegrown AI talent, as the country is hampered by scarce access to AI hardware and a brain drain of top technical talent (Nikita Ostrovsky/Time)
https://time.com/article/2026/06/18/russia-ai-putin-chip-us-china/
"A Cuban Foreign Ministry official said the exchange with Washington was ‘respectful and professional’ and devoid of threats."
Cuba confirms talks with US officials, wants end to Trump’s energy blockade | Donald Trump News | Al Jazeera
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/21/cuba-confirms-meeting-with-us-official-wants-end-to-trumps-energy-blockade?traffic_source=rss
Ken Paxton admitted under oath to ethics violation as Senate race heats up: WSJ - Raw Story
https://www.rawstory.com/ken-paxton-2676789707/
Hive stock jumps 10% in premarket trading after announcing a $220M, three-year GPU cloud contract with Bell Canada and Cohere, as it pivots from bitcoin mining (James Van Straten/CoinDesk)
https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2026/06/1
Internal memo: Meta is reassigning 7,000 workers to four new units focused on building AI tools, two days before it is set to lay off 10% of its workforce (Eli Tan/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/18/technology/meta-reassigns-7000-employees-…