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AWS treibt Wachstum bei Amazon
Auf die Cloud-Sparte von Amazon greifen Dutzende große und kleine Unternehmen zu. Sie wuchs zuletzt so schnell wie seit Jahren nicht mehr.
https://www.heise.de/news/AWS-treibt-Wac…

Grüße an die ganzen lieben Alten, die auch gern zur Kiezdisco gehen und hier offenbar heimlich mitlesen OHNE JE AUCH NUR EINEN PIEPS VON EUCH ZU GEBEN. Es war wieder so nett.

[BLOG] BitBastelei #668 – 10-Gigabit-Strecke für wenig Geld https://www.adlerweb.info/blog/2025/11/02/bitbastelei-668-10-gigabit-strecke-fuer-wenig-geld/

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/02/world/asia/xi-jinping-china-south-korea-spying.html
“You can check if there’s a backdoor.” What a knee slapper.
That Time When China’s Leader Joked About Espionage

That Time Xi Jinping Joked About Espionage
Xi Jinping gave two cellphones to South Korea’s president, who asked how secure they were. “You can check if there’s a backdoor,” he said with a laugh.

Powerful explosions reported at Shakhtarsk oil depot in Russian-occupied Donetsk Oblast: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/02/powerful-explosions-reported-at-shakhtarsk.html

Windows 11 tests Bluetooth audio sharing that connects two headsets at once https://www.theverge.com/news/811795/microsoft-windows-11-bluetooth-le-shared-audio-headsets

How to Shop for Obamacare When Subsidies Are in Limbo (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/health/aca-obamacare-enrollment-health-insurance.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/251101/p3#a251101p3

Natuurlijk wordt (in)formatie lastig en ingewikkeld, maar zelf eigenlijk alle vertrouwen dat we er uit gaan komen. #Hetkanwel blijft als slogan voor #D66 net zo relevant als tijdens de campagne. Iedereen die zegt dat het niet kan vooral negeren lijkt me. Vooruit kijken en oplossingen zoeken.

So, if you are having problems with random websites failing with #Firefox 144, it's very likely that it did corrupt your profile(s). Unfortunately, you will need to create a new one and start over...
This is the bug: https://

Heather Cox Richardson wrote on July 11, 2024
#Ivan #Raiklin, Trump’s
self-declared 👉“Secretary of Retribution”
has compiled a
💥“Deep State target list” 💥
of 350 people he wants to see arrested and punished for “treason”
The list includes Democratic and Republican elected officials,

July 11, 2024
Yesterday, Raw Story reported that Ivan Raiklin, Trump’s self-declared “Secretary of Retribution” has compiled a “Deep State target list” of 350 people he wants to see arrested and punished for “treason” if Trump is reelected.

*lays on your face and purrs until you wake up*

When you are a Godot developer on iPad, every day is Xmas!
https://youtu.be/zD1OCqYQ9GE

Grokipedia content often closely mirrors Wikipedia except for some political topics but its use of AI makes it better than Wikipedia on obscure entries (Business Insider)
https://www.businessinsider.com/grokipedia-elon-musk-wikipedia-ai-which…

I tried Grokipedia. It has something to teach Wikipedia about AI.
Grokipedia's mission to be "anti-woke" doesn't appeal to me. But its use of AI to help write articles actually makes some sense. Wikipedia, take note.

Pretty much every subsidiary website on the @… seems to have gone offline...
Just me?
https://climate.esa.int/en/news-events/

The translation of "just use our docker image" into human language is "we don't have good docs and we don't give a shit".

50 years ago tonight, the jerry garcia band close their first tour in washington DC. fall ’75, show #11. audience tape: https://archive.org/details/jg75-11-02.089459.jgb.aud.GEMS.t-flac16 [1/2]

Global anti-feminist backlash gains ground after decades of equality gains | International | EL PAÍS English
https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-11-01/global-anti-feminist-backlash-gains-ground-after-decades-of-equality-gains.html

how does uber's website manage to be so awful
they're worth how many millions? i could make a more responsive website in two weeks. they have hundreds of people on staff

It's November and many trees here in the central Netherlands are still very green. I'm pretty sure it wasn't like that when I was young.

Primer to get you started with Optimization and Mathematical Programming in R #rstats

CRAN Task View: Optimization and Mathematical Programming
This CRAN Task View contains a list of packages that offer facilities for solving optimization problems. Although every regression model in statistics solves an optimization problem, they are not part of this view. If you are looking for regression methods, the following views will also contain useful starting points: MachineLearning, Econometrics, Robust Packages are categorized according to the following sections. See also the “Related Links” and “Other Resources” sections at the end.

Got an old iMac from @… - time to clean it out from crapple software and install :budgie:

Ich kaufe Musik regelmäßig über Bandcamp direkt beim Künstler. Oft sind physische Tonträger ausverkauft, und es bleibt nur die digitale Variante mit Download. Ich funktioniere aber „aus den Augen, aus dem Sinn“ und so staubt leider viel Downloadmusik auf der Festplatte zu. 🤷
Aus dem selben Grund gibt es hier fast nur offene Regale, keine Schränke.

Dank Wikipedia und Mastodon etwas Licht ins Dunkel von "Nedderendermoor 04" gebracht.
https://blog.till-westermayer.de/2025/11/moorsiedlungen-und-doerfer-in-doerfern-in-doerfern/

Moorsiedlungen und Dörfer in Dörfern in Dörfern
Größere Karte anzeigen Ein interessanter Aspekt beim Blick auf die Familiengeschichte ist die Feststellung, dass Ortsangaben veränderlich sind. Mütterlicherseits kommen meine Vorfahren aus "OHZ", Osterholz-Scharmbeck. Der Doppelname und die gebräuchliche Abkürzung über das Autokennzeichen deuten

Optionales Windows-Update sorgt für Task-Manager-Zombie
Nach einem neuen Update für Windows 11 lässt sich der Taskmanager nicht mehr über das "X" beenden. Abhilfe ist jedoch einfach.
https://www.

Why Every Family Needs a Code Word (Gift Article)
https://www.wsj.com/tech/personal-tech/why-every-family-needs-a-code-word-e077ab76?st=nxffpN&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink

Last stand for Pokrovsk | Ukraine This Week: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/02/last-stand-for-pokrovsk-ukraine.html

In vielen Filmen und Fernseh-Krimis werden Frauen sehr häufig überängstlich kreischend und quietschend dargestellt.
Damit wird ein Frauenbild verfestigt, dass nicht bloß unangehm und unrealistisch, sondern letztlich gefährlich ist.
Amanda Knox: »Es kam ihnen nur auf die Story an«
Amanda Knox wurde vom Boulevard als Mörderin verkauft. Vier Jahre saß sie unschuldig im Gefängnis. Ein Gespräch über Medienversagen und Sexismus.

Don't forget to be a little weirdo today.

As SNAP benefits lapse, thousands show up to Southern California food banks
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-11-01/la-me-snap-benefits-los-angeles-food-bank

As SNAP benefits lapse, thousands go to Southern California food banks
Los Angeles food banks scurry to fill the gap as Angelenos' SNAP benefits are interrupted by the federal government shutdown.

It would be a terrible mistake to see this cash call as merely a painful exercise in annual budgeting. Instead, it is a historic opportunity to shift the balance of power between Europe and Russia by exposing the Kremlin’s financial frailty... it is also a bargain
https://www.economist.com/leaders/2025/10/30/why-funding-ukraine-is-a-giant-opportunity-for-europe?giftId=MGZkNzE2NjYtY2M2YS00NWU1LWI3YTctOGU5ZDAxZTExOGE2&utm_campaign=gifted_article

Singapore seizes more than $115M in assets linked to Cambodia's Prince Group, which the US and UK accuse of stealing billions of dollars via online scam centers (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-31/…

What's a programming language/platform you are emotionally biased against? (Think: I avoid running that stuff if I can and not just for rational reasons)
Pick the one it applies the most to.

'Kill, Kill, Kill': How to Wrestle With Death in Gaza (Michael L. Gross/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/opinion/israel-gaza-palestinians-killing-casualties.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/251101/p23#a251101p23

Jaja, ich glaube euch ja, dass man Kernreaktoren so sicher bauen kann, dass da im Betrieb nichts passiert (solange keiner an den Knöpfen rum fummelt). Der radioaktive Müll geht davon aber auch nicht weg.

#FotoDerWoche mit herbstlichem Spotlight.
https://blog.till-westermayer.de/2025/11/photo-of-the-week-autumn-forest-gundelfingen-xii/

Photo of the week: Autumn forest, Gundelfingen - XII
Noch ist alles rot und gelb, wenn ich aus dem Fenster schaue, aber allmählich neigt sich der Herbst seinem Ende zu. Zeit, um noch einmal das Zusammenspiel von Sonne und den sich verflüchtigenden Nebelresten vor einigen Tagen ins Bild zu holen, die den Waldspielplatz in Gundelfingen unter ein Spotlig

WEF-Präsident Brende warnt vor KI-Blase
Künstliche Intelligenz und Kryptowährung treiben die globale Wirtschaft an. Der Chef des Weltwirtschaftsforums findet auch mahnende Worte.
https://www.heise.de/…

Trump and Xi draw closer — a new world order without Putin: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/01/trump-and-xi-draw-closer.html

Challenge: Kolumne über Staatsmodernisierung schreiben, aber ohne Amthor.

Börger

Sunday started at 6.30am with some work, urgent deadlines that can't wait.
But sitting on the sofa under a blanket reading science, drinking tea, listening to sublime classical music on DR with a cat purring away next to me, turns out to be actually really nice.
I should do this more often.

Turkish state media reports that Faruk Fatih Ozer, the former CEO of failed crypto exchange Thodex, has been found dead in his prison cell (Baris Balci/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-01/failed-crypt…

Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts
-- under fire for a video he posted defending Tucker Carlson for his friendly interview with white supremacist talker Nick Fuentes
-- has reassigned his chief of staff to another position.
In an email to the conservative think tank’s staff on Friday,
Roberts announced that Heritage’s executive vice president, Derrick Morgan, had been tapped to replace Ryan Neuhaus as chief of staff.
In the controversial video posted on X …

Exclusive: Heritage Reassigns Chief of Staff Following Tucker Carlson, Nick Fuentes Fallout
The conservative think tank’s executive vice president, Derrick Morgan, has been tapped to replace Ryan Neuhaus as chief of staff.

After a month of the shutdown, workers face mounting bills, car repossessions (Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/11/01/shutdown-hits-federal-employees/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251101/p60#a251101p60

»Progpunk«
Musikkritiker, ey. 🤡

Telco-Manager: Europas digitale Wettbewerbsfähigkeit und Sicherheit in Gefahr
Die Chefs der größten Telekommunikationskonzerne Europas kritisieren in einem Brief an von der Leyen ihre große Sorge über das Zögern beim Digital Networks Act.

Kremlin spokesperson says 'no need' for Trump-Putin meeting: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/02/kremlin-spokesperson-says-no-need.html

Was auch stimmt: Wenn nur 10 Prozent von denen, die gestern abend bei Irie Révoltés sehr laut Antifa waren, ab und an im Umland oder überhaupt sonst im Osten die unterstützen würden, die täglich Antifa sind, wäre vieles einfacher.

I would add that IME robot vacuum cleaners are a bit of a gimmick, they're good at hard smooth floors but rubbish with rugs and you can't do under the sofa cushions, dust bookshelves or deal with cobwebs hanging from the ceiling. In many ways they add to housework rather than reducing it.

College Student Is Deported During Trip Home for Thanksgiving (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/us/politics/college-student-deported-thanksgiving-texas.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/251130/p46#a251130p46

Italiens Staatsbahn erwägt Einstieg ins Fernverkehrsgeschäft
Die italienische Staatsbahn denkt über einen Einstieg ins deutsche Fernverkehrsgeschäft nach – und würde dort der Deutschen Bahn Konkurrenz machen.

Syrskyi Asks Budanov for Reinforcements to Defend Pokrovsk: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/01/syrskyi-asks-budanov-for-reinforcements.html

"for the rest of us who don’t have the technical knowledge and time to follow his accomplishments, his advice is to “Never use your primary WiFi network for IoT devices” and to “Treat them as strangers in your home.” "
https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/big-tech/manufacturer-issues-remote-kill-command-to-nuke-smart-vacuum-after-engineer-blocks-it-from-collecting-data-user-revives-it-with-custom-hardware-and-python-scripts-to-run-offline

China deutet Ausnahmen von Nexperia-Lieferstopp an
Die Lieferprobleme bei Nexperia könnten zunehmen – und damit auch deutsche Autoindustrie treffen. China lenkt etwas ein.
https://www.heise…

Nicki Minaj praises, thanks Trump for addressing persecution of Christians in Nigeria (Rachel Wolf/New York Post)
https://nypost.com/2025/11/01/us-news/nicki-minaj-thanks-trump-for-addressing-the-persecution-of-christians-in-nigeria/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251101/p36#a251101p36

NUCLEAR SUBMARINE "Khabarovsk": Putin unveils a new weapon of blackmail!: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/02/160115.html

Over on Blue Sky there is a thread telling you how to plot your own data in it too.
Very nice tools.

https://bsky.app/profile/soechting.bsky.social/post/3lnxhusma4k26

Microsoft gibt Windows 11 25H2 frei: Großes Herbst-Update als kleiner Download
Microsoft hat das jährliche Herbst-Update für alle Nutzer von Windows 11 freigegeben. Die neuen Funktionen sind überschaubar, aber der Download nicht aufwendig.

Brother of Virginia Giuffre praises King over Andrew decision - and urges him to pressure Trump over Epstein files (Sky News)
https://news.sky.com/story/brother-of-virginia-giuffre-praises-king-over-andrew-decision-and-urges-him-to-pressure-trump-over-epstein-files-13461242
http://www.memeorandum.com/251101/p2#a251101p2

Tehran says Russia will build eight new nuclear power plants in Iran: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/02/tehran-says-russia-will-build.html

So. This is a nice visualisation tool to play with! Bothe #ERA5 and ESAcci datasets visualised for the whole world.
It would be fantastic to see it updated for the last 10 years.
#SciViz
https://www.lexcube.org/

Windows 10: 500 Millionen PCs könnten Windows 11 erhalten
500 Millionen PCs könnten auf Windows 11 aktualisieren, erörterten Finanzexperten in einem Call zu den Quartalsergebnissen von Dell.
https://www.

Turkey cuts Russian oil imports amid Western sanctions, Reuters reports: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/02/turkey-cuts-russian-oil-imports.html

Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Strikes Deal on Economic and Trade Relations with China (President Donald J. Trump/The White House)
https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/11/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-strikes-deal-on-economic-and-trade-relations-with-china/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251101/p59#a251101p59

Kyiv: Ukraine has destroyed 48% of Russia’s Pantsir air-defense systems: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/01/kyiv-ukraine-has-destroyed-of.html

Trump threatens US military action in Nigeria over treatment of Christians (Ismail Shakil/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/trump-threatens-us-military-action-nigeria-over-treatment-christians-2025-11-01/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251101/p47#a251101p47

Etwas mehr der heute besonders häufig geteilten #News:
Optionales Windows-Update sorgt für Task-Manager-Zombie
https://w…

Shock! Europe threatened by the "Oreshnik" — What will be the response?: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/01/shock-europe-threatened-by-the.html

Berlin airport temporarily halts flights over suspicious drone sighting: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/01/berlin-airport-temporarily-halts-flights.html

Orban's unexpected headache — Trump's offensive against Russian energy: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/02/orbans-unexpected-headache-trumps-offensive.html

Syrskyi visits Pokrovsk front line, denies reports of city’s encirclement: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/01/syrskyi-visits-pokrovsk-front-line.html

Jake Broe: How UKRAINE`S "land-for-time" strategy is EXHAUSTING Russia: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/01/jake-broe-how-ukraines-ampquotlandfortimeampquot.html

Kyiv says strikes disable Moscow region fuel pipeline supplying Russian forces: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/01/kyiv-says-strikes-disable-moscow.html

Ukraine deploys special forces to Pokrovsk amid Russian claims of encirclement: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/01/ukraine-deploys-special-forces-to.html

Gerasimov sacks generals after false report to Putin on Pokrovsk, journalist says: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/02/gerasimov-sacks-generals-after-false.html

Ukraine receives promised Patriot air defense systems from Germany, Zelensky says: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/02/ukraine-receives-promised-patriot-air.html

🔥 UAVs already over PUTIN’S head! Swarm over MOSCOW! The Baltics anticipate WAR: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/01/uavs-already-over-putins-head.html

Ukraine's Anti-Corruption Court sentences former tax chief to 6 years in prison: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/01/ukraines-anticorruption-court-sentences-former.html

Ukraine receives additional Patriot air defense systems from allies, Zelensky says: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/02/ukraine-receives-additional-patriot-air.html

Ukrainian military: Russian troops in Pokrovsk lie low as they await reinforcements: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/01/ukrainian-military-russian-troops-in.html

Series of operations by Ukrainian intelligence: Rosneft facilities in Tuapse attacked!: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/02/series-of-operations-by-ukrainian.html

Commander of Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces urges Russians to brace for blackouts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/01/commander-of-ukraines-unmanned-systems.html

DEBT PIT: Russia pays 4.2 trillion for Special Military Operation! Kremlin lies on economy: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/02/debt-pit-russia-pays-trillion.html

Ukrainian drones strike Tuapse oil terminal, damaging tanker and knocking out four berths: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/02/ukrainian-drones-strike-tuapse-oil.html

These people just escaped Russian-occupied Ukraine — but some say they need to go back: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/02/these-people-just-escaped-russianoccupied.html

Ukrainian soldiers killed in Russian missile, drone strikes on Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, military says: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/02/ukrainian-soldiers-killed-in-russian.html

'They're not scary' — Ukraine's drone commander 'Madyar' promises blackouts in Russia after new strikes: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/01/theyre-not-scary-ukraines-drone.html

Ukraine says stabilization under way in Pokrovsk, denies Russian claim that GUR commandos were wiped out: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/01/ukraine-says-stabilization-under-way.html

Ukraine war latest: Russian oil tanker on fire after strike by Ukrainian drones in Krasnodar Krai, source says: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/02/ukraine-war-latest-russian-oil.html

RUSSIA WHICH WILL NEVER BE SHOWN ON TV! #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/02/russia-which-will-never-be.html

⚡ Why hasn't Russia won this war? Jake Broe explains #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/01/why-hasnt-russia-won-this.html

🚀 Controlled exports: Ukraine sells its weapons #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/01/controlled-exports-ukraine-sells-itsweaponsshorts.html

⚡ POWs from North Korea ask KYIV not to send them back home #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/02/pows-from-north-korea-ask.html

⚡ SSU night operations – RUSSIAN logistics and warehouses hit #shors: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/02/ssu-night-operations-russian-logistics.html

❗ MOSCOW'S mayor is truly terrified! UAVs surrounded the KREMLIN #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/01/moscows-mayor-is-truly-terrified.html

TRUMP behind PUTIN'S back talks to XI! The meeting gets a 12 out of 10! #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/01/trump-behind-putins-back-talks.html

⚡ We are striking Russia with drone responses for what it does, — Zelenskyy #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/01/we-are-striking-russia-with.html

Ukraine’s air defense: aircraft, drone swarms, and innovation, – Zelenskyy #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/02/ukraines-air-defense-aircraft-drone.html

💥 STRIKE on an oil pipeline in the Moscow region – Ukrainian intelligence operation #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/01/strike-on-an-oil-pipeline.html

⚡ Putin is dead, arrested, or Russia collapses – only then will the war end, – Jake Broe #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/01/putin-is-dead-arrested-or.html