Tootfinder

Yeah, sure Donald.

Broker Coach Podcast
Helping mortgage brokers build valuable businesses...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: #AusPods

Draussen kalte -2°C und plötzlich geht im Homeoffice die Sonne im Westen auf 😎

Sources: General Intuition, which trains AI agents in spatial reasoning, is in late-stage talks to raise several hundred million dollars at a $2B valuation (Alex Heath/Sources)
https://sources.news/p/a-new-world-model-startup-is-quietly

A new world model startup is quietly raising big money
General Intuition is building a general-purpose AI agent and world model.

The ongoing White House "renovation" continually reminds me of The Residence. Almost didn't finish it, as much as I liked #cordeliacupp. But I'm so glad I did. The last episode elevated the show from a whodunnit to a commentary on wealth and power. I watched the last episode while the East Wing was being demolished and this week? An absurd portrait display.

Video tutorials for modern ideas and open source tools. #python

Code. Simply. Clearly. Calmly.
Short and simple video lessons that start from scratch. Tools and thoughts that might make your professional life more enjoyable.

Different Corners XI ▶️
不同的角落 XI ▶️
📷 Nikon F4E
🎞️ Rollei RPX 400
#filmphotography #Photography #blackandwhite

My wife and I just started a YT channel (I know, I know...). It'll mainly be Hindi and Kannada songs (probably with a few English things thrown in if my wife feels like it)!
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCaNOj58aryPFfDmsMojW-g

Milana
Duet partners for life :-) Chiraag Nataraj & Madhuri Sharma | Husband-and-wife duo | Passionate musicians

Donald Trump's Moral Compass
#trump

Ralph Towner - "Blue Sun" (1983)
#NowPlaying

Die #Kernfusionskollektoranlage hat heute 0,119 kWh Energie eingefangen.
Gesamtleistung: 480 Wp
Ausrichtung: West
Anstellwinkel: 58 Grad
Diese #Balkonsolaranlage wurde durch das Berliner SolarPLUS-Programm gefördert.
Einspeiseverlust: 4.84 %

Gestriges Nachmittagsprogramm: Zuerst eine Beschreibung der in der Kruft bey St. Stephan befindlichen herzoglichen Leibern, Eingeweiden und Herzen konsultieren und dann die Doppelhaltestellen-Number of the Beast besichtigen!

Pennsylvania's Supreme Court rules that police can get Google search data without a warrant; an expert warns it may encourage warrantless searches nationwide (Suzanne Smalley/The Record)
https://therecord.media/google-searches-police-access…

Pa. high court rules that police can access Google searches without a warrant
In a decision that only affects Pennsylvanians but could have privacy implications elsewhere, the state's Supreme Court ruled that police did not need a warrant to access a rape suspect's Google searches.

aktuelles #Wetter #Behrendorf #Wische 18-12-2025 03:00
Temperatur: (min: 4,0C) 4,6C (max: 5,3C)
Feuchte: 99%
Luftdruck: 1019,9 hPa (gleichbleibend)
Windrichtung: N/A Grad
Wi…

A: "I don't understand how you're so relaxed when you don't hear from the kids. Everyone in my family is like, 'msg me right when you get home!'"
me: "Ah, [13yo] is fine. He went home and is 100% watching videos when he's not supposed to be, hoping we forgot about him so that he can get away w/ as much screen time as he can. If he were stuck on the subway or something, he'd have messaged. Actually, I'd be more worried if he DID message.&qu…

Eine aktuelle Studie des Digitalverbands Bitkom zeigt: Berufstätige in Deutschland erhalten durchschnittlich 53 E-Mails pro Arbeitstag - ein neuer Rekordwert und eine Verdoppelung innerhalb von nur vier Jahren.
Zum Artikel: https://heise.de/-11140332?wt_mc=sm.…

NBCU and AMC Theatres strike a deal to bring live coverage of the Milan-Cortina Olympics to 150 AMC locations in the US between February 6 and February 22 (Alex Weprin/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/m

NBC Sports Bringing Live Milan Olympics Coverage to AMC Theatres
The companies experimented with the idea during the 2024 Paris games, and are now expanding on the idea.

As many of you know, I very much enjoy classical music. I have many favorites. One of those is the William Tell Overture by Gioachino Rossini – a portion of which was used at the as the theme music for the TV series “The Lone Ranger” in the 50’s and 60’s.
Recently I encountered a concert hall version of this piece that took a very entertaining approach to that classical work. For those of you who remember The Lone Ranger (and everyone else as well) I encourage you to click on the embedded link – to both enjoy the music as well as the humor.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLXwpGCn2KQ/
And please, tell me what you think about this performance. 😄

I am still looking for a copy of this goofy old game. I am willing to exchange legal tender for it.

POL-DH: --- Diepholz, Porsche-Fahrer mit 119 km/h bei erlaubten 30 km/h - Kirchweyhe, Wiederholter Angriff auf Polizeibeamte durch 43-Jährige - Martfeld, Versuchter Einbruch in Wohnung --- Diepholz (ots) - Diepholz - Porsche-Fahrer mit 119 km/h bei erlaubten 30 km/h Am 14.02.2026 führten Beamte der Polizei Diepholz erneut zielgerichtet Geschwindigkeitsmessungen in der Schlesier Straße durch. Dabei wurde der Fahrer eines Porsche ...

I think what irks me the most about the understaffed darwin (= macOS) maintainers situation in #nixpkgs is not only that it forces pure Linux users to look out for darwin quirks and thus invest a significant amount of time in darwin maintenance, but also that a significant amount of the business value of DetSys, Flox and similar

Christmas dinner delivers itself!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce3wpwg4e0qo

Turns out, I have been using Cory's "Reverse Centaur" expression a little bit too liberally around polite company:

Dominique Lawalrée - "First Meeting" (2017)
Sometimes I find items at my local record store that I would never expect to see there. This is a recent example.
#NowPlaying

So, in essence, Trump is making these countries do his dirty work: "Most had court orders protecting them from removal to their home countries, so they were sent to detention in Cameroon."
U.S. Deports Nine Migrants in Secret, Ignoring Legal Protections - The New York Times
https://archive.ph/rnOTZ#selection-501.0-501.119

Humboldthain: Warum in die Ferne schweifen? https://weddingweiser.de/humboldthain-warum-in-die-ferne-schweifen/

@… has vuelto!! Te echaba de menos :p

Series D, Episode 11 - Orbit
SERVALAN: Don't concern yourself, Egrorian. I encourage ambition.
EGRORIAN: I never conspired against you, I swear it! Orac, acknowledge my instructions. [Orac buzzes, but says nothing.] I don't understand.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/411/363 B7B3…

psi: Plant Photosystem I excitation energy transfer network (2020)
Weighted directed network of the light-harvesting Photosystem Ι (PSI) of the plant Pisum sativum. The nodes represent chromophores with different identities (i.e. chlorophyll a, chlorophyll b, β-carotene and derivates, lutein, violaxanthin), while edges represent FRET transfer between chromophores. The link directionality connecting nodes in the PSI network depends on the energy levels of the connected chromophores. The…

We reached mid-week; get the Java Geek Weekly, your weekly slice of geeky not-only-Java content.
https://blog.frankel.ch/java-geek-weekly/119/

Construire une application indépendante de la tech US en 2025, par @…
https://eventuallycoding.com/2025/12/building-independent-tech-20…

Construire une application indépendante de la tech US en 2025
En tant qu'Européen, peut-on être 100% indépendant de la tech US ?

Dear #Business. Here's a reminder to you who rely on #OpenSource in your software and services.
Your digital infrastructure is cheap because you CAN get it for almost no cost.
How cheap?
Look at the Harvard Business Review study from 2024: The ROI of Open Source is 2000 ×.
…

Open source software valued at $8 trillion in Harvard study
"Any time you spend on building that software to operate is time taken away from building the services that customers really want and will pay for. Open source software helps companies get to their goals faster..."

Old article, but I just came across it. Wonderful surrealist photographs.
A House Is Not a Home: the self-portraits of Brooke DiDonato – in pictures | Art and design | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/g

Wayne Shorter - "Moto Grosso Feio" (1974)
#NowPlaying

#Federation works once again:
@…, @… & @…

Also reden wir mal über #WickedForGood . Hab ihn jetzt 2 Mal gesehen. Beide Teile zusammen sind ein Meisterwerk auf ganz vielen Ebenen. So ne Ein-Mal-im-Leben-Erfahrung, sowas kommt nicht so oft ins #Kino .
🧵 1/5

A damn. Accidentally ordered the furcon upgrade for my pizza
#furry

moo

If you are on a multi-user #SteamDeck or other handheld using #SteamOS (or similar distros, like #Bazzite deck or

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MiddayShow
Echo & the Bunnymen:
🎵 Bring On the Dancing Horses
#Echo #theBunnymen
https://karpertello.bandcamp.com/track/echo-the-bunnymen-bring-on-the-dancing-horses-dj-karper-tello-119
https://open.spotify.com/track/5uh98HlgvoJd2zRWAduj2Y

Между другото, 🤩!вижте!🤩 дизайна на коя е-книга (почти) завърших наскоро – омнибус на трилогията „Невинни“ (романите „Писма за оригами“, 2016; „Невинни“, 2020; „Замръзването“, 2023) от Дияна Боева. Скоро без DRM в книжарницата на изд. „Ерго“ @…
(хайлайтът в съдържанието е грешка, която трябва да си оправя във финалната версия)

Kaleidoscope - "A Beacon From Mars" (1968)
#NowPlaying

Edit: thanks to @…, figured out the Musicolet button(s) to turn off auto-repeat on full albums. It's because they call them queues.
#Musicolet #Android

🎥 1:1 gegen Leverkusen! Kampf gezeigt, aber reicht das für den Klassenerhalt? 😱 Wir checken die Leistung von Stöger & Co. und blicken auf das schwere Spiel in Frankfurt! 🔥⚽️ 👇 Jetzt das 60-Sekunden-Update schauen! #BMG #Bundesliga

Edu Lôbo - "Missa Breve" (1973)
It's just a Russian reissue but it sounds great. Happy to finally have this. 🎶
#NowPlaying #EduLobo #Rubinho

this looks...fun https://www.typeframe.net/docs/px-88

aktuelles #Wetter #Behrendorf #Wische 17-12-2025 04:00
Temperatur: (min: -0,8C) -0,7C (max: 0,5C)
Feuchte: 99%
Luftdruck: 1014,9 hPa (gleichbleibend)
Windrichtung: N/A Grad
…

Der #RepairThursday 2025 ist offiziell eröffnet!🥳
Wir bei Revamp-It bieten allen Besuchern und Besucherinnen zwischen heute, Donnerstag, 27. und Freitag, 28.11.2025 jeweils von 9 bis 17 Uhr einen Gratis Laptop Check an!💻 🔎
Dein Laptop läuft immer langsamer, wird mit der Zeit heiss oder laut oder zeigt ein anderes merkwürdiges Verhalten? 🤔
Komm bei Revamp-it vorbei, wir …

So now that graphical emojis in READMEs are ruined by LLMs, can we bring back the originals?
(づ ◕‿◕ )づ

Apple sends invites for a "special Apple Experience" event on March 4 in New York City; rumors suggest an M5 MacBook Pro, entry-level iPad Air, and iPhone 17e (Hartley Charlton/MacRumors)
https://www.macrumors.com/2026/02/16/apple-announces-special-e…

Apple Announces Special Event in New York, London, and Shanghai on March 4
Apple today announced a "special Apple Experience" in New York, London, and Shanghai, taking place on March 4, 2026 at 9:00am ET. Apple invited select members of the media to the event in three major cities around the world. It is simply described as a "special Apple Experience," and there is no further information about what it may entail. The invitation features a 3D Apple logo design composed of yellow, green, and blue discs.

@… Mars Attacks!

@… Mars Attacks!

got nerdsniped by a very old and widely-repeated falsehood in the postgres docs https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/6b35a3d6-ec6d-2c34-dc10-7cfa739c27cc@dotat.at

[PATCH] doc: correct history of Julian dates
Julian dates as a count of days were introduced into astronomy by Herschel; Scaliger's Julian Period was a way to …

Fundstück auf meinem alten Smartphone vom letzten Sommer 2025.
#SUV wird auf dem #kurtschumacherdamm in #osnabruck mit einem 5l Kanister manuell betankt. Keine 50 m bis zur nächsten Tankstelle steht…

#DemocracyNow

⁉️ Hat jemand Bock, Guppe wieder aufleben zu lassen? Es muss sich jemand um Serveraufsetzen und Betrieb kümmern.
https://github.com/immers-space/guppe/issues/119

Guppe(.)org registered: we will donate the domain or will try running the service if some tech folks will help us · Issue #119 · immers-space/guppe
Our nonprofit / NGO runs a very small instance at games(.)ngo. We have benefited from using gup(.)pe over the years to help us engage with other instances more effectively. It is frustrating that s...

Google knows what's up: you indicate you've had to do business with An Post and it immediately goes into "get him off the bridge railing" mode

As the rain fell in torrents, except at occasional intervals when it was checked by a violent gust of wind that swept up the streets, Stark checked his Thieves Guild tag (for it is in Ankh-Morkpork that our story lies) and glanced along the street where a magically illuminated sign flickered futilely against the darkness, causing him to comment to his companion, "You know, Dormy, I think this is going to be our night!"

Breathless headline: "97% of buildings on Earth now 3D-mapped!"
Well, 0% of my or my three nearest neighbors' 14 houses/sheds are there in any way, and the "buildings" that *are* present near us don't actually exist, so either we're the 3%, or that number is utter bullshit.
...which is a good thing, tbh, because this is a massive invasion of privacy. Bad enough to have Google taking pictures of me from the sky; now I have to let the council do dr…

From email:
> Parliament is going to debate the petition you signed – “Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy”.
> https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/744215
> The debate is scheduled for 9 February 2026.

Harsh realm, brother

Urban Texture IV 🧩
城市质地 IV 🧩
📷 Zeiss IKON Super Ikonta 533/16
🎞️ Lucky SHD 400
#filmphotography #Photography #blackandwhite

ecoli_transcription: E. coli transcription network (2002)
Network of operons and their pairwise interactions, via transcription factor-based regulation, within the bacteria Escherichia coli.
This network has 423 nodes and 578 edges.
Tags: Biological, Gene regulation, Unweighted
https://networks.s…

Here's a Tidal playlist. It's a mess!
https://tidal.com/playlist/bcde9d99-a5df-4845-a78a-86804c27214c

Has anybody here swapped an M.2 1216 SMT Wi-Fi module on a board? Looking for any tips I may need especially re: unsticking the 8 ground pads under the package. Do you just heat up the can? Put the board on a hotplate?

Wanted to follow #RustLang

Google makes improvements to Veo 3.1's Ingredients to Video feature to make videos more expressive, and adds native vertical video generation and 4K upscaling (Jess Weatherbed/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/861257/google-veo-3-1-ai-video…

Google’s Veo now turns portrait images into vertical AI videos
Google is making its Veo 3.1 AI video model pay closer attention to the reference images you want generated clips to be based on.

Hot pans in your area want to cook

Memento moron
(remember that you're an idiot)

There aren't many opportunities to mention that one time I have successfully published a paper, but I did sneak it into a GitHub comment just now.

Me: alas, poor Zoomer Yorick! I knew him, Horatio....
Zoomer Yorick: 💀
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RE: https://mstdn.social/@lowqualityfacts/115702743713694007
One toke 'll do it

If this morning you had asked me if I thought I would be working on a 20-year-old Mitsubishi pickup truck this evening, I would have looked at you like you had just sprouted a third head, because I don't own a 20-year-old Mitsubishi pickup truck, and I'm not employed as a mechanic. And yet, somehow, life brought me to such a junction anyway.
3 hours of work. Job done. Out of my life again. 🎉

Me, considering my options

Watching It's a Wonderful Life for the millionth time. This part always gets me.

#duolingo #duolingostreak

Idea: a service called CONsult where you can ask prisoners how to get away with shit by not making the mistakes they did

I bet there's a billion bucks in figuring out how to get ChatGPT to generate Markov chains. Just think, we could disrupt the global Markov ecosystem with AI!

Found a cool tutorial

Additional SSD on its way so I can play around with FreeBSD on this system without jacking up my current OS image

Damndest thing: I'm seeing consistently about 0.5W less power consumption reported in `powertop` with a preempt_rt kernel vs just regular preempt

That's how you do it.
BBC News - Norway's former PM charged with gross corruption over Epstein links
#epstein

Australia should ban *everyone* from social media next, and maybe also make it difficult to leave the country without a Good Reason (beyond the extent to which it already is). Maybe the UK could follow suit. Then, Ireland would fall in line, because they're not creative enough to come up with their own ideas for laws. Just imagine the harmony in the Anglosphere thereafter. It would be lovely.

RE: https://fosstodon.org/@ThePSF/115689464433184174
Crazy to me that Python has to go begging for 300 grand while carrying basically the entire tech world AND the AI bubble on its back. Those teracorps and AI shills should be shitting themselves to be the fi…

Peanut butter and onion sandwich. Not a shitpost, I swear. Try it!

Wow, you're absolutely right! That's a great insight. Regular use of chatbots can definitely have an influence on your choice of vocabulary, grammar, and syntax— let's delve into this further! https://gizmodo.com/chatbot-dialect-2000696509

Perhaps I will give FreeBSD another shot (after 30 years). Looks like it may better align with my philosophy than Linux does these days.

I'm guessing a whistle is a demarcation of 15 minutes

WE HAVE TO SLOP HARDER

I hate what's been done to Linux. Seems like anything good has to be destroyed.

Meshtastic is basically useless unless you are already close enough to simply talk. Nerd toy. Buy a Baofeng. Don't worry about getting a license. If SHTF, just use the radio, it's literally legal to do so in an emergency (in case you're worried the FCC is going to send an Apache after your ass during a natural disaster or civil war)

RE: https://mastodon.social/@smallseasons/115684621556632126
Not today, Satan

Getting the small top battery out of the 7-series is quick enough, but the big bottom one involves turning 5x 10mm nuts, 2x 12mm nuts, 4 plastic trim nuts, popping two trim pop clips, pulling two pieces of trim, and pulling the trunk liner, also. Pain in the ass == more billable hours for BMW Service, I guess!

The wind keeps tearing the cover off the 7-series. I can't decide if I should buy a better one or just hurry up and get the barn into a state where I can pull it inside. (Probably the latter.)

...but the toot was coming from INSIDE THE HOUSE!

I'm getting nothing done *extremely hard* today

The raised Mary Ellen Carter would likely have been struck off and sold for scrap by now, following the Midland in her wake

Brief Starlink outage (our second ever). Strange that throughout I could ping 1.1.1.1 but not 9.9.9.9 or any other Internet host for which I have the IP saved. I reckon this means Cloudflare has a DNS instance in the same DC/on a peering fabric adjacent to the Starlink "Dublin" (LDNGBR) ground station.

If anybody has a job going in Switzerland in corporate IT management, datacenter management, vendor management, or even compliance management adjacent, I'm open to getting off this blighted island. Experience in both education and financial sectors. Technical background in network ops/eng, Linux/UNIX syseng.