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Top anti-Putin Russian commander killed fighting for Ukraine: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/27/top-antiputin-russian-commander-killed.html

A Google support page in Hindi says the company plans to roll out an option to let users change their Gmail addresses while retaining all data and services (Ben Schoon/9to5Google)
https://9to5google.com/2025/12/24/google-change-gmail-addresses/

Google says it is ‘gradually rolling out’ option to change your @gmail.com address
Google says on a support page that it is "gradually rolling out" a new change allowing users to change their Gmail address.

Internal documents show Instagram's aggressive campaign to win back teens, including by boosting teen-friendly influencers, adjusting its algorithm, and more (Naomi Nix/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/12/26/meta-instagram…

Inside Instagram’s all-out battle to win the nation’s teens
Instagram has pursued a yearslong strategy to win teens back to the app after its critics said the platform wasn’t safe for them, documents obtained by The Post show.

Verteilung der #Speicherkapazitäten für #Lithiumbatterien nach Bundesland in #Deutschland mit Stand vom 22.12.2025.
2362 nicht aktive und 2 Lithiumspeicher ohne Inbet…

#FamilyAdminDay: Der Feiertag des familiären Technikbetreuers
Am 26. Dezember ist wieder der FamilyAdminDay – Tag der vielen großen und kleinen Technikhelfer, die nicht nur das Fest der Feste technisch am Laufen halten.

i've come around to the utility of the livenation-owned setlist.fm, but i still way prefer a loving fan-made setlist/chronology page. i wrote a bit about why & made a list of a few dozen favorites that i return to often (or just thought were swell). what did i miss? https://jessejarnow.com/202…

How I try to do my share in funding FOSS
#funding

In 2016, The Atlantic’s journalist
Shane Harris
made contact with a person claiming to work as a hacker for Iran’s intelligence,
where he claimed to have worked on major operations,
such as the downing of an American drone and the now-infamous hack against oil giant Saudi Aramco,
where Iranian hackers wiped the company’s computers.
Harris was rightly skeptical,
but as he kept talking to the hacker,
who eventually revealed his real name to him,…

They Killed My Source
A man claiming to be an Iranian intelligence officer promised me he would reveal his country’s secrets. Then he disappeared.

New use for generative AI dropped: elder abuse
https://bsky.app/profile/brocklesnitch.bsky.social/post/3maudonruvs2x

More British warmongering.
UK youth to be offered military ‘gap year’ in bid to boost defence: Report | Military News | Al Jazeera
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12/27/uk-youth-to-be-offered-milita…

UK youth to be offered military ‘gap year’ in bid to boost defence: Report
UK plans to boost ranks of armed forces by offering young people paid military experience amid growing Russian threats.

Maximilian Runge-Segelhorst über die Natur unseres Geldes und der #Gesellschaft
https://karl-voit.at/2025/12/26/Runge-Segelhorst-MMT/
Ich hab' mir dieser Tage eine int…

The Gavle Goat is DOWN! This massive straw goat, which is destroyed most years - despite the best efforts of the organizers - through various forms of arson, was taken down by a completely novel method: high winds.
https://metro.co.uk/2025/12/27/worlds-

The world's unluckiest Christmas decoration just met another unfortunate fate
Sweden's Gävle goat is believed to have roots in German paganism or Norse folklore. But each Christmas, it comes under threat.

Vor genau 20 Jahren wurde der #AKVorrat gegründet, Im Dezember 2005 bei einem Congress des CCC.
Und noch immer und immer wieder wollen Parteien die #Vorratsdatenspeicherung einführen.
Nehmt das nicht hin.

Huevos a la mexicana

The Securitization of Minerals in the EU: Why Europe is Not Immune to the Resource Curse - 15/15\15 https://www.15-15-15.org/webzine/2025/12/24/the-securitization-of-minerals-in-the-eu-why-europe-is-not-immune-to-…

The Securitization of Minerals in the EU: Why Europe is Not Immune to the Resource Curse
Joám Evans shows how the EU’s securitization of mineral supply legitimizes environmental rollback.

On the 26th day of December I add a 26th item to the collection of advent calendars:
https://adrianroselli.com/2025/12/web-design-dev-advent-calendars-for-2025.html

Web Design / Dev Advent Calendars for 2025
The advent calendar I wanted to use for the photo hasn’t arrived yet, so enjoy this box of tree. Web developers around the world have for years given a nod to Saturnalia solstice Isaac Newton’s birthday Yule wassailing mummering end of Gregorian calendar year Christmas with advent calendars covering web-related…

'Missiles and drones speak for Russia' – Zelensky blasts Moscow for 10-hour air attack ahead of Trump meeting: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/27/missiles-and-drones-speak-for.html

Internal documents: Instagram execs have waged an aggressive campaign to win back teens, boosting teen-friendly influencers, adjusting its algorithm, and more (Naomi Nix/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/12/26/meta-instagram-te…

Inside Instagram’s all-out battle to win the nation’s teens
Instagram has pursued a yearslong strategy to win teens back to the app after its critics said the platform wasn’t safe for them, documents obtained by The Post show.

Samsung erklärt ausbleibende Google-Play-Dienstupdates
Seit einigen Wochen gibt es Verwunderung über ausbleibende Google-Play-Dienstupdates auf Samsung-Smartphones. Jetzt erklärt Samsung das.
https://www.

Telling people to delete /usr/lib to own the libs

Update: Hat sich erledigt - danke!
Eine junge Person, die mir lieb ist, würde sich sehr über ein Ticket freuen. #39c3tickets

When you are a Godot developer on iPad wondering how Lighting works, every day is Xmas!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eVlB9sRc3o

Support for Israel has long been a bedrock of the Republican Party,
But a new IMEU/YouGov poll shows a sharp generational split that indicates this might be changing.
https://mondoweiss.net/2025/12/new-poll-shows-young-republicans-turning-agains…

New poll shows young Republicans turning against Israel
A new poll provides extraordinary data regarding the changing view of Israel in an unexpected place — inside the Republican Party.

Verteilung der #Speicherkapazitäten für Redox-Flow-Batterie nach Bundesland in #Deutschland mit Stand vom 22.12.2025.
10 nicht aktive und 0 Redox-Flow-Batterien ohne Inbetriebnahmedatum wurden ausgefiltert.
Der Datenbestand enthält ggf. unplausible Datensätze.
…

Ukraine in 2025: A year in photos: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/26/ukraine-in-a-year-in.html

Sources: ~90% of Groq employees will join Nvidia and be paid cash for all vested shares; most shareholders will get per-share payouts tied to the $20B valuation (Dan Primack/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/12/28/nvidia-groq-shareholders

Scoop: Nvidia deal a big win for Groq employees and investors
Social media has been full of questions about what the unusual arrangement means for Groq employees.

Zum Abend noch einige der heute besonders häufig geteilten #News:
39C3: Wie Betrüger das Deutschlandticket um Millionen erleichterten

This is nuts

Hundreds of residents signed up for FEMA buyouts after Helene.
Not one has been approved.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/12/26/fema-buyouts-north-carolina-hurricane-helene/

Hundreds of residents signed up for FEMA buyouts after Helene. Not one has been approved.
More than a year after applying for a federal buyout, many North Carolina homeowners have heard almost nothing definitive.

🍮 Wissen zum Nachtisch: 🍨
Was genau zählt eigentlich als #Mikroplastik?
Die Europäische Union, das Umweltprogramm der Vereinten Nationen und #Umweltschützer verwenden überraschend unterschiedliche Definitionen. Wer wissen will, wie Mikroplastik definiert wird und woraus …

Was ist Mikroplastik? Eine umfassende Definition und Erklärung
Was genau ist Mikroplastik? Lies hier die verschiedenen Definitionen und ihre Bedeutung für Umwelt und Gesundheit.

At least 5 killed, 23 injured in Russian attacks on Ukraine over past day: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/26/at-least-killed-injured-in.html

Despite Palantir's high trailing P/E ratio of ~450x, retail traders have poured billions of dollars into the stock, which is up ~3,000% in the past three years (Alex Harring/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/25/palantir-retail-investors-valuation-karp.html<…

Wall Street wrote off Palantir as too expensive. Retail investors can't get enough
The stock, which made its market debut in 2020, is an indisputable star of the retail investing world.

Zahlen, bitte! Bis 12 zählen auf Grönländisch
Während manch Präsident meint, dass Grönland nur ein großes Stück Eis sei, zeigt es sich beim genaueren Hinsehen kulturell vielfältig, inklusive eigener Zahlen.
https://ww…

General Staff: Russia has lost 1,203,310 troops in Ukraine since 2022: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/27/general-staff-russia-has-lost.html

Trump’s lying has always been characterized by dogged repetition.
It became especially repetitive in 2025.
While he continued to regularly sprinkle in new lies, he relied on a core set of go-to fabrications he deployed virtually no matter the setting and no matter how many times they had been debunked.
Did you hear about how Trump secured $17 trillion or $18 trillion in investment?
You probably did if you watched even a few Trump speeches or interviews.
Same …

Analysis: Donald Trump’s top 25 lies of 2025
It was hard to pick only 25. But it was easier than it used to be.

Verteilung der #Speicherkapazitäten für #Bleibatterie nach Bundesland in #Deutschland mit Stand vom 22.12.2025.
131 nicht aktive und 0 Bleibatterien ohne Inbetriebnahmeda…

Q&A with Edison Scientific CEO Sam Rodriques about Kosmos, Edison's AI tool for scientific research, why AI probably won't cure diseases anytime soon, and more (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/podcasts/hardfork-ai-science.html

Where Is All the A.I.-Driven Scientific Progress?
A tech C.E.O. explains why A.I. probably won’t cure diseases anytime soon. Hint: You still need humans.

"We will fire without discussions" – Estonian Foreign Ministry addresses Russia #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/26/ampquotwe-will-fire-without-discussio…

Verteilung der #Speicherkapazitäten für sonstige #Batterien nach Bundesland in #Deutschland mit Stand vom 22.12.2025.
52 nicht aktive und 0 sonstige Batterien ohne Inbetrieb…

Oracle stock fell 30% this quarter, its steepest drop since Q3 2001, when it slid ~34%, amid skepticism about its ability to open more data centers for OpenAI (Jordan Novet/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/26/oracle-stock-on-pace-for-worst…

Oracle shares on pace for worst quarter since 2001 as new CEOs face concerns about AI build-out
Investors want to know if Oracle, under new CEOs Clay Magouyrk and Mike Sicilia, can pay for and deliver data centers packed with Nvidia chips for OpenAI.

Sources: Peter Thiel and Larry Page may leave CA over a proposed ballot measure, opposed by Newsom, that levies a one-time 5% tax on those with $1B in assets (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/tec…

A Wealth Tax Floated in California Has Billionaires Thinking of Leaving
It’s uncertain whether the proposal will reach the statewide ballot in November, but some billionaires like Peter Thiel and Larry Page may be unwilling to take the risk.

Verteilung der #Speicherkapazitäten für #Hochtemperaturbatterie nach Bundesland in #Deutschland mit Stand vom 22.12.2025.
0 nicht aktive und 0 Hochtemperaturbat…

The little things that keep them going: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/27/the-little-things-that-keep.html

Refinitiv: AI infrastructure companies borrowed $100B in 2025; small companies face higher interest rates given investor wariness over unproven AI businesses (Joe Rennison/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/busines…

As A.I. Companies Borrow Billions, Debt Investors Grow Wary
Artificial intelligence companies looking to raise funds are being made to pay lofty interest rates, as debt investors become cautious.

Verteilung der #Speicherkapazitäten für #Metallhydridbatterien nach Bundesland in #Deutschland mit Stand vom 22.12.2025.
6 nicht aktive und 0 Metallhydridbatteri…

Commanders of 10th and 54th Brigades Dismissed: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/27/commanders-of-th-and-th.html

A profile of the Digital Security Helpline, run by Access Now, which gives 24/7 help to reporters and others who suspect they are victims of government spyware (Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/27/m…

Meet the team that hunts government spyware
For years, Access Now’s Digital Security Helpline has been aiding journalists and dissidents who have been targeted with government spyware. This is how they operate.

Anzahl von #Stromspeichern als #Notstromaggregate in #Deutschland mit Stand vom 22.12.2025.
2562 nicht aktive und 23 Speicher ohne Inbetriebnahmedatum wurden ausgefiltert. Ein…

Google to pull some of its servers out of Russia: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/27/google-to-pull-some-of.html

Coinbase says a former customer service agent was arrested in India, following a May breach where hackers bribed contractors to access sensitive customer data (Muyao Shen/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/202…

#Bruttospeicherleistung von #Batteriespeichern nach Marktakteur in #Deutschland ab 2012 mit Stand vom 22.12.2025.
Betrachtet werden Datensätze mit Betriebsstatus „akti…

This place in Ukraine keeps birds safe from the war: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/27/this-place-in-ukraine-keeps.html

Canada to provide $1.8 billion in economic aid to Ukraine: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/27/canada-to-provide-billion-in.html

The European Commission claims €80B of €120B in post-EU Chips Act investments remain on track, despite the stalled GlobalFoundries-STMicro project in France (Virginie Malingre/Le Monde)
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/economy/article/2…

Europe's relentless semiconductor decline
Microchips: The Oil of the 21st Century' (3/5). When the Chips Act, the plan by the 27 European Union member states to reduce their dependence on the US and China for semiconductors, came into force in 2023, the goal initially appeared 'out of reach.

Putin says territorial concessions possible in Ukraine talks: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/26/putin-says-territorial-concessions-possible.html

ServiceNow has spent $12B on acquisitions and investments in 2025 amid concerns about revenue growth, projected to fall below 20% in 2026 without acquisitions (Brody Ford/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025…

Belarus receives third shipment Su-30SM2 fighter jets from Russia: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/27/belarus-receives-third-shipment-susm.html

China's draft rules on the use of human-like AI would require companies to inform users they are dealing with AI when they log on and at two-hour intervals (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-27/ch…

Zelensky reiterates red lines for peace talks ahead of Trump meeting: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/27/zelensky-reiterates-red-lines-for.html

Trump says Russia-Ukraine peace has 'good shot,' New York Post reports: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/27/trump-says-russiaukraine-peace-has.html

Zelensky says Belarus is helping Russia bypass Ukraine’s air defenses: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/26/zelensky-says-belarus-is-helping.html

Russia attacks sea port, energy, and railway infrastructure across Ukraine: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/26/russia-attacks-sea-port-energy.html

Zelenskyy and Trump meeting: everything could be decided before New Year?: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/26/zelenskyy-and-trump-meeting-everything.html

Russia's Syzran Oil Refinery under attack by Ukrainian drones, media reports: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/28/russias-syzran-oil-refinery-under.html

Russia appoints businessman Yuri 'Yura Unitaz' Vaganov to lead drone forces: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/26/russia-appoints-businessman-yuri-yura.html

General Staff: Russia has lost 1,202,070 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/26/general-staff-russia-has-lost.html

Russian attacks on Uman and Kharkiv's 'busiest road' kill at least 2, injure 14: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/26/russian-attacks-on-uman-and.html

Ukraine says it shot down 503 of 559 aerial targets in massive Russian air attack: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/27/ukraine-says-it-shot-down.html

PRICES TO THE MOON, LIFE IN THE DITCH! 🚨 Why Are Russians Panicking About 2025?: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/27/prices-to-the-moon-life.html

Coal shortages leave six Yakutia districts freezing as temperatures plunge to -40C: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/26/coal-shortages-leave-six-yakutia.html

Russia's mass missile attack targets Kyiv ahead of upcoming Trump-Zelensky meeting: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/27/russias-mass-missile-attack-targets.html

En route to America, Zelensky shares his top priority for upcoming meeting with Trump: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/27/en-route-to-america-zelensky.html

Poland temporarily closes Rzeszow and Lublin airports amid Russian strikes on Ukraine: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/27/poland-temporarily-closes-rzeszow-and.html

How does Ukrainian culture survive war? One Austrian foundation has a long-term answer: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/26/how-does-ukrainian-culture-survive.html

Russia continues systematically recruiting foreign fighters for war, Ukraine says: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/26/russia-continues-systematically-recruiting-foreign.html

DOUBLE STRIKE ON KYIV! 🔥 500 drones and "Kinzhals": 28 injured, children in hospitals!: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/27/double-strike-on-kyiv-drones.html

Street fighting rages in Hulyaipole as Russian forces try to cut Ukrainian supply lines: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/26/street-fighting-rages-in-hulyaipole.html

2000KM STRIKE! Security Service of Ukraine sinks Russia spy network in the Mediterranean!: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/26/km-strike-security-service-of.html

MEETING WITH TRUMP IN JUST DAYS! Russia in rage strikes Odesa and Mykolaiv: ports in flames!: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/26/meeting-with-trump-in-just.html

Ukraine intelligence "Spiderweb": Planes burned in hangars, generals killed in their cars. Details!: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/27/170045.html

Ukraine’s anti-corruption agencies uncover alleged bribery ring involving sitting MPs: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/27/ukraines-anticorruption-agencies-uncover-alleged.html

NATO DRAWS THE LINE! Baltic Sea on the brink of explosion: Estonia prepares RESPONSE to Russia!: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/26/nato-draws-the-line-baltic.html

10 HOURS OF HELL IN KYIV! ⚡️ Russia targets heat and power: 28 injured, children under rubble!: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/27/hours-of-hell-in-kyiv.html

Russia aims to recruit over 400,000 soldiers in 2026, Ukraine's military intelligence chief says: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/27/russia-aims-to-recruit-over.html

'A lot can be decided before New Year' — Zelensky says he and Trump plan to meet in 'near future': https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/26/a-lot-can-be-decided.html

"We'll win if the West doesn't give us empty tanks!" "Baby Doc" on hell at zero and enemy's weapons: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/27/quotwell-win-if-the-west.html

Ukraine denies Russia's claims of capturing key front-line cities ahead of Zelensky-Trump meeting: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/28/ukraine-denies-russias-claims-of.html

🔴 LIVE! Zelenskyy plans meeting with Trump – Ukranian forces driving Russians out of Kupyansk: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/27/live-zelenskyy-plans-meeting-with.html

Russia preparing to proclaim future Ukrainian elections rigged, Zelensky says, citing intelligence: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/27/russia-preparing-to-proclaim-future.html

Russia extends fuel export restrictions through February 2026 amid refinery attacks and shortages: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/27/russia-extends-fuel-export-restrictions.html

Russia says Zelensky’s 20-point peace plan is radically different from version discussed with the U.S.: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/26/russia-says-zelenskys-point-peace.html

Ukraine’s military intelligence claims responsibility for explosion at Russian base in Ussuriysk housing the 80th brigade: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/26/190052.html

Mindich speaks to Ukrainian media for first time since fleeing country, denies guilt, claims no contact with Zelensky or Yermak: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/26/mindich-speaks-to-ukrainian-media.html

Zelenskyy and Trump may meet on December 28 in Florida #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/26/zelenskyy-and-trump-may-meet.html

A guided aerial bomb hit the CENTER of Kharkiv! 2 KILLED 😱 #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/26/a-guided-aerial-bomb-hit.html

BRUTAL attack on Kyiv: Russian forces launch a MASSIVE strike #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/27/brutal-attack-on-kyiv-russian.html

Russians against Putin: 64% say the year has been unsuccessful #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/27/russians-against-putin-say-the.html

Japan prepares for threats – defense budget rises to historic high #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/26/japan-prepares-for-threats-defense.html

An empty vessel with a secret: Ukraine intercepted a signal from a Russian "shadow" tanker #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/27/an-empty-vessel-with-a.html

🇺🇸 BabyDoc from Utah: How I became a medic in the 2nd International Legion in Ukraine #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/27/babydoc-from-utah-how-i.html