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Abschlussbericht: Regulierer entlastet Telekom beim Glasfaser-Überbau
Die Bundesnetzagentur kann in ihrem Schlussbericht zum Glasfaser-Doppelausbau nun doch kein systematisch wettbewerbswidriges Verhalten der Telekom feststellen.

Inside AI Addiction Support Groups Where People Try to Stop Talking to Chatbots (404 Media, 28 June 2024)
https://www.404media.co/inside-ai-addiction-support-groups-where-people-try-to-stop-talking-to-chatbots/

Inside ‘AI Addiction’ Support Groups, Where People Try to Stop Talking to Chatbots
People are self treating themselves and other community members in subreddits like character_ai_recovery, ChatBotAddiction, and AIAddiction.

“Horizontal Scrolling Containers Are Not a Content Strategy”
https://adrianroselli.com/2025/08/horizontal-scrolling-containers-are-not-a-content-strategy.html
I’m not talking about carousels. Even if I am talking about carouse…

Horizontal Scrolling Containers Are Not a Content Strategy
I should clarify that I am not talking about carousels. That said, because users often consider horizontal scrolling containers to be carousels, I will be talking about carousels. Also, this post is written by a monolingual American. While I discuss localization issues, there’s no way I can get into all…

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Talking Heads:
🎵 Girlfriend Is Better
#TalkingHeads
https://tipsydisco.bandcamp.com/track/talking-heads-girlfriend-is-better-tipsy-disco-edit
https://open.spotify.com/track/6VyR9z26oKw6BvlwSjqvoY

Sources: the FTC has opened an in-depth investigation of SoftBank's $6.5B acquisition of Ampere, which could take a year or more to conclude (Bloomberg Law)
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/tech-and-telecom-law/soft…

SoftBank’s Ampere Deal Now Faces a More In-Depth Review by FTC
SoftBank Group Corp.’s acquisition of semiconductor designer Ampere Computing LLC is facing a potentially lengthy probe by the US government.

The New President of the National Sheriffs' Association Participated in the Jan. 6 Protests (Hunter Walker/Talking Points Memo)
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/the-new-president-of-the-national-sheriffs-association-participated-in-the-jan-6-protests
http://www.memeorandum.com/250701/p142#a250701p142

🇺🇦 Auf radioeins läuft...
The Romantics:
🎵 Talking In Your Sleep
#NowPlaying #TheRomantics
https://damionpaulhart.bandcamp.com/track/synth-cover-of-the-romantics-talking-in-your-sleep
https://open.spotify.com/track/1LVDyF6lGAPQGiL09X9m01

Per replies, note that Weissmann is talking about “some tech ppl unwilling to grapple with DOGE’s failure.” He isn’t talking about Musk and Trump and Palantir and all the other creepazoids running the show; he’s talking about a widespread popular misconception that […] could magically make government more efficient, where […] is various male-coded fantasy characters: a Smart Engineer, a CEO Who Understands Business, etc whatever.

CISA to release telecom security report as its director nominee nears confirmation
https://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2025/07/cisa-release-telecom-security-report-its-director-nominee-…

CISA to release telecom security report as its director nominee nears confirmation
The 2022 report, which has not been made publicly available, has been used as leverage by Senator Ron Wyden to hold Sean Plankey from being confirmed as director of CISA.

You know what truly annoys me?
Well, a lot of things, but here I'm thinking of people who enjoy killing little creatures.
And I'm not talking about killing some animal because it's actually dangerous, or is causing some real harm, or even because it stings painfully or is annoying like a fly. I'm talking about people who laugh when they kill a spider or a "bug" (which usually means some harmless beetle), because it dared show in their homestead.
Not to mention all the people who would prefer that all the harmless Polish snakes (and slow worms, because if it has no legs, then it's obviously a "snake") or they'll "bite the children".