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Francisco Partners plans to take patient engagement software company Weave Communications private for ~$650M; Weave went public at a ~$1.5B valuation in 2021 (Brock E.W. Turner/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/pro/health-tech-deals/2026/08/18/f…

Francisco Partners to acquire Weave Communications for $650M
The deal comes less than five years after Weave went public at a $1.5 billion valuation.

"Ever more people are annoyed by the climate being so pushy these days, with all its heatwaves, wildfires, and floods. KLM agrees: Freedom of expression is valuable, but if we can't do our work because people get hesitant to book flights to Italy, we have to ask whether we can still tolerate this." /s

Klimaat enorm aan het drammen met talloze overstromingen en hitterecords
Steeds meer mensen ergeren zich aan het gedram van het klimaat. Met hittegolven in Europa, bosbranden in Canada, Zwitserland en de Canarische Eilanden, en aardverschuivingen in Colombia voelt het voor veel mensen alsof het klimaat echt over de schreef gaat.

India pledges $13.3B to boost domestic chipmaking, building on a $10B incentive program from 2021, which attracted investments from companies like Micron (Sankalp Phartiyal/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-0…

from my link log —
A prototype original iPod.
https://panic.com/blog/a-prototype-original-ipod/
saved 2021-10-25 https://dotat…

Today, I'm remembering that time on January 6, 2021 when Lindsey Graham indicated he might actually have a backbone by speaking out against the illegal coup attempt and said that Biden legitimately won the election.
It didn't stick though. He returned to his cowardly support of Turnip leading up to the 2024 election.
https://www.

🌱 Im Forschungsprojekt „nascent-SolaRegio“ wurde untersucht, welche landwirtschaftl. Betriebe grundsätzlich gute Voraussetzungen für eine Umstellung auf Solidarische Landwirtschaft mitbringen.
📊 Das Ergebnis: Rund 16.000 Betriebe (knapp 7 % aller landwirtschaftlichen Betriebe in DE!) weisen Merkmale auf, die eine Umstellung begünstigen. Besonders häufig sind darunter kleinere Betriebe sowie ökologisch wirtschaftende und direktvermarktende Höfe.
🚜 Das Potenzial für weitere Solawis i…

"However, a US intelligence report in 2021 ... conducted under John Ratcliffe, Trump’s then-director of national intelligence and his present CIA director, found China attempted to collect information on US voters, public opinion and political parties going as far back as 2008. Typically, such data is publicly available and cannot be used to alter votes."
Did China steal 2020 US election data, as Trump claims? | US Elections 2020 News | Al Jazeera
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/7/17/did-china-steal-2020-us-election-data-as-trump-claims?traffic_source=rss

Wally Funk,
aviation pioneer
and oldest woman to go into space,
dies at 87
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/09/wally-funk-astronaut-dies?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Wally Funk, aviation pioneer and oldest woman to go into space, dies at 87
Trailblazing pilot was denied opportunity to become Nasa astronaut but made history on Blue Origin flight in 2021

Avohakkuut voivat lisätä tulvariskiä todella paljon.
New study finds clear‑cut logging can dramatically increase flood risk #luonto

New study finds clear‑cut logging can dramatically increase flood risk
In the past 30 years, floods have affected more than 2.8 billion people worldwide and caused more than 500,000 deaths. In Canada, flooding has caused significant damage and disruption to communities across the country. The 2021 floods in British Columbia's Fraser Valley cost an estimated $14 billion in damages.

The plague stalking pro football
Apple News, The Week, Health & Science
Excerpt From
“The plague stalking pro football”
The Week (1304)
https://apple.news/AsYtB6G95RDOnrsx0CMI1NA
This material may be protected by copyright.

#TuneTuesday (Aug 11)
I like a lot of Imagine Dragons’ songs and if I were to recommend one of them, “Wrecked” from 2021 would be the one. This song is very emotional yet demonstrates the band’s versatile musical chops, with the song transitioning from acoustic verses to the rock chorus and the choral-like falsetto vocals of the pre-chorus and outro.

Kumulativer Zubau von #Balkonsolarleistung in #Deutschland mit Stand vom 31.08.2026.
Die summierte Leistung aller offiziell registrierten #Steckersolaranlagen beträgt b…

Und dann findeste halt (technische) Grafiken aus einem eigenen Vortrag plötzlich im Blogartikel einer völlig fremden Firma.
Ja, mein Kram ist i. d. R. CC0, aber ich finde, sie hätten damals wenigstens Bescheid sagen können (Artikel ist von 2021). In allen meinen veröffentlichten Slide Decks stehen mehrere Kontaktmöglichkeiten und seit 20 Jahren ist keine davon deprecated. Gnah!

Herne Bay Ambient (2021-07) - Ambient soundscape from a week in Herne Bay (Kent, UK) late in July: sea, amusements, people... #HerneBay #soundscape #fieldRecording -

Herne Bay Ambient (2021-07)
Ambient soundscape from a week in Herne Bay (Kent, UK) late in July: sea, amusements, people... #HerneBay #soundscape #fieldRecording

Die Klatsche für die CDU ist noch grösser als nur sich halbiert zu haben:
2021 gingen 40 Direktmandate an die CDU, 1 AfD. 41 Wahlkreise. Also mit Erststimme fast alles CDU
In den jetzt 8 ausgezählten Wahlkreisen gewinnt in allen AfD die Erststimme. Wer dort von der CDU mit Direktmandat von 2021 wieder angetreten ist, wurde also explizit abgewählt. Und ich denke mal, das zieht sich dann durch alle Wahlkreise

AfD-MdB Reinhard Mixl zitiert eine Fauci-SMS von Januar 2021: Fieber nach der zweiten Dosis könne „theoretisch" mit Fehlgeburten in den ersten drei Schwangerschaftsmonaten zusammenhängen. Mixl lässt das Wort „theoretisch" weg und macht daraus Vertuschung.
Was tatsächlich geschah: Die Vermutung wurde geprüft. Metaanalyse in Human Reproduction – 21 Studien, 149.685 Frauen, kein erhöhtes Fehlgeburtsrisiko (RR 1,07; KI 0,89–1,28).
1/3 🧵

A fortnight ago, I posted a blog post about the risk of mass deaths given the #metoffice predictions for summer temperatures mid-century; but then I noticed I'd made a significant mistake, and rolled it back.
I've now revised it. It's not quite as bleak as it was. It's pretty bleak.

The 'everyone dies' event comes home
On 23^rd June, the Meteorological Office published a [blog post](https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/blog/2026/uk-could-see-45c-by-2056-scientists-reflect-on-1976-heatwave-anniversary) in which they claimed that 'UK could see 45°C by 2056'. As you'll know, I've blogged before of the issue of [excessive heat events](https://www.journeyman.cc/blog/posts-output/2021-11-15-the-everyone-dies-event-class/) in our changing climate. So the fact that they projected temperatures above 35° Celsius wi…

Ich würde sagen, dass Herr Merz das Ziel "die Partei halbieren" erreicht hat.
#cdu #merz

UMG shares fall 25%, the record company's worst day since its 2021 IPO, following disappointing Q2 results; UMG is down 40% over the past 12 months (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/business/earnings/univ

I've finally done it! It took me over five years, but I've *finally* finished a game of #Stellaris!
And now, I need sleep. 🫩

Everyone with a checkbook understands how to get what they want from Donald Trump
-- and that is to pay him.
When he owned a hotel in Washington, the place was constantly booked during his presidency.
As soon as he left office in 2021, the vacancy sign turned on.
Memberships in his tacky golf resorts increase, as well as the fees, while he’s president.
After he leaves office, they drop off.
Since re-entering office in January 2025, Trump has made huge bus…

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #Afrodeutsche
Jordan Rakei:
🎵 Send My Love (6 Music Session, 22 Sep 2021)
#JordanRakei
https://jordanrakei.bandcamp.com/track/send-my-love
https://open.spotify.com/track/543xswdRTjGmimDJk9AlZN

from my link log —
Don't make my mistakes: common infrastructure errors i've made.
https://matduggan.com/mistakes/
saved 2021-12-03 https://dota…

Let me post yet again this brilliant French-language version of the old blues standard, "Poor Boy, Long Ways From Home":
Myriam Gendron, "Poor Girl Blues" (2021)
https://myriamgendron.bandcamp.com/track/poor-girl-blues

Heavy boiling below the calm surface, occasionally breaking through... Incredible production by Samuel van Dijk aka VC-118A, Mohlao, Multicast Dynamics...
VC-118A — Silver (2021)
https://soundcloud.com/mohlao/silver

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Zelfs de factcheck afdeling vond kennelijk dat een grens bereikt is. 😇
(Of mn mobiele browser blijft gangne)
full timeline of the claims −
#Trump

How to Lead From Any Level In the Organization
...By successfully helping other people get better results, whether it is your manager, peers, or subordinates, you will grow trust and influence with those around you.
“You grow your influence with them by showing them that allowing you to have influence is good for them.” The more you show positive outcomes from your input, the more influence you will have over time...

Kaum neue Erkenntnisse - Studie über Hitze an Schulen kostete 50.000 Euro #News #Nachrichten

Der https://unfallatlas.statistikportal.de/ enthält jetzt auch die Daten von 2025. Wie immer belegen die Zahlen den Erfolg der "Vision Zero Fortschritt" der Petrolköpfe und Auto-Ideologen. Schwerverletzte leicht Rückläufig, Tote und Leichtverletzte gehen weiter rauf. Der Straßenterror bleibt …

eMarketer: ~45% of US influencer marketing spend will go to those with <20K followers in 2026, up from 19.5% in 2021; 19.9% will go to those with <5K followers (Katie Deighton/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/cmo-today/the-latest-d…

Google-backed nuclear fusion company Commonwealth Fusion Systems raised $1B, after raising a $1.8B Series B in 2021 and $863M in 2025, and plans a 2030s launch (Zachary Skidmore/DatacenterDynamics)
https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news

Google-backed fusion firm CFS raises $1bn in equity financing
Has now raised $4bn, the most of any fusion company

from my link log —
Medley Interlisp Common Lisp.
https://interlisp.org/
saved 2021-01-03 https://dotat.at/:/HCWD9.html

Kumulativer Zubau von #Balkonsolarleistung in #Deutschland mit Stand vom 29.06.2026.
Die summierte Leistung aller offiziell registrierten #Steckersolaranlagen beträgt b…

RE: #Trump

from my link log —
Cranelift progress report: a look back at 2021.
https://bytecodealliance.org/articles/cranelift-progress-2021
saved 2021-12-16

Cranelift Progress Report: A Look Back at 2021
The past year has been a productive one for the Cranelift project! Cranelift is the Bytecode Alliance’s native code compiler that serves as the foundation for the Wasmtime and Lucet WebAssembly virtual machines, and is used in other cont...

from my link log —
SUNSPOT: an implant in the SolarWinds Orion build process.
https://www.crowdstrike.com/blog/sunspot-malware-technical-analysis/
saved 2021-01-12

SUNSPOT Malware: A Technical Analysis | CrowdStrike
In this blog, we offer a technical analysis of SUNSPOT, malware that was deployed into the build environment to inject this backdoor into the SolarWinds Orion platform.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Peshay:
🎵 Psychosis
#Peshay
https://djsewell.bandcamp.com/track/peshay-psychosis-2021-remix-djsewell
https://open.spotify.com/track/3pXn28rNe3bsO6WnbLZ6mH

from my link log —
What exactly was the point of [ “x$var” = “xval” ]?
https://www.vidarholen.net/contents/blog/?p=1035
saved 2021-04-12 https://

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #SHERELLE
Lemon D:
🎵 Urban Style Music
#LemonD
https://metalheadz.bandcamp.com/track/this-is-l-a-2021-remaster
https://open.spotify.com/track/6a71tEtbJ5jK3qo4DaTBkj