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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.

from my link log —
The demise of the once mighty Cambridge and District Co-operative Society.
https://lostcambridge.wordpress.com/2021/03/12/the-demise-of-the-once-mighty-cambridge-and-district-co-operative-socie…

The demise of the once mighty Cambridge and District Co-operative Society
Battered from pillar to post in the late 20th Century, this hugely influential civic society with 83,000 members in 1990 merged itself out of existence as it folded into the national CRS Co-op afte…

Pornhub's parent company, Aylo, will pay $120M to settle two 2021 class action lawsuits in California and Alabama alleging it profited from child abuse material (Samantha Cole/404 Media)
https://www.404media.co/pornhubs-parent-com…

Pornhub's Parent Company to Pay $120 Million to Settle Child Sexual Abuse Lawsuits
The deal settles class action lawsuits claiming Mindgeek's sites hosted and profited from abuse videos of minors.

RE: https://mastodon.social/@Le_M_Poireau/117122199613107442
Février 2021, août 2026: où est donc passé l'argent ???

Mariensprung (2021)
A 160 meter tall waterfall emerging straight out of the rock below the Waxenstein, and a tributary to the Hammersbach in the Höllental (Hell's Valley).
#WaterfallWednesday #Video #POV

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

@… Ok, I know the bug and we fixed it within 24 hours, so you probably did not need to do any of that FWIW. 😉
Also, just so you are aware /opt/vivaldi/update-widevine has not existed since 2021, so your rm command would not have done anything to that.
Also If you ever want to disable the update-ffmpeg from being called on startup for some reason (like this) just …

African e-commerce company Jumia raised $50M, including $25M from the World Bank's IFC; Jumia's US-listed shares have fallen from $60 in 2021 to $6 now (Loni Prinsloo/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

Welch hektisch-überstürzter Abgang der #NATO-Truppen aus #Afghanistan - das ist jetzt fünf Jahre her.
Was geschah eigentlich 2021 - und was hatte das #GoetheInstitut damit zu tun?

#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.

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.

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).
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In a change that could obscure the full human cost of the Trump administration’s mass detention policies,
🔥Immigration and Customs Enforcement will no longer report deaths of detainees who have recently been released from its custody
The move rescinds a 2021 policy implemented by the Biden administration that required ICE to report to Congress and investigate deaths of detainees that occur within 30 days of their release.
The goal of the 2021 policy was to ensure that ICE cou…

ICE will no longer report deaths of detainees after release from custody
Immigration and Customs Enforcement will no longer report the deaths of detainees who have been released from custody, in a change that could obscure the human cost of the Trump administration's mass detention policies. The move rescinds a 2021 policy that required ICE to publicly report and investigate deaths of detainees within 30 days of their release. This was to ensure that ICE doesn't avoid accountability for deaths by releasing severely ill people from custody. Health experts who have in…

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!

Anzahl der registrierten #Balkonkraftwerke in #Deutschland mit Stand vom 31.08.2026.
Der aktuelle Höchststand liegt bei 1488280 registrierten Anlagen.
Unplausible Inbetriebnahmedaten von 1900 bis 2017 wurden durch das Registrierungsdatum der

Es ist normalerweise nicht meine Art, unfertige Artikel zu veröffentlichen. Aber angesichts des zu erwartenden Umfangs, veröffentliche ich jetzt und liefere einzelne Abschnitte nach, oder nie. Daher setzt euch ein Lesezeichen & holt euch die Updates!
https://mela.de/blog/2026/08/28/mein-w

Deidre Bosa, an anchor based in CNBC's San Francisco bureau, is leaving at the end of the month to start a show about AI, working with producer Jasmine Wu (Chris Roush/Talking Biz News)
https://talkingbiznews.com/media-news/bosa-departing-cnbc-to-start-ai-show…

Bosa departing CNBC to start AI show - Talking Biz News
Deidre Bosa is leaving CNBC at the end of the month to start a show on artificial intelligence. Dave is an anchor based out of CNBC’s tech-focused San Francisco bureau. Previously, she was anchor of the network’s daily program, “TechCheck,” that ran from April 2021 to February 2023. Before that, Bosa served as a technology […]

cofe: Collaboration in Financial Economics (2021)
Network of authors and commenters of papers in finantial economics, obtained from the acknowledgement sections of over 5,000 published research papers.
This network has 13967 nodes and 102039 edges.
Tags: Social, Directed, Weighted, Online, Collaboration
https://networks.ske…

from my link log —
Dissecting the Apple M1 GPU, part III.
https://rosenzweig.io/blog/asahi-gpu-part-3.html
saved 2021-04-19 https://

The Mega Meta settlement bundles the outstanding Cambridge Analytica lawsuits as well.

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…

Anzahl der Inbetriebnahmen von Balkonkraftwerken pro Jahr in #Deutschland mit Stand vom 31.08.2026.
Unplausible Inbetriebnahmedaten von 1900 bis 2017 wurden durch das Registrierungsdatum der #Steckersolaranlage ersetzt.
👉 Zusatzlesestoff:

RE: https://freie-re.de/@qbi/117131741616576869
Aus einem Artikel vom November 2021:
"Im vierten Fall habe der Angeklagte seine Ehefrau verprügelt und ihr die Kleider vom Leib gerissen, so Kelm: „Sie litt unter Todesangst, rannte nackt aus dem gemeinsame…

Jährlicher Zubau und Rückbau von #Balkonsolarleistung in Deutschland mit Stand vom 31.08.2026.
Unplausible Inbetriebnahmedaten von 1900 bis 2017 wurden durch das Registrierungsdatum der #Steckersolaranlage ersetzt.
👉 Zusatzlesestoff:

Capital One bank has asked a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit from the Trump Organization over the closure of hundreds of bank accounts back in 2021,
arguing in new papers that the shutdowns were the product of a monthslong anti-money-laundering review
— not retaliation for the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, as the Trump family businesses have claimed.
In a motion to dismiss the case filed Friday in a Florida federal court,
Capital One's lawyers wrote that the bank's …

Im Rahmen des Citizen-Science-Projekts "Beweisstück Unterhose" ließen sie im Jahr 2021 tausend Freiwillige mehr als 2000 Unterhosen und 12.000 Teebeutel an rund tausend Standorten in der ganzen Schweiz vergraben.

The AI frenzy has divided the VC market, as the gap between top and bottom performers has more than doubled for 2024 funds compared to funds from 2017 to 2021 (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2026-08-04/big…

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…

from my link log —
Simulating the PIN cracking scene in Terminator 2.
https://bert.org/2021/01/04/t2-pin-cracking/
saved 2021-01-06 https://

Simulating the PIN cracking scene in Terminator 2
In the beginning of Terminator 2: Judgement Day, John Connor uses a laptop to crack the PIN of a stolen debit card.

Capital One has never accused the Trump Organization of money laundering.
But the bank's recent disclosure argues that “documents and Plaintiffs’ own ‌allegations make clear that Capital One closed ‌Plaintiffs’ accounts for anti-money laundering (‘AML’) reasons.
“The closures were the result of months of analysis and a careful review by ‌Capital One’s AML team in accordance with bank policies and regulatory guidance.”
Capital One gave notice of its plans to close more …

Capital One says it closed Trump Organization’s accounts after anti-money-laundering review
Disclosure from 2021 investigation marks first time a bank has formally tied money-laundering concerns to Donald Trump

cofe: Collaboration in Financial Economics (2021)
Network of authors and commenters of papers in finantial economics, obtained from the acknowledgement sections of over 5,000 published research papers.
This network has 13967 nodes and 102039 edges.
Tags: Social, Directed, Weighted, Online, Collaboration
https://networks.ske…

Estimated Demand for Mega-Constellation Internet Service
Akhil Rao
https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.08851 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2608.08851 https://arxiv.org/html/2608.08851
arXiv:2608.08851v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: The near-term growth of the commercial space economy and sustainability of the low-Earth orbit (LEO) environment depends on the commercial prospects of large LEO satellite telecommunications constellations (``mega-constellations''). If successful, mega-constellations can spur competition between launch providers, which may lead to lower launch prices. They may also demand orbital sustainability services and/or generate additional collision risk, which may in turn affect space sustainability interests. Consumer demand for mega-constellations' internet services is critical to their commercial success. This analysis presents a method to estimate consumer demand for mega-constellations' internet services, using SpaceX's Starlink over December 2021--November 2023 as an example. This analysis finds that Starlink users are highly concentrated in the wealthiest countries. It also finds that consumer demand for Starlink is growing more slowly than orbital capacity is being added and more slowly than demand for non-Starlink internet overall. Continuation of these trends may indicate that the market for mega-constellation internet is less lucrative than previous forecasts have indicated.
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Fox News names Emily Compagno as a full-time co-host of The Five, starting September 8; Compagno has been the co-host of Outnumbered since 2021 (Caitlin Huston/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/fox-news-emily-compagno-123667…

Fox News Names Emily Compagno As New Co-Host of ‘The Five’
Compagno had been a host on 'Outnumbered' and will join 'The Five' in September.

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…

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

Anzahl der Inbetriebnahmen von Balkonkraftwerken pro Jahr in #Deutschland mit Stand vom 31.08.2026.
Unplausible Inbetriebnahmedaten von 1900 bis 2017 wurden durch das Registrierungsdatum der #Steckersolaranlage ersetzt.
👉 Zusatzlesestoff:

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

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…

Anzahl der registrierten #Balkonkraftwerke in #Deutschland mit Stand vom 31.08.2026.
Der aktuelle Höchststand liegt bei 1488280 registrierten Anlagen.
Unplausible Inbetriebnahmedaten von 1900 bis 2017 wurden durch das Registrierungsdatum der

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #ThePeoplesParty with #FemiKoleoso
John Holt:
🎵 You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine
#JohnHolt
https://latenighttales.bandcamp.com/track/john-holt-youll-never-find-another-love-like-mine-mad-professor-2021-dub-exclusive-remix-originally-recorded-by-lou-rawls
https://open.spotify.com/track/0Yvo0u1Ks5EiwrT0FvE6gq

from my link log —
PostgreSQL is a great pub/sub and job server.
https://webapp.io/blog/postgres-is-the-answer/
saved 2021-12-18 https://

Postgres is a great pub/sub & job server
If you need a publish/subscribe or job server at any point in your project, try using Postgres. It'll give you lots of data integrity and performance guarantees, and it doesn't require you or your team learning any new technology.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #ChrisHawkins
Self Esteem:
🎵 Prioritise Pleasure (6 Music Session, 23 Aug 2021)
#SelfEsteem

🇺🇦 #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