Tootfinder

My new tires held up for exactly 10 km 🙄

Sources: Bill Ackman proposes merging UMG with his SPAC and naming Michael Ovitz as chair, an offer UMG is likely to reject; UMG stock is down 20% since 2021 (Lucas Shaw/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters

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…

How Erin Andrews, Charissa Thompson built an NFL podcast that goes beyond football https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7435205/2026/07/15/erin-andrews-charissa-thompson-nfl-podcast-calm-down/

In 25 Jahren ist der Papierstapel dann abgearbeitet:
Fünf Jahre nach der #Flutkatastrophe 2021 sind laut #Bundesfinanzministerium erst rund 6,2 Milliarden Euro an #Wiederaufbauhilfen

Flut-Katastrophe 2021 - Erst ein Fünftel der Hilfen für Wiederaufbau ausgezahlt
Fünf Jahre nach der Hochwasserkatastrophe im Ahrtal und anderen Regionen Deutschlands ist erst ein Fünftel der Mittel für den Wiederaufbau ausgezahlt worden.

San Diego-based Self Inspection, which uses AI to assess body damage on a car with as little tech as a smartphone camera, raised $10M led by Sheryl Sandberg (Sean O'Kane/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/16/sher

Exclusive: Sheryl Sandberg leads $10 million investment in AI-powered vehicle inspection service | TechCrunch
The startup, founded in 2021, lets enterprise customers use smartphones to scan and spot vehicle damage.

from my link log —
Can we trust Microsoft with Open Source?
https://dusted.codes/can-we-trust-microsoft-with-open-source
saved 2021-10-23

Can we trust Microsoft with Open Source?
Programming, Coffee and Indie Hacking

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

Une autre policière, harcelée sexuellement, a dénoncé l'auteur des faits en 2021. Il a été licencié. Des collègues se sont alors retournés contre elle. Il est arrivé que son repas de midi soit jeté Š la poubelle. Ses chaussures noires ont été maculées de couleur au vestiaire. Cette policière est aussi partie.

the non-news of the solstice is that, surprising no-one, there will not be a leap second at the new year
the difference between UT1 and UTC remains very close to zero and the earth is rotating at very close to 24h per day
BUT LOOK
since i previously posted these charts in march, the length-of-day line (green) has popped upwards
https…

Turns out @… and I both added some pride to our outfits today 🙌🏳️‍🌈 #mindmeld

On the way to Roßgundscharte (2021)
#FootpathFriday #LandscapePhotography #BlackAndWhite

My new ESA shirt arrived just in time for pride month!

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Herbekijk "Pano": Overstroming onderschat | VRT NWS Nieuws
https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2021/10/14/herbekijk-pano-overstroming-onderschat/
(Ohh ... Maar dam werkt de media niet)
Link ⤴️ werkt niet

Siri (Beta) is really interesting.
On one hand, I don't have to trust any new parties with my data. Apple already has it since they have my mobile devices, so if they were going to maliciously steal (e.g.) my email contents, they could already do that. This opens the door to a whole bunch of LLM data based interrogation that I wouldn't trust with other providers.
…on the other hand, the "on-device only" Siri falls over immediately when disabling the internet c…

Good morning Augsburg!

from my link log —
Fast commits for ext4.
https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/842385/069d98ea9d94f2ed/
saved 2021-01-15 https://