Tootfinder

A trade deal meant to showcase the trading prowess of Brexit Britain no longer looks like such a triumph.
The announcement this week of a free trade agreement between the EU and Australia has twisted the knife.
A particularly sore point was that the U.K. deal with Australia
— struck just 12 months after the U.K. formally exited the EU in 2021
— will eventually allow Australian meat to enter the U.K. tariff-free, raising fears that large volumes of cheaper imported me…

Anger as EU gets a ‘better trade deal’ with Australia than Brexit Britain
British farmers are still furious that the U.K. didn’t take a harder line in its talks with Canberra.

Toronto-based quantum computing company Xanadu's stock closed up 15% in its trading debut on Nasdaq; it also began trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange (Josh Scott/BetaKit)
https://betakit.com/xanadu-begins-trading-on-the-tsx-and-nasdaq/

Xanadu begins trading on the TSX and Nasdaq | BetaKit
The debut makes the quantum company the first new Canadian tech firm to list on the TSX since 2021.

Safety Damar Hamlin re-signs with Bills on 1-year deal https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7131835/2026/03/27/damar-hamlin-bills-free-agency-2026/

Jets Insider Reveals Ex-Raiders HC Jon Gruden’s Big Decision https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/las-vegas-raiders/jets-insider-reveals-jon-gruden-big-decision/

from my link log —
Consistent overhead byte stuffing for binary logs.
https://www.pvk.ca/Blog/2021/01/11/stuff-your-logs/
saved 2021-03-19 https:/…

2021: can order Macs just fine but no toilet paper
2026: plenty of toilet paper but can’t order Macs

Is there such a thing as best e-book reader?
I am thinking about replacing my Kindle 2021.
Please share what you are using. Multiple choices possible.
Poll limited to 4 options for reasons unknown so please use a reply if yours is not in the list.
Kindle
Kobo
XTEINK
Boox

Jährlicher Zubau und Rückbau von #Balkonsolarleistung in Deutschland mit Stand vom 17.02.2026.
Unplausible Inbetriebnahmedaten von 1900 bis 2017 wurden durch das Registrierungsdatum der #Steckersolaranlage ersetzt.
👉 Zusatzlesestoff:

Tracxn: global edtech funding fell from $16.7B in 2021 to $2.6B in 2025, while the number of startups launched dropped from 10,491 in 2021 to just 645 in 2025 (Ananya Bhattacharya/Rest of World)
https://restofworld.org/2026/edtech-funding-collapse-k12-startups…

The global edtech boom is fading as investors look elsewhere
Venture capital is moving away from K-12 edtech worldwide as investors prioritize AI tools and workforce training with clearer returns.

Rascher und umfangreicher als geplant: Größte 3D-Karte des Universums ist fertig
2021 hat das Instrument DESI mit der Arbeit an der größten dreidimensionalen Karte des Universums begonnen. Sie ist jetzt fertig und viel größer als geplant.

18,8 % für die Rechtsextremen bei der Wahl in Baden-Württemberg.
Auch in Darmstadt wird am Sonntag gewählt. Bei der Kommunalwahl 2021 bekam die AfD hier 4,6 % der Stimmen. Jede Stimme für Rechtsradikale ist eine zu viel – aber mit solchen Ergebnissen kann eine Demokratie umgehen.
Umso wichtiger ist es, wählen zu gehen. Mehr Stimmen für demokratische Parteien stärken unsere Demokratie.
🎥 Mein 60-Sekunden-Video:

Global cybercrime crackdown: over 373 000 dark web sites shut down
https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/global-cybercrime-crackdown-over-373-000-dark-web-sites-shut-down

Global cybercrime crackdown: over 373 000 dark web sites shut down – Authorities from 23 countries participate in the operation | Europol
On 9 March 2026, a global operation led by German authorities and supported by Europol was launched against one of the largest networks of fraudulent platforms in the dark web. The investigation began in mid-2021 against the dark web platform “Alice with Violence CP”. During the investigation, authorities discovered that the platform’s operator was running more than 373 000 fraudulent websites advertising child sexual abuse material (CSAM) and cybercrime-as-a-service (CaaS) offerings.

Off-grid Battery Bank Replacement (2021) - 10 year old battery bank was at about 10% of original capacity. I went for a simpler and smaller and cheaper replacement. - https://www.earth.org.uk/battery-bank-replacement.html

Off-grid Battery Bank Replacement (2021)
10 year old battery bank was at about 10% of original capacity. I went for a simpler and smaller and cheaper replacement.

Kumulativer Zubau von #Balkonsolarleistung in #Deutschland mit Stand vom 17.02.2026.
Die summierte Leistung aller offiziell registrierten #Steckersolaranlagen beträgt b…

@… @…
Yeah. I got that. Wasn't trying to criticize. Just sharing my take.
When you're poorer, how you do really is Bishop lottery. Some bishops are freer with funds and the bishop's storehouse (food bank) …

Es ist ebenso faszinierend wie lustig. Der einzige Artikel auf meinem Blog, der seit Jahren(!) zuverlässige Abrufzahlen hat, ist immer noch der, wie man das Tastaturlayout des Alphasmart Neo2 auf das Deutsche umstellt.
https://mela.de/blog/2021/01/15/alphasmart…

from my link log —
Spotting fake face masks. (FFP2/N95/KN95)
https://bda.org/advice/Coronavirus/Documents/spotting-fake-face-masks.pdf
saved 2021-12-23

404
British Dental Association website

Mexico-based online used car dealer Kavak raised $300M led by a16z, the first Latin American deal for a16z's Growth fund, after raising $700M in September 2021 (Michael O'Boyle/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20…

Vanaf vandaag (eindelijk) op MUBI (abo): Megalopolis van Francis Ford Coppola
#Megalopolis #mubi

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...

Translation: Kaspersky forced to cut staff in France as the Russian antivirus software company continues to pay the price for the collateral damage of the war in Ukraine. Revenue at its French subsidiary fell from nearly €30m in 2021 to €22.4m in 2024, and the workforce was reduced by a fifth.

Antivirus : le russe Kaspersky contraint de tailler dans ses effectifs en France
L’éditeur de logiciels continue de subir les effets de la guerre en Ukraine. Il a perdu de nombreux clients dans les administrations et les grandes entreprises.

The Federal Court of Appeal delivered two major environmental victories last month. The court found former Fisheries and Oceans Minister Joyce Murray was “procedurally fair and reasonable” when she did not renew licences for open-net salmon pens in the Discovery Islands in 2023. The same court found that the federal government acted well within its purview when it listed plastic manufactured items as “toxic” under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act in 2021.

(2021) Eläköön ihmeellinen monimuotoisuus #luonto #monimuotoisuus

Eläköön ihmeellinen monimuotoisuus | Luonto-Suomi
Luonnon monimuotoisuus on maapallon arvokkain ja vähiten arvostettu ominaisuus, on biologi Edward Wilson todennut. Maailmassa on miljoonia eliölajeja, erityisesti hyönteisiä on hämmästyttävä määrä, ja uusia lajeja löydetään jatkuvasti. Samaan aikaan lajeja kuolee sukupuuttoon huolestuttavaa vauhtia. Miksi luontokadosta pitää olla huolissaan? Entä miten se voidaan pysäyttää? Kerro omia ajatuksiasi aiheesta: milloin olet pysähtynyt ihmettelemään luonnon monimuotoisuutta? M…

i'm drinking cheap bordeaux and spinning old wax tonight
what are you up to?

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…

Trump’s Department of Justice moved to dismiss a criminal case against his former aide
Steve Bannon,
connected to his refusal to testify before Congress relating to the investigation into the January 6 insurrection.
The controversial hard-right strategist,
an ally of Trump,
was convicted in 2022 on two counts of contempt of Congress
after refusing to appear for a deposition before the House committee that investigated the 2021 attack on the Capitol
a…

BMBL jumps 30% after Bumble reported Q4 revenue above estimates and unveiled an AI-driven app overhaul to lure back users; BMBL is down 90% since its 2021 IPO (Kritika Lamba/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/bumble-shar…

Mac Jones confirms Kyle Shanahan wanted to draft him to 49ers in 2021: 'He wanted me to be here' https://www.nfl.com/news/mac-jones-confirms-kyle-shanahan-wanted-to-draft-him-49ers-2021

from my link log —
How David Kindersley’s serifs lost the road war but won the streets.
https://thebeautyoftransport.com/2021/11/03/how-serifs-lost-the-road-war-but-won-the-streets/
saved 2026-02-12

How Serifs Lost the Road War but Won the Streets
It is 1961. At Benson Airfield in south Oxfordshire, a test car driver employed by the Roads Research Laboratory is revving the engine of his Morris Oxford and preparing to release the handbrake. W…

UMG shares jump 10% following Pershing Square's €56B offer, which is a 78% premium to their April 2 close; UMG is down nearly a third since its 2021 listing (Mateusz Rabiega/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/ackmans-pershing-squa…

Anzahl der registrierten #Balkonkraftwerke in #Deutschland mit Stand vom 10.03.2026.
Der aktuelle Höchststand liegt bei 1244930 registrierten Anlagen.
Unplausible Inbetriebnahmedaten von 1900 bis 2017 wurden durch das Registrierungsdatum der

For once, I'm happy to have a vehicle that runs on petrol, fuel economy be damned. There's no diesel available anywhere around here! Sold out and hoarded by panicked drivers while the supply is blocked up by protesters. An EV would be a nice addition (a 2021 Renault Kangoo electric please, for maximum parts sharing) but is not presently in the budget or remotely justifiable to have two vehicles when we presently collectively use about a quarter tank of fuel per month fetching groceri…

#OTD 2021: Time for the annual bicycle harvest in Utrecht

On Being a Hardware Developer (2021) - What does it mean to be a hardware developer? #podcast #hardware - https://www.

On Being a Hardware Developer (2021)
What does it mean to be a hardware developer? #podcast #hardware

Crazy how time flies…
❤️ https://www.techdirt.com/2026/01/31/this-week-in-techdirt-history-january-25th-31st/

This Week In Techdirt History: January 25th – 31st
Five Years Ago This week in 2021, we looked at the future of net neutrality under the new interim FCC boss, and at how broadband monopolies continued to get money for networks they never fully depl…

Los Raiders firman al ala defensiva Kwity Paye https://www.raiders.com/news/los-raiders-firman-al-ala-defensiva-kwity-paye

Anzahl der Inbetriebnahmen von Balkonkraftwerken pro Jahr in #Deutschland mit Stand vom 10.03.2026.
Unplausible Inbetriebnahmedaten von 1900 bis 2017 wurden durch das Registrierungsdatum der #Steckersolaranlage ersetzt.
👉 Zusatzlesestoff:

🇺🇦 Auf radioeins läuft...
Gang of Four:
🎵 Damaged Goods (2021 Remaster)
#NowPlaying #GangofFour
https://fighting.bandcamp.com/track/gang-of-four-damaged-goods-fighting-garage-bootleg
https://open.spotify.com/track/62uw0iWu8jLB4cYBQxjdcm

A trial date has been set for Trump's $10 billion lawsuit against the BBC.
On Thursday, Judge Roy K. Altman of the Southern District of Florida set a provisional start date of ⭐️February 15, 2027, for a two-week trial. 
The lawsuit was filed following the release of an episode from Panorama,
the BBC's investigative documentary series, titled
"Trump: A Second Chance?"
In it, the BBC cut together two parts of Trump's January 2021 speech to …

Date set for Trump's $10 billion lawsuit over BBC documentary
A federal judge has set the date for the president's push to punish a news organization he dislikes, again.

Kumulativer Zubau von #Balkonsolarleistung in #Deutschland mit Stand vom 10.03.2026.
Die summierte Leistung aller offiziell registrierten #Steckersolaranlagen beträgt b…

Raiders sign DE Kwity Paye https://www.raiders.com/news/raiders-sign-de-kwity-paye-nfl-free-agency-transactions-2026

from my link log —
Reinventing the automobile: the first skateboard platform for electric vehicles.
http://www.adrianchernoff.com/project/skateboard-platform/
saved 2021-06-29

Jährlicher Zubau und Rückbau von #Balkonsolarleistung in Deutschland mit Stand vom 10.03.2026.
Unplausible Inbetriebnahmedaten von 1900 bis 2017 wurden durch das Registrierungsdatum der #Steckersolaranlage ersetzt.
👉 Zusatzlesestoff:

Where would Fernando Mendoza rank among QBs drafted in Round 1 over the past five years? https://www.espn.com/nfl/draft2026/story/_/id/48016742/nfl-draft-ranking-first-round-quarterbacks-2021-2026-prospects-fern…

Indian edtech startup upGrad plans to acquire rival Unacademy in an all-stock deal; Unacademy was valued at less than $500M in 2025, down from $3.5B in 2021 (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/15/unac

Unacademy to be acquired by upGrad in share-swap deal as India’s edtech sector consolidates | TechCrunch
The deal comes after Unacademy’s valuation plunged from $3.5B to under $500M, as India’s once-booming edtech sector struggles.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #CraigCharles
The Orb:
🎵 Perpetual Dawn
#TheOrb
https://nickynutz.bandcamp.com/track/the-orb-perpetual-dawn-2021-remix
https://open.spotify.com/track/34Oyuo4A14MRdn8auc0cix

from my link log —
Container networking is simple.
https://iximiuz.com/en/posts/container-networking-is-simple/
saved 2021-01-21 https://…

How Container Networking Works: Building a Bridge Network From Scratch | iximiuz Labs
Begin with the basics to understand Docker and Kubernetes networking: learn how to create and interconnect Linux network namespaces using only command-line tools.

Anzahl der registrierten #Balkonkraftwerke in #Deutschland mit Stand vom 17.02.2026.
Der aktuelle Höchststand liegt bei 1228115 registrierten Anlagen.
Unplausible Inbetriebnahmedaten von 1900 bis 2017 wurden durch das Registrierungsdatum der

Anzahl der Inbetriebnahmen von Balkonkraftwerken pro Jahr in #Deutschland mit Stand vom 17.02.2026.
Unplausible Inbetriebnahmedaten von 1900 bis 2017 wurden durch das Registrierungsdatum der #Steckersolaranlage ersetzt.
👉 Zusatzlesestoff:

from my link log —
An illustrated guide to elliptic curve cryptography validation.
https://research.nccgroup.com/2021/11/18/an-illustrated-guide-to-elliptic-curve-cryptography-validation/
saved 2021-12-01

Ranking NFL head coaching hires of the past five o... https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47756010/nfl-head-coach-ranking-hires-five-years-offseason-campbell-sirianni-macdonald-vrabel

Jährlicher Zubau und Rückbau von #Balkonsolarleistung in Deutschland mit Stand vom 15.04.2026.
Unplausible Inbetriebnahmedaten von 1900 bis 2017 wurden durch das Registrierungsdatum der #Steckersolaranlage ersetzt.
👉 Zusatzlesestoff:

He took Pelosi’s lectern on Jan. 6.
Now he’s running for office.
Adam Johnson poured Scotch into a coffee mug, logged on to Zoom and steeled himself for his plea hearing.
He concentrated on looking contrite.

Johnson was among the most infamous of the Donald Trump supporters who had roamed the halls of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
He’d found House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s lectern and was carrying it into the Rotunda when he waved to a news photographer an…

He took Pelosi’s lectern on Jan. 6. Now he’s running for office.
Adam Johnson has rarely voted and embraces his role as clown prince of Jan. 6. Floridians will decide whether a man who tried to upend democracy can help lead one.

Eight Sleep, which sells smart mattress accessories to track sleep patterns and adjust temperatures, raised $50M at a $1.5B valuation, up from $500M in 2021 (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/04/eight-sleep-raises-50m-at-1-5b-valuation/

Eight Sleep raises $50M at $1.5B valuation | TechCrunch
Eight Sleep said it was free-cash-flow positive in 2025, and plans to use the new funding for new products, global expansions, and clinical validation.

from my link log —
Measuring C std::unordered_map badness.
https://artificial-mind.net/blog/2021/10/09/unordered-map-badness
saved 2021-10-24

from my link log —
What if the Flu isn’t “just the Flu?”
https://theair.substack.com/p/what-if-the-flu-isnt-just-the-flu
saved 2021-12-27

What if the Flu isn’t “just the Flu?”
The true death toll of flu points to the vast challenges of endemic Covid.

Insurance tech company Ethos raised ~$200M in its Jan. 29 IPO, selling 10.5M shares at $19 each; it reached a $1.1B market cap, below its 2021 $2.7B valuation (Marina Temkin/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/29/how-sequoi…

How Sequoia-backed Ethos reached the public market while rivals fell short | TechCrunch
The profitable life-insurance platform was one of the first major tech companies to test the 2026 public markets.

from my link log —
High performance correctly rounded math libraries for 32-bit floating point.
https://blog.sigplan.org/2021/08/26/high-performance-correctly-rounded-math-libraries-for-32-bit-floating-poi…

High Performance Correctly Rounded Math Libraries for 32-bit Floating Point Representations
Everyone uses math libraries. Surprisingly, mainstream math libraries do not produce correct results for several thousands of inputs. Developers are seldom aware of them, which affects reproducibil…

from my link log —
Hosting SQLite databases on Github Pages (or any static file hoster).
https://phiresky.github.io/blog/2021/hosting-sqlite-databases-on-github-pages/
saved 2021-05-02

Saleh plans to call defensive plays for Titans https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47770641/saleh-play-calling-cam-ward-priorities-titans

from my link log —
The Wendelstein 7-X fusion stellarator proves its efficiency.
https://www.ipp.mpg.de/5125328/05_21
saved 2021-08-17 https://dota…

The Wendelstein 7-X concept proves its efficiency
One of the most important optimisation goals underlying the Wendelstein 7-X fusion device at Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics in Greifswald has now been confirmed. An analysis by IPP scientists in the journal Nature shows: In the optimised magnetic field cage, the energy losses of the plasma are reduced in the desired way. Wendelstein 7-X is intended to prove that the disadvantages of earlier stellarators can be overcome and that stellarator-type devices are suitable for power plants.