@Techmeme@techhub.socialInsurance 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…
@NFL@darktundra.xyzSaleh plans to call defensive plays for Titans https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47770641/saleh-play-calling-cam-ward-priorities-titans
@Techmeme@techhub.socialToronto-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/
@cdarwin@c.imDonald Trump is trying to
take revenge
on financial institutions
that dropped him
after the January 6, 2021
Capitol insurrection.
The president filed a lawsuit
against JPMorgan Chase
and its CEO Jamie Dimon
Thursday in Florida state court,
seeking $5 billion in damages
and accusing the bank of ending its business with him
for political reasons.
The lawsuit claims that Trump,
his family, and different busin…
@UP8@mastodon.social😿 Myanmar’s election is derided as fake, but the nation’s suffering is all too real
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/28/asia-pacific/myanmar-election-people-suffering/
@fanf@mendeddrum.orgfrom my link log —
Measuring C std::unordered_map badness.
https://artificial-mind.net/blog/2021/10/09/unordered-map-badness
saved 2021-10-24
@Techmeme@techhub.socialMexico-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…
@UP8@mastodon.social @cdarwin@c.imTrump’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…
@radioeinsmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 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
@Techmeme@techhub.socialBMBL 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…
@paulbusch@mstdn.caGood Morning #Canada
2026 has been designated as the International Year of the Woman Farmer by the United Nations, in an effort to increase and improve food security across the planet. Once again we call upon the fairer sex to save humanity.
Women led farms are on the rise in Canada. From the 2021 #StatsCan report, there were 80,000 female farm operators, representing 30% of total farm operators, up from 25% in 1991. In general female participation is increasing while men are decreasing. Farming is an industry where women operators can achieve wage parity with male counterparts because compensation is based on market conditions, but currently most women led farms are smaller with less annual revenues.
A helpful #AI tells me a female farmer could could be called a farmerette, a farmeress, or farmHER. So helpful...
Two articles are linked - a feel good news piece from the CBC, and more solid demographic info from FCC-FAC.ca.
#CanadaIsAwesome #Agriculture
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/women-career-agriculture-1.7443846
https://www.fcc-fac.ca/en/knowledge/women-in-canadian-agriculture
