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Crypto-data provider Blockworks says it has acquired its rival Messari; source: Blockworks paid more than $10M for Messari, which was valued at $300M in 2022 (Vicky Ge Huang/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/b…

The inner working of parquette/arrow data in R: #rstats

Unpacking Arrow Datasets – Notes from a data witch
A comment on how Datasets work in Apache Arrow. I’m not really sure who the audience for this one. Am I just talking to myself? Probably.

Monochrome thi.ng (2022)
An old exploration using only circles and the SDF-based fully parametric typeface I created as part of the work on my S-TRACE piece...
See here for other related WIP of this perpetually unfinished project:
https://mastodon.thi.ng/@toxi/tagged/STRACE

Wenn ihr in Hamburg seid, könnt ihr mir Samstag um 16:00 beim Singen zusehen, in der St Petri Kirche in der Mönckebergstraße

from my link log —
Covid-19 will never become endemic.
https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/opinion/topic/2022/01/15/why-covid-19-will-never-become-endemic/164216520013155
saved 2022-01-16

Why Covid-19 will never become endemic
For most of the pandemic Australia has worked to contain the virus through evidence-based public health measures such as border closures, case finding, contact tracing, quarantine, social distancing, vaccines and, at times, lockdown. Sadly, the weaponisation of lockdown as a pointscoring issue and emotional trigger has led to a conflation of lockdown with all other public health measures, most of which do not impinge on freedoms. Denial is a major theme during the pandemic.

Home Heat Pumps: Barriers to Installation (2022) - A case study in the friction in specifying and installing a heat-pump in the UK, even for a savvy early adopter. #heatpump #netZero #futureReady -…

Home Heat Pumps: Barriers to Installation (2022)
A case study in the friction in specifying and installing a heat-pump in the UK, even for a savvy early adopter. #heatpump #netZero #futureReady

'Fair Share' outpaces other revenues
The Fair Share surtax is a 4% tax on annual income above $1 million in Massachusetts,
which was approved by voters in 2022
The funds are dedicated to public education and transportation.
As of 2026, it has generated over $2.3 billion for these purposes.
The new forecast from the Executive Office of Administration and Finance anticipates that the Commonwealth will collect a total of $44.9 billion in revenue this year,…

'Fair Share' Millionaire Tax Continues to Exceed Expectations - Streetsblog Massachusetts
The Commonwealth's budget office expects that Fair Share tax collections will be $300 million higher in fiscal year 2027.

Katharina Reiche fordert also langfristige Lieferverträge für Erdgas, um die Gasversorgung sicherzustellen.
Funfact: 2022 wurden langfristige Lieferverträge mit Katar geschlossen. Die Lieferungen sollten im Frühjahr 2026 beginnen.
https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/lng-katar-100.html

Energiepolitik - Flüssigerdgas aus Katar - eine (langfristige) Perspektive?
Katar und Deutschland haben sich auf einen LNG-Liefervertrag geeinigt. Mindestens 15 Jahre lang will das Emirat jährlich zwei Millionen Tonnen Flüssigerdgas liefern - allerdings erst ab 2026. Was bedeutet das Abkommen angesichts der Energiekrise in Deutschland? Eine Einordnung.

Anzahl der Inbetriebnahmen von Balkonkraftwerken pro Jahr in #Deutschland mit Stand vom 15.04.2026.
Unplausible Inbetriebnahmedaten von 1900 bis 2017 wurden durch das Registrierungsdatum der #Steckersolaranlage ersetzt.
👉 Zusatzlesestoff:

Raiders sign fifth-round pick CB Hezekiah Masses https://www.raiders.com/news/raiders-sign-fifth-round-pick-hezekiah-masses-cornerback-california-golden-bears-football-2026-draft

Joey Aguilar, QB from Tennessee, signs with Jacksonville Jaguars as UDFA: Source https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7200739/2026/04/25/joey-aguilar-jaguars-tennessee-nfl-undrafted-free-agent-2026/

The CFTC files alongside Gemini to nullify Gemini's $5M settlement in January 2025, arguing that the agency's current management wouldn't have pursued the case (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)
https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2026/05/27

U.S. CFTC files request to erase Gemini settlement that it no longer considers fair
The regulator went back to analyze the 2022 case and decided that it wouldn't have been pursued under current management and practices.

Spännande artikel om högerns historieskrivning av ekonomisk utveckling i Sverige - jag är, gällande ekonomisk teori, endast en taskspelare. Men jag tycker att många argument pekar mot en osund och selektiv historieskrivning. #svpol #ekonomi

from my link log —
Maidenhead locator system map (with small squares).
https://dxcluster.ha8tks.hu/hamgeocoding/
saved 2022-10-18 https://

Anzahl der Inbetriebnahmen von Balkonkraftwerken pro Jahr in #Deutschland mit Stand vom 22.05.2026.
Unplausible Inbetriebnahmedaten von 1900 bis 2017 wurden durch das Registrierungsdatum der #Steckersolaranlage ersetzt.
👉 Zusatzlesestoff:

Do you (sometimes) use print() or message() for debugging your code? Next time you can use {icecream} instead: #rstats

Ice Cream for R Programmers - Turtletopia: a blog about programming in R
Icecream is a tool which may serve as a more sophisticated replacement of using print while debugging.

Past/Present: Former Cowboys WR T.Y. Hilton announces retirement https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/past-present-former-cowboys-wr-t-y-hilton-announces-retirement

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:

Anzahl der registrierten #Balkonkraftwerke in #Deutschland mit Stand vom 15.04.2026.
Der aktuelle Höchststand liegt bei 1290226 registrierten Anlagen.
Unplausible Inbetriebnahmedaten von 1900 bis 2017 wurden durch das Registrierungsdatum der