Analysis: tech employers filed layoff notices for 14,500 Bay Area workers in the 12 months to June; Bay Area software engineer demand is down 42% since 2022 (Francesca Maglione/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/20
A 2022 risk assessment by the Bucharest City Committee for Emergency Situations estimated that
a major earthquake could severely damage about 23,000 buildings across the city,
kill approximately 6,500 people
and leave a further 16,000 seriously injured
https…
Heute vor 61 Jahren: Am 16. Juli 1965 zündeten die #USA im Rahmen von Operation Whetstone die Atombombe "Bye". Whetstone war eine Serie von #Kernwaffentests bei der 1964/65 insgesamt 46 Bomben größtenteils im Testgebiet in
Communication de la Commission
C(2026) 4730 final, 10.07.2026
Guidelines on the Application of Article 13(5) of Directive (EU) 2022/2557 on the Resilience of Critical Entities
La Commission européenne a adopté les lignes directrices non contraignantes prévue Š l’Article 13 (5) de la Directive CER qui visent Š préciser les mesures de #résilience que les
Anzahl der Inbetriebnahmen von #Balkonkraftwerken pro Monat in #Deutschland mit Stand vom 31.08.2026.
Unplausible Inbetriebnahmejahre von 1900 bis 2017 wurden durch das Registrierungsdatum der
at_migrations: Austrian internal migrations (2002-2022)
A network of migrations between municipalities in Austria, from 2002 to 2022. A weighted directed link from source to target indicates a migration flow from these two municipalities. Edges are annotated with migration volume (number of people), nationality, sex, and year.
This network has 2115 nodes and 2908569 edges.
Tags: Social, Economic, Travel, Weighted, Politlcal, Timestamps, Metadata
The first half of 2026 was the 5th warmest on record here in the central Netherlands.
Just following the forecast for the coming 2 weeks, and then the 1991-2020 average (cool by now) would already bring this year into the top-3 warmest since 1901.
John Fetterman Punched Us in the Mouth
On May 10, 2022, I published an article on this page under the headline "John Fetterman Will Punch You in the Mouth!"...
https://bolesblogs.com/2026/08/05/john-fetterman-punched-us-in-the-mouth/
Why is war so economically costly?
Our answer is that modern war lowers output not only by destroying productive factors,
but also by making the surviving economy work less efficiently
Our key policy implication is that restoring allocative efficiency
–and preparing institutional arrangements that facilitate rapid reallocation in times of stress
–is critical for sustaining economic capacity, defense, and national security.
My favorite New Order performance in Los Angeles since '88.
(I wonder if being on the bill with the Pet Shop Boys nudged them to bring their A-game.)
▶️ New Order 2022-10-08 Los Angeles, Hollywood Bowl - Full Show 4K
https://youtube.com/watch?v=JPgymX2flVk&…
@… gaat er iets mis of ben je expres heel 2022 aan het boosten?
i'm finna sneak into the fourth of july parade in the a.m., which has become sort of an annual tradition
in recent years i've been forced to walk alone, as the local politicos found my sign (DOWN WITH CARS on one side, UPZONE EVERYTHING on the other) off-key
new sign this year: POWER TO THE PEOPLE on one side, HANDS OFF CUBA & IRAN on the other. i'm guessing i'll be marching alone again #alas
Häufigkeitsverteilung der Bruttoleistung von #Balkonkraftwerken in #Deutschland mit Stand vom 31.08.2026.
Unplausible Inbetriebnahmedaten vor 2018 durch Registrierungsdatum ersetzt. Sonderregelungen nach
AfD-MdB Köhler beklagt die Abschiebung von Nancy Mensah nach 24 Jahren auf Borkum. Bemerkenswert.
Sie wurde nicht abgeschoben, weil der Staat versagt hat – sondern weil er genau so funktioniert, wie die AfD es will: Titel abgelaufen, kein Ermessen, Vollzug.
Als der Bundestag 2022 das Chancen-Aufenthaltsrecht beschloss, stimmte die AfD dagegen.
Erst das Instrument bekämpfen, dann das Ergebnis beweinen. Beileidskarte des Täters. 1/2
As in many US resort areas,
the suicide rates in the Tahoe region,
including the city of Truckee,
are far higher than the state average
– and these communities don’t have enough resources to deal with the issue.
Since 2022, there have been nearly 40 confirmed suicide deaths in Truckee,
South Lake Tahoe and four lakeside counties,
an area with a combined population of about 73,000,
according to an analysis by the Tahoe Daily Tribune.
Nearl…
On Website Technicals (2022-09) - Tech updates: TX down, spelingg, bad words, structured data. - https://www.earth.org.uk/note-on-site-technicals-64.html
Resource page gathering most currently-online information pertaining to the unique Chernobyl-influenced Orthodox icon designs.
https://cumaasalomong.wordpress.com/2022/10/04/chernobyl-icons/
at_migrations: Austrian internal migrations (2002-2022)
A network of migrations between municipalities in Austria, from 2002 to 2022. A weighted directed link from source to target indicates a migration flow from these two municipalities. Edges are annotated with migration volume (number of people), nationality, sex, and year.
This network has 2115 nodes and 2908569 edges.
Tags: Social, Economic, Travel, Weighted, Politlcal, Timestamps, Metadata
SpaceX's earnings show X's Q2 ad revenue at $367M, down from $1.08B at Twitter in Q2 2022; Musk once said he would take its annual ad revenue to $12B in 2027 (Mike Masnick/Techdirt)
https://www.techdirt.com/2026/08/10/spacex
Anzahl der Inbetriebnahmen von #Balkonkraftwerken pro Monat in #Deutschland mit Stand vom 31.07.2026.
Unplausible Inbetriebnahmejahre von 1900 bis 2017 wurden durch das Registrierungsdatum der
I am finally running some Mastodon admin / mainteanence commands that I have not run *ever* since starting the server in 2022.
Perhaps we can bring that storage bill down a little, a single user instance probably shouldn't need 20 GB for DB and ~700 GB for attachments xD
The most revealing fact about Google’s water use in The Dalles is not just the size of the number.
It is how difficult that number was for the public to obtain.
The Dalles spent 13 months fighting to keep Google’s water use secret
— then records showed the data center campus consumed roughly a third of the Oregon city’s supply
Revelio Labs: short-term AI training programs made up ~33% of the professional certificate market in 2026, up from just 2% in 2022 before ChatGPT launched (Liam Knox/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-08-08/a…
Häufigkeitsverteilung der Bruttoleistung von #Balkonkraftwerken in #Deutschland mit Stand vom 31.07.2026.
Unplausible Inbetriebnahmedaten vor 2018 durch Registrierungsdatum ersetzt. Sonderregelungen nach
"Period of extreme heat in Europe, with important role of climate change."
@… says it like it is, written by weatherman and climate scientist Peter Kuipers Munneke.
https://nos.nl/l/2619698
at_migrations: Austrian internal migrations (2002-2022)
A network of migrations between municipalities in Austria, from 2002 to 2022. A weighted directed link from source to target indicates a migration flow from these two municipalities. Edges are annotated with migration volume (number of people), nationality, sex, and year.
This network has 2115 nodes and 2908569 edges.
Tags: Social, Economic, Travel, Weighted, Politlcal, Timestamps, Metadata
Zwischen 2022 und 2026 haben sich insgesamt 14 Almen im #NaturparkKarwendel am Naturschutzplan Alm beteiligt. Damit konnte das erfolgreiche Instrument des Vertragsnaturschutzes erneut auf eine breite Basis gestellt und gemeinsam mit den Almbewirtschafter*innen zahlreiche Maßnahmen für den Erhalt der wertvollen
Weil ich gerade sehr merkwürdige Follower kriege und es ja wohl auch eine Schwemme an (schlafenden) Fake-Accounts gibt:
Accounts ohne Bio und ohne irgendwelche Beiträge, anhand derer ich erkennen kann, dass es sich um eine echte interessierte Person handelt, entferne ich.
Bei Gelegenheit werde ich diesen Sommer in den Ferien auch mal aufräumen und inaktive Accounts rauswerfen.
Manche sind nach 2022/23 ganz offensichtlich einfach weitergezogen.
In 2022 I installed my archive copy of 1Password 4.1 on a new machine. It would not honor my 2016 license key (1Password killed its license server killed when it went SaaS).
1Password support tried very hard to move me to the SaaS model (3 free years!), but I repeatedly declined.
I eventually got 1Password support to give me an _older_ version that didn’t talk to a license server.
And I feel much better about standing firm now that 1Password has gone full fash.
Organizational Technology Ladders: Remote Work and Generative AI Adoption
Gregor Schubert
https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.11626 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2608.11626 https://arxiv.org/html/2608.11626
arXiv:2608.11626v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: This study proposes that firms move along an "organizational technology ladder": adopting one technology transforms hiring and work processes and builds skills and organizational capital that change the cost of adopting subsequent technologies. I study how firms' adoption of remote work technology during the COVID-19 period shaped later uptake of generative AI. Using U.S. job-posting data and an instrumental-variables strategy based on predicted differences in labor-market pressure to offer remote work, I estimate that a 10 percentage point increase in remote hiring in 2021-2022 increases the share of job postings mentioning generative AI in 2023-2024 by 0.4 percentage points across firms and 0.7 percentage points across occupations within firms. I provide evidence on mechanisms consistent with a technology-ladder channel: remote work adoption shifts hiring toward technical and managerial capabilities that predict faster conversion of generative AI exposure into adoption. Firms with return-to-office mandates---interpreted as revealing low remote productivity---exhibit a substantially larger response of generative AI adoption to remote work, consistent with an organizational frictions channel.
toXiv_bot_toot
Water systems are ripe for cyberattacks,
experts warn after suspected Iranian hacks
In late 2022, Microsoft detected the hack of a water system in Guam
that U.S. intelligence agencies in the following months determined was orchestrated by China.
The idea wasn’t new.
The spy agencies had long watched as Iran targeted Israeli water systems.
“That another nation state was doing it to us
— that was unsettling,” recalled one former U.S. official,
faculty_hiring_us: Faculty hiring networks in the US (2022)
Networks of faculty hiring for all PhD-granting US universities over the decade 2011–2020. Each node is a PhD-granting institution, and a directed edge (i,j) indicates that a person received their PhD from node i and was tenure-track faculty at node j during time of collection (2011-2020). This dataset is divided into separate networks for all 107 fields, as well as aggregate networks for 8 domains, and an overall network for …
Der https://unfallatlas.statistikportal.de/ enthält jetzt auch die Daten von 2025. Wie immer belegen die Zahlen den Erfolg der "Vision Zero Fortschritt" der Petrolköpfe und Auto-Ideologen. Schwerverletzte leicht Rückläufig, Tote und Leichtverletzte gehen weiter rauf. Der Straßenterror bleibt …
On July 31, President Volodymyr Zelensky disclosed estimates revealing that Russian forces had suffered around 1.6 million military casualties since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, including approximately 700,000 killed.
https://kyivindependent.com/general…
faculty_hiring_us: Faculty hiring networks in the US (2022)
Networks of faculty hiring for all PhD-granting US universities over the decade 2011–2020. Each node is a PhD-granting institution, and a directed edge (i,j) indicates that a person received their PhD from node i and was tenure-track faculty at node j during time of collection (2011-2020). This dataset is divided into separate networks for all 107 fields, as well as aggregate networks for 8 domains, and an overall network for …
"Saying no to the coup cost the pilot “many friendships”, he said. Even some military personnel still call him a “traitor” or a “watermelon”, a slur for soldiers seen as green on the outside because of their uniforms, but communist red within."
"Cortinhas, who heads a security research group at the University of Brasília, said the armed forces could not present themselves as the “saviours” of democracy [...]."
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/05/jair-bolsonaro-coup-plan-2022-election-brazil-air-force-baptista-junior
John Ternus takes over as Apple CEO, as Tim Cook becomes executive chair; sources say Laura Legros, an Apple hardware VP who retired in 2022, has rejoined Apple (Kalley Huang/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/01/technology/apple-tim-cook-john-ternu…
faculty_hiring_us: Faculty hiring networks in the US (2022)
Networks of faculty hiring for all PhD-granting US universities over the decade 2011–2020. Each node is a PhD-granting institution, and a directed edge (i,j) indicates that a person received their PhD from node i and was tenure-track faculty at node j during time of collection (2011-2020). This dataset is divided into separate networks for all 107 fields, as well as aggregate networks for 8 domains, and an overall network for …
"U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit upheld a 2022 injunction against applying the law to colleges and universities"
Court issues major blow to DeSantis's "Stop WOKE Act" & calls it "a breathtaking assertion of power" - LGBTQ Nation
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/07/court-issues-major-blow-to-desantiss-stop-woke-act-calls-it-a-breathtaking-assertion-of-power/
16WW Eddi PV DHW Diverter Export Margin Analysis (2022-08) - Chosing a more grid-friendly value for the Export Margin based on 3 years' export data. #simulation #gridFriendly #diversion - …
Shein raised $1.7B in its Hong Kong IPO, giving it a $26B market cap, far below its ~$100B valuation in 2022, as growth slows amid tariffs and competition (Charlotte Yang/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-08-…
Das Framing "Klima-Extremismus" von Dobrindt verselbständigt sich jetzt. Zahlreiche Medien eskalieren jetzt zum Klimaterrorismus.
Der Begriff "Klimaterroristen" wurde noch 2022 zum Unwort des Jahres gekürt. Die Aktivisten würden damit "kriminalisiert und diffamiert".
faculty_hiring_us: Faculty hiring networks in the US (2022)
Networks of faculty hiring for all PhD-granting US universities over the decade 2011–2020. Each node is a PhD-granting institution, and a directed edge (i,j) indicates that a person received their PhD from node i and was tenure-track faculty at node j during time of collection (2011-2020). This dataset is divided into separate networks for all 107 fields, as well as aggregate networks for 8 domains, and an overall network for …
from my link log —
ROCkN: Providing GPS-quality timing accuracy with portable optical atomic clocks.
https://www.darpa.mil/news-events/2022-01-20
saved 2023-10-05
London-based Nscale agrees to acquire Anyscale, a source says for ~$1.65B; Anyscale, which helps AI workloads run more efficiently, had a $1B valuation in 2022 (Brody Ford/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-…
The Trump administration will soon announce
sharply lower vehicle fuel-economy standards,
reversing a push by the prior administration to force automakers to build more fuel-efficient vehicles,
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Monday.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in December
proposed significantly reducing fuel economy requirements
from model years 2022 to 2031,
requiring a fleetwide average 34.5 miles per gallon by 20…
dom: Animal dominance archive (2022)
Animal dominance interaction data published over a century of research. The archive contains 434 agonistic interaction datasets, totaling over 241,000 interactions. A directed edge (i,j) corresponds to an antagonist interaction between i (winner) and j (loser). If a 'weight' edge property map exists, it counts the number of such interactions.
This network has 24 nodes and 252 edges.
Tags: Social, Animal, Weighted
at_migrations: Austrian internal migrations (2002-2022)
A network of migrations between municipalities in Austria, from 2002 to 2022. A weighted directed link from source to target indicates a migration flow from these two municipalities. Edges are annotated with migration volume (number of people), nationality, sex, and year.
This network has 2115 nodes and 2908569 edges.
Tags: Social, Economic, Travel, Weighted, Politlcal, Timestamps, Metadata
Sicherheitsbedenken, umfangreiche Umbauten und ein Unfall Ende 2025 haben Lindes Produktion von grünem #Wasserstoff im Chemiepark #Leuna um Jahre verzögert.
Der 2021 angekündigte PEM-Elektrolyseur sollte bereits 2022 starten und jährlich rund 3.200 Tonnen Wasserstoff produzieren. Bund und Sa…
John Edwards, UK Information Commissioner and chair of the ICO, the country's data and AI regulator, resigned following a workplace investigation (Liv McMahon/BBC)
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0eyq7rnn22o
at_migrations: Austrian internal migrations (2002-2022)
A network of migrations between municipalities in Austria, from 2002 to 2022. A weighted directed link from source to target indicates a migration flow from these two municipalities. Edges are annotated with migration volume (number of people), nationality, sex, and year.
This network has 2115 nodes and 2908569 edges.
Tags: Social, Economic, Travel, Weighted, Politlcal, Timestamps, Metadata
at_migrations: Austrian internal migrations (2002-2022)
A network of migrations between municipalities in Austria, from 2002 to 2022. A weighted directed link from source to target indicates a migration flow from these two municipalities. Edges are annotated with migration volume (number of people), nationality, sex, and year.
This network has 2115 nodes and 2908569 edges.
Tags: Social, Economic, Travel, Weighted, Politlcal, Timestamps, Metadata
at_migrations: Austrian internal migrations (2002-2022)
A network of migrations between municipalities in Austria, from 2002 to 2022. A weighted directed link from source to target indicates a migration flow from these two municipalities. Edges are annotated with migration volume (number of people), nationality, sex, and year.
This network has 2115 nodes and 2908569 edges.
Tags: Social, Economic, Travel, Weighted, Politlcal, Timestamps, Metadata
faculty_hiring_us: Faculty hiring networks in the US (2022)
Networks of faculty hiring for all PhD-granting US universities over the decade 2011–2020. Each node is a PhD-granting institution, and a directed edge (i,j) indicates that a person received their PhD from node i and was tenure-track faculty at node j during time of collection (2011-2020). This dataset is divided into separate networks for all 107 fields, as well as aggregate networks for 8 domains, and an overall network for …
faculty_hiring_us: Faculty hiring networks in the US (2022)
Networks of faculty hiring for all PhD-granting US universities over the decade 2011–2020. Each node is a PhD-granting institution, and a directed edge (i,j) indicates that a person received their PhD from node i and was tenure-track faculty at node j during time of collection (2011-2020). This dataset is divided into separate networks for all 107 fields, as well as aggregate networks for 8 domains, and an overall network for …
dom: Animal dominance archive (2022)
Animal dominance interaction data published over a century of research. The archive contains 434 agonistic interaction datasets, totaling over 241,000 interactions. A directed edge (i,j) corresponds to an antagonist interaction between i (winner) and j (loser). If a 'weight' edge property map exists, it counts the number of such interactions.
This network has 12 nodes and 72 edges.
Tags: Social, Animal, Weighted
at_migrations: Austrian internal migrations (2002-2022)
A network of migrations between municipalities in Austria, from 2002 to 2022. A weighted directed link from source to target indicates a migration flow from these two municipalities. Edges are annotated with migration volume (number of people), nationality, sex, and year.
This network has 2115 nodes and 2908569 edges.
Tags: Social, Economic, Travel, Weighted, Politlcal, Timestamps, Metadata
dom: Animal dominance archive (2022)
Animal dominance interaction data published over a century of research. The archive contains 434 agonistic interaction datasets, totaling over 241,000 interactions. A directed edge (i,j) corresponds to an antagonist interaction between i (winner) and j (loser). If a 'weight' edge property map exists, it counts the number of such interactions.
This network has 15 nodes and 58 edges.
Tags: Social, Animal, Weighted
at_migrations: Austrian internal migrations (2002-2022)
A network of migrations between municipalities in Austria, from 2002 to 2022. A weighted directed link from source to target indicates a migration flow from these two municipalities. Edges are annotated with migration volume (number of people), nationality, sex, and year.
This network has 2115 nodes and 2908569 edges.
Tags: Social, Economic, Travel, Weighted, Politlcal, Timestamps, Metadata
faculty_hiring_us: Faculty hiring networks in the US (2022)
Networks of faculty hiring for all PhD-granting US universities over the decade 2011–2020. Each node is a PhD-granting institution, and a directed edge (i,j) indicates that a person received their PhD from node i and was tenure-track faculty at node j during time of collection (2011-2020). This dataset is divided into separate networks for all 107 fields, as well as aggregate networks for 8 domains, and an overall network for …