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General Staff: Russia has lost 1,207,910 troops in Ukraine since 2022: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/31/general-staff-russia-has-lost.html

The Italian tech holding company Bending Spoons, has developed a reputation for buying tech companies past their peak and aggressively cutting costs.
The firm acquired Evernote in 2022, followed by Meetup and WeTransfer in 2024, and AOL and Eventbrite in 2025.
Layoffs followed many of those deals. In September 2024, just months after being acquired by Bending Spoons, WeTransfer laid off 75% of its staff.
Just months after Bending Spoons bought Vimeo for $1.38 billion last ye…

Vimeo Lays Off 'Most' of Its Staff, Allegedly Includes 'the Entire Video Team'
Employees reported major job cuts this week, just months after the video hosting site was bought by Bending Spoons.

Without wanting to detract from the main thrust of the article, I find the usage "new species" interestingly anthropocentric.
A new frog species emerges from Peru’s cloud forests — and it’s already at risk
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/12/a-ne<…

A new frog species emerges from Peru’s cloud forests — and it’s already at risk
Deep within the cloud forests of the San Martín region of Peru lie two places so high, cold and remote that they remained virtually unexplored for decades. In 2022, and again in 2025, monitors from three Indigenous and local associations guided a team of scientists from Peru and France on a series of expeditions to […]

Every single day, the whole debacle with Blake Lemoine feels so much more quaint than the mass delusions we’re uncovering now. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/06/11/google-ai-lamda-blake-lemoine/

The Google engineer who thinks the company’s AI has come to life
The chorus of technologists who believe AI models may not be far off from achieving consciousness is getting bolder.

Falcons fire LaTroy Lewis amid investigation into sexual assault allegations while at Michigan https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7075964/2026/02/27/latroy-lewis-fired-falcons-sexual-assault-allegations/

Today I have learnt about the deliriant history of the ultra-far right ex professor Enoch Burke.
The summary of the history is that while this guy was professor he refused to call by her new name a trans student, was finally fired, but keeps going to the school he was fired from in *2022*, and he has been arrested a number of times.
You can learn more about this case in this article from The Irish Times:
Without paywall:

Drei Jahre nach Drama - Tod nach Fettabsaugung: Späte Anklage im Fall Caro #News #Nachrichten <…

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:

General Staff: Russia has lost 1,249,380 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/11/general-staff-russia-has-lost.html

Das #MumAndDad am Kieler Ziegelteich ist der HotSpots für schöne Fahrräder. Das Publikum ist bunt.
Am 5. November 2022 kam es dort zu einem Messerangriff. Gegen drei Tatverdächtige wurde wegen gefährlicher Körperverletzung und gefährlicher Körperverletzung in Tateinheit mit versuchtem Totschlag ermittelt. Homophobie soll eine Rolle gespielt haben.
Nun hat die Staatsanwaltschaft Anklage…

Mutmaßlich homophobe Messerattacke in Kiel: Hauptverdächtiger war erst 15 Jahre alt
Mehr als drei Jahre nach der mutmaßlich homophoben Messerattacke vor der Bar „Mum&Dad“ in Kiel hat die Staatsanwaltschaft drei Beschuldigte angeklagt. Alle waren zum Tatzeitpunkt noch minderjährig. Einen 23-Jährigen hatte das Trio damals lebensgefährlich verletzt. Die Einzelheiten.

"An increasing number of homes in the Netherlands are heated without the use of natural gas. In 2024, 11.2 percent of homes were fully gas-free, up from 8.7 percent in 2022. These homes are usually heated using a heat pump or are connected to a collective district heating system."
https://www.cbs.…

Ever more gas-free homes
An increasing number of homes in the Netherlands are heated without the use of natural gas. In 2024, 11.2 percent of homes were fully gas-free, up from 8.7 percent in 2022. These homes are usually heated using a heat pump or are connected to a collective district heating system. This means they do not require a gas-fired boiler. Statistics Netherlands (CBS) reports this on the basis of newly released figures.

Seit mindestens 2015 ist klar, dass #SHA1 kaputt ist
Seit 2022 sagt #NIST, man soll SHA1 nicht nutzen
Seit 2025 ist angekündigt, dass #Debian SHA1 ab Februar 2026 nicht mehr akzeptiere…

Milestone
2022

$35M Cryptocurrency Theft Linked to LastPass Password Manager DataBreach
Blockchain intelligence firm TRM Labs has traced over $35 million in stolen cryptocurrency to the 2022 LastPass breach, revealing a sophisticated Russian cybercriminal laundering operation that remains active into 2025. […]
⛓️‍💥 https://

$35M Cryptocurrency Theft Linked to LastPass Password Manager DataBreach
Over $35 million in stolen crypto tied to the 2022 LastPass breach, with the associated Russian cybercrime operation still active into 2025.

Add richer tooltips to ggiraph with kableExtra and friends: #dataviz

Vuoden 2025 elintarviketurvallisuutta koskevan Eurobarometrin mukaan ”antibiootti-, steroidi- tai hormonijäämät lihassa” ovat yksi suurimmista elintarviketurvallisuutta koskevista huolenaiheista yli kolmannekselle (36 %) EU:n kansalaisista, vaikkakin 3 prosenttiyksikköä vähemmän kuin edellisessä tutkimuksessa vuonna 2022.
Veterinary drug residues in food: what’s the latest in the EU?

Veterinary drug residues in food: what’s the latest in the EU?
In EFSA’s yearly report on residues of veterinary medicinal products in live animals and animal products.

from my link log —
Geometric algebra: what is the inverse of a vector?
https://mattferraro.dev/posts/geometric-algebra
saved 2022-09-18 https://

📉 Eating more but growing less: Stagnant Philippine farms linked to widening rice gap
#food

Eating more but growing less: Stagnant Philippine farms linked to widening rice gap
As of 2022 alone, Filipinos were eating 2.3 million metric tons more rice than the country produced—an 18% shortfall that has locked the Philippines into deeper dependence on imported rice despite years of government programs to boost local harvests.

General Staff: Russia has lost 1,258,890 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/21/general-staff-russia-has-lost.html

Last time in Sweden was midsommmar 2022, in Umeå. And it actually did not get dark. But also I wasn’t really sleepy during those days
This time, it's almost winter solstice and I'm way more north in Luleå. Sunrise at 9:37, sundown at 13:11 😲 We will see how that goes
#AnnerOstseeIssesImmerSchön

How often do NFL teams get coaching hires right? What 23 years of data tells us https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7056940/2026/02/24/nfl-head-coach-hire-success-rate/

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

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

Etwas für schlaflose Nächte. Hier die Studie der Uni Passau:
Sexueller Missbrauch und körperliche Gewalt. Übergriffe auf Minderjährige durch katholische Geistliche im Bistum Passau 1945 bis 2022
https://www.uni-passau.de/missbrauchsstudie

Sexueller Missbrauch und körperliche Gewalt. Übergriffe auf Minderjährige durch katholische Geistliche im Bistum Passau 1945 bis 2022 - Universität Passau

General Staff: Russia has lost 1,247,580 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/09/general-staff-russia-has-lost.html

Just found out about the "take" command in Oh My Zsh, and oh my (pun intended) is it useful!
As the name suggests, it's a command that takes you where you want to be, combining multiple tools (e.g. mkdir cd) into one neat little command.
Found a nice article explaining what it does for anyone who's not familiar with it already:

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…

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #NickGrimshaw
Groove Armada:
🎵 I See You Baby
#GrooveArmada
https://axelvicious.bandcamp.com/track/axel-vicious-ft-groove-armada-i-see-you-baby-2022-edition

from my link log —
How to build a personal webpage from scratch.
https://rutar.org/writing/how-to-build-a-personal-webpage-from-scratch/
saved 2022-09-29

General Staff: Russia has lost 1,255,340 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/17/general-staff-russia-has-lost.html

"Malaysia lost 20% of its coral reefs in three years"
#Malaysia #CoralReef #Environment #Oceans

Malaysia lost 20% of its coral reefs in three years
Malaysia’s coral reefs are shrinking at a pace that is hard to ignore. According to the latest national survey by Reef Check Malaysia, about one-fifth of the country’s coral cover has been lost since 2022, a decline compressed into just three years. What had been gradual erosion now looks more like a slide. The 2025 […]

Anzahl der Inbetriebnahmen von Balkonkraftwerken pro Jahr in #Deutschland mit Stand vom 03.12.2025.
Unplausible Inbetriebnahmedaten von 1900 bis 2017 wurden durch das Registrierungsdatum der #Steckersolaranlage ersetzt.
👉 Zusatzlesestoff:

Kumulativer Zubau von #Balkonsolarleistung in #Deutschland mit Stand vom 03.12.2025.
Die summierte Leistung aller offiziell registrierten #Steckersolaranlagen beträgt b…

General Staff: Russia has lost 1,246,330 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/08/general-staff-russia-has-lost.html