@Techmeme@techhub.socialVC funding in physical AI companies totaled $47.4B across 521 deals in H1, up 80% from H1 2025, and more than the $41.9B invested from 2022 to 2024 (Mary Ann Azevedo/Crunchbase News)
https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/physical-ai-funding-startups…
@EarthOrgUK@mastodon.energyHome 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 -…
@StephenRees@mas.toWhich Vancouver parties support proportional representation?
by Fair Vote Canada | Sep 12, 2026
https://www.fairvote.ca/12/09/2026/which-vancouver-parties-support-proportional-representation/
In the 2022 Vancouver municipa…
@annsev@troet.cafeDas sollte #Deutschland unbedingt tun, wenn die Regierung noch ein moralisches Gewissen hat:
Deutschland könnte gegen 87 mutmaßliche Verantwortliche wegen Verbrechen gegen die Menschlichkeit ermitteln - Amnestie International legt Beweise gegen Iraner vor, die 2022 #Schießbefehle gegen Dem…
@hex@kolektiva.socialRE: https://dair-community.social/@ZekuZelalem/117320888712641893
There's a bit of context behind this that's worth being aware of, and I'll do my best to explain it second (or third) hand. Abiy Ahmed has been the prime minister of Ethiopia since 2019. He was quite popular initially, but has held on to power for quite a while and has been called out for authoritarian tendencies.
His party, the Prosperity Party, is a liberal party that has privatized parts of the economy and is trying to dismantle ethnic federalism. This type of "modernization" is obviously supported by neoliberal forces around the world, especially since he took over from the ethno nationalist ML TPLF.
The TPLF was also authoritarian, brutal, and anti-democratic, as one would expect from an ML organization. Part of Abiy's popularity came from opposition to the TPLF. But more recently, but his forces also carried out genocide in Tigray during that war in 2022 (after his Nobel Peace Prize).
Part of the opposition to his modernization is that ending ethnic federalism would weaken the power of older ethnic structures. This could be seen as similar in some ways to conflicts across Europe in from 1848 through to the early 1900's and in the Balkans after the fall of the Soviet Union.
The connection between ethnicity and nationality has never really stopped causing problems. Liberalism is usually connected to the domination of one ethnic group into a singular national identity. This flows from the French Revolution, through the Russian revolution, and into both the Ethnic ML exported by Communist Russia as part of their attempts to weaken European capitalism and (via both American Colonial Nationalism and the French Revolution) into the Neoliberalism promoted by the US and European powers as a counter.
Ethiopia is a multiethnic country. Unfortunately the logic of the state (liberal or communist) tends to destroy these ethnic identities through a combination of ethnic cleansing, appropriation, and (often forced) integration.
Some of the conflict here is coming out of the tension between a national identity and ethnic identity, especially in relation to Tigray and Amhara, as well as the continued pressure of economic liberalization, and centralization vs federalization.
The point is that it's actually quite a bit more complicated than it may be presented as, especially outside of the religion. European interests may align with Abiy, and present him as a "modernizing force." Addis is one of the centers of the African Union. Meanwhile, other countries have their own interests in stoking this conflict. China, Turkey, the UAE, and Iran all sell drones to the Federal government. Eretria has an interest in creating a buffer zone to keep Ethiopia from seizing a port city from them. Sudan is involved, and I don't have the local political depth to know why.
Various groups will try to point to one group or another as the "good guy/bad guy" but it's definitely not that simple. It's just kind of tragic for everyone. I hope Ethiopian people find peace and freedom.
My hope is that Ethiopia will develop something like Democratic Confederalism that resolves these conflicts and tensions without wiping out the unique identities of the peoples who make up Ethiopia.
@tinoeberl@mastodon.onlineAnzahl der Inbetriebnahmen von Balkonkraftwerken pro Jahr in #Deutschland mit Stand vom 29.06.2026.
Unplausible Inbetriebnahmedaten von 1900 bis 2017 wurden durch das Registrierungsdatum der #Steckersolaranlage ersetzt.
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@Techmeme@techhub.socialAnalysis: 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
@cdarwin@c.imWater 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,
@tinoeberl@mastodon.onlineAnzahl der registrierten #Balkonkraftwerke in #Deutschland mit Stand vom 29.06.2026.
Der aktuelle Höchststand liegt bei 1401132 registrierten Anlagen.
Unplausible Inbetriebnahmedaten von 1900 bis 2017 wurden durch das Registrierungsdatum der
@cdarwin@c.imThe Santa Barbara Foresters captured their 11th NBC World Series championship
with a 7-2 victory over the Alaska Goldpanners,
overcoming a late deficit in a matchup between two storied summer collegiate baseball programs.
The championship came 20 years after the Foresters won their first NBC World Series title.
Alaska entered the game as a six-time national champion.
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New Order:
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