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PitchBook: US AI and robotics VC deals are up over 4x since 2023 to $160B so far in 2025, while comparable China deals are just $10B , up from $9.24B in 2023 (CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/26/cnbc-china

CNBC's The China Connection newsletter: Foreign investors warm to China’s cheaper AI valuations despite fears of a U.S. bubble
For all the worries about a bubble in U.S. AI spending, capital flows into China's tech sector is far less, pushing startups to do more with less.

“The case for upzoning is relatively solid but deeply underwhelming as a standalone position. The upshot is that everyone is at least partly right: Upzoning can address the shortfall in supply. But it won’t come close to solving the housing crisis alone. Re-enter: public housing.”
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The Solution to the Affordable Housing Problem That No One Wants to Discuss
There are new ideas for fixing this. And one very old one.

No foul found in GOP-drawn 2023 North Carolina congressional map | Courthouse News Service
https://www.courthousenews.com/no-foul-found-in-gop-drawn-2023-north-carolina-congressional-map/

from my link log —
The Austral programming language. (linear types and capability security)
https://austral-lang.org/
saved 2023-05-06 https://dotat.at/:/XU0X…

Filings: X's UK revenue fell 58.3% YoY from £69.1M in 2023 to £28.9M in 2024; pre-tax profits fell from £2.2M in 2023 to £767,000 in 2024 (Mark Sweney/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/202

Yet one more case of separating a child from his parent - because they crossed the border as refugees in 2023, where they followed the rules. (More details at the link below) You can send a letter protesting this horrific action, using the action network letter at https://act…

Reunite José and His Son — Separated by ICE Detention and Struggling
(abajo en español) Join the effort to urge ICE to reunite José Ramon Pirela Finol with his six-year-old son and release him from detention at the Torrance County Detention Facility in New Mexico! José Pirela has been detained by ICE since August 2025, when he was separated from his six-year-old son, for whom he is the sole guardian. José and his son came to the US in 2023 to seek safety from threats in Venezuela. José and his son were processed at the border and permitted to pursue th…

#Lübeck beendet zum #Jahreswechsel das Projekt #FahrscheinGegenFührerschein.
Seit 2023 konnten Bürger ihren

Lübeck stellt Projekt "Fahrschein gegen Führerschein" ein
Das Lübecker Projekt "Fahrschein gegen Führerschein" endet trotz vieler Teilnehmer zum Jahreswechsel - aus Kostengründen.

Strong progenitor age bias in supernova #cosmology – I. Robust and ubiquitous evidence from a larger sample of host galaxies in a broader redshift range / II. Alignment with DESI BAO and signs of a non-accelerating universe: https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article/538/4/3340/8098234 / https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article/544/1/975/8281988 -> Universe's expansion 'is now slowing, not speeding up': https://ras.ac.uk/news-and-press/research-highlights/universes-expansion-now-slowing-not-speeding (this has been claimed by the group since at least 2023 - http://vietnam.in2p3.fr/2023/windows/transparencies/02_tuesday/Astro_5/01_Son.pdf - and is rejected by the SN cosmology community as https://bsky.app/profile/astromarc.bsky.social/post/3m4xmikwfds26 explains).

Adobe's stock has slumped more than 45% since the end of 2023, reflecting analyst concerns over the threat of AI-driven disruption to SaaS companies (Ryan Vlastelica/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-…

In Seahawks-49ers Round 3, coaching matchups will be critical https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6962499/2026/01/12/seahawks-49ers-playoffs-kyle-shanahan-mike-macdonald/

fly_larva: Drosophila larva brain (2023)
A complete synaptic map of the brain connectome of the larva of the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster. Nodes are neurons, and edges are synaptic connections, traced individually from brain image sections using three-dimensional electron microscopy–based reconstruction. Node metadata include the neuron hempisphere, hemispherical homologue, cell type, annotations, and inferred cluster. Edge metadata include the type of interaction (`'aa'`,…

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Crystal Waters:
🎵 100% Pure Love
#CrystalWaters
https://waldodj.bandcamp.com/track/crystal-waters-100-pure-love-waldo-remix-2023
https://open.spotify.com/track/0dfQwyoZoS9LgQiU6AJO7f

Mein Vater war (guter) Kunde im Mitarbeiter-Shop des Unternehmens, bei dem er 2004 nach 35 Jahren Betriebszugehörigkeit in Rente ging. Zuletzt hat er dort 2018 oder 2019 eingekauft, im Januar 2023 ist er verstorben. Ich habe den Shop mehrfach darüber informiert. Kurz vor Weihnachten erneut Werbepost an die Adresse des im Frühjahr 2022 verkauften Elternhauses. Ich überlege jetzt, mal den Datenschutzzuständigen ausfindig zu machen und anzufragen, ob das da alles DSGVO-konform abläuft.

Ontology is shaping up to be the buzzword of 2026 because they are offering what #LLMs are lacking: formal grounding
LLMs offer creativity but need logical grounding. Ontologies provide this formal structure, anchoring meaning and unifying diverse data sources into a single semantic layer. They are essential for achieving precision and are one of the most reliable defense mechanisms against

Skrócona historia mojego życia:
2005: początek szkoły średniej; pierwszy bilet miesięczny do Poznania
2014: koniec zniżki studenckiej; pierwsza roczna sieciówka PR
2015: roczna sieciówka PR wycofana; pierwsza miesięczna sieciówka PR
2020: wstrzymanie podróży koleją ze względu na lockdown, z krótką przerwą między kolejnymi falami
jesień 2022: wielki powrót; sieciówki PR są już honorowane przez KW
czerwiec 2023: koniec mojej ostatniej REGIOkarty (nowe już nie są …

Speiseröhre verätzt - Mutter trinkt Cocktail, stirbt zwei Jahre später #News #Nachrichten