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Palestinian journalists describe being systematically tortured, abused, beaten, and starved in Israel's prisons between October 2023 and January 2026 (Committee to Protect Journalists)
https://cpj.org/2026/02/palestinian-journalists-reco…

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

Half of the world's coral reefs suffered major bleaching during the 2014–2017 global heat wave, estimates suggest https://phys.org/news/2026-02-world-coral-reefs-major-global.html

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Minimize dependency on the irrational nation states, build deterrence against aggression, build alliances with other trustworthy rational nations.
The UNSC has been less and less relevant and is now largely useless.

Falcons hiring Kevin Stefanski as head coach: Source https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6978950/2026/01/17/kevin-stefanski-falcons-head-coach/

Zugebaute #Batteriespeicherkapazität pro Monat in #Deutschland mit Stand vom 16.11.2025.
323 Datensätze ohne #Batteriespeichertechnologie herausgefil…

EssilorLuxottica says it sold over 7M Meta AI glasses in 2025, up from the 2M that the company sold in 2023 and 2024 combined (Samantha Subin/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/11/ray-ban-maker-essilorluxottica-triples-sales-of-meta-ai-gla…

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That's how it was in the olden days with many (most?) phones. For the Fairphone 6 we need a screwdriver, but at least we can do it.

Ajit Niranjan writes about the supposed decoupling in #Romania.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/feb/11/is-romania-blueprint-economic-g…

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Minimize dependency on the irrational nation states, build deterrence against aggression, build alliances with other trustworthy rational nations.
The UNSC has been less and less relevant and is now largely useless.

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This is also true of code, maybe even more true?

spanish_highschools: Spanish high schools (2023)
Directed networks of friendships obtained through a social survey of spanish high school students.
This network has 291 nodes and 5535 edges.
Tags: Social, Offline, Weighted, Metadata
https://networks.skewed.de/net/spanish

Bei @… lief gestern "Holding Liat" über eine israelische Familie nach dem 7. Oktober. Goßartiger Film.
Liat Beinin Atzili wurde entführt und nach acht Wochen freigelassen, Aviv Atzili ermordet. Liats Vater Yehuda Beinin will Frieden, ihr Sohn Rache.
Der Film bekam letztes Jahr den Berlinale-Dokfilmpreis. Bis Mai in der Mediathek.

from my link log —
SIEVE is simpler than LRU.
https://cachemon.github.io/SIEVE-website/blog/2023/12/17/sieve-is-simpler-than-lru/
saved 2024-01-03

Into The Couloir...
(Throwback to early June 2023, when the Dolomites were still half in winter mode...)
#ThrowbackThursday #LandscapePhotography #BlackAndWhite …

Podcast : La Secte OKC : ils racontent leur vie dans la secte bouddhiste belge
Presque 15 ans d'écart entre nos deux protagonistes et pourtant tellement de point commun quoi qu'en dise "l'évolution de l'éducation des enfants" selon la OKC
https://

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #Early
Lil Yachty:
🎵 REACH THE SUNSHINE.
#LilYachty
https://electroponic.bandcamp.com/track/reach-the-sunshine-lil-yachty-remix-2023
https://open.spotify.com/track/0t8YVhiyInlDW9cHtMGhJg

Olha. Não sabia desta.
https://eco.sapo.pt/2026/02/02/marinha-recebe-porta-drones-de-132-milhoes-no-ultimo-semestre/

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This is also true of code, maybe even more true?

Aloe inflorescence, just starting to open. LA Arboretum, Arcadia, California, USA. December, 2023. OM System OM-1 M.Zuiko 90mm F3.5. #laarboretum #flower #aloe

Alle Jahre wieder.
#davos #winterferien #schnee

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In a wide-ranging live conversation, MIT President Sally Kornbluth joined Jim Braude and Margery Eagan live in studio for GBH’s Boston Public Radio on Thursday, February 5.
They talked about MIT, the pressures facing America’s research enterprise, the importance of science, that Congressional hearing on antisemitism in 2023, and more
With new financial pressures facing universities,
increased competition for talented students and scholars from outside the U.S.,
as we…

The Office producer Ben Silverman's Propagate Content raised $50M from Ares Management at a $200M valuation, up 33% from 2023, as part of a creator-economy push (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/business/media/mormon-w…

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https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c1j8kw866p3t

I hope this bullshit finally disinhibits people in Europe - particularly those not on the left - from condemning the MAGA regime, and retaliating economically instead of pathetically trying to appease it.

Go to hell Trump, nobody wants the 💩 you have to offer.

RE: https://flipboard.com/@engadget/tech-news-3l37fooaz/-/a-8y293aXPQ5WJhSKN7ycBqA:a:3199686-/0
Except he did... in 2023. But it was never updated once after Space Karen was called out as it was adjusted …

Prune, Don't Rebuild: Efficiently Tuning $\alpha$-Reachable Graphs for Nearest Neighbor Search
Tian Zhang, Ashwin Padaki, Jiaming Liang, Zack Ives, Erik Waingarten
https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.08097 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2602.08097 https://arxiv.org/html/2602.08097
arXiv:2602.08097v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Vector similarity search is an essential primitive in modern AI and ML applications. Most vector databases adopt graph-based approximate nearest neighbor (ANN) search algorithms, such as DiskANN (Subramanya et al., 2019), which have demonstrated state-of-the-art empirical performance. DiskANN's graph construction is governed by a reachability parameter $\alpha$, which gives a trade-off between construction time, query time, and accuracy. However, adaptively tuning this trade-off typically requires rebuilding the index for different $\alpha$ values, which is prohibitive at scale. In this work, we propose RP-Tuning, an efficient post-hoc routine, based on DiskANN's pruning step, to adjust the $\alpha$ parameter without reconstructing the full index. Within the $\alpha$-reachability framework of prior theoretical works (Indyk and Xu, 2023; Gollapudi et al., 2025), we prove that pruning an initially $\alpha$-reachable graph with RP-Tuning preserves worst-case reachability guarantees in general metrics and improved guarantees in Euclidean metrics. Empirically, we show that RP-Tuning accelerates DiskANN tuning on four public datasets by up to $43\times$ with negligible overhead.
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That's how it was in the olden days with many (most?) phones. For the Fairphone 6 we need a screwdriver, but at least we can do it.

POSTDOCTORAL POSITION> University of Toronto, Department for the Study of Religion & The Robert H.N. Ho Family Foundation Centre for Buddhist Studies https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcements/20140643/postdoct…

🇺🇦 Auf radioeins läuft...
Depeche Mode:
🎵 But Not Tonight
#NowPlaying #DepecheMode
https://djpepusnik.bandcamp.com/track/depeche-mode-but-not-tonight-remix-2023
https://open.spotify.com/track/0mOAeFylUraa4kUB1B9QW3

🔊 #NowPlaying on #BBCRadio3:
#ThroughTheNight
- Rachmaninov and Mahler at the 2023 BBC Proms
Stephen Hough plays Rachmaninov's First Piano Concerto with the BBC Philharmonic. Plus Mahler's Titan Symphony and the world premiere of a new work by Grace Evangeline Mason.
Relisten now 👇
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002mw4b

Who Calls 1-800-GAMBLER? Around Big Sports Events, It’s Often Young Men. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/us/sports-gambling-addition-super-bowl.html

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #DebGrant
Isaac Hayes:
🎵 Theme From Shaft
#IsaacHayes
https://orenamram.bandcamp.com/track/isaac-hayes-theme-from-shaft-oren-amram-2023-remix
https://open.spotify.com/track/3126iwAXVfyNQDP5iW2OAr

Tesla global car sales grew until two years ago; then they started a slow decline.
From Statista.com

RE: https://mstdn.social/@W_Lucht/115594768473875877
Bereits im Jahr 2023 forderten führende Wissenschaftler und Politiker eine grundlegende Reform der COPs: Der "lethargische Fortschritt steht im Widerspruch zur Klimawissenschaft ... Wir sind jetzt mit …

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c1j8kw866p3t

I hope this bullshit finally disinhibits people in Europe - particularly those not on the left - from condemning the MAGA regime, and retaliating economically instead of pathetically trying to appease it.

Go to hell Trump, nobody wants the 💩 you have to offer.

A profile of Cursor CEO Michael Truell, a 25-year-old who started building the AI coding tool in 2023, as some question Cursor's reliance on third-party models (Angel Au-Yeung/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/milli…

‼️Gern boosten für mehr Antworten‼️
Seit Sep. 2023 immer falsch geraten. 🤨
In wie vielen #Fernsehsendungen des öffentlich-rechtlichen Rundfunks wurde im Dβeβzβeβmβbβeβrβ β2β0β2β5β über den #Klimawandel, dessen Drumherum sowie den

Docs: a Labour thinktank run by a current UK minister hired a PR firm in 2023 to investigate journalists from the Guardian and other outlets to ID their sources (Democracy for Sale)
https://democracyforsale.substack.com/p/exclusiv…

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How UC Davis medical school became remarkably diverse.
https://www.statnews.com/2023/03/07/how-one-medical-school-became-remarkably-diverse-without-considering-race/
saved 2023-03-07

With the holidays upon us, it's easy to default to giving the tech gifts that retailers tend to push on us this time of year:
smart speakers, video doorbells, bluetooth trackers, fitness trackers, and other connected gadgets are all very popular gifts.
But before you give one, think twice about what you're opting that person into.
One big problem with giving these sorts of gifts is that you're opting another person into a company's intrusive surveillance prac…

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Painful to live in fear, isn't it?

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Painful to live in fear, isn't it?

spanish_highschools: Spanish high schools (2023)
Directed networks of friendships obtained through a social survey of spanish high school students.
This network has 291 nodes and 5535 edges.
Tags: Social, Offline, Weighted, Metadata
https://networks.skewed.de/net/spanish

Jährlicher Zubau und Rückbau von #Balkonsolarleistung in Deutschland mit Stand vom 08.01.2026.
Unplausible Inbetriebnahmedaten von 1900 bis 2017 wurden durch das Registrierungsdatum der #Steckersolaranlage ersetzt.
👉 Zusatzlesestoff:

Anzahl der Inbetriebnahmen von Balkonkraftwerken pro Jahr in #Deutschland mit Stand vom 08.01.2026.
Unplausible Inbetriebnahmedaten von 1900 bis 2017 wurden durch das Registrierungsdatum der #Steckersolaranlage ersetzt.
👉 Zusatzlesestoff:

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it doesn't look too hard in this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXseyTdynCo - battery, screen, USB-C port (the Achilles heel of many phones), daughterboard, mainboard, cameras, ...

from my link log —
How UC Davis medical school became remarkably diverse.
https://www.statnews.com/2023/03/07/how-one-medical-school-became-remarkably-diverse-without-considering-race/
saved 2023-03-07

Kumulativer Zubau von #Balkonsolarleistung in #Deutschland mit Stand vom 08.01.2026.
Die summierte Leistung aller offiziell registrierten #Steckersolaranlagen beträgt b…

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This looks like a good development.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wa0zx4T1CmA

spanish_highschools: Spanish high schools (2023)
Directed networks of friendships obtained through a social survey of spanish high school students.
This network has 105 nodes and 1426 edges.
Tags: Social, Offline, Weighted, Metadata
https://networks.skewed.de/net/spanish

Saquon Barkley says Christian McCaffrey is 'one of the best to ever do it' ahead of Eagles-49ers https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6955944/2026/01/08/saquon-barkley-christian-mccaffrey-running-back-eagles-49ers/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWokGcF1sA4

The fascination of the boot (not just in America)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWokGcF1sA4

The fascination of the boot (not just in America)

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This looks like a good development.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wa0zx4T1CmA

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it doesn't look too hard in this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXseyTdynCo - battery, screen, USB-C port (the Achilles heel of many phones), daughterboard, mainboard, cameras, ...

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Ah... So that's where the fishy fishy fishy fish went!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npJQKtV5aP4

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Fantastic! Really happy for you!
I want to leave LinkedIn too.

Leaving Facebook and Twitter was easy as I never relied on them for income. I just left in disgust.

I freelance, and unfortunately a majority of work opportunities comes from people finding me on LinkedIn.

I'm on Xing as well, but in the Nordic…

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Jährlicher Zubau und Rückbau von #Balkonsolarleistung in Deutschland mit Stand vom 03.12.2025.
Unplausible Inbetriebnahmedaten von 1900 bis 2017 wurden durch das Registrierungsdatum der #Steckersolaranlage ersetzt.
👉 Zusatzlesestoff:

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#vereinfachteSprache
Deutschland erlebte 2023 viel #Regen und hohe Temperaturen. Der Deutsche Wetterdienst sagt, dass 2023 das wärmste Jahr seit 1881 war. Es gab 20 Prozent mehr Regen als im Durchschnitt. Besonders stark betroffen war Nordwestdeutschland mit Überschwemmungen. Klimawan…

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Finland is going through a long bad period economically with self-imposed austerity and (surprise) EU-beating unemployment that keeps rising.
There *is* awareness that the …

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Finland is going through a long bad period economically with self-imposed austerity and (surprise) EU-beating unemployment that keeps rising.
There *is* awareness that the …

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Indeed. And it's not just European politicians sane-washing Trump, also European media which is perhaps even more damaging.

Sadly, as we try to salvage it we need to work with the premise that NATO might already be doomed. So unfortunately European countries really need to invest more on defense and even mor…

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Indeed. And it's not just European politicians sane-washing Trump, also European media which is perhaps even more damaging.

Sadly, as we try to salvage it we need to work with the premise that NATO might already be doomed. So unfortunately European countries really need to invest more on defense and even mor…

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Fantastic! Really happy for you!
I want to leave LinkedIn too.

Leaving Facebook and Twitter was easy as I never relied on them for income. I just left in disgust.

I freelance, and unfortunately a majority of work opportunities comes from people finding me on LinkedIn.

I'm on Xing as well, but in the Nordic…

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I'm also enjoying the data leakage tracker that comes built in with /e/OS

Here's Nordea ID caught red handed leaking telemetry to Urban Airship.

In case you are wondering, I was asked about these and said no. It's in the app settings.

- Allow use of digital activity data
- Allow use of m…

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I'm also enjoying the data leakage tracker that comes built in with /e/OS

Here's Nordea ID caught red handed leaking telemetry to Urban Airship.

In case you are wondering, I was asked about these and said no. It's in the app settings.

- Allow use of digital activity data
- Allow use of m…

Anzahl der registrierten #Balkonkraftwerke in #Deutschland mit Stand vom 03.12.2025.
Der aktuelle Höchststand liegt bei 1192237 registrierten Anlagen.
Unplausible Inbetriebnahmedaten von 1900 bis 2017 wurden durch das Registrierungsdatum der

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Ah... So that's where the fishy fishy fishy fish went!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npJQKtV5aP4

Zugebaute #Batteriespeicherkapazität pro Monat in #Deutschland mit Stand vom 29.11.2025.
373 Datensätze ohne #Batteriespeichertechnologie herausgefil…

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Yes, those are real limitations.
Generally speaking I try to do as much as possible on a computer and as little as possible on a phone.

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Yes, those are real limitations.
Generally speaking I try to do as much as possible on a computer and as little as possible on a phone.

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I detest buying a new phone.

Besides the lower ethical impact, the lower coupling to US big tech surveillance and control (with /e/OS), the lower environmental footprint and buying European, I am looking forward to keeping the

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I detest buying a new phone.

Besides the lower ethical impact, the lower coupling to US big tech surveillance and control (with /e/OS), the lower environmental footprint and buying European, I am looking forward to keeping the

Got my #Fairphone running /e/OS , a deGoogled Android OS.

I took a bit of a gamble, as I wasn't sure all the apps I really need would run. Turns out they do, including the Nordea ID app.

It is usable as a daily driver.
/e/OS looks clean and uncluttered too.

Got my #Fairphone running /e/OS , a deGoogled Android OS.

I took a bit of a gamble, as I wasn't sure all the apps I really need would run. Turns out they do, including the Nordea ID app.

It is usable as a daily driver.
/e/OS looks clean and uncluttered too.

I'm interested in a EU-based domain registrar to move out of the US-based registrar I've been using.

Any recommendations? I'm primarily a business customer (incorporated).

#BuyFromEU #DigitalSovereignty

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Data Science is different things to different people so the list of things you need to know is hard to pin down.
It's often understood to go beyond data analysis.

In addition to Python programming and statistics you need to know at least:
- data manipulation tools including SQL, dataframes (polars, pandas)
- fund…

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Yeah, for the truly portable laptop there isn't.
For the laptop in form-factor but nearly always plugged to the mains and placed on a desk Intel/AMD could be O…

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Interesting. What's wrong with ARM?

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What laptop would you buy, to run Linux?

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Data Science is different things to different people so the list of things you need to know is hard to pin down.
It's often understood to go beyond data analysis.

In addition to Python programming and statistics you need to know at least:
- data manipulation tools including SQL, dataframes (polars, pandas)
- fund…

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What the USA is currently doing in Venezuela looks very much like a semi-hostile takeover of one criminal organization by a more powerful one.

If there's any "rationality" it only exists in relation to the interests of shockingly small circles of power, in either country.

I'm interested in a EU-based domain registrar to move out of the US-based registrar I've been using.

Any recommendations? I'm primarily a business customer (incorporated).

#BuyFromEU #DigitalSovereignty