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Last year I raised the idea of Open Source Quality Institute: https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2024/04/01/OSQI
Today, I’m wondering if anyone has tried to launch an Open-Source-Maintainer guild or union or whatever? It could set rates and draft contracts…

OSQI

Marques Brownlee plans to shut down his wallpaper app Panels on December 31; Appfigures: it had 900K downloads and $95K in user spending since its 2024 launch (Amanda Silberling/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/01/mkbhds-wallpaper-app-panels-is-shutt…

MKBHD's wallpaper app Panels is shutting down | TechCrunch
"We knew it was niche... and ultimately, we weren't able to turn it into the vision I had," Marques Brownlee said.

»Heute würde diese Aufdringlichkeit als eine klare Grenzüberschreitung gewertet werden und könnte strafrechtlich verfolgt werden. Doch in den 1950er-Jahren war sexuelle Belästigung noch keine Straftat, es war noch nicht mal ein gängiger Begriff.«
Aus: Annegret Braun — Die Sekretärin (2024)

Five things to watch in J.J. McCarthy's return as Vikings' starting QB https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/46793387/nfl-minnesota-vikings-jj-mccarthy-carson-wentz

De compagnie van Frans Banninck Cocq
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📷 #OTD 2024

#np

Invincible Shield (Deluxe Edition)
Judas Priest · Album · 2024 · 14 songs

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #RileyAndCoe
New Starts:
🎵 What I Specifically Love (6 Music Session, 14 Aug 2024)
#NewStarts
https://darrenhayman.bandcamp.com/track/what-i-specifically-love
https://open.spotify.com/track/0xkfgSjn3s7SWsnihw6bUS

Cowboys Add WR From Practice Squad With CeeDee Lamb Out vs. Packers https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/dallas-cowboys/jalen-cropper-elevated-ceedee-lamb-out/?adt_ei=[email]

from my link log —
Unification-free ("keyword") type checking.
https://www.haskellforall.com/2024/02/unification-free-keyword-type-checking.html
saved 2025-09-01

Unification-free ("keyword") type checking
Unification-free ("keyword") type checking From my perspective, one of the biggest open problems in imple...

🔊 #NowPlaying on #BBCRadio3:
#ThroughTheNight
- Jakub Józef Orliński with Il Pomo d'Oro at the BBC Proms
A Late Night Prom from 2024 featuring golden-voiced Polish countertenor Jakub Józef Orliński with regular collaborators Il Pomo d’Oro for a journey through the early Baroque.
Relisten now 👇
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002ksl9

Advancing credibility and transparency in brain-to-image reconstruction research: Reanalysis of Koide-Majima, Nishimoto, and Majima https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.07960 by @… et al.;

Advancing credibility and transparency in brain-to-image reconstruction research: Reanalysis of Koide-Majima, Nishimoto, and Majima (Neural Networks, 2024)
A recent high-profile study by Koide-Majima et al. (2024) claimed a major advance in reconstructing visual imagery from brain activity using a novel variant of a generative AI-based method. However, our independent reanalysis reveals multiple methodological concerns that raise questions about the validity of their conclusions. Specifically, our evaluation demonstrates that: (1) the reconstruction results are biased by selective reporting of only the best-performing examples at multiple levels; …

Russian oppositioner Navalny killed 'by poisoning' in 2024, widow cites Western labs: https://benborges.xyz/2025/09/17/russian-oppositioner-navalny-killed-by.html

Anzahl der installierten #Windkraftanlagen pro Jahr in #Deutschland mit Stand vom 19.09.2025.
Der Datenbestand enthält ggf. unplausible Datensätze.
👉 Zusatzlesestoff: 14 Tipps zum #Energiesparen

ShopMy, which lets brands run influencer marketing efforts, raised $70M led by Avenir at a $1.5B valuation, up from ~$410M after raising $77.5M in March 2024 (Diana Pearl/The Business of Fashion)
https://www.businessoffashion.com/articles/marketing-pr…

"October 2025 was the planet’s third-warmest October on record"
#Climate #ClimateChange

October 2025 was the planet’s third-warmest October on record
Only October 2023 and October 2024 were warmer.

Alexander Smirnov, the ex–FBI informant who admitted to lying about the Biden-Burisma connection, has been released from prison just months into his six-year prison sentence.
In a plea deal in December 2024, Smirnov admitted to completely fabricating the conspiracy that became central to a Republican effort to impeach then-President Joe Biden.
Days later, the Russian asset pleaded guilty to four felony charges, including one count of obstruction, and was sentenced to six years in …

FBI Informant Who Lied About the Bidens Covertly Released From Jail
Alexander Smirnov pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI and was sentenced to six years in jail.

BTW - that CBC article used a lot of numbers from this report, which because it's all numbers is awesome. Some tidbits:
- The number of farms over 3,500 acres has nearly doubled in 20 years.
- 41.3% of Canadian farmland is rented.
- From 1971 to 2021, the farm population declined by 62.2%, from 1 in 14 Canadians to 1 in 61.
- Farm debt has more than doubled in the last 20 years, from $43B in 2002 to $138.8B in 2022. That is currently 10x the size of net farm income.
- In 2021, 96,043 tonnes of pesticides were sold for agricultural use – more than three times the amount sold in 1991.
#Statistics #Farming
https://www.nfu.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Canadian-Ag-by-the-Numbers-2024.pdf

A profile of Edwin Chen, the CEO of Surge AI, a Scale AI rival that had $1.2B revenue in 2024, is profitable, and is reportedly raising $1B at a $30B valuation (Phoebe Liu/Forbes)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/phoebeliu/2025/09/17/the-ai-billionaire-…

AI Founder Edwin Chen Shunned VC. Now He’s Worth $18 Billion
An alum of Google and Twitter, Edwin Chen built his data labeling company, Surge, in the shadows of the AI revolution. Now the 37-year-old wants to make his voice heard.

#GoodNews @… https://wandering.shop/@adapalmer/115498163707135…

Multi Scale Analysis of Nifty 50 Return Characteristics Valuation Dynamics and Market Complexity 1990 to 2024
Chandradew Sharma
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.00697 https://

Multi Scale Analysis of Nifty 50 Return Characteristics Valuation Dynamics and Market Complexity 1990 to 2024
This study presents a unified, distribution-aware, and complexity-informed framework for understanding equity return dynamics in the Indian market, using 34 years (1990 to 2024) of Nifty 50 index data. Addressing a key gap in the literature, we demonstrate that the price to earnings ratio, as a valuation metric, may probabilistically map return distributions across investment horizons spanning from days to decades. Return profiles exhibit strong asymmetry. One-year returns show a 74 percent p…

This photo has been on my lock screen this morning and the spatial scene that the iPhone creates makes it delightful.

The Geodesics Less Traveled: Nonminimal RT Surfaces and Holographic Scattering
Jacqueline Caminiti, Caroline Lima, Robert C. Myers
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.03597 https://

The Geodesics Less Traveled: Nonminimal RT Surfaces and Holographic Scattering
The connected wedge theorem states that in order to have a scattering process in the bulk, it is necessary to have O(1/G) mutual information between certain "decision" regions in the boundary theory. While this large mutual information is not generally sufficient to imply scattering, Caminiti et al. (2024) showed that for a certain class of geometries, bulk scattering is implied by a certain relation between two (possibly non-minimal) Ryu-Takayanagi surfaces. Here, we show that the 2-to-2 versi…

London-based Dexory, which builds autonomous warehouse robots, raised a $165M Series C in equity and debt, after raising a $80M Series B in 2024 (Kai Nicol-Schwarz/Sifted)
https://sifted.eu/articles/ai-robotics-startup-dexory-raises-165m/

Jährlicher Zubau und Rückbau von #Balkonsolarleistung in Deutschland mit Stand vom 04.10.2025.
Unplausible Inbetriebnahmedaten von 1900 bis 2017 wurden durch das Registrierungsdatum der #Steckersolaranlage ersetzt.
👉 Zusatzlesestoff: Förderantrag

Eagles unveil 2024 Super Bowl banner amid fireworks before NFL opener against Dallas https://www.foxsports.com/articles/nfl/eagles-unveil-2024-super-bowl-banner-amid-fireworks-before-nfl-opener-against-dallas

The Role of Legacy Mobile Networks in Infrastructure Resilience: Evidence from the Southern Brazil Flood
Daniel Meyer, Lisandro Z Granville, Leandro M. Bertholdo
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.08595

The Role of Legacy Mobile Networks in Infrastructure Resilience: Evidence from the Southern Brazil Flood
This paper investigates the resilience of mobile communication networks during the extreme flooding that affected Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, in May 2024. Based on regulatory data and technical insights from operators, the study identifies the leading causes of mobile network disruptions, primarily related to flooding and prolonged power outages. The results reveal the significant vulnerability of modern networks (4G/5G) during the event and the essential role played by legacy technologies (2G/3…

Wirtschaftsmacht im Abstieg (II) https://www.german-foreign-policy.com/news/detail/10184

Bulk Thermal Conductance of the 5/2 and 7/3 Fractional Quantum Hall States in the Corbino Geometry
F. Boivin, M. Petrescu, Z. Berkson-Korenberg, K. W. West L. N. Pfeiffer, G. Gervais
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.09588

Bulk Thermal Conductance of the 5/2 and 7/3 Fractional Quantum Hall States in the Corbino Geometry
In this work, making use of time-resolved in situ Joule heating of a two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) in the Corbino geometry, we report bulk thermal conductance measurements for the ν = 5/2 and ν = 7/3 fractional quantum Hall (FQH) states for electron temperatures ranging from 20 to 150 mK. We compare our findings with a recent study by Melcer et al. [Nature 625, 489 (2024)] that observed a finite bulk thermal conductivity \k{appa}xx in FQH states. In spite of the large size difference an…

Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking, Group Decision Making and Beyond 2. Distorted Polarization and Vulnerability
Serge Galam
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.06649 https://

Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking, Group Decision Making and Beyond 2. Distorted Polarization and Vulnerability
This paper extends previous work on echo chambers modeled by an Ising-like system at zero temperature (1. Echo Chambers and random Polarization, Symmetry 2024, 16(12), 1566). There, polarization emerged as a spontaneous symmetry-breaking process with a randomly selected direction. Here using a mean-field analysis and Monte Carlo simulations I show that this mechanism is highly vulnerable to minimal distortions. An external symmetry-breaking field, even vanishingly small, suffices to impose a gl…

Anzahl der installierten #Windkraftanlagen pro Jahr in #Deutschland mit Stand vom 15.10.2025.
Der Datenbestand enthält ggf. unplausible Datensätze.
👉 Zusatzlesestoff: 14 Tipps zum #Energiesparen

Saints stop eight-game skid, give Moore 1st win https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/46502661/new-orleans-saints-end-skid-top-new-york-giants-1st-win

JD.com: sales of the iPhone 17 series in the first minute after pre-orders opened in China surpassed the first-day pre-order volume of 2024's iPhone 16 series (Coco Feng/South China Morning Post)
https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article

Strong appetite for new iPhone in China as pre-orders break record
The numbers underscore Apple’s brand loyalty in China despite growing competition from the likes of Huawei, analysts say.

PitchBook: VCs have invested $5B in humanoid robotics startups since the beginning of 2024, as years of steady progress and GenAI triggers an investment frenzy (Washington Post)

Humanoid robots were a sci-fi dream. Suddenly they’re everywhere.
A frenzy of investment from Amazon, Meta and other companies has created a crowd of new humanoid robots.

Anzahl der registrierten #Balkonkraftwerke in #Deutschland mit Stand vom 10.10.2025.
Der aktuelle Höchststand liegt bei 1153689 registrierten Anlagen.
Unplausible Inbetriebnahmedaten von 1900 bis 2017 wurden durch das Registrierungsdatum der

Anzahl der Inbetriebnahmen von Balkonkraftwerken pro Jahr in #Deutschland mit Stand vom 10.10.2025.
Unplausible Inbetriebnahmedaten von 1900 bis 2017 wurden durch das Registrierungsdatum der #Steckersolaranlage ersetzt.
👉 Zusatzlesestoff: Rechte und Förderung

Investment in subsea cable projects is expected to reach $13B between 2025 and 2027, almost 2x the amount invested between 2022 and 2024, driven by AI buildout (Magdalena Petrova/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/08/big-tech-ai-underwater-cables.html

Underwater cables are a vital piece of the AI buildout and internet — investment is booming
Over 95% of international data and voice traffic travels through subsea telecom cables. Tech giants Meta, Google, Amazon and Microsoft are investing for AI.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #6MusicArtistCollection
Fontaines D.C.:
🎵 Romance (Glastonbury 2024)
#FontainesDC
https://fontainesdc.bandcamp.com/track/romance

Anzahl der Inbetriebnahmen von Balkonkraftwerken pro Jahr in #Deutschland mit Stand vom 04.10.2025.
Unplausible Inbetriebnahmedaten von 1900 bis 2017 wurden durch das Registrierungsdatum der #Steckersolaranlage ersetzt.
👉 Zusatzlesestoff: Rechte und Förderung

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #6MusicArtistCollection
Fontaines D.C.:
🎵 Favourite (6 Music Session, 15th July 2024)
#FontainesDC
https://fontainesdc.bandcamp.com/track/favourite
https://open.spotify.com/track/7oG9qhZ0UaQEoUGJJVXh1U

Eine Minute der entspannenden Magie wasservermalbarer Aquarellstifte für euch. So wird mancher #buntfug #wandklex geboren.
(Archivvideo von Februar 2024 - bin ich gerade drüber gestolpert, hab ich glaub ich noch gar nicht online gezeigt.)
#birds #watercolor #watercolour #aquarell #art #artShop #fediart #mastoart #creativeToots