@Techmeme@techhub.socialInternal documents from 2025: Microsoft expects its annual water consumption to reach 28B liters by 2030, up from 7.9B liters in 2020 and 10.4B liters in 2024 (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/technology/microsoft-water-ai-data-centers.htm…
@jswright61@ruby.socialRE: #TimWalz said during the 2024 Presidential Campaign “You don’t win elections to bank political capital …
@primonatura@mstdn.social"‘Wrong side of history’: Report ties top polluters to countries blocking fossil fuel phaseout"
#Climate #ClimateChange #FossilFuels
@chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.caA nice obituary from December 31, 2024 about my Great Uncle Herman Neufeld (my mom's Uncle).
I never really knew him as I grew up 4000km away... but he had a positive impact on people, especially Jamaican workers, in Niagara-on-the-Lake.
"Herman, who died Dec. 31, became very involved in the Niagara Workers Welcome services and other outreach programs. He considered the farmworkers his friends and neighbours, and treated them as such."
#Friendship #welcome #mennonite
https://www.notllocal.com/local-news/remembering-herman-neufeld-10060084
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialStarz reports Q4 revenue fell to $322.8M vs. $344.5M a year ago, net loss narrowed to $20.7M vs. $31.8M a year ago, and US streaming subs hit 12.7M, up 370K QoQ (Jennifer Maas/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/starz-subscribers…
@mro@digitalcourage.socialWhat is a #platform after all?
In our case it’s a part of the www having one owner and many users usually not affiliated otherwise. The owner being the sole source of rules and execution thereof, covering financial loss or benefit. Usually without a democratic process, but arbitrary, self-invented rules and policing.
They have in common a
@Techmeme@techhub.socialDell stock closes up 22%, its biggest single-day gain since March 1, 2024, after the company gave an outlook for sales of its AI servers that exceeded estimates (Dina Bass/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20…
@tschfflr@fediscience.orgRE: https://infosec.exchange/@briankrebs/115962508398912420
Wow. The last time I visited the US was 2024, and I guess will be for a while.
@newsie@darktundra.xyzDozens more are charged in Ploutus ATM jackpotting conspiracy https://therecord.media/dozens-more-charged-ploutus-jackpotting-atm
@BBC6MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #RileyAndCoe
Amy Rigby:
🎵 Hell-Oh 60 (6 Music Session, 6 Nov 2024)
#AmyRigby
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialNielsen: ~32.6M viewers watched Trump's State of the Union address, not including people who watched via streaming; Fox News led with 9M viewers (John Koblin/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/26/bu…
@Carwil@mastodon.onlineICE detention facilities in FY 2026.
Colors are by type of contract, though many of the "jails" are themselves state facilities operated by private prison corporations, Bolded names indicate facilities opened or reactivated since October 1, 2024.
#ICE #immigrationdetention
@krone@frawas.deESC wird politisch - Kaleen: „Teilweise ein selbstgemachtes Problem“ #News #Nachrichten
@rmdes@mstdn.socialRéfutation des affirmations de Soteria International sur la "communauté bouddhiste persécutée OKC" et son fondateur Robert Spatz
https://blog.rmendes.net/2024/12/15/rfutation-des-affirmations.html
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialNetflix's ad revenue hit $1.5B in 2025, up by more than 2.5x vs. 2024, and viewing hours grew 2% YoY in H2, driven by a 9% rise in viewing of branded originals (Dade Hayes/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2026/01/netflix-earnings-q4-2025-stranger-things-12…
@azonenberg@ioc.exchangeFound an old power bill while cleaning up. In the end of 2018 I was paying 9.05 c/kWh for the first 600 kWh and 10.94 above.
Now it's 15.1 and 17.0.
The rate of increase was very much nonlinear though: from October 2018 to October 2024 (six years) the tier 1 rate only climbed by 27%.
It went up 10.5% in 2024 and 20.7% in 2025 alone.
@shaun@mastodon.xyzHundreds of false #DUI arrests in #Tennessee in 2024 alone. Hundreds!
“According to data released by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, 419 people across Tennessee were arrested for [DUI] in 2024 despite later blood tests showing no alcohol detected in their system: not trace amounts, not borderli…
@cdarwin@c.imCrypto Bros contributed at least $315 million
— more than double their record 2024 spending
— to elect more lawmakers to enable this administration.
https://mastoreader.io/?url=https:%2F/c.im/@cdarwin/115980936797588226
@Techmeme@techhub.socialA Chinese hospital says Alibaba's PANDA AI tool has analyzed 180,000 CT scans and detected ~24 pancreatic cancer cases since its deployment in November 2024 (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/02/world/a…
@xtaran@chaos.socialNachdem gestern noch ein paar Besorgungen zu erledigen waren, ist mein #Frostpendeln Endstand für die Saison 2025/26 bei 1026km und damit ganze 477km mehr als letzte Saison.
Schade, dass die heutige Radtour durch's #Furttal und
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialMaoyan: China's box office reached $7.41B in 2025, up 20% YoY after a 23% drop in 2024, driven by animated films and IP franchises like Ne Zha 2 and Zootopia 2 (Naman Ramachandran/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/film/box-offic…
@BBC6MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #ChrisHawkins
Lambrini Girls:
🎵 God's Country (6 Music Session, 16 Apr 2024)
#LambriniGirls
https://lambrinigirlsband.bandcamp.com/track/gods-country
https://open.spotify.com/track/4UccUaOQ6lU7kAffOVgz1d
