Tootfinder

With the death of the Belgian theoretical physicist François #Englert on 18 June at the age of 93 - https://home.cern/francois-englert-1932-2026/ - all three 'fathers' of the Brout-Englert-Higgs field have passed away: Englert's associate Robert Brout had died in 2011, its independent proposer Peter Higgs in 2024. Particles thus no longer have mass: hold them tight ...

Ruby Red Iowa Backed Trump by 13 Points in 2024. Now It's a Battleground. (John McCormick/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/ruby-red-iowa-backed-trump-by-13-points-in-2024-now-its-a-battleground-b808c363
http://www.memeorandum.com/260502/p20#a260502p20

De geschiedenis van 'Yankee, go home'
'Yankee, Go Home'! What Lies Beneath The Growing Anti-American Sentiments In Turkey?
https://www.eurasiantimes.com/yankee-go-home-rallying-cry-turkiyes/ (sep 2024)
Nooit geweten dat de basis er van in het Berlijn van Oost-Duitland lag.

Part of the Communications Act 2003 has come into force.
As a member of the public I'm confused as to why these laws don't automatically sunset if left unactivated. Certainly after more than 20 years, and significant changes in the makeup of Parliament.
(This change is just about classifying significant events, eg, sporting events.)

Support among men was central to Trump’s 2024 victory,
helping deliver key swing states and underpinning his electoral coalition.
A sharp reversal within that group signals a potential vulnerabilityif the trend persists.
A sustained decline among men risks weakening Trump’s core electoral support heading into a politically sensitive period of his presidency as the November midterms approach.
The newest survey shows Trump with 38 percent approval and 59 percent disap…

Donald Trump’s Approval Rating Falls to New Low With Men
The president has fallen 37 net approval points with this core demographic group since the beginning of his second term.

from my link log —
Garbage collection without unsafe code in Rust.
http://fitzgeraldnick.com/2024/02/06/safe-gc.html
saved 2026-04-22 https://

Jährlicher Zubau und Rückbau der #Windenergieleistung in #Deutschland. Stand: 22.05.2026.
Summen der Inbetriebnahmen und Stilllegungen pro Jahr.
Der Datenbestand enthält ggf. unplausible Datensätze.
👉 Zusatzlesestoff:

Nominations for the Sarah Jones Award 2026 are still open until 14 June!
What is it?
‘The Sarah Jones Award for exceptional contribution to fostering collaboration in hashtag#OpenScience’ was established by the Research Data Alliance (RDA) in June 2024. This bi-annual award honours the memory of our dear colleague Sarah Jones, and her significant contributions to the global open science community.
🔗 Learn more and apply at

Filing: Comcast CEO Brian Roberts' 2025 compensation rose 4% YoY to $35.15M, and new co-CEO Mike Cavanagh had a pay package of $71.76M, about 2.5x his 2024 pay (Todd Spangler/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/comcast-brian-…

Comcast Co-CEOs Brian Roberts and Mike Cavanagh 2025 Pay Package Revealed
Comcast gave Brian Roberts a pay raise in 2025 -- but not nearly as much as his recently promoted co-CEO, Mike Cavanagh.

"Hot take: Learning from Google Scholar and why a tool does not need to be flawless to be useful" by Aaron Tay
https://aarontay.substack.com/p/learning-from-google-scholar-and
"I consider the idea of tools that are considered flawed because they…

Raiders select DE Keyron Crawford at No. 67 in the 2026 NFL Draft https://www.raiders.com/news/raiders-select-de-keyron-crawford-at-no-67-in-the-2026-nfl-draft

Kumulativer Zubau von #Balkonsolarleistung in #Deutschland mit Stand vom 29.06.2026.
Die summierte Leistung aller offiziell registrierten #Steckersolaranlagen beträgt b…

My #WindowFriday entry this week is a redirect to pictures from Jan. 2024:
#FensterFreitag #lazy #Window

Halb tot geprügelt - „Pedo Hunter“-Gruppe bestreitet Mordversuch #News #Nachrichten

from my link log —
The case against self-closing tags in HTML.
https://jakearchibald.com/2023/against-self-closing-tags-in-html/
saved 2024-04-05

The case against self-closing tags in HTML
The history, facts, and opinions.

from my link log —
Smoothed asymptotics: from number theory to quantum field theory.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.10981
saved 2024-02-18 https://dotat.at…

Smoothed asymptotics: from number theory to QFT
Inspired by the method of smoothed asymptotics developed by Terence Tao, we introduce a new ultra-violet regularisation scheme for loop integrals in quantum field theory which we call $η$ regularisation. This allows us to reveal a surprising connection between the elimination of divergences in divergent series of powers and the preservation of gauge invariance in the regularisation of loop integrals in quantum field theory. In particular, we note that a method for regularising the series of na…