@Techmeme@techhub.socialPerplexity says it has no plans to further pursue advertising, which it introduced in 2024, phasing out ads late last year over fears it would erode user trust (Cristina Criddle/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/6eec07a5-34a8-4f78-a9ed-93ab4263d43c
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialPerplexity says it has no plans to further pursue advertising, which it introduced in 2024, phasing out ads late last year over fears it would erode user trust (Cristina Criddle/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/6eec07a5-34a8-4f78-a9ed-93ab4263d43c
@cdarwin@c.imThe Kilauea volcano in Hawaii erupted on Sunday,
sending lava fountains, ash and smoke into the air.
The US Geological Survey said it was the 42nd episode of lava fountains since the current series of intermittent eruptions began in December 2024.
The plume from the latest eruption reached more than 10,000 metres (35,000 feet), according to the National Weather Service
@krispijn@social.sargasso.nlKijk hoe /e/OS mijn apparaat beschermt tegen datalekken!
Weten waarom trackers in apps veel impact kunnen hebben op je privacy en vrijheid? Lees onze Privacy Guide op https://e.foundation/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/murena_white_paper_privacy.pdf
@toxi@mastodon.thi.ngHoher Peißenberg (September 2024)
(From my series In The Lands Of Via Claudia Augusta, the ancient and most important Roman road through the Alps which connected the Po Valley in the south with Augsburg and the Danube as northern terminus)
#SilentSunday #LandscapePhotography
@scott@carfree.cityI'm shocked, shocked, that waiving the transfer tax on downtown office to residential conversions did not result in a single such conversion happening.
Well, not that shocked. (The real point of March 2024 Prop C was the sneaky provision letting the SFBOS reduce the transfer tax altogether without an election. Not to produce housing but to cut downtown landlords' taxes.)
@fanf@mendeddrum.orgfrom my link log —
A brief history of barbed wire fence telephone networks.
https://loriemerson.net/2024/08/31/a-brief-history-of-barbed-wire-fence-telephone-networks/
saved 2026-02-12
@presseportal_pol_NDS@frawas.dePOL-DH: --- Diepholz - Graffiti Verursacher ermittelt --- Diepholz (ots) - Die Polizei hat drei Heranwachsende als Verursacher von rund 30 Graffiti in Diepholz und Umgebung ermittelt. Im Laufe der letzten zwei Jahre (2024 und 2025) wurden in der Stadt Diepholz und der weiteren Umgebung (Barnstorf und ... https://www.pres…
@cosmos4u@scicomm.xyz
@cowboys@darktundra.xyzCowboys Linebacker Delivers Powerful Response to Controversial Video https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/dallas-cowboys/cowboys-linebacker-delivers-powerful-response-to-controversial-video/
@tinoeberl@mastodon.online🛌 Wissen fürs Kopfkissen: 📖
Retröt: Mit #Steckersolaranlagen kannst Du selbst auf Deinem #Balkon Teil der #Energiewende werden, Deine
@fanf@mendeddrum.orgfrom my link log —
That British mid-century signage font is called “Festive”.
https://precastreinforced.co.uk/2024/04/22/that-mysterious-font-is-festive-not-stymie/
saved 2026-02-12
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialDisney agrees to pay $2.75M to settle California AG Rob Bonta's 2024 lawsuit alleging Disney violated CCPA by failing to honor consumers' data opt-out requests (Alyssa Ray/The Wrap)
https://www.thewrap.com/industry-news/publ
@DieGesellschafterinLang@swiss.socialRIP - Sechsfacher Vater US-Schauspieler James Van Der Beek mit 48 Jahren gestorben
https://www.faz.net/aktuell/feuilleton/medien-und-film/dawsons-creek-schauspieler-james-van-der-beek-gestorben-200530534.html
@Techmeme@techhub.socialDisney agrees to pay $2.75M to settle California AG Rob Bonta's 2024 lawsuit alleging Disney violated CCPA by failing to honor consumers' data opt-out requests (Alyssa Ray/The Wrap)
https://www.thewrap.com/industry-news/publ
@NFL@darktundra.xyzWith record-tying 10 openings, NFL hires zero Black head coaches https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7014495/2026/02/01/nfl-head-coaching-hires-black-coaches/
@BraxtonDK@social.linux.pizza„Seamonster“ by Facet
Platform: Amiga
Released: 18 May 2024
Specification: 320x256px, 32 colors
Note: 2nd in the Decrunch 2024 Amiga Pixel GFX competition
#GFX_Facet #YR_2024 #PF_Amiga
@rasterweb@mastodon.socialI generally hate buying new computing devices and try to make them last as long as possible. I bought a used/refurb iPad 5th Gen in 2022 for $199 and got 2 years of solid use before I upgraded to a 6th Gen in 2024 (for $170) so I could use an Apple Pencil.
I then put the old 5th Gen on my trainer bike as a video player and it still works great.
But sadly, two years in the 6th Gen now has dead spots on the screen. I may need to replace it.
1/n
@janneke@todon.nl @cdarwin@c.imTrump just attacked Tom Suozzi PERSONALLY and
endorsed his opponent in NY-03
The MAGA machine is coming.
Help Tom fight back
>> https://suozzi4congress.us
@Techmeme@techhub.socialBitcoin dived below the $73,000 mark on Tuesday, hitting its lowest price since November 2024 as heavy selling resumes amid mounting geopolitical concerns (Liz Napolitano/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/03/bitcoin-price-today.html
@avalon@jazztodon.com#MarshallAllen interview (2024):
“the space age is here to stay,
there’s no place you can run away.
Run to the rock to hide your face,
rock cried out ‘no hiding place.’
@fanf@mendeddrum.orgfrom 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
@kurtsh@mastodon.socialThe Brands That Gained the Most Value in 2025 - Voronoi
#brands
@grahamperrin@bsd.cafeJanuary 2025, because Billy was put to sleep on 31st December 2024.
https://wiki.freebsd.org/Community/Cats#grahamperrin
😢
@midtsveen@social.linux.pizzaI used to recommend #Ubuntu, and as of 2024, I started recommending #LinuxMint, especially #LMDE to the many (almost no people) who ask me for
@gfp@mastodon.trueten.de„Keine Übung mehr, sondern Operation“ https://www.german-foreign-policy.com/news/detail/10289
@jlpiraux@wallonie-bruxelles.socialUne bonne nouvelle pour commencer l'année ;
les ventes de Tesla en baisse de 15,6 % par rapport Š la même période de trois mois en 2024
#elmoron #svasticars
@ErikJonker@mastodon.socialCivil war is now a possibility in the US. All thanks to Trump
"We ran high-level US civil war simulations. Minnesota is exactly how they start | Claire Finkelstein" https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/21/ice-minnesota-trump…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialLondon-based Lawhive, whose lawyers and AI tools help individuals and SMBs automate legal tasks, raised a $60M Series B, after a $40M Series A in December 2024 (Jeremy Kahn/Fortune)
https://fortune.com/2026/02/05/lawhive-ai-law-firm-startup-series-b-ventu…
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialPublicis reports 2025 net profit of €1.65B, down from €1.66B in 2024, and total revenue up 8.5% YoY to €17.4B, but PUB falls 8% driven by AI fears (AdriŠ Calatayud/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/business/earnings/p…
@tinoeberl@mastodon.online🛌 Wissen fürs Kopfkissen: 📖
Retröt: Mit #Steckersolaranlagen kannst Du selbst auf Deinem #Balkon Teil der #Energiewende werden, Deine
@arXiv_csDS_bot@mastoxiv.pageA $5$-Approximation Analysis for the Cover Small Cuts Problem
Miles Simmons, Ishan Bansal, Joe Cheriyan
https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.01462 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2602.01462 https://arxiv.org/html/2602.01462
arXiv:2602.01462v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: In the Cover Small Cuts problem, we are given a capacitated (undirected) graph $G=(V,E,u)$ and a threshold value $\lambda$, as well as a set of links $L$ with end-nodes in $V$ and a non-negative cost for each link $\ell\in L$; the goal is to find a minimum-cost set of links such that each non-trivial cut of capacity less than $\lambda$ is covered by a link. Bansal, Cheriyan, Grout, and Ibrahimpur (arXiv:2209.11209, Algorithmica 2024) showed that the WGMV primal-dual algorithm, due to Williamson, Goemans, Mihail, and Vazirani (Combinatorica, 1995), achieves approximation ratio $16$ for the Cover Small Cuts problem; their analysis uses the notion of a pliable family of sets that satisfies a combinatorial property. Later, Bansal (arXiv:2308.15714v2, IPCO 2025) and then Nutov (arXiv:2504.03910, MFCS 2025) proved that the same algorithm achieves approximation ratio $6$. We show that the same algorithm achieves approximation ratio $5$, by using a stronger notion, namely, a pliable family of sets that satisfies symmetry and structural submodularity.
toXiv_bot_toot
@cowboys@darktundra.xyzCowboys’ Dak Prescott Delivers New Health Update https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/dallas-cowboys/dak-prescott-delivers-new-health-update/
@newsie@darktundra.xyzIran-linked hackers target Israeli, Egyptian critical infrastructure through phishing campaign https://therecord.media/iran-linked-hackers-target-israel-egypt-phishing
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialKamala Harris rebrands and revives KamalaHQ as Headquarters, a "Gen-Z led progressive content hub", in partnership with People For the American Way (Todd Spangler/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/digital/news/kamala-harris-kamalahq-he…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialIlya Lichtenstein, sentenced in Nov. 2024 to five years in prison for hacking Bitfinex, has been released early due to First Step Act, Trump's prison-reform law (CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/02/bitcoin-hacker-ilya-lichtenstein-bitfinex-razz…
@BBC6MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #6MusicsJukebox
Shabaka Hutchings:
🎵 Living (6 Music Session, 11 May 2024)
#ShabakaHutchings
@tinoeberl@mastodon.onlineJährlicher Zubau und Rückbau der #Windenergieleistung in #Deutschland. Stand: 01.12.2025.
Summen der Inbetriebnahmen und Stilllegungen pro Jahr.
Der Datenbestand enthält ggf. unplausible Datensätze.
👉 Zusatzlesestoff:
@cdarwin@c.imDonald Trump has said he will grand a pardon to
Juan Orlando Hernšndez,
the former president of Honduras
who is serving a 45-year prison sentence in the US
on drug trafficking and weapons charges.
Hernšndez was convicted in 2024 of accepting millions in bribes to protect cocaine shipments
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialNetflix says Southeast Asian content on the platform grew nearly 50% from 2023 to 2024 and 40 Southeast Asian titles were in its Global Top 10 in 2025 (Zac Ntim/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2025/12/netflix-southeast-asian-content-1236632912/
@Techmeme@techhub.socialMarques 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…
@tinoeberl@mastodon.onlineAnzahl der Inbetriebnahmen von #Balkonkraftwerken pro Monat in #Deutschland mit Stand vom 03.12.2025.
Unplausible Inbetriebnahmejahre von 1900 bis 2017 wurden durch das Registrierungsdatum der
@tinoeberl@mastodon.onlineJährlicher 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:
@cdarwin@c.imEvery few years, Democrats try to convince themselves they’ve found the one
– a candidate who can finally speak fluent rural, who looks and sounds like the voters they’ve lost.
In 2024, that hope was pinned on #Tim #Walz, the flannel-wearing, “Midwestern nice” governor whose small-town roots were supposed to unlock …
@tinoeberl@mastodon.onlineAnzahl 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
@wvmierlo@zirk.usHathern (Charnwood, Leicestershire), June 2024
#photography #ukphotographer #documentingplace #documentingspace
@tinoeberl@mastodon.onlineSpanne der Bruttospeicherleistung von #Batteriespeichern pro Inbetriebnahmejahr von Unternehmen in Deutschland mit Stand vom 29.11.2025.
373 Datensätze ohne #Batteriespeichertechnologie herausgefiltert.
Der Datenbestand enthält unplausible Datensätze.
…
@tinoeberl@mastodon.onlineSpanne der Bruttospeicherleistung von #Batteriespeichern pro Inbetriebnahmejahr von Privatpersonen in Deutschland mit Stand vom 29.11.2025.
373 Datensätze ohne #Batteriespeichertechnologie herausgefiltert.
Der Datenbestand enthält unplausible Datensätze.
@wvmierlo@zirk.usHathern (Charnwood, Leicestershire), June 2024
#photography #heritagephotographer #documentingplace #documentingspace
@BBC6MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #6MusicsJukebox
Moses Sumney:
🎵 Vintage (6 Music Session, 22 Oct 2024)
#MosesSumney
https://mosessumney.bandcamp.com/track/vintage
https://open.spotify.com/track/0EQt3hJTjy2dYuxZp3cqo9
