Tootfinder

A profile of Nscale founder Josh Payne, a former coal miner in Australia who moved to London and started the data center developer in 2024 amid the AI boom (Adam Satariano/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/09/business/nscale-ai-data-center-boom.html

The Former Coal Miner in the Middle of the A.I. Data Center Boom
Josh Payne, the chief executive of Nscale, raised $2 billion from investors. Sheryl Sandberg, the former Facebook executive, is joining his board.

👻 #Mythos zum #Frühstück: 😱
„Erneuerbare Energien sind die teuersten“.
Eine Umfrage hat diesen Glauben in der deutschen Bevölkerung erst 2025 wieder gezeigt. Schauen wir uns die Kosten an. Wie schneiden

Energiewende-Mythos: „Erneuerbare Energien sind die teuersten“
2024 stammt der meiste Strom in Deutschland aus erneuerbaren Energien – und sie sind günstiger als Kohle oder Gas. Fakten statt Mythen.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music
Lynks:
🎵 USE IT OR LOSE IT (6 Music Session, 20 Feb 2024)
#Lynks
https://lynkslynkslynks.bandcamp.com/track/use-it-or-lose-it-2
https://open.spotify.com/track/72YhBiqyf312dbifU3yHbx

RE: https://mastodon.social/@europeanspaceflight/116182982779024614
Two tiny German satellites (PocketQubes) will be among the payloads, ERMINAZ-1U and ERMINAZ-1V: see https://forum.amsat-dl.org/index.php?thread/4540-erminaz-1v-and-erminaz-1u/ and https://destevez.net/2024/06/decoding-erminaz/ for details.

Interessant, dass Leute so 800.000 € übrig haben, um sie der #CDU zu spenden 🤨
(So viel habe ich nicht, aber ich habe im Rahmen meiner Möglichkeiten an @… gespendet und weiß gerade wieder gut, wieso)

Konzerne und Milliardäre: Neue Liste zeigt, wer die Parteikassen füllt | abgeordnetenwatch.de
Parteien wurden 2024 mit Spenden überhäuft, doch wer hat bezahlt? Der Bundestag veröffentlicht bisher unbekannte Zahlen. Vorne dabei: die Finanzbranche, Autovermieter und bekannte Unternehmer. Von Lisa Wölfl

Bolivian cities have become dramatically less Indigenous across the board between 2001 and 2024.

Here is the #visualization that I was writing about yesterday. It's showing data by the #UN about immigrants/emigrants to/from all countries to/from all countries in 5-year intervals.
What do you think?

Migration Stocks – Interactive World Map
Explore international migration flows from 1990 to 2024. People from one country living in another – visualized with D3 and the Hufnagel III projection.

U.S. forces have launched military operations with Ecuador against
“designated terrorist organizations”
inside the South American country,
Southern Command said Tuesday.
The military released no details on the operations
but suggested in a statement that it was an extension of strikes carried out by the Trump administration
against suspected drug trafficking organizations in the region
In January 2024 gangs stormed a TV station,
taking staff ho…

Martian ionospheric response during the may 2024 solar #superstorm: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-026-69468-z -> ESA’s Mars orbiters watch solar superstorm hit the Red Planet: https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/ESA_s_Mars_orbiters_watch_solar_superstorm_hit_the_Red_Planet

Will the 49ers trade, release or keep Brandon Aiyuk? Breaking down the options https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/48414734/brandon-aiyuk-contract-trade-san-francisco-49ers-commanders

Phobos ransomware leader facing 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to hacking charges https://therecord.media/phobos-ransomware-leader-facing-20-years

"Digital Technologies and Reading Habits of Students: A Scoping Review"
https://doi.org/10.1515/opis-2025-0040
"This scoping review aims to map the literature on the types of digital technologies and the purposes of using digital technologies by secondary school students."

"Amazon wildfire emissions may be up to three times higher than estimated"
#Wildfires #AmazonRainforest #Emissions

Amazon wildfire emissions may be up to three times higher than estimated
Fires are a recurring phenomenon in central South America, often intensified by drought and deforestation. In 2024, wildfire activity reached its highest levels in 20 years, affecting vast areas of the Amazon rainforest and the Cerrado—the world's most biodiverse tropical savanna, stretching across one-fifth of Brazil and extending into Bolivia and Paraguay.

Shanghai-based MiniMax reports 2025 revenue up 159% YoY to $79M, above ~$71.4M est., and a $1.87B net loss, up from a ~$465.2M loss in 2024, after its IPO (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-02/china-ai…

Grüne: Urabstimmung zur Parteireform!
Ich habe mir angesehen, was konkret vorgeschlagen wird: https://blog.till-westermayer.de/2026/03/parteireform/

Parteireform?!
Bündnis 90/Die Grünen sind in den letzten Jahren enorm gewachsen - nicht ganz so stark wie englischen Grünen, die gefühlt gerade explodieren, aber immerhin: Zum 31.12.2024 waren es in Deutschland rd. 155.000 Grüne (+23% im Vergleich zum Vorjahr), zum 31.12.2025 waren es dann über 180.000 (erneut +18

Here is wisdom. I learned this too late in life, and am still not sure I’ve learned it well:
❝Don’t feel like you need to fix everything. A common response to bearing witness to another’s trauma is to try and fix it. We don’t want others to suffer. That said, you may not be offering what the other person or group is clearly stating they need. If they need you to listen, and you choose to act but not listen, then you have both not supported them in their trauma and violated a boundary.❞
https://community.hachyderm.io/blog/2024/08/12/hachyderms-introduction-to-mastodon-moderation-part-1/

March 2024:
As rains continue to fill local lakes and reservoirs,
onlookers are eagerly anticipating seeing the water of Napa County’s Lake Berryessa overflow into its funnel-like spillway, dubbed
“the Glory Hole,”
which channels water 200 feet straight down near Monticello Dam and into Putah Creek on the other side.
During these overflows, the water flowing into the hole looks like the drain of a giant bathtub, or a wormhole to another dimension.
For those…

How Lake Berryessa’s ‘Glory Hole’ works and how it got its name
This story was originally published in March 2024As rains continue to fill local lakes and reservoirs, onlookers are eagerly anticipating seeing the water of Napa County’s Lake Berryessa overflow into its funnel-like spillway, dubbed…

Wind-solar-nuclear electricity production in China, 1992-2024
https://energy-charts.info/charts/energy/line_race_electricity_production_cn_1990-2024.html

"Doel’s feat wasn’t just a display of ingenuity; it also highlighted a growing problem—specifically, the mounting burden of landfill waste. According to a 2024 report by Wired, 137 billion pounds of e-waste, including vape pens, are generated each year. Only one quarter of that waste is recycled."
Man uses 500 disposable vape batteries to power up electric car - Good.is
https://www.good.is/british-engineer-uses-over-500-disposable-vape-batteries-to-power-up-an-electric-car/

Late in 2024, Elon Musk endorsed Germany’s far-right Alternative für Deutschland. We document that after this, Tesla sales rose by up to 30 percent in right-leaning districts relative to left-leaning ones [..] Divestment in second-hand markets shows no partisan differences, consistent with resale requiring a larger identity cost from Tesla’s image shock than non-purchase. Our lower bound-estimate for the overall loss in Tesla sales is [..] worth at least €241 million."

RE: #WikimediaCommons in 2024. Former Associat…

„Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024“ mit Playstation VR2: Was taugt der VR-Modus?
Die PS5-Version von „Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024“ unterstützt jetzt Playstation VR2. Der VR-Modus offenbart im Praxistest Höhen und Tiefen.

Germany U-turns, Won't Intervene on Israel's Behalf in ICJ Gaza Genocide Case - @…
https://www.haaretz.com/world-news/europe/2026-03-19/ty-article/germany-u-turns-wont-intervene-on-israels-behalf-in-icj-gaza-genocide-case/0000019d-05c2-d65b-abfd-95deeaff0000
Archive https://archive.ph/P3UBr
This marks a shift from Germany's January 2024 stance, when it backed Israel in the case. Berlin says its decision not to intervene stems from its own ICJ defense in a case accusing it of violating international law by supporting Israel's war in Gaza

FilmLA: in H1 2025, Los Angeles soundstage occupancy averaged 62%, down from 63% in 2024 and a 35.4% drop from the 96% peak in 2016; shoot days fell 8% to 7,940 (Erik Pedersen/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2026/03/los-angeles-soundstage-report-1236758623/

L.A. Soundstage Occupancy Held Steady During First Half Of 2025 But Remains Way Below A Decade Ago, FilmLA Says
Los Angeles-area soundstage occupancy held steady during first half of 2025 but remains way below levels from a decade ago, according to a new FilmLA report.

#Mastobada Partir
Il travaille fort tout le temps
Pour un boss qui connait pas même son nom
Il se fait point payer assez, ça y prend une break
Mais il a la solution, ya know
Un p’tit billet pour Mexico
Mettre ses orteils dans le sable et pis downer ses problèmes
P'tit Belliveau, « P't'être qu'il a du tequila dans la brain » (2024)

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://

Yupp, which raised a $33M seed led by a16z crypto in 2024 for a crowdsourced AI model picker, shuts down, saying it didn't reach strong product-market fit (Julie Bort/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/31/yupp-ai-shuts-down-33m-a16z-crypto-chris-…

Yupp shuts down after raising $33M from a16z crypto's Chris Dixon | TechCrunch
Less than a year after launching, with checks from some of the biggest names in Silicon Valley, crowdsourced AI model feedback startup Yupp is closing its business, the company said Tuesday.

“Apple Vision Accessibility: The 2025 AppleVis Report Card”
https://www.applevis.com/blog/apple-vision-accessibility-2025-applevis-report-card
“Overall satisfaction with VoiceOver accessibility on Apple products decreased compared to 2024.”

The levels of victimhood demonstrated by the "strudel studio" author charging $49 per year for the free/open source @… project, wrapped in their closed source editor plugin and abusing the (unregistered) strudel trademark with zero prior engagement with the community.
At this point if I looked I'd probably find many more similar projects an…

Aug. 12 2024. IIRC I risked my life a bit taking this picture in #Ahmedabad #Gujarat #India. 😅
#photography #amateur #FensterFreitag #WindowFriday

The Dali crew is still in Baltimore 2 years after Key Bridge collapse - The Baltimore Banner https://www.thebanner.com/community/local-news/dali-crew-key-bridge-collapse-LB5XY2XQJVADLBQMBVYSB6OP7I/

2 years after the Dali slammed into the Key Bridge, its crew is still here
Two years after the Dali cargo ship slammed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge on March 26, 2024, eight crew members remain grounded in Baltimore, among the longest stretches of time for any seafarers in recent memory.

Privacy Protections Coming Sooner Rather Than Later to the Sooner State
https://fpf.org/blog/privacy-protections-coming-sooner-rather-than-later-to-the-sooner-state/
@…

Be prepared for an onslaught of disinformation to come out of Rockbridge Network, Koch Network, and overseas straw donors.
-- @…
https://www.

Koch Political Operation Spent Nearly $550 Million During 2024 Cycle
The huge sum shows that while the Koch network may not hold significant power at high levels of the Republican Party, it remains a financial juggernaut.

🎧 Unsere Podcast-Hörempfehlung zum Wochenende: "Tatort Kunst: Museumseinbrüche - Chinesische Beute", eine Produktion des Deutschlandfunks von 2024, moderiert von Rahel Klein und Stefan Koldehoff.
1️⃣ 2️⃣ 3️⃣ In drei Folgen beleuchtet das Team die Vorgehensweisen, mögliche Motive und Gegenmaßnahmen.
Stay safe and stay tuned!
🔗

#Neustadt an der Weinstraße legt den #Klimaschutzbericht 2024 vor und dokumentiert messbare Fortschritte.
#ErneuerbareEnergien decken 15,5 Prozent des Strombedarfs, 21 komm…

Neustadt /Wstr. – Klimaschutz: Stadtrat sieht messbare Fortschritte
Der Klimaschutz in Neustadt an der Weinstraße kommt voran – Schritt für Schritt, messbar und transparent. In seiner Sitzung am 4. Februar 2026 hat der Stadtrat den Klimaschutzbericht 2024 zur Kenntnis genommen. Damit liegt erneut eine fundierte Standortbestimmung vor, die zeigt, wo die Stadt heute steht, welche Fortschritte erreicht wurden und wo weiterhin

@… This would be a question for @…, but since the talks from the previous edition are available (

📢 Merz mit 91,2 Prozent als CDU-Chef wiedergewählt
Der CDU-Parteitag hat den Parteivorsitzenden Friedrich Merz erneut zum Parteichef gewählt. Er erhielt 91,2 Prozent der gültigen Stimmen. Der Kanzler erzielte damit ein besseres Ergebnis als 2024.
➡️ https://www.

Merz mit 91,2 Prozent als CDU-Chef wiedergewählt
Der CDU-Parteitag hat den Parteivorsitzenden Friedrich Merz erneut zum Parteichef gewählt. Er erhielt 91,2 Prozent der gültigen Stimmen. Der Kanzler erzielte damit ein besseres Ergebnis als 2024.

I've used some questionable pit toilets in my day but I've never worried about falling in.
"This is not the first time accidents involving pit toilets have happened in Australia.
In July 2024, firefighters had to pull apart one such toilet in Indigo Valley in the state of Victoria after a man got stranded in it."
#Australia #PitToilet #Outhouse

Parteireform?! Einerseits ein bisschen seltsamer Zeitpunkt dafür, gibt ja gerade durchaus inhaltlich relevante Fragen der Politik, andererseits beim starken Wachstum von Bündnis 90/Die Grünen nachvollziehbar, dass an einigen Stellen nachgesteuert werden soll.
Ich habe mir die Vorschläge des Bundesvorstands, die jetzt zur Urabstimmung gestellt werden sollen, mal angeschaut und erste Eindrücke aufgeschrieben.

Parteireform?!
Bündnis 90/Die Grünen sind in den letzten Jahren enorm gewachsen - nicht ganz so stark wie englischen Grünen, die gefühlt gerade explodieren, aber immerhin: Zum 31.12.2024 waren es in Deutschland rd. 155.000 Grüne (+23% im Vergleich zum Vorjahr), zum 31.12.2025 waren es dann über 180.000 (erneut +18

Ähnlichkeiten mit dem Challenger-Unglück liegen auf der Hand.
NASA Chief Classifies Starliner Flight As 'Type A' Mishap, Says Agency Made Mistakes - Slashdot https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/0…

Raiders name Mike Sullivan Quarterbacks Coach https://www.raiders.com/news/raiders-name-mike-sullivan-quarterbacks-coach

Funny they are looking into 2020 but not 2024 where there are some definate oddities in the results for House Represenitive races vs national and state wide race results for that district.
FBI subpoenas election records in Arizona, expanding 2020 inquiry https://ground.news/article/fbi-subpoenas-election-records-in-arizona-expanding-2020-inquiry_77e5cd

Is It True That... - ...Hitler Invented the Autobahn? - Watch the full documentary | ARTE in English
https://www.arte.tv/en/videos/120854-008-A/is-it-true-that/ (2024, 24min)
Hat Hitler die Autobahn erfunden? - Stimmt es, dass ...? - Die ganze Doku | ARTE
https://www.arte.tv/de/videos/120854-008-A/hat-hitler-die-autobahn-erfunden/ (2024, 24min)
Arte docu over propaganda.
De docu begint inderdaad on die periode en eindigt met de vraag wat AI ons gaat brengen.
Aanbevolen in dit moment van de geschiedenis.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MiddayShow
The Gits:
🎵 Second Skin
#TheGits
https://thegits.bandcamp.com/track/second-skin-live-at-rkcndy-2024-remaster
https://open.spotify.com/track/4Rvwe2nPrL4QiylcSD6lcy

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals throws out a 2024 FTC order barring Intuit from advertising TurboTax products as "free" when many taxpayers are ineligible (Jonathan Stempel/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/us-appeals-c

@… how come I see these in my feed? I suspect they have a “science” hashtag, but I don’t see it in the app.
https://reddthat.com/post/61631735
Anyway to show those?

Researchers simulate an entire fly brain on a laptop. Is a human brain next? - Berkeley News (2024) - Reddthat
Lemmy

Zugebaute #Batteriespeicherkapazität pro Monat in #Deutschland mit Stand vom 17.03.2026.
397 Datensätze ohne #Batteriespeichertechnologie herausgefil…

The dramatic transition of the extreme Red #Supergiant WOH G64 to a Yellow Hypergiant: https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.19329 - this 2024 paper, already mentioned by me in connection with other observations of that star in https://skyweek.wordpress.com/2024/11/24/allgemeines-live-blog-ab-dem-24-11-2024/ ("Die enge zirkumstellare Umgebung des Roten Überriesen WOH G64 ..."), has now been formally published: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-026-02789-7.epdf?sharing_token=7UR_XvTAZerqnMHPRyA0LtRgN0jAjWel9jnR3ZoTv0N7FejDObMF3AkHA10E71tuouxDX6yP8bM1QCFKGVVZLl8bT37LMadR8u4ukhACilFI60-Zxl0e00Bc0v3qXkG29yIQr7uTE0sd644q7We4d6ay5Tblhxc-UABROlAnuDs=

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DVwyC2sEXhq/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==

CBS News on Instagram: "The latest lava fountaining episode of an erupting Hawaii volcano reached 1,000 feet high Tuesday, prompting temporary closures at a national park and part of an important highway because of falling glassy volcanic fragments, including ash. Kilauea, on Hawaii’s Big Island, has been dazzling residents and visitors for more than year with an on-and-off eruption that periodically sends fountains of lava soaring into the sky. The fountaining that began Tuesday morning marked the eruption’s 43rd episode since it began in December 2024."
99K likes, 1,454 comments - cbsnews on March 11, 2026: "The latest lava fountaining episode of an erupting Hawaii volcano reached 1,000 feet high Tuesday, prompting temporary closures at a national park and part of an important highway because of falling glassy volcanic fragments, including ash. Kilauea, on Hawaii’s Big Island, has been dazzling residents and visitors for more than year with an on-and-off eruption that periodically sends fountains of lava soaring into the sky. The fountaini…

"India expected to install about 42.5 GW of new solar capacity in 2026"
#India #Energy #Renewables #SolarPower

India expected to install about 42.5 GW of new solar capacity in 2026
India installed around 37.8 GW of solar capacity in 2025, according to JKM Research. This comprised about 28.6 GW of new utility-scale solar, a 54.6% increase from 2024, and 7.9 GW of rooftop solar, up 72% year on year. Off-grid additions stood at 1.35 GW, compared to 1.48 GW in 2024.

Trey Hendrickson excited for fresh start with Ravens, says he's in a 'win-now window' https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7115487/2026/03/13/ravens-trey-hendrickson-2026-nfl-free-agency/

Sources: contract electronics manufacturer Zetwerk plans to file for an IPO in India, aiming to raise ~$550M at a ~$4B valuation; it was valued at $3.1B in 2024 (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/india/zetwerk-plans-conf…

Spanne der Bruttospeicherleistung von #Batteriespeicher​n pro Inbetriebnahmejahr von Unternehmen in Deutschland mit Stand vom 17.03.2026.
397 Datensätze ohne #Batteriespeichertechnologie herausgefiltert.
Der Datenbestand enthält unplausible Datensätze.
…

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #ChrisHawkins
Lynks:
🎵 USE IT OR LOSE IT (6 Music Session, 20 Feb 2024)
#Lynks
https://lynkslynkslynks.bandcamp.com/track/use-it-or-lose-it-2
https://open.spotify.com/track/72YhBiqyf312dbifU3yHbx

Perplexity 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

Spanne der Bruttospeicherleistung von #Batteriespeicher​n pro Inbetriebnahmejahr von Privatpersonen in Deutschland mit Stand vom 17.03.2026.
397 Datensätze ohne #Batteriespeichertechnologie herausgefiltert.
Der Datenbestand enthält unplausible Datensätze.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MiddayShow
Neil Diamond:
🎵 Sweet Caroline (Good Times Never Seemed So Good)
#NeilDiamond
https://sonnenwellen.bandcamp.com/track/neil-diamond-sweet-caroline-geh-haim-illegal-2024
https://open.spotify.com/track/62AuGbAkt8Ox2IrFFb8GKV

Apropos Ryan Gosling/Der Astronaut - meine Kurzbesprechung zum zugrundeliegenden Buch ‚Project Hail Mary‘ von Andy Weir findet sich hier: https://blog.till-westermayer.de/2026/01/science-fiction-und-fantasy-winter-edition-2025-26/
Bin …

Science Fiction und Fantasy - Winter Edition 2025/26
Irgendwie hat sich nach meinen letzten Sammelrezensionen doch einiges angesammelt, was ich an SF und Fantasy gelesen und angeschaut habe. Innovativ fand ich Emily Teshs neuen Roman The Incandescent (2025). Tesh hat 2024 den Hugo für ihre antifaschistische Space Opera Some Desperate Glory bekomme

The Republican former lieutenant governor of North Carolina,
Mark Robinson,
has admitted he "misled" voters during his unsuccessful 2024 gubernatorial campaign
when he denied posting racist and offensive comments on a pornography website
– suggesting he did so to protect Donald Trump’s successful presidential run.
Robinson, who worked in furniture manufacturing before entering politics in 2020, told the "After the Call" podcast on Thursday:

Amazon acquires Zurich-based autonomous robotics startup Rivr, formerly Swiss-Mile; PitchBook: the startup was valued at $110M in an August 2024 funding round (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/amazon-acqu…

Amazon Acquires Robotics Startup, Boosting Efforts to Streamline Deliveries
Amazon has acquired autonomous robotics startup Rivr, an Amazon spokesperson confirmed, a deal that could help the commerce and logistics giant deliver packages to shoppers’ doors more efficiently. Based in Zurich and formerly known as Swiss-Mile, Rivr was valued at $110 million in an August ...

Qualcomm says it plans to buy back another $20B worth of shares and is raising its quarterly cash dividend, after unveiling a $15B buyback in November 2024 (Lynn Doan/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-17…

Jährlicher Zubau und Rückbau der #Windenergieleistung in #Deutschland. Stand: 10.03.2026.
Summen der Inbetriebnahmen und Stilllegungen pro Jahr.
Der Datenbestand enthält ggf. unplausible Datensätze.
👉 Zusatzlesestoff:

The people who actually decide elections aren’t in the base
— and they’re turning.
Political independents and soft partisans — voters Trump converted in 2024 to beat Harris — are more loosely attached to Trump and support his policies less.
When political conditions deteriorate for the GOP, it’s these voters who are the first to leave.
What MAGA elites think might matter to other elites (people who have dinner with Steve Bannon),
-- but when it comes to electi…

Forget the "MAGA split" on Iran. It's the independents and soft partisans that matter.
Plus, most "moderates" favor left-wing economic policies. Your weekly political data roundup for March 15, 2026.

Sources: General Catalyst is in talks with investors to raise about $10B; it raised $8B in capital in 2024 and had more than $40B in AUM as of last summer (Natasha Mascarenhas/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

Commanders land Oweh on 4-year, $100M deal https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/48155924/commanders-land-odafe-oweh-4-year-100m-deal-agents-say

TechInsights: chip manufacturing emissions will climb by ~33% to 247M metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent by 2030, roughly equivalent to Algeria in 2024 (Aaron Clark/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-…

#Comet C/2024 E1 (Wierzchos) and #Galaxy NGC 55
Date: 11 02 2026 UT 18:39
Location: Farm Tivoli, #Namibia
Telescope: ASA Astrograph 12" f3.6
Camera: ZWO ASI 6200 MM Pro
Mount: ASA DDM 85
Exp.Time: LRGB 10/2/2/2 min.
Gerald Rhemann and Michael Jäger

Berlin-based Upvest, which builds trading APIs for neobanks and retail lenders, raised $90M in equity, sources say at a $735M valuation, up from ~$413M in 2024 (Arno Schütze/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #CraigCharles
True Faith:
🎵 Take Me Away
#TrueFaith
https://glenhorsborough1.bandcamp.com/album/true-faith-take-me-away-glen-horsborough-2024-edit

Sources: Apple made ~55M iPhones in India in 2025, up 53% YoY from 36M in 2024, ~25% of total iPhone production as it shifts away from China to avoid tariffs (Sankalp Phartiyal/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

Niedersachsens #Kommunen profitieren vom neuen #Beteiligungsgesetz zur #Windkraft.
Betreiber zahlen 0,2 Cent pro Kilowattstunde an die Gemeinden. Allein durch 2024 genehmigte Anlage…

Windkraft: Niedersachsens Kommunen erhalten Millionen Euro
Niedersachsens Kommunen können dank des neuen Beteiligungsgesetzes mit zusätzlichen Millionen aus der Windkraft rechnen. Künftig werden sie an den Einnahmen beteiligt, die auf Flächen ihrer Gemeinde erzielt werden.

Following California implementing a law raising its minimum wage to $20 for more than 500,000 fast-food workers in the state in 2024,
Christopher Thornberg, founding partner of research firm Beacon Economics, offered a warning about the state raising its minimum wage.
“California’s well-intended push to reduce income inequality via wage floors is beginning to have a significant negative impact on some of our most vulnerable workers
—our youth, particularly those from lower-i…

Economists warned California not to raise the minimum wage to $20. They were wrong in almost every way so far, another economist says
“The results are nowhere as dire as predicted,” Berkeley’s Michael Reich told Fortune.

Canada will allow TikTok to continue operating in the country under new security commitments, reversing a 2024 order to wind down TikTok's Canadian subsidiary (Thomas Seal/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

Ja, es gibt vorbildliche #Unternehmenskommunikation! Mit Freude begrüßen wir Lena Schiemann, #SocialMedia -Managerin bei @…, als Speakerin auf der #2MR 🙌 .
Was ist vorbildlich? 2024 haben die Elektrizitätswerke #Schönau mit einem klaren Statement gesagt: „Bye Bye Elon“ 👇 ¹.
Mehr davon auf der #2MR-Konferenz!
👉️️ #MayTheForth
📍 #Hamburg
¹ #Bürgerenergie #Klimaschutz #Erneuerbar #Energiewende #EWS #Klima #Klimawandel

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #ChrisHawkins
Yard Act:
🎵 We Make Hits (6 Music Session, 4 Mar 2024)
#YardAct
https://open.spotify.com/track/7mYTcajvGEU4LZeHQ8V5w2

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #HuwStephens
The Psychedelic Furs:
🎵 The Ghost In You
#ThePsychedelicFurs
https://glennlimbaga.bandcamp.com/track/the-psychedelic-furs-the-ghost-in-you-glenn-limbaga-2024-rework
https://open.spotify.com/track/04BQXS1HwzNpfZ2Wvw2RIy

Good Morning #Canada
On this International Day of Happiness I think we should check on Canada’s world ranking on the #Happiness scale. It appears we're are not happy.
I've put some blame on #PeePee in the past for negatively impacting Canadian satisfaction surveys because he incessantly tells us we're broken. Yes, he is exploiting rel issues but maybe working on real solutions would be a better approach. The latest World Happiness Report 2026 has Canada falling 25th place, continuing a downward trend - 18th in 2025 and 13th in 2024. The report suggests that countries who use social media for 5 hours a day, particularly young people, are less happy than those who are doomscrolling less. IMO our youth are not happy because their salaries can't keep pace with the cost of living, but an algorithm would constantly reinforce that if you're active on the platforms owned by U.S. tech bros.
Happy I'm on #Mastodon

#CanadaIsAwesome #ItsTheAlgorithm
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/world-happiness-2026-canada-25-9.7134296