@memeorandum@universeodon.comExclusive: Nigel Farage was given undisclosed £5m by crypto billionaire in 2024 (Anna Isaac/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/29/revealed-nigel-farage-was-given-undisclosed-5m-by-crypto-billionaire-in-2024
http://www.memeorandum.com/260429/p34#a260429p34
@NFL@darktundra.xyzTexans, LB Azeez Al-Shaair agree to 3-year extension: Source https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7241235/2026/04/29/houston-texans-extension-azeez-al-shaair/
@philip@mastodon.mallegolhansen.comAND at the same time, it can be true that voting for a Democrat is the best choice you have.
The two are not mutually exclusive. Yes, make the best political choice the moment offers, don't be like those people who didn't vote in 2024.
But DO acknowledge that we ALSO need to create better choices in future elections. And work towards making that happen.
@hanno@mastodon.socialWas this real? Announcing things is cheap; building things matters🏗️
In 2025, it became clear that it is real.
4 industrial-scale Green Methanol plants are operational in China. In Europe? 1
In 2024, A.P. MŸller Holding (owners of Maersk🚢) created the startup VioNeo, with plans for a fossil-free plastics plant in Antwerp🇧🇪. In 2026, they changed plans & want to build "in China near green methanol supply"
@cdarwin@c.imAfter the Republican midterm disappointments of 2022,
Peter Thiel called for a party that could unite “the priest, the general, and the millionaire”
— a formula that reads, with hindsight, as a precise blueprint for Trump’s second administration:
Christian nationalism, military force deployed at home and abroad, and a financial oligarchy powerful enough to steer the state.
By the election of 2024, the gospel of nostalgia and the gospel of progress had concluded a shor…
@kctipton@mas.toAustralian teen first person in world known to have died of meat allergy triggered by tick bite | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/feb/26/teenager-jeremy-webb-died-tick-bite-meat-allergy
@NFL@darktundra.xyzVikings QB J.J. McCarthy marries longtime girlfrie... https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/48624227/jj-mccarthy-katya-kuropas-wedding-cabo-minnesota-vikings
@Techmeme@techhub.socialCyera agrees to acquire Ryft, an Israeli startup building automated data access and governance tools for enterprise AI deployment, sources say for $100M-$130M (Meir Orbach/CTech)
https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/rjni88wawl
@aardrian@toot.cafe“What You Can Do as a Web Builder on Earth Day”
https://adrianroselli.com/2024/04/what-you-can-do-as-a-web-builder-on-earth-day.html
Updated just this morning.
@cdarwin@c.im"I hate to say I'm honored"
Donald Trump said Saturday that
he views his repeated brushes with violence as a sign of his historic significance
The latest instance of a gunman in his vicinity — after the two assassination attempts during the 2024 campaign — led the president to contemplate why such things keep happening to him.
Trump says he sees shootings as a reflection of his impact
@heiseonline@social.heise.de
@tinoeberl@mastodon.onlineJährlicher Zubau und Rückbau der #Windenergieleistung in #Deutschland. Stand: 15.04.2026.
Summen der Inbetriebnahmen und Stilllegungen pro Jahr.
Der Datenbestand enthält ggf. unplausible Datensätze.
👉 Zusatzlesestoff:
@ErikJonker@mastodon.social @Techmeme@techhub.socialFiling: Netflix plans a $25B share buyback, adding to a Dec. 2024 program that still has $6.8B for purchases; NFLX is down 13% since its Q1 earnings on April 16 (Amy Thomson/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-0…
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialThe Sun reports pre-tax losses of £53M in the year to July 2025, up from £18M in 2024; phone-hacking legal costs more than doubled to £36.7M (James Warrington/Telegraph)
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2026/04/14/murdoch-loses-more…
@servelan@newsie.social"DOJ demands Detroit-area 2024 ballots, escalating election scrutiny" - Election Law Blog
https://electionlawblog.org/?p=155524
@Dragofix@veganism.socialBack-to-back Amazon droughts trigger record forest stress #Amazon
@Techmeme@techhub.socialAdobe patches a zero-day in Acrobat DC, Reader DC, and Acrobat 2024, which hackers have been actively exploiting for at least four months (Zack Whittaker/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/14/adobe-fixes-pdf-zero-day-sec…
@toxi@mastodon.thi.ngIn The Lechtal Alps (2024)
Previously (same valley):
#MountainMonday
@davidaugust@mastodon.onlineI woke up angry today.
ICE spokesperson Lindsay Williams is a liar, who is bad at lying.
“Asked if the ICE officers chased Lopez, Williams said: ‘Chased? I wouldn’t say that. They followed him until he crashed.’”
Wouldn’t say that? How about: ICE was committing crime (their standard procedure), someone died, they’re the killers. Your people killed a school teacher, Williams.
Have the day you deserve, you apologist scum.
@inthehands@hachyderm.ioI visited Budapest in the spring of 2024. It is an •incredible• place, not just the awe-inducing history visible everywhere in built environment, but the present: the vibrant life, the artistry and skill everywhere, the rich and varied intersections of cultures, the spirit, the marvelous people I met through seemingly every door I entered.
Sending Hungarians love and strength from Minneapolis today. You are amazing. Your home and your society are worth fighting for.
/end
@heiseonline@social.heise.de
@presseportal_pol_NDS@frawas.dePOL-BS: Verkehrsunfallstatistik der Polizeidirektion Braunschweig für das Jahr 2025 Braunschweig (ots) - Braunschweig, 14.04.2026 - Die Polizeidirektion Braunschweig veröffentlicht die Verkehrsunfallstatistik für das Jahr 2025: -Gesamtzahl der Verkehrsunfälle leicht gesunken -Nach Tiefstand 2024 wieder mehr Unfälle mit schweren ... https://www.
@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
@aardrian@toot.cafeMastodon doesn’t support closed caption files. Bluesky does, but the sizing is poop.
But you can use open captions _and_ link to a transcript.
Embedding a transcript as alt text instead of linking it? Probably don’t do that for reasons: https://adrianroselli.com/2024/04/long-alt.html…
@yaxu@post.lurk.orgThe 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…
@cellfourteen@social.petertoushkov.euI bought those very same memory sticks for €130 in October 2024. Now they are being sold for €510. The motherboard that I ordered alongside this RAM cost €212, the same motherboard now being sold for €174.
One other thing that annoys me to no end is that AMD recently worked with Sony to bring FSR 4.1 INT8 to PlayStation, but also AMD won't even acknowledge the existence of FSR 4.0.2 INT8, let alone deliver it officially, for PC GPUs that they released 2-3 years ago.
@metacurity@infosec.exchangeIt's finally Friday, but don't leave for the weekend before checking out today's Metacurity for the most critical infosec developments you should know, including
--Microsoft bets $10 billion on Japan’s AI buildout and cyber defenses,
--EU pins EC attack on TeamPCP,
--Iowa AG sues UnitedHealth over 2024 attack,
--Residential proxies pose problems for IP reputation systems,
--Him & Hers report Feb. data breach,
--TA416 refocuses efforts back t…
@digitalnaiv@mastodon.socialKatherina Reiche: Berufen, weil sie „vom Fach" ist. Das Fach: Atomausstieg mitbeschlossen (2011), Netzausbau vergeigt (2009–2013), danach Lobbyistin für Netzbetreiber (2024), jetzt Ministerin die Netzausbau bremst. Das Wort „Batteriespeicher" kommt in ihrem FAZ-Gastbeitrag kein einziges Mal vor. „Fusionskraftwerk" zweimal. @…
@rasterweb@mastodon.socialI had to stop at a friend's house on Saturday to pick something up. I saw a large pothole in front of their place, took a few minutes to snap a photo and report it to the city, and... it just got filled in.
Reported on Saturday, fixed on Monday.
I don't know how to convince more people to do this.
https://
@raiders@darktundra.xyzRaiders name Mike Sullivan Quarterbacks Coach https://www.raiders.com/news/raiders-name-mike-sullivan-quarterbacks-coach
@al3x@hachyderm.io@… I have found some forum posts that confirm the above. EagleFiler 1.x requires Rosetta 2.
I also read that a 2.0 version is in the works since late 2024. No further updates since though.
@cowboys@darktundra.xyzNFL Teams 'Investigating' Possible Cowboys Draft Target Rueben Bain's Fatal 2024 Crash https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/onsi/draft/nfl-teams-investigating-possible-dallas-cowboys-draft-target-rueben-bain-…
@hikingdude@mastodon.socialErlebnispfade im Nationalpark #Schwarzwald begeistern die Gäste
Der #Lotharpfad ist seit langem einer der meistbesuchten Orte des Nationalparks. Rund jeder zweite Gast war bereits dort und auch die Wiederbesuchsrate ist sehr hoch. Seit 2024 wurde der Lotharpfad um den Spechtpfad erweite…
@grork@mastodon.socialMe, 2021, on Max Verstappen: Pfft. Crashstappen is a valid name.
Me, 2022-2024, on Max: He’s good, but… he knows people are scared
Me, 2025, on Max: A Goat. He’s on another level
Me, 2026, on Max: can he be in every racing series? dudes got skills.
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialFiling: Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos received $53.9M in 2025 compensation, down from $62M in 2024; co-CEO Greg Peters received $53.2M, down from $60M in 2024 (Jennifer Maas/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/netflix-ceo-salary-ted-sarandos-greg-…
@BugatellyMartin@troet.cafeUnd wieder gibt #SRF Altright- und offen Rechtsextremen eine Bühne, indem sie über Carnivore-Diätenberichtet (Publikation 2024). Der Interviewpartner bewirbt auf Insta mittlerweile seine „Naturseifen“-Produktion, taucht auf Wandervideos der JT auf und ist Bruder des libertären Nazis M.C., der sich in diesen als Coleiter der Gruppierung bezeichnet. Dieser trifft sich regelmässig mit Austrofaschisten und N…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialSygaldry, which wants to design AI data center servers that integrate quantum hardware and classical chips, raised a $34M seed and a $105M Series A (Allie Garfinkle/Fortune)
https://fortune.com/2026/04/14/exclusive-chad-rig…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialDraft IPO prospectus: SpaceX debt grew from $14B in 2024 to $23B in 2025, tied to a $4.5B lease deal with Valor Equity for AI equipment such as chips for xAI (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/spacex-debt-jumped-23-billion-last-year
@memeorandum@universeodon.comApril 12, 2026 -- By the end of 2024, inflation in the U.S., which had soared in the aftermath ... (Heather Cox Richardson/Letters from an American)
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/april-12-2026
http://www.memeorandum.com/260413/p39#a260413p39
@fanf@mendeddrum.orgfrom my link log —
TCP is an underspecified two-node consensus algorithm and what that means for your proxies.
https://morsmachine.dk/tcp-consensus
saved 2024-03-28 http…
@cowboys@darktundra.xyzCowboys target Bain's draft stock could fall after deadly car crash revealed https://cowboyswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/cowboys/2026/04/12/fatal-crash-could-impact-cowboys-nfl-interes…
@presseportal_pol_NDS@frawas.dePOL-WHV: Zusammenfassung der Verkehrsunfallstatistik 2025 für das Polizeikommissariat Varel mit den an- geschlossenen Polizeistationen Bockhorn und Zetel Varel/Bockhorn/Zetel (ots) - Die Zahl der Verkehrsunfälle in Varel, Zetel und Bockhorn befindet sich weiterhin auf einem vergleichsweise niedrigen Niveau. Gegenüber dem Jahr 2024 gab es einen Anstieg der Verkehrsunfallzahlen 994 auf 1114( 120)). ...
@cdarwin@c.imBeneath Democrats’ near-universal opposition to what they call the president’s “war of choice”
are simmering tensions about the way America should engage with the world,
especially when it comes to the Middle East.
Since losing to Trump and his America First agenda in 2024,
which promised not to start new wars, leading progressives have urged Democrats to reclaim the “anti-war” mantle.
“Voters, especially young people and working families, are exhausted by ‘for…
@NFL@darktundra.xyzNFL Draft prospect Rueben Bain Jr. involved in fatal car accident in 2024, per report
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/nfl-draft-prospect-rueben-bain-jr-fatal-car-accident/
@BBC6MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #RileyAndCoe
Peter Alexander Jobson:
🎵 Mountain (6 Music Session, 20 Nov 2024) (feat. Guy Garvey)
#PeterAlexanderJobson
https://open.spotify.com/track/54lR8kcHG4MdYLMoOhgYP3
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialNielsen: CBS' Grammy broadcast averaged 14.41M viewers, down 6% from 15.4M in 2025 and a 17.09M post-pandemic high in 2024; Disney will broadcast it from 2027 (Rick Porter/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/2026-gra…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialMicrosoft raises prices for Surface PCs, with Laptop 7 and Pro 11 now $500 more expensive than at their 2024 launch, citing higher memory and component costs (Zac Bowden/Windows Central)
https://www.windowscentral.com/hardware/s…
@tinoeberl@mastodon.online
@cosmos4u@scicomm.xyzJust noted interesting parallels between #ArtemisII and Apollo 11 and 12, involving #SolarEclipses, either by the close Moon or by the Earth: during or after each of the three missions the astronauts described these events as their visual highlights. The Artemis II crew has done this several times - and in the post-flight press conference after #Apollo11 Neil Armstrong did it, too, in https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yz6nzutr7RU#t=42m19s in the segment from 42:20 (in the transcript https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED059051.pdf on PDF pages 21--22).
What he was describing is the eclipse just before arrival at the Moon of which I had re-processed the best image in https://www.facebook.com/dan.fischer.393/posts/pfbid02mf6UK3L2j5SgPiQsJk9JVYmo6XvZwDDZ23BYpXwJPDszaSpUYzuinkMyHzh9RF8Rl -> https://skyweek.wordpress.com/2024/07/25/allgemeines-live-blog-ab-dem-25-juli-2024/#Jul26 (and he is mistaking the zodiacal light they saw and photographed with the solar corona, the very same mistake made repeatedly during Artemis II).
Finally, a solar eclipse by the huge Earth observed from Apollo 12 just before splash-down was described by Alan Bean as "the most spectacular sight of the whole flight" while it happened: https://skyweek.wordpress.com/2019/11/24/eine-fette-sofi-fur-apollo-12-durch-die-erde/ (no images of totality were taken but Bean later painted the view from memory). The reason I had looked up the Apollo 11 presser was to see how this famously well-prepared post-lunar mission presentation looked like and when it happened: 19 days after their return.
@BBC6MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #GuyGarveysFinestHour
Mark Lanegan:
🎵 When Your Number Isn't Up
#MarkLanegan
https://marklanegan.bandcamp.com/track/when-your-number-isnt-up-2024-remaster
https://open.spotify.com/track/3aRedm15894RrspWnLuqMx
@cdarwin@c.imJames Talarico’s victory in the Democratic Senate primary race in Texas
was powered in part by a sizable advantage among Latino voters,
a sought-after group that Democrats are hoping to win back.
Latino voters, historically a Democratic-leaning group,
have been slowly shifting to the right, including a significant move toward Trump in 2024.
This year’s midterm elections will be closely watched to see whether these voters who were moved to support Republicans tw…
@NFL@darktundra.xyzComeback Player of the Year? How Christian McCaffr... https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47769168/san-francisco-49ers-christian-mccaffrey-comeback-player-year-candidate-2025
