2026-05-19 13:15:42
Independents and 2024 non-voters have swung back left (G. Elliott Morris/Strength In Numbers)
https://www.gelliottmorris.com/p/2026-05-19-indies-nonvoters-turned-on-trump
http://www.memeorandum.com/260519/p20#a260519p20
Independents and 2024 non-voters have swung back left (G. Elliott Morris/Strength In Numbers)
https://www.gelliottmorris.com/p/2026-05-19-indies-nonvoters-turned-on-trump
http://www.memeorandum.com/260519/p20#a260519p20
After reading about today's #Github #security incident, exposing thousands of internal repositories, I'd like to remind you of:
Read That Before You Trust Anything by #Microsoft Once Again
On Website Technicals (2024-03) - Tech updates: METERCHANGE, micro-optimisation, podcast WebVTT transcript, CORS, Opus 16kbps, 429, time cues, mp3L, auto dark mode, lite-only text. - https://www.earth.org.uk/note-on-site-technicals-82.html
Der Grüne Ortsverband Karlsruhe Nordstadt hat für diesen Freitag eine spannende Lesung mit der Aktivistin und Autorin Penny Prinz im Kulturhaus Mikado organisiert zum Thema Überwachung und Widerstand in Hongkong nachdem die Demokratiebewegung dort niedergeschlagen wurde https://karlsunruh.org/event/745d4b49-
Colorado Revises Its AI Act: What Changed and Why
https://fpf.org/blog/colorado-revises-its-ai-act-what-changed-and-why/
@…
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A Russian ship sank in mysterious circumstances. It may have been carrying submarine nuclear reactors to North Korea
The ship set sail just two months after Kim Jong Un had sent troops to assist with Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, end 2024.
https://…
Sharing stats from the UK's #InternationalMuseumDay #IMD2026 @icomuk.b…
Peace
2024
Fawzia Khan
Hopkins, #Minnesota
Handwoven wool and cotton, audio recording
current exhibition at the #NorthDakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks (NDMOA)
"It is my conviction that there is no way to peace -- peace is the way."
-Thich Nhat Hanh
POL-HM: Polizeioberrat Marc-Dennis Pülm verlässt das Polizeikommissariat Holzminden Holzminden (ots) - POR Marc-Dennis Pülm verlässt nach rund anderthalb Jahren das Polizeikommissariat Holzminden und übernimmt künftig eine neue Aufgabe an der Polizeiakademie Niedersachsen. Vom 1. November 2024 bis zum 30. April 2026 leitete ... https://www.
📅 Mi, 24.6. – 10:00 Uhr bis 12:00
Seminar: Erste Schritte auf dem Weg zur Erarbeitung eines Notfallplans
👉 Weitere Infos: https://nfdi4culture.de/id/E6826
📝 Anmeldung:
On Tuesday, the Trump administration filed a motion to join a lawsuit attempting to
block the U.S.’s first and only reparations program.
The federal government is supporting a 2024 lawsuit by right-wing group Judicial Watch,
which argues that the Evanston, Illinois reparations program violates the rights of non-Black residents
Enfin une bonne nouvelle!
"En France, les émissions de CO₂ en 2024 et en 2025 ont baissé plus qu’anticipé"
https://www.lemonde.fr/planete/article/2026/06/16/en-france-…
Announcement: New Issue of Women in Judaism: A Multidisciplinary e-Journal
https://ift.tt/e3OhGPv
Third Symposium on Dance, Music, and Performing Arts of the Middle East, North Africa, Central Asia,…
via Input 4 RELCFP
Cowboys 2024 Draft Pick Could Face ‘Chopping Block’ https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/dallas-cowboys/cowboys-2024-draft-pick-could-face-chopping-block/
With gas prices up and the threat of rationing due to Trump's war, you have to be very dedicated to your love of petroleum to do otherwise.
"Africa imported 44,358 electric vehicles from China in 2025, according to data from China’s Commerce Ministry, up from 19,386 in 2024. The shipments, valued at over $200 million, highlight growing demand, especially in Ethiopia after it banned new imports of gas and diesel-powered vehicles in 2024."
#Transportation #EV #GasPrices
University of California’s frontline workers have canceled the
system-wide strike originally planned to begin on Thursday after reaching a tentative agreement with the UC on Wednesday night.
These 42,000 service and patient care workers
— represented by the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3299 (AFSCME)
— have worked without a ratified contract since 2024, due to “stalled” negotiations with the UC, according to union leadership.
@… 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.
2024 global temperature record is consistent with model-predicted warming: #GlobalWarming or the lack thereof see the many links in https://skyweek.wordpress.com/2026/03/12/allgemeines-live-blog-ab-dem-12-marz-2026/ at the very bottom).
I've updated (mostly culled) my list of Milwaukee Mastodon users.
This list used to be over 80 people, but the vast majority only posted in 2022/2023. A few straggled into 2024. I removed anyone who hasn't posted more than once in 2025.
It kind of sucks, but meh... it is what it is.
Also, I should try to find more people. And, move this off of GitHub at some point.
I finally adapted my .Xmodmap file to Wayland, after I do not know how many years of procrastinating.
https://lars.ingebrigtsen.no/2024/04/28/the-simplest-thing-in-the-world-modifing-keymaps-in-wayland/
Sony says Crunchyroll subscribers grew ~25% to 21M in the past year; Nielsen: US Crunchyroll viewers streamed 4.4B minutes in Jan. 2026 vs. 2.1B in Jan. 2024 (Ben Fritz/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/business/media/hollywoods-hottest-busi…
Misdemeanor charge against L'Jarius Sneed dismissed, lawsuit remains ongoing https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7255751/2026/05/05/ljarius-sneed-charge-dismissed-titans-lawsuit/
Almost 3 hours is too fucking long for a movie. The Mandalorian and Grogu was two hours and 20 minutes, that was do-able as I like Star Wars, Mandalorian, Grogu stuff in general. I heard about this new 'Possession' movie that's like, 2 hours and 50 minutes long. You're telling me there's nothing you could've cut to make that a shorter, better running time? Fuck that.
Got my power bill for May. Net consumption was 2.73 MWh, an all-time low by a signficant margin (3.3 MWh in April 2026, and 3.77 MWh in July 2024, are the previous records).
The final bill after taxes and fees was $595, not *quite* an all time low (I paid $582 in July 2024) but that was for 3.7 MWh and I'm now paying almost as much for 2.7 - yay rate increases. If I can generate a touch more solar in June I might break the all-time low though.
Now if only I could generate thi…
«Von 500 auf 5.000 MByte — Windows-Updates werden immer größer
Seit September 2024 sind Updates in Windows 11 um den Faktor 10 gewachsen. Das liegt am Betriebssystem selbst, aber auch an Microsofts KI.»
Sorry, wirklich nötig für ein Betriebssystem ist dies nun nicht aber dies für die unnötige Datenüberwachung (KI) die als nötig deklariert wird.
😒
A Rome court deemed illegal (sent. 01/04/2026, n. 4993) some Netflix continuous price increases since 2017 and instructed to make reimbursements up to 500 euros per user.
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Netflix, per il tribunale illegittimi gli aumenti dal 2017 al 2024. Ora rimborsi fino a 500 euro
Un cliente premium che abbia pagato ininterrottamente dal 2017 ad oggi ha diritto alla restituzione di circa 500 euro, mentre un cliente standard alla restituzione di circa 250 euro
"…
FanDuel owner Flutter plans to delist its London shares on August 3, citing low trading and high costs; Flutter moved its primary listing to the US in 2024 (Lauren Almeida/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/…
A Not-so-Common Sunflower. LA Arboretum, Arcadia, California, USA. July, 2024. OM System OM-1 M.Zuiko 300mm F4. #laarboretum #sunflower #bloomscrolling
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.
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Spanne der Bruttospeicherleistung von #Batteriespeichern pro Inbetriebnahmejahr von Unternehmen in Deutschland mit Stand vom 31.05.2026.
419 Datensätze ohne #Batteriespeichertechnologie herausgefiltert.
Der Datenbestand enthält unplausible Datensätze.
…
Not surprising at all, but first time I'm seeing an example of reaction diffusion patterns in granite:
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:gl3xultyaxwitlx5r5qmlxvq/post/3miqqqfvyzs27
2027 NFL mock draft: Six QBs go in Round 1 in a deep class and Arch Manning isn't QB1 (yet)
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/draft/news/2027-nfl-mock-draft-arch-manning-dante-moo…
Vorweg: Ich bin kein Freund von Talkpodcasts, die leider zunehmend aufwändige Produktionen verdrängen.
Beim c't "we talk tech" wurde über Scam auf Hotel-Buchungsportalen gesprochen, mit annekdotischer Evidenz. Soweit, so interessant.
So nebenbei hieß es, Booking.com verlange von Vermietern den Bestpreis.
Der EuGH hat aber im Herbst 2024 geurteilt, dass sogenannte Bestpreisklauseln kartellrechtswidrig sind. Kein Wort davon.
(PS: ich hoffe
I could have written this report on one page:
Biden screwed up the 2024 election and handed it to trump by:
- Violating his promise to be a one-term President.
- Failing to timely reinforce and support D party aspirants (he should have begun to do this in year 2023.)
- Failing to use presidential powers to derail trump's return and establish D party priorities while he had the Congressional votes to do so.
- Being "Mr. Nice Guy" and using euphe…
Modders have been doing some amazing things lately.
YouTuber LeggoMyFroggo put a playable Game Boy Color into a wristwatch https://www.dexerto.com/gaming/youtuber-turns-watch-into-playable-game-boy-color-after-two-years-of-wor…
UK-based journalist advocacy group Article 19 says eight journalists disappeared or were murdered in Mexico in 2025; four journalists were murdered in 2024 (Lizbeth Diaz/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/media-tel
Google Chrome silently installs a ~4GB Gemini Nano model on desktop devices; Google says it has been offered since 2024 and users can remove it via settings (Ben Schoon/9to5Google)
https://9to5google.com/2026/05/06/google-chrome-4gb-storage-ai-details/
April 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
RE: https://mastodon.online/@rfceditor/116660055140888488
huh, RFCs are published more frequently (on average) than i thought!
first RFC was 7th April 1969
20 000 days after that was 9th January 2024
looks like RFC 10 000 will be betwee…
from a talk by Audrey Tang
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:myh6qcwcvg53u3nqsvzkljq6/post/3mmxvnibwa22y
"Market effects of open educational resources on U.S. textbook pricing (2003–2024)"
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acalib.2026.103271
"[...] This work looks at whether the increase in the development and adoption of Open Educational Material between 2003 and 2024 corres…
The interior department is canceling a rule that put conservation on equal footing with development,
as Donald Trump’s administration eases restrictions on industries and seeks to boost drilling, logging, mining and grazing on taxpayer-owned land.
The 2024 rule adopted under former president Joe Biden was meant to refocus the interior department’s Bureau of Land Management,
which oversees about 10% of land in the US.
It allowed public property to be leased for restora…
Travis Hunter, Mykel Williams, other 2025 NFL Draft first-rounders who need big seasons https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7291654/2026/05/21/nfl-draft-2024-picks-hunter-ashton-jeanty/
RE: https://mas.to/@seeingwithsound/112507456412083232
(2024) Visual mental imagery and neural dynamics of sensory substitution in the blindfolded subjects
Das mit dem Kühlen kann man nicht genug betonen. Ein kühler Fussboden ist im Sommer sowas von geil!
https://fediscience.org/@rahmstorf/116624135838946337
Irgendwann mal schreibe ich selbst AGB, welche auf private Regelwerke verweisen, die nur kostenpflichtig verfügbar sind 🤬
So was wie "Für die Gültigkeit dieses Vertrags und der daraus entstehenden Pflichten gelten, sofern nicht schriftlich anders vereinbart, ausschliesslich die Regeln des Handbuchs DMG D&D 5e 2024 in der deutschen Fassung."
#Recht
♫ Top 5 artists of the Last.week: Clitgore (70) Coprolith (41) Funebrarum (33) Desecresy (29) Death Tunnel (20). #myweekcounted 479 Scrobbles with Lastfm #music via @…
Crows in the Cemetery on a Hot June Afternoon (2024-06) - Corvids chatting in a green space between a suburban recycling centre and a building site under airport flight path #fieldRecording #London #crows
BPOLD-H: Bilanz der vorübergehend wiedereingeführten Binnengrenzkontrollen an der deutsch - niederländischen Grenze in Niedersachsen im Zeitraum vom 16.09.2024 bis einschließlich zum 31.05.2026 Hannover (ots) - Hannover / Bad Bentheim Seit dem 16. September 2024 kontrolliert die Bundespolizei in ganz Deutschland den grenzüberschreitenden Verkehr mit vorübergehend wiedereingeführten Binnengrenzkontrollen. Für Reisende zwischen ...
🛌 Wissen fürs Kopfkissen: 📖
Retröt: Mit #Steckersolaranlagen kannst Du selbst auf Deinem #Balkon Teil der #Energiewende werden, Deine
Filing: Elon Musk texted Greg Brockman about settling days before trial; after being denied, he said Brockman and Altman "will be the most hated men in America" (Ashley Capoot/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/04/musk-altman-open-ai-settlement-tr…
Big Oil wants you to think renewables are expensive and unreliable. The reality? The clean energy shift saved $467 billion globally in 2024 alone.
Solar and wind have zero fuel costs. New sodium-ion batteries are slashing storage prices. Renewables now create more jobs than fossil fuels while surpassing coal as the world's top electricity source.
Vuonna 1990 yleisiä kirjastoja oli 1151, mutta vuonna 2024 enää 715.
#kirjastot #lukeminen
Antenna: bundles make up 33% of new major streaming service subscriptions in the US, and 28% of all subscriptions, up from just 10% of new subscriptions in 2024 (John Koblin/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/…
Halb tot geprügelt - „Pedo Hunter“-Gruppe bestreitet Mordversuch #News #Nachrichten
During the first seven months of his presidency, the administration arrested the parents of at least 27,000 children.
During this period in 2025, the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) was deporting about twice as many parents each month compared with 2024.
The records do not detail how many of these children were detained or deported with their parents, and how many families were split up.
But the data provides one of the starkest views yet of how Trump’s mass depo…
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
POL-GÖ: (129/2026) Ermittlungen nach Überfall auf Schnellrestaurant in Göttingen-Grone im September 2024 gehen weiter - Polizei geht inzwischen von örtlichen Tätern aus Göttingen (ots) - Göttingen, Stadtteil Grone, Siekweg Donnerstag, 12. September 2024, gegen 02.35 Uhr GÖTTINGEN (jk) - Die Tat liegt schon länger zurück, die Ermittlungen zur Aufklärung aber gehen ohne Unterlass weiter. Im September 2024 ...
Zugebaute #Batteriespeicherkapazität pro Monat in #Deutschland mit Stand vom 31.05.2026.
419 Datensätze ohne #Batteriespeichertechnologie herausgefil…
I'm now blocking AI scrapers on my server using robots.txt and user agent rules
https://microblog.jackiejude.me/posts/202603272011/
Denver-based Scotch, which makes AI-powered payments tools for liquor retailers, raised a $20M Series A from VMG Partners, following a $10M seed in 2024 (Mary Ann Azevedo/Crunchbase News)
https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/scotch-raises-ai-funding-liquor-ret…
Tutkimus: ilmaston 1,5 asteen raja ylittyi odotettua aiemmin #ilmasto
A profile of Netflix's film division chair Dan Lin, who's greenlit 88 films since 2024, shifting strategy toward budget discipline and in-house development (Nicole Sperling/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/04/business/media/dan-lin-netf…
Soon after Trump took office, the lead prosecutor, Jorge Matos, was told by a supervisor to take the investigation no further
“Before the election, it was definitely full steam ahead,” said one person familiar with the case.
“After the election, that all changed.”
https://www.
Hill: Dad’s book offers life lessons for Raiders’ 2nd-round pick https://www.reviewjournal.com/sports/sports-columns/adam-hill/hill-dads-book-offers-life-lessons-for-raiders-2nd-round-pick-3796145/
African Daisy. LA Arboretum, Arcadia, California, USA. March 2024. Fujifilm X100VI. #laarboretum #daisy #flower
Antenna: bundles make up 33% of new major streaming service subscriptions in the US, and 28% of all subscriptions, up from just 10% of new subscriptions in 2024 (John Koblin/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/…
👻 #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
IFG-Ablehnung #BMJV: Unterlagen zu #Quickfreeze aus 2024 dürfen nicht beauskunftet werden, denn
"Würden diese Positionen bekannt und die im BMJV und in der Bundesregierung Beteiligten öffentlich an diesen Positionen festgehalten, würde es im weiteren Verlauf der Beratungen erheblich erschwert,…
Triomics, which is building an AI-powered platform to help oncologists automate data-heavy tasks, raised a $22M Series B, following a $15M Series A in 2024 (Marina Temkin/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/27/triomics-nabs-22m-to-b…
Travis Hunter, Mykel Williams, other 2025 NFL Draft first-rounders who need big seasons https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7291654/2026/05/21/nfl-draft-2024-picks-hunter-ashton-jeanty/
One Elite Factor Could Solidify Marist Liufau's Spot On Dallas Cowboys Roster https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/onsi/one-elite-factor-could-solidify-marist-liufau-spot-on-dallas-cowboys-roster
From the archives but resharing because it's that time of year: my blog post on protecting pea plants from birds. And soon I'll post pics of my new and improved pea cage. #peas #gardening #garden #pisum #birds #allotment #blog #VegetableGardening https://colinpurrington.com/2024/05/birds-are-eating-my-pea-plants/
Anzahl der Inbetriebnahmen von #Balkonkraftwerken pro Monat in #Deutschland mit Stand vom 22.05.2026.
Unplausible Inbetriebnahmejahre von 1900 bis 2017 wurden durch das Registrierungsdatum der
When, in 2024, Chinese scientists reported developing an artificial-intelligence tool to design conotoxins, it raised eyebrows in some quarters.
In an e-mail to a private AI and biotechnology discussion group seen by Nature, a senior US government employee flagged the study as a possible biosecurity risk.
The employee, who asked not to be named because of concerns for their job, felt it was especially concerning that the conotoxin AI is based on an open-source protein language …
Canada's CRTC formalizes rules requiring streamers to contribute 15% of Canadian revenue to support domestic programming, up from a 5% baseline set in 2024 (Globe and Mail)
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/ar…
Jährlicher Zubau und Rückbau von #Balkonsolarleistung in Deutschland mit Stand vom 22.05.2026.
Unplausible Inbetriebnahmedaten von 1900 bis 2017 wurden durch das Registrierungsdatum der #Steckersolaranlage ersetzt.
👉 Zusatzlesestoff:
An easy way to kill thousands of mosquitoes each summer is to set out a container of water,
add a handful of leaves or hay,
then drop in 1/4 of a Mosquito Dunk,
a compressed, shelf-stable form of Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis (“Bti”) that kills larvae
https://colinpurrington.com/2024/08/bt…
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #Afrodeutsche
Jon Hopkins:
🎵 Nothing Is Lost (6 Music Session, 3 Sep 2024)
#JonHopkins
https://open.spotify.com/track/7xrsufKq2fEmuUL70bi1WN
Häufigkeitsverteilung der Bruttoleistung von #Balkonkraftwerken in #Deutschland mit Stand vom 22.05.2026.
Unplausible Inbetriebnahmedaten vor 2018 durch Registrierungsdatum ersetzt. Sonderregelungen nach
A growing number of execs are creating AI digital twins to manage tasks; Reid Hoffman says "Reid AI" has delivered 75 addresses and presentations since 2024 (Joann S. Lublin/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-agents-work
Knicks advance to first NBA Finals since 1999; Astros combine for no-hitter; Hurricanes lead Canadiens 2-1
https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/knicks-…
Spanne der Bruttospeicherleistung von #Batteriespeichern pro Inbetriebnahmejahr von Privatpersonen in Deutschland mit Stand vom 31.05.2026.
419 Datensätze ohne #Batteriespeichertechnologie herausgefiltert.
Der Datenbestand enthält unplausible Datensätze.
Republican senator Thom Tillis spoke out in defense of Nato on Thursday,
joining Mitch McConnell and the Democrats,
after Donald Trump said that he was “absolutely” considering withdrawing from the alliance after it refused to take part in the joint assault with Israel against Iran.
“Nato stood by America when we were under attack and came to our aid after the September 11th attacks. Their soldiers fought and died alongside our troops in Afghanistan,” said Thom Tillis, a Re…
AI market research platform AlphaSense raised $350M from Vitruvian, Accenture, and others at a $7.5B valuation, up from $4B in 2024, ahead of a possible IPO (Ben Glickman/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.
Christian Watson, Green Bay Packers agree to extension: Source https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7333012/2026/06/04/christian-watson-packers-extension/
After Fernando Mendoza at No. 1, the NFL draft's QB board could go quiet fast https://www.foxsports.com/articles/nfl/after-fernando-mendoza-at-no-1-the-nfl-drafts-qb-board-could-go-quiet-fast
Investment in Austin-based startups grew to a record high of $7.19B in 2025, up from $4.37B in 2024 and topping a pandemic peak of $6.1B in 2021 (Mary Ann Azevedo/Crunchbase News)
https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/all-time-high-f…
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #Afrodeutsche
MJ Lenderman:
🎵 Wristwatch (6 Music Session, 10 Dec 2024)
#MJLenderman
https://mjlenderman.bandcamp.com/track/wristwatch
https://open.spotify.com/track/4j2DQgFAyVuKOBFpq4vEPR
#Streudiagramm der #Bruttoleistung von #Balkonkraftwerken in #Deutschland mit …