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The first half of 2026 was the 5th warmest on record here in the central Netherlands.
Just following the forecast for the coming 2 weeks, and then the 1991-2020 average (cool by now) would already bring this year into the top-3 warmest since 1901.

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…

Musk texted OpenAI's Brockman about settlement two days before trial began
Elon Musk co-founded OpenAI in 2015 and sued the company, President Greg Brockman and CEO Sam Altman in 2024.

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/

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…

A Not-so-Common Sunflower. LA Arboretum, Arcadia, California, USA. July, 2024. OM System OM-1 M.Zuiko 300mm F4. #laarboretum #sunflower #bloomscrolling

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Dem Congressman Jared Golden just ended his reelection campaign because of threats to his family.
Citing his experience of spending last Thanksgiving in hiding and the escalating wave of political violence and assassinations, Golden announced his retirement.
𝘔𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦'𝘴 𝘚𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘋𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘷𝘶𝘭𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘣𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘜𝘚.
Trump won here by 9 points in 2024.
We are now 𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗻𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱, 𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗴𝘂𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗱, and 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗶𝗿𝗰𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘃𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀.
Already MAGA is thro…

HOME | Matt Dunlap for US Congress
Matt Dunlap is running for Maine’s 2nd congressional district because we deserve a representative who will put Mainers above politics – and who won’t cave to Trump.

Spanne der Bruttospeicherleistung von #Batteriespeicher​n pro Inbetriebnahmejahr von Unternehmen in Deutschland mit Stand vom 31.05.2026.
419 Datensätze ohne #Batteriespeichertechnologie herausgefiltert.
Der Datenbestand enthält unplausible Datensätze.
…

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…

Netflix’s New Movie Strategy: Fewer, Better Films
Dan Lin doesn’t fawn over stars or write blank checks. And he still greenlights more movies than anyone.

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…

Exclusive: Scotch Raises $20M Series A To Disrupt Legacy Liquor Retail Tech With AI
All-in-one software ecosystem provider Scotch is a Denver-based AI-native operating system designed specifically for liquor store owners.

Charges against Sneed from shooting dropped https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/48684719/charges-ljarius-sneed-shooting-dropped

Zugebaute #Batteriespeicherkapazität pro Monat in #Deutschland mit Stand vom 31.05.2026.
419 Datensätze ohne #Batteriespeichertechnologie herausgefil…

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

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.

«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.
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Von 500 auf 5.000 MByte: Windows-Updates werden immer größer - Golem.de
Seit September 2024 sind Updates in Windows 11 um den Faktor 10 gewachsen. Das liegt am Betriebssystem selbst, aber auch an Microsofts KI.

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

Spanne der Bruttospeicherleistung von #Batteriespeicher​n pro Inbetriebnahmejahr von Privatpersonen in Deutschland mit Stand vom 31.05.2026.
419 Datensätze ohne #Batteriespeichertechnologie herausgefiltert.
Der Datenbestand enthält unplausible Datensätze.

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…

YouTuber turns watch into playable Game Boy Color after two years of work
A YouTuber has managed to cram a fully working Game Boy Color into a smartwatch, turning Nintendo’s console into a unique time-keeping statement.

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/

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

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.

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/…

Streaming TV Bundles Grow in Popularity
Companies and their customers are embracing bundled streaming packages — but for different reasons.

Christian Watson, Green Bay Packers agree to extension: Source https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7333012/2026/06/04/christian-watson-packers-extension/

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

♫ 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 @…

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #Afrodeutsche
Jon Hopkins:
🎵 Nothing Is Lost (6 Music Session, 3 Sep 2024)
#JonHopkins
https://open.spotify.com/track/7xrsufKq2fEmuUL70bi1WN

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 …

AI can design viruses, toxins and other bioweapons. How worried should we be?
Scientists are debating whether to limit biological AI software to ward off threats.

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…

The #Rust button I got at #RustWeek fits nicely with the #OSFC t-shirt from 2024 that has a prompt on it, "oscar@bochum >> /".
The theme was "Back to the Roots".
Bochum i…

"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…

🛌 Wissen fürs Kopfkissen: 📖
Retröt: Mit #Steckersolaranlagen kannst Du selbst auf Deinem #Balkon Teil der #Energiewende werden, Deine

Steckersolaranlagen für Deinen Balkon: Sparen mit der Energiewende
Spare Stromkosten mit einem Balkonkraftwerk! Finde heraus, was die neuen Regelungen 2024 für Dich bedeuten. Einfach installieren und profitieren.

RE: https://mas.to/@seeingwithsound/112507456412083232
(2024) Visual mental imagery and neural dynamics of sensory substitution in the blindfolded subjects

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

A profile of Expedia CEO Ariane Gorin, who became CEO in 2024 and has overseen back-to-back years of revenue growth, with record gross bookings of $119B in 2025 (Brent Crane/Bloomberg)

Das mit dem Kühlen kann man nicht genug betonen. Ein kühler Fussboden ist im Sommer sowas von geil!
https://fediscience.org/@rahmstorf/116624135838946337

Vuonna 1990 yleisiä kirjastoja oli 1151, mutta vuonna 2024 enää 715.
#kirjastot #lukeminen

In the central Netherlands, this was the 5th (or possibly 6th) warmest spring in the 126-year record. It was also sunny and dry.
Probably quite popular with many, but a clear sign of our changing climate. Personally, I've come to dislike hot weather in May; happy that it has cooled down now.

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.

Earth.org Debunks Clean Energy Myths - CleanTechnica
Clean energy myths abound, but Earth.org has five strategies for countering disinformation that have proven effective.

Sharing stats from the UK's #InternationalMuseumDay #IMD2026 @icomuk.b…

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

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

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

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.

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-…

En France, les émissions de CO₂ en 2024 et en 2025 ont baissé plus qu’anticipé
Le centre interprofessionnel technique d’études de la pollution atmosphérique a rapporté que les émissions de gaz à effet de serre ont baissé de 3 % en 2024 et de 2,1 % l’année suivante, alors que la dernière estimation envisageait plutôt des baisses de l’ordre de 1,8 % et de 1,5 %.

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-

nach der Revolte – Lesung mit Penny Prinz | KarlsUNRUH
Hongkong 2024: Eine Buchhändlerin, die nicht mehr weiß, welche Bücher sie noch verkaufen darf. Eine Dozentin, die nicht denunziert werden will. Ein Gesetz, so vage, dass jeder damit gemeint sein könnte, ein intelligenter Laternenpfahl, und ein anarchistisches Café, das den Zuständen trotzt. Dieser Reisebericht beschreibt den Alltag in einer Stadt, in der die nationale Sicherheit die Freiheit ersetzt hat. Er erzählt von Überwachung, Repression und Widerstand - und einem Modus digitaler H…

Remember the disastrous way Columbus handled its breach two years ago? The city's IT director, who is partially responsible for the mess, is retiring and will be lauded by the city council.
https://www.wosu.org/politics-g…

Columbus' IT director retiring nearly two years after major cyber attack exposed citizens' data
Soon after the city first noticed something was wrong on July 18, 2024, officials shut down systems to thwart the attack. The action shut down the city's systems for months, leaving some systems not fully operational until 2025.

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/…

Streaming TV Bundles Grow in Popularity
Companies and their customers are embracing bundled streaming packages — but for different reasons.

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

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/

The Simplest Thing In The World: Modifying Keymaps in Wayland
To remap the PrtSc key to the Hyper modifier key under Wayland with Gnome Shell on Ubuntu/Debian on the 28th of April 2024 (around noon) with a us keyboard mapping (I’m hedging my bets here),…

Colorado Revises Its AI Act: What Changed and Why
https://fpf.org/blog/colorado-revises-its-ai-act-what-changed-and-why/
@…
…

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.

GitHub - raster/Mastodon-Milwaukee: A list of Milwaukee Mastodon users
A list of Milwaukee Mastodon users. Contribute to raster/Mastodon-Milwaukee development by creating an account on GitHub.

@… 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.

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

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…

Triomics nabs $22M to bring oncology-specific AI to cancer centers | TechCrunch
The Series B round was led by Battery Ventures.

Tutkimus: ilmaston 1,5 asteen raja ylittyi odotettua aiemmin #ilmasto

Tutkimus: ilmaston 1,5 asteen raja ylittyi odotettua aiemmin -
Maapallon keskilämpötila ylitti 1,5 celsiusasteen rajan jo vuonna 2024, mikä on jopa seitsemän vuotta aikaisemmin kuin useimmat ilmastomallit ennustivat. Tuore tutkimus osoittaa, että vain ne mallit,

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

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/

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…

Bti honeypot traps for killing mosquito larvae
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. Pregnant females will oviposit onto the wa

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://…

A Russian ship sank in mysterious circumstances. It may have been carrying submarine nuclear reactors to North Korea
A Russian ship with an unusual cargo suffered a series of explosions and sank in unexplained circumstances off the coast of Spain, a CNN investigation has found.

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.

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
&quot…

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 restituz…

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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

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…

CRTC raises Canadian content funding requirement for streamers in move that could deepen U.S. rift
Framework comes three years after Ottawa introduced the Online Streaming Act; executive says regulator not involved in trade negotiations

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

【4K/60P】高嶺のなでしこ「メランコリックハニー」HoneyWorks 2024.06.20 たかねこ LIVE AROUND 2025 – Spring Ride – in Guangzhou
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【4K/60P】高嶺のなでしこ「メランコリックハニー」HoneyWorks 2024.06.20 たかねこ LIVE AROUND 2025 – Spring Ride – in Guangzhou by れいもん 香港
Listen now on your favorite streaming service. Powered by Songlink/Odesli, an on-demand, customizable smart link service to help you share songs, albums, podcasts and more.

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

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/

Free Will
Fawzia Khan
Hopkins, Minnesota
2024
Handwoven wool and cotton, hydrostone, audio recording

Currently on exhibition at the North Dakota Museum of Art (NDMOA)
"Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?"
-Mary Oliver

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

Häufigkeitsverteilung der Bruttoleistung von #Balkonkraftwerk​en in #Deutschland mit Stand vom 22.05.2026.
Unplausible Inbetriebnahmedaten vor 2018 durch Registrierungsdatum ersetzt. Sonderregelungen nach

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. 

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-…

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 ...

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:

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

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

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…

US Bureau of Labor Statistics data: employment in 18 AI-exposed occupations fell 0.2% between May 2024 and May 2025, while the broader US labor market rose 0.8% (Matthew Boesler/Bloomberg)

🇺🇦 #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

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

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…

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

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

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 ...

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…

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…

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/

Google Chrome takes up 4GB of storage on your computer for AI, if you have space
The ongoing march of AI features continues to go on, whether you want it to or not, and a recent...

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

Trump Administration Attempts to Stop Reparations to Black Community in Illinois
The motion is an “attack on the revived hope that Black communities have felt” from the program, said its architect.

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Orbital:
🎵 Spicy (Glastonbury 2024) (feat. Melanie C)
#Orbital
https://darkenergyrecordings.bandcamp.com/track/spicy-crab-of-nighttime
https://open.spotify.com/track/0gpzgpRWayyL8dd7qdRnE4

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/…

Paddy Power owner Flutter to scrap listing on London Stock Exchange
Gambling business, which also owns Betfair, to focus on New York in latest high-profile blow to UK stock market

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.

Prosecutors Had a Drugs-for-Votes Scheme “Locked Up.” Under Trump, They Were Told Not to Pursue Charges.
Before the 2024 election, federal prosecutors were "full steam ahead" looking into how a prison gang in Puerto Rico gave drugs to inmates if they voted for a GOP gubernatorial candidate. After Trump’s election, the investigation evaporated.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #6MusicArtistCollection
Orbital:
🎵 Belfast (Glastonbury 2024)
#Orbital
https://magnifiquedjs.bandcamp.com/track/orbital-belfast-magnifiques-auditorium-mix
https://open.spotify.com/track/2CH4mc6qWAI3ejAdqpON9B

Trump administration live updates: Senate postpones ICE and Border Patrol funding vote; DNC releases 2024 autopsy report (NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/live-blog/trump-nih-cdc-director-congress-budget-ballroom-funding-live-updates-rcna346230#rcrd110472
http://www.memeorandum.com/260521/p129#a260521p129

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #6MusicArtistCollection
Orbital:
🎵 Halcyon (Glastonbury 2024)
#Orbital
https://boizo.bandcamp.com/track/orbital-halcyon-boizo-edit
https://open.spotify.com/track/1A5Ldw4zJ8dGAGy3wE60Ay

👻 #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.

#Streudiagramm der #Bruttoleistung von #Balkonkraftwerk​en in #Deutschland mit …

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #6MusicArtistCollection
Orbital:
🎵 Deepest (Glastonbury 2024) (feat. Tilda Swinton)
#Orbital
https://orbitalofficial.bandcamp.com/track/deepest
https://open.spotify.com/track/4Tq1aXZOOMvKwYvy5yBxB3