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Sources: Fei-Fei Li's World Labs is in discussions with investors to raise hundreds of millions at a valuation of $5B; World Labs was last valued at $1B in 2024 (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

Before submitting one or more talks to @… 2026, I wrote a blog post based on my 2024 presentation: Bring Back RSS for Operational Security.
#rss #infosec

Bring Back RSS for Operational Security
Personal webpage of Alexandre Dulaunoy - from information security to open source and art

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,

Analysis: the crypto industry has spent $288M on the 2026 US midterms so far, over double the 2024 cycle; crypto PAC Fairshake is the US' fifth most-funded PAC (Molly White/Citation Needed)
https://www.citationneeded.news/crypto-super-pacs-2026-midterms/

Crypto super PACs have hundreds of millions ready to spend on the midterms
With Trump faltering and their policy agenda incomplete, the crypto industry has moved at least $288 million toward the midterms in a desperate bid to keep Republicans in control of Congress

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

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.
…

Enttäuschung für die Forschung: Asteroid 2024 YR₄ wird den Mond klar verfehlen
Der Asteroid 2024 YR₄ hat die Öffentlichkeit vor einem Jahr in Atem gehalten. Jetzt ist unerwartet früh klar, dass er auch für den Mond keine Gefahr darstellt.

In 2024, Europe spent circa €375 billion on imports of fossil fuels. [consumptive: burn it, and only CO2 remains]
In stark contrast, investment in renewable power and grids remains comparatively low: Europe spent €100 billion on those in 2025. [delivering clean energy for decades, and avoiding CO2]

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #ChrisHawkins
beabadoobee:
🎵 There She Goes (6 Music Session, 9 Jul 2024)
#beabadoobee

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

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.

CZ returned to the US for the first time since his release from prison in 2024, to attend a WLF event at Mar-a-Lago attended by Brian Armstrong and others (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/pardon…

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.

From No. 3 picks to Super Bowl LX: Redrafting the 2018 and 2024 top 10 as Sam Darnold, Drake Maye face off

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/nfl-redraft-2018-2024-sam-darnol…

Na próxima terça-feira (17), o *Humanitas* recebe o neurocientista Miguel Nicolelis para a conferência:
“A Inteligência não é Artificial. Intenções humanas, extrativismo e o poder por tršs das mšquinas.”
💻 Na conversa, Nicolelis propõe um olhar crítico sobre o avanço da Inteligência Artificial e seus impactos sociais e ambientais. Em 2024, cerca de 300 bilhões de dólares foram investidos em empresas de IA, um crescimento que levanta questões urgentes sobre consumo de energia, šgu…

Evento
O Instituto Humanitas Unisinos - IHU - um órgão transdisciplinar da Unisinos, que visa apontar novas questões e buscar respostas para os desafios de nossa época. Parte da visão do humanismo social cristão, debatendo a sociedade do futuro.

@… 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

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

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…

Robotik-Start-up entwickelt Universal-Industrieroboter in unter zwei Jahren
Noble Machines wurde erst 2024 gegründet. Doch ihr erster Industrieroboter ist schon bereit für seinen Einsatz.
https:/…

One of the saddest disbanding of 2024
I's "はっぴーえんどろーる"MUSIC VIDEO

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• YouTube Music
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Filed Chromium bug #483413444: Invalid `aria-level` values incorrectly default to 1
https://issues.chromium.org/issues/483413444
Which addresses the regressions I found yesterday:

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

Mineralogical Society of America (@mineralsocamerica.bsky.social)
American Mineralogist: Myrmekite and antiperthite formation in deformed granite: Chemical and crystallographic constraints on formation mechanisms Yueting Song, Thomas A. Griffiths, Shanrong Zhao, and Rainer Abart https://doi.org/10.2138/am-2024-9715

US envoys to Israel blocked early warning of 'Apocalyptic Wasteland' in Gaza | Reuters
https://www.reuters.com/world/early-warning-apocalyptic-wasteland-gaza-blocked-by-us-envoys-israel-2026-01-30/ (3:38min video)
Diplomaten van de VS in Israel hielden in januari 2024 ambtsberichten tegen omdat de beschreven omstandigheden om Gaza niet 'gebalanceerd genoeg' waren.
Maar de regering Biden en de Democraten hadden al moeite hoe met Gaza om te gaan.

Anzahl der registrierten #Balkonkraftwerke in #Deutschland mit Stand vom 17.02.2026.
Der aktuelle Höchststand liegt bei 1228115 registrierten Anlagen.
Unplausible Inbetriebnahmedaten von 1900 bis 2017 wurden durch das Registrierungsdatum der

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…

Concerns over "apparent move towards lifting the arms licences to Israel that it suspended in September 2024, and the reported transfer of new F-35 fighter jets from a British air base."
While the killing continues.
‘Frankly shameful’ | Morning Star
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/articl

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…

Revisiting Scarflette
https://nakatsubyjna.com/2026/02/05/revisiting-scarflette/

Revisiting Scarflette
I started this Scarflette project in 2024(?) in Circulo Anne cotton yarn, and recently picked it up again. It’s pretty complex and has 10(!) charts, and it took me a while to figure out where I’d l…

I generally hate buying new computing devices and try to make them last as long as possible. I bought a used/refurb iPad 5th Gen in 2022 for $199 and got 2 years of solid use before I upgraded to a 6th Gen in 2024 (for $170) so I could use an Apple Pencil.
I then put the old 5th Gen on my trainer bike as a video player and it still works great.
But sadly, two years in the 6th Gen now has dead spots on the screen. I may need to replace it.
1/n

An interview with CEO Tom Conrad about Sonos' new speakers, its first consumer product release since 2024, scrapping set-top box plans, app fiasco, and more (Chris Welch/Bloomberg)

SMIC reports Q4 revenue up 13% YoY to $2.49B, above est., net profit up 61% YoY to $172.85M, above $139.5M est., and 2025 revenue of $9.33B, above 2024's $8.03B (Sherry Qin/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/busin…

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

Sonos plant schon wieder eine komplett neue App. Die Nutzer tuen mir schon etwas leid. https://www.mobiflip.de/sonos-plant-schon-wieder-eine-komplett-neue-app/

Sonos plant schon wieder eine komplett neue App
Sonos verbrachte die letzten Monate damit, die miserable App von 2024 zu fixen, was das Unternehmen tatsächlich in eine echte Krise stürzte. Mittlerweile läuft die Sache wieder deutlich besser – …

Australian 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

I'm now blocking AI scrapers on my server using robots.txt and user agent rules
https://microblog.jackiejude.me/posts/202603272011/

A $5$-Approximation Analysis for the Cover Small Cuts Problem
Miles Simmons, Ishan Bansal, Joe Cheriyan
https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.01462 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2602.01462 https://arxiv.org/html/2602.01462
arXiv:2602.01462v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: In the Cover Small Cuts problem, we are given a capacitated (undirected) graph $G=(V,E,u)$ and a threshold value $\lambda$, as well as a set of links $L$ with end-nodes in $V$ and a non-negative cost for each link $\ell\in L$; the goal is to find a minimum-cost set of links such that each non-trivial cut of capacity less than $\lambda$ is covered by a link. Bansal, Cheriyan, Grout, and Ibrahimpur (arXiv:2209.11209, Algorithmica 2024) showed that the WGMV primal-dual algorithm, due to Williamson, Goemans, Mihail, and Vazirani (Combinatorica, 1995), achieves approximation ratio $16$ for the Cover Small Cuts problem; their analysis uses the notion of a pliable family of sets that satisfies a combinatorial property. Later, Bansal (arXiv:2308.15714v2, IPCO 2025) and then Nutov (arXiv:2504.03910, MFCS 2025) proved that the same algorithm achieves approximation ratio $6$. We show that the same algorithm achieves approximation ratio $5$, by using a stronger notion, namely, a pliable family of sets that satisfies symmetry and structural submodularity.
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Some 10,109 doctoral-trained experts in science and related fields left their jobs last year
as Donald Trump dramatically shrank the overall federal workforce.
That exodus was only 3% of the 335,192 federal workers who exited last year
but represents 14% of the total number of Ph.D.s in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) or health fields employed at the end of 2024 as then-President Joe Biden prepared to leave office.
The numbers come from employment da…

Global fintech VC funding rose 27% YoY in 2025 to $51.8B; Y Combinator was the most active investor in the space, participating in 151 deals, up 24.8% YoY (Mary Ann Azevedo/Crunchbase News)
https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/most-active-fintech-inve…

Y Combinator Was By Far The Most-Active Fintech Investor in 2025, Data Shows
All told, global venture funding to financial technology startups totaled $51.8 billion for 2025 compared to $40.8 billion in 2024, per Crunchbase data. The investors who provided all that capital included a mix of private equity and alternative investors, with venture capital firms and accelerators next in line.

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,…

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #6MusicsJukebox
Gruff Rhys:
🎵 Celestial Candyfloss (6 Music Session, 21 Feb 2024)
#GruffRhys
https://gruffrhys.bandcamp.com/track/celestial-candyfloss
https://open.spotify.com/track/0drFirwZCpz2frsJILGmzU

New testing on heading levels past 6:
https://adrianroselli.com/2024/05/level-setting-heading-levels.html#Update01
Chromia:
• will make invalid `aria-level` values on `<h#>` level 1 instead of the `<h#>` level, and
• invalid …

Level-Setting Heading Levels
TL;DR: Avoid setting heading levels greater than six (6). This applies whether using aria-level or the proposed headingstart HTML attribute. Use HTML elements whenever possible. ARIA The aria-level attribute, when applied to headings (or nodes with the heading role) lets authors set an integer value for a heading level.…

👻 #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.

Bitcoin dived below the $73,000 mark on Tuesday, hitting its lowest price since November 2024 as heavy selling resumes amid mounting geopolitical concerns (Liz Napolitano/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/03/bitcoin-price-today.html

Bitcoin breaks below $73,000 to lowest since November 2024 as heavy selling resumes
Bitcoin fell below $73,000 on Tuesday as investors sold the asset to hedge against heightened geopolitical and economic uncertainties.

Vikings fire GM Kwesi Adofo-Mensah: What does the future now hold for J.J. McCarthy, Minnesota's future at QB?

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/what-do

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/

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #LaurenLaverne
Bob Dylan:
🎵 Like A Rolling Stone
#BobDylan
https://jample.bandcamp.com/album/bob-dylan-like-a-rolling-stone-jample-2024-remaster
https://open.spotify.com/track/3AhXZa8sUQht0UEdBJgpGc

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…

Austin's Star Is Still Shining Bright: Venture Funding To City's Startups Hits All-Time High
Austin’s startup scene is stronger than ever. That’s the consensus among investors in the city, and it’s borne out by Crunchbase data, which shows startups headquartered in the Lone Star State’s capital raised a record $7.19 billion in venture funding in 2025.

Gross, stark und erst noch viel zu grosszügig, das sind die USA und ihre Wirtschaft – wenn es nach dem Präsidenten geht. In Tat und Wahrheit zahlen wir ihre Defizite und all die Rekorde an der Wall Street werden weggefressen vom Wertzerfall des Dollars.
Wer in der Schweiz 100 Franken anlegte, der hat heute 111. Wer dasselbe in den USA tat, hat heute nur gerade 102.
Rechnet man das BIP in Franken, so schrumpfte die US-Wirtschaft im Vergleich zu 2024 um über 9 Prozent.
https://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/trump-in-davos-usa-leben-auf-kosten-der-schweiz-682776061961

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #ChrisHawkins
Wu-Lu:
🎵 Daylight Song (6 Music Session, 10 Jul 2024)
#WuLu
https://wu-lu.bandcamp.com/track/daylight-song
https://open.spotify.com/track/45DLA7sPqqGHG9NN3UPbRI