2026-06-18 16:59:48
Lijk uit de kast van Yesilgoz?
Rekenkamer: met duizenden aangiften van ernstige misdrijven gebeurde in 2024 niets https://nos.nl/l/2619197
Lijk uit de kast van Yesilgoz?
Rekenkamer: met duizenden aangiften van ernstige misdrijven gebeurde in 2024 niets https://nos.nl/l/2619197
"Until now, the record for most spending per vote was held by Mayor Daniel Lurie, who paid $156.14 for each of his first-choice votes in the 2024 mayoral race. But there’s a big difference: Lurie won."
(He had much worse opposition! It was a terrible field.)
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from my link log —
Speed up your code: don't pass structs bigger than 16 bytes on AMD64.
https://gist.github.com/FeepingCreature/5dff669aad380a123b15659e195fb96c
saved 2024-01-05
Another way to see data centers aren’t just about AI: even by EPRI’s most generous forecast, AI accounts for less than half of the load added since ChatGPT. You may not like what the rest of the buildout is being used for.
https://blog.still-water.net/what-if-data-centers-ar…
Trump Megadonor Tim Dunn Has a Plan More Extreme Than Project 2025
The Texas fracking billionaire wants to rewrite the U.S. Constitution
to advance climate denial and other far-right priorities
https://www.desmog.com/2024/10/23/trump-pr…
How South Korean film industry is adopting AI after its worst downturn in years; Korean Film Council: 13 out of 72 high-budget films broke even in 2023 and 2024 (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2026-06-…
Texans WR Tank Dell is 'almost there' in return from 2024 injury: 'It's light at the end of the tunnel' https://www.nfl.com/news/texans-wr-tank-dell-is-almost-there-in-return-from-2024-injury-it-s-light…
FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried formally applies for a presidential pardon; he was sentenced to 25 years in prison in 2024, following the FTX collapse (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-06-08/ftx-co-foun…
Ensitrelvir, an oral inhibitor of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) 3C-like protease,
is approved in Japan for the treatment of mild-to-moderate coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19).
Previously, no antiviral agents were approved for postexposure prophylaxis in household contacts of patients with Covid-19.
The study was conducted from June 2023 to September 2024 in Argentina, Japan, South Africa, the U.S., and Vietnam. About 9% of people who receiv…
#Elektroauto RANT über führenden Mineralölkonzern in D:
ARAL bzw die Europazentrale des Weltkonzerns BP ist nicht in der Lage eine funktionierende App herzustellen, die man zum Laden benötigt. Ich konnte mich tagelang nicht anmelden, jedes Mal brach der Vorgang nach erfolgreichem Einloggen mit Fehlermeldung ab und man wird vertröstet: "Versuche es noch einmal"
Aufgrund de…
Amazon says its data centers used ~2.5B gallons of water in 2025, or 0.12 liters of water per kWh, and water use at sites it owns and operates fell 2% from 2024 (Anvee Bhutani/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/t…
Catching up with The Ultimates (2024) comics, and issue 21 really is subtext-as-text.
https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Ultimates_Vol_3_21
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
Extreme dominance of Earth-origin heavy ions in the intense #RingCurrent near the Earth during the May 2024 super #GeomagneticStorm: #ionosphere supplied vast majority of ring current ions during May 2024 super geomagnetic storm, study finds: https://en.nagoya-u.ac.jp/news/articles/earths-ionosphere-supplied-vast-majority-of-ring-current-ions-during-may-2024-super-geomagnetic-storm-study-finds/ - despite the dense solar wind, solar wind ion contributions to the ring current during the May 2024 superstorm were minimal; the first simultaneous observation of ring current ions and solar wind during a storm this large.
ITV says advertising revenues from the World Cup are about 30% higher than those from Euro 2024; Telemundo says it sold out of key World Cup ad inventory (Daniel Thomas/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/48f2f704-74e0-40e0-b657-253d48e657f7
RE: https://mastodon.social/@firefoxwebdevs/116680726980295049
It’s important to know (IMO) that headings can never go beyond level 9 with this feature:
I added a PDF to my page about mosquito-killing buckets in case anyone wants to print something off to give to neighbors. Link to the file is near the bottom. #mosquitoes https://colinpurrington.com/2024/08/bti-honeypot-traps/
Powdered & Dusted (2024)
#SilentSunday #LandscapePhotography #Photography #Alps
2024 NFL redraft: Caleb Williams, Jayden Daniels or Drake Maye at No. 1?
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/2024-nfl-redraft-caleb-williams-jayden-daniels-drake-maye/
Cheeger Inequalities for the Persistent Laplacian
Magnus Bakke Botnan, Rui Dong
https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.02846 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2606.02846 https://arxiv.org/html/2606.02846
arXiv:2606.02846v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: We study Cheeger-type inequalities for persistent Laplacians associated with inclusions of simplicial complexes $\mathcal{K}\hookrightarrow \mathcal{L}$. We introduce a persistent up $p$-Laplacian $\Delta_{q,p,\mathrm{up}}^{\mathcal{K},\mathcal{L}}$ for $p\geq 1$. For $p=2$, this recovers the usual persistent up Laplacian, while for $p=1$ it yields a nonzero persistent Cheeger constant $\varphi_q^{\mathcal{K},\mathcal{L}}$. We prove a Cheeger-type inequality relating $\varphi_q^{\mathcal{K},\mathcal{L}}$ to the smallest nonzero eigenvalue of $\Delta_{q,\mathrm{up}}^{\mathcal{K},\mathcal{L}}$. This gives a persistent extension of recent work by Jost and Zhang (Ann. Sc. Norm. Super. Pisa Cl. Sci., 2024; arXiv:2302.01069).
We then study two more structured settings. Under a locally complete $q$-skeleton assumption on $\mathcal{K}$, we extend the complete-skeleton isoperimetric inequality of Parzanchevski--Rosenthal--Tessler (Combinatorica, 2016; arXiv:1207.0638) to the persistent setting. For orientable $(q 1)$-dimensional pseudomanifolds, we prove a Kron-type reduction of the persistent up Laplacian to a vertex- and edge-weighted graph Laplacian, possibly with Dirichlet boundary terms, and obtain two-sided Cheeger inequalities; this is related to the dual-graph perspective in the work of Steenbergen--Klivans--Mukherjee (Adv. Appl. Math., 2014; arXiv:1209.5091). We also describe the nonzero persistent Cheeger constant $\varphi_q^{\mathcal{K},\mathcal{L}}$ explicitly in terms of the dual graph in the non-branching pseudomanifold case. Finally, for graph inclusions $H\hookrightarrow G$, we compare the persistent Cheeger constants introduced here with the Kron-reduction Cheeger constants of M\'emoli et al. (SIAM J. Math. Data Sci., 2022; arXiv:2012.02808).
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A Not-so-Common Sunflower. LA Arboretum, Arcadia, California, USA. July, 2024. OM System OM-1 M.Zuiko 300mm F4. #laarboretum #sunflower #bloomscrolling
"Hot take: Learning from Google Scholar and why a tool does not need to be flawless to be useful" by Aaron Tay
https://aarontay.substack.com/p/learning-from-google-scholar-and
"I consider the idea of tools that are considered flawed because they…
Support among men was central to Trump’s 2024 victory,
helping deliver key swing states and underpinning his electoral coalition.
A sharp reversal within that group signals a potential vulnerabilityif the trend persists.
A sustained decline among men risks weakening Trump’s core electoral support heading into a politically sensitive period of his presidency as the November midterms approach.
The newest survey shows Trump with 38 percent approval and 59 percent disap…
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
from my link log —
Why writing correct software is hard.
https://pron.github.io/posts/correctness-and-complexity
saved 2024-05-18 https://
#Steady #Klimacrew
Die Abos der Microsoft-Copiloten sind in Wirklichkeit Eintritt!
Schon relativ früh habe ich eines der Copilot-Derivate ausprobiert. Das war 2024 – glaube ich – und noch lange vor der Copilot-Inflation. Was ich aber nie wusste ist, dass es sich um
Digital i: YouTube overtakes Netflix in average daily viewing globally, rising from 87.2 minutes in 2024 to 99.1 in 2025, while Netflix fell from 100.5 to 93.4 (Michael Savage/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/202
Ich verstehe das nicht. Wir haben aus guten Gründen den Art. 22 GG, welcher Deutschland davor schützen sollte, dass gegen die freiheitlich demokratische Grundordnung oder dem Bestand der Bundesrepublik Deutschland agiert wird.
Die AfD ist laut Verfassungsschutz gesichert Rechtsextrem, es gibt ein Gutachten dass einen Erfolg im Verbotsverfahren sieht, 2024 gingen mehr als eine Millionen Menschen gegen Rechtsextremismus auf die Straße, 2025 sind in 60 Städten mehrere 10-tausende Menschen…
Suomalaiset kuluttavat yhä paljon eläinperäisiä tuotteita #ruoka
A good reason to get outdoors in the north shore.
"Since 2024, the Village of Brown Deer has hosted a game every May, hiding a medallion within the village's 4.5-square-mile limits and sending out clues every few days. In previous years, the hunt has drawn thousands of searchers in pursuit of the cash prize and complimentary meal, sponsored by Café Corazon, according to the village."
#BrownDeer #Milwaukee #MedallionHunt
Tyler Guyton, Cowboys' 2024 first-round pick, competing with Nathan Thomas for starting LT job https://www.nfl.com/news/tyler-guyton-nathan-thomas-cowboys-starting-left-tackle-competition
Digital i: YouTube overtakes Netflix in average daily viewing globally, rising from 87.2 minutes in 2024 to 99.1 in 2025, while Netflix fell from 100.5 to 93.4 (Michael Savage/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/202
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.
Donald Trump has tapped David Venturella,
-- a former ICE official and executive at the private prison company GEO Group, which operates the notorious Delaney Hall facility in Newark New Jersey
-- to replace Todd Lyons as head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
GEO Group saw its profits jump from $32 million in 2024 to more than $254 million in 2025
as the Trump administration expanded government contracts with ICE jails nationwide.
Setareh Ghandehari, advo…
from my link log —
Smoothed asymptotics: from number theory to quantum field theory.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.10981
saved 2024-02-18 https://dotat.at…
🇺🇦 #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
RunPod, which rents access to non-Nvidia servers, raised $100M led by Summit Partners at a $1B valuation, a source says up from $100M after its seed in 2024 (Stephanie Palazzolo/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/cl
Jährlicher Zubau und Rückbau der #Windenergieleistung in #Deutschland. Stand: 30.06.2026.
Summen der Inbetriebnahmen und Stilllegungen pro Jahr.
Der Datenbestand enthält ggf. unplausible Datensätze.
👉 Zusatzlesestoff:
Announcement: New Issue of Women in Judaism: A Multidisciplinary e-Journal
https://ift.tt/zvk4NLK
CALL FOR PAPERS: Modernizing Winter Sam White 05/20/2026 - 9:31pm Announcement Type …
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S&P and IBM: 22% of global cyberattacks in 2024 hit Japan, the most targeted country, as it scrambles to improve its substandard systems against AI threats (Catherine Thorbecke/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2026-06-2…
The Olympics made viral stars out of Paul and Gary O’Donovan in 2016, the rowing brothers from Ireland best known for their colourful post-race assessments,
and again in 2024 with Yusuf Dikec, the shooter from Turkey who pitched up in Paris for the Olympics with no equipment beyond his pistol.
That both of those stories ended with a silver medal, rather than gold, was lost in the fun.
"Defra breached law when it let farmers use bee-killing pesticide, watchdog says"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Defra #Bees
Google invests in independent movie studio A24 as part of a new AI partnership; sources say Google is investing $75M, equal to what Thrive invested in 2024 (Ben Fritz/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/google-investi
Google invests in independent movie studio A24 as part of a new AI partnership; sources say Google is investing $75M, equal to what Thrive invested in 2024 (Ben Fritz/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/google-investi
2024:
Turkey’s Yusuf Dikeç didn’t need special gear to win a silver medal for Olympic shooting,
and viewers couldn’t get enough of his understated brilliance.
The Turkish shooter took part in the 10-meter air pistol mixed team competition on Wednesday in a T-shirt
and what looked like regular reading glasses,
a contrast from other competitors who utilized specific lenses or bulky ear protectors.
“I shoot with both eyes,
most shooters do it with one.
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #ChrisHawkins
Sleater‐Kinney:
🎵 Say It Like You Mean It (6 Music Session, 23 Jan 2024)
#SleaterKinney
https://sleaterkinney.bandcamp.com/track/say-it-like-you-mean-it-1
https://open.spotify.com/track/2EgYIE84KYjf52Sw2WW4x4
"Five Americans die every hour from toxic vehicle emissions, study finds"
#US #USA #America #Emissions