@Techmeme@techhub.socialIndex Ventures has raised $2B in new capital: a $900M venture vehicle, $400M for seed financing, and an addition of $700M to a 2024 $1.5B growth fund (Mark Bergen/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20
@ErikJonker@mastodon.socialAl wat ouder (2024) maar fijn paper over AI & Software engineering/coding. Zowel voor "believers" als totale sceptici 🙂
"tl;dr: Chill, y'all: AI Will Not Devour SE"
https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.00764
@fanf@mendeddrum.orgfrom my link log —
Sans-IO: The secret to effective Rust for network services.
https://www.firezone.dev/blog/sans-io
saved 2024-07-04 https://dota…
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialOfcom reports that 26% of UK viewers in 2025 chose Netflix first for TV viewing, vs. 25% for the BBC; in 2024, 28% turned to the BBC first and 23% to Netflix (Max Goldbart/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2026/07/netflix-chosen-over-bbc-uk-audi…
@NFL@darktundra.xyzRenner's 2027 NFL Draft scouting series: Ranking the top 10 safeties, including the next Kyle Hamilton?
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/draft/news/2027-nfl-draft-safety-rankings/…
@colinpurrington@flipping.rocksIn case anyone wants to know what mosquito buckets are: https://colinpurrington.com/2024/08/bti-honeypot-traps/
@cosmos4u@scicomm.xyz75 years ago the Soviet #SpaceDogs Dezik and Tsygan became the first vertebrates to survive a spaceflight, if only a suborbital one: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dezik_and_Tsygan (and see https://skyweek.wordpress.com/2024/06/11/allgemeines-live-blog-ab-dem-11-juni-2024/ for the first vertebrate to reach space but didn't make it back alive two years earlier).
@jerome@jasette.facil.servicesI was in the Kawartha region this weekend and randomly drove down a road where I saw a bunch of unhinged signs about paying no taxes and MANY confederate flags.
We don't see a lot of those flags in Canada so I got curious.
Turns out the Guardian made an article on it.
https://www.
@heiseonline@social.heise.de
@presseportal_pol_NDS@frawas.dePOL-GÖ: (148/2026) Polizeiinspektion Göttingen startet "Aktionsmonat Fahrradsicherung" - Infostände und Präventionsvideos im Juni Göttingen (ots) - GÖTTINGEN (jk) - Im Jahr 2024 wurden in der Universitätsstadt Göttingen 2.803 Fahrraddiebstähle mit einem wirtschaftlichen Gesamtschaden von 4.753.246 Euro verzeichnet. Auf die steigenden Fallzahlen reagierte die Polizei mit ...
@sauer_lauwarm@mastodon.socialSeit 2024 heizt die Abwärme eines Rechenzentrums in Floridsdorf das benachbarte Krankenhaus, deckt dort zwischen 50 und 70 Prozent des Wärmebedarfs und spart jährlich rund 4000 Tonnen CO2.
@hynek@mastodon.socialwow, got one of these on archive.ph linked from https://www.mgaudet.ca/blog/2024/12/30/memories-of-noah-gibbs
has anybody figured out how that's possible?
@v_i_o_l_a@openbiblio.social"Wissen im Netzwerk: Praxisrelevante Ansätze zur Überführung von Forschungsdaten digitaler Editionen in Knowledge Graphs": Masterarbeit von Simone Franz am @… 2024
https://doi.org/10.18452/38321
@aral@mastodon.ar.alYou guys know what to do: report and block this genocide-complicit zionist hasbara account.
#israel #genocide #ethnicCleansing
@cyrevolt@mastodon.socialHappy 50th #anniversary to you, #Z80! 🥳
https://www.to…
@gwire@mastodon.socialSome seasons of shows from Paramount UK, including The Agency, are £2.99 on Apple/Prime.
https://www.justwatch.com/uk/tv-series/the-agency-2024
@tschfflr@fediscience.org"which emojis are used the least often?" - Great question, and we rarely find data on this! But luckily, we studied this at least for two corpora with German users (and admittedly only for face emojis). So: Many object or symbol emojis (from the "tail end" of the emoji list) are very, very rarely used. Overall, faces and hearts are the most frequent. Among the face emojis, we compiled the full list of usages from a huge Twitter corpus (semi-public communication, 2014-2022) and a much small WhatsApp chat corpus (private or group communication). You can find the frequencies in this table linked below (and sort by frequency by clicking on the column). The least frequent face emoji in the large corpus was the "frowning face with open mouth" 😦, which most people have never seen before. Personally, I think it's pretty ambiguous and not very useful, as there are better emojis for anything it might express. #emojis #linguistics #WorldEmojiDay
https://tscheffler.github.io/2024-Face-Emoji-Norming/ratings.html
@markhburton@mstdn.socialIf true, this will be a fail at the first hurdle.
Burnham to announce plans for new North Sea oil and gas drilling - BBC News
#ClimateCollapse
@daniel@social.telemetrydeck.comI think I found some new data to play with 😍
@raiders@darktundra.xyzRaiders get answer at DT at No. 13 in CBS Sports 2024 NFL redraft https://raiderswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/raiders/2026/07/07/raiders-select-dt-byron-murphy-no-13-cbs-sports-2024-nfl-redraft…
@cowboys@darktundra.xyzCowboys believe they have a 'secret formula' to improve their pass rush https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7428658/2026/07/08/cowboys-pass-rush-defense-formula/
@heiseonline@social.heise.de40 Prozent des deutschen Mittelstands nutzt KI
Der Anteil der mittelständischen Unternehmen, die Künstliche Intelligenz einsetzen, ist seit 2024 um 118 Prozent angestiegen. Rund 40 Prozent nutzen KI.
https://www.
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialSources: Reddit, Politico, and others mull cutting Google's access to their content for AI as traffic drops; Reddit signed a $60M/year deal with Google in 2024 (Alexandra Bruell/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/business/media/googl…
@tinoeberl@mastodon.onlineSpanne der Bruttospeicherleistung von #Batteriespeichern pro Inbetriebnahmejahr von Unternehmen in Deutschland mit Stand vom 30.06.2026.
430 Datensätze ohne #Batteriespeichertechnologie herausgefiltert.
Der Datenbestand enthält unplausible Datensätze.
…
@penguin42@mastodon.org.ukAI vs cats: An AI image generation takes about 0.1-1Wh, so on gas is under 0.4g CO2 emission.
Keeping a cat causes emissions of about 310kg of CO2 a year, i.e. about 1kg/day. So under 30 seconds of cat gets you one AI image.
Cats also kill billions of birds.
I'm not suggesting getting rid of cats, but please consider that lot before threatening people for the use of AI.
(Gas emission
@Techmeme@techhub.socialThe EU General Court dismisses Apple's legal challenges against its designation as a DMA "gatekeeper" for its App Store and iOS; Apple filed the case in 2024 (Foo Yun Chee/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/eu-court-rej
@privacity@social.linux.pizzaFPF Submits Comments to Inform California Children’s Social Media Protections Rulemaking Process
https://fpf.org/blog/fpf-submits-comments-to-inform-california-childrens-social-media-protections-rulemaking-process/…
@grumpybozo@toad.socialRE: https://mastodon.social/@0xYumeko/116909082619309252
She knows how to win IN HER MICHIGAN CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT. Says nothing about her appeal statewide. The lesson of 2024 for the state as a whole is that there is a substantial segment of the non-GO…
@cellfourteen@social.petertoushkov.euEmeline Rochefeuille & Daniel Pavlov - Pros Jack & Jill - HO 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyx5c7mcfwY
@jonippolito@digipres.clubAnother 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…
@fanf@mendeddrum.orgfrom my link log —
Garbage collectors are scary.
https://www.enyo.de/fw/notes/garbage-collectors-are-scary.html
saved 2024-05-12 https:…
@cdarwin@c.imDem 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…
@LaChasseuse@mastodon.scotInteresting to compare the author Neal Stephenson's profiles on X/twitter vs. Bluesky.
He has 89,4 K followers on X, where he still posts, but just under 10 K on Bluesky, where he doesn't post at all.
He has many fans on the fediverse who discuss his books, but he is not here.
@Techmeme@techhub.socialChina's National Data Administration says the country's daily AI token consumption hit 140T in March 2026, up from 100T in December 2025 and 100B in early 2024 (Minxiao Chang/South China Morning Post)
https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/arti
@cowboys@darktundra.xyzCowboys to start season short-handed at OLB; newcomer suspended 3 games by commissioner https://cowboyswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/cowboys/2026/07/14/cowboys-de-charles-snowden-suspended-for-3-games/909214230…
@burger_jaap@mastodon.socialThe Vatican is set to build an agrivoltaic installation (on land outside the Vatican in Italy) as part of its efforts to achieve energy neutrality for Vatican City
The foundation will be called “Fratello Sole” (Brother Sun)
https://www.vaticannews.va/…
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialCalifornia and Google will contribute $20M each over two years to the CA Civic Media Program, far below the $250M promised in 2024, with grants of up to $250K (Ethan Baron/Mercury News)
https://www.mercurynews.com/2026/07/14/new
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #SonicReducer
The Gits:
🎵 Spear and Magic Helmet
#TheGits
https://thegits.bandcamp.com/track/spear-and-magic-helmet-2024-remaster
https://open.spotify.com/track/6bOYW3HfBQeGpKOmoYwL5B
@tinoeberl@mastodon.onlineSpanne der Bruttospeicherleistung von #Batteriespeichern pro Inbetriebnahmejahr von Privatpersonen in Deutschland mit Stand vom 30.06.2026.
430 Datensätze ohne #Batteriespeichertechnologie herausgefiltert.
Der Datenbestand enthält unplausible Datensätze.
@gwire@mastodon.socialA BBC presenter talking to a representative of striking doctors, making the suggestion that since doctors already earn more than the average salary people have little sympathy. When saying "that's a lot of money", it comes off as condescending given their own salaries - paid via regressive taxation - dwarf them.
https://www.
@raiders@darktundra.xyzWhat Raiders Gained and Potentially Sacrificed in 2024 NFL Draft https://www.si.com/nfl/raiders/onsi/las-vegas-what-gained-potentially-sacrificed-2024-nfl-draft
@fanf@mendeddrum.orgfrom my link log —
Rink: an open source unit-aware calculator.
https://rinkcalc.app/
saved 2024-04-30 https://dotat.at/:/6J32N.html…
@presseportal_pol_NDS@frawas.deBPOLD-H: Bilanz der vorübergehend wiedereingeführten Binnengrenzkontrollen an der deutsch - niederländischen Grenze in Niedersachsen im Zeitraum vom 16.09.2024 bis einschließlich zum 30.06.2026 Hannover / Bad Bentheim (ots) - Seit dem 16. September 2024 kontrolliert die Bundespolizei in ganz Deutschland den grenzüberschreitenden Verkehr mit vorübergehend wiedereingeführten Binnengrenzkontrollen. Für Reisende zwischen Niedersachsen und ...
@tinoeberl@mastodon.online👻 #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
@Life_is@no-pony.farmIn Deutschland wurden 2024 677114 Kinder geboren. Die Bundeswehr möchte auf 280000 wehrdienstleistende aufstocken. Der Wehrdienst dauert aber nur 6 Monate. Um also ganzjährig 280000 wehrdienstleistende zu haben müssen 560000 Menschen eines Geburtsjahrgangs Wehrdienst leisten. Wenn alle Männer Wehrdienst leisten, keiner verweigert, keiner ist untauglich, alle haben deutschen pass, keiner leistet als Doppelstaatler im Ausland (Israel, Ukraine) Wehrdienst, dann kann diese Zahl trotzdem nur erre…
@raiders@darktundra.xyzWhat Raiders Gained and Potentially Sacrificed in 2024 NFL Draft https://www.si.com/nfl/raiders/onsi/las-vegas-what-gained-potentially-sacrificed-2024-nfl-draft
@bibbleco@infosec.exchangeStill no place for Emily Thornberry in the new #Burnham cabinet? Has she got something in her background file that makes her a ministerial no-no? She seems like a major backbench talent, it was a big surprise that Starmer didn't give her a job in July 2024.
@BBC6MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #6MusicsIndieForever
MJ Lenderman:
🎵 Wristwatch (6 Music Session, 10 Dec 2024)
#MJLenderman
https://mjlenderman.bandcamp.com/track/wristwatch
https://open.spotify.com/track/4j2DQgFAyVuKOBFpq4vEPR
@gwire@mastodon.socialPart of the Communications Act 2003 has come into force.
As a member of the public I'm confused as to why these laws don't automatically sunset if left unactivated. Certainly after more than 20 years, and significant changes in the makeup of Parliament.
(This change is just about classifying significant events, eg, sporting events.)
@NFL@darktundra.xyzHistorical pairing of Jared Verse, Carson Schwesinger to lead Browns defense in post-Myles Garrett era https://www.nfl.com/news/historical-pairing-of-jared-verse-carson-schwesinger-to-lead-browns-defense-in-post-myles-g…
@tinoeberl@mastodon.online👻 #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
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialUK-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
@Techmeme@techhub.socialA profile of David Sacks, appointed as White House AI adviser in December 2024, who has a ruthless devotion to self-interest and helped pass the GENIUS Act (George Packer/The Atlantic)
https:…
@tinoeberl@mastodon.onlineJährlicher 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:
@presseportal_pol_NDS@frawas.dePOL-LER: Fall der schweren Brandstiftung auf Borkum bei Aktenzeichen XY...ungelöst! - Bisher etwa 25 Hinweise bei der Polizei eingegangen Polizeiinspektion Leer/ Emden (ots) - Borkum - Am gestrigen Mittwochabend strahlte das ZDF in der Sendung "Aktenzeichen XY...ungelöst!" einen Fall auf Borkum aus dem Jahr 2024 aus (https://www.
@NFL@darktundra.xyzBrandon Aiyuk delivers message in video post, calls 49ers 'little-a-- boys,' tells them to 'stop running from the bill' https://www.nfl.com/news/brandon-aiyuk-delivers-message-in-video-post-cal…
@BBC6MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #Afrodeutsche
Angélica Garcia:
🎵 Juanita (6 Music Session, 5 Jun 2024)
#AngélicaGarcia
https://angelicagarcia.bandcamp.com/track/juanita-2
https://open.spotify.com/track/20xUkZt5wVADOO7kZxGtpK
@tinoeberl@mastodon.online @BBC6MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #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
