@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialThe Economist says President Luke Bradley-Jones will become group CEO on August 1, as Lara Boro steps down after seven years; he became president in 2024 (Charlotte Tobitt/Press Gazette)
https://pressgazette.co.uk/the-wire/media-jobs-uk-news…
@jtk@infosec.exchangeWeekend Reads
* Inside an Internet shutdown
https://labs.ripe.net/author/mdkamruzzaman-khan-2/inside-a-shutdown-bgp-evidence-from-an-operator-who-was-there/
* Inferring shared IP addresses
@Techmeme@techhub.socialNJ Governor says a software error at DMV led to the improper voter registration of ~6,600 noncitizens between June 2023 and June 2024; 400 of those cast ballots (Tracey Tully/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/21/nyregion/noncitizen-voting-new…
@heiseonline@social.heise.deCyberkriminalität: Männer für Angriff auf Londoner Verkehrsbetrieb verurteilt
Bei dem Angriff im Jahr 2024 entstand ein Schaden von mehreren Millionen Euro für die Londoner Verkehrsbetriebe.
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@zachleat@zachleat.com@… yeah! I am now remembering Copa America 2024 had a pink card too
@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?
@burger_jaap@mastodon.social“Buildings are the single largest energy consumer in Europe. Transposition and implementation of the #EPBD is key to boosting the EU's current very low annual energy renovation rate (1%), reducing bills for citizens and businesses and the EU's dependence on imported fossil fuels, and achieving a zero-emission and fully decarbonised building stock by 2050.”
@Techmeme@techhub.social
@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…
@cyrevolt@mastodon.socialHappy 50th #anniversary to you, #Z80! 🥳
https://www.to…
@jerome@jasette.facil.servicesIn 2024 I emailed my local MPP because I thought his hotel expenses were fishy. His office responded to me that I was "singling him out" and that all Toronto MPP were doing the same.
Today, my MPP is resigning from his Minister position
Good riddance Stan
https://www.…
@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
@cdarwin@c.imAmateur astronomer Joël Lapointe stumbled upon what he thought looked like a suspicious pit in Quebec's Côte-Nord region while he was wandering with his Google Maps cursor in 2024.
He was simply trying to plan his camping vacation when he spotted something unexpected on his screen
— what researchers recently confirmed is a previously unidentified, 390-million-year-old meteor crater.
“It was quite an exciting discovery,” said Gordon Osinski, a planetary geology professor …
@simon_brooke@mastodon.scotIreland has some excellent writers.
"It seems that losing colonial control of Egypt has not stopped Denial flowing through the British body politic." -- @…
#TLDR: #MorganMcSweeney
@publicvoit@graz.socialAfter 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
@LaChasseuse@mastodon.scotRobert Reich, always on point. 🎯
@toxi@mastodon.thi.ngToblinger Knoten / Torre di Toblin (2024)
Another day, another view:
#LandscapePhotography
@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…
@jake4480@c.imGot my Phlegmesis tapes in from Iron Fortress! They were on sale and I couldn't resist. 'The New Wave of Rotten Fornication' was of course one of my top 20 albums of 2024, and even the Phlegmesis LEFTOVERS are sick.
Here's New Wave if you wanna hear it: https://phlegmesis.bandcamp…
@ebinger@bildung.socialEin äußerst anregender Dialograum ist entstanden auf der Karlshöhe der @… zum kontroversen Thema Palästina-Israel in der Laubhütte des Friedens. Mit dabei Yad be Yad (https://www.
@heiseonline@social.heise.de
@Sustainable2050@mastodon.energyJune 2026 was the second-warmest June on record globally, 0.12°C cooler than the warmest June in 2024.
The average global temperature for the last 12 months (July 2025 to June 2026) was 0.55°C above the 1991-2020 average, and 1.43°C above the 1850-1900 pre-industrial average.
@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:…
@aral@mastodon.ar.alRE: https://mastodon.online/@SocraticEthics/116852007606471639
They’re clearly learning from the Israelis.
‘By February 2024, it was reported that "every hospital in Gaza is either damaged, destroyed, or out of service due to lack of fuel…
@servelan@newsie.social"Records from July 17, 2024 FBI electronic communication indicate Butler Sheriff's Office exchanged 2 emails with Crooks prior to July 13 Trump assassination attempt."
Damning new details emerge about would-be Trump assassin Thomas Crooks - Raw Story
https://www.rawstory.com/maga-world-2677008020/
@NFL@darktundra.xyzNFL players who attended Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's wedding, plus a 2024 redraft and the NFL's top duos
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/taylor-swift-travis…
@tinoeberl@mastodon.onlineJährlicher Zubau und Rückbau von #Balkonsolarleistung in Deutschland mit Stand vom 29.06.2026.
Unplausible Inbetriebnahmedaten von 1900 bis 2017 wurden durch das Registrierungsdatum der #Steckersolaranlage ersetzt.
👉 Zusatzlesestoff:
@relcfp@mastodon.socialAnnouncement: 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
@fanf@mendeddrum.orgfrom my link log —
Earth rotation records spur October vote to avert negative leap second.
https://www.techtimes.com/articles/320185/20260711/earth-rotation-records-spur-october-vote-avert-negative-leap-second.h…
@vosje62@mastodon.nl/3
Hieronder een paar links voor verdere info.
Opvallend daarbij is dat sommige voorlichting al niet meer beschikbaar is (website is weg) of dat het enige en laatste nieuws uit 2020 😉
Slimme verkeerslichten: hoe werken ze?
#TalkingTraffic #iVRI #verkeer
@cdarwin@c.imBurgum was considered the
not-completely-crazy candidate for the GOP nomination in 2024.
https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mpvq5so5qu2o
@gwire@mastodon.socialThe 2TB PS5 SSD expansion I got for £150 in December 2024, is now £350.
@fanf@mendeddrum.orgfrom my link log —
CO2 helps viruses stay alive longer in the air.
https://www.statnews.com/2024/06/04/co2-ventilation-research-virus-airborne-life-haddrell-celebs/
saved 2026-07-06
@BBC6MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #SteveLamacq
Wah!:
🎵 Seven Minutes To Midnight
#Wah!
https://chrysalisrecords.bandcamp.com/track/seven-minutes-to-midnight-2024-2024-remaster
https://open.spotify.com/track/4tTQI4VZI7K9OQ9thMWmT8
@relcfp@mastodon.socialAnnouncement: New Issue of Women in Judaism: A Multidisciplinary e-Journal
https://ift.tt/TIS1kHo
Third Symposium on Dance, Music, and Performing Arts of the Middle East, North Africa, Central Asia,…
via Input 4 RELCFP
@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 ...
@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…
@tinoeberl@mastodon.online#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
@NFL@darktundra.xyzChristian Watson, Green Bay Packers agree to extension: Source https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7333012/2026/06/04/christian-watson-packers-extension/
@fanf@mendeddrum.orgfrom my link log —
International meteor organization / international fireball program: amateur data collection of meteor events.
https://www.imo.net/observations/fireballs/fireball-report-program/
saved 2024-05-12
@tschfflr@fediscience.org"Some designs of emojis are very different for the same codepoint, especially the ones depicting emotions/reactions. Examples coming to mind are 😨, 🔫. What are your thoughts on this?" - The (water) pistol 🔫 was originally a hand gun which looked a lot more real. In response to its frequent use in criminal or other unsavory contexts (e.g., as a threat), most platforms replaced it with the colorful plastic toy gun design in 2018. (In 2024, Elon Musk had it turned back into a realistic hand gun for the Twemoji design 🙄)
I'm torn. On the one hand, I don't think we can stay on top of all potential uses of emojis (or should even try to limit them) and people who want to use emojis for threats probably can still do so. On the other hand, I do find it rather hard to imagine that the green plastic 🔫 could be used as a threat... so... I guess good job, designers/tech firms? #emojis #linguistics #WorldEmojiDay
https://emojipedia.org/pistol#designs
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk @BBC6MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #6MusicsJukebox
Thee Sacred Souls:
🎵 Lucid Girl (6 Music Session, 17 Sep 2024)
#TheeSacredSouls
https://supapatselectah.bandcamp.com/track/thee-sacred-souls-lucid-girl
https://open.spotify.com/track/5TdnxXaZIqJjASZaJQrW2e
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