@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nzInteresting that an Atlas Network affiliated 'thinktank' is calling out 'grade inflation' at the varsity level. https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/579886/grade-inflation-think-tank-warns-a-s-will-soon-be-mos…
@fluchtkapsel@nerdculture.deIch habe gestern nach der Bescherung begonnen, meinen Schreibtisch aufzuräumen und alte und lange nicht benutzte Dinge zu entfernen. Meine Frau kommentierte das mit: "Wenn du ein Mal in zehn Jahren den Schreibtisch aufräumst, wer bin ich dich aufzuhalten?"
Meine Antwort war: "Ich brauch halt Platz, ich will die Grafikkarte aufbauen".
Ich weiß, ich weiß, das klingt merkwürdig. Aber Mitte 2024 habe ich mir einen Minisforum UTM780 XTX angeschafft und bin seitdem …
@holger_moller@bildung.socialIch hoffe inständig, dass wir uns nicht an der #FußballWM in den #USA beteiligen.
Es braucht starke Signale.
#uspol
@cdarwin@c.imThe first year of Donald Trump’s second term in office was marked by the rapid implementation of his far-right program.
From ICE to DOGE,
from anti-DEI to anti-antifa,
and from bombing boats to $400 million bribes,
Trump’s regime has turned out even more extreme than feared after he was elected to a second term in November 2024.
His words and actions as president have been covered extensively over the past year,
as have those of a number of internal advise…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialAtomico: European startups are on track to raise $44B in 2025, up from $41B in 2024; tech now makes up 15% of Europe's GDP, up from 4% in 2016 (Kai Nicol-Schwarz/Sifted)
https://sifted.eu/articles/state-european-tech-report-2025/
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialYouTube's head of products for podcasts Steve McLendon says viewers streamed 700M hours of podcasts on TV in October, up from 400M hours in October 2024 (Ashley Carman/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20
@krone@frawas.deDubai, Cartier und Co. - Luxus trotz Insolvenz: „Mini-Benko“ verurteilt #News #Nachrichten
@marcel@waldvogel.family"Die Wertschöpfung des Rohstoffhandels belief sich 2024 auf 19,2 Milliarden Franken"
Welcher Wert wurde da genau geschöpft?
https://news.admin.ch/de/newnsb/Pv9kCk1ioIAR6duJhxciN
@chrisnelder@mastodon.energyRE: https://mastodon.social/@jockr/115924111507057837
"End-of-year filings reveal that in 2024 the trust invested $254m in companies that extract fossil fuels such as Chevron, BP and Shell. This was a nine-year record and up 21% from 2016, Guardian anal…
@NFL@darktundra.xyzTitans to hire 49ers defensive coordinator Robert Saleh as head coach: Source https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6981689/2026/01/19/tennessee-titans-hire-robert-saleh-49ers-dc/
@deprogrammaticaipsum@mas.to"Where will the von Neumanns, the Einsteins, and the Gödels of our age migrate after the SCOTUS overrules democracy in 2024 and Gödel’s Loophole is proven to exist? At this time, the two major powers of our time, the United States and China seem unlikely locations for brains to settle and grow in the long term."
(Inadvertently and ironically published on July 4th, 2022)
@mapto@qoto.orgThe consequences of the 996 working hour system:
"On the Chinese internet, the country’s current predicament – slowing economic growth, a falling birthrate, a meagre social safety net, increasing isolation on the world stage – is often expressed through buzzwords. There is tangping, or “lying flat”, a term used to describe the young generation of Chinese who are choosing to chill out rather than hustle in China’s high-pressure economy. There is runxue, or “run philosophy”, which re…
@tinoeberl@mastodon.onlineZugebaute #Batteriespeicherkapazität pro Monat in #Deutschland mit Stand vom 16.11.2025.
323 Datensätze ohne #Batteriespeichertechnologie herausgefil…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialA look at Tsinghua University, which leads China's AI innovation, with 4,986 AI patents between 2005 and 2024, alumni behind startups like DeepSeek, and more (Saritha Rai/Bloomberg)
@stiefkind@mastodon.socialMein Album der heute zu Ende gehenden Woche: Twists (A Visitor Arrives) der Düsseldorfer Elektronik-Band Kreidler, erschienen 2024. Es blubbert und gluckert auf dem Album, begleitet von (häufig repetitivem) E-Bass und Schlagzeug. Nicht meine erste Kreidler-Platte und ganz sicher auch nicht meine letzte. #rocknroll
@der_raddler@dresden.networkRE: #bespoked 2024 als Joke präsentierten Bananentasche erzählt im…
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialAI music platform Suno raised $250M led by Menlo Ventures at a $2.45B valuation, up from ~$500M in 2024, and says its annual revenue has reached $200M (Katherine Sayre/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/business/media/ai-musi
@dnddeutsch@pnpde.social@… 2025 war eher so mittel. Ich konnte viel weniger für D3 machen, als ich wollte, weil die Gesundheit nicht passt. Einige Projekte aus 2024, die veröffentlichbar wären, sind es deshalb immer noch nicht und #DnD '24 schafft es nicht über den Event Begeiste…
@NFL@darktundra.xyzCowboys LB DeMarvion Overshown returns from knee injury to boost D: 'It's only up from here' https://www.nfl.com/news/cowboys-lb-demarvion-overshown-returns-from-knee-injury-to-boost-d-it-s-only-up-from-here<…
@cdamian@rls.socialAnother year, another bunch of books.
I spend most of the year binging through thriller series that I had already had started in 2024.
The books I really liked were the newest book from the Slough House series, the spy novel The Persian, and Fundamentals of Software Architecture (even if I didn't finish it).
https://
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #Roadhouse
Steve Cropper:
🎵 Crop Dustin’
#SteveCropper
https://stevecropper.bandcamp.com/track/crop-dustin-remastered-2024
https://open.spotify.com/track/2BSNxsAu2ocf4TQ9Wt79yg
@adresscomptoir@mastodon.socialWunsch nach #OpenAccess-Lektüre von mehr als 1500 Seiten zur Geschichte Niederösterreichs im 18. Jahrhundert? VoilŠ:
Hämmerle, Tobias u.a. (Hg.): Niederösterreich im 18. Jahrhundert. 2 Bände. St. Pölten: Verlag NÖ Institut für Landeskunde, 2024.
Band 1:
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialDefector reports Year 5 revenue up 1% YoY to $4.65M, including $3.8M from subscriptions; all 19 original co-founders continue to work at the worker-owned outlet (Defector)
https://defector.com/defector-annual-report-year-five
@krone@frawas.deVon 2,9 auf 3,6 % - Vergleich zeigt: 2025 brachte satte Teuerungsrunde #News #Nachrichten
@Sustainable2050@mastodon.energyConfirmed: Another big jump in atmospheric CO2, (still) measured at Mauna Loa: the November average was ~426.5 ppm, that's 2.6 ppm higher than last year!
@memeorandum@universeodon.comThe Front-Runner ... G, avin newsom has a 30-page file of reasons the Democrats lost the 2024 presidential election. (Helen Lewis/The Atlantic)
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/01/gavin-newsom-feature/685410/?gift=6kW-3kpyH7tV4NcHqyTUk3BPAaTCFSpGNyaGHEgyKs8
http://www.memeorandum.com/260106/p97#a260106p97
@BBC6MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #ChrisHawkins
Bat for Lashes:
🎵 Home (6 Music Session, 4 Jun 2024)
#BatforLashes
https://batforlashes.bandcamp.com/album/livestream-at-home-los-angeles-2021
https://open.spotify.com/track/4gXSQjrANdHYBxJpJO8Gcv
@cdarwin@c.imLast season’s updated vaccine provides significant protection against covid-19,
particularly against severe illness and death.
The results reaffirm the benefit of staying current with covid vaccination.
Researchers analyzed data from approximately 1.8 million Americans between August 2024 and April 2025,
of whom only about 13 percent received the 2024–2025 coronavirus shot.
They evaluated three clinical outcomes related to the disease: infections, emergency departm…
@vosje62@mastodon.nl
@dichotomiker@dresden.network @Techmeme@techhub.socialIBM plans to cut "a low single-digit percentage" of its workforce in Q4, affecting thousands of staffers; it employed ~270K workers as of the end of 2024 (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-04/ibm-…
@wvmierlo@zirk.usJ. Alex Swift Ltd, sock manufacturers, Hathern (Charnwood, Leicestershire), June 2024
#photography #ukphotographer #documentingbritain
@BBC6MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #ChrisHawkins
Elbow:
🎵 Lovers' Leap (6 Music Session, 27 Mar 2024)
#Elbow
https://audiovertigoexplicit.bandcamp.com/track/lovers-leap
https://open.spotify.com/track/79MLUDVaih5Rck23zNOUJg
@krone@frawas.deTötete zwei Obdachlose - Killer (19): „Sperrt mich weg, bis ich gesund bin“ #News #Nachrichten …
@primonatura@mstdn.social"Denmark’s second largest PV plant goes online"
#Denmark #SolarPower #Energy #Renewables
…
@krone@frawas.deDank Mama und Papa - Angreifer zahlt Ex-Rapidler Burgstaller 50.000 €! #News #Nachrichten
