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Hoher Peißenberg (September 2024)
(From my series In The Lands Of Via Claudia Augusta, the ancient and most important Roman road through the Alps which connected the Po Valley in the south with Augsburg and the Danube as northern terminus)
#SilentSunday #LandscapePhotography

I'm shocked, shocked, that waiving the transfer tax on downtown office to residential conversions did not result in a single such conversion happening.
Well, not that shocked. (The real point of March 2024 Prop C was the sneaky provision letting the SFBOS reduce the transfer tax altogether without an election. Not to produce housing but to cut downtown landlords' taxes.)

from my link log —
A brief history of barbed wire fence telephone networks.
https://loriemerson.net/2024/08/31/a-brief-history-of-barbed-wire-fence-telephone-networks/
saved 2026-02-12

a brief history of barbed wire fence telephone networks
If you look at the table of contents for my book, Other Networks: A Radical Technology Sourcebook, you’ll see that entries on networks before/outside the internet are arranged first by underl…

Bericht: Neue Siri doch nicht in iOS 26.4?
Seit Sommer 2024 warten Nutzer darauf, dass Apple seine Sprachassistenz endlich smarter macht. Nun könnte es erneut zu Verzögerungen kommen, heißt es.
https://www.

Disney agrees to pay $2.75M to settle California AG Rob Bonta's 2024 lawsuit alleging Disney violated CCPA by failing to honor consumers' data opt-out requests (Alyssa Ray/The Wrap)
https://www.thewrap.com/industry-news/publ

Disney Settles Streaming Data Suit From CA Attorney General for $2.75 Million
Disney settled the streaming data suit brought about by California Attorney General Rob Bonta, with the entertainment conglomerate set to make a $2.75 million payout.

“Google handed over a trove of personal data about a student and journalist to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in response to a subpoena that had not been approved by a judge…”
“…latest example of how the U.S. government is using a controversial type of legal request, called an administrative subpoena, to demand that tech companies turn over the private data of individuals who have been critical of the Trump administration.”

Google sent personal and financial information of student journalist to ICE | TechCrunch
The tech giant handed over the personal information of a journalist and student who attended a pro-Palestinian protest in 2024. This is the latest example of ICE using its controversial subpoena powers to target people critical of the Trump administration.

How the US government is adopting AI: NASA reports 420 AI use cases in 2025, up from 18 in 2024, HHS reports 398, Energy 325, DOJ 295, Interior 234, and DHS 205 (Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/02/09/trump-administration-ai-p…

Trump set off a surge of AI in the federal government. See what happened.
The Trump administration is accelerating AI adoption across government, embedding the technology in policing, health care, defense and science.

2023–2024 El Niño triggered record-breaking sea level spike along African coastlines, study finds #Africa

2023–2024 El Niño triggered record-breaking sea level spike along African coastlines, study finds
Africa's coastlines are under growing threat as sea levels climb faster than ever, driven by decades of global warming caused by human activity, natural climate cycles, and warming ocean waters. Between 2009 and 2024, the continent experienced a 73% increase in sea-level rise, according to a recent study published in Communications Earth & Environment.

👻 #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

RE: https://techhub.social/@Techmeme/116029119008444453
I wrote a lot about these rules in 2024 and 2025

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #JamzSupernova
Eddie Palmieri:
🎵 1983
#EddiePalmieri
https://eddiepalmieri.bandcamp.com/track/1983-remastered-2024
https://open.spotify.com/track/5eYoGmwXpCzmgD3YKUAY0x

"The crew was hungry, the crew was angry, and we tried to survive only day-by-day."
"Back in 2016, 20 ships were abandoned around the world, according to the ITF. In 2025 the number had ballooned to 410, with 6,223 merchant seamen falling victim. Both of those figures for last year were up by almost a third on 2024."
https://www.…

The shadowy world of abandoned oil tankers
A growing number of tankers and other commercial vessels are being ditched by their owners.

Will Lewis,
the Murdoch media veteran who took over as publisher and chief executive of the Washington Post in early 2024,
announced abruptly on Saturday evening that he is leaving the company.
His departure comes just three days after the Post laid off nearly one-third of its entire staff,
citing the need to cut costs and reposition the money-losing publication.
Lewis, who did not appear on the all-staff meeting during which the cuts were announced, has faced c…

RE: https://mastodon.social/@lobsters/115882407207303960
Good reads:
― the 2024 blog post
― the 2026 discussion in Lobsters.
Incidentally, I did stop using Discord. No regrets.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Eddie Palmieri:
🎵 Bajo con tumbao
#EddiePalmieri
https://eddiepalmieri.bandcamp.com/track/bajo-con-tumbao-remastered-2024
https://open.spotify.com/track/0PkaklBwK3aSMGj6am8C3F

🔊 #NowPlaying on #BBCRadio3:
#ThroughTheNight
- BBC Proms 2024: Beethoven, Bruckner and Tüür
Yunchan Lim makes his Proms debut with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, performing Beethoven’s ‘Emperor’ concerto. Bookending the Prom are Bruckner’s First Symphony and Tüür’s Aditus.
Relisten now 👇
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002qqxs

"Bitcoin is crashing hard, reaching historic lows of well below the $70,000 mark. At the time of writing, the token is hovering just above $63,000, levels we haven’t seen since October 2024."
"According to Coindesk, the average cost to mine one Bitcoin is currently around $87,000 — far higher than its current going rate, making it an extremely unprofitable proposition."
🥳🥳🥳

Bitcoin Is Crashing So Hard That Miners Are Unplugging Their Equipment
Bitcoin's plunge has made it far less economical to mine the digital token. Some companies are starting to unplug their equipment.

In diesem Essay aus Mai 2024 erklärt Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer, weshalb in gesellschafltichen Umbruchzeiten oft dritt- oder vierklassige Politiker in Regierungsverantwortung kommen.
https://europa.blog/de/das-ist-populismus/

Das ist Populismus: eine Politik, die sich aus wahltaktischen Gründen vollständig von der öffentlichen Meinung leiten lässt - Europa Blog
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»Ransomware-Angriffe in der DACH-Region steigen deutlich:
Die Bedrohung durch Ransomware wächst weiter. Kaspersky registrierte 2025 in Deutschland 384 Angriffe – ein deutlicher Anstieg im Vergleich zu 233 im Jahr 2024.«
Betreffen kann dies uns alle aber das min die E-Mails kryptografisch signiert sind wenn nicht verschlüsselt, wäre ein Punkt mehr für mehr Sicherheit und setzt nicht blind ua auf Microschrott.
🔓

Ransomware-Angriffe in der DACH-Region steigen deutlich
Die Bedrohung durch Ransomware wächst weiter. Kaspersky registrierte 2025 in Deutschland 384 Angriffe – ein deutlicher Anstieg im Vergleich zu 233 im Jahr 2024.

In diesem Essay aus Mai 2024 erklärt Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer, weshalb in gesellschafltichen Umbruchzeiten oft dritt- oder vierklassige Politiker in Regierungsverantwortung kommen.
https://europa.blog/de/das-ist-populismus/

Zugebaute #Batteriespeicherkapazität pro Monat in #Deutschland mit Stand vom 07.02.2026.
393 Datensätze ohne #Batteriespeichertechnologie herausgefil…

2024-25 COVID vaccine 80% effective against death, CDC estimates:
https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/2024-25-covid-vaccine-80-effective-against-death-cdc-estimates

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

Letztes Jahr äh 2024 bin ich im Dezember nur 51.5km geradelt. Dieses Jahr äh 2025 fast viermal soviel und auch noch alles mit #Spikereifen. Und ich habe mit 201.94km sogar die 200km-Grenze geknackt. 🎉
Und auch sonst bisher nur zwei Wochen, wo sich die beiden Winter in etwa im Gleichstand gehalten haben, ansonsten immer mehr, teilweise deutlich mehr.
Halbzeitstand beim

Saquon Barkley says Christian McCaffrey is 'one of the best to ever do it' ahead of Eagles-49ers https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6955944/2026/01/08/saquon-barkley-christian-mccaffrey-running-back-eagles-49ers/

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…

After Missouri residents voted to repeal their state’s near-total abortion ban
and enshrine abortion rights into their state constitution,
Conservative advocates quickly got to work.
In a lawsuit filed the day after the 2024 election,
abortion providers challenged not only the constitutionality of the state’s ban,
⚠️but also a slew of other restrictions that, they said,
made their jobs so arduous as to be impossible.
More than a year later, they are…

Spanne der Bruttospeicherleistung von #Batteriespeicher​n pro Inbetriebnahmejahr von Privatpersonen in Deutschland mit Stand vom 07.02.2026.
393 Datensätze ohne #Batteriespeichertechnologie herausgefiltert.
Der Datenbestand enthält unplausible Datensätze.

Civil war is now a possibility in the US. All thanks to Trump
"We ran high-level US civil war simulations. Minnesota is exactly how they start | Claire Finkelstein" https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/21/ice-minnesota-trump…

We ran high-level US civil war simulations. Minnesota is exactly how they start
Developments in Minnesota closely mirror a scenario explored in a 2024 exercise conducted at the Center for Ethics and the Rule of Law at the University of Pennsylvania, which I direct

The only border crossing that connects Gaza with Egypt
⭐️has opened for the first time in almost a year.
✅The step throws a lifeline to Palestinians who want to leave for medical care or return to homes and families after two years of war.
The passage, near the city of Rafah, in southern Gaza,
was seized by Israeli soldiers in May 2024
and had been mostly closed since then,
other than for a brief time during a temporary cease-fire last winter.
A long…

What to Know About the Rafah Border Crossing in Gaza
The only crossing that connects Gaza with Egypt has reopened after nearly a year of closures. The move will allow residents to leave for medical care or return to homes and families in the territory.

Häufigkeitsverteilung der Bruttoleistung von #Balkonkraftwerk​en in #Deutschland mit Stand vom 08.01.2026.
Unplausible Inbetriebnahmedaten ersetzt, Sonderregelungen nach #Solarpaket…

Hey, Denmark is a monarchy. Get His Maj Frederik, who’s a good-looking dude, to offer the orange one a Royal Duchy that comes with a cool golden crown or something like that if he’ll shut up about Greenland. Orange guy loves royalty.
https://www.kongehuset.dk/en/the-royal-family/…

Hybe K-pop subsidiary Ador ends the contract of one member of NewJeans and sues her and Ador's former CEO after the group tried to leave the label in 2024 (Jon Blistein/Rolling Stone)
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/ne…

NewJeans’ Label Sues Ousted Member Danielle, ex-CEO for $30 Million
Ador, a subsidiary of K-pop giant HYBE, has filed a $30 million lawsuit against former NewJeans member Danielle and the label's ex-CEO Min Hee-jin.

January 2025, because Billy was put to sleep on 31st December 2024.
https://wiki.freebsd.org/Community/Cats#grahamperrin
😢

Guatemala’s eco defenders reel from surge in killings and persecution
https://news.mongabay.com/2026/01/guatemalas-eco-defenders-reel-from-surge-in-killings-and-persecution/

Guatemala’s eco defenders reel from surge in killings and persecution
Environmental and territorial defenders in Guatemala face a critical moment as violence targeting them increases across the country. In 2024, at least 20 such defenders were killed for their work, up from four in 2023, according to a report by advocacy NGO Global Witness. The country was second only to Colombia in the number of […]

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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Pistachio Wars (2024) follows journalist Yasha Levine as he investigates a small-town water deal and uncovers a hidden side of California’s health-food industry.
At the center is the agricultural empire of America’s wealthiest farmers,
#Stewart and #Lynda

Jährlicher Zubau und Rückbau von #Balkonsolarleistung in Deutschland mit Stand vom 08.01.2026.
Unplausible Inbetriebnahmedaten von 1900 bis 2017 wurden durch das Registrierungsdatum der #Steckersolaranlage ersetzt.
👉 Zusatzlesestoff:

Anzahl der Inbetriebnahmen von Balkonkraftwerken pro Jahr in #Deutschland mit Stand vom 08.01.2026.
Unplausible Inbetriebnahmedaten von 1900 bis 2017 wurden durch das Registrierungsdatum der #Steckersolaranlage ersetzt.
👉 Zusatzlesestoff:

Ukraine's SBU captures Russian soldier suspected of executing 9 Ukrainian POWs in 2024: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/20/ukraines-sbu-captures-russian-soldier.html

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

Iran-linked hackers target Israeli, Egyptian critical infrastructure through phishing campaign https://therecord.media/iran-linked-hackers-target-israel-egypt-phishing

Anzahl der Inbetriebnahmen von #Balkonkraftwerken pro Monat in #Deutschland mit Stand vom 08.01.2026.
Unplausible Inbetriebnahmejahre von 1900 bis 2017 wurden durch das Registrierungsdatum der

Kumulativer Zubau von #Balkonsolarleistung in #Deutschland mit Stand vom 08.01.2026.
Die summierte Leistung aller offiziell registrierten #Steckersolaranlagen beträgt b…

Texas Democrats taste victory,
then turn on each other
Texas Democrats rejoiced Saturday after they flipped a state Senate seat
in a district that Donald Trump carried in 2024 by 17 percentage points,
hailing it as a burst of momentum for the midterms in the historically red state.

But they received a stark reminder of their own divides days later
when former Democratic congressman #Colin

"Chinese PV Industry Brief: January-October solar additions reach 252.87 GW"
#China #SolarPower #Energy #Renewables

Chinese PV Industry Brief: January-October solar additions reach 252.87 GW
China’s National Energy Administration (NEA) says developers installed 252.87 GW of new PV capacity from January to October 2024, including 12.6 GW in October alone.

👻 #Mythos zum #Frühstück: 😱
„Die #Wärmepumpe ist zu teuer - die Leute kaufen #Gasheizungen

Mythos: „Die Wärmepumpe ist zu teuer - die Leute kaufen Gasheizungen“
Wärmepumpen auf dem Vormarsch: Warum der angebliche Einbruch 2024 in Wahrheit kein Rückgang war – Marktanteil im Faktencheck.

🌈 Cadolzburg für Vielfalt und Demokratie am Samstag, 24. Januar 2026 vor dem Rathaus um 11 bis 13 Uhr.🎉
:BoostOK: Wiederholung am Samstag, 31. Januar.

✊💜 Eine Menschenkette soll ein Zeichen für #Vielfalt und #Demokratie setzen!

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #KEXP's #VarietyMix
Cardi B feat. Bad Bunny & J Balvin:
🎵 I Like It
#CardiB #BadBunny #JBalvin
https://sbubeats.bandcamp.com/track/cardi-b-bad-bunny-j-balvin-i-like-it-2024-mix-mixed-by-sbu-beats

Anzahl der registrierten #Balkonkraftwerke in #Deutschland mit Stand vom 03.12.2025.
Der aktuelle Höchststand liegt bei 1192237 registrierten Anlagen.
Unplausible Inbetriebnahmedaten von 1900 bis 2017 wurden durch das Registrierungsdatum der

#Tatort: Man stirbt nur zweimal • #ARD #WDR
#krimi #crimi

Jährlicher Zubau und Rückbau von #Balkonsolarleistung in Deutschland mit Stand vom 03.12.2025.
Unplausible Inbetriebnahmedaten von 1900 bis 2017 wurden durch das Registrierungsdatum der #Steckersolaranlage ersetzt.
👉 Zusatzlesestoff:

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #6MusicsIndieForever
Gossip:
🎵 Heavy Cross ( Live At 6 Music Festival, 2024 )
#Gossip
https://therockidz.bandcamp.com/track/gossip-heavy-cross-cover
https://open.spotify.com/track/4N6R6yqkFUTyF3AYOdR0T7

Anzahl der installierten #Windkraftanlagen pro Jahr in #Deutschland mit Stand vom 22.12.2025.
Der Datenbestand enthält ggf. unplausible Datensätze.
👉 Zusatzlesestoff: 14 Tipps zum #Energiesparen

Anzahl der Inbetriebnahmen von Balkonkraftwerken pro Jahr in #Deutschland mit Stand vom 22.12.2025.
Unplausible Inbetriebnahmedaten von 1900 bis 2017 wurden durch das Registrierungsdatum der #Steckersolaranlage ersetzt.
👉 Zusatzlesestoff:

Anzahl der registrierten #Balkonkraftwerke in #Deutschland mit Stand vom 22.12.2025.
Der aktuelle Höchststand liegt bei 1202874 registrierten Anlagen.
Unplausible Inbetriebnahmedaten von 1900 bis 2017 wurden durch das Registrierungsdatum der