@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.socialSource: the 2024 cyber-attack by the Scattered Spider group on Transport For London resulted in the theft of personal data of ~10M people (Joe Tidy/BBC)
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz0ggkr2g77o
@gscherer2@social.linux.pizzaA Not-so-Common Sunflower. LA Arboretum, Arcadia, California, USA. July, 2024. OM System OM-1 M.Zuiko 300mm F4. #laarboretum #sunflower #bloomscrolling
@Kingu@sakurajima.moeOne of the saddest disbanding of 2024
I's "はっぴーえんどろーる"MUSIC VIDEO
@NFL@darktundra.xyz
@cdarwin@c.imRepublican senator Thom Tillis spoke out in defense of Nato on Thursday,
joining Mitch McConnell and the Democrats,
after Donald Trump said that he was “absolutely” considering withdrawing from the alliance after it refused to take part in the joint assault with Israel against Iran.
“Nato stood by America when we were under attack and came to our aid after the September 11th attacks. Their soldiers fought and died alongside our troops in Afghanistan,” said Thom Tillis, a Re…
@cosmos4u@scicomm.xyzAnd here the crappy external camera with the low data rate actually delivered: the #ZodiacalLight pyramid at the beginning of the #SolarEclipse for #ArtemisII - it stayed visible in the live feed for 10 minutes! Contrary to the NASA commentary this was not the first time such an observation had been made by humans in the vicinity of the Moon - the Apollo 11 crew made it on 19 July 1969: https://www.facebook.com/dan.fischer.393/posts/pfbid02mf6UK3L2j5SgPiQsJk9JVYmo6XvZwDDZ23BYpXwJPDszaSpUYzuinkMyHzh9RF8Rl -> https://skyweek.wordpress.com/2024/07/25/allgemeines-live-blog-ab-dem-25-juli-2024/#Jul26
@memeorandum@universeodon.comDOJ demands Detroit-area 2024 ballots, escalating election scrutiny (Patrick Marley/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/04/19/michigan-2024-ballots-harmeet-dhillon/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260419/p34#a260419p34
@tagesschau_eil@mastodon.social📢 Lebenslange Haft für Südkoreas Ex-Präsident Yoon wegen Ausrufung des Kriegsrechts
Für die Ausrufung des Kriegsrechts im Dezember 2024 ist der damalige südkoreanische Präsident Yoon Suk Yeol zu lebenslanger Haft verurteilt worden. Das zentrale Bezirksgericht in Seoul sprach den 65-Jährigen schuldig, einen Aufstand angeführt und damit die Verfassung des Landes untergraben zu haben.
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@brian_gettler@mas.toCrachat, "La dérape" (2024)
#MusicWomenWednesday
@digitalnaiv@mastodon.socialSüdhessen bleibt zum 8. Mal in Folge sicherste Region in Hessen — 43.421 Straftaten, -6,7 % gegenüber 2024. Darmstadt als Großstadt liegt dabei über dem Regionsdurchschnitt, was für Städte typisch ist. Schattenseiten: Angriffe auf Polizisten 28 %, Cybercrime seit 2020 fast verdoppelt. Laut FR. #Darmstadt
@jby@ecoevo.socialAccounting for the effects of year-to-year climate variation on population growth rate can substantially decrease the size of a species' expected geographic range— by an average of 22% in this simulation study with a new method for range modeling
https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.10.30.621023
@tinoeberl@mastodon.onlineAnzahl der Inbetriebnahmen von Balkonkraftwerken pro Jahr in #Deutschland mit Stand vom 17.02.2026.
Unplausible Inbetriebnahmedaten von 1900 bis 2017 wurden durch das Registrierungsdatum der #Steckersolaranlage ersetzt.
👉 Zusatzlesestoff:
@doktrock@toad.socialGermany's population is estimated to decline by 10% by 2070, from 83.5 to 74.7 million. One of the reasons is emigration; over 250,000 people per year leave #Deutschland.
https://www.
@raiders@darktundra.xyzNews Surfaces on Former Raiders Controversial DT Christian Wilkins https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/las-vegas-raiders/christian-wilkins-news-free-agency/
@vosje62@mastodon.nlGermany U-turns, Won't Intervene on Israel's Behalf in ICJ Gaza Genocide Case - @…
https://www.haaretz.com/world-news/europe/2026-03-19/ty-article/germany-u-turns-wont-intervene-on-israels-behalf-in-icj-gaza-genocide-case/0000019d-05c2-d65b-abfd-95deeaff0000
Archive https://archive.ph/P3UBr
This marks a shift from Germany's January 2024 stance, when it backed Israel in the case. Berlin says its decision not to intervene stems from its own ICJ defense in a case accusing it of violating international law by supporting Israel's war in Gaza
@NFL@darktundra.xyzCommanders to release CB Marshon Lattimore, ending failed experiment https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7050478/2026/03/02/commanders-release-marshon-lattimore-nfl/
@cosmos4u@scicomm.xyzThe dramatic transition of the extreme Red #Supergiant WOH G64 to a Yellow Hypergiant: https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.19329 - this 2024 paper, already mentioned by me in connection with other observations of that star in https://skyweek.wordpress.com/2024/11/24/allgemeines-live-blog-ab-dem-24-11-2024/ ("Die enge zirkumstellare Umgebung des Roten Überriesen WOH G64 ..."), has now been formally published: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-026-02789-7.epdf?sharing_token=7UR_XvTAZerqnMHPRyA0LtRgN0jAjWel9jnR3ZoTv0N7FejDObMF3AkHA10E71tuouxDX6yP8bM1QCFKGVVZLl8bT37LMadR8u4ukhACilFI60-Zxl0e00Bc0v3qXkG29yIQr7uTE0sd644q7We4d6ay5Tblhxc-UABROlAnuDs=
@Techmeme@techhub.socialCZ returned to the US for the first time since his release from prison in 2024, to attend a WLF event at Mar-a-Lago attended by Brian Armstrong and others (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/pardon…
@azonenberg@ioc.exchangeI hate how rapidly Intel EOL's CPUs.
Like, my office workstation has a pair of Skylake-SP's (Xeon Scalable Gold 6144) which were launched in Q3 17 and hit end of support in December 2023. That's only six years.
And Vtune 2024.x is the last version that supports it. I have to pin an old version of VTune to be able to do profiling now.
I know it's getting on in years now, but it's still a pretty decent processor (CPUMark per-core performance competitive wi…
@metacurity@infosec.exchangeThe Federal Trade Commission sent letters to 13 data brokers warning them of their responsibility to comply with the Protecting Americans’ Data from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2024 (PADFAA).
https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/pres…
@primonatura@mstdn.social"Netherlands hits record electricity production and exports in 2025"
#Netherlands #Energy #Renewables
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MiddayShow
Neil Diamond:
🎵 Sweet Caroline (Good Times Never Seemed So Good)
#NeilDiamond
https://sonnenwellen.bandcamp.com/track/neil-diamond-sweet-caroline-geh-haim-illegal-2024
https://open.spotify.com/track/62AuGbAkt8Ox2IrFFb8GKV
@tinoeberl@mastodon.onlineAnzahl der registrierten #Balkonkraftwerke in #Deutschland mit Stand vom 17.02.2026.
Der aktuelle Höchststand liegt bei 1228115 registrierten Anlagen.
Unplausible Inbetriebnahmedaten von 1900 bis 2017 wurden durch das Registrierungsdatum der
@memeorandum@universeodon.comJustice Department demands Michigan county turn over 2024 ballots (NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/justice-department-demands-michigan-county-turn-2024-ballots-rcna340891
http://www.memeorandum.com/260419/p46#a260419p46
@joe@toot.worksI like the idea of a low-cost MacBook, but when you can get a 2024 MacBook Air with an M3 and 16GB of memory for the same money, I don't know why more people don't just do that.
@Techmeme@techhub.socialGeneral Catalyst plans to invest $5B in India over five years, an increase from the $500M to $1B previously announced, after merging with a local VC in 2024 (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/19/general-catalyst-commits-5b-to-ind…
@grahamperrin@bsd.cafeRE: https://mastodon.social/@lobsters/115882407207303960
Good reads:
― the 2024 blog post
― the 2026 discussion in Lobsters.
Incidentally, I did stop using Discord. No regrets.
@Techmeme@techhub.socialTechInsights: chip manufacturing emissions will climb by ~33% to 247M metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent by 2030, roughly equivalent to Algeria in 2024 (Aaron Clark/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-…
@tinoeberl@mastodon.onlineJährlicher Zubau und Rückbau von #Balkonsolarleistung in Deutschland mit Stand vom 10.03.2026.
Unplausible Inbetriebnahmedaten von 1900 bis 2017 wurden durch das Registrierungsdatum der #Steckersolaranlage ersetzt.
👉 Zusatzlesestoff:
@NFL@darktundra.xyzNiners GM John Lynch: We've had 'good and substantive meetings' regarding Trent Williams' contract https://www.nfl.com/news/niners-gm-john-lynch-we-ve-had-good-and-substantive-meetings-regarding-trent-williams-…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialInvestment in Austin-based startups grew to a record high of $7.19B in 2025, up from $4.37B in 2024 and topping a pandemic peak of $6.1B in 2021 (Mary Ann Azevedo/Crunchbase News)
https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/all-time-high-f…
@tinoeberl@mastodon.online#Steady #Klimacrew #Artikelupdate
Unter "Mehr dazu" einen Verweis zu einer interessanten Nachrichtenmeldung aus UK ergänzt: Die britische
@BBC6MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #6MusicsJukebox
Gruff Rhys:
🎵 Celestial Candyfloss (6 Music Session, 21 Feb 2024)
#GruffRhys
https://gruffrhys.bandcamp.com/track/celestial-candyfloss
https://open.spotify.com/track/0drFirwZCpz2frsJILGmzU
@Techmeme@techhub.socialDraft IPO prospectus: SpaceX debt grew from $14B in 2024 to $23B in 2025, tied to a $4.5B lease deal with Valor Equity for AI equipment such as chips for xAI (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/spacex-debt-jumped-23-billion-last-year
@Techmeme@techhub.socialSources: Binance has fired its employees in late 2025 who uncovered evidence that Iran received $1B through Binance between March 2024 and August 2025 (Fortune)
https://fortune.com/2026/02/13/binance-investigators-fired-iran-sanctions-potentia…
@cosmos4u@scicomm.xyzJust noted interesting parallels between #ArtemisII and Apollo 11 and 12, involving #SolarEclipses, either by the close Moon or by the Earth: during or after each of the three missions the astronauts described these events as their visual highlights. The Artemis II crew has done this several times - and in the post-flight press conference after #Apollo11 Neil Armstrong did it, too, in https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yz6nzutr7RU#t=42m19s in the segment from 42:20 (in the transcript https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED059051.pdf on PDF pages 21--22).
What he was describing is the eclipse just before arrival at the Moon of which I had re-processed the best image in https://www.facebook.com/dan.fischer.393/posts/pfbid02mf6UK3L2j5SgPiQsJk9JVYmo6XvZwDDZ23BYpXwJPDszaSpUYzuinkMyHzh9RF8Rl -> https://skyweek.wordpress.com/2024/07/25/allgemeines-live-blog-ab-dem-25-juli-2024/#Jul26 (and he is mistaking the zodiacal light they saw and photographed with the solar corona, the very same mistake made repeatedly during Artemis II).
Finally, a solar eclipse by the huge Earth observed from Apollo 12 just before splash-down was described by Alan Bean as "the most spectacular sight of the whole flight" while it happened: https://skyweek.wordpress.com/2019/11/24/eine-fette-sofi-fur-apollo-12-durch-die-erde/ (no images of totality were taken but Bean later painted the view from memory). The reason I had looked up the Apollo 11 presser was to see how this famously well-prepared post-lunar mission presentation looked like and when it happened: 19 days after their return.
