@steve@s.yelvington.comVoting is under way in Georgia for two seats on the utilities regulatory commission. Current GOP members are totally in the pocket of the entities they're supposed to be regulating.
https://energyandpolicy.org/georgia-psc-in…
@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
@memeorandum@universeodon.comNearly $900 Million Flowed in Secret to Help Harris and Trump in 2024 (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/us/politics/harris-trump-dark-money-democrats-republicans.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/251217/p109#a251217p109
@gfp@mastodon.trueten.de„Wages not Weapons“ https://www.german-foreign-policy.com/news/detail/10243
@Techmeme@techhub.socialGoogle is shutting down its dark web monitoring tool, launched in 2024 to alert users when their personal info is detected on the dark web, on February 16, 2026 (Ben Schoon/9to5Google)
https://9to5google.com/2025/12/15/google-dark-web-report-shutting-down/<…
@Sustainable2050@mastodon.energyWorldwide, sales of new cars with a fossil fuel combustion engine dropped to the level of 2004, by 2024. And sales of new cars that use fossil fuels (100% or partially, in hybrids) dropped to the level of 2012. EVs are on the march.
https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/clean
@tinoeberl@mastodon.online2025 wird voraussichtlich eines der drei heißesten Jahre seit Beginn der #Wetteraufzeichnungen.
Der November lag global 1,54 Grad über dem vorindustriellen Niveau und damit über dem Ziel des #PariserAbkommens.
Zwischen 2023 und 2025 könnte erstmals ein Dreijahresze…
@rmdes@mstdn.socialRéfutation des affirmations de Soteria International sur la "communauté bouddhiste persécutée OKC" et son fondateur Robert Spatz
https://blog.rmendes.net/2024/12/15/rfutation-des-affirmations.html
@fanf@mendeddrum.orgfrom my link log —
Experience report: it will never work in theory.
https://www.computer.org/csdl/magazine/so/2024/03/10424425/1Ulj1Qa8tJ6
saved 2025-11-09
@metacurity@infosec.exchangeBPO giant Conduent confirms data breach impacts 10.5 million people
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/bpo-giant-conduent-confirms-data-breach-impacts-105-million-people/
@Dragofix@veganism.social2025 on track to tie second hottest year on record: EU monitor #EU
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialLuminate's 2025 report: the global music industry hit 5.1T streams, up 9.6% YoY; on-demand US streams hit 1.4T, up 4.6% YoY; Christian/gospel music grew 18.5% (Maria Sherman/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/music-liste
@Techmeme@techhub.socialChatGPT was 2025's most downloaded free app in the US iOS App Store, up from No. 4 in 2024, followed by Threads, Google, TikTok, WhatsApp, and Instagram (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/10/chatgpt-is-apples-most-downloaded…
@NFL@darktundra.xyzRanking top 10 players from loaded 2024 NFL Draft class: Jayden Daniels or Drake Maye at No. 1? https://www.nfl.com/news/ranking-top-10-players-from-loaded-2024-nfl-draft-class-jayden-daniels-or-drake-maye-at-no-1
@primonatura@mstdn.social"Solar accounted for 70% of new global power capacity in 2024"
#SolarPower #Energy #Renewables
@vosje62@mastodon.nlDer Flensburg Krimi: Der Fall Lorenz – Der Flensburg-Krimi (3) - #ARD
#krimi #crimi #DonnerstagsKrimi
@cdarwin@c.im
@grifferz@social.bitfolk.comWe watched one episode of High Potential (2024), liked it a lot, and then saw at the end credits that it's based on the French HPI: Haut Potentiel Intellectuel (2021). So we watched episode 1 of THAT.
It's fascinating to note the differences. The plots are basically identical, so the differences are nuance.
https://www.
@scott@carfree.cityLast year global temperatures were 1.6°C over the pre-industrial average, the first year to breach the 1.5° goal.
"One or two years that exceed 1.5°C above the pre-industrial level does not imply that the Paris Agreement has been breached. However, with the current rate of warming at more than 0.2°C per decade, the probability of breaching the 1.5°C target of the Paris Agreement within the 2030s is highly likely."
@ErikUden@mastodon.dehm. i wonder what this may cause
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialInternal documents: Meta earned $18B in annual ad sales from China in 2024, making up 10% of its global revenue, with $3B linked to fraudulent ads like scams (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/investigations/meta-tolerates…
@tiotasram@kolektiva.socialUSpol
Was just having a conversation with someone about how "50%" of the country voted for Trump and in reminding them it's way less took the time to look up the numbers. In 2024 Trump got 77.3 million votes in a country of 340.1 million people. That's 22.7% of the people. ~21.5% of the people are under age 18, so 263.6 million adults. Trump got the vote of 29.3% of them. Some of those adults aren't eligible to vote, but when discussing social dynamics, they matter just as much, as do kids... Even of the people who voted for Trump, many were not at all MAGA fanatics (even if they at minimum had a seriously warped worldview and dangerous politics of one kind or another).
The truth is, almost no president has ever had a huge popular mandate, because our society is engineered to let a minority political class retain most of the power while giving the illusion of influence to the masses.
@Techmeme@techhub.socialA survey of UK adults in 2025: on average, they spend 4.5 hours per day online, up 10 minutes on 2024, and 50% of time is on Google- and Meta-owned services (Ofcom)
https://www.ofcom.org.uk/media-use-and-attitudes/online-h…
@raiders@darktundra.xyzRevisiting 18 NFL trades at last year's deadline: Several solid moves, but a bunch of duds https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6760070/2025/10/30/nfl-trade-deadline-2024-best-worst-trades/
@fanf@mendeddrum.orgfrom my link log —
Raspberry Pi Reliability: how to reduce writes to your SD card.
https://www.dzombak.com/blog/2024/04/pi-reliability-reduce-writes-to-your-sd-card/
saved 2026-01-05
@usul@piaille.frChampagne, chauffeur privé… Jordan Bardella encore retoqué sur ses frais de campagne aux Européennes
https://www.linforme.com/medias-culture/article/champagne-chauffeur-prive-jordan-bardella-…
@brian_gettler@mas.toBien que depuis des années mes enfants n'exigent plus une berceuse avant de se coucher, j'identifie tellement avec cette chanson. Elle reste hypnotique, même après que le saxo se met Š hurler.
Myriam Gendron, « Berceuse » (2024)
https://myriamgendron.bandcamp.com/track/berceu…
@tinoeberl@mastodon.onlineTrotz rückläufiger verbrannter Fläche stiegen die CO₂-Emissionen durch #Waldbrände 2024/25 auf über 8 Milliarden Tonnen – rund 10 % mehr als im langjährigen Schnitt.
Ursache sind vermehrte #Brände in kohlenstoffreichen
@digitalnaiv@mastodon.social
@jlpiraux@wallonie-bruxelles.socialCyclo-logistique en Belgique
- plus de 5 millions de colis livrés Š vélo en Belgique, soit 70 % de plus qu’en 2023
- 10 millions de km parcourus par des coursiers Š vélo, soit 30 % de plus
- 4112 tonnes de CO₂ évitées et 12 millions € de coûts externes économisés
https://
@sjn@chaos.socialThe #EU Cyber Resilience Act (Regulation (EU) 2024/2847) has now an Implementing Act:
https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/factpages/cyber-resilience-act-imple…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialHow President Trump's tariffs ended China's monopoly on making US game consoles, boosting Vietnam, whose exports jumped from $30M/month in 2024 to $400M in May (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2025-trump-tariffs-vietnam-china-video-…
@wyri@toot-toot.wyrihaxim.usWith this being the first Raspberry Pi 5 of the cluster, and since those are notorious for running hotter than the Pi 4. Which I did extensive testing on last year: https://blog.wyrihaximus.net/2024/12/building-a-kubernetes-homelab-w…
@privacity@social.linux.pizzaThe Draghi Dilemma: The Right and the Wrong Way to Undertake GDPR Reform
https://fpf.org/blog/the-draghi-dilemma-the-right-and-the-wrong-way-to-undertake-gdpr-reform/
@…
@cdarwin@c.imThere have been 1,295 cases of pertussis, also called whooping cough, in Florida, an 81 percent surge compared to the entirety of 2024.
And nationwide, cases rose six-fold in 2024 compared to the year before, CDC figures show, a sign of waning immunity against a disease that once struck hundreds of thousands.
#MakeAmericaHealthyAgain
@DieGesellschafterinLang@swiss.social2024 ist der Fahrradaktivist Andreas Mandalka alias #Natenom ums Leben gekommen. Nun will das Land den Radweg sanieren
https://www.swr.de/swraktuell/baden-wuertt
@newsie@darktundra.xyzChinese hackers scanning, exploiting Cisco ASA firewalls used by governments worldwide https://therecord.media/chinese-hackers-scan-exploit-firewalls-government
@primonatura@mstdn.social"In numbers: The UK’s greenhouse gas emissions in 2024"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Emissions
@tinoeberl@mastodon.onlineDer #Eigenverbrauch von #Solarstrom nimmt in #Deutschland deutlich zu.
Laut Fraunhofer ISE lag er 2024 bei 12,28 Terawattstunden und machte damit 17 Prozent der
@NFL@darktundra.xyzRegrading eight NFL trades from last year's deadline: Hindsight on Adams to the Jets, Cooper to the Bills https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/46654966/regrading-deals-2024-nfl-trade-deadline-davante-adams-marshon-lattimore
@krone@frawas.deOGH-Entscheidung: - Todesschuss in Kärntner Kaserne war ein Mord! #News #Nachrichten
@ewon_c@social.linux.pizzaA comprehensive write-up on post-quantum cryptography in today's web.
My favourite quote: "we are in an interesting in-between time, where almost all Internet traffic is protected by post-quantum key agreement, but not a single public post-quantum certificate is used."
https://blog.cloudflare.com/p…
@cowboys@darktundra.xyzCowboys Trade Prediction Lands Them $36 Million Linebacker https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/dallas-cowboys/logan-wilson-trade-prediction-bengals/?adt_ei=[email]
@Techmeme@techhub.socialLagos-founded payments startup Moniepoint raised $90M at a $1B valuation, after raising $110M in October 2024, and says it processes $250B yearly transactions (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-21/visa-…
@tinoeberl@mastodon.onlineDie weltweite #Waldzerstörung nimmt weiter zu: 2024 gingen 8,3 Millionen Hektar verloren – deutlich mehr als im Vorjahr.
Besonders betroffen sind #Tropenwälder, oft durch gezielt gelegte #Brände
@vosje62@mastodon.nlKanzlei Liebling Kreuzberg - #ARD
Trailer:
https://www.ardmediathek.de/video/kanzlei-liebling-kreuzberg/trailer-kanzlei-liebling-kreuzberg-bewaehrungsprobe/ard/Y3JpZDovL2Rhc2Vyc3RlLmRlL2JveHNldC1rYW56bGVpLWxpZWJsaW5nLWtyZXV6YmVyZy82NmM0NGM3Zi05OTY0LTQ3OWUtOWQ2Mi0xNzJhNzMyZTQ4YjA
Serie: (deel 1, 2)
https://www.ardmediathek.de/serie/bewaehrungsprobe-oder-folge-2/staffel-1/Y3JpZDovL2Rhc2Vyc3RlLmRlL2JveHNldC1rYW56bGVpLWxpZWJsaW5nLWtyZXV6YmVyZw/1
Vanavond deel 2 van deze serie (begon om 20:15 op DasErste)
Deel 1 was in 2024.
@mrjau@social.mrjeda.deLNG Terminal in Bremerhaven [2024]
@metacurity@infosec.exchangeRE: https://infosec.exchange/@metacurity/115584342649529214
A district court judge dismissed most of the SEC’s claims in July 2024. SolarWinds and the SEC recently reached a settlement on the remaining charges.
The SEC's lawsuit was flimsy, …
@adamhotep@infosec.exchangeThere are no US federal prohibitions on limiting campaign contributions at the state level, so twelve states actually permit unlimited financing. Other states have unfairly-high limits. Too bad I'm not a billionaire…
https://news.ballo…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialPolymarket and Kalshi surpassed $2B in notional trading volume in the week ending Oct. 19, exceeding the previous peak during the 2024 US presidential election (Emily Nicolle/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialMark Zuckerberg says Threads has 150M DAUs, up from 100M in December 2024, and Meta has rolled out ads globally in the Threads feed with plans to add video ads (Karissa Bell/Engadget)
https://www.engadget.com/social-media/thre
@Techmeme@techhub.socialFilings: business services giant Conduent, which was spun off from Xerox in 2017, confirms that a 2024 data breach has impacted over 10.5M people (Bill Toulas/BleepingComputer)
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/b…
@cdarwin@c.imBillionaires with $1 salaries
– and other legal tax dodges the ultrawealthy use to keep their riches
Billionaires can enjoy growing wealth entirely free of income tax and reporting
Mark Zuckerberg was the lowest-paid employee at Meta in 2024,
and he made US$1.
But he is not the only very rich person who has collected $1 for a year’s work.
Why would incredibly rich CEOs make only $1 a year when they could pay themselves millions?
The reason is taxes…
@tinoeberl@mastodon.onlineJährlicher Zubau und Rückbau von #Balkonsolarleistung in Deutschland mit Stand vom 26.10.2025.
Unplausible Inbetriebnahmedaten von 1900 bis 2017 wurden durch das Registrierungsdatum der #Steckersolaranlage ersetzt.
👉 Zusatzlesestoff: Förderantrag
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialNetflix says Southeast Asian content on the platform grew nearly 50% from 2023 to 2024 and 40 Southeast Asian titles were in its Global Top 10 in 2025 (Zac Ntim/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2025/12/netflix-southeast-asian-content-1236632912/
@Techmeme@techhub.socialAmazon reports Q3 revenue up 13% YoY to $180.2B, a $21.2B net income vs. $15.3B in Q3 2024, and operating income flat at $17.4B; AMZN jumps 10% after hours (Amazon)
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20251029099339/en/
@BBC6MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk @Techmeme@techhub.socialAnrok, which helps software companies automate sales tax compliance, raised a $55M Series C at a $525M valuation, up from $250M after raising $30M in April 2024 (Kate Clark/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20
@tinoeberl@mastodon.onlineJährlicher 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:
@Techmeme@techhub.socialUnifyApps, which lets companies build AI chatbots by connecting SaaS apps and data, raised a $50M Series B led by WestBridge, after a $20M Series A in 2024 (Chris Metinko/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/pro/enterprise-software-deals/2025/10…
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialCalifornia's 2024 Google deal to fund journalism is tangled in budget cuts, infighting, and questions over who controls money, leaving journalists empty-handed (Tyler Katzenberger/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/01/california…
@newsie@darktundra.xyzTwo suspected Scattered Spider hackers plead not guilty over Transport for London cyberattack https://therecord.media/transport-for-london-hack-scattered-spider-suspects-plead-not-guilty
@raiders@darktundra.xyzCharles Snowden calls game with fourth-down sack vs. Browns https://www.raiders.com/video/charles-snowden-sack-browns-nfl-thrilling-moments
@Techmeme@techhub.socialSamsung rolls out a Perplexity TV app, which works alongside Samsung's Vision AI Companion, on its 2025 TVs; 2023 and 2024 TV models will get it later this year (Artie Beaty/ZDNET)
https://www.zdnet.com/article/how-to-get-perplex…
@buercher@tooting.chLe gouvernement vaudois a plongé le canton dans une situation paradoxale: le frein Š l’endettement est activé alors qu’il n’y a quasiment pas de dettes (0,71% de taux d’endettement en 2024), il connaît une crise politique profonde alors que sa situation financière est loin d’être problématique.
https://www.letemps.ch/opinions/y-a-t-il-un-pilote-dans-le-canton-de-vaud?shouldPreventPurchase=true&inAppView=3.19.0&didomiConfig.user.externalConsent.value={"purposes":{"consent":{"enabled":["abtesting-p6FL2BYL","audiencem-hJxaeGrR","cookies","create_ads_profile","create_content_profile","device_characteristics","geolocation_data","improve_products","market_research","measure_ad_performance","measure_content_performance","parselyne-Ya2EC4dG","select_basic_ads","select_personalized_ads","select_personalized_content","use_limited_data_to_select_content"],"disabled":[]},"legitimate_interest":{"enabled":[],"disabled":[]}},"vendors":{"consent":{"enabled":["amazon","c:aws-cloudfront","c:bannerwise-EeHwBjLT","c:chartbeat","c:cloudflare","c:echobox-GqD96L9K","c:forecast-ZRJPAUT7","c:googleana-4TXnJigR","c:hotjar","c:jsdelivr-xdD77X6w","c:jw-player","c:kameleoon-experiment","c:kameleoon-personalization","c:keycdn","c:linkedin","c:magnitein-ePEpbCQ7","c:meta-43HDmFRa","c:microsoft","c:nonli-jnWf8kqD","c:pianohybr-R3VKC2r4","c:pinterest","c:spyri-XAtBPx3i","c:tapadinc-VDTUUcKw","c:tiktok-KZAUQLZ9","c:unrulygro-nKyLqdKi","c:youtube","facebook","google","twitter",1,10,1020,1021,1028,1046,1069,108,109,11,1126,12,120,1269,128,13,130,131,1310,132,136,137,138,142,143,1449,154,156,16,164,202,209,21,211,23,238,24,241,243,25,253,264,28,284,290,30,301,32,36,39,4,412,422,45,469,475,493,50,519,52,559,58,61,612,617,68,684,69,73,76,77,783,790,793,80,81,811,84,85,855,898,91,92,95,965,98],"disabled":[]},"legitimate_interest":{"enabled":[],"disabled":[]}},"user_id":"36B03261-8BC8-4FB4-A026-0543FF748710","created":"2025-05-28T08:36:56.058Z","updated":"2025-11-08T21:05:15.048Z","source":{"type":"app","domain":"ch.letemps.LT"},"action":"webview"}
@Techmeme@techhub.socialApple's Vision Pro with the M5 chip is assembled in Vietnam, according to labels on its packaging; the M2-based model, launched in 2024, was built in China (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-21/app…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialEverett Randle, a former partner at Kleiner Perkins, joins VC firm Benchmark as general partner, following a slew of personnel departures at Benchmark (Natasha Mascarenhas/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/benchmark-names-ev…
@tinoeberl@mastodon.onlineJährlicher Zubau und Rückbau von #Balkonsolarleistung in Deutschland mit Stand vom 22.12.2025.
Unplausible Inbetriebnahmedaten von 1900 bis 2017 wurden durch das Registrierungsdatum der #Steckersolaranlage ersetzt.
👉 Zusatzlesestoff:
@tinoeberl@mastodon.onlineEin Forschungsprojekt des Fraunhofer ISE zeigt, dass #Wärmepumpen auch in #Altbauten effizient und klimafreundlich arbeiten.
77 Anlagen wurden über vier Jahre analysiert. Die Jahresarbeitszahlen lagen zwischen 2,6 und 5,4. Die CO₂-Emissionen waren 2024 rund 64 Prozent niedriger als …
@Techmeme@techhub.socialGoogle withdraws its 2024 EU antitrust complaint against Microsoft over Azure licensing, after the EU launched a probe into Azure and AWS under the DMA (Edith Hancock/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/tech/google-withdraws-
@primonatura@mstdn.social"Austria deploys 1 GW of PV in January-September period"
#Austria #SolarPower #Energy #Renewables
@primonatura@mstdn.social"Chinese PV Industry Brief: January-October solar additions reach 252.87 GW"
#China #SolarPower #Energy #Renewables
