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This looks like quite a cool project! Can't help wondering if Aotearoa NZ needs something like this... https://codeberg.org/flohmarkt/flohmarkt/ - example

RE: https://mastodon.social/@Snoro/115980311563744273
In 2024, a study by the Institut national de santé publique du Québec concluded that
➡️ increased control of wood-burning stoves could prevent deaths.
In the province, wood heating kills three…

Heute mal wieder eine Mediathekperle schauen mit @… in der Arte Mediathek
https://nexxtpress.de/mediathekperlen/lars-becker-heaven-can-wait-2024/

Yellow Rose. Mary and Joseph Retreat Center, Rancho Palos Verdes, California, USA. August, 2024. Fujifilm X100VI. #ranchopalosverdes #rose #rosegarden

Poll: 1 out of 8 Trump voters has buyer's remorse about 2024 (G. Elliott Morris/Strength In Numbers)
https://www.gelliottmorris.com/p/2026-03-27-buyers-remorse-trump-defectors
http://www.memeorandum.com/260327/p39#a260327p39

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MechanicalBreakdown
Vazz:
🎵 Breath
#Vazz
https://vazzmusic.bandcamp.com/album/breath-remixes-2024
https://open.spotify.com/track/6OzUQEJo6vvLWDsOuw9k3D

Sources: cloud provider Vultr is seeking to raise $1B to expand its AI computing capacity, after raising $333M at a $3.5B valuation in 2024 (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/amd-backed-vultr-seeks-1-billion-ai-cloud-push

AMD-Backed Vultr Seeks $1 Billion for AI Cloud Push
Vultr, one of the oldest independent cloud providers, is seeking to raise at least $1 billion in new capital so it can compete with a growing list of startups scrambling for cash to meet the surging demand for AI computing power. The company, which is backed by chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices, ...

Temporary protected status for Haitians ends at 11:59 PM this upcoming Tuesday. There are around 30 thousand Haitian immigrants in central Ohio, about 2/3 of whom live in Springfield. This is the sane Springfield that became infamous during the 2024 election due to the spread of false rumors by JD Vance and Donald Trump that Haitian immigrants were eating people's pets and the ducks and geese from a local park. Vance and Trump both made sure to characterize the Haitian immigrate populati…

The 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=

The Dali crew is still in Baltimore 2 years after Key Bridge collapse - The Baltimore Banner https://www.thebanner.com/community/local-news/dali-crew-key-bridge-collapse-LB5XY2XQJVADLBQMBVYSB6OP7I/

2 years after the Dali slammed into the Key Bridge, its crew is still here
Two years after the Dali cargo ship slammed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge on March 26, 2024, eight crew members remain grounded in Baltimore, among the longest stretches of time for any seafarers in recent memory.

RE: #Schiphol #PFAS

The Republican former lieutenant governor of North Carolina,
Mark Robinson,
has admitted he "misled" voters during his unsuccessful 2024 gubernatorial campaign
when he denied posting racist and offensive comments on a pornography website
– suggesting he did so to protect Donald Trump’s successful presidential run.
Robinson, who worked in furniture manufacturing before entering politics in 2020, told the "After the Call" podcast on Thursday:

"‘You Can’t Live Without Us’: How Big Oil Pivoted from Climate-friendly Messaging to Normalise Dependence on Fossil Fuels "
#Climate #ClimateChange #FossilFuels

'You Can’t Live Without Us': How Big Oil Pivoted from Climate-friendly Messaging to Normalise Dependence on Fossil Fuels  
Four of the world’s biggest oil and gas companies have spent the last four years systematically shifting away from climate-friendly advertising to push a new message: fossil fuels are here to stay, a report has found.  Campaign group Clean Creatives analysed 1,859 communications from BP, Shell, ExxonMobil, and Chevron published between 2020 and 2024, spanning paid advertisements on Facebook, YouTube, […]

FilmLA: in H1 2025, Los Angeles soundstage occupancy averaged 62%, down from 63% in 2024 and a 35.4% drop from the 96% peak in 2016; shoot days fell 8% to 7,940 (Erik Pedersen/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2026/03/los-angeles-soundstage-report-1236758623/

L.A. Soundstage Occupancy Held Steady During First Half Of 2025 But Remains Way Below A Decade Ago, FilmLA Says
Los Angeles-area soundstage occupancy held steady during first half of 2025 but remains way below levels from a decade ago, according to a new FilmLA report.

Wind-solar-nuclear electricity production in China, 1992-2024
https://energy-charts.info/charts/energy/line_race_electricity_production_cn_1990-2024.html

@… I was reading this article - https://theorkneynews.scot/2025/06/06/between-2008-an…

Between 2008 and 2024, 97 Public Libraries Across Scotland Permanently Closed
The vital contribution public libraries make to our communities has been highlighted in a survey of  2,000 library users and 300 librarians across Scotland. Many libraries are either being closed, …

Häufigkeitsverteilung der Bruttoleistung von #Balkonkraftwerk​en in #Deutschland mit Stand vom 10.03.2026.
Unplausible Inbetriebnahmedaten vor 2018 durch Registrierungsdatum ersetzt. Sonderregelungen nach

Translation: Kaspersky forced to cut staff in France as the Russian antivirus software company continues to pay the price for the collateral damage of the war in Ukraine. Revenue at its French subsidiary fell from nearly €30m in 2021 to €22.4m in 2024, and the workforce was reduced by a fifth.

Antivirus : le russe Kaspersky contraint de tailler dans ses effectifs en France
L’éditeur de logiciels continue de subir les effets de la guerre en Ukraine. Il a perdu de nombreux clients dans les administrations et les grandes entreprises.

Translucent, a health care finance startup that helps hospitals improve cash management, raised a $27M Series A led by GV, after a $7M seed in August 2024 (Allie Garfinkle/Fortune)
https://fortune.com/2026/03/11/exclusive-…

Exclusive: Translucent, an AI-native healthcare finance startup, raises $27 million Series A
After seeing the challenges of rural hospitals firsthand, Jack O’Hara set his sights on transforming the financials of healthcare.

Squirrel sitting on the grass and wondering “Who is that strange man with a camera?” LA Arboretum, Arcadia, California, USA. April, 2024. OM Systems OM-1 M.Zuiko 40-150 F2.8 PRO MC14. #laarboretum #squirrels

Cowboys Proposal Has Them Move For All-Pro George Pickens-Replacement https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/dallas-cowboys/brandon-aiyuk-proposal-george-pickens-replacement/

Diesen Film zum Thema Wirtschaftssysteme jenseits der gegenwärtigen politischen Ökonomie kann ich echt empfehlen: „Outgrow the System – Wirtschaft neu denken“ ist eine schwedische Dokumentation aus dem Jahr 2024, die gerade frisch in die Arte-Mediathek gepurzelt ist.
https://www.arte.…

Boye Mafe to help fill void in Bengals' post-Trey Hendrickson era https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/48198524/boye-mafe-help-fill-void-bengals-post-trey-hendrickson-era

Had a bucket list moment performing with him and his son (also a guitarist) in 2024. Lovely man, super cheery, and then just jaw-droppingly note perfect. RIP @… https://

Paris-based digital health insurance startup Alan raised €100M led by Index Ventures at a €5B valuation, up from €4B after raising €173M in September 2024 (Anna Heim/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/11/health-insurance-startup-alan-reaches-e5b…

Health insurance startup Alan reaches €5B valuation | TechCrunch
French health insurance startup Alan is now valued at €5 billion — approximately $5.83 billion, up from $4.5 billion in 2024.

I 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.

In 2024, Europe spent circa €375 billion on imports of fossil fuels. [consumptive: burn it, and only CO2 remains]
In stark contrast, investment in renewable power and grids remains comparatively low: Europe spent €100 billion on those in 2025. [delivering clean energy for decades, and avoiding CO2]

Bataille des chaînes régionales Š Bienne: TeleBielingue perd sa concession au profit de Canal B
Après une longue lutte commencée en 2024, le Tribunal administratif fédéral a rejeté le recours de TeleBielingue, accordant la concession pour la région Bienne, Jura bernois et Seeland Š Canal B
https://www.letemps.ch/suisse/bataille-des-chaines-regionales-a-bienne-telebielingue-perd-sa-concession-au-profit-de-canal-b

California voters are receiving mailers promoting a 'poison-pill' ballot measure aimed at nullifying a proposed one-time 5% tax on billionaires' assets. The countermeasure, backed by Silicon Valley billionaires including Sergey Brin and Eric Schmidt, would override the tax even if both pass in November. The clash reflects a broader surge in billionaire political spending, which reached $3 billion nationally in 2024 and is reshaping policy battles at state and federal levels
…

"February 2026 was Earth’s fifth-warmest February on record"
#Climate #ClimateChange
ht…

February 2026 was Earth’s fifth-warmest February on record
Despite the lack of a planet-warming El Niño event, global ocean temperatures were the second-warmest on record in February, behind only the El Niño year of 2024.

„Seamonster“ by Facet
Platform: Amiga
Released: 18 May 2024
Specification: 320x256px, 32 colors
Note: 2nd in the Decrunch 2024 Amiga Pixel GFX competition
#GFX_Facet #YR_2024 #PF_Amiga

Anzahl der Inbetriebnahmen von #Balkonkraftwerken pro Monat in #Deutschland mit Stand vom 10.03.2026.
Unplausible Inbetriebnahmejahre von 1900 bis 2017 wurden durch das Registrierungsdatum der

Google closes its acquisition of Israeli cybersecurity company Wiz for $32B, marking Google's biggest acquisition ever; Google initially approached Wiz in 2024 (Rebecca Bellan/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/11/google-completes-32b-acquisition-of-wiz…

Google wraps up $32B acquisition of cloud security giant Wiz | TechCrunch
Google has officially acquired Israeli cybersecurity firm Wiz for $32 billion in all-cash, a full year after the companies announced the deal. This marks Google's biggest acquisition in its history.

HZA-H: Zoll Hannover - Jahresstatistik 2025 der Finanzkontrolle Schwarzarbeit Hannover (ots) - 16,5 Millionen Euro Schadenssumme (2024: 7,2 Millionen Euro) ermittelte die Finanzkontrolle Schwarzarbeit des Hauptzollamts Hannover im Jahr 2025. "Die mehr als doppelt so hohe Schadenssumme ist nicht gleichzusetzen mit einer ... https://www.

Spotify says artists from 75 countries made $500K in royalties in 2025, up from 66 in 2024; ~50% of an average artist's streams came from outside their country (Ethan Millman/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/music/mu…

Artists From 75 Different Countries Made at Least $500,000 On Spotify Last Year
"The takeaway here is that music has become increasingly borderless," Spotify's Joe Hadley says of the company's latest loud and clear report released Wednesday

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MiddayShow
The Gits:
🎵 Second Skin
#TheGits
https://thegits.bandcamp.com/track/second-skin-live-at-rkcndy-2024-remaster
https://open.spotify.com/track/4Rvwe2nPrL4QiylcSD6lcy

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DVwyC2sEXhq/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==

CBS News on Instagram: "The latest lava fountaining episode of an erupting Hawaii volcano reached 1,000 feet high Tuesday, prompting temporary closures at a national park and part of an important highway because of falling glassy volcanic fragments, including ash. Kilauea, on Hawaii’s Big Island, has been dazzling residents and visitors for more than year with an on-and-off eruption that periodically sends fountains of lava soaring into the sky. The fountaining that began Tuesday morning marked the eruption’s 43rd episode since it began in December 2024."
99K likes, 1,454 comments - cbsnews on March 11, 2026: "The latest lava fountaining episode of an erupting Hawaii volcano reached 1,000 feet high Tuesday, prompting temporary closures at a national park and part of an important highway because of falling glassy volcanic fragments, including ash. Kilauea, on Hawaii’s Big Island, has been dazzling residents and visitors for more than year with an on-and-off eruption that periodically sends fountains of lava soaring into the sky. The fountaini…

TechInsights: 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-…

Trump:
“I’ll avoid foreign military entanglements” ... “We will measure our success not only by the battles we win, but also by the wars that we end, and perhaps most importantly, the wars we never get into.” - January 20, 2025
“I’m not going to start wars, I’m going to stop wars.” - November 6, 2024
“Great nations do not fight endless wars… As a candidate for president, I loudly pledged a new approach. Great nations do not fight endless wars.” - February 5, 2019

"Netherlands hits record electricity production and exports in 2025"
#Netherlands #Energy #Renewables

Netherlands hits record electricity production and exports in 2025
The Netherlands set a record in 2025, generating 132 billion kWh of electricity, up 10% from 2024, with renewables supplying 49% of output and exports rising 25% to 30 billion kWh.

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

Google says 90 zero-days exploited in 2025 as commercial vendor activity grows https://therecord.media/google-says-90-zero-days-exploited-apt-spyware-vendors

Interessant, dass Leute so 800.000 € übrig haben, um sie der #CDU zu spenden 🤨
(So viel habe ich nicht, aber ich habe im Rahmen meiner Möglichkeiten an @… gespendet und weiß gerade wieder gut, wieso)

Konzerne und Milliardäre: Neue Liste zeigt, wer die Parteikassen füllt | abgeordnetenwatch.de
Parteien wurden 2024 mit Spenden überhäuft, doch wer hat bezahlt? Der Bundestag veröffentlicht bisher unbekannte Zahlen. Vorne dabei: die Finanzbranche, Autovermieter und bekannte Unternehmer. Von Lisa Wölfl

Man pleads guilty in athlete home burglaries case https://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/id/48104437/man-pleads-guilty-2024-athlete-home-burglaries-case

The people who actually decide elections aren’t in the base
— and they’re turning.
Political independents and soft partisans — voters Trump converted in 2024 to beat Harris — are more loosely attached to Trump and support his policies less.
When political conditions deteriorate for the GOP, it’s these voters who are the first to leave.
What MAGA elites think might matter to other elites (people who have dinner with Steve Bannon),
-- but when it comes to electi…

Forget the "MAGA split" on Iran. It's the independents and soft partisans that matter.
Plus, most "moderates" favor left-wing economic policies. Your weekly political data roundup for March 15, 2026.

#Comet C/2024 E1 (Wierzchos) and #Galaxy NGC 55
Date: 11 02 2026 UT 18:39
Location: Farm Tivoli, #Namibia
Telescope: ASA Astrograph 12" f3.6
Camera: ZWO ASI 6200 MM Pro
Mount: ASA DDM 85
Exp.Time: LRGB 10/2/2/2 min.
Gerald Rhemann and Michael Jäger

Investigation: the US FedRAMP authorized Microsoft service GCC High to handle sensitive government data in 2024, despite years of concerns about its security (ProPublica)
https://www.propublica.org/article/microsoft-cloud-fedramp-cybersecurity-government…

Federal Cyber Experts Thought Microsoft’s Cloud Was “a Pile of Shit.” They Approved It Anyway.
A federal program created to protect the government against cyber threats authorized a sprawling Microsoft cloud product, despite the company’s inability to fully explain how it protects sensitive data.

Joe Rogan, the influential podcast host, said on his show Tuesday that
the war in Iran was “crazy”
and had left Americans feeling “betrayed” by Trump,
describing the conflict as a sharp reversal from the policies that the president had campaigned on.
“It just seems so insane,”
said Mr. Rogan, who endorsed Trump in 2024 and said he still texted with him on occasion.
“He ran on no more wars:
End these stupid, senseless wars.
And then we have one …

Joe Rogan Says Trump’s Supporters Feel ‘Betrayed’ by Iran War
The influential podcast host described the conflict as a sharp reversal from the policies the president had campaigned on.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #HuwStephens
The Psychedelic Furs:
🎵 The Ghost In You
#ThePsychedelicFurs
https://glennlimbaga.bandcamp.com/track/the-psychedelic-furs-the-ghost-in-you-glenn-limbaga-2024-rework
https://open.spotify.com/track/04BQXS1HwzNpfZ2Wvw2RIy

Commanders to release CB Marshon Lattimore, ending failed experiment https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7050478/2026/03/02/commanders-release-marshon-lattimore-nfl/

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
The Gits:
🎵 Second Skin
#TheGits
https://thegits.bandcamp.com/track/second-skin-live-at-rkcndy-2024-remaster
https://open.spotify.com/track/4Rvwe2nPrL4QiylcSD6lcy

Spotify says artists from 75 countries made $500K in royalties in 2025, up from 66 in 2024; ~50% of an average artist's streams came from outside their country (Ethan Millman/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/music/mu…

Artists From 75 Different Countries Made at Least $500,000 On Spotify Last Year
"The takeaway here is that music has become increasingly borderless," Spotify's Joe Hadley says of the company's latest loud and clear report released Wednesday

Cowboys’ Dak Prescott Delivers New Health Update https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/dallas-cowboys/dak-prescott-delivers-new-health-update/

Circana BookScan: US print book sales hit 762.4M units in 2025, up 0.3% YoY, settling at levels higher than before the pandemic; graphic novels saw a 9.2% rise (Jim Milliot/Publishers Weekly)
http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-top

Print Book Sales Rose Slightly in 2025
A mild rebound in children’s book sales helped to offset softness on the adult side, resulting in a 0.3% increase in unit sales of print books in 2025 over 2024. The Let Them Theory by Mel Robbins was last year’s top-selling title.

A profile of Nscale founder Josh Payne, a former coal miner in Australia who moved to London and started the data center developer in 2024 amid the AI boom (Adam Satariano/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/09/business/nscale-ai-data-center-boom.html

The Former Coal Miner in the Middle of the A.I. Data Center Boom
Josh Payne, the chief executive of Nscale, raised $2 billion from investors. Sheryl Sandberg, the former Facebook executive, is joining his board.

Ja, es gibt vorbildliche #Unternehmenskommunikation! Mit Freude begrüßen wir Lena Schiemann, #SocialMedia -Managerin bei @…, als Speakerin auf der #2MR 🙌 .
Was ist vorbildlich? 2024 haben die Elektrizitätswerke #Schönau mit einem klaren Statement gesagt: „Bye Bye Elon“ 👇 ¹.
Mehr davon auf der #2MR-Konferenz!
👉️️ #MayTheForth
📍 #Hamburg
¹ #Bürgerenergie #Klimaschutz #Erneuerbar #Energiewende #EWS #Klima #Klimawandel

🛌 Wissen fürs Kopfkissen: 📖
Retröt: Mit #Steckersolaranlagen kannst Du selbst auf Deinem #Balkon Teil der #Energiewende werden, Deine

Steckersolaranlagen für Deinen Balkon: Sparen mit der Energiewende
Spare Stromkosten mit einem Balkonkraftwerk! Finde heraus, was die neuen Regelungen 2024 für Dich bedeuten. Einfach installieren und profitieren.

Israeli startup Onyx Security, which helps secure and manage AI agents' operational risks, raised a $35M Series A led by Conviction, after a $5M seed in 2024 (Meir Orbach/CTech)
https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/hjmra11x911g

Cyber startup Onyx Security raises $35 million to control AI agents in organizations | CTech
The Israeli startup develops a platform to secure and manage AI systems as they become integral to business operations.

Shanghai-based MiniMax reports 2025 revenue up 159% YoY to $79M, above ~$71.4M est., and a $1.87B net loss, up from a ~$465.2M loss in 2024, after its IPO (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-02/china-ai…

A look at SpaceX's IPO, reportedly aiming to raise up to $50B at a $1.75T valuation, more than seven times higher than its ~$200B valuation in October 2024 (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/5bf1fe0c-1593-49b7-aaf1-18e7da9b36ed

SpaceX: the final frontier of IPOs
Can Elon Musk’s moonshot deliver the mooted $1.75tn valuation?

A look at Lisbon's Unicorn Factory, a startup hub where 300 businesses joined in 2025 vs. 250 in 2024; 17 unicorns have moved to Lisbon since hub's 2022 launch (Michael Dempsey/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/5263ed8c-79dd-460a-b131-56a6fcefeb1e…

Portugal welcomes start-ups seeking scale
Hubs in Lisbon, Porto and Braga nurture new businesses as they look to expand

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Cocteau Twins, Harold Budd:
🎵 Sea, Swallow Me (2024 Remaster)
#CocteauTwins #HaroldBudd
https://hugeshark.bandcamp.com/track/sea-swallow-me-harold-budd-cocteau-twins-cover
https://open.spotify.com/track/2kwKk1pkWM6ywaC4gQaByB

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #ChrisHawkins
Lynks:
🎵 USE IT OR LOSE IT (6 Music Session, 20 Feb 2024)
#Lynks
https://lynkslynkslynks.bandcamp.com/track/use-it-or-lose-it-2
https://open.spotify.com/track/72YhBiqyf312dbifU3yHbx

#Streudiagramm der #Bruttoleistung von #Balkonkraftwerk​en in #Deutschland mit …

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #6MusicsJukebox
Shabaka Hutchings:
🎵 Living (6 Music Session, 11 May 2024)
#ShabakaHutchings