@toxi@mastodon.thi.ng2026-02-01 09:44:10
Toblinger Knoten / Torre di Toblin
(October 2024)
#SilentSunday #LandscapePhotography #Photography
@toxi@mastodon.thi.ng2026-02-01 09:44:10
@davej@dice.camp2025-12-31 15:08:07
In the last, guttering hours of the year, it’s tradition to look back on the last 12 months’ #TTRPG activity and reflect. You can read last year’s summary at https://dice.camp/@davej/113747664699824381…
@Techmeme@techhub.social2025-11-28 17:50:46
Google 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-
@Mediagazer@mstdn.social2025-11-25 17:10:44
Dutch public broadcaster Nos quits X, citing the "amount of hateful responses and disinformation" on the site; The Guardian quit in 2024 and NPR in 2023 (Bart Meijer/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/media-tel
@rmdes@mstdn.social2025-11-25 23:26:16
Check out this compelling rebuttal of Soteria International's claims regarding the OKC case. Get informed about the facts and perspectives presented in the article by visiting: https://blog.rmendes.net/2024/12/15/rebuttal-of-soteria.html
@NFL@darktundra.xyz2025-11-25 13:16:38
2024 NFL Draft regrade: Who's already a star, who's stalled and what's changed 18 months later
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/2024-nfl-draft-regrade-updated-g…
@mxp@mastodon.acm.org2025-11-24 13:31:17
I was looking for something else when I discovered that Jean-Guy Meunier passed away last year:
https://philo.uqam.ca/babillard/nouvelles/hommage-a-jean-guy-meunier-1940-2024/
He was one of the reviewers I suggested for my tenure review, but a…
@mxp@mastodon.acm.org2025-11-24 13:31:17
I was looking for something else when I discovered that Jean-Guy Meunier passed away last year:
https://philo.uqam.ca/babillard/nouvelles/hommage-a-jean-guy-meunier-1940-2024/
He was one of the reviewers I suggested for my tenure review, but a…
@lysander07@sigmoid.social2025-11-26 08:12:40
Have you ever wondered to what extend LLMs are used to support writing of scientific publications? Here is a chart indicating the fraction of LLM-modified sentences in scientific publications over time.
c.f. Liang et al, Mapping the Increasing Use of LLMs in Scientific Papers (2024)
https://arxiv.org/html/2404.01268v1
@mxp@mastodon.acm.org2025-11-24 13:31:17
I was looking for something else when I discovered that Jean-Guy Meunier passed away last year:
https://philo.uqam.ca/babillard/nouvelles/hommage-a-jean-guy-meunier-1940-2024/
He was one of the reviewers I suggested for my tenure review, but a…
@hikingdude@mastodon.social2025-11-24 18:25:17
A bit of #mountainMonday ! I took this in January 2024.
I hiked that mountain and decided not just to hike to the summit but to spend some considerable time and try to capture some photos that express cold & #winter.
I layed down to the ground and waited for the wind to blow s…
@cdarwin@c.im2025-11-22 17:39:12
Employers slashed more than 150,000 jobs in October,
the largest wave of layoffs in more than 20 years,
a report from Challenger, Gray & Christmas said Nov. 6.
From tech to Hollywood, retailers and utilities,
U.S. companies are intensifying job cuts and workforce reductions that began in 2024,
as they focus on cost savings and leaner operations amid a challenging economic environment.
Firms have pointed to a myriad of causes for their layoffs,
fr…
@PaulWermer@sfba.social2025-12-26 17:06:40
"...who campaigned on a promise to extricate the US from decades of “endless wars” during his 2024 run for president."
It'simportant to note these are airstrikes and bombings - and that's very different from wars. It avoids the distressful images of wounded and dead service members returning to the US, while using very expensive technology, thus providing purchase orders to very important business interests, and it provides the psycological benefit of violence to imp…
@Techmeme@techhub.social2025-11-25 11:25:46
South Korea, the EU, the UK, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and others aim to build "sovereign AI"; Gartner expects $1.5T in AI spending in 2025, up 50% from 2024 (Jiyoung Sohn/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.
@nfdi4culture@nfdi.social2025-11-17 11:02:25
🤝 NFDI4Culture kooperiert seit 2024 mit Blue Shield Deutschland Deutschland in Sachen Kulturgutschutz und Resilienz für Kulturerbe.
📣 Am 21.11., 11 –16.30 Uhr, findet die Blue Shield Jahrestagung 2025 in Berlin statt zum Thema „Schädigung von Kulturgut - Monitoring, Wissenstandund neue Aspekte“.
📍 Wo: Nicolaihaus (Brüderstraße 13, 10178 Berlin)
➡️ Weitere Infos zur Anmeldung, dem Programm und zur Veranstaltung:
@heiseonline@social.heise.de2025-12-17 13:25:00
Urteil: Amazon darf Video-Kunden keine Werbung aufzwängen
Amazon Prime Video sendet seit 2024 Werbespots. Ein Gericht schreitet ein und untersagt dem US-Unternehmen, die Vertragsbedingungen einseitig zu ändern.
ht…
@v_i_o_l_a@openbiblio.social2025-11-20 13:37:29
"Austausch zum Thema #Schattenbibliotheken" – Einladung von Anna Schwerdtel, Nina Gerlach, @… und @…:
@roland@devdilettante.com2025-11-20 20:40:17
while you are at Dublin mayors, maybe you could ask car drivers to turn on their lights as required by law in Ireland :-) ?!?! During my super brief time in Dublin in 2024 I saw a lot of cars with their lights off during a dark rainy afternoon.
https://mastodon.ie/@irishcycle/115583918846…
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk2025-11-23 05:53:17
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #SonicReducer
The Gits:
🎵 Another Shot of Whiskey
#TheGits
https://thegits.bandcamp.com/track/another-shot-of-whiskey-live-at-rkcndy-2024-remaster
https://open.spotify.com/track/5tShuQfHjzYrLUffswlXrl
@primonatura@mstdn.social2026-01-25 17:00:37
"2025 was third-warmest year on record, research shows"
#Climate #ClimateChange
https:/…
@tinoeberl@mastodon.online2025-11-09 11:17:17
Anzahl der registrierten #Balkonkraftwerke in #Deutschland mit Stand vom 08.11.2025.
Der aktuelle Höchststand liegt bei 1175419 registrierten Anlagen.
Unplausible Inbetriebnahmedaten von 1900 bis 2017 wurden durch das Registrierungsdatum der
@paulwermer@sfba.social2025-12-26 17:06:40
"...who campaigned on a promise to extricate the US from decades of “endless wars” during his 2024 run for president."
It'simportant to note these are airstrikes and bombings - and that's very different from wars. It avoids the distressful images of wounded and dead service members returning to the US, while using very expensive technology, thus providing purchase orders to very important business interests, and it provides the psycological benefit of violence to imp…
@wemic@social.linux.pizza2025-11-24 17:15:48
Everytime I stumble upon this, I'm made joyus by Jim's writing! ^^
The Humble Link - Jim Nielsen’s Blog
https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2024/the-humble-link/
@mia@hcommons.social2026-01-22 09:17:32
Evaluating the multiplatform museum in an age of automation | by Indigo Holcombe-James | ACMI LABS (from 2024 - how are these questions shaping up in 2026?)
https://labs.acmi.net.au/evaluating-the-multiplatform-museum-in-an-age-of-a…
@NFL@darktundra.xyz2025-11-17 17:21:12
@buercher@tooting.ch2025-11-27 17:54:52
Le 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"}
@nemobis@mamot.fr2025-11-15 16:20:44
In the USA there's now bipartisan acceptance that "steaks cost almost 17% more than a year ago" ,[1] 60 % of shoppers buy less beef,[2] 37 % consider plant-based substitutes[3] but not clear how many would simply increase e.g. pulses or go fully #vegan. Prices of lentils are down[4] and production of pulses is expected to go up.[5]
[1]
![U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Producer Price Index by Commodity: Farm Products: Dry Lentils [WPU01130121], retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/WPU01130121, November 15, 2025.](https://static.mamot.fr/media_attachments/files/115/554/621/123/639/224/original/a8527bc6fbd5a8af.png)
@cowboys@darktundra.xyz2025-11-17 15:00:52
Dallas’ Defense Is Broken — The Rebuild Starts Now https://insidethestar.com/dallas-defense-is-broken-the-rebuild-starts-now
@newsie@darktundra.xyz2025-11-20 17:13:08
FCC spikes Biden-era cyber regulations prompted by Salt Typhoon telecom breaches https://therecord.media/fcc-removes-biden-era-cybersecurity-rules-telecoms-salt-typhoon
@scottmiller42@mstdn.social2025-11-16 01:52:04
#POTUS47 pledged in his 2024 campaign that there'd be no new wars. Anyone with any sense realized this was an empty promise.
Less than a year after taking office, it looks like he's at least posing to go to war with #Venezuela. I don't see anything remotely justifying a US war against…
@Techmeme@techhub.social2025-11-21 17:40:49
Bret Taylor says his AI agent startup Sierra has hit $100M in ARR, after launching in February 2024, up from about $20M this time last year (Alex Heath/Sources)
https://sources.news/p/sierras-revenue-flex
@EarthOrgUK@mastodon.energy2025-11-09 09:51:02
On Website Technicals (2024-12) - Tech updates: jq FTW, pasteurisation, freq out, mdash and ndash fun, 2025, webFeed. - https://www.earth.org.uk/note-on-site-technicals-91.html
@Mediagazer@mstdn.social2025-11-11 20:10:51
Study: among the top 100 Spotify podcasts in the US in 2024, 64% were hosted by men, 77% of hosts were white, and 62.6% of 4K episodes had no woman guests (Adam Chitwood/The Wrap)
https://www.thewrap.com/usc-study-podcast-hosts-diversity-men-women-race/
@heiseonline@social.heise.de2025-11-05 13:24:34
Endlich Schluss mit der Cookie-Banner-Flut! 🙌 Die Bundesbeauftragte für Datenschutz und Informationsfreiheit (BfDI) hat am 17. Oktober erstmals einen Dienst zur automatischen Verwaltung von Cookie-Einwilligungen offiziell anerkannt.
Zum Artikel: https://heise.…
@bourgwick@heads.social2025-11-04 17:02:15
kind of wild, but only michael jackson & dr. seuss outrank syd barrett & rick wright as 2025's best-paid dead celebrities (though i assume that's a 1-year-only thing after the floyd sold their publishing rights in 2024). https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattcraig/202
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-01-09 16:50:54
Putin sends warning to Ukraine and West with weapon not used since 2024 (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/putin-sends-warning-ukraine-west-with-weapon-not-used-since-2024-2026-01-09/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260109/p53#a260109p53
@nohillside@smnn.ch2025-12-11 17:49:00
Morgen dann: SBB prüft Rückkehr zum Dampflok-Betrieb.
UKW bleibt: SRG ändert Pläne für Radioprogramme https://www.srf.ch/news/schweiz/nach-abschaltung-2024-srg-plant-nach-parlamentsentscheid-ukw-comeback
@doktrock@toad.social2025-12-07 15:04:05
Rimer Cardillo, Uruguayan-American artist exhibition "Deep Ecology" at the Plains Art Museum #Fargo #NorthDakota
@cdarwin@c.im2025-11-09 17:01:14
Alexander Smirnov, the ex–FBI informant who admitted to lying about the Biden-Burisma connection, has been released from prison just months into his six-year prison sentence.
In a plea deal in December 2024, Smirnov admitted to completely fabricating the conspiracy that became central to a Republican effort to impeach then-President Joe Biden.
Days later, the Russian asset pleaded guilty to four felony charges, including one count of obstruction, and was sentenced to six years in …
@samerfarha@mastodon.social2025-11-05 14:05:10
This photo has been on my lock screen this morning and the spatial scene that the iPhone creates makes it delightful.
@Techmeme@techhub.social2025-12-25 17:50:33
AI sector minted 50 new billionaires in 2025; Crunchbase: investors poured $200B into AI startups in 2025, or about 50% of global funding, up from 34% in 2024 (Alicia Park/Forbes)
http://www.forbes.com/sites/aliciapark/2025/12/25/ai-minted…
@Mediagazer@mstdn.social2025-11-15 17:21:12
LION: from 2022-2024, local independent online news organizations with dedicated staff for revenue generation had median revenue 700% higher than those without (Eric Rynston-Lobel/Local News Initiative)
https://localnewsinitiative.northweste
@jom@social.kontrollapparat.de2025-12-07 17:38:35
“Warum soll man sich bei Nachbarschaftsgrillen nicht über Steuergerechtigkeit unterhalten? … Das Steuergeheimnis schützt oft nur die, die keine Steuern bezahlen.“
Anne Brorhilker im Buch: Cum/Ex, Milliarden und Moral #finanzwende
@jake4480@c.im2026-01-05 17:06:51
One I somehow missed last year and may have even made my top 20 because of how damn good it is, NYC punks KALEIDOSCOPE and their LP 'Cities of Fear' that was written and recorded in just a few days in 2024. Some KILLER, catchy, rough, angry hardcore punk the way it SHOULD be. ffo MDC, Poison Idea, Crucifix.
https://
@tinoeberl@mastodon.online2026-01-11 16:17:02
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:
@NFL@darktundra.xyz2025-11-17 12:29:26
'I'm probably going to cry': Inside DeMarvion Overshown's long journey back from knee surgery https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/46974338/nfl-dallas-cowboys-demarvion-overshown-knee-surgery
@Techmeme@techhub.social2025-11-18 16:52:03
Meta Chief Revenue Officer John Hegeman is leaving, after 17 years at Meta; Clara Shih, who joined in November 2024 to lead its Business AI unit, is exiting (Kurt Wagner/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/202…
@BBC6MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk2025-11-17 13:56:03
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #CraigCharles
Yard Act:
🎵 We Make Hits (6 Music Session, 4 Mar 2024)
#YardAct
https://open.spotify.com/track/7mYTcajvGEU4LZeHQ8V5w2
@cdarwin@c.im2026-01-19 20:48:17
Congressional negotiators are expected to release a
bipartisan health care package
as soon as today
that revives major parts of a deal that was torpedoed in late 2024 by Elon Musk and then President-elect Trump.
The agreement would include long-stalled priorities like
— an overhaul of the business practices of pharmacy benefit managers — the "middlemen" between drug manufacturers and insurers
— and new controls on how hospitals bill for outpatien…
@tinoeberl@mastodon.online2025-11-08 15:16:44
Trotz extremer #Wetterereignisse steigen die weltweiten #CO2-Emissionen weiter.
2024 wurde lt EDGAR der Rekordwert von 53,2 Milliarden Tonnen Treibhausgase ausgestoßen. Hauptverursacher waren #China
@mxp@mastodon.acm.org2025-12-11 20:34:17
«C’est peut-être un peu surprenant sur le plan de la gestion.» Eh ben, oui.
https://www.rts.ch/info/suisse/2025/article/la-ssr-revient-sur-la-fm-apres-la-decision-du-parlement-de-maintenir-la-bande-2908795…
@Mediagazer@mstdn.social2026-01-20 13:01:19
Sensor Tower: Reels accounted for 50% of all Instagram ads in 2025, up from 35% in 2024; Reels accounted for 46% of time spent on Instagram in the US in 2025 (Zach Vallese/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/20/most-of-instagrams-ads-ran-on-reels-i…
@Techmeme@techhub.social2025-12-17 09:38:27
Dune and Keyrock: bets placed on prediction markets rose from <$100M per month in early 2024 to $13B per month in November, as Polymarket and Kalshi compete (Jill R Shah/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/bc300579-4b19-4f82-b232-e537e992c310
@cowboys@darktundra.xyz2025-12-19 02:26:17
Report: Cowboys' $92M CB facing possible surgery for familiar injury https://cowboyswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/cowboys/2025/12/18/report-cowboys-cb-daron-bland-possible-foot-surgery/87836500007/
@tinoeberl@mastodon.online2025-11-08 05:06:02
👻 #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
@NFL@darktundra.xyz2025-11-06 14:51:14
Cowboys DE Marshawn Kneeland died Thursday, team announces https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6783787/2025/11/06/marshawn-kneeland-dead-cowboys/
@Techmeme@techhub.social2025-11-15 03:25:56
Data Center Watch: local opposition blocked or delayed 17 US data center projects worth $98B in Q2 2025, vs. 16 projects worth $64B from May 2024 to March 2025 (Molly Taft/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/the-data-center-resistance-has-arrived/
@Mediagazer@mstdn.social2026-01-16 21:02:04
NBCU and AMC Theatres strike a deal to bring live coverage of the Milan-Cortina Olympics to 150 AMC locations in the US between February 6 and February 22 (Alex Weprin/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/m
@NFL@darktundra.xyz2025-11-06 16:11:12
@tinoeberl@mastodon.online2025-11-02 20:21:02
🛌 Wissen fürs Kopfkissen: 📖
Retröt: Mit #Steckersolaranlagen kannst Du selbst auf Deinem #Balkon Teil der #Energiewende werden, Deine
@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-01-10 20:30:55
Malwarebytes: a 2024 Instagram data breach exposed information on 17.5 million users, including emails, phone numbers, and physical addresses (Jackson Chen/Engadget)
https://www.engadget.com/cybersecurity/an-
@NFL@darktundra.xyz2025-11-06 16:05:38
Lions have 'added motivation' for Week 10 game vs. Commanders after playoff loss https://www.nfl.com/news/lions-added-motivation-week-10-game-commanders-playoff-loss
@NFL@darktundra.xyz2025-11-06 14:59:52
Cowboys second-year DE Kneeland dies at 24 https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/46869849/cowboys-second-year-de-marshawn-kneeland-dies-24
@Techmeme@techhub.social2025-12-12 17:30:52
Source: livestream shopping app Whatnot nears ~$1B in revenue for 2025; Whatnot says it has passed $6B in gross sales this year, more than doubling 2024's sales (Ann Gehan/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/live…
@Techmeme@techhub.social2025-12-02 17:30:47
US and Israeli cloud data management startup Eon raised $300M led by Gil at a $4B valuation, up from $1.4B in November 2024, taking its total funding to $500M (Krystal Hu/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/cloud-data…
@NFL@darktundra.xyz2025-12-03 11:45:36
Kyle Shanahan, 49ers 'hopeful' but 'not counting on' Brandon Aiyuk playing in 2025 https://www.nfl.com/news/kyle-shanahan-49ers-hopeful-but-not-counting-on-brandon-aiyuk-playing-in-2025