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The offices at John Quackenbush’s lab at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
were once full of postdoctoral fellows, graduate students, and interns.
Young scientists here worked on some of the most cutting-edge computational biology research in the world,
driving new discoveries and the creation of widely used big data tools, including one the National Cancer Institute named among the most important advances of 2024.
Today, the offices are rows of empty comp…

His lab was humming with discovery. After one year under Trump, it’s almost silent
John Quackenbush built a lab that is at the forefront of human genetics research and bioinformatics. Trump administration cuts have put it in danger of collapse.

Die Essays von Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer zu den politischen Entwicklungen von der konstitutionellen zur absoluten Demokraite in den USA und in Europa (aus De Morgen 2024 und 2025) in deutschsprachiger Übersetzungen:
https://europa.blog/de/category/blogs/ilja-leonard-pfeijffer/

Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer Archives - Europa Blog
Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer / Foto: Stephan Vanfleteren Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer ist ein niederländischer Schriftsteller und Poet. Sein schriftstellerisches Talent und Wirken erstreckt umfasst unterschiedlichste literarische Genres. Er zählt zu den erfolgreichsten Autoren des niederländischen Sprachraums und gilt als eine der einflussreichsten Stimmen der zeitgenössischen niederländischen Literatur. Über vierzig Titel hat er mittlerweile veröffentlicht, darunter Gedichte,…

Checkr, which offers employee background checks, says its revenue grew to $800M, up 14% from 2024, amid a surge in AI-generated CVs and fake financial documents (Iain Martin/Forbes)
http://www.forbes.com/sites/iainmartin/20…

AI Fraud Has Exploded. This Background-Check Startup Is Cashing In.
San Francisco-based Checkr has seen its revenues jump 14% to $800 million as companies try to spot a flood of AI-generated CVs and faked financial documents.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #CraigCharles
BODEGA:
🎵 Shiny New Model (6 Music Session, 3 Jun 2024)
#BODEGA
https://bodegabk.bandcamp.com/album/shiny-new-model
https://open.spotify.com/track/6n4a29V8m31YOzvZ1z1jST

The Kentucky Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a measure establishing
public funding for charter schools is unconstitutional,
affirming that state funds “are for common schools and for nothing else.”
The 2022 measure was enacted by the state’s Republican-dominated legislature over Democrat Gov. Andy Beshear’s veto.
It was struck down the next year by a lower court.
The state’s high court ruled the “Constitution as it stands is clear that it does not permit funnel…

Kentucky Supreme Court rules charter school funding unconstitutional
The Kentucky Supreme Court has ruled that a measure establishing public funding for charter schools is unconstitutional. The high court ruled that state funds “are for common schools and for nothing else.” The Republican-backed measure was struck down by a lower court in 2023. In an opinion released Thursday, the Kentucky Supreme Court wrote that the Constitution "does not permit funneling public education funds outside the common public school system.” In 2024, Kentucky voters rejected a…

Jährlicher Zubau und Rückbau der #Windenergieleistung in #Deutschland. Stand: 12.01.2026.
Summen der Inbetriebnahmen und Stilllegungen pro Jahr.
Der Datenbestand enthält ggf. unplausible Datensätze.
👉 Zusatzlesestoff:

Kamala Harris Sold Her Email List to D.N.C., Then Paid Off Old 2024 Debts (Shane Goldmacher/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/us/politics/dnc-kamala-harris-email-list-debt.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260214/p9#a260214p9

Heute 14 Uhr Syrienkonferenz im Museum Bochum:
Mehr als ein Jahrzehnt nach dem Beginn des Krieges ist die Lage in Syrien weiterhin von Gewalt, Unsicherheit und schweren Menschenrechtsverletzungen geprägt, religiöse und ethnische Minderheiten wie Alawiten, Drusen, Christen, Eziden und Kurden sind unzureichend geschützt.
Im Fokus der Veranstaltung stehen Fragen nach dem Schutz besonders vulnerabler Gruppen, nach den Folgen der Machtübernahme durch die HTS sowie nach Möglichkeiten von…

The EU approves UMG's $775M acquisition of Downtown Music, a deal UMG expects to complete in the coming weeks after announcing it in December 2024 (Edith Hancock/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/business/m…

Kijk hoe /e/OS mijn apparaat beschermt tegen datalekken!
Weten waarom trackers in apps veel impact kunnen hebben op je privacy en vrijheid? Lees onze Privacy Guide op https://e.foundation/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/murena_white_paper_privacy.pdf

from my link log —
That British mid-century signage font is called “Festive”.
https://precastreinforced.co.uk/2024/04/22/that-mysterious-font-is-festive-not-stymie/
saved 2026-02-12

That mysterious font is Festive, not Stymie
What is that font? You know, THAT font? The chunky italic lettering you see on launderettes and council blocks, on post-war churches and new town butcher’s shops, across the UK. The font you’re thi…

Bargeld rocks!
- Inklusion
- (Un)Abhängigkeit vom Stromnetz
- (Un)Abhängigkeit von Visa/Mastercard
Europe is Rediscovering the Virtues of Cash - Slashdot https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/01/14/1436212/europe-is-rediscovering-the-v…

Worldwide, 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

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.

BlackRock raises $12.5B as part of its Microsoft partnership to bankroll data centers and energy infrastructure, bringing it closer to its $30B goal from 2024 (Silla Brush/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026…

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…

#BizimKiez kämpft gegen Gentrifizierung und andere Formen der #Verdrängung
Ein kleiner Kiezkrimi über Untermiete und Schikane

🤪 #Deutschland darf bis 2031 nur 12 Gigawatt neue #Gaskraftwerke bauen, obwohl ursprünglich 20 Gigawatt geplant waren.
Die Einigung mit der #EU-Kommission entspricht dem bereits 2024 vereinba…

Reiche scheitert: EU genehmigt nur 12 Gigawatt bei Gaskraftwerken - Golem.de
Deutschland darf 12 Gigawatt an neuen Gaskraftwerken bauen, um die Abschaltung der Kohlekraftwerke zu kompensieren.

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…

The less voters knew, the more they liked Trump in 2024. Not Anymore (G. Elliott Morris/Strength In Numbers)
https://www.gelliottmorris.com/p/trump-lost-low-info-voters
http://www.memeorandum.com/260212/p20#a260212p20

How NFL Draft can help Lions, Chiefs, other 2024 playoff teams that flopped this season https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6911825/2025/12/23/nfl-draft-2026-lions-chiefs-ravens-outlook/

Another year in which we've been making the climate crisis worse faster. And the role of aviation continues to grow nastier: probably good for 1/6 of the increase this year, caused by a small minority of the global population.
https://news.m…

Record fossil fuel emissions in 2025 despite renewables buildout, report says
Global carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel combustion are projected to reach a record 38.1 billion metric tons in 2025, an increase of 1.1% from 2024, according to the 2025 Global Carbon Budget. The report, now in its 20th edition, was released Nov. 13 as a preprint. It compiles national energy and emissions data from […]

Apple bestätigt: Google Gemini wird neue Siri! Was das bedeutet
#Apple

Apple bestätigt: Google Gemini wird neue Siri! Was das bedeutet
Jetzt ist es offiziell: Google liefert mit Gemini den Unterbau für Apples künftige Siri-KI. Was das bedeutet, ob Eure Daten weiterhin sicher sind und die Gründe. #Apple #Google #AI Kapitelmarken: 00:00 Intro: Apple nutzt Google Gemini für Siri 00:50 Apples offizielle Bestätigung der Partnerschaft 01:50 Siris Niedergang: Vom Pionier zum Problemfall 03:00 Die gescheiterten Versprechen von 2024 04:05 Details zum Gemini-Deal und den Kosten 05:15 Unterschied zu ChatGPT-Integration 06:45 Date…

BPOLD-H: Bilanz der vorübergehend wiedereingeführten Binnengrenzkontrollen an der deutsch - niederländischen Grenze in Niedersachsen im Zeitraum vom 16.09.2024 bis einschließlich zum 28.02.2026 Hannover / Bad Bentheim (ots) - Seit dem 16. September 2024 kontrolliert die Bundespolizei in ganz Deutschland den grenzüberschreitenden Verkehr mit vorübergehend wiedereingeführten Binnengrenzkontrollen. Für Reisende zwischen Niedersachsen und ...

Anzahl der registrierten #Balkonkraftwerke in #Deutschland mit Stand vom 08.01.2026.
Der aktuelle Höchststand liegt bei 1211359 registrierten Anlagen.
Unplausible Inbetriebnahmedaten von 1900 bis 2017 wurden durch das Registrierungsdatum der

Chinese chipmaker GigaDevice rose 54% in its Hong Kong debut after raising ~$600M in its IPO, and reported H1 2025 profit of ~$84M, up 14% from H2 2024 (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-12/gigadevice-s…

Brazil’s Farmed Animals “Meat Machine” Exposed in Photo Report https://veganfta.com/articles/2025/12/25/brazils-farmed-animals-meat-machine-exposed-in-photo-report/?utm_source=Mastodon

Brazil’s Farmed Animals “Meat Machine” Exposed in Photo Report
In 2024, photojournalist Vincenzo Ricci documented for World Animal Protection the hidden reality of Brazil’s booming farmed animal sector, revealing conditions that constrict the country’s polished…

"KI in der Spezialbibliothek: Darüber nachdenken oder einfach machen?"
https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0290-opus4-200326 (Vortragsfolien)
"Die Forschungsbibliothek des Herder-Instituts, größte Spezialbibliothek zur Geschichte und Kultur Ostmitteleuro…

In 2025, several books saw audiobook sales outperform hardcovers, even as digital audiobook growth slowed to 1% through October after 2024's ~24% jump to $1.1B (Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/tech/personal-tech/lis

Billionaires 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…

Billionaires 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.

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.

L'an dernier, les salles de cinéma ont perdu 8% de leur affluence par rapport Š 2024, un chute de 24% en comparaison Š 2019. En effet, c'est la suite de la tendance de diminution depuis 2010.
https://www.letemps.ch/culture/ecrans/les-cinemas-suisses-ont-realise-moins-de-10-millions-d-entrees-en-2025-loin-des-chiffres-d-avant-pandemie

Chainalysis and TRM Labs estimate that $2.7B was stolen in crypto in 2025 in total, up from $2.2B in 2024; the biggest hack was the $1.4B breach at Bybit (Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/23/hackers-stole-…

Hackers stole over $2.7B in crypto in 2025, data shows | TechCrunch
This was another banner year for crypto hacks and heists — 2025 was the third year in a row that a new crypto theft record was set.

Anzahl der Inbetriebnahmen von #Balkonkraftwerken pro Monat in #Deutschland mit Stand vom 22.12.2025.
Unplausible Inbetriebnahmejahre von 1900 bis 2017 wurden durch das Registrierungsdatum der

Despite concerns, Labour MPs and other left-wing UK politicians stay active on X; the UK government says it stopped paid ads in 2024, after spending £9M in 2021 (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/5b0e3ea9-acc9-4dcc-85fe-2273ea8abb86

Comeback Player of the Year? How Christian McCaffr... https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47769168/san-francisco-49ers-christian-mccaffrey-comeback-player-year-candidate-2025

PitchBook: crypto M&A hit $8.6B across 267 deals in 2025 vs. $2.17B in 2024; 11 crypto IPOs raised $14.6B worldwide, up from $310M from four IPOs in 2024 (Nikou Asgari/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/b4d5e238-c34a-4602-91d0-4c7300b0006f

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

Hathern (Charnwood, Leicestershire), June 2024
#photography #ukphotographer #documentingbritain #documentingplace

#Tatort: Das Verlangen - #ARD #BR
#crimi #krimi #DasErste

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #6MusicsJukebox
Waxahatchee:
🎵 Right Back To It (6 Music Session, 12 Jul 2024)
#Waxahatchee
https://waxahatchee.bandcamp.com/track/right-back-to-it
https://open.spotify.com/track/17Zzi8qsn8mdm0t0JTGeQo

Now #TheAmericanFascist has appointed an 'envoy' to help convince Greenlanders to ditch Denmark and join the USA. Denmark is shocked and angered, as they should be. Greenlanders are wholly opposed.
There is poetic irony of a Louisiana politician being tapped to lead a "Greenland Purchase" by America. I very much doubt the result will be the same. But there are some interesting parallels.
Lousisiana Purchase (1808)
a) Made possible by squabbles and warring in Europe.
b) involved purchase of 2.14 million km2 of North America for $380 Million in 2024 dollars. Greenland is 2.17 million km2.
It's difficult to fathom just how undervalued the Louisana Purchase was...nevermind the whole — selling Indigenous Lands without Treaty — issue. But hey... that would be another parallel with today's Inuit and Greenland Peoples.
Back in the modern context, America's Fascists just want to do Fascist things like take over sovereign countries and oppress nations, not unlike Hitler, the Kaiser's Germany, the Napoleans, Imperial Britain, Conquistador-ist Spain, and Tsarist-Stalinist-Putinist Russia.
This all needs to be kept -- forefully if need be -- in the past. We cannot allow these regressive dictators to come back.
He must be stopped.
United States of America!
Americans!
Stop prancing around with Christmas presents as if nothing is happening and DEPOSE YOUR PRESIDENT ffs! This is ON YOU first and foremost!!
#USAPoli #Denmark #Canada #Imperialism #TheWorld #UN #NATO #Russia #Ukraine #RussiaUkraineWar #Louisiana #LouisianaPurchase #Greenland
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckgmd132ge4o

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #CraigCharles
SOAK:
🎵 Bleach (6 Music Session, 25 Nov 2024)
#SOAK
https://soakinbleach.bandcamp.com
https://open.spotify.com/track/7aCOnhe1Krk6u2WmaxdgCp