Tootfinder

@… Behold this thing of beauty! Possibly the only thing that could tempt me to own a TV set again! https://www.retroghosttown.com/blog/2024/8

The Comet - a space age retro rocket spaceship inspired TV — GHOST TOWN
The Comet

Zugebaute #Batteriespeicherkapazität pro Monat in #Deutschland mit Stand vom 17.03.2026.
397 Datensätze ohne #Batteriespeichertechnologie herausgefil…

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #Audioasis
The Gits:
🎵 Bob (Cousin O.)
#TheGits
https://thegits.bandcamp.com/track/bob-cousin-o-2024-remaster-1

“Apple Vision Accessibility: The 2025 AppleVis Report Card”
https://www.applevis.com/blog/apple-vision-accessibility-2025-applevis-report-card
“Overall satisfaction with VoiceOver accessibility on Apple products decreased compared to 2024.”

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=

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-…

📢 Merz mit 91,2 Prozent als CDU-Chef wiedergewählt
Der CDU-Parteitag hat den Parteivorsitzenden Friedrich Merz erneut zum Parteichef gewählt. Er erhielt 91,2 Prozent der gültigen Stimmen. Der Kanzler erzielte damit ein besseres Ergebnis als 2024.
➡️ https://www.

Merz mit 91,2 Prozent als CDU-Chef wiedergewählt
Der CDU-Parteitag hat den Parteivorsitzenden Friedrich Merz erneut zum Parteichef gewählt. Er erhielt 91,2 Prozent der gültigen Stimmen. Der Kanzler erzielte damit ein besseres Ergebnis als 2024.

Civil war is now a possibility in the US. All thanks to Trump
"We ran high-level US civil war simulations. Minnesota is exactly how they start | Claire Finkelstein" https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/21/ice-minnesota-trump…

We ran high-level US civil war simulations. Minnesota is exactly how they start
Developments in Minnesota closely mirror a scenario explored in a 2024 exercise conducted at the Center for Ethics and the Rule of Law at the University of Pennsylvania, which I direct

Spanne der Bruttospeicherleistung von #Batteriespeicher​n pro Inbetriebnahmejahr von Unternehmen in Deutschland mit Stand vom 17.03.2026.
397 Datensätze ohne #Batteriespeichertechnologie herausgefiltert.
Der Datenbestand enthält unplausible Datensätze.
…

Germany 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

Here is wisdom. I learned this too late in life, and am still not sure I’ve learned it well:
❝Don’t feel like you need to fix everything. A common response to bearing witness to another’s trauma is to try and fix it. We don’t want others to suffer. That said, you may not be offering what the other person or group is clearly stating they need. If they need you to listen, and you choose to act but not listen, then you have both not supported them in their trauma and violated a boundary.❞
https://community.hachyderm.io/blog/2024/08/12/hachyderms-introduction-to-mastodon-moderation-part-1/

Spanne der Bruttospeicherleistung von #Batteriespeicher​n pro Inbetriebnahmejahr von Privatpersonen in Deutschland mit Stand vom 17.03.2026.
397 Datensätze ohne #Batteriespeichertechnologie herausgefiltert.
Der Datenbestand enthält unplausible Datensätze.

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]

The Harvest: Canada’s MAID Program, Eugenics, and the Commodification of Despair
When a state administers death as a healthcare service and then discovers the dead have commercially valuable parts, the question is no longer about dignity. It is about inventory. Something has gone structurally wrong in Canada, and the evidence is no longer ambiguous. In 2024, 16,499 Canadians died through the country's Medical Assistance in Dying program, accounting for 5.1 percent of…

The Harvest: Canada’s MAID Program, Eugenics, and the Commodification of Despair | David Boles, Blogs
When a state administers death as a healthcare service and then discovers the dead have commercially valuable parts, the question is no longer about dignity. It is about inventory. Something has go…

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.

Qualcomm says it plans to buy back another $20B worth of shares and is raising its quarterly cash dividend, after unveiling a $15B buyback in November 2024 (Lynn Doan/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-17…

Enttäuschung für die Forschung: Asteroid 2024 YR₄ wird den Mond klar verfehlen
Der Asteroid 2024 YR₄ hat die Öffentlichkeit vor einem Jahr in Atem gehalten. Jetzt ist unerwartet früh klar, dass er auch für den Mond keine Gefahr darstellt.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #ChrisHawkins
Yard Act:
🎵 We Make Hits (6 Music Session, 4 Mar 2024)
#YardAct
https://open.spotify.com/track/7mYTcajvGEU4LZeHQ8V5w2

"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.

2026 NFL free agency: Top 10 remaining free agents include 2024 sacks leader, former No. 1 overall pick, more

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/top-10-remaining-2026-nfl-free-agents-m…

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…

Na próxima terça-feira (17), o *Humanitas* recebe o neurocientista Miguel Nicolelis para a conferência:
“A Inteligência não é Artificial. Intenções humanas, extrativismo e o poder por tršs das mšquinas.”
💻 Na conversa, Nicolelis propõe um olhar crítico sobre o avanço da Inteligência Artificial e seus impactos sociais e ambientais. Em 2024, cerca de 300 bilhões de dólares foram investidos em empresas de IA, um crescimento que levanta questões urgentes sobre consumo de energia, šgu…

Evento
O Instituto Humanitas Unisinos - IHU - um órgão transdisciplinar da Unisinos, que visa apontar novas questões e buscar respostas para os desafios de nossa época. Parte da visão do humanismo social cristão, debatendo a sociedade do futuro.

Des nouvelles concernant l’effondrement de l'échafaudage Š #PrillyMalley. Les parallèles avec Crans-Montana sont choquants: selon le rapport des experts, aucune règle n’était respectée, et la question n'était pas de savoir «si» cela arriverait, mais «quand».

Assimilation of Ground and Satellite Magnetic Observations Unravels the Ionospheric, Magnetospheric, and Induced Fields During the May and October 2024 #GeomagneticStorms: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2025GL116964 -> How does an ice satellite detect a geomagnetic storm? https://www.esa.int/Applications/Observing_the_Earth/FutureEO/CryoSat/How_does_an_ice_satellite_detect_a_geomagnetic_storm

I wrote https://jws.news/2024/hp-z4-g4-workstation/ two years ago about buying an old workstation off eBay to try running local LLM models. It didn't go as well as I had hoped, but between tariffs, hardware shortages, and my own lack of cash, I think that it is going to be another two years before I get to try again.

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…

Analysis: 10 major tech publications lost 58% of their Google traffic since early 2024, falling to a combined 65M monthly visits in January 2026; some lost 90% (Yuval Halevi/Growtika)
https://growtika.com/blog/tech-media-collapse

Tech Publications Lost 58% of Google Traffic Since 2024 | Growtika
We tracked the organic search traffic of CNET, Wired, The Verge, TechRadar, and six others from early 2024 to today. Combined, they lost 63 million monthly visits.

RE: https://infosec.exchange/@metacurity/116186426545144965
“Between October 2024 and January 2025, Kliger's social media posts included controversial views and reposted content from figures such as white supremacist Nick Fuentes and self-described…

@… how come I see these in my feed? I suspect they have a “science” hashtag, but I don’t see it in the app.
https://reddthat.com/post/61631735
Anyway to show those?

Researchers simulate an entire fly brain on a laptop. Is a human brain next? - Berkeley News (2024) - Reddthat
Lemmy

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.

Warum dieser Artikel über eine Konferenz in China 2024 erst jetzt erscheint, who knows, aber lots of spannendes Zeug drin. (I myself had politely declined an invitation.)
https://www.newyorker.com/news/annals-of-education/how-china-learned-to-love-th…

How China Learned to Love the Classics
The Chinese Communist Party has embraced the study of Greek and Latin—as, in some ways, an antidote to the modern West. Chang Che writes.

Linebacker Nakobe Dean agrees to three-year deal with Raiders https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7102874/2026/03/09/nakobe-dean-raiders-nfl-free-agency-2026/

Jährlicher Zubau und Rückbau der #Windenergieleistung in #Deutschland. Stand: 10.03.2026.
Summen der Inbetriebnahmen und Stilllegungen pro Jahr.
Der Datenbestand enthält ggf. unplausible Datensätze.
👉 Zusatzlesestoff:

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.

"Digital Technologies and Reading Habits of Students: A Scoping Review"
https://doi.org/10.1515/opis-2025-0040
"This scoping review aims to map the literature on the types of digital technologies and the purposes of using digital technologies by secondary school students."

On Website Technicals (2024-04) - Tech updates: ORCID, RSS work storage, podcast images, transcripts, Apache 2.4 ETag bug, 406 and more 429, less AMP, cacheing tweaks. - https://m.earth.org.uk/note-on-site-technicals-83.html

On Website Technicals (2024-04)
Tech updates: ORCID, RSS work storage, podcast images, transcripts, Apache 2.4 ETag bug, 406 and more 429, less AMP, cacheing tweaks.

One of the saddest disbanding of 2024
I's "はっぴーえんどろーる"MUSIC VIDEO

• YouTube
• YouTube Music
• Invidious

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…

Robotik-Start-up entwickelt Universal-Industrieroboter in unter zwei Jahren
Noble Machines wurde erst 2024 gegründet. Doch ihr erster Industrieroboter ist schon bereit für seinen Einsatz.
https:/…

Sources: Apple made ~55M iPhones in India in 2025, up 53% YoY from 36M in 2024, ~25% of total iPhone production as it shifts away from China to avoid tariffs (Sankalp Phartiyal/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

🇺🇦 #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

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.

An interview with CEO Tom Conrad about Sonos' new speakers, its first consumer product release since 2024, scrapping set-top box plans, app fiasco, and more (Chris Welch/Bloomberg)

I generally hate buying new computing devices and try to make them last as long as possible. I bought a used/refurb iPad 5th Gen in 2022 for $199 and got 2 years of solid use before I upgraded to a 6th Gen in 2024 (for $170) so I could use an Apple Pencil.
I then put the old 5th Gen on my trainer bike as a video player and it still works great.
But sadly, two years in the 6th Gen now has dead spots on the screen. I may need to replace it.
1/n

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

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

The Kilauea volcano in Hawaii erupted on Sunday,
sending lava fountains, ash and smoke into the air.
The US Geological Survey said it was the 42nd episode of lava fountains since the current series of intermittent eruptions began in December 2024.
The plume from the latest eruption reached more than 10,000 metres (35,000 feet), according to the National Weather Service

Another year, another @… Year in Music! 🥳
#ListenBrainz #YearInMusic #MusicBrainz

Every dictator guilty of crimes against humanity¹ deserves to be arrested and sent directly to The Hague.
What makes the U.S.' arrest of #Maduro problematic is the potentially disproportionate military strike and the lack of an ICC warrant – the one that Argentina had demanded in 2024.² #Venezuela

Argentina calls on ICC to order arrest of Venezuela's Maduro
Buenos Aires argues that recent actions of Nicolas Maduro's government could constitute crimes against humanity, asking for Maduro to be prosecuted before the International Criminal Court.

I took this super closeup of the #asteroid 2024 YR4. 😉
OK OK. JK. 😜
This is a closeup of a "laddige" my wife and I received two days ago at #Udupi #Krishna Matha. The ridges are finger impressions when the "ball" was made. This particular ball had actually been offered to Krishna at the altar earlier that day, and we were #fortunate to receive it. 🙇‍♂️
About laddige: 👇
#food

Sources: General Catalyst is in talks with investors to raise about $10B; it raised $8B in capital in 2024 and had more than $40B in AUM as of last summer (Natasha Mascarenhas/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #NickGrimshaw
Jacob Alon:
🎵 Confession (Other Voices 2024)
#JacobAlon
https://open.spotify.com/track/17L0KdnNNbo0NJidlZCIRy

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

Just updated our server's downtimes for 2025 and for all-time. Although datasci.social had a downtime of over 10 hours in 2025, our all-time uptime is still way above 99.9%. 🤓
https://community.datasci.social/docs/server/

Sonos plant schon wieder eine komplett neue App. Die Nutzer tuen mir schon etwas leid. https://www.mobiflip.de/sonos-plant-schon-wieder-eine-komplett-neue-app/

Sonos plant schon wieder eine komplett neue App
Sonos verbrachte die letzten Monate damit, die miserable App von 2024 zu fixen, was das Unternehmen tatsächlich in eine echte Krise stürzte. Mittlerweile läuft die Sache wieder deutlich besser – …

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

Raiders bring back edge rusher Malcolm Koonce on one-year deal https://www.reviewjournal.com/sports/raiders/raiders-bring-back-edge-rusher-malcolm-koonce-on-one-year-deal-3717219/

Jährlicher 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:

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.

from my link log —
SIEVE is simpler than LRU.
https://cachemon.github.io/SIEVE-website/blog/2023/12/17/sieve-is-simpler-than-lru/
saved 2024-01-03

Kumulativer Zubau von #Balkonsolarleistung in #Deutschland mit Stand vom 10.03.2026.
Die summierte Leistung aller offiziell registrierten #Steckersolaranlagen beträgt b…

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.

🇺🇦 #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

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

Commanders land Oweh on 4-year, $100M deal https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/48155924/commanders-land-odafe-oweh-4-year-100m-deal-agents-say

#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

Canada will allow TikTok to continue operating in the country under new security commitments, reversing a 2024 order to wind down TikTok's Canadian subsidiary (Thomas Seal/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

Then-candidate Donald Trump famously remarked two weeks before the Iowa caucuses in 2016 that he could
"stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody"
and he "wouldn't lose any voters."
Last year, Trump's lawyer suggested in federal court that a president could order SEAL Team Six to assassinate a political rival and — unless he was impeached and convicted by Congress — be immune from criminal prosecution
Increasingly, Trump's …

Trump's "Fifth Avenue" sequel
The D.C. appeals panel appeared deeply skeptical of the argument.

Anzahl der Inbetriebnahmen von Balkonkraftwerken pro Jahr in #Deutschland mit Stand vom 10.03.2026.
Unplausible Inbetriebnahmedaten von 1900 bis 2017 wurden durch das Registrierungsdatum der #Steckersolaranlage ersetzt.
👉 Zusatzlesestoff:

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.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #PositiveVibrations
Peter Tosh:
🎵 Legalize It
#PeterTosh
https://scottremedy.bandcamp.com/track/peter-tosh-legalize-it-2024-re-edit
https://open.spotify.com/track/73lYI49LhfsscO33ohrGN0

A $5$-Approximation Analysis for the Cover Small Cuts Problem
Miles Simmons, Ishan Bansal, Joe Cheriyan
https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.01462 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2602.01462 https://arxiv.org/html/2602.01462
arXiv:2602.01462v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: In the Cover Small Cuts problem, we are given a capacitated (undirected) graph $G=(V,E,u)$ and a threshold value $\lambda$, as well as a set of links $L$ with end-nodes in $V$ and a non-negative cost for each link $\ell\in L$; the goal is to find a minimum-cost set of links such that each non-trivial cut of capacity less than $\lambda$ is covered by a link. Bansal, Cheriyan, Grout, and Ibrahimpur (arXiv:2209.11209, Algorithmica 2024) showed that the WGMV primal-dual algorithm, due to Williamson, Goemans, Mihail, and Vazirani (Combinatorica, 1995), achieves approximation ratio $16$ for the Cover Small Cuts problem; their analysis uses the notion of a pliable family of sets that satisfies a combinatorial property. Later, Bansal (arXiv:2308.15714v2, IPCO 2025) and then Nutov (arXiv:2504.03910, MFCS 2025) proved that the same algorithm achieves approximation ratio $6$. We show that the same algorithm achieves approximation ratio $5$, by using a stronger notion, namely, a pliable family of sets that satisfies symmetry and structural submodularity.
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LNG Terminal in Bremerhaven [2024]

Anzahl der registrierten #Balkonkraftwerke in #Deutschland mit Stand vom 10.03.2026.
Der aktuelle Höchststand liegt bei 1244930 registrierten Anlagen.
Unplausible Inbetriebnahmedaten von 1900 bis 2017 wurden durch das Registrierungsdatum der

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

Crows in the Cemetery on a Hot June Afternoon (2024-06) - Corvids chatting in a green space between a suburban recycling centre and a building site under airport flight path #fieldRecording #London #crows

Crows in the Cemetery on a Hot June Afternoon (2024-06)
Corvids chatting in a green space between a suburban recycling centre and a building site under airport flight path #fieldRecording #London #crows

News Surfaces on Former Raiders Controversial DT Christian Wilkins https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/las-vegas-raiders/christian-wilkins-news-free-agency/

Bitcoin dived below the $73,000 mark on Tuesday, hitting its lowest price since November 2024 as heavy selling resumes amid mounting geopolitical concerns (Liz Napolitano/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/03/bitcoin-price-today.html

Bitcoin breaks below $73,000 to lowest since November 2024 as heavy selling resumes
Bitcoin fell below $73,000 on Tuesday as investors sold the asset to hedge against heightened geopolitical and economic uncertainties.

Source: 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

2024 TfL hack affected around 10 million people, BBC can reveal
TfL insists it has "kept customers informed throughout this incident and will continue to take all necessary action".

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?

With record-tying 10 openings, NFL hires zero Black head coaches https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7014495/2026/02/01/nfl-head-coaching-hires-black-coaches/

#throwback to March 5, 2024, when I found this "crime-scene tape" at a #Goodwill store. 🧻
Maybe the real crime is that this precious item ended up at a Goodwill. 🤔
Or that I took this picture. Or that I'm making this post. 😵
#tbt #Thursday #throwbackThursday #gag #toiletPaper #humor

Auch tropische Pflanzen reagieren auf die #Klimakrise.
Eine Auswertung von #Herbarien-Daten aus 1794 bis 2024 zeigt: Der #Blühbeginn verschiebt sich im Schnitt um zwei Tage pro Jahrze…

Tropische Pflanzen: Blüh an einem anderen Tag
Die Klimakrise verschiebt auch die Jahreszeiten, klar. Jetzt zeigt sich: Sogar in den immergrünen Tropen geraten Pflanzen aus dem Takt – und zwar ziemlich gewaltig.

🛌 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.

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

Kumulativer Zubau von #Balkonsolarleistung in #Deutschland mit Stand vom 22.12.2025.
Die summierte Leistung aller offiziell registrierten #Steckersolaranlagen beträgt b…

Roku reported an $88.4M profit in 2025, after a $498M loss in 2022, a $709.6M loss in 2023, and a $129.4M loss in 2024, boosted by new ad deals and cost cutting (Mark Maurer/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com…