@tante@tldr.nettime.orgOkay, for those who want to switch Email providers and think about Fastmail (as I described in my article https://tante.cc/2026/01/05/exiting-the-billionaire-castle/ ):
This link gives you 10% off your first year. (It will give me 10 USD, too, so you can consider this a…
@benb@osintua.euFrom defense to hunting: How in 2025 Ukrainian army cornered Russia strategically: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/09/from-defense-to-hunting-how.html
@catsalad@infosec.exchangeVPS ⩵ Very Pimportant Sperson
@Techmeme@techhub.socialSources: China added AI chips from Chinese groups to its government-approved list of suppliers for the first time, before Trump's move to allow Nvidia exports (Zijing Wu/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/83c6521e-fe42-49e2-a9fe-eda97168b316
@stefan@gardenstate.social
@heiseonline@social.heise.de
@jtk@infosec.exchangeWeekend Reads
* BGP in 2025
https://www.potaroo.net/ispcol/2026-01/bgp2025.html
* BGP updates in 2025
https://www.…
@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nzHah. Fascinating to watch this guy evaluating his Xiomi SU7 EV, musing about what would happen to the US car industry if it was available in the US. #Cooked…
@servelan@newsie.socialFDA To "Investigate" Whether COVID Vax Killed Adults - Joe.My.God.
https://www.joemygod.com/2025/12/fda-to-investigate-whether-covid-vax-killed-adults/
@cosmos4u@scicomm.xyzDuring the ESA Director General’s 2026 annual press briefing today - #Ariane 6 reached 5 successful launches earlier than many other heavy launchers. (This stands in stark contrast to the table 1b of https://planet4589.org/space/papers/space25.pdf in which Europe's contribution to the global launch successes in 2025 has been minuscule.)
@memeorandum@universeodon.comShapiro shreds Trump's economy (Adam Wren/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/09/trump-interview-economy-shapiro-00683823
http://www.memeorandum.com/251209/p137#a251209p137
@tinoeberl@mastodon.online
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #DriveTime
L’Impératrice:
🎵 ENTROPIA
#LImpératrice
https://open.spotify.com/track/7dzlMlXxwC2vhpKsfhM6S5
@cdarwin@c.im92% of ICE Detainees
since Sept 2025 are Immigrants with No Criminal Convictions
ICE published new detention data today that brings the current population to a record-high of 68,990.
Plus: ICE records first detention death of 2026
https://austinkocher.substack.com/p/92
@ClaireFromClare@h-net.social@… Superb article - & everyone please call on the libraries, universities, arts organisations & NGOs important to you...
#OpenAccess #DigitalSovereignty
@NFL@darktundra.xyzDolphins joining Harbaugh sweepstakes? Plus: 2025 NFL stat leaders https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6955538/2026/01/08/dolphins-harbaugh-mcdaniel-2025-nfl-stat-leaders/
@usul@piaille.frA Hongkong, on n’attaque pas impunément les échafaudages en bambou
https://www.lemonde.fr/international/article/2026/01/09/a-hongkong-on-n-attaque-pas-impunement-les-echafaudages-en-bambou_6661086_3210…
@Dragofix@veganism.socialGerman emissions cuts slow, North Sea has warmest year on record #Germany
@cjust@infosec.exchange
@yaya@jorts.horseI need to take the trash bag out of my trash can so I can put in a new trash bag and fill it with all the trash that's currently on my bed
but also? I need to simply evaporate and float away
@davej@dice.campI’m only about a third into to @…’s reading of Dickens’ “The Christmas Carol,” but it's surprisingly delightful and entertaining, even by @… standards. So many adaptations hamfistedly moralise Dickens&#…
@primonatura@mstdn.social"German renewable energy shift slowed in 2025"
#Germany #Energy #Renewables
@EarthOrgUK@mastodon.energy61gCO2/kWh National Grid CO2 intensity is LOW wrt last 24h so you can run your wash etc now! #green
@kctipton@mas.toFederal agents arrest citizen observer watching ICE detain neighbors on her north Minneapolis block | MPR News https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/12/09/federal-agents-arrest-citizen-observer-watching-ice-north-minneapolis
@BBC3MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk🔊 #NowPlaying on #BBCRadio3:
#ThroughTheNight
- Dvořšk's Violin Concerto and Amy Beach's 'Gaelic' Symphony
Midori performs Dvořšk's Violin Concerto with the German Symphony Orchestra, Berlin. The programme also features 'Earworms' by Vivian Fung and Amy Beach's 'Gaelic' Symphony.
Relisten now 👇
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002mx25
@kazys@mastodon.socialWhatsapp seems like it is designed to make Apple messenger look good. How can I only log into four linked devices? It's 2025 for godssakes!
@emd@cosocial.caMy 2018 Nissan Leaf has had no maintenance needed in 7 years (besides the usual tire rotation, brake check, etc).
Love it so much we bought a 2024 as well. https://mas.to/@carnage4life/115691608937085271
@netzschleuder@social.skewed.deboard_directors: Norwegian Boards of Directors (2002-2011)
224 networks of the affiliations among board directors due to sitting on common boards of Norwegian public limited companies (as of 5 August 2009), from May 2002 onward, in monthly snapshots through August 2011. Some metadata is included, such as director and company names, city and postal code for companies, and gender for directors. The 'net2m' data are bipartite company-director networks, while the 'net1m' ar…
@digitalnaiv@mastodon.social
@raiders@darktundra.xyz2025 NFL Week 15 Buzz: Colts QB Riley Leonard Dealing With Knee Injury https://www.foxsports.com/stories/nfl/2025-nfl-week-15-buzz
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialSources: Paramount is seeking a strategic partner to invest in MTV as it aims to refocus MTV on music; Nielsen: MTV averaged <200K viewers in primetime in 2025 (Lucas Shaw/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20
@luca@social.luca.run2025 hat unsere 28,8 kWp #Photovoltaikanlage 25,5 MWh erzeugt. Davon wurden 20,3 MWh eingespeist. Dafür haben wir 1.319 € Einspeisevergütung erhalten (bis 10 kWp 6,630 ct/kWh, ab 10 kWp 6,440 ct/kWh). #pv #solar
@Techmeme@techhub.socialSources: at a November meeting in the Oval Office, Jensen Huang told President Trump that a flurry of state AI laws could cause the US to lose the AI race (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/the-silicon-va
@heiseonline@social.heise.de @benb@osintua.euURGENT: 2025 became turning point in war – Russia exhausted, Ukraine strikes deep. What Next?: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/08/urgent-became-turning-point-in.html
@servelan@newsie.socialDOJ Withheld Proof They Knew Their Assault of LaMonica McIver Was "Bad" before They Charged Her - emptywheel
https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/12/09/doj-withheld-proof-they-knew-their-assault-of-lamonica-mciver-was-bad-before-they-charged-her/
@memeorandum@universeodon.comCanada's DC envoy to exit as US trade talks stall (Mike Blanchfield/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/09/canada-dc-envoy-trade-00683971
http://www.memeorandum.com/251209/p133#a251209p133
@tinoeberl@mastodon.online2025 wurden in Deutschland über 545.000 #Elektroautos neu zugelassen. Das ist ein Rekordwert mit einem Anteil von 19,1 Prozent an allen Pkw-Neuzulassungen.
Während Hersteller wie #BYD und #Xpeng zu…
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #DriveTime
Tune-Yards:
🎵 Limelight
#TuneYards
https://tune-yards.bandcamp.com/track/limelight
https://open.spotify.com/track/0Xy0rcDHwaXqlBM2cHF8fL
@usul@piaille.frProjet libre : pourquoi privilégier un forum ?
https://www.palabritudes.net/2025/12/03/projet-libre-pourquoi-privilegier-forum.html
@NFL@darktundra.xyzDrake Maye, CMC, Mike Vrabel among our predictions for 2025 NFL regular-season awards https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6943553/2026/01/08/nfl-2025-season-awards-predictions-mvp-coach-of-year/
@BBC3MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #RoundMidnight
Cole Pulice:
🎵 Fragments of a Slipstream Dream
#ColePulice
https://open.spotify.com/track/5I1kyM9EcONgCXuv7Bf8ym
@Techmeme@techhub.socialIsraeli data security startup Cyera raised a $400M Series F led by Blackstone Growth at a $9B valuation, up from $6B after raising $540M in June 2025 (Allie Garfinkle/Fortune)
https://fortune.com/2026/01/08/cyera-c
@digitalnaiv@mastodon.social @cdarwin@c.imA federal agent pointed a gun at a combat veteran’s face and said “
"bang, bang” and
“you’re dead, liberal”
during an immigration raid last week in Chicago,
the veteran is alleging in a new court filing.
https://…
@benb@osintua.euKey Russian terminal exported $8.4 billion of LNG to Europe in 2025, watchdog finds: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/08/key-russian-terminal-exported-billion.html
@kazys@mastodon.socialFun with vibe coding in Claude. Just hit start.
https://varnelis.net/files/tape-loop-laboratory.html
Extra points to anyone who can figure out songs what the two leftmost modes refer to? Each one refers to the side of one particular album.
@primonatura@mstdn.social"Australia rooftop solar installs rise as households shift to larger systems"
#Australia #SolarPower #Energy
@servelan@newsie.social‘Like wastelands’: Sri Lanka tea plantations suffer Cyclone Ditwah’s wrath | Agriculture News | Al Jazeera
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12/10/like-wastelands-sri-lanka-tea-plantations-suffer-cyclone-ditwahs-wrath?traffic_source=rss
@memeorandum@universeodon.comStephen Miller's Stock Sale Raises Questions, Ethics Experts Say (Ana Swanson/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/us/politics/stephen-miller-minerals-stake-ethics.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/251209/p135#a251209p135
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #DriveTime
Soccer96:
🎵 I Was Gonna Fight Fascism
#Soccer96
https://soccer96.bandcamp.com/track/i-was-gonna-fight-fascism
https://open.spotify.com/track/4bisd2O6M3fKzSqsI6VxkM
@Techmeme@techhub.socialThe US Commerce Department drops a plan to impose restrictions on Chinese drones to address national security concerns; FCC barred imports in December 2025 (David Shepardson/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/us-com
@tinoeberl@mastodon.online @BBC3MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #RoundMidnight
Sarathy Korwar:
🎵 We Take Things For Granted
#SarathyKorwar
https://open.spotify.com/track/7siawti38h5yPF0MBjsODN
@NFL@darktundra.xyzRanking each NFL team's primary starting quarterback from the 2025 regular season https://www.nfl.com/news/ranking-each-nfl-team-s-primary-starting-quarterback-from-the-2025-regular-season
@memeorandum@universeodon.comMiami elects first woman mayor, ends GOP's 28-year control of City Hall (Kimberly Leonard/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/09/miami-elects-first-woman-mayor-ends-gops-28-year-control-of-city-hall-00683878
http://www.memeorandum.com/251209/p134#a251209p134
@servelan@newsie.socialHHS uses conscience rights to strip trans people of health care
https://www.advocate.com/health/hhs-transgender-care-conscience-rights
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #DriveTime
Gros Coeur:
🎵 Montréal
#GrosCoeur
https://groscoeur.bandcamp.com/track/montr-al
https://open.spotify.com/track/6rLhSWwkmy4eLgNpTEBxm9
@Techmeme@techhub.socialOmdia: global humanoid robot shipments rose more than 5x YoY in 2025 to ~13K units; China accounted for the vast majority, led by AgiBot shipping ~5,168 units (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-08/chi…
@tinoeberl@mastodon.online‼️Die #Petition
"Gesetzlich verankerter Maßnahmeplan zur Einhaltung der Pariser Klimaziele bis spätestens 2035 vom 14.08.2025"
hat bisher 568 Mitzeichnungen.
Es fehlen noch 29432 Unterschriften bis zum 07.01.2026.
@memeorandum@universeodon.comOfficers at Texas immigration detention facility accused of beatings and sexual abuse (Lorena Figueroa/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/09/texas-ice-camp-abuse-immigration
http://www.memeorandum.com/251209/p138#a251209p138
@BBC3MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #RoundMidnight
Poppy Daniels:
🎵 Boundaries
#PoppyDaniels
https://open.spotify.com/track/4iDRc7gJ4Uvhrn5r0sMHKy
@servelan@newsie.socialPope Leo criticizes Trump for trying to ‘break apart’ US-European alliance | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/pope-ukraine-deal-trump-european-alliance-b2881392.html
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #DriveTime
Japanese Breakfast:
🎵 Honey Water
#JapaneseBreakfast
https://michellezauner.bandcamp.com/track/honey-water
https://open.spotify.com/track/5JVEWVNVv8OYILCkHZkwvK
@NFL@darktundra.xyz2025 NFL All-Rookie Team highlighted by Jaxson Dart, TreVeyon Henderson https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6943216/2026/01/08/nfl-all-rookie-team-dart-henderson-mcmillan-warren/
@Techmeme@techhub.socialA profile of VC firm Index Ventures, which saw billions in gains from exits in 2025, including Figma, Scale AI, and Dream Games, as it looks ahead to succession (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2026-01-08/inde…
@memeorandum@universeodon.comJudge Suggests Prosecutor on Comey and James Cases Should Resign as U.S. Attorney (Devlin Barrett/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/us/politics/comey-james-halligan.html?unlocked_article_code=1.7U8.vZG7.QwKJMHVnV-na&smid=url-share
http://www.memeorandum.com/251209/p136#a251209p136
@BBC3MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #RoundMidnight
Sonny Rollins:
🎵 Winter Wonderland
#SonnyRollins
https://open.spotify.com/track/0ZEp0VfyO7vuPgLBcePb0R
@tinoeberl@mastodon.online2025 hat #Photovoltaik in Deutschland mehr Strom erzeugt als #Braunkohle und #Erdgas.
Mit rund 18 Prozent Anteil am Strommix lag
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #DriveTime
Beastie Boys:
🎵 Sneakin’ Out the Hospital
#BeastieBoys
https://open.spotify.com/track/3Qd5Bv2bRJ7JbeVY8hidKV
@memeorandum@universeodon.comU.S. Plans to Scrutinize Foreign Tourists' Social Media History (Christine Chung/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/travel/social-media-tourists-visa-border-patrol.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/251209/p140#a251209p140
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #DriveTime
Gelli Haha:
🎵 Normalize
#GelliHaha
https://gellihaha.bandcamp.com/track/normalize
https://open.spotify.com/track/4tr8GUIDuCbdLxlQQuq38j
@BBC3MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #RoundMidnight
Sara Wakui:
🎵 Beat Birds
#SaraWakui
https://open.spotify.com/track/6FpAXj1Rs62MYzbDlcwSeI
@Techmeme@techhub.socialArtemis Analytics: total stablecoin transaction volumes rose 72% YoY to a record $33T in 2025, led by Circle's USDC at $18.3T and Tether's USDT at $13.3T (Suvashree Ghosh/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20
@tinoeberl@mastodon.onlineDrei Offshore-#Windkraftentwickler verklagen die #Trump-Regierung, nachdem das Innenministerium am 22. Dezember 2025 den Bau von fünf Projekten mit einem Gesamtwert von 25 Milliarden US-Dollar gestoppt hat.
Die Anlagen sollten zusammen 6 Gigawatt Strom erzeugen. Betroffen sind unter …
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #DriveTime
The Rapture:
🎵 The Devil
#TheRapture
https://legendarypinkdots1.bandcamp.com/track/the-devils-night
https://open.spotify.com/track/4OzAupDTm6D0EHFTox0bgd
@memeorandum@universeodon.comRepublican Governor Calls Out Trump Over Cuts to Wind Energy Projects (Amelia Benavides-Colón/NOTUS)
https://www.notus.org/oklahoma/republican-governor-kevin-stitt-oklahoma-trump-cuts-wind-energy-projects
http://www.memeorandum.com/251209/p139#a251209p139
@Techmeme@techhub.socialThe US FCC exempts some new models of foreign-made drones and critical components from an import ban, announced in December 2025, until the end of 2026 (David Shepardson/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #DriveTime
Geese:
🎵 Bow Down
#Geese
https://merlyndupp.bandcamp.com/track/bow-down
https://open.spotify.com/track/5jR6zOQf3HtU2mifXWg6hE
@tinoeberl@mastodon.onlineDie #Biodiversität im Vereinigten Königreich geht weiter zurück. Neue Daten für 2025 zeigen, dass viele #Ökosysteme sich verschlechtern oder unverändert schlecht bleiben.
Langfristig sind besonders
@Techmeme@techhub.socialThe EU says it is considering designating WhatsApp a "very large platform", after WhatsApp published user numbers above the DSA threshold in February 2025 (Louise Breusch Rasmussen/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/technology/eu-cons
@memeorandum@universeodon.comAbout 400 immigrant children were detained longer than the recommended limit, ICE admits (Valerie Gonzalez/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/immigration-ice-children-detained-lawsuit-dilley-75530212ec0959eda2b42aada3fbe46a
http://www.memeorandum.com/251209/p147#a251209p147
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #DriveTime
Tortoise:
🎵 Works and Days
#Tortoise
https://intlanthem.bandcamp.com/track/works-and-days
https://open.spotify.com/track/1TkQ4SvZNQLvNITjLrR52b
@tinoeberl@mastodon.online#Deutschland erreicht zwar sein #Klimaziel für 2025, doch der Rückgang der #Emissionen fiel gering aus.
Während Industrie und
@memeorandum@universeodon.comU.S. payrolls rose 50,000 in December, less than expected; unemployment rate falls to 4.4% (Jeff Cox/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/09/jobs-report-december-2025.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260109/p25#a260109p25
@Techmeme@techhub.socialIllicit crypto addresses received a record $154B in 2025, up 162% YoY, driven by sanctions evasion; Russia's A7A5 token transacted $93.3B in less than one year (Chainalysis)
https://www.chainalysis.com/blog/2026-crypto-crime-report-introduction/
<…
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #DriveTime
POLIÇA:
🎵 Wound Up
#POLIÇA
https://polica.bandcamp.com/track/wound-up
https://open.spotify.com/track/57jC6U7YikPOE8qZAcxWFw
@Techmeme@techhub.socialStatcounter: four months after its release, iOS 26 is in use by only about 15% of iPhone users; in January 2025, about 63% of users were on iOS 18 (Ed Hardy/Cult of Mac)
https://www.cultofmac.com/news/ios-26-adoption-struggles-with-iphone-users
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #DriveTime
Ghost of Vroom:
🎵 More Bacon Than the Pan Can Handle
#GhostofVroom
https://open.spotify.com/track/4pkZ1AwLkBelhKhqMRYgQT
@Techmeme@techhub.socialSources: Strava, the fitness app founded in 2009, filed confidentially for an IPO; its revenue grew more than 50% YoY in 2025 but was still less than $500M (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/strava-filed-confidentially-ipo-hi…
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #DriveTime
Lady Blackbird:
🎵 Let Not (Your Heart Be Troubled)
#LadyBlackbird
https://iamladyblackbird.bandcamp.com/track/let-not-your-heart-be-troubled
@Techmeme@techhub.socialPitchBook-NVCA: global VC investments hit $512B in 2025 with AI accounting for 50% ; VC fundraising fell to a 10-year low of $118.6B, ~$100B less than in 2024 (Duncan Riley/SiliconANGLE)
https://siliconangle.com/2026/01/07/pitch…
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk @kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #DriveTime
Cosmic Kitten:
🎵 Breadcrumbs
#CosmicKitten
https://cosmickitten.bandcamp.com/track/breadcrumbs
https://open.spotify.com/track/3vQ0qVFf2abyTBjU9a9COB
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #DriveTime
Cults:
🎵 Knots
#Cults
https://open.spotify.com/track/2N07aFwOw7gt6cg5awcNx4
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #WoPop
Antibalas:
🎵 Lo Life
#Antibalas
https://antibalas.bandcamp.com/track/lo-life
https://open.spotify.com/track/1OYYf7M9lOOwGIm3A6hNFX
