Tootfinder

Indian AI app development platform Rocket.new raised a $15M seed led by Salesforce Ventures; it has 400K users, including 10K paid subscribers (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/22/rocket…

Rocket.new, one of India's first vibe-coding startups, snags $15M from Accel, Salesforce Ventures | TechCrunch
Rocket.new has surged to 400,000 users and $4.5M ARR in three months.

"Low effort, unhelpful AI generated work is having a significant impact on collaboration at work. Approximately half of the people we surveyed viewed colleagues who sent workslop as less creative, capable, and reliable than they did before receiving the output. Forty-two percent saw them as less trustworthy, "
(Original title: AI-Generated “Workslop” Is Destroying Productivity)

AI-Generated “Workslop” Is Destroying Productivity
Despite a surge in generative AI use across workplaces, most companies are seeing little measurable ROI. One possible reason is because AI tools are being used to produce “workslop”—content that appears polished but lacks real substance, offloading cognitive labor onto coworkers. Research from BetterUp Labs and Stanford found that 41% of workers have encountered such AI-generated output, costing nearly two hours of rework per instance and creating downstream productivity, trust, and colla…

Robo Falcon 2.0: Roboterfalke startet wie ein Raubvogel
Der Roboterfalke Robo Falcon 2 hat eine neue Flügelkinematik erhalten. Lebensechte Starts und langsamer Flug sollen nun möglich sein.
https://www.

Another post talking about mapping all of my bike rides...
#biking

Mapping Bike Rides (Part II)
Tracking the tracks...

The Wall Street Journal, Dow Jones, and Rupert Murdoch file to dismiss Trump's $10B defamation lawsuit over Jeffrey Epstein report, saying "the article is true" (Ted Johnson/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2025/09/trump-wall-street-journal-je…

Wall Street Journal Seeks Dismissal Of Donald Trump’s Defamation Lawsuit Over Jeffrey Epstein Report: “The Article Is True”
Trump sued the Journal over a report on a letter he allegedly sent to Jeffrey Epstein; he denies writing it.

My grandfather was as a full-on Nazi in World War II.
When he died, I was glad that he was gone.
Today, fascism is rising again and many are falling for its empty promises.
Don’t live your life in a way that your children and grandchildren will hate you.

@… unfortunately no!! 😭

#Maischberger: 2 Gäste, ein Mann, eine Frau. Beide fallen dem anderen ins Wort. Die Frau wirft ein "Fallen Sie mir nicht ins Wort, ich habe das auch nicht getan." Der Mann sagt sorry und verstumnt. Das Problem: Die Frau ist Muttersprachlerin und ist gut zu verstehen, auch mit den Einsprachen. Der Mann spricht zwar schnell, mit großem und reichem Vokabular und richtiger Grammatik. Trotzdem ist es anstrengend seiner Rede zu folgen und nötig bis zum Ende zu hören, um sicher zu sein worauf er hinau…

#Maischberger: 2 Gäste, ein Mann, eine Frau. Beide fallen dem anderen ins Wort. Die Frau wirft ein "Fallen Sie mir nicht ins Wort, ich habe das auch nicht getan." Der Mann sagt sorry und verstumnt. Das Problem: Die Frau ist Muttersprachlerin und ist gut zu verstehen, auch mit den Einsprachen. Der Mann spricht zwar schnell, mit großem und reichem Vokabular und richtiger Grammatik. Trotzdem ist es anstrengend seiner Rede zu folgen und nötig bis zum Ende zu hören, um sicher zu sein worauf er hinau…

Thanks in part to @… and his investigations, I have replaced a massive space heater called a "Class A audio amplifier" with a tiny Class D whose cost is proportional to its volume, and am very pleased. So much space restored in the cabinet, so much wasted energy recovered, and to my aged ears no diminution in quality. 5 stars.

Don’t worry everybody, just take Panadol.
#USpol #Tylenol

»Sicherheitslücke in ChatGPT — Angreifer konnten sensible #EMail-Daten abgreifen:
#Sicherheit'sforscher von Radware haben eine schwerwiegende #Sicherheitslücke im "Deep Research&quot…

Sicherheitslücke in ChatGPT: Angreifer konnten sensible E-Mail-Daten abgreifen
Sicherheitsforscher von Radware haben eine schwerwiegende Sicherheitslücke im "Deep Research"-Modus von ChatGPT entdeckt, die es Angreifern ermöglicht, sensible Informationen wie Namen und Adressen aus Gmail-Konten unbemerkt abzuziehen.

And that's why I publish my photos under CC 😍 https://amerika21.de/2025/09/277057/argentinien-milei-verliert-im-parlament

We haven’t mined on the moon yet, but companies are already buying its resources.

Finnish tech firm Bluefors,
a maker of ultracold refrigerator systems critical for quantum computing,
has purchased tens of thousands of liters of Helium-3 from the moon
— spending “above $300 million”
— through a commercial space company called Interlune.
The agreement, which has not been previously reported, marks the largest purchase of a natural resource from space
…

Moon helium deal is biggest purchase of natural resources from space
The feasibility of moon mining is not yet proven, but the future of supercomputing may depend on the ability to extract Helium-3 from the lunar surface.

"‘A resistance to AI’: The author inviting readers to contribute to a mass memoir"
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/sep/22/richard-beard-universal-turing-machine
The actual "memoir":

Feds quietly delay cleanup of forever chemicals at military bases in Oregon, Washington • Washington State Standard
https://washingtonstatestandard.com/2025/09/23/repub/feds-quietly-delay-cleanup-of-forever-chemicals-at-military-bases-in-oregon-washington/

Poisoning crisis could drive vulture extinction in South Africa’s Kruger region https://news.mongabay.com/2025/09/poisoning-crisis-could-drive-vulture-extinction-in-south-africas-kruger-region/

Poisoning crisis could drive vulture extinction in South Africa’s Kruger region
A spate of poisoning events this year has killed more than 400 vultures in and near South Africa’s Kruger National Park. In May, 49 vultures died after feasting on a poisoned giraffe carcass. A similar incident soon afterward killed 123 vultures, the vast majority critically endangered white-backed vultures (Gyps africanus). Later that same month, another […]

lol albanien wir in deutschland haben auch ne KI ministerin lasst euch was neues einfallen

the frow show is back in the safe, perfumed garden of @…, filling in for daniel blumin & playing music to tune in to tune out to, from now 'til midnight ET. https://wfmu.org/playlists/JJ/250922…

Cats love me salads fear me

Javascript programmers be like
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“the ‘entirety’ of the East Wing, which traditionally ••houses the first lady’s offices••”
Oh, I’d missed that detail. Could this whole thing be out of spite at Melania?
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/10/22/east-wing-demolished-ballroom-construction/86841156007/

Ooo, my small parcel form King's Seeds has just arrived **rubs hands**... my greenhouse is about to have some new residents...

Lol ...
Rembrandt als 'plagiaat pleger'.
😅
#Nieuwsuur

Trump säger i FN att USA ska ta initiativ till ett globalt system för att kontrollera biologiska vapen, baserat på "AI-verifiering som alla kan lita på" och som "många säger är bland det bästa som hänt, men det kan också vara farligt, men det kan också vara väldigt bra."

I have a map of the United States. It's actual size. I spent last summer
folding it. People ask me where I live, and I say, "E6".
-- Steven Wright

The Trump administration is expected to link autism to Tylenol use during pregnancy (NPR)
https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/09/22/nx-s1-5550153/trump-rfk-autism-tylenol-leucovorin-pregnancy
http://www.memeorandum.com/250922/p133#a250922p133

„Sie beraten schon lange mietrechtlich im Berliner Mieterverein. In welcher Situation befinden wir uns gerade?
Es ist Wildwest, was hier abgeht. Fälle, von denen ich früher nicht zu träumen gewagt hätte. Kriminelle Machenschaften und Verstrickungen, die früher undenkbar waren. Damals wurde augenzwinkernd auch mal was gemacht, was nicht in Ordnung war. Aber das war nicht so flächendeckend wie heute. Es gibt Vermieter, die Scheiben einschlagen, nur damit die Wohnung nicht wieder vermietet…

And hat tip to Nick for the speedy solution.
#FuckYouAppleForMessingWithMyWorkflows

🛫 Flight attendants have gone 50 years without ground pay—here's the reason behind it
#labor

Flight attendants have gone 50 years without ground pay—here's the reason behind it
The recent labor dispute between Air Canada and its flight attendants pulled back the curtain on one of the airline industry's longest-standing injustices: flight attendants are paid only when planes are in motion, a practice that has persisted for more than 60 years across the global aviation industry.

Jerks...
"Trump Cancels Trail, Bike-Lane Grants Deemed ‘Hostile’ to Cars"
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-22/trump-cancels-trail-bike-lane-grants-deemed-hostile-to-cars

‼️Die #Petition
"Weitere Erforschung der Augenerkrankung Glaukom sowie Entwicklung neuer Therapien vom 01.08.2025"
hat bisher 58 Mitzeichnungen.
Es fehlen noch 29942 Unterschriften bis zum 09.12.2025.

コミティア、みんなのスペースか遠いという難がある（今回、大きく3カ所に分かれている）

/me loading Tylenol into the breech of a shotgun purchased without any ID or background check at a gun show.
At least one of these has been rendered safe from children.

I’ve decided there are only two types of “AI” that I acknowledge:
• Quake bots
• Adobe Illustrator CS6

Clouds are looking particularly cool this morning in SoCal. Good morning!

and one by one, the humane computing orgs pivoted to AI

Source: Stripe is in talks to buy back shares from its VC backers at a $106.7B valuation; Sequoia bought $861M worth of shares in 2024 at a $70B valuation (Dan Primack/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/09/23/stripe-buy-back-stock-vc

Scoop: Stripe in talks to buy back stock from investors
Stripe has never seemed interested in an IPO.

"A confusing contradiction is unfolding in companies embracing generative AI tools: while workers are largely following mandates to embrace the technology, few are seeing it create real value. [...] In collaboration with Stanford Social Media Lab, our research team at BetterUp Labs has identified one possible reason: Employees are using AI tools to create low-effort, passable looking work that ends up creating more work for their coworkers."
"Unlike this mental outsourc…

AI-Generated “Workslop” Is Destroying Productivity
Despite a surge in generative AI use across workplaces, most companies are seeing little measurable ROI. One possible reason is because AI tools are being used to produce “workslop”—content that appears polished but lacks real substance, offloading cognitive labor onto coworkers. Research from BetterUp Labs and Stanford found that 41% of workers have encountered such AI-generated output, costing nearly two hours of rework per instance and creating downstream productivity, trust, and colla…

Source: Disney CEO Bob Iger and Dana Walden, co-chair of Disney Entertainment, made the decision to return Jimmy Kimmel Live! to air (CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/22/disney-abc-jimmy-kimmel-return.html

Disney says 'Jimmy Kimmel Live' will return to ABC on Tuesday
ABC had pulled Kimmel's show after he made comments linking the alleged killer of conservative activist Charlie Kirk to President Donald Trump's MAGA movement.

This looks pretty cool...
"What Rides at Night: Queer, Feminist, Fantastical Bicycle Halloween Stories"
#bikeTooter

What Rides at Night: Queer, Feminist, Fantastical Bicycle Halloween Stories
When the veil thins, the bicycle revolution rises. Thirteen new, original, spooky stories for the thirteenth volume in the series!  Gather ‘round,...

@… not this (very specific) time

ich hasse es wenn sänger.innen beim refrain das mikrofon ins publikum halten statt selbst zu singen
ich werfe eventim 200€ für ein ticket in den schlund und soll dann auch noch selber singen? pfff näää

#UsPol #FreeSpeech #Kimmel
"Jimmy Kimmel will return to TV after highly criticized suspension"

Judge Says Work on Revolution Wind Can Proceed, for Now - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/climate/revolution-wind-trump-orsted.html

Huh, how time flies. 6 or 7 years ago, at the OER Foundation, for whom I work as Open Source Technologist, we decided to replace our MailChimp with, eventually, a self-hosted instance of Mautic (https://mautic.org) to communicate with learners taking courses in our online open university courses (

Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they AREN'T after you.

Bondi taps Trump's former personal attorney as a top federal prosecutor (Kyle Cheney/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/22/bondi-taps-lindsey-halligan-federal-prosecutor-00575547
http://www.memeorandum.com/250922/p108#a250922p108

Fuck you, Apple.
#Tahoe #Launcher

Die #Kernfusionskollektoranlage hat heute 0,416 kWh Energie eingefangen.
Gesamtleistung: 480 Wp
Ausrichtung: West
Anstellwinkel: 58 Grad
Diese #Balkonsolaranlage wurde durch das Berliner SolarPLUS-Programm gefördert.
Einspeiseverlust: 5.38 %

@… あべるおはよー！

@… When I first moved to Pasadena, the two drive-thru dairies there I knew of were notorious for selling you weed (before it was legal) if you asked for a special product

Any reading recommendations for a small collective looking to move from google dependency to self-hosting?
We're collecting some resources here:
https://doc.patternclub.org/s/QCwRlvO1A#

Alibaba releases the Qwen3-VL vision models, the Qwen3Guard "safety moderation" models, and three closed-weight models, including Qwen3-Max with 1T parameters (Simon Willison/Simon Willison's Weblog)
https://simonwillison.net/2025/Sep/23/qwen3-vl/

I feel this so deeply in my bones.
Working in an agency full of creatives this very much speaks to me.
https://mastodon.social/@anon_opin/115253241854400858

Cascade PBS in Seattle lays off 12% of staff, or 17 employees, due to the federal funding rescission and will stop producing long-form written journalism (Julian Wyllie/Current)
https://current.org/2025/09/cascade-pbs-cuts-12-of-staff/

Cascade PBS cuts 12% of staff
The Seattle-based station said it will focus on local productions and end its long-form written journalism.

We have power and we should use it: keep voting with your wallet.
https://apnews.com/article/jimmy-kimmel-suspension-supporters-94b79634a19b2c4ce70a2b4195ef1175

How Trump leveraged Biden's TikTok ban law to help allies gain control of the app, amid fears it could be used to boost pro-Trump content and suppress criticism (Washington Post)

Trump turns Biden’s TikTok law into a big win
Biden officials said selling TikTok would safeguard it from political influence. Now, critics of a spinoff deal to Trump allies say that aim could be subverted.

wann genau ist heute eigentlich die entrückung

If a person is FAMOUS in this country, they have to go on the ROAD for
MONTHS at a time and have their name misspelled on the SIDE of a
GREYHOUND SCENICRUISER!!

おはようございます（本日はコミティア154）

DallasNews Corporation shareholders approve a merger with Hearst, shutting out an unsolicited bid from an affiliate of Alden Global Capital (Javier E. David/Dallas Morning News)
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/2025/09/23/dallasnews-corpor…

DallasNews Corporation shareholders approve Hearst merger
A shareholder vote announced Tuesday gave approval to a merger agreement between DallasNews Corporation and Hearst. The deal is expected to close this week.

@… only corvettes go to heaven

schade dass es in der mensa kein happy meal mit labubu gibt

Come, muse, let us sing of rats!
-- From a poem by James Grainger, 1721-1767

Milwaukee is getting a "slingshot bar" and we've already got an "axe throwing bar"...
So I guess all the activities I did as a kid (and got in trouble for) are now encouraged... but with alcohol!

Auterion, which provides autopilot and swarming software for military drones, raised $130M led by Bessemer at a $600M valuation, says it has ~$100M in revenue (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20…

さきほど、ちょっとメンテで再起動しました。
・unsubscribe（購読解除）のAPI応答がrelationshipを返さなかった不具合の修正
・依存関係（Gem）の更新
・Monaが引用を含む投稿を表示できるように臨時措置（引用ではなくURL展開になります）
#fedibird #fedibird_info

@… Congratulations on the release!!

Filing: CFPB scrapped a 2024 Apple credit card settlement implemented under Biden, ending oversight requirements years early; Apple had already paid a $25M fine (Christian Martinez/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boa…

I try to appreciate when people tell me I'm wrong and suggest a better way to do things. (Most of the time, anyway!)

つまり、日本での“スパイアンドスパイ”という名前は、ローカライズ担当者による命名と、日本のユーザーに分かりやすくする意図から生まれ、広告などで拡散され定着したことが理由です。
情報源
[1] 南国指令!!スパイvsスパイとは？ わかりやすく解説 https://www.weblio.jp/content/南国指令!!スパイvsスパイ
[2] 南国指令!!スパイvsスパイ

@… yeah, it’s only a matter of time before Bluesky flips the switch to monetize — it will be interesting to see if algorithmic customization will be enough to survive the same problems that plague every ad-supported network (my hunch is no)

Google adds Gemini to Google TV, starting on TCL's new QM9K series TVs and expanding to Google TV Streamer 4K and other major TV brands later in 2025 (Andrew Liszewski/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/782500/google-gemini-ai-assistant-smart-tv-tcl

Gemini is coming to Google TV starting today
TCL’s QM9K series TVs will be the first to offer Gemini on Google TV, with more devices getting it later this year.

RE: https://mastodon.social/@gwynnion/115254458216672707
The more people dead in the US the fewer people there are and the easier it will be to control the citizens?

生成AIに調べてもらったシリーズ。
スパイバーサススパイではなく、スパイアンドスパイの理由。
最新テクノロジーこそ、こういうくだらないことに使いたい。
--
「スパイvsスパイ」日本版ローカライズの由来は、1980年代にファミコン向けにケムコ（コトブキシステム）によって移植・発売された際に、「Spy vs Spy」の“vs”部分を「アンド」と読ませる独自のタイトル表記「スパイアンドスパイ」が使われたことにあります[1][2][3]。
この“アンド”呼称の理由は明確な公式説明が残っていませんが、主な要因としては
- 英語“vs.”（versus）が日本ではあまり馴染みがなく、分かりやすくするため“and（アンド）”と呼称した
- ローカライズ担当会社（ケムコ）がパッケージや広告、公式資料で“アンド”と記載したため定着した
といった“日本流の覚えやすいネーミング”から来ているとみられます[3][2]。
さらに日本版「南国指令!!スパイvsスパイ」やゲームボーイ版でも“スパイアンドス…

some good insight here into how (I try) to navigate conflicts on social media (which can be very confusing to folks that are very accustomed to shouting and being shouted at): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Omc37TvHN74

Sources: humanoid robotics startup 1X is seeking to raise up to $1B at a $10B valuation, more than 12x its previous valuation from a January financing (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/humanoid-robot-developer-1x-targ…

Humanoid Robot Developer 1X Targets $1 Billion in New Funding
Humanoid robotics startup 1X has told investors and employees it is trying to raise as much as $1 billion, according to three people who spoke to CEO Bernt Øivind. The decade-old company is aiming for a valuation of at least $10 billion, Børnich said, or more than 12 times its previous valuation ...

If I say "Enjoy your privilege!" do you consider that an insult?
Or is it just the person who thought it was an insult considers it an insult and that's what's wrong with them...

春雷麺ってなんだろうね？ おいしいの？
QT: https://misskey.io/notes/abskyic2dz9s05o0

@… SCV’s needed!

iPhone 17 Pro teardown: the anodized aluminum scratches badly around the camera plateau edge, the screwed-in battery is a cool repairability upgrade, and more (Elizabeth Chamberlain/iFixit News)
https://www.ifixit.com/News/113388/iphone-17-pro-teardown

The Science Behind Scratchgate and What It Means for Repairing the iPhone 17 Pro
The anodized aluminum finish on the brand new iPhone 17 Pro is gorgeous, right up until it meets your keys or a stray coin bouncing around in your pocket.

Part of the bike lane "slalom course" on Hampton Avenue on my ride to work...
The freeway entrance ahead is closed but honestly I don't know what good putting these in the bike lane does besides get in my way.
#biking #bikeTooter

ああ、お腹空いた
とか
トイレ行きたい
ってのが有益な投稿だったりもするんで、何が有益かなんて投稿者にはわからんのです。

@… ooh let me know if you find any good games for this

MediaTek unveils its 3nm Dimensity 9500 mobile SoC, featuring an 8-core CPU, 12-core GPU with hardware ray tracing, and its ninth-gen MediaTek NPU 990 (Hadlee Simons/Android Authority)
https://www.androidauthority.com/mediatek-dimensity-9500-launch-3598962/

This Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 rival has impressive camera, ray tracing capabilities
MediaTek has announced the Dimensity 9500 chipset, and it brings major upgrades for CPU performance, ray tracing, and camera capabilities.

One thing I wasn't ready for on the bike commute was the bugs. Riding next to the river in summer is wonderful, but now when I head home the bugs are out, and they are tiny little bastards that fly into my face and my arms and get stuck on me. I do not love it. Hoping this works.
#biking #bikeTooter

（だんだんニコチャン大王みたいになってきたな……）

Filing: Strava voluntarily dismissed its patent lawsuit against Garmin, for allegedly infringing its heat map and segments features, just 21 days after filing (Ray Maker/DC Rainmaker)
https://www.dcrainmaker.com/2025/10/strava-drops-voluntarily-lawsuit-again…

Strava Voluntarily Drops Lawsuit Against Garmin
 Strava’s multifaceted legal (and social media) attack on Garmin was short-lived. Just 21 days after filing the original patent infringement case, alongside a Reddit post from their executive team attacking Garmin, the company has decided to dismiss the case

Pan Yay! Got the Ortleib panniers and wow are they nice. Bonus that my backpack fits nicely in one of them.
#biking #bikeTooter

無益なことを気兼ねなく発信できて、適当にスルーしてくれるっていうのが醍醐味じゃないかな。

Over 200 prominent figures, including senior staffers at AI companies, call for international action to create "red lines" for AI development by the end of 2026 (Shakeel Hashim/Transformer)
https://www.transformernews.ai/p/nobel-laureate…

Nobel laureates and AI developers call for ‘red lines’ on AI
Experts are calling for international agreements as the United Nations meets, but they face an uphill battle turning words into action

Sometimes I words get up mixed in morning the when not I am awake totally.

Apple's Vision Pro with the M5 chip is assembled in Vietnam, according to labels on its packaging; the M2-based model, launched in 2024, was built in China (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-21/app…

Baidu and Swiss Post's PostBus plan to launch Baidu's Apollo Go autonomous vehicle service in Switzerland, testing in December ahead of rollout by Q1 2027 (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/technology/baidu-expands-robotaxi-push-swit…

Q&A with GM CEO Mary Barra and CPO Sterling Anderson on GM's plans for AI and autonomous driving, ditching Apple CarPlay and Android Auto on all its cars, more (Nilay Patel/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/podcast/803379/gm

Why GM will give you Gemini — but not CarPlay
GM CEO Mary Barra and new Chief Product Officer Sterling Anderson discuss the company’s major AI, autonomy, and EV ambitions.

The UK CMA says it will label Apple and Google as having "strategic market status", imposing stricter rules on how they run their platforms to boost competition (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/2c19c17a-b184-4e05-95de-2274a7f1ca76

Electricity demand from data centers powering the AI boom has caused a gas turbine supply crunch, as the US becomes the epicenter of new gas-fired power plants (Financial Times)

The fallout from the AI-fuelled dash for gas
A supply crunch in giant turbines for gas-powered plants threatens environmental and geopolitical consequences