Tootfinder

“This is the last opportunity for Gaza residents who wish to do so to move south. Those who remain in Gaza will be (considered) terrorists and terror supporters.”
– Israeli defence minister Israel Katz
If the Hague were still a thing, this statement alone would be enough for him to hang.

Chagas disease, long considered only a threat abroad, is established in California and the Southern U.S.
“The disease is definitely underdiagnosed,” said Hernandez, the Kaiser cardiologist.
“If we screened for it and caught it early, most patients could be cured.
The problem is we don’t, and people end up dying or requiring terrifically expensive care,” including organ transplants and surgery.

Chagas disease: The deadly disease you've never heard of is here
Chagas disease is deadly, pervasive and more prevalent in the U.S. than you'd think. It's not just brought here by people from nations where the disease is endemic, but by bloodsucking kissing bugs native to the U.S. And it may be sickening far more people than we know.

💥 STRIKE on an oil pipeline in the Moscow region – Ukrainian intelligence operation #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/01/strike-on-an-oil-pipeline.html

Source: HR software company Gusto paid ~$600M to acquire Guideline, which offers 401(k) plans to SMBs; Guideline raised $340M and had a $1.15B valuation in 2021 (TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/01/sources-g…

Sources: Gusto paid $600M to acquire Guideline, plans to divest customers linked to rivals | TechCrunch
While the HR tech Guideline was last valued at $1.15 billion, the sale will likely yield a profit for most investors.

"So what if, right, what if, we put the data centres in … space!
This idea has a lot of appeal if you’ve read too much sci-fi, and it sounds obvious if you don’t know any practical details."
(Original title: AI data centres — in SPACE! Why DCs in space can’t work)
https://

AI data centres — in SPACE! Why DCs in space can’t work
Spending all the money you have and all the money you can get and all the money you can promise has a number of side effects, such as gigantic data centres full of high-power chips just to run lyin…

In win for infectious diseases, Florida to end all school vaccine requirements (Beth Mole/Ars Technica)
https://arstechnica.com/health/2025/09/in-win-for-infectious-diseases-florida-to-end-all-school-vaccine-requirements/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250903/p179#a250903p179

Q&A with Greg Gutfeld about Gutfeld! becoming the most-watched show in the 10pm ET slot, showing mainstream media "that they don't own the culture", more (Ali Lerman/Los Angeles Times)
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts

Fox News' Greg Gutfeld makes late night his punch line: 'We're the ones now who are having fun'
The Fox News host explains what it's like to be a ratings leader in late-night TV.

This joke (each time mentioning Mastodon) works on both Bluesky and Mastodon but I think for different reasons

Federal judge rules that Harvard’s free speech rights violated as Trump admin used “antisemitism as a smokescreen for a targeted, ideologically-motivated assault on the countries premier universities.” Other Ivy League schools that settled without a fight back completely humiliated. https://

Friend: Want to come to my get together tomorrow?
Me: Oh, I'll have to ch–
Friend: My cat has kittens
Me: On my way!!

#fedihilfe ein ungenannt bleiben wollender ChatBot hat eines meiner Fotos als Porträt der Ex- #Femen Aktivistin #JosephineWitt identifiziert. Ist das Quatsch oder hat das LLM recht?
ttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Internationaler_Tag_der_Menschenrechte,_Berlin_2022,_LeaveNoOneBehind,_Marsch_für_Menschenrechte_07.jpg
@…

Wrote up a nice little macro in @… to illustrate "anonymous recursive functions" Š la PowerShell.
https://github.com/shriram/anonymous-r

GitHub - shriram/anonymous-recursive-function: Anonymous recursive functions in Racket
Anonymous recursive functions in Racket. Contribute to shriram/anonymous-recursive-function development by creating an account on GitHub.

Anzahl der neuen #Windkraftanlagen je #Bundesland in #Deutschland im Jahr 2025 mit Stand vom 01.12.2025.
Die "Ausschließliche Wirtschaftszone" bedeutet

Banished! To The Guestroom

“A pre-authentication remote code execution vulnerability exists in React Server Components versions 19.0.0, 19.1.0, 19.1.1, and 19.2.0 including the following packages: react-server-dom-parcel, react-server-dom-turbopack, and react-server-dom-webpack. The vulnerable code unsafely deserializes payloads from HTTP requests to Server Function endpoints.“
#vulnerability

Bra om nazismens senaste skepnad. https://skma.se/2025/12/jonathan-leman-aktivklubb-sverige-nazistgruppen-som-lockar-unga-med-vald/

Jonathan Leman: Aktivklubb Sverige – nazistgruppen som lockar unga med våld
Aktivklubb Sverige rekryterar ungdomar och fokuserar på att bygga upp våldskapacitet. De skolar in sina medlemmar i nazism, rasism, homofobi och hat mot judar och muslimer. Det senaste året har organisationen blivit alltmer gränslös och dess aktivister har gjort sig skyldiga till grova våldsbrott me

"Ozone layer recovery shows what global cooperation can achieve"
#OzoneLayer #Emissions

Ozone layer recovery shows what global cooperation can achieve | The Optimist Daily
The UN’s latest ozone bulletin finds steady recovery under the Montreal Protocol, a proof point that science-based policy can repair the planet.

@… @…
And who can pull the plug 🔌

I’m publishing to https://blog.bmann.ca for personal posts and https://blog.bmannconsulting.com for tech posts.
Links to both ar…

Ever wondered what was up with all this Dubai Chocolate suddenly appearing the market?
"From the people that murder journalists & saw them into pieces comes a sweet treat."
▶️ “Dubai Chocolate” is Regime Propaganda
https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/dubai-

“Dubai Chocolate” is Regime Propaganda
The viral pistachio-filled candy bar is everywhere—but there’s nothing sweet about the United Arab Emirates and its human rights record.

Here, I did the thing

"Americans are concerned about crime, but don’t broadly support President Trump’s deployment of the National Guard to police U.S. cities according to a new…poll."
"Blackmore, 70, is a retiree…says the Guard deployments feel like an occupation."
"'Are we really going there?' he asks. 'It’s not America to me, to see that — a national force policing everyday lives of Americans on our streets and highways.'"

NPR-Ipsos poll: Americans don’t broadly support Trump’s National Guard deployments
Americans are concerned about crime, but don«t broadly support President Trump»s deployment of the National Guard to U.S. cities, according to a new NPR-IPSOS poll.

Vijftien drones is best veel, dat kan dus niet "per ongeluk" zijn of een stoute tiener....Maar wie dan wel, waar vandaan komen ze, zoveel vragen...
#drones #belgie

Vijftien drones waargenomen bij militair terrein in België
De drones zijn het Duitse luchtruim in gevlogen, meldt een journalist van de VRT.

Afghan Internet Back After 2-Day Blackout Tied to Taliban - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/world/asia/afghanistan-internet-blackout-taliban.html

The two core parties for a new Dutch government coalition - CDA and @… - have agreed on an agenda; they will now invite other parties to join in.
Some of their points on energy and climate in this thread!
1/n

„Following their success in bringing Meta and Alphabet to heel for allegedly censoring right-leaning viewpoints, conservatives have been amping up their pressure campaign against Wikipedia.“
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/digit

88gCO2/kWh National Grid CO2 intensity so-so wrt last 24h so don't run big appliances now if you can wait. #CO2

GB Grid Intensity Status - Earth Notes
Live marginal carbon intensity of the grid in Great Britain.

En otras noticias futbolísticas, El Campanil ganó la liga de ascenso del fútbol chileno, por lo que vuelven a primera el próximo año. 🥳
https://m.cooperativa.cl/noticias/deportes/…

The Raising Humans Kind Podcast
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: #GreatAusPods

Das heutige #Kundenglücklichmachungsposteinlieferungsgeräusch drängt zum Ausgang.

Check out today's Metacurity for the critical infosec developments you should know, including
--European authorities dismantle the Cryptomixer service,
--Indian government wants smartphone makers to preload state-owned security app,
--Indian government wants to bar comms apps from working on SIM-less devices,
--Korea launches probe into Coupang breach and threatens punitive damages,
--DPRK hackers target S. Koreans with fake tax invoices,
--Malware-laden…

European authorities dismantle the Cryptomixer service that laundered illicit Bitcoin
Indian government wants smartphone makers to preload state-owned security app, Indian government wants to bar comms apps from working on SIM-less devices, Korea launches probe into Coupang breach and threatens punitive damages, DPRK hackers target S. Koreans with fake tax invoices, much more

Today's macOS issue is USB ports on a hub getting disabled. Luckily I can just unplug/replug the hub to reset them.

Running my own full-service, multi-tenanted & multi-domain email service gives me a remarkable feeling of power. It's is seriously cool (been running 4 of them for a bunch of years). In other news, Mailcow is superb - . https://mailcow.email/ (I run their Dockerized install)

from my link log —
Who invented vector clocks?
https://decomposition.al/blog/2023/04/08/who-invented-vector-clocks/
saved 2025-12-01

The yearly :nixos: #nix / #NixOS community survey is online:
https://survey.nixos.org/759934

#Fascism

I got the new cover on the bike. It is supposed to get down into the '40s tonight in Milwaukee.
Good timing!

Neue Macs: Apples Finanzchef gibt Hinweise, wann es soweit ist
Kevan Parekh, Chief Financial Officer von Apple, hat vor Analysten Andeutungen gemacht, wie es mit der Roadmap bei Mac-Rechnern weitergehen könnte.

15GB of raw footage, 45 minutes of edited video so far.
Still haven't even done a bare-die (vs partial) decap yet, or any delayering, or any extensive circuit analysis.
This is going to be LONG.

London-based Sokin, which develops tech for B2B cross-border payments, raised a $50M Series B led by Prysm Capital at a $300M valuation (John Reynolds/Tech.eu)
https://tech.eu/2025/12/01/cross-border-payment-fintech-sokin-lands-50m-funding-round/…

Cross-border payment fintech Sokin lands $50M funding round
Cross-border payment fintech Sokin has received $50m in a funding round, valuing the UK fintech at $300m.UK-headquartered Sokin says it will use the funding to speed up overseas expansion and on product development.The Series B funding round was led by US investment firm Prysm Capital, with Watershed Ventures participating. Existing investors, including investment funds managed by Morgan Stanley Expansion Capital and Aurum Partners, also participated.Founded in 2019 and headquartered in London…

Kyiv: Ukraine has destroyed 48% of Russia’s Pantsir air-defense systems: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/01/kyiv-ukraine-has-destroyed-of.html

Project 2025 mastermind invited to speak at Carney's cabinet meeting (Catharine Tunney/CBC News)
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/kevin-roberts-project-2025-carney-1.7624327
http://www.memeorandum.com/250903/p180#a250903p180

"World Trade Organization launches first global agreement to curb overfishing"
#Fish #Environment

World Trade Organization launches first global agreement to curb overfishing | The Optimist Daily
The WTO’s first environmental pact takes effect, tackling harmful fishing subsidies to protect ocean life and global food security.

@…
How much value do we place on reliving disappointing #nostalgia vs how much better #SciFi options are available today?
Why some classics got …

Neue Inbetriebnahmen von #Stromspeicher​n je #Batterietechnologie in #Deutschland mit Stand vom 01.11.2025.
Betrachtet werden Datensätze mit Betriebsstatus „aktiv“ und vorhan…

Always look at the credits in CVE records, they’re full of insightful details.
I particularly enjoyed this one. By the way, in Vulnerability Lookup we also have a nice display of the actual credits: finder, coordinator, and so on.
🔗 https://vulnerability.circl.lu/vuln/cve-2025-13658…

New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani and Vermont independent Senator Bernie Sanders
joined striking Starbucks workers
on the picket line Monday to demand the coffee giant reach a fair contract with its unionized workforce after years of delay tactics.
Speaking outside a store in Brooklyn,
Mamdani said New York is a
“union town,”
and vowed to continue joining pickets even after he is sworn in as mayor on January 1.
Responding to a question from Democra…

“This Is a Union Town”: Zohran Mamdani & Bernie Sanders Join Striking Starbucks Workers’ Picket
New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani and Vermont independent Senator Bernie Sanders joined striking Starbucks workers on the picket line Monday to demand the coffee giant reach a fair contract with its unionized workforce after years of delay tactics. Speaking outside a store in Brooklyn, Mamdani said New York is a “union town,” and vowed to continue joining pickets even after he is sworn in as mayor on January 1. Responding to a question from Democracy Now!, Sanders said Mamdani’s success…

Pres.Lee Jae Myung ordered a swift investigation Tuesday into the massive data breach at e-commerce giant Coupang and signaled that his administration may seek punitive damages to prevent similar lapses, calling the incident “astonishing” in scale and negligence.
https://www.koreaherald.com/article/106280

President orders probe into Coupang breach - The Korea Herald
President Lee Jae Myung ordered a swift investigation Tuesday into the massive data breach at e-commerce giant Coupang and signaled that his administration may

Me gusta lo rockero e improvisado a ratos que suena este šlbum de Neil Young. Fue lanzado el año que yo nací. Es viejito ya 😅
«re-ac-tor»
(Es parte de colección digital)
#NeilYoung #NeilYoungAndCrazyHorse #Musica

I did a same day dough (just a 6 hour ferment) and it turned out pretty good!
#pizza

Can't help but wonder why democratic governments, worldwide, are doing whatever US #BigTech tells them to do with regard to 'AI' policy & adoption. How do these governments not realise that BigTech is inherently authoritarian, psychotic, & working against democracy? They are antithetical to our societal values & yet they're welcomed with open arms? Do our government…

Trump Renames Peace Institute Building For Himself - Joe.My.God.
https://www.joemygod.com/2025/12/trump-renames-peace-institute-building-for-himself/

I have a craving for a hot fudge sundae

Upgrade oder iPhone-Wechsel: Apple erläutert, warum Akkulaufzeit reduziert ist
Frisch erworbene iPhones laufen oft nicht so, wie die User sich das wünschen. Das hat spezifische Gründe, wie Apple selbst verrät.

Shock! Europe threatened by the "Oreshnik" — What will be the response?: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/01/shock-europe-threatened-by-the.html

Nexperia's China unit says it has "sufficient inventories" to sustain order fulfillment "through year-end and beyond", after the parent suspended wafer supplies (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/nexper

Trump Administration Says Boat Strike Is Start of Campaign Against Venezuelan Cartels (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/us/politics/hegseth-venezuela-drug-strike.html?unlocked_article_code=1.jU8._oRS.QhFYZjRo5Mb1&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
http://www.memeorandum.com/250903/p181#a250903p181

"Our world is hurtling into climate disaster and what do politicians give us? Oilfields and new runways | Bill McGuire"
#Climate #ClimateChange

#Speicherkapazität der #Batteriespeicher in #Deutschland je Netzanschlussebene ab 2012 mit Stand vom 01.11.2025.
Betrachtet werden Datensätze mit Betriebsstatus „aktiv“…

Syrskyi visits Pokrovsk front line, denies reports of city’s encirclement: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/01/syrskyi-visits-pokrovsk-front-line.html

In neither this year nor the next should anyone expect Russia to propose a deal that is meaningfully different from what it has already.
How do we change the circumstances?
There are two main levers.
The first deteriorates conditions inside Russia to the point that Mr. Putin is forced to consider ending the war as the lesser evil,
and it is achieved by imposing sanctions that would be powerful and smart enough to erode Russia’s capacity to wage war and significantly i…

Opinion | Ukraine Is Not a War of Attrition
Victory will belong not to the side with more resources, but to the side with the stronger, more adaptive and unyielding will to win.

Muslim students warn of spate of harassment by far-right Christian agitators
https://religionnews.com/2025/12/03/muslim-students-warn-of-spate-of-harassment-by-far-right-christian-agitators/

A look at Allen Control Systems, maker of AI-powered gun turrets designed to shoot down drones, co-founded by Steven Simoni, who sold Bbot to DoorDash for $125M (David Jeans/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/technology/how-silicon-valley-warlo…

House GOP weighing bills to remove elected D.C. AG, overhaul justice policies (Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/09/03/house-gop-weighing-bills-remove-elected-dc-ag-overhaul-justice-policies/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzU2ODcyMDAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzU4MjU0Mzk5LCJpYXQiOjE3NTY4NzIwMDAsImp0aSI6ImMyNzE2YjcxLTMxYzctNDc2Ni1hMWMwLTI0OWY0MDlmNDBkZCIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9kYy1tZC12YS8yMDI1LzA5LzAzL2hvdXNlLWdvcC13ZWlnaGluZy1iaWxscy1yZW1vdmUtZWxlY3RlZC1kYy1hZy1vdmVyaGF1bC1qdXN0aWNlLXBvbGljaWVzLyJ9.AjWbub0A4fdoxXeA0tATj7mCtlWG4Nq7a703sIMndyg&itid=gfta
http://www.memeorandum.com/250903/p182#a250903p182

Kyiv says strikes disable Moscow region fuel pipeline supplying Russian forces: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/01/kyiv-says-strikes-disable-moscow.html

Entwicklung der #Nabenhöhen von #Windkraftanlagen an Land in #Deutschland mit Stand vom 01.12.2025.
Die kleinste registrierte

Catholic military archbishop calls 'intentional killing of noncombatants' illegal and immoral
https://religionnews.com/2025/12/03/catholic-military-archbishop-criticizes-intentional-killing-of-noncombatants/

"World’s major cities hit by 25% leap in extremely hot days since the 1990s"
#Climate #ClimateChange

China offers tech giants cheap power to boost domestic AI chips
Beijing introduces grants that slash power bills by up to half for some of the country’s largest data centres
https://www.ft.com/content/cad2cdd6-7cce-4de3-8710-977de667378c

China offers tech giants cheap power to boost domestic AI chips
Beijing introduces grants that slash energy bills by up to half for some of country’s largest data centres

Ukraine deploys special forces to Pokrovsk amid Russian claims of encirclement: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/01/ukraine-deploys-special-forces-to.html

Analysis: sports volumes on Kalshi approach $1B a week, with open interest in sports contracts regularly above $100M, significantly higher than other categories (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/e80df917-2af7-4a37-b9af-55d23f941ec6

Traditional note-taking beats AI chatbots for reading comprehension, but a combined approach is still useful
https://phys.org/news/2025-12-traditional-ai-chatbots-comprehension-combined.html

🔥 UAVs already over PUTIN’S head! Swarm over MOSCOW! The Baltics anticipate WAR: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/01/uavs-already-over-putins-head.html

Navy reverses demotion of Rep. Ronny Jackson, former White House doctor (Konstantin Toropin/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/trump-navy-congress-demotion-087ddcbd3b242c33fb838a45b5cc6536
http://www.memeorandum.com/250903/p184#a250903p184

'They're not scary' — Ukraine's drone commander 'Madyar' promises blackouts in Russia after new strikes: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/01/theyre-not-scary-ukraines-drone.html

‘I couldn't go to anybody's rally’: Since Oct. 7, some Black Jews struggle to find belonging
https://religionnews.com/2025/12/03/just-being-pushed-to-the-margins-since-oct-7-black-jews-struggle-to-find-belonging/

Trump to host tech CEOs for first event in newly renovated Rose Garden (The Hill)
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5485218-trump-host-tech-ceos-rose-garden/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250903/p183#a250903p183

Ukraine says stabilization under way in Pokrovsk, denies Russian claim that GUR commandos were wiped out: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/01/ukraine-says-stabilization-under-way.html

How Do We Rebuild After Trump? | Portside
https://portside.org/2025-11-01/how-do-we-rebuild-after-trump

Pentagon considers leasing part of Camp Pendleton to help fund Golden Dome missile defense system (NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/pentagon-considers-leasing-part-camp-pendleton-help-fund-golden-dome-m-rcna228813
http://www.memeorandum.com/250903/p185#a250903p185

🚀 Controlled exports: Ukraine sells its weapons #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/01/controlled-exports-ukraine-sells-itsweaponsshorts.html

❗ MOSCOW'S mayor is truly terrified! UAVs surrounded the KREMLIN #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/01/moscows-mayor-is-truly-terrified.html

A Challenge to the Teamsters President | Portside
https://portside.org/2025-11-01/challenge-teamsters-president

⚡ We are striking Russia with drone responses for what it does, — Zelenskyy #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/01/we-are-striking-russia-with.html

Trump Declares War on America | Portside
https://portside.org/2025-10-01/trump-declares-war-america

Trump and Xi draw closer — a new world order without Putin: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/01/trump-and-xi-draw-closer.html

In East Timor, U.S. Retreats From Plan to Build ‘Lifesaving’ Sewage Plant - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/world/asia/east-timor-us-aid-sewage.html

Syrskyi Asks Budanov for Reinforcements to Defend Pokrovsk: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/01/syrskyi-asks-budanov-for-reinforcements.html

Ukrainian military: Russian troops in Pokrovsk lie low as they await reinforcements: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/01/ukrainian-military-russian-troops-in.html

Commander of Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces urges Russians to brace for blackouts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/01/commander-of-ukraines-unmanned-systems.html

⚡ Why hasn't Russia won this war? Jake Broe explains #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/01/why-hasnt-russia-won-this.html

TRUMP behind PUTIN'S back talks to XI! The meeting gets a 12 out of 10! #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/01/trump-behind-putins-back-talks.html

Zelensky arrives in Copenhagen for European Political Community summit: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/02/zelensky-arrives-in-copenhagen-for.html

A Crime In Plain Sight: State Capture of Ukraine by Trump and Putin: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/02/a-crime-in-plain-sight.html

Pokrovsk did NOT fall! Russia has been rejected – Putin is lying again: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/03/pokrovsk-did-not-fall-russia.html

TALKS on a peace project in the US and France – Is peace possible? | News Pulse: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/02/talks-on-a-peace-project.html

Ukrainian DRONES ATTACK! Military bases of the FSS and “Akhmat” under attack #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/02/ukrainian-drones-attack-military-bases.html

A summit has begun in Brussels to decide the fate of aid to Ukraine #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/03/a-summit-has-begun-in.html