Parisians and BHV Marais staff protest Shein's 1,000-square-meter store, set to open November 1, as France tries to curb the company's presence in the country (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/business/shein-retail-store-paris-back…

Parisians Protest Shein’s First Physical Store
As the Chinese online fast-fashion retailer prepares to open a physical space in a venerable department store, France pushes to stem the company’s presence in the country.

well he's a pedophile, not a grammarphile

There's no point in having fuck-you money in the bank if you never say "fuck you"!
https://www.anildash.com/2025/09/09/how-tim-cook-sold-out-steve-jobs/

How Tim Cook sold out Steve Jobs
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.

I scream
you scream
we all scream

:neocat_scream:⁠:neocat_scream_stare:⁠:neocat_scream_angry:⁠:neocat_scream_scared:

Biggest corruption scandal of Zelensky’s presidency is in his own ranks: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/13/biggest-corruption-scandal-of-zelenskys.html

Absolutely delighted to announce
Richard Eisenberg: @…
Karine Even-Mendoza
Emily First
Ben Hardekopf
Lindsey Kuper: @…
Stefan Marr: @…

@SunDial79@troet.cafe Frage an Dich und die Blinden-Bubble. Auf einer Website unter Barrierefreiheit finde ich im Unterpunkt "nicht barrierefreie Teile der Website": "Einbindung von Openstreetmap". Ich hatte gedacht, wenn es eine Landkartenanwendung im Web gibt, die eine Option für Blinde hat dann Openstreetmap? Was ist der Hintergrund?

#Speicherkapazität der #Batteriespeicher in #Deutschland je Netzanschlussebene von 2010 bis 2025 mit Stand vom 10.10.2025.
Betrachtet werden Datensätze mit Betriebsstat…

Last July, Wilmer Chavarria, a naturalized U.S. citizen who lives in Vermont,
was returning from Nicaragua, where he had visited his mother and other relatives,
when he was detained by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents at the George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston
for no apparent reason.
👉Chavarria was held for more than four hours and released only after he finally agreed to let the agents search his smartphone, tablet, and laptop computer.
T…

CBP agents held a U.S. citizen for hours until he let them search his devices
A federal lawsuit argues that perusing travelers' personal data without a warrant or probable cause violates the Fourth Amendment.

Global #TippingPoints Report 2025: https://global-tipping-points.org/resources-gtp/ (summary and full report) -> Bleaching, Melting, Slowing - New report tracks growing risks of Earth system tipping points: https://www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/latest-news/files/bleaching-melting-slowing-new-report-tracks-growing-risks-of-earth-system-tipping-points-4 -> The planet has entered a ‘new reality’ as it hits its first climate tipping point, landmark report finds: https://edition.cnn.com/2025/10/13/climate/tipping-points-coral-reef-ice-amoc

Weekend Reads
* Reflections on the .us TLD
https://computer.rip/2025-11-11-dot-us.html
* Freedom on the Net 2025 report

memories of .us

The NBA takes full control of NBA TV and the NBA App for the first time since 2008, after ending its partnership with Warner Bros. Discovery (Alex Weprin/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/new-nba-tv-nba-app-2025-…

NBA Sets Reimagined NBA TV and NBA App
The league is taking full control over its cable channel and streaming platform, 17 years after Turner Sports and Warner Bros. Discovery first began running the operation.

Secret spider societies reveal surprising brain differences
#spiders

Secret spider societies reveal surprising brain differences
Researchers peered inside the brains of huntsman and crab spiders using microCT scanners and found that while spiders' brains don't have to be bigger for them to live in groups, social spiders are wired for better memory, recognition and collaboration.

Outerlands' owner "said that weekend brunch is busier than ever thanks to Sunset Dunes, the new park on the car-free Great Highway a few blocks away."
Who could have guessed? Parks that draw people to the neighborhood are better for business than highways that bypass the neighborhood.

At least 41 dead in Mexico floods https://phys.org/news/2025-10-dead-mexico.html In minutes, Mexico's rains swept away homes and people

At least 41 dead in Mexico floods
Floods caused by torrential rains have killed at least 41 people in Mexico in recent days and left behind a trail of destruction, the government said Saturday.

Democracy dies behind closed doors...
https://mastodon.social/@chatcontrol/115539210365913782

Fight Chat Control (@chatcontrol@mastodon.social)
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'It Be Your Own Family': Melania Posts  Damaging Video of Trump Struggling as Health Concerns Mount — and Fans Say She Knew Exactly What She Was Doing
https://atlantablackstar.com/2025/12/13/melania-posts-damaging-video-of-trumps-declining-health-that-fans-say-is-proof-shes-done-with-him/

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"Waarom Amerikaanse tech niet EU soeverein kan zijn"
#cisopraat

ULB-bibliotheksführung für den #hochschultag #münster #2025: ✅
https://www.hstag-muenster.de/

Inside Republicans' new health bill (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/12/11/congress/whats-in-the-gop-health-bill-00689950
http://www.memeorandum.com/251213/p36#a251213p36

@… Vielen Dank! 😊 ❤️

"Extinction rates are slowing—and conservation efforts may be paying off"
#Conservation #Environment

Broncos vs. Colts: 4 takeaways from Indianapolis' 29-28 comeback win to improve to 2-0 https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6626826/2025/09/14/broncos-colts-score-result-takeaways-nfl/

Heute, 13. 12. 2025, ist #PRÜF-Demo in #Hamburg. Und es gibt ein besonderes Bonbon für uns Streiter für Demokratie und Recht:

Kostenloses Konzert für Fans: Band Kettcar tritt auf "Prüf"-Demo in Hamburg auf
Die Hamburger Indierocker von der Band Kettcar spielen einen kleinen Gig in ihrer Heimatstadt. Sie treten auf der "Prüf"-Demonstration von Satiriker Nico Semsrott auf.

Q: "What is the burning question on the mind of every dyslexic
existentialist?"
A: "Is there a dog?"

Ich wurde gepodcastet! Mit Claudia Böschel vom „Didaktik Talk“ habe ich über KI, Schreiben und Denken gesprochen. Anhören auf Youtube (link unten) und spotify.
Danke für die Einladung!
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gClCwup-hAc

Submitted an IPv6 ticket to my ISP, #youfibre - as far as I can tell inbound packets are fine, outbound IPv6 don't seem to get far.
They were working a few weeks ago when I started doing IPv6 config on my router; but there's plenty of other people saying they've had IPv6 problems with them intemittently.

From @…
"The ACT is our mini-Washington DC. Canberra gets teased a lot, mostly by people who’ve never been. But Australia’s capital is a beautifully designed city surrounded by bushland.
It offers the ultimate mix of civics and scenery. You can visit Parliament House in the morning, the National Gallery at lunch, and still have time fo…

Something nice about each state and territory 
Welcome to the demographic equivalent of rival compliments with something nice about every Australian state and territory. 

Me puse a ver las últimas publicaciones de Evelyn Matthei en Instagram -de las que tanto hablan- y realmente parece que es otra persona después de la campaña presidencial. Mucho mšs cercana, amable y simpštica. Si ese hubiera sido el tono de su campaña, quizšs le habría ido mejor.
Ref: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DSNZSwzDl_Z/

Can you answer without checking: how many rounding directions does the #C standard define, as of #C23?
3
4
5
6

Darmstadt wächst – aber bezahlbarer Wohnraum schrumpft. Laut FAZ treiben Zuwanderung und knappe Flächen die Mieten auf Rekordniveau. Kommunen reagieren mit neuen Baugebieten – doch Nachverdichtung ersetzt keine echte Wohnungspolitik. OB Benz: Darmstadt braucht Einfamilienhäuser und soziale Infrastruktur #Mieten #Wohnraum

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music
Fontaines D.C.:
🎵 In The Modern World
#FontainesDC
https://fontainesdc.bandcamp.com/track/in-the-modern-world
https://open.spotify.com/track/3kQmcD1XU29nSMrS7kgsWm

Enrich your ggplots with extra panels along the x and y axis: #ggplot #dataviz <…

GitHub - jtlandis/ggside: ggplot2 extension allowing for plotting various geometries as side panels using the ggplot2 API
ggplot2 extension allowing for plotting various geometries as side panels using the ggplot2 API - jtlandis/ggside

Bloody hell BBC, this might be of interest to some people in N Ireland but you have regional and sports channels for Roman circuses like this. Get off BBC2!!!
#HateFootball #OpiumOfThePeople

Uff. Beide Rheinseiten bahntechnisch grade dicht. Linksrheinisch Bauarbeiten irgendwo bei Bonn/Köln, rechts Stellwerk kaputt und Ersatz schafft nur 1-2 Züge pro Stunde. Reparatur nach aktueller Angabe eher nicht vor dem morgigen Berufsverkehr.

Оказывается, существует утилита для автоматической проверки английского текста на политкорректность
https://alexjs.com

alex: Catch insensitive, inconsiderate writing
Whether your own or someone else’s writing, alex helps you find gender favouring, polarising, race related, religion inconsiderate, or other unequal phrasing.

When NVIDIA is talking about a “600 kW rack”, does this mean, one single rack will need 600 kW of electricity, or is this some 600 marketing kilowatts by just braindead adding up some specs to gain a number as big as possible? Why I'm asking: I'm electrical engineer trying to wrap my head around 600 kW for a single rack and the massive copper cables needed for this. Even with 800 V DC, we're talking about 750 amps. Per rack! 🤯
Or am I just missing something obvious?

En nog iets heel anders: ik heb de eerste drie afleveringen van Pluribus gekeken. Op en van Apple TV. Fat is allejezus tering goed en ik zeg er verder niks over. Kijk zelf maar.

Anarcho-capitalists genuinely blow my mind. Their ignorance of the wider anarchist movement is astounding.
#Ancap

I just added a recipe for backing up your #Discourse using restic, and a bunch of other updates, to my guide to Discourse deployment, as part of working on deploying a new Discourse instance. A bunch of plugins that I used to recommend adding are now in the core, which simplified the install.

Dire que ce centre de ski était autrefois reconnu. https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2213529/fermeture-mont-sainte-anne-enquete

Just finished "On Starlit Shores" by Bex Glendining. It's a really excellent graphic novel about grief, memory, and a bit of magic. I love the way that it isn't an adventure, and how completely usual the queer relationships in it are. The art is stunning, and the palette is especially excellent and truly harmonizes with the narrative.
#AmReading #ReadingNow

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #DriveTime
The Cure:
🎵 A Forest
#TheCure
https://divmod.bandcamp.com/album/the-cure-a-forest-divmod-remix
https://open.spotify.com/track/00Amd2EiGo17YoZyOjk3VV

Cowboys' Week 2 Player of the Game scores 16 points on over 200 yards in clutch win https://cowboyswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/cowboys/2025/09/14/cowboys-brandon-aubrey-player-of-game-week-2-giants/861…

'lifestyle and the environment is 10 times more likely to explain early death than genetics'
https://www.wired.com/story/scientists-thought-parkinsons-was-in-our-genes-it-might-be-in-the-water/

Scientists Thought Parkinson’s Was in Our Genes. It Might Be in the Water
Parkinson’s disease has environmental toxic factors, not just genetic.

Ever heard of the "Global Bionic Vision Community" on Discord? I was invited, joined, introduced myself, and for unknown reasons got kicked out, all on the same day, yesterday. #BCI #NeuroTech #blindness

I'm unreasonably pleased that this, the Least Desirable Book Of All, bas been sitting in the little free library near me for months now.
Nobody will touch it. Something deep in our lizard brains knows to reject this book. A totem of disdain.

@… Hi, have you thought of bridging your Bluesky account here? Just follow @ap.brid.gy over there!

Den ganzen Sommer über hat die Kapuzinerkresse kein Blatt vors andere gebracht. Seit ein paar Wochen scheint sie neuen Lebensmut geschöpft zu haben.

#icfpsplash25 ... And now Satnam Singh @… with the first ICFP 2025 keynote.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #NightTracks
Aaron Copland, Andreas Ottensamer, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra & Yannick Nézet‐Séguin:
🎵 Clarinet Concerto: 1st mvt 'Slowly And Expressively'
#AaronCopland
https://open.spotify.com/track/4zBBFo3dhhH7U43ha9xH1L

The elusive Leopard Shark, at the Wes Anderson archive exhibition, magical

Crypto casinos have become online gambling havens for teens and problem gamblers, propped up by operators who turn social media influencers into recruiters (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/1

How Online Crypto Casinos Use Celebrities and Livestreamers to Recruit Gamblers
Using exploitative marketing strategies, the illicit gambling websites have profited and lured in a young generation of gamblers.

No too late to back this fascinating book, but only a few hours left! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bzotto/go-computer-now-the-story-of-sphere

SCIENCE WARRIORS: From Antarctica — STRAIGHT INTO BATTLE! Polar defenders showed their double front: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/13/science-warriors-from-antarctica-straight.html

The Horrors™ persist, but so do cats! :3

Die #Kernfusionskollektoranlage hat heute 0,093 kWh Energie eingefangen.
Gesamtleistung: 480 Wp
Ausrichtung: West
Anstellwinkel: 58 Grad
Diese #Balkonsolaranlage wurde durch das Berliner SolarPLUS-Programm gefördert.
Einspeiseverlust: 4.85 %

Ah, to have the confidence of Claude Code. Let's see whether this confidence was misplaced.

Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) dipped into her campaign funds
to attend a concert hosted by MAGA artist Kid Rock,
amid ongoing rumors that the two are dating
https://www.thedailybeast.com/lauren-boebert-torched-for-using-cam…

Lauren Boebert Torched for Using Campaign Funds to See Rumored Rockstar Lover
It’s unclear how seeing Kid Rock contributed to Lauren Boebert’s campaign.

The ethnic cleansing of the United States will destroy it | Heba Gowayed | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/dec/13/ethnic-cleansing-racism-us-trump-ilhan-omar-somalia

CNN plans a multiplatform initiative called CNN Creators, hoping to attract a younger audience, starting with a 30-minute weekly program on CNN International (Matthew Keys/TheDesk.net)
https://thed…

CNN aims to be the YouTube of news with "CNN Creators" initiative
A new show, called "CNN Creators - The Intro," will attempt to draw a younger news audience to the global channel.

RE: https://social.mondoweiss.net/@mondoweiss/115709550259103986
Another crime that can't be freely discussed in the UC system on pain of students being expelled and faculty losing their jobs, thanks to SF's Scott Wiener and his

De ongeveer 30.000 werknemers van de lokale overheid gebruiken nu niet langer Microsofts mailserversoftware Exchange en mailclient Outlook. Het gaat om ambtenaren op alle niveaus, maar ook om politiemensen en rechters. De minister van Digitalisering Dirk Schrödter verklaart dat de deelstaat onafhankelijk wil worden van grote techbedrijven en de digitale soevereiniteit wil waarborgen. "Nu kunnen we ook zeggen: missie geslaagd op het gebied van e-mailcommunicatie."

Duitse deelstaat voltooit migratie van Exchange en Outlook naar opensource
De Duitse deelstaat Sleeswijk-Holstein is voor de eigen e-mailomgeving geheel over van Microsoft Exchange en Outlook naar Open-Xchange en Thunderbird. De migratie weg van Microsoft is in april vorig jaar ingezet en heeft volgens de premier van deze deelstaat een voorbeeldfunctie.

"Climate disasters displaced 250 million people in past 10 years, UN report finds"
#UN #UnitedNations #Climate

Number of wild bee species at risk of extinction in Europe doubles in 10 years https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/11/number-of-wild-bee-species-at-risk-of-extinction-in-europe-doubles-in-10-years

Vladimir Nabokov <--> Vivian Darkbloom
-- anagrama (Vivian Darkbloom is a character in
Nabokov's Lolita)

The Geographic Roots of Our Immigration Divide (Colin Woodard/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/12/13/woodard-immigration-00679254
http://www.memeorandum.com/251213/p15#a251213p15

Grading all 32 first-round picks from 2025 NFL Draft: Which high-profile rookies have thrived? Flopped? https://www.nfl.com/news/grading-all-32-first-round-picks-from-2025-nfl-draft-which-high-profile-rookies-have-thrive…

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music
Television:
🎵 Marquee Moon (Part 1 of 3)
#Television
https://wino-na.bandcamp.com/track/marquee-moon-television
https://open.spotify.com/track/7Me0vOSlJfaPY7Pc4GeItd

»Das Filesystem arbeitet im Userspace, belastet also die zentralen Rechenressourcen nicht.« 🤡

WYSIWYS

🧊 From ANTARCTICA to DONBAS: a Ukrainian POLAR explorer's journey #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/13/from-antarctica-to-donbas-a.html

'xxd' is a command that is both a hex dumper, and an undumper - i.e. it can turn the hexdump back into a binary.
Being able to go both ways makes it good for being able to edit a hex file in your favourite editor. Other tricks it can do are to generate a C array declaration with the contents. It defaults to hex numbered address (unlike 'hexdump' which confusingly uses octal!)

Google plans to invest $9B in South Carolina through 2027 to scale up its Berkeley County data center campus and support building two sites in Dorchester County (Kimberley Kao/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/…

Laval sera du parcours Montreal-Ottawa
#tgv #alto
https://www.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #DriveTime
KOIKOI:
🎵 Ti Imaš Mir
#KOIKOI
https://koikoi.bandcamp.com/track/ti-ima-mir
https://open.spotify.com/track/5Hm64NccmT80O7bv7wmZ03

Brown University shooting live updates: 2 dead and 8 in critical condition as suspect remains at large | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/brown-university-active-shooter-b2884037.html

A look at visual-effects studio Mofac, which is part of a wider rush in South Korea's film industry to integrate AI as it struggles with weak box office returns (Sohee Kim/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

Die #Kernfusionskollektoranlage hat heute 0,145 kWh Energie eingefangen.
Gesamtleistung: 480 Wp
Ausrichtung: West
Anstellwinkel: 58 Grad
Diese #Balkonsolaranlage wurde durch das Berliner SolarPLUS-Programm gefördert.
Einspeiseverlust: 4.85 %

"We are not endeavoring to chain the future but to free the present. ... We are
the advocates of inquiry, investigation, and thought. ... It is grander to think
and investigate for yourself than to repeat a creed. ... I look for the day
when *reason*, throned upon the world's brains, shall be the King of Kings and
the God of Gods.
-- Robert G. Ingersoll

Mi mi mi mi mi mi mi
Mi mi mi only mi mi
Mi mi mi mi mi mi mi
Mi mi mi sexy mi :ablobcatrainbow:

Ukraine to disband international legions and reassign fighters to assault units, sparking backlash: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/13/ukraine-to-disband-international-legions.html

Heavy Rotation in der vergangenen Woche: das Album »Operation« der deutschen Band Birth Control. Vorwärts treibender Krautrock mit viel Orgel. Aufgenommen und erschienen bereits 1971, ich hab's erst vor ein paar Wochen gekauft. Birth Control kennt man insbesondere von dem Song »Gamma Ray«, der ist aber auf einem anderen Album. #albumderwoche

Patriots QB Drake Maye showed clear improvement in win over Dolphins https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/46262947/patriots-qb-drake-maye-improvement-win-dolphins

They're a 10 but never slid across a cop car's hood, as it rolled through an intersection, while skateboarding to a male escort's apartment for a date, then bailed while they fled the police.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #DriveTime
Kelly Lee Owens:
🎵 Love You Got
#KellyLeeOwens
https://kellyleeowens.bandcamp.com/track/love-you-got
https://open.spotify.com/track/2eV02vbTQJkBh6R839ojjm

🛌 Wissen fürs Kopfkissen: 📖
#Gemüseanbau funktioniert auch auf dem #Balkon. 🌱🍅
Welches #Gemüse eignet sich dafür gut? Ich habe bereits viele Sorten ausprobiert und bin begeistert…

Gemüse anbauen gelingt auch auf dem Balkon oder der Terasse
Gemüse anbauen auf dem Balkon: Tipps und Tricks für Anfänger

Explosions reported at oil depot in occupied Crimea, several Russian energy sites amid Ukrainian drone attack
https://kyivindependent.com/explosions-reported-at-oil-depot-in-occupied-crimea-several-russian-energy-sites-amid-drone-attack/

I love being radical 🤙

Joe Burrow injury: Bengals teammate can't help but be upset despite Cincinnati's first 2-0 start since 2018

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/joe-burrow-injury-bengals-teammate…

Measles:
'Wow': Ex-White House scientist pounces as Fox News 'sounds the alarm' against Trump admin - Raw Story
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-fox-news-2674397708/

#Vanillezucker lässt sich ganz einfach und kostengünstig selbst herstellen. 🌟 „Benutzte“ #Vanilleschoten bekommen dafür ein zweites Leben. Was bei #Autobatterien funktioniert, kann do…

DIY: Vanillezucker kostengünstig selber machen
Vanillezucker selber machen: Das Rezept für aromatischen Vanillezucker ohne Verpackungsmüll.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #DriveTime
Big Thief:
🎵 All Night All Day
#BigThief
https://bigthief.bandcamp.com/track/all-night-all-day
https://open.spotify.com/track/56PuaVhEQzQ57PnREmTCuI

'Dastardly': Ex-GOP lawmaker says 'diehard MAGA' now believes 'hideous' Trump-Epstein link - Raw Story
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-epstein-2674397763/

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #SonicReducer
Retirement:
🎵 Blind
#Retirement
https://rtrmnt.bandcamp.com/track/blind
https://open.spotify.com/track/3SdoY5ZaFQpbyteimFMVKA