Tootfinder

Investment in subsea cable projects is expected to reach $13B between 2025 and 2027, almost 2x the amount invested between 2022 and 2024, driven by AI buildout (Magdalena Petrova/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/08/big-tech-ai-underwater-cables.html

Underwater cables are a vital piece of the AI buildout and internet — investment is booming
Over 95% of international data and voice traffic travels through subsea telecom cables. Tech giants Meta, Google, Amazon and Microsoft are investing for AI.

Der Steam Store wird breiter
Valve hat erkannt, dass die wenigsten Nutzer noch auf Röhrenbildschirmen im 4:3-Format unterwegs sind – und passt den Steam Store auf breitere Monitore an.
https://www.heise.de/news/D…

I wonder how many air traffic controllers will come back to work once they get paid again and how many people want to become air traffic controllers now that the government has shown utter disdain for them.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/09/flight-cancellations-government-shutdown

Ukraine is looking to order 27 Patriot air defense systems, Zelensky says: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/10/ukraine-is-looking-to-order.html

おはようございます（Pawoo元気かな？）

‼️Die #Petition
"Weitere Erforschung der Augenerkrankung Glaukom sowie Entwicklung neuer Therapien vom 01.08.2025"
hat bisher 48 Mitzeichnungen.
Es fehlen noch 29952 Unterschriften bis zum 09.12.2025.

The almighty Sharp QT-CD44 #PhysicalMedia

The almighty Sharp QT-CD44
In 1994 when I was 14, I had a Sharp QT-CD44 – this fantastic device — an AM/FM radio, cassette player, and CD player all in one: For a 14 year old kid in 1994, this thing was a technol…

nintendo tri-wing screwdriver

So there’s a collaboration between Charli xcx and John Cale (former member of Velvet Underground). And it sounds and looks amazing.
https://youtu.be/Xgp7wlBfASA

Stochern im Nebel...
#ciddle 2025-11-09 (64)
1. ❌ ↖️ 52km
2. ❌ ➡️ 83km
3. ❌ ⬇️ 28km
4. ✅
https://ciddle.winklerweb.net

Ciddle - A Daily City Riddle

MonochromeEvolutionaryBioDigitalMultiCellularSymbiosisStruggle
(Selected stills from my infinitely evolving C-SCAPE project, 2022 - made with #MonochromeMonday

Call your Senators
AGAIN
https://mas.to/@kims/115522558605296929

Shots fired at immigration agents in Little Village as residents confront Bovino, Border Patrol, authorities say (Chicago Tribune)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/08/community-members-confront-bovino/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251108/p28#a251108p28

Alexander Smirnov, the ex–FBI informant who admitted to lying about the Biden-Burisma connection, has been released from prison just months into his six-year prison sentence.
In a plea deal in December 2024, Smirnov admitted to completely fabricating the conspiracy that became central to a Republican effort to impeach then-President Joe Biden.
Days later, the Russian asset pleaded guilty to four felony charges, including one count of obstruction, and was sentenced to six years in …

FBI Informant Who Lied About the Bidens Covertly Released From Jail
Alexander Smirnov pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI and was sentenced to six years in jail.

Time For 9 o'clock #HashTagGames hosted by @…
#TongueTwisterFood

Michael Cohen teaching the 8 defecting Democrat Senators a lesson.
Although I fear they will not be eager to learn that one .... they will discover the hard way that they've sold out the healthcare for millions of Americans. Or not, if they continue to close their eyes for the truth.
#MichaelCohen #shutdown

the new creepy world of (probably) AI-abetted allen ginsberg/bruce conner forgeries. #poetry

Newly Discovered Ginsberg Poem… Or Another Beat Fake?
A recent video claims to present a lost Allen Ginsberg poem.

Lucy's definitely going to let you kick that football, Charlie Brown (you blockhead)
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:5o6k7jvowuyaquloafzn3cfw/post/3m5agsv2qkk2j

The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social)
CNN: “8 Senate Dem centrists reach a deal with GOP leaders and White House to reopen the government in exchange for a future vote on extending ACA subsidies… NO GUARANTEE to extend subsidies, but Dems involved believe GOP leaders will negotiate…” https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/09/politics/government-shutdown-reopen-deal-senate

Conservative Warning To Judges: Get On Board With Trump's Agenda Or Get Impeached - Above the Law
https://abovethelaw.com/2025/11/conservative-warning-to-judges-get-on-board-with-trumps-agenda-or-get-impeached/

When worlds collide: r4ghidra, by @…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbSiNBaBgM4&list=PLQYxYCskjP…

I was part of an OCLC RLP working group on 'artificial intelligence to support metadata workflows'.
Four posts summarise this work, looking at primary cataloguing, archives and special collections, institutional repositories, and overall pros and cons https://hangingtogether.org/tag/aiandm

AIandMetadataWorkflows Archives - Hanging Together

wandklexe ahoi!
#Kundenglücklichmachungsposteinlieferungsgeräusch.

I made pizza

The #AgaveSpike that started last April is getting a bit sad at the base now. However it has a cousin that has just started to shoot up its own spike. #Photography #FlowersOfMastodon

WiFi and #Thread/ #Zigbee networks use overlapping ~2.4Ghz frequencies, and interfere with each other.
I've learned it the hard way. My old gadgets kept losing WiFi connection, so I bought the biggest baddest WiFi router. It made everything way worse!
The router kept picking an "u…

Google tests AI-powered overviews on some publications' Google News pages; publishers like Der Spiegel, El País, and WaPo in commercial partnerships get paid (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/10/goog

Google is testing AI-powered article overviews on select publications’ Google News pages | TechCrunch
By adding AI-powered article overviews, Google says users will get more context before they click through to read an article.

Not sure about other places, but for those contributing, the PVD food drive we're contributing to says the things they are most short on are:
- cooking oil
- instant mashed potatoes
- instant coffee
- instant cake mix
(Unsurprisingly, food pantries are full of canned goods…)

RE: https://infosec.exchange/@Em0nM4stodon/115516207254690622
Nosotros en el trabajo les decimos a los clientes que nuestros informes son escritos a mano con cariño y dedicación, que todo y los errores de redacción son nuestros.
La reacción sie…

Me 2. https://mastodon.social/@timpritlove/115526277604749671

I had not noticed that Affinity shut down their forums but of course they did.
"THESE FORUMS ARE NOW READ-ONLY"
Okay, not "shut down" but they now prevent their users from talking to each other and tell you to fill out a form to get support.
https://forum.affinity.serif.com/

📔 Exploring how storytelling strategies shape memories
#memory

Exploring how storytelling strategies shape memories
Does the way a person hears about an event shape their recollection of it later? In a new JNeurosci paper, Signy Sheldon and colleagues, from McGill University, explored whether different storytelling strategies affect how the brain stores that experience as a memory and recalls it later.

RE: https://mastodon.social/@reiseblog/115518447247046514
This is an annual event I grew up with.
Lots of people but also lots of tradition and pretty nice to watch (especially in good weather). I never participated myself if you are wondering.

from my link log —
C needs a new type qualifier: it’s time for null pointer safety.
https://itnext.io/why-c-needs-a-new-type-qualifier-61ad553cbe71
saved 2023-01-28

📢 BSW-Chefin Wagenknecht gibt Parteivorsitz ab
Die BSW-Chefin Sahra Wagenknecht will den Bundesvorsitz ihrer Partei abgeben. Dies teilte die 56-Jährige in Berlin mit. Gleichwohl will sich Wagenknecht nach eigenen Angaben weiter in führender Position für das BSW engagieren.
➡️

BSW-Chefin Wagenknecht gibt Parteivorsitz ab
Sahra Wagenknecht hat angekündigt, den Vorsitz der noch nach ihr benannten Partei abzugeben. Sie werde sich aber weiter im BSW engagieren. Die neue Spitze soll von prominenten Parteimitgliedern übernommen werden.

There are frameworks like {golem} and {rhino} to make shiny development more robust, but I like the concept of {shinytest2} in providing a testing framework for pure shiny. https://rstudio.github.io/shinytest2/index.html

Too clever is dumb.
-- Ogden Nash

"In the age of virality, our devices offer up individual case studies, allowing us to congregate around them virtually. Although this is useful in helping us understand what happens when a person is plucked from their home, it takes our attention away from the larger story—more than half a million people deported, millions more at risk—and focuses us instead on a tiny part of it."

Les boites françaises qui exigent des compétences AWS, GCP, Azure pour les profils #DevOps... j'ai tellement envie de les secouer et d'hurler "réveillez-vous bordel ! Vous ne le voyez pas que les USA ne sont pas safe et qu'il faut plutôt recruter des gens qui sont compétents sur des clouds européens afin de rapidement migrer ???"
Bordel, on est le cul dans les ronces…

Wii Fit is so fun!!

The future of knowledge is YOURS to protect.
Wonderful video about Wikipedia at 25 (a few weeks early).
#wikipedia25 #wikipedia
https://www.

Check out my latest CSO piece, which provides the key takeaways from the 2026 NDAA compromise bill released earlier this week, chief among which are provisions that protect the mobile communications of top brass and requirements to safeguard AI systems from digital threats.
https://www.

Key cybersecurity takeaways from the 2026 NDAA
A 4.1% increase in military cyber funding in the FY2026 NDAA budget underpins new requirements for hardened mobile devices, AI security frameworks, and expanded DoD cyber workforce authorities.

Android Auto: Gemini ersetzt den Google Assistant
Google ersetzt den Google Assistant durch den neuen KI-Assistenten Gemini. Erste Nutzer können die Funktion bereits verwenden.
https://www.hei…

Tala Health, which plans to roll out AI agents to help clinicians improve patient care next year, raised a $100M seed led by Sofreh Capital (Allie Garfinkle/Fortune)
https://fortune.com/2025/11/04/tala-health-raises-100-million-se…

Tala Health raises $100 million seed round, as Ritankar Das seeks to build a holding company for the AI era
Titan Holdings has launched a new operating company, Tala Health, Fortune has exclusively learned.

Find someone who looks at you like Republicans look at ways to torture children
https://apnews.com/article/snap-benefits-trump-administration-demands-undo-states-d433f20df4d461db506e0d327a58d3c1

Prosecutors probe possible leak as Zelensky ally reportedly flees prior to searches: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/10/prosecutors-probe-possible-leak-as.html

Seen on a wall in Berlin-Schöneberg

Die #Kernfusionskollektoranlage hat heute 0,080 kWh Energie eingefangen.
Gesamtleistung: 480 Wp
Ausrichtung: West
Anstellwinkel: 58 Grad
Diese #Balkonsolaranlage wurde durch das Berliner SolarPLUS-Programm gefördert.
Einspeiseverlust: 4.96 %

Monday mood: #n5MD records at its best: diamat — misunderstood pt. 2 (2013) — contemplating, harmonious, slow, epic build up...
https://soundcloud.com/n5md/diamat-misunderstood-pt-2

Time For 9 o'clock #HashTagGames hosted by @…
#PungentMoviesOrFonts

The game "Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon" is fucking awesome. If you like Open World RPG games like Skyrim/Oblivion, this game is for you. It's not an AAA game, but the resulting game is incredible good for just 50 persons in 4 years.
#TaintedGrail #TaintedGrailTheFallOfAvalon

If you want my old monitor, now’s the chance! #Kleinanzeigen #hamburg
https://www.

Dell 27 Zoll 4K Monitor P2721Q
Ich verkaufe einen neuwertigen Retina-Monitor von Dell mit 4K Auflösung, der immer sehr pfleglich...,Dell 27 Zoll 4K Monitor P2721Q in Hamburg - Wandsbek

Senate Republicans embrace Trump’s call – from his Florida golf course – to replace Obamacare | US federal government shutdown 2025 | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/08/senate-republicans-trump-obamacare

Studie: Auch Menschen können über Fernberührungsfähigkeiten verfügen
Können Menschen Objekte taktil erspüren, ohne sie physisch zu berühren? Zumindest im Sand soll das funktionieren, sagen Wissenschaftler.

Alabama Democrat hints at 2026 rematch with Tommy Tuberville (Joseph D. Bryant/al.com)
https://www.al.com/politics/2025/11/alabama-democrat-hints-at-2026-rematch-with-tommy-tuberville-stay-tuned.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/251108/p31#a251108p31

Schimmelpenninck slaat de spijker op de kop.
“VVD-donateurs zullen zich een breuk lachen; nergens op aarde is het zó goedkoop om sukkels voor hun karretje te spannen.”
https://www.volkskrant.nl/columns-van-de-d…

De VVD is een partij van wannabe’s, van bange kleinburgers die hun eigen tegeltuin willen verdedigen

A producer for Chicago's WGN-TV was roughly detained by Border Patrol agents Friday morning; WGN said Friday evening she had been released with no charges filed (Robert Channick/Chicago Tribune)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/10/wgn-tv-producer…

📢 Frankreichs Ex-Präsident Sarkozy kommt unter Auflagen aus dem Gefängnis
Der französische Ex-Präsident Nicolas Sarkozy kommt nach rund drei Wochen Haft wieder unter Auflagen aus dem Gefängnis. Ein Pariser Gericht stimmte einem Antrag des 70-Jährigen auf vorläufige Haftverschonung zu. Es ordnete allerdings strenge Auflagen an. Sarkozy hatte eine fünfjährige Haftstrafe wegen krimineller Verschwörung im Zusammenhang mit illeg…
➡️

Frankreichs Ex-Präsident Sarkozy kommt unter Auflagen frei
Nach drei Wochen Haft kommt Frankreichs früherer Präsident Sarkozy wieder aus dem Gefängnis. Unter Justizaufsicht darf er den Ausgang eines Berufungsverfahrens in Freiheit abwarten, entschied ein Gericht in Paris.

An interview with Internet Archive founder Brewster Kahle on copyright lawsuits that threatened to bankrupt the nonprofit, fair use, IA's future, AI, and more (Ashley Belanger/Ars Technica)
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20

Internet Archive’s legal fights are over, but its founder mourns what was lost
“We survived, but it wiped out the library,” Internet Archive’s founder says.

O sujeito casou-se com uma mulher que era teimosa que nem uma
mula. Dois anos depois, a beira de um ataque de nervos, conseguiu
convencê-la a consultar um psicólogo. Na volta da primeira
consulta, ansioso, ele pergunta:
-- E então, meu amor? Como foi a consulta? Tudo bem?
-- Tudo bem, uma ova! Precisei gastar todo o meu horšrio para
convencer o psicólogo que o divã ficava muito melhor no meio da
sala!

Lettre ouverte au Maire de #Cergy concernant la recharge de voitures électriques :
Bonjour Monsieur le Maire,
Je vous contacte Š propos de la recharge de voitures électriques sur notre commune.
Comme vous le savez peut-être, une voiture électrique est encore Š ce jour un investissement lourd pour la plupart des ménages. Ces voitures disposent généralement d'une autonomie rel…

wondering why/how iec 559 was published 3 years before ieee 754
the histories talk a lot about the wrangling in the ieee committee but nothing about international standards
did the iec just pick up the draft when it seemed close enough to a done deal? seems oddly presumptuous for an oldskool bureaucracy

There is never a dull day in cybersecurity, so check out today's Metacurity for the most exciting developments you should know today, including
--Coupang CEO resigns as cops raid the company's HQ for a second time,
--Man pleads guilty amid DOJ take-down of Social Engineering Enterprise gang,
--DOJ files more charges against Cyber Army of Russia Reborn member,
--Spanish cops bust teen hacker for stealing 64m records,
--Ukraine cyber corps claims attack on …

Coupang CEO resigns as cops raid the company's HQ for a second time
Man pleads guilty amid DOJ take-down of Social Engineering Enterprise gang, DOJ files more charges against Cyber Army of Russia Reborn member, Spanish cops bust teen hacker for stealing 64m records, Ukraine cyber corps claims attack on Russian logistics company Eltrans+, much more

A home near us exploded today, most likely a gas tank?
😟

Maybe I am just a naïve European and I just don’t get the process of a government shutdown in the USA. But I must say that I simply do not understand the approach whereby, in the event of disagreement, the state (the richest state in the world!!!) can cease its basic functions and not pay salaries.

Favorite landscape and time of year.
(Upper glacial valleys are often so colorful and especially in autumn, when the colors of the many different types of rocks are complemented by those of the tundra vegetation up there... it's a harsh climate/environment, at the same time so peaceful/friendly [if the weather is right] — a feast for the eyes and good for the soul... yet, each time also a bittersweet experience, seeing how fast glaciers are disappearing)

"YOU WILL ALL ROT": Kremlin propaganda OFF THE LEASH! USA and Europe in crosshairs: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/10/ampquotyou-will-all-rotampquot-kremlin.html

📰 Mit Deiner Hilfe informiere ich täglich über #Klimawandel, #Mobilitätswende, #Energiewende,

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"AI is the world's most expensive and energy-intensive plagiarism machine....""
'Breaking Bad' Creator Hates AI, Promises New Show 'Pluribus' Was 'Made By Humans' - Slashdot
https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/25/11/09/047221/breaking-bad-creator-hates-ai-promises-new-show-pluribus-was-made-by-humans

Grenscontroles t.b.v. asielinstroom bij binnengrenzen in de EU zijn net zo zinloos als al die overstapreclames van zorgverzekeraars in december die we ongetwijfeld weer over ons heen gestort zullen krijgen.
En voor beide zinloze zaken geldt: het kost ons allemaal een hoop geld; geld dat we veel beter kunnen besteden.
Grenscontroles gaan langer door, kabinet hoopt op 'preventief effect'

Grenscontroles gaan langer door, kabinet hoopt op 'preventief effect'
Met de grenscontroles worden geen asielzoekers tegengehouden, maar wel mensen die illegaal de grens oversteken.

Instacart reports Q3 revenue up 10% YoY to $939M, above est., orders up 14% YoY to 83.4M, above 82.9M est., GTV up 10% to $9.1B, and plans a $1.5B share buyback (Natalie Lung/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025…

RE: https://hachyderm.io/@thomasfuchs/115521925373470883
Like calling them right now would be good, because there's reports that the might cave today—if they do the ACA subsidies will never come back.

The Towering Inferno <--> Not Worth Fire Engine
-- anagrama, GAMES Magazine

Two representatives on the US House Financial Services Committee warn WBD CEO David Zaslav of national security concerns about the financiers of Paramount's bid (Ted Johnson/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2025/12/democrats-warner-bros-discovery-sa…

Democratic Lawmakers Warn Warner Bros. Discovery Of National Security Concerns In Paramount Bid Because Of Saudi And Other Foreign Investors
The two House members said that the transaction should undergo a Committee on Foreign Investment review.

from my link log —
The future of open access academic publication.
https://blog.dshr.org/2019/10/future-of-open-access.html
saved 2019-10-25 …

Future of Open Access
The Future of OA: A large-scale analysis projecting Open Access publication and readership by Heather Piwowar, Jason Priem and Richard Orr ...

A look at Rigetti Computing and D-Wave Quantum, whose shares have surged over 1,900% in the past year as the potential of quantum computing captivates investors (Felice Maranz/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

Gerüchteweise preiswert:
#Renault stellt mit dem Twingo E-Tech ein neues #Elektroauto für unter 20.000 Euro vor.
Der 3,79 Meter lange #Kleinwagen bietet bis zu 263 Kilometer

E-Auto: Renault bringt elektrischen Twingo für unter 20.000 Euro - Golem.de
Renault hat den Twingo E-Tech vorgestellt, der unter 20.000 Euro angeboten werden soll. Für Fernfahrten ist die Reichweite nicht optimal.

If they cave, the Democratic Party is done.
If you have Democratic senators, please, I urge you to call them and tell them to keep the pressure on Republicans going and not reopen the government until ACA subsidies are in place.

Alone into the rocks: Tunnel walk and traces of glacial plucking at 2200m
(And yes, the colors really were that stunning...)
#SilentSunday #LandscapePhotography #Photography

Real Users find the one combination of bizarre input values that shuts
down the system for days.

Premier League football club Brighton & Hove Albion bans Guardian reporters from its stadium after the Guardian reported on allegations against the club's owner (The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/…

The Alpha Arena experiment gave six frontier models $10K each to trade crypto derivatives over two weeks: losses ranged from Qwen3 Max's $652 to GPT-5's $5,679 (Sebastian Pellejero/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/commentary/breakin

Bitte was für eine Röhre

The great merit of society is to make one appreciate solitude.
-- Charles Chincholles, "Reflections on the Art of Life"

👻 #Mythos zum #Frühstück: 😱
„Der #Plastikmüll in den Ozeanen kommt aus Asien“.
Der Großteil des

Die größten Mythen über Plastikmüll - oft nur Ausreden
Was ist dran an den Mythen rund um Plastikmüll? Erfahre, warum viele Aussagen zum Thema Plastik täuschen.

A look at Netflix's funding plan for WBD: $59B of debt financing via Wall Street banks, to be eventually replaced with bonds, term loans, and revolving credit (Emily Graffeo/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

there's rumors that Apple wants to add touch screens to laptops
has everyone memory-holed the TouchBar?

Internal memo: Google is naming Amin Vahdat, who leads the company's AI and infrastructure team, to the new role of chief technologist for AI infrastructure (Reed Albergotti/Semafor)
https://www.semafor.com/article/12/10/2025/google-names-n…

Exclusive: Google names new chief of AI infrastructure buildout
Amin Vahdat, a veteran leader at Google, will become chief technologist for AI infrastructure, according to the memo reviewed by Semafor, and report directly to CEO Sundar Pichai.

my vote is clear

You never hesitate to tackle the most difficult problems.

The Washington Post's former letters editor, Alyssa Rosenberg, reflects on her role as a professional listener, offering readers a rare chance to feel heard (Alyssa Rosenberg/NOTUS)
https://www.notus.org/per…

The Washington Post Got 21,000 Emails After It Didn't Endorse. I Read Them All.
Reading and editing letters gave me a theory about what is wrong with America — and how it could be fixed.

Selloff in bitcoin and ether is tanking shares of crypto‑treasury companies like Strategy and BitMine; Strategy's valuation is down from ~$128B in July to ~$70B (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/finance/currencies/the-years-hottest-cryp…

good morning

Ignorance must certainly be bliss or there wouldn't be so many people
so resolutely pursuing it.

Israel-based RAAAM, whose "GCRAM" on-chip memory tech aims to deliver up to 10x power savings relative to high-density SRAM, raised a $17M Series A led by NXP (Meir Orbach/CTech)
https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/sjjv3pp1bg

Chip giant NXP leads $17.5M Series A for Israeli startup tackling AI’s memory bottleneck
RAAAM Memory Technologies’ “GCRAM” promises denser, lower-power on-chip memory as the semiconductor industry races to support next-generation AI processors. 

It is so stupid of modern civilisation to have given up believing in the
devil when he is the only explanation of it.
-- Ronald Knox, "Let Dons Delight"

Coinbase plans to launch a platform to let individual investors buy digital tokens before they are listed on its exchange, reviving 2017 and 2018's ICO craze (Vicky Ge Huang/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/f…

Well, as a quick W after the satellite pro issues I've uploaded some archived software to archive.org
https://archive.org/details/QVLINKMAC

A survey of UK adults in 2025: on average, they spend 4.5 hours per day online, up 10 minutes on 2024, and 50% of time is on Google- and Meta-owned services (Ofcom)
https://www.ofcom.org.uk/media-use-and-attitudes/online-h…

South Korean media: police raided Coupang's HQ, searching for evidence related to a historic data breach that compromised 30M people's personal information (Jane Lanhee Lee/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20