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A profile of Josh Woodward, the head of Google Labs who is credited with turning around the Gemini app, growing its MAUs from 350M in March to 650M by October (Jennifer Elias/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/20/josh-woodward-google-gemini-ai-safety.html

Google was at risk of losing its dominance — until it promoted this AI executive
Josh Woodward, a 16-year Google veteran, is tasked with running the Gemini app and going head-to-head with OpenAI in the booming generative AI market.

Australia completes delivery of 49 Abrams tanks to Ukraine: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/20/australia-completes-delivery-of-abrams.html

People today really don't understand how amazingly cool the Internet was 30 years ago

"Today, only 3% of bank activity consists of "lending to firms and individuals engaged in the production of goods and services."
https://pluralistic.net/2025/12/18/self-licking-ice-cream-cone/#job-creators

a human: "I want to put a cat that is physically able to kill me in approximately ten milliseconds in my home and share my life with it"
(One day passes)
same human: "I am going to annoy the animal that can split my spinal cord in two on purpose because I am bored"
never gets old https://www.youtube.com/sh…

There are more old drunkards than old doctors.

Well, I ended up with 337 components for my "minimal" STM32MP2 Kintex-7 PCie testbed lol.
I could have simplified a bit if I deleted some of the test points, LEDs, etc but I think this is a reasonable combination of parts.
Let's see if I can actually lay this out on oshpark 4L...

#Manchester Museum seeks help to uncover hidden histories of African collection | Manchester | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/d

#AI is old news. Innovators must ask themselves: in 2026, how can I supercharge my productivity by incorporating labubus into my process?

I just did early sign up to two Monterey Car Week events (by the end of December to save on the registration). Along with GGLC members we will be taking our Lotus Elise to The Paddock on Friday Aug 14th afternoon and our Fiat 124 Spider with Fiat America to Concorso Italiano on Saturday Aug 15th. If anyone is registering a car this month and doesn’t have a discount code, DM me. #WeirdCarMastodon

The birth of the Web — The World Wide Web was invented by British scientist Tim Berners-Lee in 1989 while working at CERN
Tim Berners-Lee, a British scientist, invented the World Wide Web (WWW) in 1989, while working at CERN. The web was originally conceived and developed to meet the demand for automated information-sharing between scientists in universities and institutes around the world.
🌐

Exclusive: Trump appointee inspired by conservative media outlet to push for probe of Democratic congressman (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/trump-appointee-inspired-by-conservative-media-outlet-push-probe-democratic-2025-12-20/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251220/p61#a251220p61

from my link log —
Seven stages of open software.
https://coiled.io/blog/stages-of-openness.html
saved 2020-03-29 https://dotat.a…

For you #Minneapolis, #Dinkytown, University of #Minnesota folks: five years ago, we lost the iconic McDonald's

Interview with WPP CEO Cindy Rose, who says AI puts pressure on the ad agency's pricing and WPP has 10K data scientists and software engineers and 12K creatives (Daniel Thomas/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/3eb36aed-8366-4db9-8ea0-e7484416dc43

I bought a dvd of the Selfie tv show on ebay and it's just a burned DVD some guy made. I wish they did better episode compression.

Judge Blocks Trump Administration’s Homeless Aid Plan - The New York Times
https://archive.ph/j0P65

Vi har været til et lidt forkŸlet, men alligevel hyggeligt Advent Ökomarkt på Kollwitzplatz her til formiddag, og spottede en ramen-restaurant på vejen. Så vi er blevet i det asiatiske tema hvad maden angår (vietnamesisk fŸrste aften, koreansk i går, og nu japansk).
Vi fik bl.a. wagyu gyoza og virkelig velsmagende ramen. Ren luksus!

We need a national holiday where Trump obeys the law for 24 hours.

On Website Technicals (2025-10) - Tech updates: Sitebulb AdSense fails, RSS description, lite ads, ISSN lookup, micro-opts, DNS broke intensity, SVG inline URL-encoded, CO2 pcm, flock. - https://m.earth.org.uk/note-on-site-technicals-101.html

On Website Technicals (2025-10)
Tech updates: Sitebulb+AdSense fails, RSS description, lite ads, ISSN lookup, micro-opts, DNS broke intensity, SVG inline URL-encoded, CO2 pcm, flock.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music
Jarvis Cocker:
🎵 Friday 13th (Demo)
#JarvisCocker

Do you need inspiration how to present a dataset in a clear figure and what package to use? Check out #rstats

From data to Viz | Find the graphic you need
A classification of chart types based on their input data format.

TIL Halo:Infinite's artificial intelligence, 'The Weapon' was given an official name!
And it's origins go all the way back to 1994! (And no, it's not Cortana)
▶️ Halo Studios FINALLY Revealed The Weapon's REAL Name (Huge Implications)
https://youtube.com/watch?v=EZ-2g6K…

Wenn das Organigramm mancher Unternehmen ein Eisberg wäre, würde es sich in Wasser von alleine umdrehen.

#Wintersonnenwende!!!!
(edit: Kluge Menschen schreiben, dass es um 16:30 Uhr dann wirklich soweit ist. Aber ich feier einfach den ganzen Tag!)

@… @… @… @…

Cowboys eliminated from playoff contention with Eagles win https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6900851/2025/12/20/cowboys-eliminated-nfl-playoff-picture/

I keep getting ads for “boxing week sale”, and it has real “that person with the whole birthday month” energy.
(For the Americans: Boxing Day is Dec 26, which we get off here in Canada and elsewhere, and it’s known for its retail sales. Boxing Week is insufferable nonsense.)

I thought I heard distant trebles caroling, but it was just an electric car starting off.

Querida aluna, eu não tenho mais idade para conseguir ler essa letra pequenininha que você fez na prova não... rs

I’m shocked, shocked!
Well, not that shocked.
https://macaw.social/@mergesort/115747425083195532

The nail on my little finger looks like it is auditioning for a role in The Walking Dead after being torn almost clean off when I dressed a wild boar.
If I'm counting right, with a 3 mm growth-speed it'll be April before the finger doesn't look mauled ... #zombie #nail

I've been lucky to run an ecommerce store for 10 years and only got 2 chargebacks.
One of them was a fraudulent one, where customer received the item but claimed it was defective without contacting us, sending us a photo or giving us a chance to make it right. For all we know, it was not defective.
Just won the chargeback dispute, which is actually not too frequent.
#ecommerce

Blood Clot Pol Pot
bot by @…
No laws were broken in the making of this bot: rescind the warrant.
#satire #potus45

Sonnet 063 - LXIII
Against my love shall be as I am now,
With Time's injurious hand crush'd and o'erworn;
When hours have drain'd his blood and fill'd his brow
With lines and wrinkles; when his youthful morn
Hath travell'd on to age's steepy night;
And all those beauties whereof now he's king
Are vanishing, or vanished out of sight,
Stealing away the treasure of his spring;
For such a time do I now fortify …

Eagles victory officially eliminates Dallas Cowboys from playoff chase https://cowboyswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/cowboys/2025/12/20/eagles-victory-officially-eliminates-dallas-cowboys-f…

I managed to merge five PRs from other picolibc contributors today. I really like getting contributions from other other people; it makes me think that maybe my little project is starting to be useful in the world.

Ukraine to replace head of Southern Air Command following repeated deadly Russian strikes in Odesa Oblast: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/20/ukraine-to-replace-head-of.html

From ⁨⁨⁨⁨⁨#AnnafromUkraine⁩⁩⁩⁩⁩ @AnnafromUkraine@youtube.com
MASSIVE ATTACK ON #RUSSIA: ORYOL, ROSTOV IN THE DARK AFTER EXPLOSIONS Vlog 1263: War in #Ukraine
Russian authorities reported a mas…

Pretty useful summary of European train delays in 2025. Grim reading for German trains, but chuu chuu looks like useful for finding more reliable routes https://chuuchuu.com/2025wrapped

Banger!

@… Absolut keine Ahnung

🕯️ 🕯️ 🕯️ 🕯️ 🕯️ 🕯️ 🕯️ 🕯️
I don't buy a lot at Christmas
We don't need Black Friday merch
I don't think that we're religious
We don't even go to church.
All I see is people fighting
When they should be candle-lighting
Make the battles cease
All I want for Christmas, is Peace.
#SongParody
#AllIWantForChristmas
#JoinIn

मेरी क्रिसमस
#PamelaAnderson
Season 5 Episode 11 "Silent Night Baywatch Night: part 1"
#Baywatch #lvdlpx

Not sure why, but China is feeling the need to say that China is being attacked by Taiwan with cyber incidents rather than the other way around.
Mainland deals with almost 4,000 cyber attacks from Taiwan in 2025
http://english.scio.gov.cn/pressroom/2026-01/21/con…

Sweden just hit a massive milestone: electric vehicles now make up 65.4% of all car sales, with pure battery EVs at 40.4% and plug-in hybrids at 25%.
Volvo EX40 led the pack, while combustion-only cars dropped to just 21.8%. And it's about to accelerate even more—new government incentives kick in for 2026.

EVs At 65.4% Share In Sweden - Incentive Scheme Incoming - CleanTechnica
November’s auto sales saw plugin EVs at 65.4% share in Sweden, up from 61.7% year-on-year. BEVs were up in share, while PHEVs were flat.

livejournal_aminer: Livejournal social graph
This network contains the social graph of Livejournal, a free on-line social network where users can keep a blog, journal or diary, where a directed edge (i,j) means that user i follows user j.
This network has 3017286 nodes and 87037567 edges.
Tags: Social, Online, Unweighted
https://

So now I have HDR working on my desktop computer and it's just a sort of random joy when some image suddenly pops off super bright.

Remember PayPal‘s Honey scam? It‘s been a minute (a year, in fact), but MegaLag has just published part two to his Patrons and I’m 11 minutes in and it’s already a doozy. Yes, it gets (much) worse.
https://www.patreon.com/MegaLag

Sobria Ebrietas & Iliaque – Déluge
https://tcfsr.bandcamp.com/album/d-luge
https://www.clongclo…

Un train stationne Š Châtillon-Montrouge vers Saint-Denis – Université et Asnières - Gennevilliers Les Courtilles en raison d'un incident nécessitant l’intervention du conducteur .
🤖 21/12 01:41

Un train stationne Š Porte de Montreuil vers Pont de Sèvres en raison d'un ajustement de l'intervalle entre les trains .
🤖 21/12 01:03

Kshamenk, Argentina’s Last Captive Orca, Dies After Decades in Tiny Tank https://veganfta.com/articles/2025/12/18/kshamenk-argentinas-last-captive-orca-dies-after-decades-in-tiny-tank/?utm_source=Mastodon

Kshamenk, Argentina’s Last Captive Orca, Dies After Decades in Tiny Tank
On 14th December 2025, Kshamenk, the last captive orca in Argentina, died at the Mundo Marino facility in San Clemente del Tuyú after spending 33 years confined in a circular tank only 12 metres in…

Found my Xmas present https://youtu.be/0DNqvFSpzdE?si=yIDlBC-xsTPLhqor

One can search the brain with a microscope and not find the
mind, and can search the stars with a telescope and not find God.
-- J. Gustav White

#ManchesterCityCouncil #planning committee meeting was a disgrace.
Councillors failed to represent the enormous local opposition to this monolithic scheme.
They only celebrated 49 affordable homes (pitiful against the actual need which won't be met by private sector developers…

Go-ahead for 260 homes at former Chorlton shopping centre
Ten storey block to replace ageing Manchester suburb shopping precinct

Ja, nee, is‘klar!
#Threads soll das Erste sein, an das ihr morgens denkt
https://www.appgefahren.de/threads-soll-das-erste-sein-an-das-ihr-morg…

Threads soll das Erste sein, an das ihr morgens denkt
Das soziale Netzwerk Threads ist in diesem Jahr stark gewachsen. Chef Conor Hayes hat große Pläne für das Netzwerk.

No concessions to the Kremlin: what the updated peace plan looks like #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/20/no-concessions-to-the-kremlin.html

Sensor Tower: Reels accounted for 50% of all Instagram ads in 2025, up from 35% in 2024; Reels accounted for 46% of time spent on Instagram in the US in 2025 (Zach Vallese/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/20/most-of-instagrams-ads-ran-on-reels-i…

Most of Instagram's ads ran on Reels in 2025, data shows
More than half of all ads on Meta's Instagram ran in the service's short-form video Reels product in 2025, up from 35% in 2024, according to Sensor Tower.

Trump is taking the 'imperial presidency' to extremes Nixon only dreamed of: analysis - Alternet.org
https://www.alternet.org/trump-nixon-imperial-presidency/

TIL this song was banned from space but loved by David Bowie.
Listen at your own risk.
https://youtu.be/9EEZAivzl1Q?si=PUgne2NLRF0W_8Tu

BREAKING: Proof Blanche was involved in the decision to prosecute Abrego (The Breakdown)
https://www.muellershewrote.com/p/breaking-proof-blanche-was-involved
http://www.memeorandum.com/251220/p60#a251220p60

Eagles vs. Commanders takeaways: Philadelphia pulls away in second half to win NFC East again https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6906856/2025/12/20/eagles-commanders-score-takeaways-week-16/

179gCO2/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.

Cowboys eliminated from playoff contention with Eagles win https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6900851/2025/12/20/cowboys-eliminated-nfl-playoff-picture/

How Russia split my family over Christmas: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/21/how-russia-split-my-family.html

You do not have mail.

Sensor Tower: consumers spent $85B on apps globally in 2025, up 21% YoY, and, in a first, more money went on non-game mobile apps than on games, driven by GenAI (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/21/cons…

Consumers spent more on mobile apps than games in 2025, driven by AI app adoption | TechCrunch
Consumers spent more money in mobile apps than games in 2025, driven by AI app adoption.

the future is not a countdown — #climate

Chronos vs Kairos: Rethinking Time, Change, and Leadership in a World of Uncertainty
We’ve been taught to see time as running out — every crisis a countdown. This essay reimagines time through Chronos and Kairos, exploring impermanence, systems thinking, and ethical leadership. The future isn’t a deadline — it’s a field of possibility we can participate in.

Un train stationne Š Châtillon-Montrouge vers Saint-Denis – Université et Asnières - Gennevilliers Les Courtilles en raison d'un incident nécessitant l’intervention de nos agents .
🤖 21/12 01:07

Ukrainian military: fighting continues in Hrabovske, Sumy region: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/21/ukrainian-military-fighting-continues-in.html

Un train stationne Š Pont de Sèvres vers Mairie de Montreuil en raison d'un ajustement de l'intervalle entre les trains .
🤖 21/12 01:03

How Pakistan's government is increasingly using in absentia convictions and arrest warrants against Pakistani journalists living overseas, starting in late 2025 (Committee to Protect Journalists)
https://cpj.org/2026/01/harassed-at-ho

Harassed at home, convicted abroad: Pakistan steps up prosecution of overseas journalists - Committee to Protect Journalists
Pakistan’s government has stepped up the use of in absentia convictions and arrest warrants against Pakistani journalists living overseas since late 2025, highlighting an escalating crackdown by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s government on critical reporting and commentary that extends beyond domestic borders. In early January, four foreign-based Pakistani journalists and commentators were convicted on the...

180gCO2/kWh National Grid CO2 intensity is HIGH wrt last 24h so don't run anything that can wait! #CO2

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

NFL DFS: Optimizer reveals Week 16, 2025 daily Fantasy football picks for DraftKings, FanDuel

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/nfl-dfs-picks-lineup-adv…

Sweden detains sanctioned Russian vessel linked to weapons transport: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/21/sweden-detains-sanctioned-russian-vessel.html

OpenEvidence, which is building "ChatGPT for doctors", raised $250M led by Thrive and DST at a $12B valuation, up from $6B in October and $1B in February 2025 (Kate Rooney/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/21/openevidence-chatg…

OpenEvidence, the 'ChatGPT for doctors,' doubles valuation to $12 billion
OpenEvidence, based in Massachusetts, has topped a $12 billion valuation in a funding round led by Thrive and DST.

Kremlin again rejects US-led Ukraine peace plan as Miami talks proceed: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/21/kremlin-again-rejects-usled-ukraine.html

16WW House Suburban Sparrows Ambient (2022-05) - House sparrows outside 16WW or close by. #sparrow #wildlife #fieldRecording -

16WW House Suburban Sparrows Ambient (2022-05)
House sparrows outside 16WW or close by. #sparrow #wildlife #fieldRecording

Can Cowboys still make the playoffs? What Eagles' win vs. Commanders means for Dallas https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/dallas-cowboys/news/can-cowboys-still-make-playoffs-what-eagles-…

Questions, takeaways from Week 16: Eagles run away from Washington to clinch division https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47325576/nfl-week-16-2025-season-questions-takeaways-lessons-stats-recap-every-game

Russian troops launch nearly 100 drones overnight, killing 4, injuring 19: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/21/russian-troops-launch-nearly-drones.html

117gCO2/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.

Russian attack stalls as Ukraine destroys assault group in Kharkiv border village: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/21/russian-attack-stalls-as-ukraine.html

50 civilians in Sumy Oblast abducted and forcibly taken to Russia, ombudsman says: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/21/civilians-in-sumy-oblast-abducted.html

Follow live: Packers and Bears face off in late-season NFC North showdown https://www.espn.com/nfl/game/_/gameId/401772613/packers-bears

Cowboys officially eliminated from NFL playoffs https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/cowboys-officially-eliminated-from-nfl-playoffs

On 16WW Data Collections and Graphs - Open for research #dataset - https://m.earth.org.uk/note-on-data.html

On 16WW Data Collections and Graphs
Open for research #dataset

Ukrainian partisans sabotage key railway hub in Russia's Rostov Oblast, group claims: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/21/ukrainian-partisans-sabotage-key-railway.html

'Not under discussion': Kremlin denies preparations for trilateral US-Ukraine-Russia talks: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/21/not-under-discussion-kremlin-denies.html

Ukrainian, US delegates hold another round of talks as Russian team meets Americans in Miami: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/21/ukrainian-us-delegates-hold-another.html

Eagles beat Commanders to clinch NFC East again https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47373985/eagles-beat-commanders-clinch-nfc-east-again

Cowboys officially eliminated from NFL playoffs https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/cowboys-officially-eliminated-from-nfl-playoffs

Ubisoft cancels six games and delays others amid a restructuring into five genre-specific "creative houses"; it expects net bookings of ~€1.5B for FY 2025-2026 (Benoit Berthelot/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

France and Russia signal openness to holding separate talks as US-led peace efforts remain inconclusive: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/21/france-and-russia-signal-openness.html

Russia has no intention of actually ending its aggression, says Zelenskyy #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/21/russia-has-no-intention-of.html

NFL line movement for Week 16: Chiefs-Titans, Buccaneers-Panthers among games with biggest changes

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/nfl-lin

Prisco's Week 16 NFL picks: Ravens take down Patriots, Jaguars upset Broncos and Buccaneers handle Panthers

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/pete-prisco-nfl-week-16-picks/

Eagles repeat as NFC East champions; snap 21-year streak without consecutive division winners https://www.nfl.com/news/eagles-repeat-nfc-east-champions-snap-21-year-streak-consecutive-division-winners