2025-12-25 07:01:29
How Larry Ellison is helping his son David build a media empire, including making the case to Trump for why Paramount, not Netflix, should acquire WBD (Theodore Schleifer/New York Times)
https://www.nytime…
How Larry Ellison is helping his son David build a media empire, including making the case to Trump for why Paramount, not Netflix, should acquire WBD (Theodore Schleifer/New York Times)
https://www.nytime…
Keep Christ in Christmas? First, keep Christ in Christian
https://religionnews.com/2025/12/24/keep-christ-in-christmas-its-not-about-your-holiday-themed-caramel-macchiato-cup/
The near deadlock on land has led to an alternative Ukrainian effort to win by economic means.
While Russia has stepped up bombing of Ukraine’s energy infrastructure
and residents of the country’s cities endure electricity outages,
Kyiv is still able to get power to the front,
its defences not obviously impaired.
And despite the regularity of Russian drone and missile attacks,
civilian morale appears not to have been significantly affected.
In retu…
This evening’s gonna be a damn Christmas Eve episode of @… 🪗 🎅🏽
10–11 pm Vancouver time
Prepare for more holiday #accordion music as the 12 Days of Christmas officially start today!
Contrary to a listener who phoned-in threatening to blow up…
Listening to this just a few more times before 2025 is over, as should perhaps be customary, or just as much as possible during the year
https://youtu.be/uq-gYOrU8bA
@… Bot bot on the wall, who is my chattiest friend of all?
Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever
encountered to help me make the big choices in life.
-- Steve Jobs (1955-2011)
Well done, Rainbow Warriors & coach Tim Chang... Hawaii beats Cal in the final 10 seconds of the Hawaii Bowl!
✅ Hawai'i vs California (Dec 24, 2025) Final Score - ESPN - Final score Hawaii wins 35-31 https://www.espn.com/college-football/game/_/gameId…
Newly released Epstein file links Trump to murdered newborn baby dumped in Lake Michigan (David McAfee/Raw Story)
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-epstein-files-2674827578/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251224/p71#a251224p71
For those following along at home*... I peeled all the prawns! Successfully!
First time in decades. Even I couldn't ruin that particular Christmas tradition.
*Husband (Official Prawn Peeler in Chief) had an operation on left hand 2 weeks ago and also (due to misadventure) now has the right wrist in plaster.
#Prawns
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #DriveTime
EELS:
🎵 Everything’s Gonna Be Cool This Christmas
#EELS
https://superfriendsphilly.bandcamp.com/track/everythings-gonna-be-cool-this-christmas-original-by-eels-2
https://open.spotify.com/track/5SqHDVKRcZ1gRzVuMsMRpK
I can, for example, delete and then only register the FreeBSD-vi package, with confidence that a related file will not exist.
We can think of this as telling white lies to the database.
root@clean:~ # which vi
/usr/bin/vi
root@clean:~ # pkg delete -fqy FreeBSD-vi FreeBSD-vi-dbg
Generating apropos(1) database for /usr/share/man...
Generating apropos(1) database for /usr/share/openssl/man...
root@clean:~ # pkg install -qUy --register-only FreeBSD-vi FreeBSD…
Feliz Natal, hanukkah ou Litha/Yule (atrasados) ou Newtal ou simplesmente dia-como-qualquer-outro-mas-em-que-se-enche-a-pança para todos, conforme a crença de cada um.
Rabbithole 25.12. 01:37: Minecraft Ressource Packs austesten und zusammenstellen.
Merry Christmas guys, I hope you spend quality time with your loved ones and get a lot of presents!
Lignes L : adaptation de l’offre de transport. Pendant les vacances scolaires du 25/12/2025 au 01/01/2026, l’offre de transport est adaptée sur votre ligne : certains trains ne circuleront pas. Pour préparer votre trajet et avant de vous rendre en gare, vérifiez vos horaires sur l’appli Ile-de-France Mobilités, le site Transilien.com, SNCF Connect ou votre appli de mobilité.
🤖 25/12 03:00
Cards' Sweat irked by 'frustrating' Pro Bowl snub https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47408986/cardinals-josh-sweat-irked-frustrating-pro-bowl-snub
NFL Contract Incentives Tracker: Sam Darnold, Rico Dowdle Near Massive Paydays https://www.foxsports.com/stories/nfl/nfl-contract-incentives-tracker-2025
Pope Leo decries 'distorted economy' in first Christmas Mass – DW – 12/25/2025
https://www.dw.com/en/world-celebrates-christmas-as-2025-draws-to-a-close/live-75292667
epinions_trust: Epinions trust network (2003)
A who-trusts-whom online social network of the general consumer review site Epinions.com. Members can decide whether to "trust" each other. These trust relationships are combined with review ratings to determine which reviews are shown to the user.
This network has 75888 nodes and 508837 edges.
Tags: Social, Online, Unweighted
Sources: Nvidia's licensing deal with Groq, which has raised ~$1.8B, includes payouts to Groq's key execs and investors, including BlackRock and Tiger Global (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/nvidia-struck-20-billion-megadeal-gro…
Un train stationne Š La Fourche vers Asnières - Gennevilliers Les Courtilles en raison d'un ajustement de l'intervalle entre les trains .
🤖 25/12 01:59
Raiders, Dolphins Get Lamar Jackson Take Amid Latest Claim https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/las-vegas-raiders/dolphins-lamar-jackson-take-ravens-claim/
MIT researchers have developed a new method for designing 3D structures that can be transformed from a flat configuration into their curved, fully formed shape with only a single pull of a string.
This technique could enable the rapid deployment of a temporary field hospital at the site of a disaster such as a devastating tsunami
— a situation where quick medical action is essential to save lives.
The researchers’ approach converts a user-specified 3D structure into a flat s…
Why We've Tried to Replace #Developers Every Decade Since 1969
https://www.caimito.net/en/blog/2025/12/07/the-recurring-dream-of-replacing-develop…
🐜 Ant smuggling case highlights legal inconsistencies
#ants
Altersdiskriminierung - Selbstbedienungskassen: Die neue Hürde für Ältere #News #Nachrichten
aktuelles #Wetter #Behrendorf #Wische 25-12-2025 02:35
Temperatur: (min: -7,3C) -7,3C (max: -6,3C)
Feuchte: 91%
Luftdruck: 1038,3 hPa (gleichbleibend)
Windrichtung: N/A Grad
I remember Xenix back when I was in high school. I had a copy lying around but there was so much dev activity on DOS then Windows that it was relegated to the pile of ignored OSs.
✅ Microsoft's Xenix - by John Paul Wohlscheid
https://computeradsfromthepast.substac
Murkowski 'not satisfied' with DOJ's Epstein files release (Alexander Bolton/The Hill)
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5662645-murkowski-epstein-files/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251224/p72#a251224p72
As usual, my sentiment for people at this time of year: Merry WTFever you celebrate. If you can do so with family, awesome. If not for whatever reason, I hope you have a date, or friends to chill with. If you don't bother with the holidays/people, have a decent day. Don't forget to find yourself a little bit of peace and/or joy. #Xmas
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #DriveTime
Louis Armstrong:
🎵 'Zat You Santa Claus
#LouisArmstrong
https://moochinaboutltd.bandcamp.com/track/cool-yule
https://open.spotify.com/track/4Kh0X8pMk2yIFf4jnGXrTZ
Our new YouTube travel channel just launched. Please check it out, watch, subscribe, and like. #travel #bansko
https://www.youtube.co…
Sean Duffy takes credit for Pete Buttigieg's infrastructure grants - LGBTQ Nation
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/12/sean-duffy-takes-credit-for-pete-buttigiegs-infrastructure-grants/
So happy my #AliExpress order came before #Christmas eve, drove my mum into a hissy fit when I asked to put my food into a prison tray. 🤣 What can I say, I don't like it when various food touches each other. There is probably a more compelling argument about this
Esta segunda temporada de #Wandinha estš com uma vibe #StrangerThings" rs.
Trump Officials Plan To Drop Army's Preference For Blind Vendors
The decision was approved by Trump’s education secretary,
Linda McMahon,
the former professional wrestling CEO,
according to a notice.
The Education Department oversees what’s known as the "Randolph-Sheppard Vending Facility Program",
which was created during the Great Depression to help integrate blind workers into the U.S. workforce due to discrimination.
An Education D…
You know who else dealt with people "as efficiently as Amazon moves packages"?
The Nazis.
We call it the Holocaust.
Source:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/12/24/ice-immigrants-detention-wareho…
@… Appreciate you calling this out. I left a written comment via the webpage at https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?BillNumber=2321&Year…
Florida tried to shut down this Christmas drag show. It sold out the entire venue. - LGBTQ Nation
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/12/florida-tried-to-shut-down-this-christmas-drag-show-it-sold-out-the-entire-venue/
"En 2025, l’électricité produite en Europe Š partir de l’éolien et du solaire a dépassé celle d’origine fossile"
https://www.lemonde.fr/economie/article/2026/0…
Un train stationne Š Châtillon-Montrouge vers Saint-Denis – Université et Asnières - Gennevilliers Les Courtilles en raison d'un ajustement de l'intervalle entre les trains .
🤖 25/12 01:03
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #DriveTime
Cake?:
🎵 Santa's Going the Distance
#Cake?
How Shorthanded Raiders' Defense Can Have a Repeat Performance https://www.si.com/nfl/raiders/onsi/las-vegas-shorthanded-defense-can-have-repeat-performance
Donald Trump unveiled a new class of so-called “battleships” on Monday,
but his plans are already hitting rough waters on social media.
In remarks from his Mar-a-Lago estate, the president claimed that the two “Trump Class” military vessels would be
the “fastest, the biggest and by far 100 times more powerful than any battleship ever built.”
Trump described himself as
a “very aesthetic person” while noting that he,
along with the U.S. Navy,
would wor…
Politik hält inne - Mit Saxophon, Trompete und Ziehharmonika in Ferien #News #Nachrichten
Brazil’s Farmed Animals “Meat Machine” Exposed in Photo Report https://veganfta.com/articles/2025/12/25/brazils-farmed-animals-meat-machine-exposed-in-photo-report/?utm_source=Mastodon
“The core idea is that your conversations with an AI assistant should be as private as your conversations with a person. Not because you’re doing something wrong, but because privacy is what lets you think freely.”
Moxie Marlinspike, Confessions to a data lake https://confer.to/blog/2025/12/confess
💔 Biodegradable electronics can break down into harmful microplastics
#electronics
aktuelles #Wetter #Behrendorf #Wische 25-12-2025 01:30
Temperatur: (min: -7,0C) -7,0C (max: -6,3C)
Feuchte: 90%
Luftdruck: 1038,6 hPa (gleichbleibend)
Windrichtung: N/A Grad
Google invests an undisclosed sum in Sakana AI, valued at $2.6B in November 2025, to boost Gemini's presence in Japan; Sakana AI gains access to Google's LLMs (Min-Jeong Lee/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20
The pressure is
'at a fever pitch'
as the US pursues
a third oil tanker
near Venezuela
https://sg.news.yahoo.com/trump-summarized-washingtons-multi-pronged-072945336.html
NFL conference championship picks against the spread: Broncos overlooked without Bo Nix? https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6989800/2026/01/23/nfl-conference-championship-picks-predictions-betting-2025/
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #DriveTime
Darlene Love:
🎵 Marshmallow World
#DarleneLove
https://moochinaboutltd.bandcamp.com/track/marshmallow-world
https://open.spotify.com/track/7GNsHkiYPcQQjvhTiILFUL
Huge 100-tonne fatberg found in London sewers
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj9ydve2kz7o
The Cowboys’ defensive back room was a train wreck in 2025 https://insidethestar.com/the-cowboys-defensive-back-room-was-a-train-wreck-in-2025
Websites including YouTube and TikTok this week
removed posts of a CBS News
“60 Minutes” segment on a notorious prison in El Salvador,
where Trump the administration has been illegally deporting Venezuelan immigrants,
after being notified that publishing the clip violated parent company’s copyright.
The segment on the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT)
—which was intended to air on Sunday’s episode of “60 Minutes”
—was pulled by right-wing CBS News ed…
Christmas Eve jazz concert at Kennedy Center canceled after Trump name added to building | PBS News
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/arts/christmas-eve-jazz-concert-at-kennedy-center-canceled-after-trump-name-added-to-building
Tipps für Familien - So bleibt es rund um die Feiertage besinnlich #News #Nachrichten
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #DriveTime
Low:
🎵 Just Like Christmas
#Low
https://wereonlyhumanonce.bandcamp.com/track/low-just-like-christmas-instrumental
https://open.spotify.com/track/4zMP6aieSmWQNFdp3O4Owv
Six days after a senior FDA official sent a sweeping internal email claiming that covid vaccines had caused the deaths of “at least 10 children,”
Twelve former FDA commissioners released an extraordinary warning in the Dec. 3 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.
They wrote that the claims and policy changes in the memo from Vinay Prasad, the head of the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research,
pose “a threat to evidence-based vaccine policy and public h…
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #DriveTime
Pearl Jam:
🎵 Let Me Sleep
#PearlJam
Brasilianer bestätigen - Nach Trainer-Aus: Ancelottis Nachfolger steht fest #News #Nachrichten …
Project 2025 director Paul Dans: 'We are in a full-on scrimmage for the future of America First' (Alec Russell/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/32bb3517-8ea7-4b51-9cc3-2d59c6f33194
http://www.memeorandum.com/260123/p24#a260123p24
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #DriveTime
Mason Jennings:
🎵 The Light (Part 2)
#MasonJennings
https://masonjenningsmusic.bandcamp.com/track/the-light
https://open.spotify.com/track/3pLh2khdyl3baGGRrR2GeR
Source: by the end of 2025, Claude Code's ARR had grown by at least another $100M from the $1B announced in November, making up 12% of Anthropic's total ARR (Maxwell Zeff/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/claude-code-success-anthropic-business-model/…
Rams defense looking forward to flashing 'receiver skills' vs. Sam Darnold, Seahawks https://www.nfl.com/news/rams-defense-looking-forward-to-flashing-receiver-skills-vs-sam-darnold-seahawks
Putins Volk müde? - Mehrheit der Russen hofft auf Kriegsende noch 2026 #News #Nachrichten
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #DriveTime
Douglas Armour:
🎵 Towards the Light
#DouglasArmour
https://open.spotify.com/track/6ERTB0S54tFGE0Pxmapytm
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #DriveTime
Gift of Gab:
🎵 Way of the Light
#GiftofGab
https://open.spotify.com/track/4MRspe267MPNFJ2csgb9pa
Liverpool-Coach sauer - „Rücksichtslos“: Slot schimpft nach Verletzung #News #Nachrichten
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #DriveTime
Ron Sexsmith:
🎵 Maybe This Christmas
#RonSexsmith
https://theholidayplace.bandcamp.com/track/maybe-this-christmas
https://open.spotify.com/track/52qdJ88vESWGhFo3Hu7WEH
Please 🔁 BOOST to share what you like
- your followers don't see if you ⭐ favourite a post
🐺 PFAS concentrations can double with every step up the food chain
#pfas
Trotz Regen - Papst Leo überraschte Gläubige auf Petersplatz #News #Nachrichten
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #DriveTime
Fleet Foxes:
🎵 White Winter Hymnal
#FleetFoxes
https://pbmr.bandcamp.com/track/fleet-foxes-white-winter-hymnal-remix
https://open.spotify.com/track/4XTuSMs47SIg35KxhNIUGe
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #DriveTime
The Head and the Heart:
🎵 Winter Song
#TheHeadandtheHeart
https://kcacoustic.bandcamp.com/track/winter-song-the-head-and-the-heart
https://open.spotify.com/track/4btaqpuh9bidWs3OEVmlsb
Max Verstappen: - „Dann wird das halbe F1-Feld disqualifiziert“ #News #Nachrichten
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…
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #DriveTime
The Staves:
🎵 Winter Trees
#TheStaves
https://thestaves.bandcamp.com/track/winter-trees
https://open.spotify.com/track/29cjJmloO5C0t6Ak3bNLTv
🌔 The origami wheel that could explore lunar caves
#moon
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #DriveTime
Brandi Carlile:
🎵 Joni
#BrandiCarlile
https://open.spotify.com/track/2Z2XYJrksBXf6sfPeUWOML
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #DriveTime
Joni Mitchell:
🎵 River
#JoniMitchell
https://analeorne.bandcamp.com/track/joni-mitchells-river
https://open.spotify.com/track/0DAmSYQW9kq9gQNDI002KP
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…
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #DriveTime
Spiritualized:
🎵 Shine a Light
#Spiritualized
https://spiritualizedband.bandcamp.com/track/shine-a-light
https://open.spotify.com/track/5MFZIkSSZd63sJ4BOu5jb4
📸 Creating realistic 3D scenes from everyday online photos
#3d
🦀 Discovery turns household plastic recycling into anti-cancer medication
#materials
Circana: the Switch 2 ended December and 2025 as the US' best-selling video game hardware, offsetting declines among rivals to lift overall hardware spend by 9% (Vlad Savov/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20
🪅 Gut bacteria rapidly adapt to digest starches in ultra-processed foods, study finds
#bacteria
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…
🎭 AI-Generated Faces Fool Most People, But Photo Training Improves Detection
https://petapixel.com/2025/12/29/ai-generated-faces-fool-most-people-but-photo-training-improves-detection/
❤️🩹 Self-healing nuclear fuel could improve safety, reduce waste in reactors
#energy …
💗 Do marathons damage your heart? Decade-long study shows no long-term cardiac harm
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-12-marathons-heart-decade-term-cardiac.html
🫥 Mexico’s missing people crisis casts a shadow over World Cup venue
https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-12-20/mexicos-missing-people-crisis-casts-a-shadow-over-world-cup-venue.html