2025-12-26 00:12:55
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #RoundMidnight
Heidi Vogel:
🎵 Modinha
#HeidiVogel
https://open.spotify.com/track/4v1MKkygstzxQkPzQpVRoo
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #RoundMidnight
Heidi Vogel:
🎵 Modinha
#HeidiVogel
https://open.spotify.com/track/4v1MKkygstzxQkPzQpVRoo
"2025 was third-warmest year on record, research shows"
#Climate #ClimateChange
https:/…
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
@carlos@social.perceptiveconstructs.com"Author Name Disambiguation in Scholarly Research: A Bibliometric Perspective"
https://doi.org/10.1515/opis-2025-0035
"The rapid expansion of scholarly publishing has amplified the long-standing challenge of author name ambiguity in academic databases. This issue, manifesting a…
Broadcaster Sinclair reports Q4 revenue of $836M, down 17% YoY, and net income down 38% YoY to $109M, core advertising revenue up 14% to $354M (Matthew Keys/TheDesk.net)
https://thedesk.net/2026/02/sinclair-q4-2025-earnings-report/
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #RoundMidnight
Huw Marc Bennett:
🎵 Cân Y Gwartheg
#HuwMarcBennett
https://open.spotify.com/track/6ZypZxXy8zNTcQrP0Id7W3
Seit meiner Lungen-Embolie im Sommer 2025 habe ich vl. 2-3 Bier getrunken.
Und seltsamerweise fehlt mir nichts.
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…
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
#Trump has turned ICE into a sprawling paramilitary that roves the country at will, (...), and has been told that it enjoys “absolute immunity.” He more than doubled the agency’s size in 2025, and its budget is now larger than those of all other federal law-enforcement agencies combined, and larger than the entire military budgets of all but 15 countries.
How Raiders Can Find Positives After Brutal 2025 https://www.si.com/nfl/raiders/onsi/las-vegas-can-find-positives-after-brutal-2025
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #RoundMidnight
Butcher Brown:
🎵 HOURS:AFTER
#ButcherBrown
https://open.spotify.com/track/2efKpdGah3AVLf8qjtJ7NE
Here is my round up of the best #PositiveNews that I shared in 2025 about the #Environment and #Climate
💔 Biodegradable electronics can break down into harmful microplastics
#electronics
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/
"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…
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
POL-CLP: Pressemeldungen für den Nordkreis Cloppenburg vom 23.01.2026 bis 24.01.2026 Cloppenburg/Vechta (ots) - Friesoythe - Fahren ohne Fahrerlaubnis - Im Rahmen einer Verkehrskontrolle in Friesoythe, Grüner Hof, überprüften Beamte der Polizei Friesoythe am Freitag, 23.01.2025, gegen 13:45 Uhr einen 41-jährigen Friesoyther und ... https://www.
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
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…
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
@… Appreciate you calling this out. I left a written comment via the webpage at https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?BillNumber=2321&Year…
“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
🛰️ Satellite data reveals new insights into sustainable groundwater usage in the Hollywood Basin
https://phys.org/news/2025-12-satellite-reveals-insights-sustainable-groundwater.html
Otro rezagado 2025. De uno que también es de los nuestros: Benito Cerati.
«En el Ciber»
#BenitoCerati
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…
😇 Taboo against harming strangler fig spirits protects forests in Indonesian Borneo
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/12/taboo-against-harming-strangler-fig-spirits-protects-forests-in-indonesian-borneo/
@… 's review of 2025 and plans for 2026:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAkMFgIqUtE
from my link log —
ACME, a brief history of a protocol which has changed Internet security.
https://blog.brocas.org/2025/12/01/ACME-a-brief-history-of-one-of-the-protocols-which-has-changed-the-Internet-Security/
Trump is addicted to military force.
Congress should act to curb him
Even before the raid to seize Nicolšs Maduro in Caracas, Venezuela, on Jan. 3,
Trump had already attacked as many countries (seven) in 2025 as he did during his entire first term.
After the Maduro operation, which Trump said he watched “like ... a television show,”
he has threatened to take military action in many more places,
including Iran, Colombia, Mexico, Cuba, Greenland — and no…
🫗 The perfect polymer? Plant-based plastic is fully saltwater degradable and leaves behind zero microplastics
https://phys.org/news/2025-12-polymer-based-plastic-fully-saltwater.html
#Magdeburg #GoodNews #GuteNachrichten
Ausgezeichnet als beliebteste Pflegeprofis: Team der Station 12 für Neurologische Rehabilitation der Median Klinik
> We found that the “Other” category increased to 11% this year, and this was primarily driven by Hetzner (20% of Other responses); we plan to include Hetzner as a response choice in next year’s survey.
https://go.dev/blog/survey2025
Well done @…
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
Two Years of Building AI in Firefox | Tarek Ziadé
https://blog.ziade.org/2025/12/05/two-years-of-ai-at-mozilla/?trk=feed_main-feed-card_feed-article-content
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…
„It’s a path puzzle. You draw a path that enters the grid at the top and exits at the bottom. Along the way, there are 50 sections, each following a different ruleset. Consecutive sections overlap by a few rows, creating short hybrid sections in between.”
This is amazing! The printable PDF-version is 17 pages! 🤯
https://
»Blockt Microsoft Mails von europäischen Cloud Providern in outlook.com/hotmail.com?«
— von @…
Wenn dies dann die Wahrheit ist, dann ist das auch nicht überraschend das erste mal wie die USA Druck über das Web ausübt. Auch oder gerade deswegen sollte es viele eigene unabhängige E-Mail Services genutzt werden.
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USC Levan Book Chat—Jessica X. Zu, Just Awakening https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcements/20137738/usc-levan-book-chat-jessica-x-zu-just-awakening
What a treat: A reader send me a bunch of hand-printed cards inspired by my article "Something From Nothing" https://tante.cc/2025/12/12/something-from-nothing/
Starfleet computers are nonsense but my headcanon that it's all just 2025-style AI and everything is a tower of vibes makes it make sense.
Today’s eye candy, remarkable underwater photos: #photography
Point of View: A photo essay of the 2025 season https://www.raiders.com/news/point-of-view-a-photo-essay-of-the-2025-season-part-ii
Cowboys linebackers room in 2025 was a disaster https://insidethestar.com/cowboys-linebackers-room-in-2025-was-a-disaster
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
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/…
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
"Indonesia sues 6 companies over alleged links to deadly floods & landslides"
#Indonesia #Environment
NFL free agency: 11 players who deserve big-money deals after strong 2025 seasons https://www.nfl.com/news/nfl-free-agency-11-players-who-deserve-big-money-deals-after-strong-2025-seasons
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…
2025 NFL Awards Finalists: Maye, Stafford Headline MVP Race; McCaffrey Makes History https://www.foxsports.com/stories/nfl/2025-nfl-awards-finalists-maye-stafford-headline-mvp-race-mccaffrey-makes-history
Human Rights groups warn an immigration detention camp at Fort Bliss has reached a “breaking point”
Human rights experts are sounding the alarm about living conditions at the immigration detention camp that houses hundreds of people.
“Fort Bliss is a human and civil rights disaster,”
said Eunice Cho Senior Counsel for the American Civil Liberty Union’s prison program.
The ACLU and other organizations allege physical abuse,
unsanitary conditions and medical negle…
"Uncertainties in the Archives" @…:
https://blog.sbb.berlin/uncertainties-in-the-archives/
"Over the course of …
🎗️ North Sea project promises to return carbon to exactly where it came from
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/12/22/climate-change/co2-denmark-north-sea/
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There is a #Trump proclamation (few months old) that imposes an additional fine ($100k) for applying to a new H1-B visa (the type that is used a lot by researchers).
Does anyone know for sure (with a source please) if this applies to those who are already in the US (for any reason, e.g. you were on a different visa or you are in the grace period of a visa)?
The original pro…
Tracking NFL head coach changes: Jesse Minter to the Ravens, Robert Saleh to the Titans https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/46437226/2025-nfl-coaching-changes-latest-news-rumors-firings-hires
Caught a bug over the holidays so I’m mostly resting, feeling sorry for myself, and taking the time to at least carry out some mindless housekeeping tasks (updating dependencies, etc.) on some of my Node modules.
Released updates to the following packages yesterday:
Tape-based Node.js testing:
• Tap monkey (https://
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
POL-SZ: Pressemitteilung des Polizeikommissariats Wolfenbüttel vom 22.01.2025 Wolfenbüttel (ots) - Verkehrsunfallflucht auf Supermarktparkplatz Wolfenbüttel, Am Rehmanger, 21.01.2026, 09:45 Uhr bis 10:00 Uhr Nach bisherigen polizeilichen Erkenntnissen parkte ein 70-Jähriger mit seinem schwarzen Ford Focus rückwärts in ... https://www.
UK Government Plans to Ban Small Hen Cages and All Pig Crates in England by 2030 https://veganfta.com/articles/2025/12/26/uk-government-plans-to-ban-small-hen-cages-and-all-pig-crates-in-england-by-2030/…
Despite turmoil, Dallas’ defensive line was strong in 2025 https://insidethestar.com/despite-turmoil-dallas-defensive-line-was-strong-in-2025
💬 Zohran Mamdani Needs to Create Popular Assemblies
#politics
Point of View: A photo essay of the 2025 season https://www.raiders.com/news/point-of-view-a-photo-essay-of-the-raiders-nfl-2025-season-part-i
tipps zur #ebooks-#verwaltung mit der app #Calibre von thomas mathoi:
Nothing brings tech titans together like taxes.
This week, as the specter of a California “#billionaire #tax” ballot initiative gained momentum,
the moguls grew furious.
The outrage reached a fever pitch on X,
where the following scenarios were predicted, should the initiative be approved in Nov…
🦻 Good listeners connect more easily with strangers, study finds
#social
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
"Analysis: The climate papers most featured in the media in 2025"
#Climate #ClimateChange
https:/…
🐺 PFAS concentrations can double with every step up the food chain
#pfas
Point of View: A photo essay of the 2025 season https://www.raiders.com/news/point-of-view-a-photo-essay-of-the-raiders-nfl-2025-season-part-i
CoinGecko: over 53% of the 20.2M crypto tokens launched since 2021 are now inactive, with 7.7M tokens failing in Q4 2025, after Oct. 10 "liquidation cascade" (Helene Braun/CoinDesk)
https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2026/01/1
"Wie lernt man eigentlich mit den Fingern zu lesen? Zum Weltbrailletag am 4. Januar"
https://blog.dzblesen.de/2025/12/19/wie-lernt-man-eigentlich-mit-den-fingern-zu-lesen/
🌔 The origami wheel that could explore lunar caves
#moon
📸 Creating realistic 3D scenes from everyday online photos
#3d
"Human activity helped make 2025 third-hottest year on record, experts say"
#Climate #ClimateChange
🦀 Discovery turns household plastic recycling into anti-cancer medication
#materials
Joe Mixon's future uncertain entering 2026 Texans offseason due to 'freak' medical condition
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/joe-mixon-injury-texans-rb-freak-medica…
es gibt zwei neue folgen vom #podcast "The Future is Open Science": "FOS 54 Paper Mills und Fake Journals" https://podcast.zbw.eu/fos/2025/12/23/fos-…
Ashton Jeanty named to 2025 PFWA All-Rookie Team https://www.raiders.com/news/ashton-jeanty-named-to-2025-pfwa-all-rookie-team
Cowboys’ tight end room was one of its best in 2025 https://insidethestar.com/cowboys-tight-end-room-was-one-of-its-best-in-2025
🪅 Gut bacteria rapidly adapt to digest starches in ultra-processed foods, study finds
#bacteria
🎭 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/
Vibe coding startup Emergent raised a $70M Series B led by Khosla and SoftBank Vision Fund 2, after a $23M Series A in September 2025, and claims 5M users (Ben Bergman/Business Insider)
https://www.businessinsider.com/emergent-vibe-coding-funding-khosla-s…
"Library Futures: Information Literacy in the Age of GenAi: my slides, notes, and an addendum"
https://librarian.aedileworks.com/2025/12/22/library-futures-information-literacy-in-the-age-of-genai…
❤️🩹 Self-healing nuclear fuel could improve safety, reduce waste in reactors
#energy …
Ashton Jeanty named to 2025 PFWA All-Rookie Team https://www.raiders.com/news/ashton-jeanty-named-to-2025-pfwa-all-rookie-team
💗 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
😿 Myanmar’s election is derided as fake, but the nation’s suffering is all too real
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/28/asia-pacific/myanmar-election-people-suffering/
🫥 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
A look at the making of The Thinking Game, a documentary about Google DeepMind and its CEO Demis Hassabis, garnering 285M views on YouTube since November 2025 (Ben Cohen/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/google-deepmin
Global smartphone shipments rose 2% YoY in 2025, with Apple capturing the top position at a 20% share and 10% YoY growth, ahead of Samsung's 19% market share (Counterpoint Research)
https://counterpointresearch.com/en/insights/global-sm…
How tech worker activism has grown more cautious as companies crack down and once-privileged workers realize they don't have much leverage (Noam Scheiber/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/busines
US Big Tech companies have been on an energy-related hiring spree; Workforce.AI says Microsoft has hired 570 people with energy-related expertise since 2022 (Tasmin Lockwood/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/14/big-tech-google-microsoft-energy-hiring-ai.html…