2025-12-08 14:25:01
Russian troops are STUCK! Ukraine is defending Pokrovsk and Kupiansk! | Front Line Summary: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/06/russian-troops-are-stuck-ukraine.html
CoinGecko: crypto market cap falls to $3.5T from October's $4.4T peak, on track to erase its 2025 gains; crypto ETFs had $700M of net outflow over the past week (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-…
‼️Die #Petition
"Weitere Erforschung der Augenerkrankung Glaukom sowie Entwicklung neuer Therapien vom 01.08.2025"
hat bisher 79 Mitzeichnungen.
Es fehlen noch 29921 Unterschriften bis zum 09.12.2025.
I have bought a plate of beer and have started building my own CA, with offline Root and all that fun.
Just because I wanted to try client-cert authentication in nginx
“Windows Copilot Serves At Best Half an Answer to Screen Reading Users”
https://theideaplace.net/windows-copilot-serves-at-best-half-an-answer-to-screen-reading-users/
Kelly Ford is unintentionally describing when a pattern in a…
I really wish #Mastodon had end to end encryption for DMs.
App-Store-Alternative AltStore will in mehr Länder kommen
Mehr und mehr Länder erlauben alternative Software-Läden zu Apples iOS App Store. Das AltStore-Projekt gibt sich expansionsbereit.
https://www.
RE: https://graz.social/@publicvoit/115505069515566945
I'm surprised that so many people actually were expecting the quote feature behind the boost button. 🤔
My preferences would have been (1) an additional button or (2) behind the reply button o…
“Legal Corner: Apple’s “notarisation” – blocking software freedom of developers and users!” — via FSFE
https://fsfe.org/news/2025/news-20251105-01.en.html
WaPo says it was impacted by a series of breaches involving Oracle's E-Business Suite, whose flaws were exploited by a ransomware gang (Jake Bleiberg/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-06/washington-…
Republicans look to Trump to quell conservative rebellion in Senate (Alexander Bolton/The Hill)
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5636462-republicans-trump-conservative-rebellion-senate-spending-bills-earmarks/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251208/p29#a251208p29
From a franchise that's lost its way, comes a new tactic for winning back its shattered fan base...
Make.
Something.
Good.
▶️ Honest Trailers | Andor (Season 2)
https://youtube.com/watch?v=vAKMEcVcoFQ&si=77QfXomZxMnERzrb
Seeing that death, a necessary end,
Will come when it will come.
-- William Shakespeare, "Julius Caesar"
"The Marshall Plan did help rebuild Europe. The Civil Rights Movement did end Jim Crow. Smallpox was eradicated through an international coordination effort. The Montreal Protocol did address the ozone hole. Are these perfect success stories? No, they all happened through a series of shitty compromises, through flawed execution and with unintended consequences." <-- Thanks Joan!
Liebe @… hallo Herr #Merz, werte CDU und SPD:
Elon Musk attackiert die EU und damit unsere Basis für ein friedliches Zusammenleben und wirtschaftliches Wohlergehen. Wer jetzt noch auf X / Twitter aktiv ist, macht sich zu Komplizen. Für staatliche Ac…
“Here, taking care of one another through public programs isn’t radical socialism. It’s Tuesday.” https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/06/europe-zohran-mamdani-policies-normal?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
It only took 5 seconds in this meeting with admin for someone to use the word "leverage."
Strong progenitor age bias in supernova #cosmology – I. Robust and ubiquitous evidence from a larger sample of host galaxies in a broader redshift range / II. Alignment with DESI BAO and signs of a non-accelerating universe: https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article/538/4/3340/8098234 / https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article/544/1/975/8281988 -> Universe's expansion 'is now slowing, not speeding up': https://ras.ac.uk/news-and-press/research-highlights/universes-expansion-now-slowing-not-speeding (this has been claimed by the group since at least 2023 - http://vietnam.in2p3.fr/2023/windows/transparencies/02_tuesday/Astro_5/01_Son.pdf - and is rejected by the SN cosmology community as https://bsky.app/profile/astromarc.bsky.social/post/3m4xmikwfds26 explains).
🕶️ Meta launches Hyperscape, technology to turn real-world spaces into VR
https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/17/meta-launches-hyperscape-technology-to-turn-real-world-spaces-into-vr/
Time For 9 o'clock #HashTagGames hosted by @…
#MashupChocolateAndFilms
I managed to get out and I can confirm snow and ice on forest roads.
But it was fine. It all was a bit more technically challenging than usual.
Maybe I've got to clean my bike tomorrow.
#cycling #mountainbiking
This month's newsletter is on the way to all the diligent hard working people who asked for it and deserve a trillion dollar pay package.
The rest of you slackers will have to read it here:
https://dalliance.net/blog/oct25/
Containing updates on wrist health and bedroom builds and some ranting about AI.
Frankly October has been pretty meh, just waiting on builders to do their thing.
from my link log —
META II: a syntax-oriented compiler writing language. (1964)
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/800257.808896
saved 2020-06-14 https://
Reading commentators read my message out again hehe
#fedifc #ReadingFC
Bills-Patriots for AFC East supremacy? Are the Colts toast long-term? We're overreacting to Week 14 https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47236106/nfl-week-14-overreactions-fantasy-afc-east-colts-mike-tomlin-ferna…
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Beside the {report} package (yesterdays note) there are more tools in the easystats collection. #rstats
Roadmap for AI in Visual Studio (October) #visualstudio
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/visualstudio/roadmap-for-ai-in-visual-studio-october/
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https://www.pastpuzzle.de
Re: https://kolektiva.social/@LukefromDC/115676746960203520
Unsurprising but bad news, however, the language of this post "this time, millions of Americans like you and I could be the target," stands out to me. What about the people targeted after 9-11 was "not like you and I" (millions of Americans were definitely targeted at that time)?
Seems like we (myself included here) didn't stand up when they came for Muslims, and now we're shocked when they come for us...?
The non-Muslim leftists who *we're* targeted after 9-11 know who they are and were/are doing things right.
@… @… @… I both love and hate the idea of the site in question doing some sort of fuzzy hash on ever post made, and i…
236gCO2/kWh National Grid CO2 intensity is HIGH wrt last 24h so don't run anything that can wait! #CO2
Me, in shorts, walking to get a bagel.
Woman, bundled up, walking to work, looks up and sees me and visibly shivers.
Shoutout to KubeEvents for being a Media Sponsor of SCaLE 23x! Your commitment to the Kubernetes community enhances our event. Learn more at #SCaLE23x
2025 NFL Simulator: Updated playoff picture and projected draft order after Week 14 results https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6513952/2025/12/08/2025-nfl-playoff-simulator-path-postseason/
Musk a l'amende mauvaise :
"X bloque le compte publicitaire de la Commission européenne après une amende de 120 millions d'euros."
On se demande pourquoi la Commission utilise encore le réseau du nazi d'ailleurs
https://www.eu…
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
These New Puritans:
🎵 Industrial Love Song
#TheseNewPuritans
https://thesenewpuritans.bandcamp.com/track/industrial-love-song-featuring-caroline-polachek
https://open.spotify.com/track/5q5jolH02pno9SOvwASkik
"And we all see reflections in our lover's eyes
We live with so few troubles but with so many, many lies and
No, there's nothing wrong here, nothing at all"
NMA - Brave New World.
Yet another judgement on #AIart, but this time it comes from the Oatmeal
https://theoatmeal.com/comics/ai_art
From #AnnafromUkraine @AnnafromUkraine@youtube.com
ANGELINA #JOLIE IN KHERSON: SHOCK VISIT NEAR FRONTLINE Vlog 1219: War in #Ukraine
While
2025 NFL Simulator: Updated playoff picture and projected draft order after Week 14 results https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6513952/2025/12/08/2025-nfl-playoff-simulator-path-postseason/
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Skill 73/99
Luck 82/99
went quickly which is good, since it's a travel day for me. Guess 2 skill 46 luck 92
ICE has arrested nearly 75,000 people with no criminal records, data shows https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/ice-arrested-nearly-75000-people-no-criminal-records-data-shows-rcna247377
So auch erledigt https://epetitionen.bundestag.de/petitionen/_2025/_07/_14/Petition_183950.nc.html
noch 6 Tage
> Sie haben erfolgreich die Petition Meldewesen - Keine Führung eigener Register zur Erfassung von trans* und nichtbinärer Perso…
It's funny how "AI" tools are simulteanously marketed as "agents" that can run fully in the background and do stuff but whenever they do something bad it's the user at fault for not supervising the software that doesn't work.
Even when it’s directly used and the user has the chance to review everything—it’s extremely dangerous, especially at tasks it is doing fine like 95% of the time and/or when the bad things are only subtly wrong.
Imagine other tools being like this, like a steering wheel that turns the car 95 out of a 100 times. 2% of the time it steers into the other direction. 3% of the time it steers 5x as much as normally.
Gegen die Scham: https://shop.ladefuchs.app/shop/crazy-elon-aufkleber/
Friend Jon G. in Glasgow, Scotland, brings it home:
forthright.net/articles/who-was-guilty/
#Bible
Congrats! The @… team hit their initial “maintenance” goal. The next unlock is working on federated groups.
Help fund their campaign!
https://indieweb.social/@bonfire/11566
‼️Die #Petition
"Weitere Erforschung der Augenerkrankung Glaukom sowie Entwicklung neuer Therapien vom 01.08.2025"
hat bisher 39 Mitzeichnungen.
Es fehlen noch 29961 Unterschriften bis zum 09.12.2025.
At least 24 relatives of Putin get state-linked jobs, investigative journalists say: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/06/at-least-relatives-of-putin.html
Tow Center identifies eight X bot accounts that use X's AI Note Writer API to write between 5% to 10% of the Community Notes visible to the public each day (C.J. Robinson/Columbia Journalism Review)
https://www.cjr.org/analysis/x-twitter-ai-
internet_as: Internet AS graph (2006)
A symmetrized snapshot of the structure of the Internet at the level of Autonomous Systems (ASs), reconstructed from BGP tables posted by the University of Oregon Route Views Project. This snapshot was created on 22 July 2006.
This network has 22963 nodes and 48436 edges.
Tags: Technological, Communication, Unweighted
So VS Live is in two weeks, and 10% of flights going into Orlando are likely to be canceled. This should be a fun experience.
NEW YORK (CNN) -- Internet users who spend even a few hours a week online
at home experience higher levels of depression and loneliness than if
they had used the computer network less frequently, The New York Times
reported Sunday. The result ... surprised both researchers and
sponsors, which included Intel Corp., Hewlett Packard, AT&T Research and
Apple Computer.
I appreciate posts that give approaches with reasoning:
https://www.a11y-collective.com/blog/visually-hidden/
But I wish these posts would reference prior art, such as:
• Scott’s
💫 Soccer heading does most damage to brain area critical for cognition, brain imaging study finds
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-09-soccer-brain-area-critical-cognition.html
Time For 9 o'clock #HashTagGames hosted by @…
#OccupationalBandNames
Judge orders Trump administration to release full SNAP benefits by Friday (Mariana Alfaro/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/11/06/snap-judge-full-payment-ruling/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251106/p127#a251106p127
Physio signed me off since I told her that the wrist is more or less back to normal now.
She still wants me to keep doing the exercises for some undefined amount of time. Will into the new year be enough? Dunno. Will do that at least.
Need to get more exercise in general once this bedroom is finished building and I get the flat back to myself most days. Will have the fabled Tredmil Desk in the bedroom then so that'll help.
AMC Networks reports revenue down 6.3% YoY to $561.7M, operating income down 40.7% to $55.5M, streaming revenue up 14% to $174M, and 10.4M streaming subscribers (Georg Szalai/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business
NFL stats and records, Week 14: Browns QB Shedeur Sanders enters rarefied rookie air https://www.nfl.com/news/nfl-stats-and-records-week-14-browns-qb-shedeur-sanders-enters-rarefied-rookie-air
Financial reserves exhausted! Phase of severe decline in the Russian economy | Explainer: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/06/financial-reserves-exhausted-phase-of.html
0.01% of the time it opens the hood
one of my friends texted me asking if id seen the latest lib nonsense on Threads and I was just like....... no bc I love myself
‼️Die #Petition
"Gesetzlich verankerter Maßnahmeplan zur Einhaltung der Pariser Klimaziele bis spätestens 2035 vom 14.08.2025"
hat bisher 158 Mitzeichnungen.
Es fehlen noch 29842 Unterschriften bis zum 07.01.2026.
Yet another cool and useful package from @…: {minixml} lets you build xml files in a programmatic way. I see good use for it in one of the internal packages at work... https://coolbutu…
Looking for arborists and stumbled upon a company called "The Tree Musketeers" 🌲
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #DriveTime
Mitski:
🎵 Me and My Husband
#Mitski
https://mitski.bandcamp.com/track/me-and-my-husband
https://open.spotify.com/track/3pANfZVFdtuVnJsE6xa5Ox
Major Takeaways: Cowboys coaching, including Schottenheimer, at blame https://cowboyswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/cowboys/2025/12/06/3-major-takeaways-cowboys-week-14-lions/87621376007/
Kremlin's nuclear threats are a BLUFF! USA and the world RESPOND TO PUTIN'S STATEMENTS | NEWS PULSE: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/06/kremlins-nuclear-threats-are-a.html
Pritzker on Trump deploying troops to Chicago: 'This is a man who's suffering dementia' (Sarah Fortinsky/The Hill)
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5544637-pritzker-trump-dementia-chicago/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251008/p47#a251008p47
was gonna play FM24 bc I finally set my laptop up again but instead my brain has shut off and im extremely sleepy
it's not even 7pm yet
I need a snack
NFL Week 14 grades: Steelers earn 'B' for wild win over Ravens, Josh Allen carries Bills to 'B-'
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/nfl-wee
22% GDP – Russia is stifling its own economy! #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/06/gdp-russia-is-stifling-its.html
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #PacificNotions
Mariusz Szypura:
🎵 Prelude Op. 28 No. 20 Rework by Masayoshi Fujita
#MariuszSzypura
https://mariuszszypura.bandcamp.com/track/prelude-op-28-no-20-rework-by-masayoshi-fujita
The New York Times announces it has hired eight journalists with backgrounds in video production and has another 14 video-related roles open (Sarah Scire/Nieman Lab)
https://www.niemanlab.org/2026/01/the-new-york-times-is-staffing-up-in-video/
Google says Gemini Deep Research can now directly draw on information stored in users' Gmail, Drive, and Chat to create reports (Abner Li/9to5Google)
https://9to5google.com/2025/11/05/gemini-deep-research-google-drive-gmail/
These showcase entries all look fantastic. It really is amazing what folks can do with #godot https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@godotengine/115509258722105002
NATO has reversed Russia’s edge in ammunition production, Rutte says: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/07/nato-has-reversed-russias-edge.html
❗️Restricting Russian income is an effective way to counter the war, says Zelenskyy #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/06/restricting-russian-income-is-an.html
NFL's race to the No. 1 pick: Raiders take the lead after Titans beat Browns https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6871308/2025/12/07/nfl-draft-2026-top-pick-raiders-titans-jets-browns/
We shouldn't worry too much about Tesla's robot army. If their Full Self-Driving progress is anything to go by, these robots won't be able to see or identify you from the broad side of a truck.
URRRRRZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
charlie savage!!!!!!!
#fedifc #ReadingFC
Filing: Samsung plans to acquire $1.73B of its stock for employee and executive compensation, as part of a performance-linked scheme introduced in October 2025 (Kyu-seok Shim/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/samsung-e…
I really need to build a Steambox/Bazite box and start buying more indie games.
2026 NFL Draft order after Week 14: New No. 1 emerges after Cam Ward's Titans beat Shedeur Sanders' Browns
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/draft/news/2026-nfl-draft-ord…
I'm revising my hopes for this match from a Celtic win to Celtic scoring at least once #fedifc