
2025-10-06 14:01:00
Block reports Q2 gross profit up 14% YoY to $2.54B, vs. $2.46B est., GPV up 10% to $64.25B, raises FY gross profit forecast to $10.17B; XYZ up 10% after hours (MacKenzie Sigalos/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/07/block-xyz-q2-2025-earnings-report.html
Bari Weiss' appointment as CBS News editor-in-chief is an acknowledgment of her professional ascension in the five years since leaving the NYT (Jessica Testa/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/business/media/bari-weiss-free-press-cbs-…
Selection bias is a Schedule I drug
Erster Eindruck aus dem Bundestagsmaschinenraum:
Bei der #Chatkontrolle ist alles offen. Jetzt, also wirklich _jetzt_ ist der Moment, dazu laut zu werden, auf alle erdenklichen Arten und Weisen.
Wenn Ihr Zugang zu Berufsgruppen oder gesellschaftlichen Gruppen habt, die nicht zu den üblichen Verdächtigen gehören: Sprecht mit allen.
Eine neue Petition - wichtig!
Looking for AI SEO vibe coder with 10 years of experience
Apply at http://127.0.0.1:8080/job.aspx?id=7024
Re the “expert” opinion: see items 4-5 in https://how.complexsystems.fail
I appreciate having a neighbor who’s excited to tell me he can SSH into his car
We are now in the weeds on Hacker Summer Camp, so cut through the clutter and check out today's Metacurity for the most critical infosec developments you should know, including
--Microsoft, CISA warn of critical on-prem exchange flaw,
--Poisoned Google invite can exploit Gemini,
--OpenAI Connectors' weakness can extract info from Google Drive accounts,
--Sweeping intrusion breached US legal filing system,
--Deibert warns of tech fascism,
--NIST with…
Average man, average man
Median height, weight, and arm span
Fits a shirt, medium size
Airplane legroom will suffice
Average man, average man
Tells his dates he's five foot ten.
Faster than half his peers,
Gets buzzed from a couple beers.
How tough is he? Worry not:
Orders takeout "medium hot."
Average man, average man
Has a 401k plan
Doesn't follow news at all
Skipped his annual physical
Wears ties wi…
Warum es in Thüringen keine Methanol-Produktion aus dem CO2 einer Müllverbrennungsanlage geben wird: https://www.golem.de/news/gescheiterte-co2-abscheidung-kein-methanol-aus-muellverbrennungsanlage-2507-197115.html
@… I assume so? That was my first thought as well. I did not pop it into a computer to check...
Check out the playlist for this week’s episode of @… radio
It contains links to #Accordion artists up on #bandcamp this
Musician Meme del Real on understanding your connection to the process
#creativity
https://thecreativeindependent.com/peo…
I'm starting a new software consultancy called "LLM" or "Losers Like Machines,” specializing in fixing people's AI-generated trash. $2000/hour
ᵒₒᵒₒᵒ LA28 to break longstanding tradition with corporate venue names at Games
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/aug/14/la28-olympics-corporate-venue-names-clean-policy
The House will likely have enough support to pass a bill forcing the release of the Epstein files at the end of next month,
but the Senate is an open question.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/jeff…
macOS 26 mit Liquid Glass: Icon-Änderung facht Diskussionen an
Erneut sorgt die Änderung eines prominenten Icons in der macOS 26 Beta für Stirnrunzeln – und wachsende Zweifel an Apples Design-Expertise.
http…
Apple is investing another $100 billion in the US, Trump set to announce (Lisa Eadicicco/CNN)
https://cnn.com/2025/08/06/business/apple-investment-us-trump
http://www.memeorandum.com/250806/p59#a250806p59
Arghh FFS government & telcos, me and the cat were having a lovely Sunday afternoon nap on the sofa.
Emphasis on the "were".
#EmergencyAlertsTest
Bad news: Our game of Spirit Island took too long, now I ran out of time to go swimming (and still manage all the other family plans this evening)
Good news: At least we won! (It looked pretty dire for a while there…) #boardGames
he's missing
the splendor
and misery
of bodies
of cities
of being missed
I like how JC Penney is like, "Sure, we sent you the wrong item, but we're going to charge you $8 to return it. Because we can. Fuck you."
I hate Amazon, but I also shed no tears when most of these other shitty chains go bankrupt.
[Yes, it's free to return to the store, but that's not how I bought it in the first place and it's not the least bit convenient.]
Die #Kernfusionskollektoranlage hat heute 1,273 kWh Energie eingefangen.
Gesamtleistung: 480 Wp
Ausrichtung: West
Anstellwinkel: 58 Grad
Diese #Balkonsolaranlage wurde durch das Berliner SolarPLUS-Programm gefördert.
Einspeiseverlust: 5.14 %
Two cool projects I learned about at @…'s #TDF4 ( https://tdf.cttue.de/en/index.html ) du…
Me, trying to rate songs on my music library using Apples 1-5⭐️ scale: https://mastodon.social/@Wraithe/115163143615104489
Ende des Liveblogs
Wir schließen den Liveblog für heute. Vielen Dank für Ihr Interesse.
📑 https://www.tagesschau.de/newsticker/liveblog-ukraine-sonntag-586.html?at_medium=mastodon&at_campaign…
Das @… schafft es mit „am puls: die Autokrise“ eine Stunde lang über die Situation von VW und die E-Autos aus China zu berichten, ohne daß Begriffe wie Verkehrswende oder gar Klima/CO₂-Ausstoß auch nur ein einziges Mal fallen. Aus Sicht des „Wirtschaftsexperten“ hat der Markt entschieden, daß die Welt E-Autos will, und China ist da besser (wegen staatlicher Subventionen).
Criminalizing poverty is cruel and inhumane 😡
1. OPD should never ever cite or arrest someone just for being homeless
2. Before evicting someone from their shelter of last resort, the city should provide an option of a safe place to go, and enough time to move there with their belongings
http…
Republicans have blocked the release of the Trump/Epstein files 8 different times in the past 3 months.
Now Mike Johnson is refusing to swear in Arizona congresswoman elect, Adelita Grijalva (D), because she could unblock the release of the files.
And they hope you'll just forget about it.
#releasethetrumpepsteinfiles
9 ans déjŠ
Ex0044 root@serveur.très.fréquenté - CPU ⬜ Carré Petit Utile
https://cpu.dascritch.net/post/2016/12/01/Ex0044-root@serveur.très.fréquenté
{ggblanket}, a wrapper around #ggplot for quick, explorative plots with sensible defaults and less code. https://davidhodge931.github.io/ggblanket/
#ShamelesslyStolenFromBlueSky
https[:]//bsky.app/profile/kellyscaletta.bsky[.]social/post/3m2drr6fsvc2i
2025 Week 6 NFL picks, odds, best bets from advanced model: This 5-leg football parlay pays 25-1
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/2025-week-6-nfl-picks-odds-best-bets-football…
Eine neuerrichtete Fahrradstraße in Bochum. Der Gehweg ist extra für den erhöhten Parkbedarf der Autos schmaler eingerichtet worden.
Was fehlt, sind Abstellmöglichkeiten für Fahrräder. Die Kreativität der Radfahrenden ist gefragt.
wie will man den Anteil des Radverkehrs erhöhen, wenn man ihn keine sichere und einfache Möglichkeit bietet, von zu Hause aus loszufahren?
#Verkehrswende
Der keck ausschwenkende Zaun der neuen Deutschen Botschaft in Wien
Goddamn, Jacquis Neal is *such* a good host for Crowd Control, and the show itself is so fun! It always feels fresh and new, mainly because it's unscripted and has new audience members (and comedians) every episode.
https://watch.dropout.tv/videos/this-bush-loves-bush
If Bayer Leverkusen select Ange Postecoglou, he may become known as Australia best ever coach
https://www.theroar.com.au/2025/09/05/bayer-leverkusen-ange-postecoglou-and-a-potentially-perfect-engagement/
Zwei Ergebnisse des Sonntags hier in Tremezzina am Comer See:
- wie üblich 5:0 für die lokale Sportbar in Sachen guter Caffè
- Resistenza und Verwandtes sind hier einfach vergangene Vergangenheit über die nicht erst die letzten Jahre hinweg gegangen sind. Da scheint es nicht erst die Geschichtspolitik der Lega gebraucht zu haben.
#ComerSee
#Inkscape Developer Update, October 4th 2025 - Martin Owens
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hzLAchaPNE
Lunar eclipse this evening. Parts of the country will see a blood red moon as the moon is eclipsed by the Earth and Raleigh scattering in our atmosphere causes red light to shine on the moon, which will reflect it back. In Glasgow, the red moon will be eclipsed by clouds.
Meet the 24-year-old Ottawa software engineer who runs a MAGA bot
Yep that's what corporate social media is becoming, that's why the fediverse is important, makes it easier to detect and block those attempts to have all our conversations AI generated.
And yeah that person is a piece of shit
https://
@… thanks. I never wanted to waste the time of the Core team – simply thinking about reporting Code of Conduct stuff is mentally and emotionally exhausting.
There are very few troublemakers (less than a handful), but it's enough to drive a person like me away. When someone breaks all six ground rules, my usual response is to back away (or …
From #RobertReich @rbreich@instagram.com @imcivicaction@instagram.com @rbreich
Donald #Trump is a #fascist. Use the word.
A great article by Maxim Kelly at the Galway Advertiser on this weekend's racist & fascist march through town and our corresponding anti-racist & anti-fascist counter-protest from the people of Galway.
https://www.advertiser.ie/galway/article/1
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #Vinelands
Twilight:
🎵 You Look So Good
#Twilight
https://twilightubiq.bandcamp.com/track/you-look-so-good
https://open.spotify.com/track/7hCIiYJdPxoVHs0vXMRLyA
@… tomato01.manitu.net
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David Rhodes’ first novel in 33 years delivered a vivid and poignant look at the intertwined lives of the residents of the small town of #Wordle, Wisc.
#Wordle1539 3/6*
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flickr_aminer: Flickr social graph
This network contains the social graph of flickr, a popular photo sharing network for users to upload photos and share photos, where a directed edge (i,j) means that user i follows user j.
This network has 214626 nodes and 9114557 edges.
Tags: Social, Online, Unweighted
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Replaced article(s) found for cs.CV. https://arxiv.org/list/cs.CV/new
[6/6]:
- IS-Bench: Evaluating Interactive Safety of VLM-Driven Embodied Agents in Daily Household Tasks
Xiaoya Lu, Zeren Chen, Xuhao Hu, Yijin Zhou, Weichen Zhang, Dongrui Liu, Lu Sheng, Jing Shao
Anyway, good night to everyone but Pete Buttigieg.
How do you say meow in Klingon?
Paramount CEO David Ellison outlines the new company's plans, including a reorganization into three business units: Studios, Direct-to-Consumer, and TV Media (Jill Goldsmith/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2025/08/david-ellison-first-look-new-paramount-1236…
I did a 21 mile bike ride today. Along the way I saw a turkey, found a good pair of scissors, discovered Hidden Lake, and stopped to see Mama Rosa at Firefly Grove Park in Wauwatosa.
#bikeTooter #biking #mke
Want to live longer? Start with your balance. Here are 5 simple exercises to improve stability at any age
https://www.tomsguide.com/wellness/fitness
OpenAI is offering ChatGPT to US federal agencies at a nominal cost of $1 per year, in a bid to boost its adoption after the US GSA approved OpenAI as a vendor (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-06/openai…
Me: I need to reorganize my music and re-do some playlists, make sure I rate some songs
Also me, 5 minutes into rating songs in my library:
HOW DO I RATE SONGS ON A 1-5 STAR BASIS!?!?
WHY WOULD I EVEN *KEEP* A SONG THAT I RATED 1 STAR!?!!?
MAYBE I SHOULD USE A PERSONAL SCALE WHERE 1 ⭐️ MEANS…
Polen: Versuch der Beschwichtigung von Putin sinnlos
Der erneute massive russische Luftangriff auf die Ukraine stößt in Polen auf harsche Kritik. Er habe "erneut gezeigt, dass die anhaltende Verzögerung einer starken Reaktion gegen Putin und die Versuche, ihn zu beschwichtigen, keinen Sinn haben", erklärt der polnische Ministerpräsident Donald Tusk auf X mit Blick auf den russischen Präsidenten Wladimir Putin.
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Interior Department Moves to Cancel Reckless Biden-era Approval of Lava Ridge Wind Project (U.S. Department of the Interior)
https://www.doi.gov/pressreleases/interior-department-moves-cancel-reckless-biden-era-approval-lava-ridge-wind-project
http://www.memeorandum.com/250806/p60#a250806p60
Petition to reform the United Kingdom as the United Kigurumi
via @…
https://wetdry.world/@kuriko/114984790274218255
Die Dame trug ein übergroßes, wallendes T-Shirt, auf dem in sehr großen schwarzen Buchstaben vorne und hinten der Schriftzug "Climate Revolution" verteilt war. #BeijingPeople
What happened to the Ravens? Dissecting Baltimore's disastrous start, plus remaining reasons for hope in 2025
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/what-…
How to take our country back: The America you grew up in is under attack from technologies that we ourselves invented.
#politics
@… thanks. It's mostly old stuff that has been brought to the surface.
For the first time ever, I'm looking at sponsored commits to tell whether any fraction of money that I donated, over the years, might have gone in the pocket of someone whose rule-breaking wasn't worth a penny.
Found: for the organisation to which I donated, three commits…
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #Roadhouse
Kathy Heideman:
🎵 Sleep a Million Years
#KathyHeideman
https://wayfaringstrangers.bandcamp.com/track/sleep-a-million-years
https://open.spotify.com/track/5kIgA1zYupC2NZ8pNqHrAD
Austin-based Hello Patient, whose AI agents let healthcare organizations handle patient communications, raised a $22.5M Series A led by Scale Venture Partners (Marissa Plescia/MedCity News)
https://medcitynews.com/2025/09/hello-patient-conversational-ai/
Also, it's always interesting to see how things are designed and go together.
Both of these have a mechanism where when you slide the electronics into the cylinder that putting the set screw in place pushes the PCB up so the button goes into the hold of the cylinder.
I thought that was a clever design choice!
One of them is really nice and the other is really cheap. (The good one is a SNV4 PRO.)
All #Connections are equal, but some connections are more equal than others.
#Connections817
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Happy Birthday @…! 🎈🎂🎉
Alt text - Why It's Important
- please use #AltText -
https://publish.obsidian.md/debbieohi/alt-text
In a press conference, Paramount Skydance execs emphasize better tech, deflect questions on recent controversies, and put off layoff questions until November (Erik Hayden/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/…
LAWSUIT: FIRE challenges unconstitutional provisions Rubio uses in crusade to deport legal immigrants over protected speech (FIRE)
https://www.thefire.org/news/lawsuit-fire-challenges-unconstitutional-provisions-rubio-uses-crusade-deport-legal-immigrants
http://www.memeorandum.com/250806/p52#a250806p52
France's Capgemini plans to acquire US-listed IT outsourcing company WNS for $3.3B in cash, seeking to boost its agentic AI services; WNS serves 600 clients (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07…
My niece is in charge of props for a local theater group and asked if I could try to get these light sabers working.
I have never used one of these but when I finally got it powered on and it said "Powered up!" I nearly shit myself.
I did not expect it to talk.
I've seen every Star Wars film and they never talk!
I got one of them working fine, the other had a spicy pillow so I'll replace the battery and see if that gets it sorted.
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Pretenders:
🎵 The Wait
#Pretenders
https://tributefestpgh.bandcamp.com/track/the-wait-2
https://open.spotify.com/track/54d68NUCzto9BudwD6kJrv
Cowboys owner Jerry Jones says middle finger was accidental: 'The intention was thumbs-up' https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6697125/2025/10/07/jerry-jones-middle-finger-dallas-cowboys-new-york-jets/
PCI Express 8.0 verdoppelt die Geschwindigkeit
Die überübernächste PCIe-Generation soll ihre Update-Kadenz beibehalten. 512 GByte/s sind dann über 16 Leiterbahnen möglich.
https://www.heise.de/n…
Anthropic and IBM partner to make Anthropic's Claude models available in IBM's latest IDE, and IBM aims to make Claude available in more products soon (Belle Lin/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/anthro…
We biked next to a section of the Menomonee River that has a railway bridge over it and you can see the debris left from the flood back in August. Yes, the river was as high as the bridge!
#mke #milwaukee #water
Taylor Swift explains skipping Super Bowl halftime show, points to Travis Kelce: 'I'm too locked in'
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/taylor-
The "spicy" option on Grok's new generative AI video tool Imagine produces nude deepfakes of celebrities like Taylor Swift, even without explicit user prompting (Jess Weatherbed/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/report/718975/xai-grok-imag…
NFL Week 5: Five things we liked and didn't like, including Bo Nix stepping up, Rams' big problem
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/nfl-wee
Saints stop eight-game skid, give Moore 1st win https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/46502661/new-orleans-saints-end-skid-top-new-york-giants-1st-win
NFL Week 6 narrative shifts: 11 players, coaches making me a believer; top five MVP candidates https://www.nfl.com/news/nfl-week-6-narrative-shifts-11-players-coaches-making-me-a-believer-top-five-mvp-candidates
Google öffnet NotebookLM für jüngere Nutzer
Google öffnet sein KI-Recherchetool NotebookLM für jüngere Nutzer ab 16 Jahren. Es soll Schülern beim Lernen helfen.
https://www.heise.de/news/Google…
How video games are shaping a generation of boys, as a survey says US males aged 15 to 24 now spend ~10 hrs/week on average on games, over 2x the time from 2010 (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/upshot/