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Bundesrat fordert Digitalabgabe: Tech-Giganten sollen Medienvielfalt finanzieren
Die Länderkammer macht Druck auf die Bundesregierung und fordert eine Sonderabgabe für globale Online-Plattformen, um die private Medienlandschaft zu stützen.

Just a few observations:
1. It changed the gender of the blonde nerd in one panel with a more feminine hairstyle, ear rings and a “cute” nose
2. Facial expressions are generally “cutified”
3. Obvious issues with text in “Information” and elsewhere

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

Australia adds Twitch to teen social media ban; Twitch plans to deactivate accounts for 16-and-under users from Jan. 9 and bar new underage users from Dec. 10 (Renju Jose/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/media-tel

"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

BBC board member Shumeet Banerji resigns, saying he was cut out of discussions that led to the resignation of the BBC's director general, Tim Davie (Michael Savage/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/nov

RE: https://toot.community/@openculture/115753132367853909
Charlie Brown with a beard? That kind of does my head in.

TIOBE Software CEO Paul Jansen shares the numbers for November 2025 in its programming popularity index. It seems like C# is almost caught up with Java with a less than 1% difference between the fourth and fifth positions. Python continues to stand in a very comfortable first place.
"TIOBE Index for November 2025 - Is C# going to surpass Java for the first time in history?"

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

“The sitting President of the United States is now amplifying calls for the death of elected officials for urging the military to follow the law.”
He must be stopped.
https://aaronparnas.substack.com/p/bre

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.
🌐

RE: https://zusammenkunft.net/@eckes/115753024102063296
Wenn man nachträglich peinlich berührt ist, je in dieser Partei gewesen zu sein.

your bug report is very important to me; please stand by

Diese "Lag/Fiel früher mehr Schnee" kommen jetzt auch jedes Jahr, oder?
#Schnee #Winter #Weihnachten

Which media upload issues do you encounter most often on Mastodon (or similar platforms)? #MastoDev

Merde j'avais raté la sortie de servo 0.0.2 https://github.com/servo/servo/releases/tag/v0.0.2

Release v0.0.2 · servo/servo
v0.0.2 This release is equivalent to nightly 2025-11-14, with some additional manual testing of the release artifacts. For our first release, the version number received a lot of attention. We are ...

from my link log —
Do low-level optimizations matter?
https://cantrip.org/sortfast.html
saved 2021-07-18 https://dotat.at/:/GHHBV.html

Lula at climate summit: US might not be gone for good (Sara Schonhardt/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/20/brazil-lula-united-states-cop30-00661415
http://www.memeorandum.com/251120/p54#a251120p54

#Kundenglücklichmachungsposteinlieferungsgeräusch, da capo

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

This is Bryan. Once a week, he takes a shelter pup on a New York City adventure in his ‘Adopt Me’ backpack, hoping someone will fall in love. He films their big day out, and almost every dog he’s featured has found a forever home.
https://people.com/pet-influencer-h…

"The global cost of food fraud is $50 billion, and $2-3 billion in Australia alone." #FoodSecurity
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-22/fig

Are those prawns really 100 per cent Australian? The mission to fight food fraud
As consumers it's almost impossible to tell if a label on food is genuine. A small team of scientists are taking on this big problem.

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

Wer als Sportler über Talent, Fleiß und Ehrgeiz verfügt, braucht kein Doping. Wer als Blogger mit Herz und Seele schreibt, der braucht seine Texte nicht von der KI schreiben zu lassen, meint @Blogissimo
Nicht von #KI schreiben lassen, aber die Potentiale nutzen, finde ich.

📢 Russischer General bei Explosion in Moskau getötet
Bei der Explosion eines Sprengkörpers unter seinem Auto ist in Moskau ein russischer General getötet worden. Das gab das russische Ermittlungskomitee bekannt. Der Getötete sei für die operative Ausbildung der Truppen zuständig gewesen.
➡️

Russischer General bei Explosion in Moskau getötet
Wieder ist in Moskau ein General getötet worden. Das gab das russische Ermittlungskomitee bekannt. Unter seinem Auto sei ein Sprengsatz explodiert. Der Getötete sei für die operative Ausbildung zuständig gewesen.

Jährlicher Katzen-TÜV für beide. Drei Spritzen (2x Impfung, 1x Schmerzmittel gegen Arthrose), kurz ins Maul geschaut abgehorcht = 300 € 🥲

Manche Schilderungen zeigen, wie die Würde der Mitarbeitenden am Arbeitsplatz verletzt werden kann.

On Wednesday, Guinness World Records announced that Ms. Jessica Martinez, 29, had officially set a new mark for a woman with an Afro hairstyle.
Her hairstyle measures 190 centimeters (around 6 feet 3 inches) in circumference.
[Gift article]
https://www.

Postdoc position in brain plasticity (blindness/deafness) at Georgetown University https://apply.interfolio.com/177838 via @…; "lead projects on individual differences in b…

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

De volgende klap voor de Europese autofabrikanten en hun voorliefde voor diesel, LNG en waterstof...
China's shift to #ElectricTrucks may reshape global fuel demand (diesel and LNG): "While electric trucks are two to three times more expensive than diesel ones and cost roughly 18% more than LNG trucks, their higher energy efficiency and lower costs can save owners an esti…

China's shift to electric trucks may reshape global fuel demand
China is rapidly replacing its aging diesel trucks with electric models, signaling a major shift in the world’s largest vehicle market. Sales of electric trucks jumped 175% in the first half of 2025, with battery-electric vehicles now making up more than a fifth of the market. Electric trucks are now cheaper to buy and operate than diesel ones. Forecasts suggest heavy-duty electrics could account for half of new sales by 2028. Analysts estimate that the transition is displacing a substantial …

Ludicrous foul by Xavi. Thats a red all day, but Brooks gives a yellow.
#LFC

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Anthony  Scaramucci is using a verb new to me: "to lameduckify".

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MorningShow
Tones on Tail:
🎵 Go!
#TonesonTail
https://djsevenpg.bandcamp.com/track/tones-on-tail-go-club-mix
https://open.spotify.com/track/5El6bpLd8nYPsvWgZLdHio

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

Noch eben eine Runde #Glasgow
#Brettspiele

In acht Tagen spreche ich im #39C3 Sendezentrum im c’t uplink Podcast mit @… und anderen Gästen über #DigitaleSouveränität.
Habt Ihr dazu in letzter Z…

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

Som mångårig medlem i både SJF och Sveriges Författarförbund ser jag fram mot riklig ersättning efter den rättsprocess/förlikning som bör följa på den stämningsansökan mot KB som jag utgår från snart kommer att lämnas in. https://www.journalisten.se/ledare/ai-bola

”AI-bolagen stjäl vår journalistik och använder den för att ta våra jobb”
Journalistiken bidrar till att driva upp AI-bolagens börsvärden till ogripbara nivåer. Tjänsterna de utvecklar kan sedan användas för att ersätta journalister. En aktör som agerar mycket tveksamt i detta är Kungliga biblioteket som använder pliktexemplaren för AI-träning.

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

@… So many languages, so little time 🙁

@… So many languages, so little time 🙁

Tom Brady’s silence speaks volumes about Raiders dysfunction https://raiderramble.com/2025/12/20/tom-bradys-silence-speaks-volumes-about-raiders-dysfunction/

Just deleted a bunch of testing boilerplate in this repo after @… added `import.meta.resolve` support 🏆
https://github.com/vitest-dev/vitest/issues/6953

Des trains stationnent entre Mairie de Montreuil et Nation en raison d'un ajustement de l'intervalle entre les trains .
🤖 20/11 18:01

Heute vor 3 Jahren: Am 21. November 2022 warnte der #IAEA-Chef vor großen Risiken für das #Kernkraftwerk #Saporischschja. Die

TEMPO at Night: #ALAN

Vanity Fair is reviewing its ties to Olivia Nuzzi, hired in September, after being "taken by surprise" by an essay that raised new questions about her ethics (Ginia Bellafante/New York Times)

Vanity Fair Is Reviewing Its Ties to Olivia Nuzzi
The magazine, which recently hired the journalist, said it had been “taken by surprise” by new claims in an essay by her former fiancé, Ryan Lizza.

https://public.monster/~roland/ :-)

Is there such a thing as a Cortex-A with TCM?
Like a dedicated region of SRAM that's essentially L1 cache with single cycle latency, but not backed by any other memory

Grief and creation - two sides of the same coin.
You can't have one without the other.
The pain of loss fuels the fire of creation.

Even as much of the internet is inaccessible right now, Metacurity appears unaffected. So check out today's issue for the most critical infosec developments you should know, including
--CISA says it will rebuild with more staff in 2026 to rectify cuts in 2025,
--Microsoft’s Azure cloud computing service was hit with 15.7 Tbps DDoS attack,
--Russian telecom Protei was hacked and site defaced,
--Companies warn of inflexibility if UK bans ransom payments,
--A cr…

CISA says it will rebuild with more staff in 2026 to redress cuts in 2025
Microsoft’s Azure cloud computing service was hit with 15.7 Tbps DDoS attack, Russian telecom Protei was hacked and site defaced, Companies warn of inflexibility if UK bans ransom payments, A crew of companies reject efforts to weaken encryption, 460k FTSE compromised credentials found, much more

RIVM update rioolwaarden en percentage positief.
Met vandaag een duidelijke verdere daling in het riool.
Hiermee komen we ook onder het 'dal' uit waarin de vorige golf (niet de huidige) begon, in de zomer van 2025: net onder de 200.
Er zitten 10 nieuwe dagen in de data: 9-1 t/m 18-1, met 95%-5% van de meetstations.
#qp2t

Typhoons vacuum microplastics from ocean and deposit them on land, study finds #environment

Typhoons vacuum microplastics from ocean and deposit them on land, study finds
Tropical storms such as typhoons, hurricanes, and cyclones are Earth's most powerful weather systems. Born over warm oceans, they travel thousands of kilometers to land, traversing waters now polluted with plastics, from coastal runoff to the vast oceanic garbage patches.

I know a few people on here as well as myself will FEEL this cartoon.

how the beach boys' rightsholders have been sabotaging the audio on their copyright extension releases, first by cutting tracks in half, most lately by screwing up their resolution. https://www.reddit.com/r/LetsTalkMusic/comments/1pqd3k…

Indicted House Dem will step down from committee leadership position (Nicholas Wu/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/11/20/congress/jeffries-on-cherfilus-mccormick-00661418
http://www.memeorandum.com/251120/p53#a251120p53

#Singapur führt als erstes Land eine Abgabe auf nachhaltigen #Flugkraftstoff (#SAF) für alle abfliegenden Passagiere ein.
Damit soll der SAF-Anteil im

Singapur führt weltweit erste Öko-Kraftstoffsteuer für Fluggäste ein
Eine Kerosinabgabe trifft Fluggäste in Economy- und Premium-Kabinen. Sie tritt erst 2026 in Kraft.

I know #Cloudflare went down yesterday, but I think it provides a valuable service. We don’t think about the times it works, only the times it doesn’t.

from my link log —
What they don't tell you about demand paging in school.
https://offlinemark.com/2020/10/14/demand-paging/
saved 2020-10-17 ht…

What they don't tell you about demand paging in school - offlinemark
This post details my adventures with the Linux virtual memory subsystem, and my discovery of a creative way to taunt the OOM (out of memory) killer by accumulating memory in the kernel, rather than in userspace. Keep reading and you’ll learn: Internal details of the Linux kernel’s demand paging implementation How to exploit virtual memory […]

JOBS> H-Net Job Guide Weekly Report for H-Buddhism: 12 October - 19 October #acrel https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcement…

Train supprimé :
- TER 891200, départ Laroche-Migennes Š 04h10, passage Montereau Š 05h16, arrivée Paris gare de Lyon Š 06h13.
Risque d'affluence Š bord du train suivant.
Prochain train Š circuler :
- PUMA, départ Montereau Š 05h44, arrivée Paris gare de Lyon Š 06h43.
Motif : panne d'un train.
🤖 22/10 03:40

Finally, the #Epstein files!
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/12/18/politics/epstein-documents-redaction-process

みんなあれやで。
見せたい画像をいまアップロードしたら無駄やで。

Dans son étude diffusée jeudi, Médiamétrie établit d’ailleurs que Google a été le principal pourvoyeur d’audience pour ces faux sites d’actualité (77 % du trafic), suivi par Meta (10 %). De quoi confirmer les critiques émanant du secteur de la presse en ligne sur le poids de Google dans le succès de telles fermes Š contenus générés par IA, et l’absence de modération adéquate de la part de l’entreprise.

Les faux sites d’information générés par IA récoltent déjà une audience significative, selon une étude Médiamétrie
L’institut de recherche s’est associé au média spécialisé Next, qui documente l’essor et le trafic de ces fermes à contenus générés par l’intelligence artificielle générative.

Technically, it's a ford.

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

Le nettoyage ne sera pas facile, le ver étant dans le fruit…
« Jirama : Tensions internes entre syndicat et direction générale » https://midi-madagasikara.mg/jirama-tensions-internes-entre-syndicat-et-direction-generale/

U.S. boards un-sanctioned tanker with Venezuelan oil to tighten blockade (Marc Caputo/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/12/20/venezuelan-oil-tanker-trump-us
http://www.memeorandum.com/251220/p38#a251220p38

How Russia is fighting with fakes against Ukraine and the West #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/21/how-russia-is-fighting-with.html

An ex-Pentagon press corps member says Pentagon day pass requests now require an hour-by-hour activity summary and a list of people they plan to speak to (Ivan L. Nagy/Columbia Journalism Review)
https://www.cjr.org/analysis/pentagon-pres…

Yes, you there, in the front, in the red hat!
While veteran national security reporters can’t get their calls answered, members of the new, MAGA-friendly press corps have a hotline to the Department of War.

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

Amazon's Zoox announces that users in San Francisco can now sign up for its Zoox Explorers program to take free rides in its robotaxis in select neighborhoods (Annie Palmer/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/18/zoox-begins-offering-robotaxi-rid…

Zoox begins offering robotaxi rides in San Francisco, facing off with Waymo
Riders can sign up to join the "Zoox Explorers" program to take free rides on the company's box-shaped vehicles in certain San Francisco neighborhoods.

Noisy traffic is making Galšpagos’ yellow warblers angry https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/12/noisy-traffic-is-making-galapagos-yellow-warblers-angry/

Noisy traffic is making Galápagos’ yellow warblers angry
A recent study found that birds that live closer to roads display more aggression than birds of the same species that live farther away from noisy vehicles, Mongabay’s Spoorthy Raman reported. Researchers looked at the behavioral differences of male Galápagos yellow warblers (Setophaga petechia aureola) on two islands of the Galápagos, an Ecuadorian archipelago in […]

Raiders rookie running back grows as receiver, blocker https://www.reviewjournal.com/sports/raiders/raiders-rookie-running-back-grows-as-receiver-blocker-3584488/

Someone at Cloudflare clicked the wrong option today

A bipartisan show of respect and remembrance is set for Dick Cheney's funeral, absent Trump (Calvin Woodward/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/dick-cheney-funeral-cathedral-trump-bush-dca262cd09c2010b3a5d36941c9e513d
http://www.memeorandum.com/251120/p60#a251120p60

Stockholm-based vibe coding startup Lovable raised $330M led by CapitalG and Menlo Ventures at a $6.6B valuation, up from $1.8B after raising $200M in July (Niko Gallogly/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/busines

Lovable, a Start-Up That Makes Anyone a Coder, Raises $330 Million
The Swedish company is now valued at $6.6 billion, more than triple its $1.8 billion valuation set by investors in July.

Trump Calls for Executing Democrats Over Message to Military (Matthew Kupfer/Democracy Docket)
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/trump-calls-for-executing-democrats-over-message-to-military/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251120/p67#a251120p67

What Raiders' Maxx Crosby Thinks of Clash With Browns, Shedeur Sanders https://www.si.com/nfl/raiders/onsi/las-vegas-what-maxx-crosby-thinks-clash-with-browns-shedeur-sanders

Sensor Tower: video streaming app downloads grew 39% YoY in 2025, with revenue up 18%; microdrama downloads grew 100% and traditional streaming apps fell 4% (Katie Kilkenny/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business

Video Streaming App Downloads Boomed in 2025, Fueled by Microdramas
Despite their global success in adoption and monetization, however, apps that specialize in vertical video were less successful when it came to engagement.

from my link log —
The Internet golden age that wasn't.
http://cybersalon.org/the-internet-that-wasnt-net-wars-by-wendy-grossman/
saved 2019-07-25

The Internet that wasn’t – Net.Wars by Wendy Grossman - Cybersalon
This week on Twitter, writer and Georgia Tech professor Ian Bogost asked this: "There's a belief tha

Netflix reports Q4 revenue up 18% YoY to $12B vs. $11.97B est., 325M paid subs, 2025 revenue up 16% to $45.2B, plans to increase content spend by 10% in 2026 (Lucas Shaw/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-0…

Raiders' Maxx Crosby added to injury report with knee issue ahead of Browns game https://www.foxsports.com/articles/nfl/raiders-maxx-crosby-added-to-injury-report-with-knee-issue-ahead-of-browns-game

Internal docs show Meta's Vibes AI video feed has about 2M DAUs as of November 9, up 1% from the previous week; ~52% of returning users prompted the AI (Pranav Dixit/Business Insider)
https://www.businessinsider.com/meta-vibes-ai-internal-…

Internal documents show how many people are using Meta's Vibes AI feed each day
The documents show Meta Vibes' daily usage and global growth trends, highlighting user engagement in India, Brazil, Europe, and Southeast Asia.

from my link log —
A look at iMessage in iOS 14.
https://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2021/01/a-look-at-imessage-in-ios-14.html
saved 2021-01-31

Raiders Predicted to Skip QB

YouTube terminates Screen Culture and KH Studio, two large channels that used AI to create fake movie trailers; the platform earlier suspended the channels' ads (Jake Kanter/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2025/12/youtube-terminates-scr…

YouTube Shuts Down Channels Using AI To Create Fake Movie Trailers Watched By Millions
YouTube has terminated two prominent channels, Screen Culture and KH Studio, using artificial intelligence to create fake movie trailers.

Dems threaten lawsuit as DOJ says it will miss Epstein files deadline (Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/12/19/jeffrey-epstein-files-deadline-doj-democrats
http://www.memeorandum.com/251219/p61#a251219p61

Honda plans to halt production in Japan and China from December 29 to January 6, showing the ongoing fallout of the global chip shortage and Nexperia takeover (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-18/chip-s…

DOJ won't meet Friday deadline to release all the Epstein files (Gregory Svirnovskiy/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/19/epstein-documents-release-friday-deadline-00699935
http://www.memeorandum.com/251219/p42#a251219p42

YouTube terminates Screen Culture and KH Studio, two large channels that used AI to create fake movie trailers; the platform earlier suspended the channels' ads (Jake Kanter/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2025/12/youtube-terminates-scr…

YouTube Shuts Down Channels Using AI To Create Fake Movie Trailers Watched By Millions
YouTube has terminated two prominent channels, Screen Culture and KH Studio, using artificial intelligence to create fake movie trailers.

Appeals court panel mulls $1M penalty for Trump in lawsuit against Hillary Clinton (Josh Gerstein/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/18/appeals-court-penalty-trump-lawsuit-hillary-clinton-00658614
http://www.memeorandum.com/251119/p22#a251119p22

Rebecca Heineman, legendary game designer, Interplay co-founder, programmer, and the first formally recognized US Space Invaders champion, died at 62 in October (Ted Litchfield/PC Gamer)
https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-indus…

Legendary game designer, programmer, Space Invaders champion, and LGBTQ trailblazer Rebecca Heineman has died
Heineman's cancer fundraiser is now collecting for her funeral.

White House Investigates Mystery Video Stream on Website (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-19/mystery-video-stream-appears-on-white-house-website
http://www.memeorandum.com/251219/p53#a251219p53

Blanche says DOJ won't release full Epstein files to Congress by Friday deadline (Rebecca Beitsch/The Hill)
https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/5656765-blanche-says-doj-wont-release-full-esptein-files-to-congress-by-friday-deadline/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251219/p43#a251219p43