Tootfinder

VC funding in physical AI companies totaled $47.4B across 521 deals in H1, up 80% from H1 2025, and more than the $41.9B invested from 2022 to 2024 (Mary Ann Azevedo/Crunchbase News)
https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/physical-ai-funding-startups…

VCs Pour Billions Into Physical AI As The Next Wave Of AI Investing Takes Shape
In the first half of 2026, global venture funding in the physical AI space totaled $47.4 billion across 521 deals, per Crunchbase data. That’s up dramatically — almost 4x — compared to the second half of 2025 when startups in the sector raised $12 billion across 470 deals.

We also wrote a version for kids:
https://kids.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frym.2025.1633572
https://fediscience.org/@Ruth_Mottram/116769466126905589
Ruth_Mottram - Flurry of articles, including in the Guardian on the very well funded but seriously misguided efforts to geoengineer the Arctic by growing sea ice, reminds me that it is probably time to report our critical article on the subject..
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/science/articles/10.3389/fsci.2025.1527393/full

PSA: Der österreichische Tracker-Halsband-Hersteller Tractive scheint ein Leck im Shop-System zu haben - oder Daten verkauft. Ich habe im Oktober 2025 eine unique Mail-Adresse für die Bestellung tractive.com Online-Shop verwendet. Nun erhielt ich Spam adressiert an diese Mail-Adresse.
Immerhin: Das Tracking-Konto läuft mit einer anderen Adresse, dort kam kein Mail an.
#hunde

The first half of the summer was the hottest on record here in the central Netherlands (1901-2026)

And here is an indigenous viewpoint from the Arctic:
https://policylabs.frontiersin.org/content/policy-outlook-geoengineering-inuit-homelands
https://fediscience.org/@Ruth_Mottram/116769466126905589
Ruth_Mottram - Flurry of articles, including in the Guardian on the very well funded but seriously misguided efforts to geoengineer the Arctic by growing sea ice, reminds me that it is probably time to report our critical article on the subject..
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/science/articles/10.3389/fsci.2025.1527393/full

And here is the video and short summary for those wanting the TL;DR
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/science/article-hubs/polar-geoengineering-risks-realities/explainer
https://fediscience.org/@Ruth_Mottram/116769474882730548
Ruth_Mottram - We also wrote a version for kids:
https://kids.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frym.2025.1633572
https://fediscience.org/@Ruth_Mottram/116769466126905589
Ruth_Mottram - Flurry of articles, including in the Guardian on the very well funded but seriously misguided efforts to geoengineer the Arctic by growing sea ice, reminds me that it is probably time to report our critical article on the subject..
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/science/articles/10.3389/fsci.2025.1527393/full

Diarycast - Year In Review (2025) - The 2025 EOU diary, and a full year without fossil gas... #yearInReview #heatPump #fossilFree -

Diarycast - Year In Review (2025)
The 2025 EOU diary, and a full year without fossil gas... #yearInReview #heatPump #fossilFree

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #6MusicsJukebox
Tenor Saw:
🎵 Ring The Alarm
#TenorSaw
https://veak.bandcamp.com/track/tenor-saw-ring-the-alarm-veak-2025-remix-free-dl
https://open.spotify.com/track/08RKvnMeBFWZE69P3dQa74

There are millions of people around the world who could help make the world a better place, but don’t.
I’m talking about the ones who have got the power to shape their own careers,
though you would never know it from their utterly unsurprising résumés.
About the talented folks with the world at their feet who nonetheless get stuck in mind-numbing, pointless or just plain harmful jobs.
There’s an antidote to that kind of waste, and it’s called moral ambition.
…

No, you’re not fine just the way you are: time to quit your pointless job, become morally ambitious and change the world
Most working people can be put into one of three categories, from idealistic yet unambitious to greedy and immoral. But there is another option …

Flurry of articles, including in the Guardian on the very well funded but seriously misguided efforts to geoengineer the Arctic by growing sea ice, reminds me that it is probably time to report our critical article on the subject..
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/science/articles/10.3389/fsci.2025.1527393/full

2025 Wildfires Were the Costliest Ever, Researchers Say (Rebecca Dzombak/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/31/climate/2025-wildfire-damage.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260601/p78#a260601p78

„Drei Jahre lang - von 2022 bis 2025 - hatten die Forscher das etwa 3.500 Quadratkilometer große Einzugsgebiet der Unteren Spree zwischen Spreewald und Berlin untersucht.
Laut dem Bericht zählt die Region zu den wasserärmsten Gebieten Deutschlands. Die Grundwasserstände seien lokal seit dem Jahr 2000 um bis zu drei Meter gesunken.“
Genau hier baut Schwarz-Digits ein riesiges #Rechenzentrum

Aidan Hutchinson: Lions remain 'in a window' to win Super Bowl despite disappointing 2025 https://www.nfl.com/news/aidan-hutchinson-lions-remain-in-a-window-to-win-super-bowl-despite-disappointing-2025

The #Database Zoo: Exotic Data Storage Engines
https://blog.gaborkoos.com/posts/2025-09-19-The-Database-Zoo-Exotic-Data-Storage-Engines/

"Visualizing all books of the world in ISBN-Space"
https://phiresky.github.io/blog/2025/visualizing-all-books-in-isbn-space/
"Libraries have been trying to collect humanity’s knowledge almost since the invention of writing. In the digit…

Trump Media reports a Q2 net loss of $238.1M, vs. a net loss of $20M in Q2 2025, and says 10 clients are paying up to $100K per month for its Truth API (Steve Kopack/NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/business/corporati

Trump Media doubles down on selling faster access to the president’s Truth Social posts
The company’s interim CEO said more than 10 customer agreements have already been signed for the Truth Social service that launched this month.

Hannah Spencer’s clothes have entered the political argument
https://northwestbylines.co.uk/politic

Hannah Spencer’s clothes have entered the political argument
A maiden speech about who belongs in Parliament, and some on the right responded by examining whether Hannah Spencer’s clothes were right for the privilege

Jährlicher Zubau und Rückbau von #Balkonsolarleistung in Deutschland mit Stand vom 31.07.2026.
Unplausible Inbetriebnahmedaten von 1900 bis 2017 wurden durch das Registrierungsdatum der #Steckersolaranlage ersetzt.
👉 Zusatzlesestoff:

Reconnecting the Heat Battery (2025) - Summer solar hot water from our PV again. #solar #DHW #PV -

Reconnecting the Heat Battery (2025)
Summer solar hot water from our PV again. #solar #DHW #PV

"In January 2025, according to the court filing, a representative of the Betar "vigilante" group admitted to communications directly with Miller and Rubio to hand over a pre-selected list of Palestinian activists it wanted the Trump administration to arrest and deport."
'Sadistic savagery': Stephen Miller linked to 'vigilante force' in new court filing - Raw Story
https://www.rawstory.com/stephen-miller-vigilante-conspiracy/

gestern eine #dokuwiki-instanz geupdated. auch wenn mir der name der vorversion besser gefallen hat. 🙃

Se ha confirmado oficialmente el estreno en cines de la película 『タコピーの原罪 -ありがとう、また明日-』 (El pecado original de Takopi -Gracias, hasta mañana-).
La aclamada serie de 6 episodios que conmocionó al mundo en 2025 regresarš en un formato cinematogršfico completamente reeditado para la gran pantalla, ¡y contarš con nuevas escenas añadidas! 🐙✨
https://www.…

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #6MusicArtistCollection
Biffy Clyro:
🎵 Bubbles (Glastonbury 2025)
#BiffyClyro
https://open.spotify.com/track/1aKNbn5AsDWydycvr1gYBa

Een indrukwekkend rijtje percentages...
Gemeenteraad: 54,5%
Europese Unie: 51,5%
Ambtenaren: 47,1%
Tweede Kamer: 24,6%
Politici: 21,2%
Vertrouwen in politici en Tweede Kamer in 2025 laagst sinds 2012 | @…
#nlpol #Vertrouwen