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A Korean scenario for Ukraine? Here’s why it’s a lie #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/15/a-korean-scenario-for-ukraine.html

🎬 Wochenschau in 60 Sekunden: Linux, EU-Chaos & warum ich nicht mehr in die USA fliege!
„Linux auf dem Desktop? Die EU, die lieber streitet als handelt? Und die USA, die jetzt 5 Jahre Social-Media-Historie für die Einreise wollen? 😳
Dazu: Warum Jugendliche TikTok verlassen. All das in 60 Sekunden – mit einer Prise Humor und viel Wahrheit!
#60Sekunden

America Is an Unserious Country Filled With Unserious People (Jonathan V. Last/The Bulwark)
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/america-unserious-country-people-revealed-preferences
http://www.memeorandum.com/251215/p81#a251215p81

Erklärung von BK #Merz zu #UkraineVerhandlungen, bei der er sich ins Zeug gelegt hat:
(..) Die Staats- und Regierungschefs brachten ihre Unterstützung für Präsident #Selenskyj zum Ausd…

from my link log —
Edward Luper’s 36 Views of the BT Tower.
https://www.spoon-tamago.com/2021/08/05/edward-luper-36-views-bt-tower/
saved 2021-08-08 <…

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Broken Bells:
🎵 The High Road
#BrokenBells
https://daveecho.bandcamp.com/track/broken-bells-the-high-road-dave-echo-mini-remix
https://open.spotify.com/track/5cwN1htZyoWqZCc33f3RfE

thank god. when I said no funny business I MEANT IT
https://mastodon.social/@levelbot/115721068874370729

NFL overreactions: Expect plenty of points in Rams-Seahawks https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6891128/2025/12/15/nfl-overreactions-week-16-rams-seahawks-over/

TransLink boosts winter bus service on 37 Metro Vancouver routes
Coquitlam and New Westminster have highest number of routes being increased
https://link.etranslink.ca/v/443/61496305bc86358c93c5a1c5d88c8fb724b98893a48c639a23f1f694ea2850…

Series D, Episode 01 - Rescue
[Interior Xenon base lounge. Soolin sets out glasses on a tray. She stops, regards the tray and then takes another glass from the shelf. She begins to pour wine into the glasses. Dorian leads the group into the lounge. Dorian grabs her and kisses her.]
SOOLIN: Are you all right?
https://blake.torpi…

Jš saiu o trailer para os novos episódios de #Frieren. A estreia serš daqui a um mês, 16/01. É raro eu ficar ansioso com esse tipo de coisa, mas admito que estou.
https://youtu.be/EOMVXqH9DSg

Opinion: The events of 2025 exposed the enemy within our own borders - El Paso Matters https://elpasomatters.org/2025/12/29/opinion-2025-america-democracy-moral-collapse/

Opinion: After 2025, Americans must confront the cost of failed leadership and moral collapse
The events of 2025 revealed profound failures in American leadership and institutions, exposing how racism, bigotry and political complicity have weakened democracy and eroded the nation’s moral standing.

Anzahl der neuen #Windkraftanlagen je #Bundesland in #Deutschland im Jahr 2025 mit Stand vom 12.01.2026.
Die "Ausschließliche Wirtschaftszone" bedeutet

Sources: Apple now needs to fight for TSMC production capacity amid the AI boom; Nvidia was likely TSMC's top customer in at least one or two quarters in 2025 (Tim Culpan/Culpium)
https://www.culpium.com/p/exclusiveapple-is-fighting-for-tsmc

Apple is Fighting for TSMC Capacity as Nvidia Takes Center Stage
[Exclusive] A 15-year relationship helped TSMC grow and Apple leap ahead of rivals, but now it's struggling to get enough capacity as it competes with Nvidia for supply

"This instinct—to ignore existing borders, laws, and treaties; to treat other countries as artificial; to break up trade links and destroy friendships, all because the Leader wants to look powerful—is one that Trump shares with imperialists of the past."

Trump Triggers a Crisis in Denmark—And Europe
What a single phone call from the president-elect did to an unswerving American ally

Self-hosting #forgejo on my lan was a bit more of an adventure than I expected, especially around the https side of things. But in the end, success!

@… It's already a security vulnerability. (CVE-2025-0101) (CVE-2025-1235)(CVE-2025-55068)
And quite expensive for Alstom for example https://y2k38.ch/herstellerhaftung-j…

Kleiner Test:
Zick-Zick-Z...
(Sorry, wer es kennt, erinnert sich sofort!)

"Our Changing Planet, as Seen From Space"
#Climate #ClimateChange
https://e360.yale.edu/digest/nasa-sat…

Our Changing Planet, as Seen From Space

from my link log —
Report ITU-R TF.2511-0 (10/2022): Content and structure of time signals to be disseminated by radiocommunication systems and various aspects of current and potential future reference time scales, including their impacts and applications in radiocommunication.
https://www.itu…

Trial begins for Wisconsin judge accused of helping immigrant evade federal authorities (Todd Richmond/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/dugan-trump-immigrant-judge-trial-milwaukee-9c1f4d421a049fcb37a041007eb251d5
http://www.memeorandum.com/251215/p73#a251215p73

Nielsen: CBS's Golden Globes coverage reached 8.7M viewers, down 6% from 9.3M viewers in 2025, which was down 2% on 2024; the ceremony clashed with NFL coverage (Selome Hailu/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/golden-globes-2026-ratings-nik…

Golden Globes 2026 Ratings: 8.7 Million Viewers Against Football
The Golden Globes reached an average of 8.7 million viewers on Sunday night, which marked the ceremony's third year airing on CBS.

The final LIVE programme of 2025 is tonight at 8pm ET over at UncertainFM!
BE THERE!

Opwarming aarde schiet verder door: 2025 eindigt, zonder El Niño, in top 3 warmste jaren | de Volkskrant
https://archive.ph/cyXGb

No lead was safe in a Week 15 that tied the NFL record for double-digit comebacks https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6891005/2025/12/15/nfl-week-15-double-digit-comebacks/

from my link log —
Do you really need Redis? PostgreSQL does queuing, locking, and pub/sub.
https://spin.atomicobject.com/2021/02/04/redis-postgresql/
saved 2021-06-12

Do You Need Redis? PostgreSQL Does Queuing, Locking, & Pub/Sub
It's a common architecture to have PostgreSQL and Redis serve as the backbone of your app, but PostgreSQL may be capable of everything you use Redis for.

Jared Kushner's Plan to Build a Trump Hotel in Serbia Is Running Into Resistance (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/world/trump-hotel-russia-serbia-jared-kushner-9a7189f5?st=MydtY4&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
http://www.memeorandum.com/251215/p72#a251215p72

Dallas Cowboys rank higher than expected on NFL misery index https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/onsi/news/dallas-cowboys-rank-higher-than-expected-nfl-misery-index

Katie Pavlich joins NewsNation as 10 p.m. ET primetime host (Rob Reiner/NewsNation)
https://www.newsnationnow.com/press/katie-pavlich-joins-newsnation-as-10-p-m-et-primetime-host/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251215/p64#a251215p64

#today various bits of admin including starting things for this year's sustainability hackathon at uni, and very slowly and carefully* fetching and processing the extra 2025 house heating data set again (I'll do most tomorrow).
*Automation, I've heard of it! But it didn't work out so well last time, so I'm eyeballing probably millions of data points as I go this time...<…

NFL running back rankings, 1-64:  How does every starting RB from the 2025 season stack up? https://www.nfl.com/news/nfl-starting-running-back-rankings-1-64-2025-nfl-season

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #NewMusicFix
Nas x DJ Premier:
🎵 My Life Is Real
#NasxDJPremier
#newRelease 🆕 album
https://open.spotify.com/track/190L0KZj5LglQXDGB2Gvwp

Since 2018, a group of researchers from around the world has crunched the numbers on
👉how much heat the world’s oceans are absorbing each year.
💥In 2025, their measurements broke records once again,
making this the eighth year in a row that the world’s oceans have absorbed more heat than in the years before.
The study, which was published Friday in the journal Advances in Atmospheric Science, found that
the world’s oceans absorbed an additional 23 zettajoules’ w…

The oceans just keep getting hotter
For the eighth year in a row, the world’s oceans absorbed a record-breaking amount of heat in 2025.

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…

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #ThroughTheNight
Antonín Dvořšk, Düsseldorfer Symphoniker & Ádšm Fischer:
🎵 Slavonic Dance no 2 in E minor, Op 72
#AntonínDvořák #DüsseldorferSymphoniker #ÁdámFischer

Why the Raiders Must Double Down on 2025 Draft Class https://www.si.com/nfl/raiders/onsi/las-vegas-must-double-down-on-2025-draft-class

Agent's Take: Ultimate 2025 end-of-season, 53-man roster that's the best team money can buy

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/agents-take-ultimate-2025-end-of-season-5…

I’m at a spa trying to get my shit together in a 90ºC (~194ºF) sauna after my 2025 was beautiful madness but madness no less.
I’ve finally started to write a new newsletter & if you wanna know more about the madness or what’s coming up or a cute dog photo, sign up at https://buttondown.com/hynek

Hynek Did Something
Greetings friend! This is a list for those who’d like to be notified whenever I, Hynek Schlawack, do or publish something noteworthy, somewhere. Examples are new blog posts, YouTube videos, and talks, significant updates to existing work, or if I need to be bailed out of jail. It does not include announcements about new software releases. But it does usually include a cute dog photo. As a thank you for your trust, the emails aren’t just links to content. They contain a kind of “director's…

PV-Speicherbatterien: Gericht stärkt Herstellern bei Fernabschaltung den Rücken
Werden Photovoltaik-Speicher per Software gedrosselt, müssen Kunden das laut einem Landgericht trotz Leistungsversprechen als Sicherheitsmaßnahme akzeptieren.

Great post by Aaron Tay: 'the next time you see an “AI-powered search engine,” maybe the first question shouldn’t be “Is this AI?” but rather “What kind of AI, “where and how it is used in the pipeline”.'
From: @…

Aaron Tay (@aarontay@mastodon.cloud)
Attached: 1 image [Last blog post of 2025] "AI-powered search" hides at least 4 different things—post-retrieval features, semantic search, LLM ranking, and synthesis. Your concerns about one may not apply to another. New post unpacking what's actually under the hood. https://aarontay.substack.com/p/what-do-we-actually-mean-by-ai-powered

🚫 Russia – LEADER in INTERNET SHUTDOWNS in 2025 #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/11/russia-leader-in-internet-shutdowns.html

Arts & crafts cats 🦎

Man ved at man stadig er et barn indeni når man fniser hŸjt af det her:
“The case arose after the couple asked a friend to act as a registrar for one day, known in Dutch as an eendagsbabs, during their ceremony in the municipality of Zwolle. Seeking a lighter tone, the eendagsbabs used a speech written with the help of ChatGPT.“

Court in Zwolle rules couple not married after ChatGPT-written ceremony
A Dutch court in Zwolle ruled that a couple who held a wedding ceremony on April 19, 2025, are not legally married because the required legal vows were never made during the ceremony, which instead used a speech generated with ChatGPT.

2025 hat unsere 28,8 kWp #Photovoltaikanlage 25,5 MWh erzeugt. Davon wurden 20,3 MWh eingespeist. Dafür haben wir 1.319 € Einspeisevergütung erhalten (bis 10 kWp 6,630 ct/kWh, ab 10 kWp 6,440 ct/kWh). #pv #solar

Save the date! Our first meetup in the Rhein-Neckar metropolitan region for 2026 is just around the corner, taking place on February 26th, only two weeks from now.
Sign up here https://www.meetup.com/phpug-rhein-neckar/events/305478333/

PHPUGMRN 06/25, Thu, Dec 11, 2025, 7:00 PM | Meetup
**Agenda:** 19:00 CET - Doors open 19:30 CET - Intro 19:45 CET - Create reactive web applications with (almost) no JavaScript (HTMX), Thomas Bley 20:30 CET - Break 20:45 CE

Hear Debussy Play Debussy: A Vintage Recording from 1913
#music

Hear Debussy Play Debussy: A Vintage Recording from 1913
A century ago, the great French composer Claude Debussy sat down at a contraption called a Welte-Mignon reproducing piano and recorded a series of performances for posterity.

Bitte was??? „Wegner kündigt Nacht der Repression an“
https://www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/liveblog/silvester-2025-in-berlin-im-liveblog-wegner-kundigt-nacht-der-repression-bei…

Silvester 2025 in Berlin im Liveblog: Wegner kündigt „Nacht der Repression“ bei Angriffen auf Einsatzkräfte an
Ein Jahreswechsel zwischen Party und Großeinsatz: Polizei stellt Kugelbomben in Neuköllner Wohnungen sicher. Geschäfte von Apple bis Penny verrammeln ihre Schaufenster. Der Silvester-Blog für Berlin.

Another year, another bunch of books.
I spend most of the year binging through thriller series that I had already had started in 2024.
The books I really liked were the newest book from the Slough House series, the spy novel The Persian, and Fundamentals of Software Architecture (even if I didn't finish it).
https://

2025 in books
Another year, another bunch of books.  I spend most of the year binging through thriller series that I had already had started in 2024.  The...

The medical facility I go to for PT has a bike rack but it looks like garbage. It is bolted down but just does not look secure.
It's in the parking structure, so it's not exactly out in public... maybe that's a good thing?
But also, I can't ride my bike in the parking structure.
#bikeTooter

I subscribed to Jacobin when they had some deal, but I don't actually read it. Classic champagne socialist behavior. Leftists will be like, "Win an election? That pales in comparison to my idea, subscribing to Jacobin" and then not read Jacobin

My fellow Minnesotans and all supporters of this state, stay safe at the protests. I'm glad to be in a community that is helping and watching out for one another, like we always have. You won't hear about this on the news, but a lot is being done behind the scenes to support and protect our family, friends, and strangers, regardless of their immigration status.
Additionally, if this makes it to the ballot this fall, I urge my fellow Minnesotans to vote yes on this state constit…

Upgraded a server today from Windows 2019 to 2025. Also upgraded the MSSQL on it. Usually we find MSSQL 2019, occasionally MSSQL 2016 (ick) but we've been slowly bringing everything up to date and under IT management. The box we have on schedule for tomorrow? It is Windows 2019 but somehow running SQL Express 2005. 🤦 🤦 Double facepalm on that one.

@… thank you!

:dbh_akedeto:

No shortage of public EV charging posts in Utrecht ;)
The green ones have free spots (the number shows how many there are under one dot on the map), the blue don't.
These are the ones I can use with my E-Flux card. Prices vary quite a lot, but you can find them by clicking https://dashboard.e-flux.io/my-map

my definition of "an UI bug" is basically "any design or implementation choice that makes users miserable". i do not think many in open source hardware|software share this definition and i won't be satisfied until it's a new norm

NFL Divisional Round injury report: Player statuses for all four games https://www.nfl.com/news/nfl-divisional-round-injury-report-player-statuses-for-all-four-games

‼️Die #Petition
"Keine Senkung der Luftverkehrsteuer zum 01. Juli 2026 vom 24.11.2025"
hat bisher 1414 Mitzeichnungen.
Es fehlen noch 28586 Unterschriften bis zum 21.01.2026.
https://

Ich berichte über das Gutachten der Stiftung Klimaneutralität zur kommunalen Wärmewende. Die Ergebnisse scheinen definitiv relevant und neu.
Trotzdem bin ich darüber gestolpert, dass der Wikipedia-Artikel über die gGmbH jüngst gelöscht wurde. Gibt es hier Meinungen zur Stiftung, die von Rainer Baake geleitet wird?

"5 unexpected animal behaviors we learned about in 2025"
#Animals
https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/01/5-unexpecte…

5 unexpected animal behaviors we learned about in 2025
Every year, researchers and people out in nature capture some aspect of animal behavior that’s unusual or unexpected in some way, changing how we understand the natural world. Here are five such examples that Mongabay reported on in 2025: Massive fish aggregation seen climbing waterfalls in Brazil For the first time, scientists observed a “massive […]

Cookies & creams & coffees & memes

Lions confronting a lost 2025: 'If we're not in the dance ... it's a failure' https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47592746/lions-searching-answers-miss-nfl-playoffs-disappointing-2025

Karsten Wildberger - als Wirtschaftsmanager - fokussiert sich vor allem auf den Erfolg der Digitalwirtschaft, so Jakob von Lindern und Meike Laaff im Digitalpodcast der #Zeit. Auf der #rp25 hatten wir noch die Hoffnung, dass er daneben auch

Digitalpodcast: So will Karsten Wildberger Deutschland digital wachrütteln
Seit gut einem halben Jahr hat Deutschland einen Digitalminister. Wie will Karsten Wildberger das Land im IT-Bereich nach vorn bringen? Der Digitalpodcast

Ezra Klein, Ben Shapiro, Steve Bannon, Vanity Fair's Mark Guiducci, Puck's Matt Belloni, Verge's Nilay Patel, and others on what media leaders got wrong in 2025 (Max Tani/Semafor)
https://www.semafor.com/article/12/28/2025/what-media-leaders-got-wr…

What media leaders got wrong in 2025
Reflections from media leaders around the world.

🤮 2025 war jedes dritte neu zugelassene Auto in Deutschland ein #SUV.
Mit über 950.000 Fahrzeugen erreichte das Segment einen Marktanteil von 33,3 Prozent. Die #Kompaktklasse verliert weiter an Bedeutung, obwohl der

Jeder dritte Neuwagen war 2025 ein SUV
Der Siegeszug der umstrittenen Fahrzeugkategorie geht weiter. Das meistverkaufte Auto kommt aber aus einem anderen Segment.

Israeli data security startup Cyera raised a $400M Series F led by Blackstone Growth at a $9B valuation, up from $6B after raising $540M in June 2025 (Allie Garfinkle/Fortune)
https://fortune.com/2026/01/08/cyera-c

Exclusive: Cyera CEO Yotam Segev on raising $400 million and why the stakes in cybersecurity are getting higher
Just six months after fetching a $6 billion valuation, cyber startup Cyera has raised $400 million at a $9 billion valuation.

I've always wondered about the design of Deep Space Nine...
https://www.forgottentrek.com/deep-space-nine/designing-the-deep-space-nine-space-station/

NFL wild-card round by the numbers: What to know about thrilling weekend of playoff games https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6965133/2026/01/13/nfl-wild-card-round-numbers-interesting-facts/

‼️Die #Petition
"Bessere Erforschung von ME/CFS durch ein strukturiertes Förderprogramm vom 17.07.2025"
hat bisher 1295 Mitzeichnungen.
Es fehlen noch 28705 Unterschriften bis zum 15.01.2026.
…

The US book business faces challenges including AI slop, but print sales and e-book and audiobook revenue were stable in 2025, and 422 stores joined the ABA (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/books/b

Dragons, Sex and the Bible Drove Book Sales in 2025
Nonfiction and Y.A. are hurting, but genre fiction and the Good Book are booming. Here’s how book sales looked in 2025.

A CATASTROPHIC 2025 for Russia: Strikes deep in the rear, ruined plans, and a devastated economy!: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/31/a-catastrophic-for-russia-strikes.html

KI ist für mich Werkzeug, Sparringspartner und Spielplatz zugleich. Aber auch fehleranfällig, energiehungrig und oft überschätzt. Mein #Jahresüberblick 2025 ist kein Tool-Ranking, sondern ein Erfahrungsbericht: aus dem Alltag eines Bloggers, Journalisten und neugierigen Nutzers. #KI

Antwortmaschinen, Agenten, Avatare: Mein KI-Tools 2025
KI ist für mich Werkzeug, Sparringspartner und Spielplatz zugleich. Aber auch fehleranfällig, energiehungrig und oft überschätzt. Mein Jahresüberblick 2025 ist kein Tool-Ranking, sondern ein Erfahr…

Jährlicher Zubau und Rückbau von #Balkonsolarleistung in Deutschland mit Stand vom 10.03.2026.
Unplausible Inbetriebnahmedaten von 1900 bis 2017 wurden durch das Registrierungsdatum der #Steckersolaranlage ersetzt.
👉 Zusatzlesestoff:

Filing: Chinese AI chip startup Biren raises ~$717M in its Hong Kong IPO; institutional and retail tranches were oversubscribed ~26x and ~2,348x, respectively (Himanshi Akhand/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific…

RTL reports 2025 revenue down 3.8% YoY to €6.02B, adjusted EBITDA of €661M, paying streaming subscribers up 19% to 8.1M, and streaming revenue up 26% to €509M (Scott Roxborough/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business

RTL Group Bets on Streaming Pivot as Sky Deal and HBO Max Partnership Reshape Business
RTL says its streaming platform RTL+, which now boasts more than 8 million subscribers, will cross into profitability later this year.

‼️Die #Petition
"Gesetzlich verankerter Maßnahmeplan zur Einhaltung der Pariser Klimaziele bis spätestens 2035 vom 14.08.2025"
hat bisher 568 Mitzeichnungen.
Es fehlen noch 29432 Unterschriften bis zum 07.01.2026.

Russian health minister says a universal anti-aging pill is out of reach, deflating Putin’s longevity ambitions: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/31/russian-health-minister-says-a.html

#Deutschland hat 2025 erneut die #Klimaziele im Verkehrs- und #Gebäudesektor verfehlt.
Die Deutsche

Deutsche Umwelthilfe kritisiert Klimaschutzversagen der Bundesregierung im Verkehrs- und Gebäudesektor

Internal docs reveal Meta's tactics to fend off pressure to crack down on scammers, including efforts to make scam ads "not findable" for regulators and others (Jeff Horwitz/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/investigations/met

Best Super Bowl-era team for every NFL franchise: 2025 Seahawks or the Legion of Boom?

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/best-nfl-team-every-franchise-super-bowl-era/

2025 was the worst year for hiring since 2020, December jobs report shows (NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/december-jobs-report-unemployment-rate-rcna253115
http://www.memeorandum.com/260109/p79#a260109p79

ChatGPT told a teen who died by suicide to call for help 74 times over months but also used words like "hanging" and "suicide" very often, say family's lawyers (Washington Post)

74 suicide warnings and 243 mentions of hanging: What ChatGPT said to a suicidal teen
Analysis of high-schooler Adam Raine’s ChatGPT account by attorneys for his parents shows how the chatbot became a confidant as he planned to end his life.

2025 wurden in Deutschland über 545.000 #Elektroautos neu zugelassen. Das ist ein Rekordwert mit einem Anteil von 19,1 Prozent an allen Pkw-Neuzulassungen.
Während Hersteller wie #BYD und #Xpeng zu…

KBA-Statistik 2025: Rekordwert bei Zulassungen von Elektroautos - Golem.de
Im vergangenen Jahr sind so viele E-Autos wie noch nie in Deutschland zugelassen worden. Tesla verliert hingegen das dritte Jahr in Folge.

Ukraine has become a live-fire test range for AI drones like the Bumblebee, provided by a secretive Eric Schmidt-led venture, raising alarms in Kremlin circles (C.J. Chivers/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/magazine/ukraine-ai-drones-war-russia…

In Ukraine, an Arsenal of Killer A.I. Drones Is Being Born in War Against Russia
As the war grinds on, sophisticated Russian defenses have pushed Ukraine to develop a frightening new weapon: semiautonomous killing machines.

Drake Maye, CMC, Mike Vrabel among our predictions for 2025 NFL regular-season awards https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6943553/2026/01/08/nfl-2025-season-awards-predictions-mvp-coach-of-year/

Die #Wassertemperaturen in Nord- und #Ostsee haben 2025 neue Höchstwerte erreicht.
Die #Nordsee war mit durchschnittlich 11,6 Grad Celsius so warm wie nie zuvor. Auch die Ostsee lag mit …

Nord- und Ostsee immer wärmer - höchster und zweithöchster Messwert
Rekordwerte an deutschen Küsten: Die Nordsee war 2025 so warm wie nie, die Ostsee war nur 2020 noch wärmer. Das Bundesamt für Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie warnt in Folge der Erderwärmung vor dem steigenden Meeresspiegel.

The TikTok deal is the worst of all possible outcomes, shifting ownership of TikTok to Trump's allies, while maintaining the supposed problematic links to China (Karl Bode/Techdirt)
https://www.techdirt.com/2025/12/19/tiktok

TikTok Deal Done And It’s Somehow The Shittiest Possible Outcome, Making Everything Worse
There were rumblings about this for a while, but it looks like the Trump TikTok deal is done, and it’s somehow the worst of all possible outcomes, amazingly making all of the biggest criticis…

Sources: ByteDance is on track for ~$50B profit in 2025 after generating a ~$40B net income in the first three quarters, surpassing its internal target for 2025 (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-19/tik…

Top 25 NFL rookies of 2025: Ranking the best first-year standouts https://www.nfl.com/news/top-25-nfl-rookies-of-2025-season-ranking-the-best-first-year-standouts

Hundreds of megawatts of new data center capacity are being planned in Vernon, a city near LA, which is a key US-Asia cable-linking hub and is becoming crowded (Nilesh Christopher/Los Angeles Times)
https://www.latimes.com/business/story/202

Southern California has an unlikely AI mecca: the very industrial Vernon
Vernon has become an essential location for artificial intelligence data centers.

One potential fatal flaw for every team in 2025 NFL playoffs https://www.nfl.com/news/one-potential-fatal-flaw-for-every-team-in-2025-nfl-playoffs

IDC expects Apple to ship just 45,000 units of the Vision Pro in Q4 2025; Sensor Tower says Apple cut digital ad spend for the headset by 95% in 2025 (Michael Acton/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/ab817ba1-15ec-473f-b609-5b5016b3258d

NFL playoff picks: Score predictions and matchup analysis for every Wild Card Round game https://www.nfl.com/news/nfl-playoff-picks-wild-card-round-2025-nfl-season

Sources: bids for GroqCloud, Groq's AI inference platform, are expected to exceed $1B after Nvidia's $20B non-exclusive licensing agreement with Groq (Kate Clark/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/business/deals/nvidia-