Tootfinder

Russia's Central Bank seeks $229 billion in damages from Euroclear: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/16/russias-central-bank-seeks-billion.html

Do you know what the empathic pig intestines said to the witch?
"I'm feeling offal"
Happy cupcake day!

Later, Al
–with Tom Scott

Orange Glazed Grifter
bot by @…
No laws were broken in the making of this bot: cancel the hit squad.
#satire #potus45

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

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

@… 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…

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

Our Changing Planet, as Seen From Space

From The Narwhal
Southern Ontario prairies need fire to flourish, and a place to grow
Alderville First Nation’s Black Oak Savanna is a pocket of a rare ecosystem that was nearly lost to colonialism. Dedicated stewards are bringing it back
Story and photos by Gabrielle McMann

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.

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

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

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…

#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...<…

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?

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…

Month to Month: What we learned in November https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/month-to-month-what-we-learned-in-november-x5593

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

María Corina Machado goes to Washington:
The opposition leader told reporters Thursday that she had “presented” Donald Trump with her #Nobel #Peace #Prize #medal

Venezuelan opposition leader Machado says she ‘presented’ Trump with her Nobel Peace Prize
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize winner, met with President Donald Trump today. Follow for live updates.

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.

: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

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

Breaking News: Neuesten Meldungen zu Folge wird dieses Jahr nur noch wenige Stunden zur allgemeinen Nutzung bereit stehen – in manchen Gegenden ist die Nutzungslizenz bereits seit Stunden ausgelaufen und wird nicht mehr erneuert. Wer noch keine Lizenz für 2026 abgeschlossen hat, sollte sich dringenst ranhalten.

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

In 2025, over 3000 immigrants have been detained without due process at Fort Bliss, TX by ICE under Trump's order...
...on the EXACT SAME SITE the govt, in 1942, imprisoned Japanese American citizens, for no crime & with no due process.
Listen to what's happening in this live performance on Dec 14th at the LA Orpheum.
▶️ Rachel Maddow presents, "Burn Order" - Live in Los Angeles

@… thank you!

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

I subscribe to a few of these. I'll have to use this as a recommendation list to check out the rest.
"Outstanding Independent Journalism (formerly Outstanding Blog)
Assigned Media
Buckeye Flame
Charlotte’s Web Thoughts
Erin in the Morning
Impact Media
Queer Kentucky
Queer Review
Trans News Network
Under the Desk News
Xtra Magazine"
I'd add to the recommendations list @…

GLAAD Media Awards: ‘Heated Rivalry,’ ‘I Love L.A.,’ ‘Stranger Things’ and The Hollywood Reporter Score Nominations
Jacob Tierney’s ‘Heated Rivalry’ starring Connor Storrie and Hudson Williams netted a nom for outstanding new TV series while THR landed in the outstanding magazine overall coverage category.

‼️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://

"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

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/

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.

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…

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/

Eine wesentliche Kategorie in der Bewertung politischen Handelns: geht es um Problemlösung oder Machtausübung?
Die Union¹ hat viel Energie reingesteckt, politisches Handeln² der Grünen als reine Machtausübung³ zu framen, während sie ihre eigene Machtausübung mehr oder minder geschickt im Festhalten an den patriarchalen Strukturen⁴ versteckt.
Merz will Macht, vor allem aber will er bestehende Machtstrukturen bewahren und fördern – nicht nur politische und kulturelle sondern auch w…

Ariane 6 setzt beim fünften Flug Galileo-Satelliten im All aus
Die europäische Trägerrakete Ariane 6 hat ihren fünften Start erfolgreich absolviert. Sie hat erstmals zwei Galileo-Satelliten in den Orbit transportiert.

giving side-eye to certain tech executives for giving ketamine a bad name
look. it's not the ketamine. it's their values and beliefs doing that

‼️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

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:

TikTok unterzeichnet Deal zum Verkauf von Anteilen der US-Tochter an Investoren
Um eine Sperre in den USA zu vermeiden, verkauft TikTok etliche Anteile der US-Tochter an US-amerikanische und internationale Investoren. Das ist nun bestätigt.

"Australian State Secures Federal Support to Achieve 100% Net Renewables Goal by 2027"
#Australia #Energy #Renewables

Australian State Secures Federal Support to Achieve 100% Net Renewables Goal by 2027 | Happy Eco News
South Australia has secured federal funding to meet its 100% net renewables goal by 2027. The support will add at least 1 gigawatt of wind and solar power plus 400 megawatts of battery storage—enough to power hundreds of thousands of homes—cementing the state’s global leadership in the clean energy transition.

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/

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

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.

Inside a Ukrainian power plant Russia keeps hitting: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/19/inside-a-ukrainian-power-plant.html

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/

In 2025, 126 media industry people were killed globally, the US had 170 reports of assaults on journalists, and Trump's government increasingly attacked media (David Bauder/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/press-freedom-2025-me…

A rough year for journalists in 2025, with a little hope
By most measures, 2025 was a rough year for those who care about freedom of the press. It's likely to be the deadliest year on record for journalists and media workers across the world. The number of assaults on reporters spiked in the United States. As is by now familiar, the ranks of people working as journalists continues to thin. The president of the United States continues to berate many who ask him questions, sometimes in harshly personal terms. Outside of name-calling, the second term of…

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.

Investigation: Sick Ukrainian children exploited in fraudulent charity campaigns linked to US, Israel: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/19/investigation-sick-ukrainian-children-exploited.html

A judge denies Fox's motion to dismiss a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the parents of Oleksandra Kuvshynova, killed while working for Fox in Ukraine in 2022 (Jeremy Barr/@jeremymbarr)
https://x.com/jeremymbarr/status/2006065989511750010

Jeremy Barr (@jeremymbarr) on X
A New York judge today denied Fox's motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the parents of the Ukrainian journalist killed while working for the network (in 2022) despite the fact that her father signed a release to receive benefits. Judge: "When the Kuvshynovs signed the waiver

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…

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

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.

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

'Irreparable loss' — Ukrainian Mi-24 helicopter crew killed in combat mission, brigade says: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/19/irreparable-loss-ukrainian-mi-helicopter.html

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

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…

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.

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

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

📊 Meine Top-4-Beiträge der letzten Woche mit den meisten Boosts sind:
1. #Petition "Keine Senkung der Luftverkehrsteuer zum 01. Juli 2026"
https://mastodon.online/@tinoeberl/115

A 2025 season to forget for Pete Carroll's Raiders, one to remember for Drake Maye, Myles Garrett https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6932289/2025/12/31/2025-season-recap-raiders-patriots-browns/

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-

Jaguars QB Trevor Lawrence, Rams QB Matthew Stafford highlight December/January Players of the Month https://www.nfl.com/news/players-of-the-month-december-2025-trevor-lawrence-matthew-stafford

Sources: SpaceX, OpenAI, and Anthropic could IPO in 2026; those three deals alone would exceed the total proceeds from roughly 200 US IPOs in 2025 (George Hammond/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/bf607829-dca5-497d-b1a1-ca945d32a8c6