Tootfinder

Ukraine to disband international legions and reassign fighters to assault units, sparking backlash: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/13/ukraine-to-disband-international-legions.html

Weihnachtsgottesdienst in #Minecraft zum vierten Advent
https://canstein-berlin.de/weihnachten2025/

🧲 Iron-based magnetic material achieves major reduction in core loss
#materials

Iron-based magnetic material achieves major reduction in core loss
A research team from NIMS, Tohoku University and AIST has developed a new technique for controlling the nanostructures and magnetic domain structures of iron-based soft amorphous ribbons, achieving more than a 50% reduction in core loss compared with the initial amorphous material.

Submitted an IPv6 ticket to my ISP, #youfibre - as far as I can tell inbound packets are fine, outbound IPv6 don't seem to get far.
They were working a few weeks ago when I started doing IPv6 config on my router; but there's plenty of other people saying they've had IPv6 problems with them intemittently.

We have a Target nearby in Forest Hills. At the rate they're going, I don't know how longer they'll last (I certainly have stopped going there!)
https://skyview.social/?url=https:%2F/…

Grading all 32 first-round picks from 2025 NFL Draft: Which high-profile rookies have thrived? Flopped? https://www.nfl.com/news/grading-all-32-first-round-picks-from-2025-nfl-draft-which-high-profile-rookies-have-thrive…

I must admit that I’m not comfortable that it’s the Guides leadership who will be having the sleepless nights dealing with the kickback of leaders not happy with the trans ban and not the bigots putting them in this situation
#trans #guides

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…

I love Kaz, and I want her in the final, but that was over-marked, surely? Compared to Amber's dance, only one point difference. But well done Karen! #strictly

Pickens, Aubrey among 10 free agents Cowboys should bring back in '26 https://cowboyswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/cowboys/2025/12/13/10-pending-free-agents-cowboys-should-bring-back-for-2026/87751…

Thank you @etherdiver.bsky.social for your "Other People's Music" blogs that helps me find great new-to-me music!
https://blog.bmann.ca/3m6pzjjct722k

A post from the archive 📫:
Monopoly
#musings #law

Tropical islands are turning their biggest challenge into their greatest strength.
Vulnerable to climate change and dependent on expensive fossil fuels, island nations are proving that carbon neutrality by 2050 is economically viable. Solar PV is leading the charge, with innovative Solar-to-X tech converting sunshine into e-fuels and e-chemicals to power hard-to-decarbonize sectors.

Small islands, big impact: the role of solar PV for the tropics
Low-cost renewables provide an opportunity for tropical islands to drive a sustainable, secure and self-sufficient economy. Solar PV emerges as the bulk energy provider, driven by excellent resource conditions and fast-improving economic attractiveness. The anticipated momentum of solar PV in tropical islands can best be characterised as a Solar-to-X Economy.

#Friesland Leer ist ein Dorf!? Das wüsste ich aber!!

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.

So, I think we are really, really close to a 1.0 release of https://www.drupal.org/project/config_warning that adds a nice little warning to admin pages that will alter the running configuration.
It would be really, really good to get more people testing it on their

#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...<…

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

No Diggs-ity? So, doubt. Cowboys leave CB on IR, Wk 15 elevations vs Vikings? https://cowboyswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/cowboys/2025/12/13/cowboys-trevon-diggs-roster-week-15-ir-vikings/87751848007/…

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:

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.

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…

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

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

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.

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.

Is CeeDee Lamb playing this week? Cowboys' injury news is big update for Sunday Night Football https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/dallas-cowboys/news/ceedee-lamb-playing-week-cowboys-inj…

this.
my dad's dad was in Spain under Franco, imprisoned.
my wife's mom's dad landed on the second day in Normandy.
They'd both no doubt be disgusted with what is happening in our country and especially in the USA.
#fascism #wwii #canada #canpoli #cdnpoli

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

Many more are ready to leave MAGA — and I know how hard that is - Salon.com
https://www.salon.com/2025/11/22/many-more-are-ready-to-leave-maga-and-i-know-how-hard-that-is/

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

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.

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/

American F18 over land at the Venezuela coast
#usn #navy #venezuela #uspol

Trevon Diggs-Cowboys relationship 'soured' with All-Pro sitting out Week 15 https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/onsi/news/trevon-diggs-cowboys-relationship-soured-with-all-pro-sitting-out-week-15

"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 […]

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

Pharoah Sanders - "Love Is Here: The Complete Paris ORTF Recordings" (2025, recorded 1975)
I was not anticipating the heavy church organ sounds!
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_m14oVMMdwPBPSdw1qg0id-U6HM7Rj8UXI

Using some of my pre-embargo Bourbon in my maple candy (syrup from 2025). Hope it’s worth it. Will report back.

Boys

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.

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

Arts & crafts cats 🦎

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…

🤮 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.

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...

Trevon Diggs News Emerges Before Cowboys-Vikings Game https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/dallas-cowboys/cornerback-trevon-diggs-news-vikings-game/

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.

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.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #NewMusicFix
Olan Monk:
🎵 Down 3 (6 Music Session, 09 Dec 2025)
#OlanMonk
https://olanmonk.bandcamp.com/track/down-3-feat-maria-somerville
https://open.spotify.com/track/36ODOKZWb4GiSr0ayVmOC5

3 key matchups will determine if the Cowboys beat the Vikings on Sunday night https://insidethestar.com/3-key-matchups-will-determine-if-the-cowboys-beat-the-vikings-on-sunday-night

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

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 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

@… thank you!

Saving Electricity (2025) - Meter readings at home #defossilisation #fossilFree - https://m.earth.org.uk/saving-electr…

Saving Electricity (2025)
Meter readings at home #defossilisation #fossilFree

🤡
"Hochzeit ungültig, weil #ChatGPT nicht den richtigen Eheschwur verwendete"
#AI #KI

Vorfall in den Niederlanden: Hochzeit ungültig, weil ChatGPT nicht den richtigen Eheschwur verwendete
Bei einer Eheschließung im April 2025 verwendete die Standesbeamtin einen von künstlicher Intelligenz erstellten Text. Nun entschied ein Gericht: Es waren nicht die korrekten Worte.

:dbh_akedeto:

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.

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

Gut Feeling: Cowboys-Vikings staff predictions https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/gut-feeling-cowboys-vikings-staff-predictions

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/

‼️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://

Cookies & creams & coffees & memes

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…

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.

Court Backs Planned Parenthood Cuts In Blue States - Joe.My.God.
https://www.joemygod.com/2025/12/court-backs-planned-parenthood-cuts-in-blue-states/

‼️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.
…

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…

‼️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.

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.

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…

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

Beyoncé is now the fifth billionaire musician, Forbes reports | US news | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/29/beyonce-billionaire-forbes

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

Deutsche Umwelthilfe kritisiert Klimaschutzversagen der Bundesregierung im Verkehrs- und Gebäudesektor

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/

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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…

Secret sauce to Bills beating the Jaguars? A big key is the O-line https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47538510/buffalo-bills-jacksonville-jaguars-offensive-line-dion-dawkin-afc-2025-playoffs

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-

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…

Tracking NFL head coach firings: Ravens move on from John Harbaugh https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/46437226/2025-nfl-coaching-changes-latest-news-rumors-firings-hires

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