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The Trump administration has paused all immigration applications filed by people from 19 countries who were banned from traveling to the United States earlier this year.
The action halts green card and citizenship processing for broad swaths of people, according to a spokesman from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

U.S. Pauses Immigration Applications From Nations on Travel Ban List
The pause, which will halt green card and U.S. citizenship processing for broad swaths of people, deepens a remarkable crackdown on legal immigration pathways in recent days.

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.

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.

I'm anticipating a lot of grief in 2026 after a hard end to 2025, so I'm not looking forward to the many January conversations about everything to look forward to in 2026
You can't skip processing grief and jump straight into hope. The grief will consume you and turn into despair, or you'll internalize and repress the trauma and metabolize it into despair via a different path.
Or, I don't know, maybe some people can grieve and hope at the same time, but I know…

Personal bankruptcies in Russia soar 31% to nearly 568,000 in 2025, Ukrainian intelligence says: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/01/personal-bankruptcies-in-russia-soar.html

Arts & crafts cats 🦎

XFCE4 seems like a viable desktop environment if/when KDE ceases to be serviceable. I'll have to port my Beat-It! plugin, and may need to write or massage some existing ones (the task switcher/launcher situation is...sub-optimal), but there's still time.

Good article about that there is more then just Generative AI, where all the hype is, but that we are making great and steady progress in the field of predictive AI.
https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/1

Generative AI hype distracts us from AI’s more important breakthroughs
It's a seductive distraction from the advances in AI that are most likely to improve or even save your life

📣 My favourite app of 2025 was BorrowBox and I'd like to encourage you all to use it. Sign up with your library card and you can get access FOR FREE to a mind-boggling array of magazines inc New Scientist, History Extra, The Rugby Paper and loads loads more across every area of interest, plus ebooks and my new discovery, audiobooks. I love audiobooks when I'm at work and am currently majoring on #TheRiversOfLondon

Some photos of Central Park on December 27, 2025 after a fresh snowfall: #photography #CentralPark

Cowboys fans will love CeeDee Lamb's description of Week 14 clash vs. Lions https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/dallas-cowboys/news/cowboys-fans-will-love-ceedee-lambs-description-week-14-cl…

NFL Week 18 picks: Upset and score predictions, matchup breakdowns for every game https://www.nfl.com/news/nfl-picks-week-18-2025-nfl-season

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.

Neither Deque nor accessiBe appears to have met its promise / goal of 100% WCAG coverage by the end of 2025.
Granted, accessiBe scrubbed that date years ago, before the FTC fined it for false claims about ‘AI’.
Yet both still promote ‘AI’ solutions.
https://adria…

you don't have to be healed to begin — https://www.brichapman.com/p/you-dont-have-to-be-healed-to-begin?utm_source=bri-mastodon&utm_medium=social

Healing Through, Not Before: You Don’t Have to Be Whole to Begin
You don’t have to be healed to be worthy. Healing isn’t a finish line — it’s something you do through love, work, and living in the world as it is.

Auch 2026 geht meine Beschäftigung mit dem Marchfeld weiter - noch zum Ausklang des letzten Jahrs konnte ich mein Nachwort zum Europa Erlesen Marchfeld-Band in einer leicht erweiterten Form als Gastbeitrag in Wolfgang Schmales Blog "Mein Europa" nun auch einem digital lesenden Publikum zur Verfügung stellen - vielen Dank für diese Möglichkeit!

Europa Erlesen: Marchfeld - Wolfgang Schmale
Schlachtfeld und Kornkammer – so lauten die gängigen Klischees über jene Region, die zuweilen als Kernland Österreichs betrachtet wird, in der Alltagswahrnehmung der meisten Bewohner*innen der Alpenrepublik aber als langweilig und öd abgestempelt wird. Jedoch: Theodor W. Adorno, Ingeborg Bachmann, Paul Celan, Jeannie Ebner und andere waren fasziniert von einer Landschaft, die mit ihren Sanddünen und Steppen die Weiten Asiens beschwor und in der 1927 das erste Naturschutzgebiet Österreic…

Wszystko Wam dzisiaj działa? Ja mam dzisiaj pierwszy #TangoDown, a jest nim aplikacja do sterowania pompą ciepła #AristonNET. Przełom roku to często okres, w którym liczniki w kodzie nie ogarniają, że po 31 grudnia 2025 jest 1 stycznia 2026, a nie 32 grudnia lub inny krzak (przepełnienie bufo…

Sachsen-Anhalt führte ein neues Gesetz ein, das Standortgemeinden stärker an Erlösen aus #Photovoltaik- und #Windkraftanlagen beteiligt.
Seit 1. Oktober 2025 müssen Betreiber jährlich mindestens 2.500 Euro pro Megawatt an die Kommune zahlen. Möglich sind auch

Sachsen-Anhalt beschließt Akzeptanz- und Beteiligungsgesetz für Windkraft und Photovoltaik
Ab dem 1. Oktober müssen Betreiber von Photovoltaik-Freiflächenanlagen jährlich mindestens 2500 Euro je Megawatt an die Standortgemeinde abführen. Repowering-Anlagen sind ebenfalls betroffen. Die Beteiligung kann auch durch Bürgerstromtarife erfolgen.

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.

:dbh_akedeto:

Faux drapeaux et vrais cons | http://lavoiedelepee.blogspot.com/2025/12/faux-drapeaux-et-vrais-cons.html

Faux drapeaux et vrais cons
La Russie n’a pas inventé le principe de l’opération « sous faux drapeau » (OFD), un acte malveillant que l’on commet discrètement soi-même ...

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.

@… thank you!

Flow Lines, December 2025.

💋 3Duino helps you rapidly create interactive 3D-printed devices
https://blog.arduino.cc/2025/12/03/3duino-helps-you-rapidly-create-interactive-3d-printed-devices/

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…

#HappyNewYear I just went through the refrigerator and pantry and threw out the remaining Christmas candy that I was eating “because it’s Christmas”, and anything that was never going to be eaten (why do I have a bottle of “black and raspberry” vinegar?) or well past its best by date. The trash bin now smells like 2022 pickles….

Trump is recruiting a massive GOON SQUAD of racist NRA members... with taxpayer money.
Because the courts won't let him use the National Guard.
☑️ ICE plans $100 million recruitment push targeting gun shows, military fans - The Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.co…

ICE plans $100 million ‘wartime recruitment’ push targeting gun shows, military fans for hires
An internal ICE document shared among immigration officials details plans to use influencers and geo-targeted ads to rapidly hire thousands of deportation officers.

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

"New Eco-Friendly Tech Eliminates ‘Forever Chemicals’ With Record-Breaking Speed–And it’s Reusable"
#PFAS #ForeverChemicals

New Eco-Friendly Tech Eliminates ‘Forever Chemicals’ With Record-Breaking Speed–And it’s Reusable
Researchers invented an eco-friendly way to capture—and destroy—toxic forever chemicals in water (PFAS) 1,000x better than current methods.

trans women need to stop wearing hot topic and amazon basics and start weaving and sewing their own garments, forming an original culture of visual symbolism and pattern akin to many women in ancient societies

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/

Silvester, 20:15 Uhr, Hamburg. Die Knallerei draußen hat ein Ausmaß erreicht, wie ich es mir für Mitternacht wünschen würde*. Aber wenn ich schon Geknalle hören muss, dann dürften ein paar mehr Raketen dabei sein.
* Also, wenn es überhaupt sein muss. Ich bleibe #TeamBöllerVerbot, logisch.

💔 Les survivants d’OKC ont surmonté des défis incroyables. Ensemble, luttons pour leur droit Š la justice. Rejoignez-nous pour mettre fin Š l'impunité. 🙏 👉 https://chardonsbleus.org/

Association Chardons Bleus - Un combat contre la dérive sectaire OKC depuis 27 ans
l'Association Chardons Bleus réunit des victimes-survivants parties civiles dans l'affaire OKC en France après 10 ans de bataille judiciaire en Belgique

Chiefs vs. Raiders 2025 Prediction, Odds, Picks https://www.foxsports.com/articles/nfl/chiefs-vs-raiders-2025-prediction-odds-picks-jan-4

Frohes neues Jahr euch allen! Möge es ... werden ...

Papal handshake? Malort and Old Style.

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

Cookies & creams & coffees & memes

We’ll all be better off for this. Thanks @… !
https://www.threads.com/@evanprodromou/post/DS6GRm6EZ12

Evan Prodromou (@evanprodromou) on Threads
In 2026, I'm going full time on the Social Web https://evanp.me/2025/12/30/working-full-time-on-the-social-web/

Thread of videos from @betaworks.com Demo Day last month, focused on new interfaces for computing enabled by or used for LLMs.
[contains quote post or other embedded content] https://bsky.app/profile/bmann.ca/post/3m7h2osvsy22u

Boris (@bmann.ca)
Thread of videos from @betaworks.com Demo Day last month, focused on new interfaces for computing enabled by or used for LLMs. [contains quote post or other embedded content]

16WW Energy Series Dataset - Data series of electricity and gas and other energy generation and use. #energy #microgen #dataset -

16WW Energy Series Dataset
Data series of electricity and gas and other energy generation and use. #energy #microgen #dataset

/me refreshes @… every 5 minutes to see if "Your Year In Music 2025" has been posted yet.
#music

My 2025 walking wrapped… Ending the year just shy of five million steps!

Kiitos toivon hetkistä rakkaat kanssakulkijat ! Toivottavasti tuleva on rauhallisempi kuin kohta päättyvä.
Vuoden viimeinen lasku
#uusivuosi

Jeg ved ikke helt, hvor ofte jeg egentlig griber ud efter anus, men det må have været nok til at lave en playliste over.

Downloading my forever copy of The Pizza Boy, He Delivers

Series A, Episode 13 - Orac
TRAVIS: Right. [They go down some steps into a tunnel. Travis looks around.]
SERVALAN: Travis!
TRAVIS: Huh?
SERVALAN: It's this way. [They walk through wet tunnels, there are loud breathing sounds in the background.]
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/113/94<…

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #AfternoonShow
The Coup:
🎵 The Guillotine
#TheCoup
https://undarealradioshowthemixtape.bandcamp.com/track/12-the-coup-the-guillotine
https://open.spotify.com/track/0sAfPM3pfs0tdKwyGrwZHh

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 post from the archive 📫:
Using Visual Studio to search objects in a memory dump
https://www.poppastring.com/blog/using-visual-studio-to-search-objects-in-a-memory-dump

Immer noch dröhnen die zwei Sätze der Regierung Netanjahu in meinen Ohren:
"Wir werden die #Hamas ausrotten."
und
"Jeder Palästinenser ist potenziell Mitglied der Hamas."
Es ist genau das, was jetzt immer noch in der nassen, kalten Hölle des #Gaza - Streifens insz…

At Falls Creek in the Victorian Alps, a backyard ultra is under way. 129 runners set off at 6pm last night as the temperature dropped to 5C and fog closed in. The rules: complete a lap of the course, 6.71km with 200m of climbing every hour. Stop when you can’t do another lap. #trailrunning #ultrarunning

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

Cowboys' CeeDee Lamb has perfect way in dealing with his drop issues https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/dallas-cowboys/news/cowboys-ceedee-lamb-has-perfect-way-dealing-his-drop-issues/1b6c0d049bc536a4…

NFL Week 18 injury report: Player statuses for all 16 games https://www.nfl.com/news/nfl-week-18-injury-report-player-statuses-for-all-16-games

There are many, many kinds of faux insurance products out there.
There’s short-term plans.
But more importantly, there’s also a thing called
❌ "healthcare sharing ministries",
which many people are critical of because they pose as insurance products,
when they’re really not there.
They promise a network of doctors and that you can access that network,
but often they don’t cover drugs.
Those doctors may or may not really participa…

Over 20M Americans Set to Lose Healthcare Coverage Jan. 1 After Congress Goes on Recess
Tens of millions of Americans are set to see their health insurance costs soar when subsidies under the Affordable Care Act expire at the end of this year. Health insurance premiums are expected to more than double or even triple for some 20 million people, pricing many out of healthcare coverage entirely. “We’ve done nothing as a country to control healthcare costs,” says Elisabeth Benjamin, vice president of health initiatives at the Community Service Society of New York and member of N…

J'espères bien que non https://www.lemonde.fr/politique/article/2025/12/28/jordan-bardella-peut-gagner-a-ma-place-l-election-presidentielle-assure-marine-le-pen_6659649_823448.html

Jordan Bardella « peut gagner à ma place » l’élection présidentielle de 2027, assure Marine Le Pen
« Les idées vont survivre, l’avenir de la France est assuré », a déclaré la triple candidate du parti d’extrême droite, qui sera jugée en appel du 13 janvier au 12 février dans l’affaire des assistants parlementaires européens du FN.

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 Nummern von 2025 - auf dass twoday alle Oligarchen-Anwendungen überlebe! https://adresscomptoir.twoday.net/stories/1022710034/

Beginning January 2026, all ACM publications and related artifacts in the ACM Digital Library will be made #OpenAccess.
https://dl.acm.org/openaccess

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/

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

The baby from the Triumph the Insult Comic Dog at the Star Wars Attack of the Clones premiere sketch... is now 23 years old. 😁
Man, I need to retire.
▶️ Triumph Attends The Premiere Of "Star Wars: Attack Of The Clones" | Late Night with Conan O'Brien
https://youtube.com/watch?v=YKT…

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

As @coreyspowell.bsky.social has written;
NASA is sending the OSIRIS-APEX mission to Apophis.
It is already in the sky and will arrive just after the 2029 flyby.
Trump and those with him tried to illegally shut down OSIRIS-APEX in 2025 May.
Members of Congress intervened to keep it going.
h…

"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.

How to Watch Raiders vs. Chiefs: Time, TV Channel and Live Stream https://www.foxsports.com/articles/nfl/how-to-watch-raiders-vs-chiefs-time-tv-channel-and-live-stream-2025-week-18

📊 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/

Pomyślności w Nowym Roku Wam życzę! :)

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #AfternoonShow
Foreigner:
🎵 Cold as Ice
#Foreigner
https://skylyne.bandcamp.com/track/foreigner-cold-as-ice-skylyne-remix
https://open.spotify.com/track/3iM9wFGlyR28IBZrXYZK9j

La Russie déclenche une spoliation massive des Ukrainiens dans les zones occupées
https://www.lemonde.fr/article-offert/7d260343de35-6660330/moscou-declenche-une-spoliation-massive-des-ukrainiens-dans-l…

La Russie déclenche une spoliation massive des Ukrainiens dans les zones occupées
Une loi signée par Vladimir Poutine, le 15 décembre 2025, encourage l’expropriation à grande échelle des propriétaires de biens immobiliers dans les zones occupées par l’armée russe. Kiev dénonce un « remplacement de population ».

Cowboys vs. Giants 2025 Prediction, Odds, Picks https://www.foxsports.com/articles/nfl/cowboys-vs-giants-2025-prediction-odds-picks-jan-4

Solange die USA nur irgendwo in der sogenannten „Dritten Welt“ Diktaturen stützten und demokratisch gewählte „sozialistische“¹ Staatschefs wegputschten, waren sie die Guten™. Aber wenn jetzt auch Europa seine Vorzugs­behandlung verliert, das geht nun wirklich nicht…²
__
¹aka den amerikanischen Firmen nicht in den Arsch kriechende
²Um das klar zu sagen: Faschismus ist überall schlecht
#pol

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.

A wonderful documentary about the Amazing Randi, magician, skeptic & debunker of charlatans & frauds.
(And the intro features clips of him walking about the famous Magic Castle in Hollywood where video is disallowed!)
▶️ "An Honest Liar"
https://youtu.be/Q3b-q9W0AJw?si=f1SISR

Week 18 odds: Panthers underdogs to Buccaneers https://www.espn.com/espn/betting/story/_/id/47445049/2025-nfl-week-18-schedule-betting-odds-lines-point-spreads-preview

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.

Ashton Jeanty: 'Just got to keep working' https://www.raiders.com/video/ashton-jeanty-nfl-week-18-chiefs-2025

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #AfternoonShow
The Dismemberment Plan:
🎵 The Ice of Boston
#TheDismembermentPlan
https://open.spotify.com/track/2HgZBNeDPWBcIEFtqnYPgR

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

Live TV in Los Angeles is the best.
(from a couple hours ago on KTLA5)
#LosAngeles #Trump #foxtrotdeltatango

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

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #AfternoonShow
Maria Somerville:
🎵 Up (Fatshaudi remix)
#MariaSomerville
https://mariasomerville.bandcamp.com/track/up-fatshaudi-remix
https://open.spotify.com/track/2wV1uRfTiVm2nHLBi53535

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

Jeff Pearlman lists the 5 nicest guys & 5 biggest jerks in his history as an #MLB beat writer.
▫️Ranking Of The Five Nicest Ballplayers I Had The Pleasure Of Covering
https://youtube.com/shorts/A9cdPeeaC1I

The Playbook: Shadow Reports, lineup locks and projected scores for Week 18 https://www.espn.com/fantasy/football/story/_/id/47453242/nfl-fantasy-football-2025-ultimate-playbook-pro…

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #AfternoonShow
Anna Of The North:
🎵 No One Knows You Better
#AnnaOfTheNorth
https://open.spotify.com/track/3fjAa5k59rQdJrncLwipmn

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

NFL Week 18 confidence picks: Steelers and Giants can pull off upsets https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6931185/2025/12/31/nfl-week-18-confidence-picks-steelers-giants-upsets/

Bitcoin has fallen to ~$78K, down ~7% in 24 hours, over 12% in the past week, and down ~37% since its ATH in Oct. 2025; Ethereum dropped ~18% in the past week (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-31/bitcoi…

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #AfternoonShow
Peter Bjorn and John:
🎵 Amsterdam
#PeterBjornandJohn
https://open.spotify.com/track/4xj5OL6pyQTOsDRewbO5zv

Packers' QB situation uncertain as Jordan Love practices, Desmond Ridder added https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6932287/2025/12/31/packers-quarterback-jordan-love-malik-willis-desmond-ridder/

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #AfternoonShow
Gordon Voidwell:
🎵 Ivy League Circus
#GordonVoidwell
https://open.spotify.com/track/62oTaxSzsiEUyC32zkLLQT

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-

Agent's Take: George Pickens, Breece Hall and others cashing in during contract years

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/agent-take-george-pickens-breece-hal…