2025-12-09 14:19:15
Stripe and Paradigm launch a public trial for their blockchain project Tempo, targeting real-world stablecoin payments, with Kalshi and UBS as new partners (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20…
hot take: they should build a lot of commie blocks in the UK
Forscher zeigen: KIs können Menschen – unbemerkt – von politischen Meinungen überzeugen. Ein Algorithmus, der dich „sanft“ in Richtung einer Wahlentscheidung schiebt. Kein Sci-Fi, sondern Gegenwart. Die Demokratie steht auf Debug. #zeitonline #KI
"5 unexpected animal behaviors we learned about in 2025"
#Animals
https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/01/5-unexpecte…
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #DriveTime
The Flaming Lips:
🎵 There Should Be Unicorns
#TheFlamingLips
https://open.spotify.com/track/185G73opbVSwYg8AUxZU3L
Finally finished a "migrate a bunch of scripts from python2 to python3" task that's been in my todo list for, ah, a few years.
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/
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://
Future of Privacy Forum Appoints Matthew Reisman as Vice President of U.S. Policy
https://fpf.org/press-releases/future-of-privacy-forum-appoints-matthew-reisman-as-vice-president-of-u-s-policy/
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 @…
Vuelve Inori ⛸️ 👀
Medalist Temporada 2 PV
Se estrena el 24 de enero de 2026.
#anime #medalist #animation
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…
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
Kostenvermeidung durch Bauen ist das eine, Miet-/Neben-Kostenfehler das andere.
September 2025 #dresden
https://video.dresden.network/w/exQwWwTpAtcGMi1fJsd9cY
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…
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
Jerry Jones Reflects on 2025 Season | Dallas Cowboys 2026 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJn9PoBhZKg
New cases of syphilis in Alberta drop after introduction of rapid testing with immediate treatment:
https://www.ualberta.ca/en/folio/2025/12/new-cases-syphilis-in-alberta-drop-after-introduction-of-rapid-testing-immediate-treatment.html
What is the GÉANT Emerging NREN Programme (ENP) really like?
During #TNC25, we spoke with 2025 participants and asked them to share their stories in their own words.
The video below captures what the programme is really about.
Hear from the ENP Programme Manager Luis Martin Flores, and participants Joy Otuya (KENET), Rajan Parajuli (NREN), Caroline Namuddu (RENU), and Isaac Ainamaa…
Research Experience for Undergrads (#REU) at Georgia Tech School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences! ⚒️🧪
Geosciences, #planetary science, atmospheric sciences, #oceanography,
Saving Electricity (2025) - Meter readings at home #defossilisation #fossilFree - https://m.earth.org.uk/saving-electr…
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
Seagull rides close to the water off the New Hampshire seacoast
#photo #photography #birds #ocean
‼️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.
From The Maple
How did labour fare in 2025?
In many respects, last year was a mixed bag for workers and unions in Canada. Though union wage gains were relatively healthy, the overall economy continued to cool with unemployment creeping up and many workers still feeling the cost-of-living crunch.
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.
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
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…
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…
Berliner Datenschutz: KI-Chatbots sorgen für eine Beschwerdeflut | heise online
https://heise.de/-11129387
“The hot new thing right now is to be a Christian nationalist,”
says Dan McClellan
“And I think a lot of people are jumping at the opportunity to get on board this attempt to take over the government on the part of Christians.
And unfortunately, it means hurting an awful lot of people along the way.”
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
:dbh_akedeto:
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/
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.
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
Hey... it's snowing again... what a surprise.
Our first winter in Barrie has been eventful as we've now gone 12 days with 2cm or more snow accumulation per day, and had a streak broken yesterday of 10 straight days of heavy snow / snow squall warnings.
According to local media the 2025 November/December snowfall amount is the highest in 25 years. Based on my substantial lack of meteorological knowledge I am predicting less snow than normal for the rest of the winter. The lakes are cooling quickly and icing over due to the colder than normal temperatures. That should reduce the lake effect snow squalls coming off of Georgian Bay. (Delivered in my Cliff Clavin voice).
#Snowmageddon #IceAge
@… thank you!
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
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
#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….
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 …
Geno Smith Gets Jets, Dolphins Take Amid Raiders Release News https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/las-vegas-raiders/geno-smith-jets-dolphins-release-news/
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
I'll be the epicenter whether I want to or not
2016: Figma auto-saves your work.
2026: Figma auto-steals your work.
Figma admins, take a look at the setting that Figma silently opted your entire team into, and think about whether the labor of your designers should be handed away for free, just so Figma can turn around and pitch AI powered layout creation to product managers.
Nach vier Tagen #39c3: Was gab's außerhalb davon? Ich habe original nichts weiter wahrgenommen.
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…
RE: https://hachyderm.io/@jzb/115797705935538268
Read this, @… ? Sounds as if it might be your thing,
Ja wen hattenwer denn da. 🤩
#birds
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
Sand dunes near the south end of Hampton Beach State Park
#photo #photography #beach #ocean
"Northumberland nature recovery project takes shape with biggest land sale in 30 years"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Northumberland
Cookies & creams & coffees & memes
Richie Hawtin - Church Rave - Toronto, Canada 19.07.2025
Mix recorded on MODEL 1 at Church Rave - Toronto, Canada 19.07.2025 Sound Mastering by Konstantinos Georgiou aka Kostas Richter
https://on.soundcloud.com/IISYH3FpTE3TFEnB1f
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
Patriots RB Rhamondre Stevenson, Rams QB Matthew Stafford highlight Players of the Week https://www.nfl.com/news/players-of-the-week-2025-week-18-rhamondre-stevenson-matthew-stafford
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
Sources: Nvidia has struggled to monetize its Omniverse software and the company shuttered the Omniverse Cloud service in August 2025 due to lack of demand (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/nvidias-big-ambitions…
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 Pro wild card preview: Critical insights on all 6 games https://www.nfl.com/news/nfl-pro-wild-card-preview-critical-insights-on-all-6-games
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
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…
Beginning January 2026, all ACM publications and related artifacts in the ACM Digital Library will be made #OpenAccess.
https://dl.acm.org/openaccess
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…
Trump says Venezuela stole U.S. oil, land and assets.
But U.S. companies never owned oil or land in Venezuela, home to the world’s largest proven reserves of crude,
and officials didn’t kick them out of the country.
“Trump’s claim that Venezuela has stolen oil and land from the U.S. is baseless,”
said Francisco Rodríguez, a Venezuelan economist at the University of Denver
Here’s the history.
ESPN places Cowboys' top 2 picks on All-Rookie team for 2025 https://cowboyswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/cowboys/2025/12/30/tyler-booker-donovan-ezeiruaku-named-to-espns-2025-all-rookie-t…
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
Ist Good Night WhiteDate eigentlich irgendwo in der Presse berichtet worden? #39c3
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
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…
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…
"Australian State Secures Federal Support to Achieve 100% Net Renewables Goal by 2027"
#Australia #Energy #Renewables
Colts GM Chris Ballard believes QB Daniel Jones has 'bright future' in Indianapolis https://www.nfl.com/news/colts-gm-chris-ballard-believes-qb-daniel-jones-has-bright-future-in-indianapolis
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
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…
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
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
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
"Iceland has hottest Christmas Eve ever with temperature of 19.8C recorded"
#Iceland #Climate #ClimateChange
NFL coach movement intel on every team: What we're hearing on possible changes, rising candidates https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47515440/2025-nfl-coach-coordinator-hiring-firing-candidates-intel-buzz-32-teams…
📊 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
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
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
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)
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
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-
The Pope, the Super Bowl and YouTube influencers: The wildest sports bets in 2025 https://www.espn.com/espn/betting/story/_/id/47444724/2025-betting-wildest-bets-nfl-cfb-nba-mlb-golf-boxing