2025-10-29 02:15:08
✨ Celebrating a decade of "users-asking-Mozilla-to-not-do-awful-things-yet-they-do-exactly-that" ✨
✨ Celebrating a decade of "users-asking-Mozilla-to-not-do-awful-things-yet-they-do-exactly-that" ✨
To people who didn’t vote for Trump, his sweaty panic over the Epstein files is perplexing.
The president’s enthusiasm for sexual violence is no secret.
It’s been nine years since the release of the “Access Hollywood” video, in which he bragged about how he liked to “grab them by” the genitals.
In 2023 and 2024, two civil juries found that journalist E. Jean Carroll told the truth when she said Trump sexually assaulted her in the 1990s.
The president has also made …
39C3: Vom interessanten Rechtsverständnis des "Wurstkönigs" bei Palantir & mehr
Constanze Kurz und Franziska Görlitz warnen vor dem Einsatz von Palantir bei der Polizei. Damit seien Grundrechte in Gefahr.
Streaming metrics underwent a rethink in 2025, as Netflix and Disney pivoted away from subscriber numbers to revenue per user, engagement, and other metrics (Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2025/12/streaming-report-card-2025-1236651338/
Milan-based Bending Spoons, which buys and seeks to revitalize tech brands like AOL, raised $710M led by T. Rowe Price at an $11B pre-money valuation (Sara Fischer/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/10/30/bending-spoons-aol-billion
Schade, dass dieser Offene Brief an Merz die #DigitaleGewalt nur im Netz erwähnt, aber nicht die, die in (Ex-)Partnerschaften stattfindet. Die digitale Seite der 'häuslichen Gewalt'.
Manipulation, Kontrolle, Kameras, Mikros, Zugriff auf Accounts, Chats, usw.
Das darf nicht immer übersehen werden.
Wir sind die Töchter - 10 Forderungen an Friedrich Merz für unsere …
Hey everyone,
@…, @…, and I were able to carry out two verification calls today (out of the four scheduled) and we’d like to welcome two new members to Gaza Verified.
They are:
• Tahani and her family (
Has anyone watched 10 Cloverfield Lane?
What did I just watch…. lol
Recommend.
#movies
Me: signing up for con.racket-lang.org next week.
EventBrite: "Racket sounds just like, uh, Raclette. Wouldn't you like to attend the Swiss Society's Raclette event?"
(To be fair, if I lived in Boston I might well go to a raclette event. Better than fondue!)
Wie ich Ende 2025 arbeite (Client) – #technik
#Bliuejays - Stay with Bassitt!
Explosions reportedly rock Russia's Khanskaya military airfield: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/29/explosions-reportedly-rock-russias-khanskaya.html
Ich verlinke hier den offenen Brief der Frauen gegen Merz, damit dieser Brief (der Brief selbst und nicht die Diskussion darüber) mal verlinkt wird:
offener Brief der Frauen gegen März
Es wirkt so hilflos. Allein schon deshalb weil es die übergroße Zahl der Frauen und der Menschen überhaupt nicht erreicht (erreicht im Sinne von als Text zum lesen vor die Augen gelangt).
Ein SocialMedia-erst-ab-16-Gesetz ist wie ein Abtreibung-erst-ab-16-Gesetz: Es würde bedeuten, dass auch eine 40-jaehrige Frau zunächst nachweisen muss älter als 16 zu sein, um einen Routine-Termin beim/bei der Gyn zu bekommen.
ライトユーザーだと、マストドン公式アプリ使ってる人が多いよね。
WebUIがアプリ並み(あるいはそれ以上)の機能を持っているということは知らないし、特に必要だと思ってない。
サードパーティーアプリが使えるということも、考えたこともない。
50 years ago tonight, the jerry garcia band in #nyc at the beacon theatre, early & late shows, with opening sets by both the rowan bros. & the good old boys (feat. david nelson). with a few originals & new covers, the band is feeling more complete, especially in the early show. fall ’75, show #7. audience tape:
I tried out a self-hosted Kanban app called kan.bn and it's okay but I'm going to keep looking for other solutions...
https://rasterweb.net/raster/2025/12/28/kan-bn-kanban-board/
Realtime berekening van de restzetels.
Echt cool.
https://wiekrijgtderestzetel.nl/?year=2025
@… yo do you think you could fix a discord bug where if your connection changes, discord pretends that your screenshare is up but it's actually down? this is legit destroying my relationships
We're seeing The Running Man at 10pm tonight. hahaha
Debian Hint #22: Wondering which Debian mirror is best for you? Check out
the apt-spy and netselect-apt packages, which can give you information
about how various mirror sites perform.
Anzahl der neuen #Windkraftanlagen je #Bundesland in #Deutschland im Jahr 2025 mit Stand vom 28.10.2025.
Die "Ausschließliche Wirtschaftszone" bedeutet
Get comfortable cuz this is gonna take a while.
☑️ Daniel Dale Counts Down Donald Trump's 'Top 25 Lies of 2025'
https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/cnns-daniel-dale-counts-down-donald-trumps-top-25-lies-of-2025/…
And sometimes, once in a while, our stubborn •remembering• and our stubborn •living• will meet an opening where can push for peace.
When that happens, we push. We push with all our might.
for whatever I do in the future as open source I'll use "woke" as name for the main branch
like seriously, if you run an open source project, consider inclusive branch names, including ones that make fun of fucking nazis
39C3: Digital Independence Day – CCC-Sprecher über Weg raus aus Big Tech
Auf dem Hackerkongress 39C3 wurde der Digital Independence Day ausgerufen. Warum und was das bedeutet, erklärt CCC-Sprecher Linus Neumann im Interview.
Palantir sues two ex-employees now working at Percepta, an "AI transformation company" launched by General Catalyst, and alleges deception and stolen documents (Dan Primack/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/10/30/ai-palantir-general-catalyst-lawsuit…
Beim #39c3 wurden gerade mehrere Nazi-Dating-Websites live gelöscht, das war durchaus spektakulär.
Vorher waren die Daten runtergezogen und Recherchen über die Betreiberin angestellt worden.
Infos dazu:
Please help Nouran and her family if you can.
They need your help to cover their everyday needs as Israel’s genocide and famine continues to ravage Gaza.
💕
#Gaza #GazaVerified #fediAid …
C'mon #Bluejays give Bassitt a couple of innings here.
Kommunikationswerkzeuge und Messenger Ende 2025 – https://www.deimeke.net/dirk/blog/index.php?/archives/4462-Kommunikationswerkzeuge-und-Messenger-Ende-2025.html
Rural America is often talked about as if it’s one place with one story. It isn’t.
Rural demographers break down 6 commonly-held myths about rural America, and why getting them wrong has real consequences
@…
Batal Bigvava, commander of Russia’s 'Pyatnashka' assault company, killed in Ukraine: https://benborges.xyz/2025/09/30/batal-bigvava-commander-of-russias.html
Ein SocialMedia-erst-ab-16-Gesetz ist wie ein Abtreibung-erst-ab-16-Gesetz: Es würde bedeuten, dass auch eine 40-jaehrige Frau zunächst nachweisen muss älter als 16 zu sein, um einen Routine-Termin beim/bei der Gyn zu bekommen.
まぁ、招待URLでも貼っておきましょうか……
QT: https://fedibird.com/@noellabo/115285536695435253
chat, have you ever used a SOIC clip and not regretted it?
Spotify says founder Daniel Ek will become Executive Chairman effective January 1, 2026, replaced by CPTO Gustav Söderström and CBO Alex Norström as co-CEOs (Spotify)
https://newsroom.spotify.com/2025-09-30/spotify-announcement-daniel-ek-executive-c…
Mediocrity finds safety in standardization.
-- Frederick Crane
🍮 Wissen zum Nachtisch: 🍨
Retröt: Achtung: Weit verbreitetes Problem: #Bioplastik-Tüten gehören nicht in die #Biotonne! 🌱
#Kompostieranlagen können diese Materialien nicht voll…
Nothing's new Lock Glimpse feature on the Phone (3a) Lite shows a rotating selection of wallpapers that link to clickbait articles from a company called Vilykke (Ben Schoon/9to5Google)
https://9to5google.com/2025/10/30/nothing-lock-screen-ads-sketchy/
Ukrainian military: Russian forces encircled near Dobropillya after overconfident push: https://benborges.xyz/2025/09/30/ukrainian-military-russian-forces-encircled.html
あなたがいれば
泣けるほどしあわせになる
Maj Gen Ronald Burkett, the director of operations for the #Pentagon’s #NationalGuard bureau, signed a memo requiring most states to train 500 national members for a quick reaction force
-- with a total of 23,500 troops nationwide
San Francisco isn't what it used to be, and it never was.
-- Herb Caen
Apple TV 4K: Kommt ein neues Modell noch dieses Jahr?
Eigentlich ist Apples Pipeline für 2025 bereits gut gefüllt. Doch Zubehörartikel könnte es noch geben – etwa ein neues Apple TV 4K. Was könnte kommen?
https://www.…
@… what would be involved in adding support for Rigol MHO900 (and MHO98 by extension I think) to ngscopeclient? I'm willing to pay a reasonable amount for it even (but I don't want to write ngscopeclient C ...)
#vereinfachteSprache
#Kippelemente sind empfindliche Teile des #Klimasystems, die durch kleine Veränderungen kippen und große Probleme verursachen können. Wenn ein
Q&A with Palantir CTO Shyam Sankar on surveillance, AI, the future of war, data, privacy, the US military, ImmigrationOS, the DHS, ICE, the UK's IDs, and more (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/opinion/palantir-shyam-sankar-military.htm…
Things that I will never understand: going through life as a racist bigot asshole.
The sheer energy spent on thinking in every decision and in every human interaction whether you need to be hateful or not and how this hate should manifest.
Not being niedlich.
#39c3
Ukrainian specialists join Danish forces for counter-drone drills amid airspace violations: https://benborges.xyz/2025/09/30/ukrainian-specialists-join-danish-forces.html
mstdn.jpは画像あがんないし、pawoo.netはつながんないし、どうなってんのこれ
In style, as in life, timing is everything:
Brigitte Bardot became the poster girl for that sweet spot of postwar France in which the storied heritage of Gallic culture was electrified by the Bohemian spirit of Paris in the 1950s and 60s.
https://www.…
#SteadySupporter
Ein neues KI-Modell des #AWI soll helfen, den globalen #Kohlenstoffkreislauf besser zu verstehen – von den tropischen
Google partners with Reliance to offer free AI Pro access to Jio 5G users in India for 18 months; Perplexity has a similar deal with Bharti Airtel (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/30/goog
Petition that git should ship an update that makes it impossible to create new repositories with a "master" branch or new branches called "master" in existing repositories
US to cut some troops on NATO's eastern flank, Romania says: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/29/us-to-cut-some-troops.html
ふっかつしてた!!
Crypto promoters saw Trump as their savior. Then reality set in
Trump has called for relaxing regulations on crypto...
So why are crypto prices plummeting?
https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2025-11-28/the-crypt…
An interview with Google DeepMind Nobel laureate John Jumper on the creative "off-label" uses for AlphaFold, combining AlphaFold's power with LLMs, and more (Will Douglas Heaven/MIT Technology Review)
https://www.technologyrev…
'They are looking for a pretext' — Zelensky denies drone attack on Putin's residence: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/29/they-are-looking-for-a.html
じゃーぱねっと
じゃーぱねっと〜
502 じゃぱねっと ダメだ
:mastodon_oops:
Firearms have been the leading cause of death for Gen Z since 2017,
when the youngest zoomers were kindergarten age and the oldest could not yet legally drink alcohol.
Since 2013, when the last of Gen Z turned 1, more than 64,000 zoomers have been killed by firearms
https://www.the…
Samsung, up 125%, and SK Hynix, up 268%, accounted for nearly half of the 76% gain in South Korea's Kospi, the world's best-performing major stock index in 2025 (Youkyung Lee/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20
Is there an AI that hides anything from awful people
Belgorod dam strike triggers flooding that could stall Russian advance near Vovchansk, analyst says: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/29/belgorod-dam-strike-triggers-flooding.html
おはようございます(もう寝なきゃ)
Driven by the AI boom, chipmakers posted $400B in sales in 2025; FactSet projects revenue for Nvidia, Intel, Broadcom, AMD, and Qualcomm to reach $538B in 2026 (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/…
tbf with some patience, I'd expect these to show up for cheap on ebay next year as people who got one loose interest & want to get some of their money back with economy being hosed and all
😱 Old IDEAS in a NEW wrapper: PUTIN threatens with NUCLEAR WEAPONS #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/30/old-ideas-in-a-new.html
美味なる物には音がある
Shares of Insilico rose 45% in their Hong Kong trading debut after the AI drug discovery startup raised $293M in an IPO; Insilico reported $85M in 2024 revenue (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-30/a…
Fedibirdのカスタム絵文字やそれを含むHTMLは画像サイズを返すので、クライアントアプリも含め、あらかじめ画像サイズを知ることができるのでレンダリングが安定するのです。
クライアントのことを考えるの大事。
Core Scientific shareholders vote to reject a $9B takeover bid by CoreWeave that proxy advisers said undervalued the data center company (Dina Bass/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-30/core-scientific-…
Mastodon(Fedibird)からこんにちは
実は自宅サーバー勢でもあったりします。面白そうなのでお邪魔しますー。
@…
Roblox reports Q3 revenue up 48% YoY to $1.36B, DAUs up 70% YoY to 151.5M, above 132.3M est., and bookings up 70% YoY to $1.9B, above $1.7B est. (Cecilia D'Anastasio/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-1…
きみ知ってるかい(いつものやつ)
Sources: Francisco Partners is in talks to acquire Jamf, which provides remote device management tools, taking it private; Jamf has a market cap of ~$1.5B (Milana Vinn/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/francisco-partners-buy-jamf…
Sources: The Bot Company, co-founded by ex-Cruise CEO Kyle Vogt to make AI-powered household robots, is set to raise $250M at a $4B valuation (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-28/cruise-founder…
EV maker Lucid partners with Nvidia to develop a fully autonomous vehicle platform, starting with building more ADAS tech for Lucid's existing Gravity SUV (Kara Carlson/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-…
An analysis of Google TPU v6e vs AMD MI300X vs Nvidia H100/B200: Nvidia achieves a ~5x tokens-per-dollar advantage over TPU v6e and 2x advantage over MI300X (@artificialanlys)
https://x.com/artificialanlys/status/1993878037226557519
Extropic, which says its chips using probabilistic bits can be 10,000x more energy efficient than current AI chips, shares its first chip with some AI labs (Will Knight/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/extropic-aims-to-disrupt-the-data-center-bonanza/…
UMG and Stability AI announce a partnership to develop music creation tools powered by "responsibly" trained AI (Marc Schneider/Billboard)
https://www.billboard.com/pro/umg-stability-ai-partnership-develop-music-creation-tools/
WhatsApp launches passkey-encrypted backups for iOS and Android, letting users encrypt their stored message history using their face, fingerprint, or a code (Jess Weatherbed/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/809842/whatsapp-passkey-chat-backup-encryption…
OpenAI's Sora app adds new features, including "character cameos" to create AI deepfakes of pets, illustrations, and more, clip stitching, and leaderboards (Jess Weatherbed/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/809877/openai-sora-app-character-ca…
Alphabet passed $100B in quarterly revenue for the first time, in Q3; Sundar Pichai says "AI Overviews drive meaningful query growth" and AI Mode has 75M DAUs (Kendra Barnett/Adweek)
https://www.adweek.com/media/google-posts-
Sublime Security, which uses AI agents to protect against phishing and other email threats, raised a $150M Series C, bringing its total funding to $240M (Eduard Kovacs/SecurityWeek)
https://www.securityweek.com/sublime-security-raises-150-millio…
China claims it has completed the first phase of construction of the first underwater data center, which is powered by wind energy and cooled by seawater (Anna Lagos/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/china-dives-in-on-the-worlds-first-wind-p…
OpenAI releases gpt-oss-safeguard, its open-weight reasoning models for safety classification tasks, available in 120B and 20B parameters, under Apache 2.0 (OpenAI)
https://openai.com/index/introducing-gpt-oss-safeguard/
How Jared Kushner and Silver Lake co-CEO Egon Durban brokered the EA takeover using Kushner's deep Saudi Arabia ties; sources: Kushner's firm will own ~5% of EA (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/61cef75e-ceba-43ee-80e3-040756c6154f