Tootfinder

Ukrainian strikes hit high-value targets in occupied Donetsk, Makiivka and Yenakiieve: https://benborges.xyz/2025/09/09/ukrainian-strikes-hit-highvalue-targets.html

Evan Spiegel says Snap is restructuring around small squads of 10 to 15 people to compete better; Snapchat now brings in $700M in ARR from 15M paying users (Connie Loizos/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/08/snap-breaks-into-startup-squads-…

Snap breaks into 'startup squads' as ad revenue stalls | TechCrunch
CEO Evan Spiegel just announced the company is restructuring around small "startup squads" of 10 to 15 people to regain agility against larger competitors.

I suspect that people who use LLMs to write their emails or write their code didn't care much about their emails or their code in the first place.

Spicy body pillow... 😳

KI-Update kompakt: KI auf der IFA, ChatGPT, Gemini-Lernhilfe, World Knowledge
Das "KI-Update" liefert werktäglich eine Zusammenfassung der wichtigsten KI-Entwicklungen.
https://www.

Sweden Will Start Paying U.S. Performers for Neighboring Rights—Here’s What Happened and How to Get Ready
#royalties #MusicianTips

Sweden Will Start Paying U.S. Performers for Neighboring Rights—Here’s What Happened and How to Get Ready
Sweden has confirmed it will pay U.S. performers and labels “equitable-remuneration” (neighboring-rights) royalties for broadcast, communication to the public (e.g., radio/TV), and public performan…

Yeah, that’ll spur foreign investment.
https://newrepublic.com/post/200114/trump-south-korea-foreign-companies-hyundai-ice-raid

i want an adblock ruleset for any HTML element containing an "AI Summary" or the like

If you are using nextcloud as your main file and photo backup (for personal files, not work!), what are you using for organising your photos?
Photoprism? Memories? Something else?
photoprism
NextCloud photos
something else (add in comments)
NextCloud memories

Holy Crap. Today's ride home was insane. My chain came off, had to pull over to fix it, simple, no issue. But then as I had to wait at a stoplight this pickup truck took off when the light turned green and these two bins slide right out the back onto the road! As the bins hit a box of nails explodes and these little nails with orange discs fly everywhere. (Stock photo included because it was such chaos I did not get a photo.)
1/5

Appeals Court Upholds Carroll’s $83 Million Judgment Against Trump
The judges rejected Trump’s argument that the Supreme Court’s decision extending presidential immunity should shield him from liability for defaming the writer E. Jean Carroll.
https://www.

Appeals Court Upholds Carroll’s $83 Million Judgment Against Trump
The judges rejected President Trump’s argument that the Supreme Court’s decision extending presidential immunity should shield him from liability for defaming the writer E. Jean Carroll.

Yeah … Well, er … So’s yer mum!
… wait.

Some French news publishers have signed agreements with unions to redistribute revenue from AI licensing deals to journalists; Le Monde redistributes 25% (Andrew Deck/Nieman Lab)
https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/09/in-france…

Some French publishers are giving AI revenue directly to journalists. Could that ever happen in the U.S.?
Le Monde agreed to give journalists 25% of revenue from licensing deals with OpenAI and Perplexity. Now, other French publishers are following suit.

Misskeyに疲れるようだったら、Fedibirdに来ると良いよ

RIP:
Tom Shipley of the 1960s and 1970s folk-rock duo Brewer & Shipley has died at the age of 84, reports the New York Times. Shipley's death on August 24 was confirmed by his son, Marc, to the paper, though no cause of death was given.
https://youtu.be/dUSKWKFON3k?si=1yYVASbW…

You ask your roommate to buy toilet paper. They show you the receipt as proof. The next morning, when you need toilet paper, the drawer is actually empty. This is because they used an innovative new method called Lean Shopping, where instead of buying the things they just print out a receipt — saving time and money.
This is a story about the social nature of problem framing, and when "high velocity" becomes less productive.

Skipping alignment leads to zero-impact UX
Deliverable artifacts are only a small part of the social system that product development entails. Any "productivity" gained by ignoring that system is an illusion.

‘Partygate,’ a Russian threat and reality TV: What hackers found in Boris Johnson leak
https://san.com/cc/partygate-a-russian-threat-and-reality-tv-what-hackers-found-in-boris-johnson-leak/

‘Partygate,’ a Russian threat and reality TV: What hackers found in Boris Johnson leak
Over 2,000 hacked files tied to ex-U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson have exposed daily diaries, notebook entries and private endeavors.

Vielen Leuten ist es ja so superwichtig, zu verbreiten, Israel würde einen Genozid an den Leuten im Gaza begehen.
Jetzt stelle ich mal die These dagegen, dass Israel keinen Genozid an den Palästinensern begehen kann, weil ein Genozid bereits in der Vergangenheit stattgefunden hat und es gar kein Volk mehr gibt, das einem Genozid zum Opfer fallen könnte.
Es gibt eine Definition des Begriffs Genozid der UN. Für einen Massenmord gibt es das Wort Massenmord. Den Begriff Genozid gibt es …

»npm Packages With 2 Billion Weekly Downloads Hacked in Major Attack:
Aikido Security flagged the largest npm attack ever recorded, with 18 packages like chalk, debug, and ansi-styles hacked to hijack crypto wallets via injected code.«
Good heavens! Another example of how "simple" and popular programming languages are misused to exploit users.
😠

npm Packages With 2 Billion Weekly Downloads Hacked in Major Attack
Follow us on Bluesky, Twitter (X), Mastodon and Facebook at @Hackread

simple-swizzle@0.2.3 is *still* public, active, and in the wild. You can see the malicious code on the code browser: https://www.npmjs.com/package/simple-swizzle/v/0.2.3?activeTab=code
Edit: seeing folks boost this one still but editing to say that it’s been re…

Jährlich genehmigte #Windenergieleistung in #Deutschland mit Stand vom 06.09.2025.
Genehmigt bedeutet noch nicht gebaut oder in Betrieb. Nicht alle Anlagen benötigen eine Genehmigung.
Der Datenbestand enthält ggf. unplausible Datensätze.
👉 Zusatzlesestoff: Was passi…

I am an asshole on the Old People's Social Media:
"I would love to see drivers follow the example set by cyclists, and manage to kill "only" 200 pedestrians per year, instead of 6000."
(these are approximate US figures, for anyone reading from the civilized world.)

Corporate effects of protecting biodiversity comes with price tag, study finds #environment

Corporate effects of protecting biodiversity comes with price tag, study finds
What happens when a national park or conservation area is created next to a business that emits toxic substances into the environment?

from my link log —
GNU autotools mythbuster.
https://autotools.info/
saved 2025-09-02 https://dotat.at/:/SB1WY.html

"Acting, for me, is giving to your co-actors."
—Rajkummar Rao
#acting #coaching #inspiration

Transit funding possibilities dangled in front of us: https://www.gov.ca.gov/2025/09/08/statement-from-governors-office-on-transit-funding/
I hope this is merely to be delayed gratification, rather than an effort to make people forget.

Statement from Governor’s Office on transit funding | Governor of California
State of California

Boetes op 'grof zwerfafval' te laag*?
Maak de boete 'per artikel' of volume, beste gemeenten... 😉
*max boete is €200 die gemeente mag opleggen
#nieuwsuur

Louise Haigh, Dawn Butler, Richard Burgon and Nadia Whittom would all be OK but Labour seems pretty much finished.
Labour MPs must gain 80 nominations by Thursday to stand for deputy leader | Labour | The Guardian
https://www.theguar…

So, in a group I'm in, someone shared a campaign call calling on #Google to stop supporting the #Israel government and end its complicity in war crimes in #Gaza
The platform they're using to share these …

Bill Clinton letter in Epstein 'birthday book' among new files released by House Oversight Committee (Fox News)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/bill-clinton-letter-epstein-birthday-book-among-new-files-released-house-oversight-committee
http://www.memeorandum.com/250908/p154#a250908p154

The fact that a tech summit's primary communications platform is LinkedIn should tell you everything you need to know about its tech credibility: negligible.
Seems to me there's a whole lot of spruiking of bigtech or bigtech-dependent tech. These things are always mostly marketing, making them insufferably yucky to tech folk like me.

And there you have it --- the French Government falls. Macron will either have to try to form a new government, or call an election. #France #EU #Ukraine

Cover-Up review – Laura Poitras’s Seymour Hersh documentary is a thrilling ode to journalism
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oct/08/cover-up-review-laura-poitras-seymour-hersh

#SAP meldet, dass die Beschäftigten ab 2026 nur noch E-Autos als #Firmenwagen bestellen können.
Insbesondere sind Plugin-Hybride ausgeschlossen. Nach meiner Beobachtung kaufen gerade viele Firmen solche Mogelpackungen. Da ist es gut, dass SAP auf

🪧 Opposition to energy transition projects driven by local concerns rather than right-wing populism, finds study
https://phys.org/news/2025-09-opposition-energy-transition-driven-local.html

Opposition to energy transition projects driven by local concerns rather than right-wing populism, finds study
Proposals for new wind power infrastructure frequently face opposition in affected communities. While right-wing populists are often among the opponents, the question remains: are they actually driving these protests?

In schools, it's pretty common to use a "locked-down browser" (eg, during tests) on Chromebooks. I was more surprised to hear from my kid that this also exists on MacOS. How does this work? Does it use Lockdown Mode? How is an app able to enable this, instead of the user?

Eine moderne Uhr, damit man dann solch eine Retro-Anzeige drauf konfigurieren kann 😜

Time For 9 o'clock #HashTagGames hosted by @… Let's play!
#FortuneCookiesForPets

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #ThroughTheNight
Niklas Andersson, Jannica Gustafsson, Hakan Olsson, Franz Berwald, Henrik Blixt, Hans Larsson, Jan-Erik Gustafsson & Maria Johansson:
🎵 Septet in B flat major
https://open.spotify.com/track/4VsldUkGdhsLwVBao2YsFl

@… https://collectedephemera.substack.com

Collected Ephemera | Jay Hinman | Substack
A deep dive into the paper, magazines and marginal collectables I've accumulated over the years, especially 60s & 70s political rabble-rousing, underground music, smut, hippy/biker stuff, postcards and much else. Click to read Collected Ephemera, by Jay Hinman, a Substack publication. Launched 2 hours ago.

¿Y qué fue de la federación en Threads? Parece quw hasta ahí no mšs llegaron. No he visto ninguna nueva información, reportes de avances o planes futuros 🤷🏻‍♂️
#Threads #Meta #Fediverso

These muffins came out deliciously! I used the gram measurements (not the cup measurements) for the whole wheat flour and almond flour, but volume for everything else. Oh, and I added the optional walnuts (left out the chocolate chips though).
https://colormekevin.com/wfpb-banana-nut-muffi…

WFPB Banana Nut Muffins - ColorMeKevin.com
These muffins are a winner! I made these for a group of omnivores and everyone loved them. If you’re looking for a…

'History will not look kindly': Fury as Trump's 'personal army' descends on Chicago - Raw Story
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-chicago-2673971722/

20: with a flower or a plant on it.
#30AlbumCovers

"possible suspects for modern crime stories" by WrongHands: https://wronghands1.com/2025/08/08/possible-suspects-for-modern-crime-stories/ 🙃

I legit think I'm gonna try to calibrate my mindset everyday by watching this video.
#bethegood #kindness

Milei derrotado en comicios legislativos de Buenos Aires ✌️
https://www.dw.com/es/partido-de-milei-pierde-elecciones-legislativas-provinciales-de-buenos-aires/a-73913104?maca=spa-rss-sp-inter-1008-rdf

The raw temperature deal
https://open.substack.com/pub/theclimatebrink/p/the-raw-temperature-deal?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=e4myx
> Temperature records are adjusted for change…

US steps back from joint efforts to combat misinformation, FT reports: https://benborges.xyz/2025/09/09/us-steps-back-from-joint.html

Predoc, which uses AI to automate medical records management, raised $30M seed and Series A led by Base10 Partners, with participation from Northzone and others (Allie Garfinkle/Fortune)
https://fortune.com/2025/09/02/predoc-raises-30-million-t…

Predoc raises $30 million to stop document chasing in healthcare
Predoc—which uses AI to automate medical records management—has raised $30 million in funding, Fortune has exclusively learned.

Groß, größer, Schwedens Solarpark! 🌱 ☀️☀️☀️
Der größte Solarpark des Landes ist jetzt mit voller Leistung am Netz - ein beeindruckendes Projekt, das zeigt, wie Flughafenflächen sinnvoll für die Energiewende genutzt werden können.
Zum Artikel: https://hei…

My wife got herself this 3D version of Lights Out

And yet another day I'm glad I don't write code using JavaScript...

@… 全文検索が死んでる時に、同時に動かなくなっているものがあるかも。
#fedibird_watch #fedibird

Once prided as the ‘people’s slam’, New York’s major tennis tournament now doubles as a lifestyle carnival
where attending is no longer just about watching, but about being seen watching
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/sep

This is so cool, remember having discussion about this back in the 1990s... nice to see this now.
From: @…
https://scicomm.xyz/@mustapipa/115155606071329641

Safe underground carbon storage would only reduce warming by 0.7°C, analysis finds #environment

Safe underground carbon storage would only reduce warming by 0.7°C, analysis finds
For the first time, a study maps safe areas that can practically be used for underground carbon storage, and estimates that using them all would only cut warming by 0.7°C. The result is almost ten times lower than previous estimates of around 6°C, which considered the total global potential for geological storage, including in risky zones, where storing carbon could trigger earthquakes and contaminate drinking water supplies. The researchers say the study shows that geological storage is a sc…

Sky Sports and TNT Sports are significantly increasing their tennis coverage, seeking to capitalize on female viewers, who make up 50% of tennis audiences (Matt Hughes/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/sep/06/tennis-sky-sports-b…

The Nepalese government lifts its social media ban after local media reported 19 deaths in clashes over anti-government demonstrations sparked by the ban (Gopal Sharma/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific

New Banksy mural of a judge beating a protester to be removed from outside London court (Lydia Doye/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/banksy-mural-london-royal-courts-justice-c08b2cef093ea6a0520302eacfbd871f
http://www.memeorandum.com/250908/p153#a250908p153

Bride’s grandmother tells a joke. https://youtu.be/JJTOSjmqlmg?si=n6mnm_c7_ZrHs5xM

Court rejects Trump’s attempt to overturn E Jean Carroll’s $83m verdict
#news

💥 Trump’s EPA Hid Risks at the Steel Plant That Just Exploded
#workers

Trump’s EPA Hid Risks at the Steel Plant That Just Exploded
The US Steel plant where two workers were killed and ten injured in an explosion on Monday had a history of chemical accidents. It was one of hundreds of chemical facilities whose risks were hidden from the public after lobbying by the chemical industry.

i get incredible spam

Revealed: the far-right, antisemitic men’s club network spreading across US | Far right (US) | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/05/far-right-mens-clubs-old-glory

Wij, huisgenoot H en ik, zijn uit geweest. Naar Natuurpark Lelystad. Wandeling van ca 4 km, voor haar dan, ik zat in de door H geduwde rolstoel, dus ze hoefde vandaag niet naar de sportschool. En daarna ieder twee kroketten met brood. Geen wisent te bekennen.
Het was heerlijk, vooral doordat het de eerste keer was sinds 31 januari, H's eerste ziekenhuisopname van dit jaar, dat we uit waren zonder naar een medische bestemming te gaan. En alles was en ging goed.

It’s almost like programming language monocultures with “best practices“ and paradigms requiring hundreds or thousands of dependencies even for simple apps are harmful https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-hijack-npm-packages-with-2-billion-weekly-downloads-in-supply-chain-attack/

Google: KI-Bug-Bounty-Programm zahlt bis zu 30.000 US-Dollar pro Fehler
Google führt ein Bug-Bounty-Programm für KI-Anwendungen ein. Entdecker schwerwiegender Fehler in Gemini oder der KI-Suche erhalten Belohnungen.

@… ここ数年の登録絵文字は、ほとんどがユーザーリクエストによるものです。
#fedibird

Now having a debate about whether. Kim Larsen's version of Kringsat av Fjender counts as "positive" and indeed "European"...
what do you think? On Qobuz:
#DancingWithTheEuropeans 🇬🇧 that @qobuz brought to my attention today -> surely there are some slightly more uplifting variants? We have a continent wide music contest every year after all!
Husband suggest Joost's Europapa 🇳🇱or perhaps TransEurope Express 🇩🇪 and kids came up with From Paris to Berlin by Infernal  🇩🇰, but pretty sure there are other options.
Will make a playlist for a party with this as theme so #Fedibrain - what would you add?

US Open broadcasters have been asked not to show any negative crowd reactions to Donald Trumpat Sunday’s men’s final.
The president is expected to attend the match between Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz in New York, with security at Flushing Meadows being heightened in preparation.
Trump used to be a regular visitor to the US Open but has not been to the tournament since 2015, when he was booed by spectators.
An email sent to broadcasters by organisers reveals that the 79-…

Tropical bird numbers plummet due to more days of extreme heat, study finds https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/09/tropical-bird-numbers-plummet-due-to-more-days-of-extreme-heat-study-finds/

Tropical bird numbers plummet due to more days of extreme heat, study finds
Tropical bird populations are crashing as temperatures soar. That’s according to a new study that found abundances of tropical birds were 25-38% lower than they would be without human-driven climate change and the rising temperatures it has caused. This temperature impact on birds is greater than declines attributed to deforestation. “It’s a staggering decrease. Birds […]

Love this for us https://www.theverge.com/news/773928/google-open-web-rapid-decline

The Supreme Court's Constitutional Treason (Mike Brock/Notes From The Circus)
https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-supreme-courts-constitutional
http://www.memeorandum.com/250908/p152#a250908p152

I found a map of Wisconsin Supper Clubs...
#wisconsin…

🐓 Online cockfighting thrives in Philippines despite ban and murders
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/15/asia-pacific/crime-legal/philippines-online-cockfighting-gambling/
🆓

Online cockfighting thrives in Philippines despite ban and murders
Authorities estimate cockfight bettors are fueling an industry that generates millions of dollars in revenue each week.

They need to get Alex Jones on the case.
"Fake Weather, Fake Flooding": Republicans Are Spreading A Bizarre Conspiracy Theory After The Deadly Texas Floods

Hawaii issues state of emergency as Hurricane Kiko approaches islands as Category 4
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5490353-hurricane-kiko-hawaii-storm/

A profile of Zachary Cefaratti, a below-the-radar dealmaker for data centers, crypto mining, and tech groups in the Gulf through his advisory firm Dalma Capital (Chloe Cornish/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/3145e08c-9316-4d52-846e-25700402aa16

@… 何か計算がおかしい気がしますが、制限を緩めておいたので、試してみて下さい。

Lots of good replies to this poll - many many #Immich fans and a fair few honourable mentions for @… #Ente
https://fediscience.org/@Ruth_Mottram/115163409667189331
Ruth_Mottram - If you are using nextcloud as your main file and photo backup (for personal files, not work!), what are you using for organising your photos?
Photoprism? Memories? Something else?

"But LLMs give me superpowers, I'm now a 10x researcher!"
No, you're now not doing any research anymore.

It Doesn't Seem Wise to Let Trump Decide What War Is (David French/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/opinion/trump-venezuela-airstrike-laws.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/250907/p78#a250907p78

Made some prints this weekend…
#art #printMaking #maker

Apocalypse Now is about a man driven insane by war, a movie about how hollow war can make people.
Donald Trump, unintentionally, has invoked just the right image for what is to come.
https://norden.social/@wackJackle/115159522417700451

Posts Calling Luigi Mangione Guilty Did No Harm, Top U.S. Prosecutor Argues - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/nyregion/luigi-mangione-justice-department-posts.html

Third-hottest July on record wreaks climate havoc #environment

So the LLM synthesizes a result from various sources (that may be made up or misquoted) and then you "double-check" the sources?
Sounds like the LLM is using you as research assistant.

Like the reading of the sources isn't something optional--it's the actual process in which you load your brain to do the thinking.

I took the old 1970's Raleigh out this morning and it was creaky and had problems shifting, but it was also sort of a fun ride!
I only did about 1.5 miles and when I got home I realized the tires were low... like a lot more low than I think they should have been since I filled them three days ago.
Anyway, I may try to make the ride a bit smoother and see if I can get the shifting working better.

Israel security cabinet approves plan to take over Gaza City amid reports of disagreements with military
The announcement comes after Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel intended to take full control of Gaza and hand over the territory’s governance to friendly Arab forces

A rightwing late-night show may have bombed – but the funding behind it is no laughing matter | Media | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/oct/08/conservative-late-night-talkshow

Do people not understand that "LLMs can summarize research for me and then I'll double check* what it quotes" is likely biasing them to believe the LLM (which is designed to give the most bootlicking replies) and then misinterpret those "double checked" sources themselves?
Reading sources and synthesizing your own conclusions is literally what (a lot of) research is.
*because that ever actually happens

U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan,
who previously presided over Trump’s federal election interference case,
will now oversee a new lawsuit from Democracy Forward Foundation,
a D.C.-based nonprofit,
requesting the Department of Justice and the FBI release any communications between Trump officials on the Epstein matter,
any communication between Trump and Epstein himself,
and Epstein’s so-called client list that Attorney General Pam Bondi previously acknowl…

Judge Detested by Trump Will Oversee Epstein Files Case
Welcome back, Judge Tanya Chutkan.

Bipartisan move to restrict Trump’s Venezuela war powers fails in Senate - The Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/10/08/venezuela-war-powers-senate-vote/

Imagine if people would spend all the time they're spending on "double-checking" LLM "research" (to see if the references it gives are actually real and then also downloading and reading all the references in full to see if they are correctly quoted and not misrepresented)--instead on reading and thinking themselves.

Google's New AI Health Tool: Opt in or Risk Losing Benefits - Business Insider
https://www.businessinsider.com/google-ai-health-tool-opt-in-risk-losing-benefits-2025-10

Cuts to Lifesaving Hunger Aid Could Impact Millions: 'Our President and Congress Think Budget Cuts Will Help People Achieve Self-Sufficiency. They Won’t.' - Ms. Magazine
https://msmagazine.com/2025/10/08/snap-food-stamps-republicans-trump-hunger-tax-cuts-rich/

'Quite the thing to admit': Experts call Trump's new move 'page 1 of the fascist playbook' - Alternet.org
https://www.alternet.org/trump-antifa-kristi-noem/