2025-12-29 01:38:03
David Brooks calling for a general strike or nonviolent civil disobedience
was not on my bingo card.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/opinion/trump-harvard-law-firms.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
David Brooks calling for a general strike or nonviolent civil disobedience
was not on my bingo card.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/opinion/trump-harvard-law-firms.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
Big Tech got almost everything it wanted from President Trump, as he backs policies that allow the industry to grow unfettered, worrying some conservatives (Cecilia Kang/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/28/technol<…
Google: Notebooks mit Android kommen nächstes Jahr
Google will Android und ChromeOS miteinander verschmelzen. Ab 2026 soll es losgehen, um das Ökosystem – auch für KI – breiter aufzustellen.
https://www.
Note that this is specific to generic chatbots.
There’s plenty of useful applications for the underlying technologies—but it’s all pretty boring specialized stuff with not a lot of mass-market appeal which doesn’t lend itself to the scam the chatbot companies are running.
Hi everyone, today we’d like to welcome two new members to Gaza Verified after @…, @…, and I had the honour of talking to them over video chat.
They are:
• Samar and her family (@…
Ampere Analysis: UK streaming subscribers on ad-supported tiers will reach 26.5M by the end of 2025, surpassing the 23.1M ad-free subscribers for the first time (Mark Sweney/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/dec/26/t…
Gambier Island in Átl'ka7tsem/Howe Sound.
#Photography
JUST IN! SSU strikes Crimea! Powerful explosions at the enemy — "Pantsir-S2" destroyed: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/29/just-in-ssu-strikes-crimea.html
Thüringens Ministerpräsident Mario Voigt sprach sich für eine Altersgrenze bei der Nutzung von Social Media aus. "Wir haben die erste Generation, an der wir ein digitales Experiment ohne jegliche Kontrolle durchführen", sagte der CDU-Politiker am Montag der Mediengruppe Bayern. "Manche sagen, das wäre alleinige Aufgabe der Eltern, aber das greift zu kurz. Wir lassen nicht zu, dass ein 14-Jähriger Auto fährt, ein 13-Jähriger raucht oder Alkohol trinkt. Aber wir lassen zu, dass sich K…
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。
from my link log —
Debian running on Rust coreutils.
https://sylvestre.ledru.info/blog/2021/03/09/debian-running-on-rust-coreutils
saved 2021-03-09
Wallbox ist endlich installiert. Gesamtkosten knapp 850 €. Dauer 6 Monate, weil Fachbetriebe keine Kapazitäten haben.
Wallbox
Heidelberg Energy Control 249 €
Elektriker*in
RCD 40A 4pol 30mA 39,42 €
Leitungsschutzschalter 3pol 16A 21,60 €
Verdrahtungsmaterial 16 €
15 m NYM5x6 Mantelleitung 102 € (selbst verlegt)
3 h Elektroarbeiten 144 €
Fahrtkosten 8 €
Anmeldung der Wallbox beim Netzbetreiber 40 €
Lastmanagement
EVCC Sponsorship …
Oh, goody - another war.
Trump Says US Will Soon Act Against Venezuelan Drug Traffickers on Land | Thomson/Reuters
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/venezuela/2025/11/27/id/1236305/
Anzahl der #Windkraftanlagen je #Bundesland in #Deutschland mit Stand vom 28.10.2025.
Die "Ausschließliche Wirtschaftszone" bedeutet Offshore-Standort.
Der Datenbes…
I‘m from West Germany, I never learned Russian or even how to read Cyrillic script. But since Russia‘s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 I must have had so much much exposure that I can now read this important message on a sign at #39C3. Learning through osmosis in times of crisis.
heise | Gezielt trainieren: Suunto Race 2 im Test
Suunto ergänzt bei seiner Sportuhr Race 2 ein Sprachfeedback und Trainingspläne. Wie gut ist die Fitness-Smartwatch?
https://www.heise.de/tests/Gezi…
Sunday from 5-6:30 at Revolution hotel in Boston
https://bpt.me/6732394
Pay what you can, ticket proceeds go to BAGLY
EU backs another one-year delay for EUDR antideforestation law https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/11/eu-backs-another-one-year-delay-for-eudr-antideforestation-law/
@… @… STM32F042 vs STM32C071? :)
Time For 9 o'clock #HashTagGames hosted by @…
#ThanksgivingQuotes
Junge Menschen lesen weniger, denn warum sollten sie auch? Für viele Zwecke braucht es das gar nicht mehr. Sogar wenn man schreiben möchte, kann man Nachrichten diktieren. Aber wenn man etwas sagen will, schickt man eine Audio oder ein Video. Wenn man was wissen will oder sich berieseln lassen will, fragt man eine KI oder hört einen Podcast. Die Tiktok-Trap. Das ist der neue Modus. | Ralf Heimann | #Altpapier
Lawyers allege cover-up after fed shoots at man during D.C. traffic stop (Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/10/27/dc-traffic-stop-shooting-dispute/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251027/p142#a251027p142
When that Chozo Ruins main theme drops >>>>>>
Someone should build a browser extension to replace every mention to "#grokpedia" with "bullshitpedia".
போகமுடியாதவர்களுக்காக
Next invited talk: Gerard Steen on DMT @… #metaphors
Okay, okay, Welt, Verbrennungsmotoren sind zwar nicht hocheffizient, aber immerhin Hochkultur, oder?
https://www.welt.de/motor/news/article6929b241e9b1296b9ef96efd/hocheffiziente-verbrennungsmotoren.html
I bought some Google Pixel Buds Pro 2 and OMG they are really good. I liked the original pixel buds I had but the noise cancelling on these is just astonishing.
Guten Morgen Hamburg!
#engelschicht #39c3
When you slept shorter than usual, because just before sleep you got an idea how to implement multiplication in https://nandgame.com.
Of course, when you actually went to bed, you figured out an ever better method, and with 32-bit output. But I suppose the old one is nice too, quite pedagogical.
@… Yeah, it’s unfortunate. And, just to make sure, it’s not just that I don’t like it, but the revised proposal actually wouldn’t be feasible.
I’d say that what we have here is a variation of a frequent problem: when interdisciplinary research gets evaluated by disciplinary researchers, they focus on their discipline and are disappointed when it doesn’t add…
@maxtappenden@techhub.social Yeah, e-paper. Not sure how different the tech is from, say, a Kindle but refresh rate is high enough that it doesn't feel janky. I had the OG Pebble Time/Time Steel so this is a return to a workflow I was happy with for a few years.
WHOA. There's a boycott going on right now.
✅ We Ain’t Buying It! - Economic Pressure on Thanksgiving through Cyber Monday - We Ain’t Buying It!
#amazon
US voters linking climate crisis to rising bills despite #Trump’s ‘green scam’ claims:
“It’s a fundamental error to treat these issues as mutually exclusive – climate solutions are also cost-of-living solutions. Most of the elite discourse is very bad at estimating or understanding levels of public concern, and this is a good example of this.”
#ClimateChange
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/26/us-voters-link-climate-crisis-affordability?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
Johan Althusius heeft een ontluusterende ervaring met AI, waar hij toch al niet van hield: Nooit hebben we zo gelachen als op deze kerstfoto. De vreugde in onze ogen is kunstmatig, verdoofd, hol | de Volkskrant
https://archive.ph/nirhp
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #ClassicalLive
Hector Berlioz, Frances Gregory, Ashley Riches, Florian Störtz, Neal Davies, Pawel Zdebski, Michal Pytlewski, National Forum of Music Chorus, Lionel Sow, NFM Wrocław Philharmonic Orchestra & Paul McCreesh:
🎵 L'Enfance du Christ, op. 25, oratorio in three parts
Got a flat tire on my bicycle, i think first time since 30 years? that's annoying.
Bisogna tacare el musso dove che vole el paron.
#veneto
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🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MorningShow
Talking Heads:
🎵 Psycho Killer
#TalkingHeads
https://nooid.bandcamp.com/track/talking-heads-psycho-killer-nooid-bootleg
https://open.spotify.com/track/7dSCxR4LqkmxoBrq9MzVSD
I really feel bad for sysadmins who don’t have great English skills. There’s no way a world of LLM translator bots can ever get all the discussions amongst English-speaking sysadmins close enough to correct. Too much jargon and more importantly too much nuance in how words are used. I’ve spent a lot of time crafting technical prose, often finding it necessary to proofread and harmonize precisely how I say things. I doubt any LLM can be equivalently fastidious.
Hätte ich dem Leiter der EINRICHTUNG, der begeistert von Forschungsprojekten mit der französischen Firma Mistral erzählte, sagen sollen, dass deren AI-Assistent fünfbuchstabige Wörter nicht von sechsbuchstabigen zu unterscheiden mag? Von vierbuchstabigen ganz zu schweigen.
🤦♂️ How good engineers write bad code at big companies
#software
It would be appreciated if services that can utilise Passkeys, allow you to rename them, so you can identify which is which.
Ligaturen haben ihren Platz. Dieser Platz ist aber definitiv nicht in Untertiteln.
111gCO2/kWh National Grid CO2 intensity is HIGH wrt last 24h so don't run anything that can wait! #CO2
It’s clear now that Hitler was just ahead of his time. If he were around today and had picked a different target, our Western governments would be calling him an ally and supporting his genocide with money, propaganda, violent repression of dissent within their own citizenry, and weapons. How do I know this? Because that’s exactly what they’re doing with the Hitler of our time: the wanted war criminal Netanyahu.
FBI deploys more resources to
‘dismantle fraud schemes’
in Minnesota
Cash Patel said the FBI believes
“this is just the tip of a very large iceberg”.
Some of those involved in the alleged scheme are being
“referred to immigrations officials for possible further #denaturalization and deportation proceedings where eligible”.
The Trump administration has por…
The UK has spent more than £500K since 2024, including £350K by the Department for Education, on 215 influencers to promote government campaigns (The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/dec/25/uk-government-spending-social-media-infl…
Truth Social launches Truth Predict, a prediction market platform in partnership with Crypto.com to let users trade on major current events like elections (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/485594b3-5a72-4ae1-aa93-8ee987be1569
from my link log —
Lazy linearity for a core functional language.
https://alt-romes.github.io/posts/2025-11-26-lazy-linearity-popl26.html
saved 2025-11-27
Ukraine nuclear missile museum is a bitter reminder of what the country gave up : NPR
https://www.npr.org/2025/12/28/g-s1-103485/ukraine-museum-strategic-missile-forces-budapest-agreement
"Basic lack of humanity"
Congratulations to all you assholes that wanted the government to 'work like a business': You got all the dysfunction, corruption & immorality & absolutely none of the ROI.
Original post: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:xzlvs
Executive Order To Go Back To Steam Catapults On New Aircraft Carriers Coming: Trump (Joseph Trevithick/The War Zone)
https://www.twz.com/sea/executive-order-to-go-back-to-steam-catapults-on-new-aircraft-carriers-coming-trump
http://www.memeorandum.com/251028/p160#a251028p160
En ook voor iets als nederigheid is geen religie van node:
https://archive.ph/DRHxR
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MorningShow
The Belair Lip Bombs:
🎵 Don’t Let Them Tell You (It’s Fair)
#TheBelairLipBombs
https://thebelairlipbombs.bandcamp.com/track/dont-let-them-tell-you-its-fair
https://open.spotify.com/track/26KmETJb0gsfgploQtYwAR
A profile of Pablo Torre, whose podcast "Pablo Torre Finds Out" became a 2025 phenomenon for aggressive reporting that uncovered seismic stories in US sports (Ben Strauss/Washington Post)
Every few years, Democrats try to convince themselves they’ve found the one
– a candidate who can finally speak fluent rural, who looks and sounds like the voters they’ve lost.
In 2024, that hope was pinned on #Tim #Walz, the flannel-wearing, “Midwestern nice” governor whose small-town roots were supposed to unlock …
from my link log —
Firefox's low-latency WebAssembly compiler.
http://wingolog.org/archives/2020/03/25/firefoxs-low-latency-webassembly-compiler
saved 2020-03-26
Hegseth won’t meet troops with beards during South Korea trip
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/military-hegseth-beards-troops/
#GiannisAntetokounmpo takes 5 entire steps making a lay up, doesn't get called for a travel & an incredulous #ReggieMiller tells #JamalCrawford:
"We could'…
GLASHEEN: Antifa is our primary concern right now. That's the most immediate violent threat we're facing
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
https://bsky.app/profi…
Operatie schoonzus is klaar en de chirurg is tevreden. Ze is al flink wakker.
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MorningShow
Alexi Murdoch:
🎵 All My Days
#AlexiMurdoch
https://aleximurdoch.bandcamp.com/track/all-my-days
https://open.spotify.com/track/5NwpfDSHmNc7gu23GQK5DF
from my link log —
Situated software.
http://shirky.com/essays/situated-software/
saved 2025-10-28 https://dotat.at/:/HGVI9.html
'Doesn't resonate': Legendary GOP strategist [Karl Rove] points to flashing red warning sign for Trump - Raw Story
https://www.rawstory.com/alternet-posts/karl-rove-gop-resonate/
Reach's Manchester Evening News launches a metered paywall and a £4.99/month digital subscription as Reach starts rolling out paywalls across its titles (Dominic Ponsford/Press Gazette)
https://pressgazette.co.uk/paywalls/manchester-evening-news-launc…
In 2023 I became obsessed with videos of dads in cargo shorts waiting in parking lots during Taylor Swift's Eras Tour.
So when she came to town,
I grabbed a camera and headed down to talk to them.
I thought it'd be funny.
It turned out to be something else entirely.
https://bs…
About to start rewatching The West Wing for the 4th time.
Because S2E17 The Stackhouse Filibuster reminded me of how unbelievably good this series is.
✅ The Stackhouse Filibuster | West Wing Wiki | Fandom
https://westwing.fandom.com/wiki/The_Stackhouse_Filibuster
Nou, het wachten is gedaan: schoonzus wordt nu geopereerd.💪
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #EasternEchoes
TAMTAM:
🎵 Copy of Copy of Go Down the Mountain
#TAMTAM
from my link log —
Stackful coroutines made fast.
https://photonlibos.github.io/blog/stackful-coroutine-made-fast
saved 2025-10-28 htt…
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
@…
The number of things this EPA's done to exacerbate pollution/climate change response/PFAS makes me think these people are either aliens trying to change the climate or suicidal and want everyone to die
Trump EPA finalizes 'indefensible and illegal’ delay to pollution standards - Raw Story
https://www.rawstory.com/epa-2674352389/
from my link log —
A brief history of NSA backdoors. (2013)
https://www.ethanheilman.com/x/12/index.html
saved 2025-11-29 https://d…
"Academics get paid for being clever, not for being right."
-- Donald Norman
https://www.fudco.com/chip/deconstr.html
👍 Ukraine-Russia war latest: Kyiv says Zelensky will never give up territory to Putin | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/ukraine-russia-trump-putin-zelensky-peace-deal-latest-news-b2874076.html
Flynn proposes sending Obama “back to Africa”
and suggests we “prosecute” Somalis on welfare.
https://skywriter.blue/pages/did:plc:2g4ozpjxrwesjdog6eys44si/post/3mb2n3dozmk2l
from my link log —
Putting rigid bodies to rest: analysis and design of resting configurations of rolling dice, without physical simulation.
https://hbaktash.github.io/projects/putting-rigid-bodies-to-rest/
saved 2025-11-28
Like that'll stop him:
Trump: ‘Pretty clear I’m not allowed to run’ for third term
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5578071-trump-rules-out-third-term/
The moment that will stick with me the most
—the video that still gives me chills
—came during an otherwise unremarkable baseball day early in the summer.
It was June 14, and the pop artist #Nezza was getting ready to sing the national anthem at Dodger Stadium.
A week earlier, ICE and DHS agents had descended en masse on Los Angeles work sites,
grabbing immigrants and U.S. citiz…
💰Trump’s wealth increased by about $2.5B since his reelection, to $6.9B
💰 Eric’s increased 10x, to $400M.
💰 Don Jr.’s 6x, to $300M.
💰 Barron, a college sophomore, is worth $150M.
"I’m sure that this is all based on merit and the value that each contributes to our society."
-- Heidi Kitrosser
https:/…
from my link log —
Dumbindent: because 93% of the time was spent in clang-format.
https://nigeltao.github.io/blog/2020/dumbindent.html
saved 2020-06-15
This is attributed to H.G. Wells:
'The work of woman in prehistoric communities, when carefully analyzed from the fossils with which archaeology, folklore, and philology provide us, assumes somewhat large proportions as compared with the work of men. '
https://skywriter.blue…
Illinois 9th Congressional District Democratic candidate
⭐️Kat Abughazaleh
is one of six individuals charged in a federal indictment,
accusing her and five others of impeding a federal officer at a Sept. 26 protest in Broadview.
The indictment, handed down by a grand jury on Oct. 23 but unsealed late Tuesday,
accuses the 26-year-old progressive political candidate of attempting to block a vehicle entering an ICE processing facility in Broadview
For Pete Hagueseth
& friends https://mastodon.social/@KraftTea/115630830254653255
❌Mobile Fortify,
the new app used by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to use face recognition technology (FRT) to identify people during street encounters,
is an affront to the rights and dignity of migrants and U.S. citizens alike.
That's why a coalition of privacy, civil liberties and civil rights organizations are
🔥demanding the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
shut down the use of Mobile Fortify,
release the agency's privacy anal…
The atmosphere of fear surrounding Trump’s cult of personality has kept Republicans from criticizing him
even when they think he’s wrong.
But consider the list of issues on which notable Republican officeholders and influencers are now breaking with Trump,
or at the very least fighting amongst themselves in ways that weaken his movement:
After months of resisting the release of the Epstein files, Trump faced a revolt from his own party in Congress,
where both ho…


Both Quikscript and Shavian were essentially the results of a design competition,
sponsored--posthumously--by playwright George Bernard Shaw,
who laid out the terms in his will.
Shaw wanted someone to create an ideal phonetic alphabet for English that trumped Pitman shorthand.
British designer Ronald Kingsley Read, a finalist in the 1960s competition, designed both Quikscript and Shavian, the latter being named in Shaw's honor
Self-hosting is becoming popular among a certain kind of user,
-- say the typical readership of ItsFoss.
There is a simple explanation for this shift:
people want their data, dollars, and destiny back.
Centralized platforms optimized for engagement and extraction are colliding with real-world needs
— privacy, compliance, predictability, and craft.
Linux, containers, and a flood of polished open-source apps have turned what used to be an enthusiast’s pro…
Here is a White House website falsely asserting that military personnel CANNOT refuse illegal orders
And falsely accusing Democrats of asserting Trump has issued illegal orders -- in a video which doesn't mention Trump
The felon doth protest too much
https://www.whitehouse.gov/mediabias/