2025-11-20 08:03:00
The US Senate confirms FDIC acting chairman Travis Hill to lead the agency, which regulates stablecoin issuers and impacts how the crypto industry is banked (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)
https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2025/12/11/s…
The longtime appeal of the BDFL (“benevolent dictator for life”) model of OSS governance comes in part from the fact that most projects naturally start there — “here’s some cool code” — and partly in our impostor-phenom-driven culture of hero worship, but…
…it also comes from our dev culture allergy to taking human systems seriously.
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#Handelsblatt schreibt über #findom (financial dominance, ein sexueller fetish, link, paraphilie), aber hinter einer #paywall. Und jetzt weiss ich auch nicht.
@… @… 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻
How can blue states fight back against Trump? With fiscal disobedience (Eric Reinhart/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/oct/19/blue-states-fight-back-against-trump
http://www.memeorandum.com/251019/p71#a251019p71
This interview https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/morningreport/audio/2019013452/emergency-departments-to-use-ai-consultations-with-patients suggests a fait accompli of 'AI' saturating ou…
ein vielleicht ganz brauchbarer Definitionsansatz von #podcast aus Müller, T. (2025). Zuwachs bei Podcastnutzung nach Jahren der Stagnation. Ergebniss der ARD/ZDF-Medienstudie 2025.
Man I hate the new language for a task one doesn't want to do — "aversive”.
Primary reason is that it externalizes the problem. It's fixed mindset framing, that something _else_ has to change to make the situation better, that it's the task's fault for being aversive, instead of our own for not working on the aversion to the needed task.
We have a bad habit lately of attributing relational traits to the party in a relationship, rather than to the relationship itself and it weakens our thinking about things. Noticing this pattern really changes how you think, because you can start attributing things better and noticing the contexts — and contexts are often things that can be changed!
Barfing is their love language.♥️ A kinky male fruit fly barfs up a bit of his last meal and offers it as a nuptial meal to his intended. Discerning lady fruit flies swoon, and lap it up. #science #entomology
Un rezagado de la temporada 2025: «Cuentas pendientes» del español Bunbury.
Es increíble pensar que estuvo retirado y ya ha sacado al menos 2 discos desde eso y viene otro en camino.
https://album.link/s/0Ib4iTp8nEVgKyXamZgw1o
“Zonder debat en binnen slechts 30 seconden is deze betreffende motie aangenomen. Die *lichtzinnigheid* past niet bij de verstrekkende gevolgen.”
Politie is bij monde van Hoofd Operatiën van de Eenheid Landelijke Opsporing en Interventies helder over stemgedrag van o.a. VVD. https://lnkd.in/p/e2eQ5mjC
From a few days ago now:
Death Stranding 2: Credits Reached
~180 hours on this save and still loving it
A look at the TV journalists who left corporate jobs and built businesses that enabled them to hire dozens of people, using Substack, YouTube, Beehiiv, and more (Corbin Bolies/The Wrap)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/substack-tv-n…
know anyone in West Oakland who'd like a free street tree? pass this along. 9/30 deadline https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/westoaklandtrees
Tibetan religious authorities supported abusive leader of Belgian Buddhist sect (OKC) https://europeanacademyofreligionandsociety.com/news/tibetan-religious-authorities-supported-abusive-leader-of-belgian-bud…
from my link log —
Happy birthday, BGP.
https://www.potaroo.net/ispcol/2019-06/bgp30.html
saved 2019-06-07 https://dotat.at/:/…
RE: https://mastodon.social/@heidilifeldman/115402817612493217
My first quote on Mastodon! And a worthy one...
People have this weird idea that commercially maintained software would be of better quality, because there are paid developers working on it. On the contrary, the main difference is how much red tape #OpenSource contributors have to go through to get the fixes in. Or the amount of effort necessary to even get someone to look at the pull request before the stale-bot closes it.
#FreeSoftware
I just saw that the Goo Goo Dolls did a tiny desk concert. 🤨
Der Fall Charlie Kirk macht deutlich, wie eng digitale Hetze, politische Propaganda und reale Gewalt zusammenhängen. Während Trump und die US-Rechte ihn zum „Märtyrer“ erhoben, wird in Deutschland die AfD nicht müde, von derselben Rhetorik zu profitieren – mit tödlichen Konsequenzen für den gesellschaftlichen Zusammenhalt und unsere Demokratie. Wacht endlich auf! #NoAfD
Ondanks klimaattegenslagen: ‘niet te stoppen’ opmars duurzame stroom is dé doorbraak van het jaar | de Volkskrant
https://archive.ph/VJOpd
I'm sitting outside doing my first stint in this year's Aussie Bird Count. It's hot and very windy. I'm beginning to think that all the local birds have scarpered down to the lake.
#AussieBirdCount #Canberra
Seems like a good day to bring back this 2021 post: https://systemsapproach.org/2021/07/19/decentralizing-the-internet-again/
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #Continent
Obi Original Ft Beri:
🎵 Tsunami
#ObiOriginalFtBeri
https://open.spotify.com/track/6DsBUXKBmiei8bCkGv67I4
wenn der eine auf der Sperrfläche parken "darf", dann "darf" der andere auch noch in zweiter/dritter Reihe mitten in der Kreuzung parken.
Nur zu gerne geduldet durch die tägliche Untätigkeit des Stuttgarter Ordnungsamtes im kompletten Stadtgebiet. :-\
#StuttgartParktFair
Wo ist hier der Tischmülleimer?
You know, David Brooks used to drive me up the wall but I think he's facing up to the crisis of the present time in this interview with Scott Galloway
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJAAQ0W4Czs
Multitarget neurostimulation of the deep brain: clinical opportunities, challenges, and emerging technologies https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1741-2552/ae08ea There's more than electrode arrays in the future of
On Website Technicals - Read nitty-gritty tech updates and daily learnings that keep the Earth Notes site up and running; site stats also. - https://www.earth.org.uk/note-on-site-technicals.html
😂 so they will not be released//
US Justice Department will release Epstein files within 30 days, Bondi says | Reuters https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-justice-department-will-release-epstein-files-within-30-days-bond…
🔊 #NowPlaying on #BBCRadio3:
#Breakfast
- The best classical music wake-up call
Hannah French presents Radio 3's Breakfast show. To get in touch, email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk
Relisten now 👇
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002ng4l
Läser Talmud dagligen så när jag läser sådant här tar det några sekunder innan jag fattar att det handlar om planeter och inte romerska avgudar https://mastodon.nu/@henriksundstrom/115404648952413133
Eu acabei de ver um vídeo de alguém em roupas de monge benedito cantando em latim o que parecia ser alguma oração a São Bento em ritmo em funk. Estou confuso, não entendi se é zoeira ou se realmente a igreja católica começou a colocar fazer música religiosa em ritmo de funk para atingir públicos mais jovens.
Block expects gross profit to increase in the mid-teens YoY through 2028, reaching ~$15.8B, with adjusted operating income growing ~30% YoY; XYZ closed up 7.56% (MacKenzie Sigalos/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/19/block-unveils-3-y…
Aha!!! This is one of the pieces I was trying and failing to think of upthread, from the always excellent @… (and I’m embarrassed that I couldn’t bring it to mind earlier, sorry Jennifer, it’s so good and so important):
https://jenniferplusplus.com/the-free-software-commons/
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Summers Will Not Finish Semester of Teaching as Harvard Investigates Epstein Ties (The Harvard Crimson)
https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2025/11/20/summers-leaves-teaching-at-harvard/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251119/p161#a251119p161
I can't help but wonder how NZ Labour, with their tepid 'national investment fund', are planning to combat secret (from all NZers) ISDS suits from multinational corporations if they deem such policies might affect their profits in NZ. They'd have to pull NZ out of the #CPTPPA first. Which I think would be entirely appropriate. I might even vote for them if they were really going…
Claudio Narea, disco homónimo del ex Los Prisioneros, cumplió 20 años en 2025. Probablemente su mejor trabajo en solitario.
#ClaudioNarea #CD #NowPlaying
from my link log —
Always-on processor magic: how “Find My” works while iPhone is powered off.
https://naehrdine.blogspot.com/2021/09/always-on-processor-magic-how-find-my.html
saved 2021-09-30
Sora 2 kommt nach Deutschland – und mit ihr die Frage: Wer braucht schon Realität, wenn die KI sie besser kann? OpenAI lässt seine Video-KI nun über Zweitanbieter wie HeyGen oder Invideo nutzen. Realistische Physik, Tonspuren, sogar Dialoge – alles inklusive. Nur das Wasserzeichen fehlt. Praktisch für Werbung, fatal für Fakten. Wer entscheidet, was noch echt ist? | Marcus Schwarze | FAZ (€) | #KI
Jessie Price and David Pocock in conversation about the critical importance of community Independents on the crossbench in the context of a Coalition shambles and Labor majority - sharpening the role of the crossbench in holding the government to account and pushing for stronger action.
#JessiePrice #DavidPocock
My body be like: I'm walking for about 90 minutes, then the Metabolism kicks in and I'm heating like crazy.
If I stop moving, it takes around 30 minutes for things to reset.
If I start moving again in a short time (so far confirmed with a 90 minute delay), it kicks in again after 15 minutes.
Monday is the day of the Orionids!
In 2025, this shower coincides with moonless nights, hooray! Watch on the morning of October 21, starting after midnight through the wee hours before dawn.
These fast-moving meteors sometimes produce bright fireballs, which might be able to overcome a moonlit glare. If you trace these meteors backward, they seem to radiate from the Club of the famous constellation Orion the Hunter.
🔊 #NowPlaying on #BBCRadio3:
#Radio3InConcert
- Beethoven, Strauss and James MacMillan
Maxim Emelyanychev conducts the Scottish Chamber Orchestra in music by Beethoven and Strauss, and percussionist Colin Currie joins for James MacMillan's Veni, Veni, Emmanuel.
Relisten now 👇
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002m2ct
Another classic, ht @…. At first pass, this appears to be a purely technical description of a surprising attack — and then his closing remarks focus more on the then-nascent cultural and legal context of cybersecurity concerns.
But lurking underneath his remarks is this crucial insight: you can’t ever just trust •code• when you’re writing software; at some level, you also have to trust •people•.
https://zirk.us/@cratermoon/115237945294118620
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Que tootline parada. Vocês realmente tem vida social e estão aproveitando a véspera do feriado longe do computador, hein? rs
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MiddayShow
The Cure:
🎵 A Fragile Thing
#TheCure
https://open.spotify.com/track/17k0Dwj1nr2VnES26230lJ
Lawrence Summers to Stop Teaching at Harvard While It Investigates His Epstein Ties (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/us/larry-summers-harvard-epstein.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/251119/p174#a251119p174
Los Cleopatrick habían publicado un disco a principios de año y hace un par de semanas lanzaron nuevo material. Un breve šlbum que me pareció algo meh...
«SCRAP»
https://album.link/s/1NgqhKhq5MSf8scptfbCqb
One of the obligatory classics on the general topic, ht @…:
https://mastodon.online/@carto/115237953550201658
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from my link log —
The sixtyforgan: a Commodore 64 with a spring reverb; chiptunes like a church organ.
http://www.linusakesson.net/sixtyforgan/
saved 2021-03-30 htt…
On Heated Insoles, Cool House, Warm Feet: Review - Learn how I got on with low-cost power-sipping heated insoles, warming my feet to cut my carbon footprint! - https://www.earth.org.uk/note-on-heated-insoles-REVIEW.html
Quando che manca el gran le galine se beca.
#veneto
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Tomo Nakayama:
🎵 Hidakamura
#TomoNakayama
https://tomomusic.bandcamp.com/album/gilda-hidakamura
https://open.spotify.com/track/0RRIku9NShxFaooKulzflp
An ICE Raid at a Building in Chicago Swept Up Dozens of U.S. Citizens (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/us/chicago-south-shores-border-patrol-raid.html?unlocked_article_code=1.uk8.z6-X.hOWlkDiUeVVi&smid=url-share
http://www.memeorandum.com/251019/p64#a251019p64
Un disco de música chilena salido hace poco: «VIVA» de Alma Pšjara. Pop, urbano, folclore, balada en una mezcla mšs quw interesante.
#AlmaPajara
My dear fellow developers, is there any single phrase that makes you want to just punch someone faster than “Can’t you just…?”
NO, WE CAN’T JUST. THIS PROBLEM IS ACTUALLY HARD, AND YOU ONLY THINK IT’S EASY BECAUSE YOU DON’T EVEN •SEE• THE PROBLEM IN THE FIRST PLACE.
The BDFL model of OSS governance is •us• saying “Can’t you just…?”
Sorry. We’re doing it too. Sorry to break it to you.
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House unanimously rebukes Thune on data seizure payouts (Hailey Fuchs/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/11/19/congress/house-votes-to-overturn-thunes-controversial-subpoena-measure-00661169
http://www.memeorandum.com/251119/p172#a251119p172
Le vache pissa, i manzi sbrissa e i bo’ veci xe quei che tira.
#veneto
The idea that having a benevolent dictator forever is actually a good idea? That’s a nonsense thought rooted in the feeling that all this human stuff •isn’t even a real problem•: mushy nonsense, female-coded and thus low-status, can’t we just build good technology all day and not think about people.
(No, dumbass, you can’t, not if you actually want it to be good.)
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🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Geese:
🎵 Long Island City Here I Come
#Geese
https://geesebandnyc.bandcamp.com/track/long-island-city-here-i-come
https://open.spotify.com/track/1oevydxCBM8J6aGHKymgl1
♫ Top 5 artists of the Last.week: Morphine (46) Nicole (29) Pink Floyd (25) Foo Fighters (23) Nick Mason's Saucerful of Secrets (22). #myweekcounted 463 Scrobbles with Lastfm #music via @…
House moves to repeal controversial 'Arctic Frost' provision that allows GOP senators to seek $500,000 payouts (CNN)
https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/19/politics/arctic-frost-provision-senators-house-vote
http://www.memeorandum.com/251119/p173#a251119p173
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Don't Believe Everything You Think
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Vince Staples:
🎵 Norf Norf
#VinceStaples
https://djfwb.bandcamp.com/track/vince-staples-norf-norf-fwb-edit
https://open.spotify.com/track/4uQ7wYsuL0DryknoDc11Hk
Trump Administration Live Updates: President Signs Bill on Release of Epstein Files (Luke Broadwater/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11/19/us/trump-epstein-saudi-news
http://www.memeorandum.com/251119/p170#a251119p170
"When words lose their meaning, men lose their freedom."
--Confucius
Republicans mostly silent as millions of Americans protest Trump on No Kings day (Edward Helmore/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/18/no-kings-protest-rally-republicans
http://www.memeorandum.com/251018/p54#a251018p54
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Everyone loves a clown, but no one will lend him money!
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Is CA's AG the Next to Fall? Rob Bonta's Campaign Spent $468K on Lawyers During Federal Criminal Probe (Jennifer Van Laar/RedState)
https://redstate.com/jenvanlaar/2025/11/19/is-californias-attorney-general-next-n2196353
http://www.memeorandum.com/251119/p158#a251119p158
George Santos defends commutation: 'If President Trump had pardoned Jesus Christ off the cross, he would have had critics' (Dana Bash/CNN)
https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/19/politics/video/george-santos-on-release-from-prison-trump-commutes-sentence
http://www.memeorandum.com/251019/p69#a251019p69
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.
-Leonardo da Vinci
Democrats Are Running Away From Epstein Connections (Deanna Fisher/Victory Girls Blog)
https://victorygirlsblog.com/democrats-are-running-away-from-epstein-connections/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251119/p177#a251119p177
"la bicicletta ha un'anima, se riuscirai ad amarla come merita ti saprŠ dare emozioni che non dimenticherai mai"
––Mario Cipollini
#biking #cycling #bicicletta
Man Detained by ICE Found Dead, Hanging With Hands and Feet Tied--Attorney (Dan Gooding/Newsweek)
https://www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee-death-family-questions-hands-feet-tied-11066992
http://www.memeorandum.com/251119/p176#a251119p176
MailAct extension did this:
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iTunes ♫ playing "{itunes.playing.song}" by "{itunes.playing.artist}" ♫
Apple killed plugins
I used to have a cool little Mail Acton extension that entered the name of ONLY NAME of TITEL...not the song... of currently playing iTunes song into mail as a signature line Simple sweet and easy, What did apple do ...It killed that plugin!
Trump calls 'No Kings' protests a 'joke': 'I work my ass off' (Sarah Fortinsky/The Hill)
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5563105-trump-no-kings-protests/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251019/p72#a251019p72
About a year and a half ago, with the release of macOS 14 Sonoma, #Apple killed third-party Mail plugins. Apple did offer an alternative framework called extensions, but extensions can’t do all the things plugins once could.
I miss MailSuite!!
ASSHATS! #enshitification
Good work if you can get it: Elon Musk is set to make more than every elementary school teacher COMBINED (Katie Hawkinson/The Independent)
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/elon-musk-tesla-pay-package-earnings-b2867752.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/251118/p163#a251118p163
My email JUNK folder is filled with Cult Propaganda !
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NEED YOUR IMMEDIATE ACTION RIGHT NOW! ⬇️
CONFIRM NOW if you are still a MAGA PATRIOT!
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I have no words ...
House Devolves Into Lawmakers Just Voting To Punish Each Other (Jennifer Bendery/HuffPost)
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/house-censure-resolutions_n_691e0052e4b0dc5d37aba979
http://www.memeorandum.com/251119/p175#a251119p175
Trump's 28-point Ukraine peace plan catches Congress off guard (Laura Kelly/The Hill)
https://thehill.com/policy/international/5614066-trump-28-point-ukraine-peace-plan/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251119/p171#a251119p171
Trump signs Epstein bill into law, releasing files from DOJ (Julia Manchester/The Hill)
https://thehill.com/homenews/5614156-trump-signs-epstein-transparency-act/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251119/p169#a251119p169
Ex-Van Drew staffer staged fake attack, writing 'Trump Whore' across her stomach and alleging men held her down and cut her body (David Wildstein/New Jersey Globe)
https://newjerseyglobe.com/congress/van-drew-staffer-staged-fake-attack-writing-trump-whore-across-her-stomach-and-alleging-men-held-her-down-and-cut-her-body/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251119/p168#a251119p168
Trump signs bill to release the DOJ's Epstein files (Megan Lebowitz/NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/trump-signs-bill-release-justice-department-jeffrey-epstein-files-rcna244793
http://www.memeorandum.com/251119/p167#a251119p167
Trump signs bill to release Jeffrey Epstein case files after fighting it for months (Seung Min Kim/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-jeffrey-epstein-justice-department-4872c23a3ed03bf3d4c526581d3aed59
http://www.memeorandum.com/251119/p165#a251119p165
Trump administration makes major changes to a report it commissioned on FEMA reforms, AP sources say (Gabriela Aoun Angueira/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/fema-review-council-kristi-noem-trump-disasters-22274e65fad13b9e3005e302bcce9cbb
http://www.memeorandum.com/251119/p166#a251119p166
South Florida Congresswoman Charged with Stealing $5 Million in FEMA Funds and Making Illegal Campaign Contributions (US Department of Justice)
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/south-florida-congresswoman-charged-stealing-5-million-fema-funds-and-making-illegal
http://www.memeorandum.com/251119/p163#a251119p163
House Dems demand Johnson hold ACA vote (The Hill)
https://thehill.com/newsletters/health-care/5614029-house-democrats-johnson-aca-vote/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251119/p164#a251119p164
Warning signs appear on Mexican beach declaring area restricted by U.S. as Mexico rejects Trump offer to strike cartels (CBS News)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/warning-signs-mexico-beach-us-department-of-defense-property/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251119/p162#a251119p162
GOP bill brewing in House to reform civil litigation sparks opposition from conservative groups (Fox News)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/gop-bill-brewing-in-house-reforming-civil-litigation-sparks-opposition-from-conservative-groups
http://www.memeorandum.com/251119/p160#a251119p160
Trump mulling executive order to block state AI laws (The Hill)
https://thehill.com/policy/technology/5613952-trump-considers-blocking-state-ai-laws/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251119/p159#a251119p159