@aral@mastodon.ar.alRE: https://masto.ai/@Nonilex/115748612376238550
The EU should think very seriously about visa requirements requiring vaccination certificates from USians before permitting entry.
Unlike five years of social media history, this will actually keep people saf…
@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io
@benb@osintua.eu'Irreparable loss' — Ukrainian Mi-24 helicopter crew killed in combat mission, brigade says: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/19/irreparable-loss-ukrainian-mi-helicopter.html
@inthehands@hachyderm.ioI’ll just say this: For the very most part, the systems of our society do not reward creators. They reward people who have power over what is created.
A deep part of our society’s mythology is that we reward people with great ideas, people who make great things — and therefore those who are rewarded must somehow be great.
That is false. If you see someone rewarded, the most likely explanation is that they had power to reap rewards.
3/
@cdarwin@c.imTrump’s takeover of the
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
reached its inevitable apogee on Thursday afternoon
when it was announced that the center’s board of trustees had voted to rename it
the Trump-Kennedy Center.
Even though Mr. Trump had already been calling it that for months in trollish posts online,
he acted shocked that his handpicked board had thought to do this for him.
Trump had called into a meeting of the board, which is no…
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialSources: UMG, WMG, and Sony Music have licensed their works to Klay, which is building a streaming service that will let users remake songs using AI tools (Lucas Shaw/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-2…
@memeorandum@universeodon.comTrump's Attacks on Rob Reiner and Others Characterize an Uninhibited 2nd Term (Peter Baker/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/us/politics/trump-insults-second-term.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/251218/p127#a251218p127
@penguin42@mastodon.org.uk'xmllint' is a general XML utility; I mostly use it for pretty-printing huge machine generated, single line XML files into an indented hierarchy that's almost readable so I can figure out what's wrong with them.
It can also do schema validation etc.
It's part of Gnome's libxml2.
https://
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #DriveTime
Neko Case:
🎵 Wreck
#NekoCase
https://nekocaseofficial.bandcamp.com/track/wreck
https://open.spotify.com/track/2N0e3WdwtkeDSAC8sqvP9a
@chiraag@mastodon.onlineStrands #656
“On the chopping block”
🔵🟡🔵🔵
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@peterhoneyman@a2mi.socialvalues of β will give rise to dom!
@EarthOrgUK@mastodon.energy
@BBC3MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #ThroughTheNight
Kian Soltani & Kian Soltani:
🎵 Persian Fire Dance (encore)
#KianSoltani
https://open.spotify.com/track/4mCoHoxKLODM2155EzNXzo
@rae@bne.socialTIL: "mithered" - a northern England word meaning to irritate or pester
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cnve4eypg8zo
@blakes7bot@mas.torpidity.netSeries A, Episode 01 - The Way Back
VARON: It's not absolute proof, but it gives us somewhere to start.
MAJA: But why would they have been to the clinic?
VARON: Mental implantation?
MAJA: What's that?
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/101/293 B7B5
@clongclongmoo@social.bau-ha.usono – for vol.01 -meteor-
https://elementperspective-04.bandcamp.com/album/for-vol-01-meteor
https://ww…
@siraly@norden.socialMoin. #Morgengetröte
@nfdi4culture@nfdi.social🚀 Ein ausführlicher Rückblick auf unser 5. CCP vom 24.– 26.09. 2025 in Mainz – einschließlich der Stimmen von Euch, unseren Communities – ist jetzt auf unserem #4CulturePortal verfügbar: https://nfdi4culture.de/id/E6647
@NFL@darktundra.xyzWhere to watch Bills vs. Texans: Live stream, prediction, preview for 'TNF'
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/where-to-watch-bills-vs-texans-live-stream-pr…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialOpenAI CFO Sarah Friar says the company's compute grew from 0.2 GW in 2023 to ~1.9 GW in 2025 and annualized revenue grew from $2B in 2023 to $20B in 2025 (Sarah Friar/OpenAI)
https://openai.com/index/a-business-that-scales-with-the-value-of-intelligence
@Tuxramus@social.linux.pizzaRETRO ALERT! Or is it? We're turning back the clock 20 years tonight! I'm diving back into the classic world of Guild Wars (GW1), running flawlessly on my stable Linux box (some legends never die!). Come join the nostalgia trip and see why this game is an unsung hero of Linux gaming! 🕰️ LIVE soon! #GuildWars
@tante@tldr.nettime.orgRE: https://literatur.social/@ingridglomp/115916852604686463
We will not though. "AI" models age like milk (see
@netzschleuder@social.skewed.deslashdot_zoo: Slashdot Zoo friend-foe network (2009)
A network of interactions among users on Slashdot (slashdot.org), a technology news website. Users name each other as friends or foe. The friend label increases the scores of post, and the foe label decreases the score.
This network has 79120 nodes and 515397 edges.
Tags: Social, Online, Signed
@ratp_ligne_1@lepoulsdumonde.comUn train stationne Š Bastille vers Château de Vincennes en raison d'une gêne Š la fermeture des portes d'un train .
🤖 19/12 19:01
@jamesthebard@social.linux.pizzaOkay, after a bit of work in #vlang:
- I think I prefer golang though I really prefer the error system of `v`.
- I enjoy writing code in `nim` more than `v`. While I do enjoy `v` more than `rust`, the documentation and support extensions are better for almost every other language which makes things difficult starting out.
@cdarwin@c.imHouse Republicans on Wednesday
defeated a pair of war powers resolutions
aimed at reining in Donald Trump’s airstrikes on alleged drug-running boats in the Caribbean Sea
and Pacific Ocean
and his increasingly aggressive provocations that critics fear are leading to a war on Venezuela
htt…
@azonenberg@ioc.exchangeDo enixes come in any other shapes? I've only ever seen square ones.
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialThe FCC opens a review of agreements between national networks and local TV stations, including about rules controlling how stations preempt network programs (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/u…
@krone@frawas.deHelena (14) starb - Todeslenker (43) erschien nicht vor Gericht #News #Nachrichten
@memeorandum@universeodon.comMike Johnson's House schedule fuels GOP frustration, stalled agenda (Kate Santaliz/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/12/19/house-session-days-johnson
http://www.memeorandum.com/251219/p111#a251219p111
@raiders@darktundra.xyzRaiders boost defense with waiver claim ahead of trip to Houston https://www.reviewjournal.com/sports/raiders/raiders-boost-defense-with-waiver-claim-ahead-of-trip-to-houston-3598075/
@vosje62@mastodon.nlWoordle 1643 4/6
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@EarthOrgUK@mastodon.energy109gCO2/kWh National Grid CO2 intensity is LOW wrt last 24h so you can run your wash etc now! #green
@macandi@social.heise.deiPhone-Regulierung: Warum Apple mit Japan besser klarkommt als mit Europa
In Japan tritt am 18. Dezember ein Gesetz in Kraft, das dem Digital Markets Act (DMA) in Europa stark ähnelt. Trotzdem ist Apple entspannt. Woran liegt das?
@catsche@nrw.socialFeierabend.
Next: Vorsichtig mal wieder etwas Spocht versuchen.
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #EasternEchoes
张醒婵 (zhang xingchan):
🎵 转了个身 (Turn Around)
#张醒婵zhangxingchan
https://zxc0514.bandcamp.com/track/turn-around
https://open.spotify.com/track/0E7K5LvqBDGxbKxaoGsf1b
@gfp@mastodon.trueten.de„Wages not Weapons“ https://www.german-foreign-policy.com/news/detail/10243
@cellfourteen@social.petertoushkov.euEasy Awesome Vol. 04 (Playlist)
#EasyAwesomePlaylist
https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPS-MhCl9L4I0GYGEncdyRt8qQY7_tZOV
@tinoeberl@mastodon.online
@servelan@newsie.socialCalifornia judge says Tesla engaged in deceptive Autopilot marketing
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/16/california-judge-says-tesla-engaged-in-deceptive-autopilot-marketing-.html
@wischekurier@mastodon.socialaktuelles #Wetter #Behrendorf #Wische 19-12-2025 16:55
Temperatur: (min: 5,1C) 9,8C (max: 10,7C)
Feuchte: 89%
Luftdruck: 1017,1 hPa (gleichbleibend)
Windrichtung: N/A Grad
W…
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialSources: Netflix has told WBD management that it will honor WBD's contractual agreements to release movies in theaters if it's successful in buying the company (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-…
@stefan@gardenstate.socialShould I be fully exploring these maps in Octopath Traveler?
The random encounters are making back tracking a real pain already at level 8
#videogames #octopath
@benb@osintua.eu
@theodric@social.linux.pizzaIt took THE ENTIRE DAY to get the barn opening cut large enough and then THE ENTIRE EVENING to winch and shove and wiggle and cajole this rotting piece of shit vardo inside the rotting piece of shit barn so we can work on it over the miserable drippy fuckass winter without getting excessively wet and overly fuckassed. (Miserable is unavoidable: it's Europe.) I need to order a big tarp to serve as a barn door. I need to order a desiccant dehumidifier that will actually work on something t…
@ruario@vivaldi.netRE: https://social.vivaldi.net/@ruario/115711283431190976
Today, the Vivaldi team was quick on our security bug fix release.
Opera, Edge, and Brave are still not up to date.
[Yes … this is a joke. Though also factually true, which is more th…
@memeorandum@universeodon.comRanking Member Robert Garcia Statement After Oversight Democrats Release Additional New Photos Received from Epstein Estate (The Committee on Oversight ...)
https://oversightdemocrats.house.gov/news/press-releases/ranking-member-robert-garcia-statement-after-oversight-democrats-release
http://www.memeorandum.com/251218/p126#a251218p126
@nfdi4culture@nfdi.social❄️Liebe NFDI4Culture Community, zum Jahresausklang möchten wir allen herzlich danken, die zum Gelingen und zum kontinuierlichen Wachstum unserer Community und unserer Angebote beitragen – sei es als Daten- und Diensteanbieter im Konsortium, als Mitwirkende in unseren Gremien oder als engagierte Nutzer:innen.
🕯️🎇 Wir wünschen allen ein friedvolles Weihnachtsfest sowie ein glückliches und gesundes neues Jahr 2026!
Hier geht's zur Culture Knowledge Christmas Card:
@cowboys@darktundra.xyzCowboys Crosstalk: Bradie James | 12/17/25 | Dallas Cowboys 2025 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdMpF5zpYKw
@Techmeme@techhub.socialSimilarweb: Claude's web audience more than doubled in December 2025 compared with December 2024, as many coders spent their holiday breaks on a "Claude bender" (Bradley Olson/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/anthropic-claude-code-ai-7a46…
@clongclongmoo@social.bau-ha.usono – for vol.02 -infection-
https://elementperspective-04.bandcamp.com/album/for-vol-02-infection
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #AfternoonShow
Horsegirl:
🎵 Information Content
#Horsegirl
https://thisishorsegirl.bandcamp.com/track/information-content
https://open.spotify.com/track/3sunB1mnTUu0ewjrZV4SZx
Please 🔁 BOOST to share what you like
- your followers don't see if you ⭐ favourite a post
@fanf@mendeddrum.orgfrom my link log —
ACME, a brief history of a protocol which has changed Internet security.
https://blog.brocas.org/2025/12/01/ACME-a-brief-history-of-one-of-the-protocols-which-has-changed-the-Internet-Security/
@leftsidestory@mstdn.socialMetropolitana VI - Asymmetry ✅
城 VI - 非对称 ✅
📷 Pentax MX
🎞️ Ilford Pan 100
#filmphotography #Photography #blackandwhite
@memeorandum@universeodon.comEqual Employment Opportunity Commission head asks white men to report discrimination (Sarah Dean/NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/equal-employment-opportunity-commission-head-asks-white-men-report-dis-rcna249939
http://www.memeorandum.com/251219/p110#a251219p110
@x_cli@infosec.exchange#Malt communique des chiffres intéressants dans sa dernière newsletter :
"Aujourd'hui, plus de 900 000 freelance ont transformé cette idée en un véritable mouvement, et chaque jour, vous lui donnez vie. Une nouvelle recherche de talents est effectuée sur Malt toutes les 10 secondes, et un nouveau projet démarre toutes les 5 minutes."
Décomposons ces chiffres : 1440 minutes…
@shriramk@mastodon.socialThe best description of Brown University, from Bess Kalb. (And to be clear, the heirs and star's kids are invariably also in that carton.)
https://besskalb.substack.com/p/brown-america
@UP8@mastodon.social⛐ Iran to attend World Cup draw after reversing its planned boycott
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/dec/04/iran-to-attend-world-cup-draw-after-reversing-its-planned-boycott
@Marwe@troet.cafeUnd es gibt sie doch, die "Deutschland GmbH"?!?
Zumindest wenn man das Logo davor ignoriert ;)
@NFL@darktundra.xyzMy first bet: Back Kayshon Boutte, Seahawks for NFL conference championship weekend https://www.espn.com/espn/betting/story/_/id/47653949/2025-nfl-playoffs-afc-nfc-championship-odds-first-bets
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk @memeorandum@universeodon.comStefanik exits New York governor race and Congress (NewsNation)
https://www.newsnationnow.com/politics/stefanik-exits-new-york-governor-race-and-congress/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251219/p109#a251219p109
@tinoeberl@mastodon.online @netzschleuder@social.skewed.desp_kenyan_households: Kenyan households contacts (2012)
A network of proximity contacts measured between members of 5 households of rural Kenya, between April 24 and May 12, 2012.
This network has 47 nodes and 32643 edges.
Tags: Social, Offline, Unweighted, Temporal, Metadata
https://networks.skewed.…
@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.ioFinally found a nice set of the matching speakers for the iMac G4.
The aluminum boxes they sell today can’t hold a candle against early 2000s Apple design.
@gfp@mastodon.trueten.deRezension: Alternative Defence Review https://www.german-foreign-policy.com/news/detail/10245
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialHow Pakistan's government is increasingly using in absentia convictions and arrest warrants against Pakistani journalists living overseas, starting in late 2025 (Committee to Protect Journalists)
https://cpj.org/2026/01/harassed-at-ho
@stefan@gardenstate.socialYou won't believe how many paths this traveler is on.
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Nile Rodgers:
🎵 Soul Glo
#NileRodgers
@krone@frawas.deVon 2,9 auf 3,6 % - Vergleich zeigt: 2025 brachte satte Teuerungsrunde #News #Nachrichten
@memeorandum@universeodon.comEx-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
@Techmeme@techhub.socialSources: Apple is in preliminary talks with India's CG Semi, which offers chip assembly and testing services, to assemble and package chips for the iPhone (Dia Rekhi/The Economic Times)
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/t
@cdarwin@c.imTrump gave what was billed as a “Christmas speech”
in rural Pennsylvania this past week that began with his
“wishing each and everyone one of you a very merry Christmas,
happy New Year,
all of that stuff”
and boasting that now, under his presidency:
“Everybody’s saying ‘merry Christmas’ again.”
He then claimed
– contrary to the experience of nearly everyone in the crowd
– that he had gotten them
“lower prices” and “bigger paychecks…
@clongclongmoo@social.bau-ha.usAutonomаton – Collected not lost 2015-2025 vol.1: drone and teknoiz
https://mahorka.bandcamp.com/album/collected-not-lost-2015-2025-vol-1-drone-and-teknoiz
@macandi@social.heise.deheise | Geekige Last-Minute-Geschenke für Apple-Nutzer
Weihnachten naht – und der Apple-Nerd in Ihrem Leben benötigt noch ein Geschenk? Die Mac & i-Redaktion hat Tipps für Sie.
https://www.
@fanf@mendeddrum.orgfrom my link log —
Do you really need Redis? PostgreSQL does queuing, locking, and pub/sub.
https://spin.atomicobject.com/2021/02/04/redis-postgresql/
saved 2021-06-12
@netzschleuder@social.skewed.deinteractome_stelzl: Stelzl human interactome (2005)
A network of human proteins and their binding interactions. Nodes represent proteins and an edge represents an interaction between two proteins, as inferred via high-throughput Y2H experiments using bait and prey methodology.
This network has 1706 nodes and 6207 edges.
Tags: Biological, Protein interactions, Unweighted
@cowboys@darktundra.xyzJerry Jones receives major career achievement amid Cowboys' collapse https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/onsi/news/jerry-jones-receives-major-career-achievement-amid-dallas-cowboys-collapse
@NFL@darktundra.xyzNFL playoff schedule: Top-seeded Seahawks, Broncos advance to conference championships https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6979795/2026/01/17/2025-26-nfl-conference-championship-schedule/
@Techmeme@techhub.socialIndia's largest retailer Reliance Retail says its daily quick commerce orders peaked at 1.6M in Q4 2025; market leader Blinkit averaged 2.4M daily orders in Q3 (Manish Singh/India Dispatch)
https://indiadispatch.com/p/the-mystery-of-reliance-quick-commerce-growt…
@netzschleuder@social.skewed.demovielens_100k: MovieLens 100K (1998)
Three bipartite networks that make up the MovieLens 100K Dataset, a stable benchmark dataset of 100,000 ratings from 1000 users on 1700 movies. These data capture the tag-movie, user-movie, and user-tag networks. (Also available from MovieLens are 1M, 10M and 20M folksonomy datasets.).
This network has 24129 nodes and 95580 edges.
Tags: Informational, Folksonomy, Unweighted, Multigraph, Timestamps
@memeorandum@universeodon.comChina's economy grows 5% in 2025, buoyed by strong exports despite Trump's tariffs (Chan Ho-him/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/china-economy-exports-trump-tariffs-6b3f53af8f22692bcd4d276c0695b1fc
http://www.memeorandum.com/260118/p94#a260118p94
@nfdi4culture@nfdi.social📢 Achtung, liebe Communities – diese beiden CfPs könnten für euch interessant sein
🚀 Call for Papers: 13. Internationale Konferenz über digitale Bibliotheken für Musikwissenschaft 2026 (ENG)
📝 Full und Short Paper 👉 23.01.2026
📅 02.07.2026, Thessaloniki, Griechenland
➡️ https://dlfm.web.ox.ac.uk/2026-cfp
@tinoeberl@mastodon.onlineJährlicher Zubau und Rückbau von #Balkonsolarleistung in Deutschland mit Stand vom 17.02.2026.
Unplausible Inbetriebnahmedaten von 1900 bis 2017 wurden durch das Registrierungsdatum der #Steckersolaranlage ersetzt.
👉 Zusatzlesestoff:
@macandi@social.heise.deheise | AirPods als Live-Übersetzer: Apple-Manager im Hintergrundgespräch
iPhones und AirPods übersetzen fremde Sprachen in Echtzeit. Im Gespräch verrät Apple, was dabei im Fokus stand – und warum EU-Nutzer warten mussten.
@netzschleuder@social.skewed.deeuroroad: Euroroad network (2011)
A network of international "E-roads," mostly in Europe. Vertices represent cities and edges represents roads. Metadata includes names of cities.
This network has 1174 nodes and 1417 edges.
Tags: Transportation, Roads, Unweighted, Metadata
https://networks.skewed.de/net/euroroa…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialOpenAI quietly adopted Anthropic's "skills" mechanism in ChatGPT and Codex; ChatGPT's skills include creating and modifying spreadsheets, docx files, and PDFs (Simon Willison/Simon Willison's Weblog)
https://simonwillison.net/2025/Dec/12/openai-skills/
@Techmeme@techhub.socialInternal message: SpaceX has authorized an insider share sale at $421/share, valuing the company at ~$800B, and said it's preparing for a possible IPO in 2026 (Loren Grush/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20
@memeorandum@universeodon.comSome Republican lawmakers call for mass expulsion of American Muslims (Matthew Choi/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/12/15/republicans-muslim-mass-expulsions/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251215/p130#a251215p130
@memeorandum@universeodon.comNIH specifies how grant reviewers should ensure alignment with Trump priorities (Anil Oza/STAT)
https://www.statnews.com/2025/12/15/nih-specifies-how-grant-reviewers-should-ensure-alignment-with-trump-priorities/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251215/p125#a251215p125
@memeorandum@universeodon.comRobert Samuelson, Award-Winning Economics Columnist, Dies at 79 (Michael S. Rosenwald/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/business/media/robert-samuelson-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.9E8.EE0g.LtWrFO6652fe&smid=bs-share
http://www.memeorandum.com/251215/p126#a251215p126
@memeorandum@universeodon.comFrom Charlie Kirk to Brown University, Trump officials have posted inaccurate info in wake of tragedy (NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/officials-inaccurate-confusing-info-brown-charlie-kirk-national-guard-rcna249344
http://www.memeorandum.com/251215/p127#a251215p127
@memeorandum@universeodon.comSenate advances annual defense policy bill (Al Weaver/The Hill)
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5650254-senate-ndaa-national-defense-authorization-act/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251215/p128#a251215p128
@memeorandum@universeodon.comBrian Glenn says he's engaged to Marjorie Taylor Greene (Max Rego/The Hill)
https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/5650473-marjorie-taylor-greene-engagement/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251215/p129#a251215p129
@memeorandum@universeodon.comTrump sues BBC for $10 billion, accusing it of defamation over editing of president's Jan. 6 speech (Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/trump-bbc-lawsuit-defamation-a9fd196c4f242decd8f28e8d0ce74442
http://www.memeorandum.com/251215/p134#a251215p134
@memeorandum@universeodon.comKatie Pavlich joins NewsNation as 10 p.m. ET primetime host (Rob Reiner/NewsNation)
https://www.newsnationnow.com/press/katie-pavlich-joins-newsnation-as-10-p-m-et-primetime-host/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251215/p64#a251215p64
@memeorandum@universeodon.comRob Reiner, Wife Michele Found Dead in Their L.A. Home with Knife Wounds (TMZ.com)
https://www.tmz.com/2025/12/14/rob-reiner-wife-michele-found-dead-los-angeles-home/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251214/p57#a251214p57
