2025-12-09 04:04:00
Microsoft plans to invest CA$7.5B in Canada over two years to build AI infrastructure, coming online in 2026, taking its investment to CA$19B from 2023 to 2027 (Deborah Sophia/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/microsoft-inv…
Wikimedia Foundation appoints Bernadette Meehan as Chief Executive Officer
https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2025/12/09/wikimedia-foundation-appoints-bernadette-meehan-as-chief-executive-officer/
Thirsty work: how the rise of massive datacentres strains Australia’s drinking water supply https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/dec/04/thirsty-work-how-the-rise-of-massive-datacentres-strains-aus…
Damn, used car dealers are playing games. Contact them via email, they ghost me, then raise the vehicle price by $2K on their site.
OK.... No thanks.
from my link log —
The birth of the internet troll.
https://gizmodo.com/the-first-internet-troll-1652485292
saved 2025-12-08 https://
Irland, das Land, das Gold holt – nicht bei Olympia, sondern im Kapern von Regulierung. Nach Steuerparadies folgt Datenschutzparadies für Konzerne. Eine Meta‑Managerin wird Datenschutzhüterin – und darf nichts gegen Meta sagen. EU‑Absurdität in Reinform. #PCFlüsterer
#DSGVO
The Golden Globes' inaugural best podcast award nominations avoided controversy by passing on popular politics-related podcasts and personalities like Joe Rogan (Mark Kennedy/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/golden-globes-podcast-cat…
NFL Week 15 Power Rankings: Rams return to top spot, Bills lurking and Jaguars surging https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6873010/2025/12/09/nfl-power-rankings-week-15-rams-bills-jaguars/
@… Well, I didn’t really want to get into this discussion ;-) I only mentioned it because that’s the way it’s here: all academic staff has fixed-term contracts, the only difference is how often they can be renewed. In principle, this is a good idea, and the reason why already hints at why academic research/teaching is NOT a job like any other: aca…
If you follow me, I usually allow anyone to quote me. If it doesn’t work, I probably clicked the wrong setting, I normally keep quotes open to everyone.
#Fediverse #Quote #Quotes
I stayed at Ashworth by the Sea when I visited Hampton Beach a few weeks ago because I saw the sign over and over when I was a kid and they were open for the off season
#photo #photography #buildings
Immer schön, wenn Windows bei einer Slide-Präsentation, etwa über theoretische Analysen indischer Erkenntnistheorie, links unten anzeigt, dass die Luft in Wien schlecht ist und der ATX um 0,04% gefallen ist.
In 15 years, when half of the worlds critical software is LLM-infested, indecipherable vibe-coded spaghetti, and there aren’t enough traditionally-trained software engineers to hire because the entry-level pipeline was strangled in 2025, and people my generation have all retired, well…
Well just remember I said this would happen.
#VibeCoding
Scharfe Abrechnung an der ePA: Kelber kritisiert Sicherheit und Reklamekampagne
Prof. Ulrich Kelber warnt vor Deutschlands Abstieg beim Datenschutz. Er übt scharfe Kritik an Sicherheit und Umsetzung der elektronischen Patientenakte.
OH: Remember when Botox was a taboo subject?
Now when you mention it, nobody raises an eyebrow.
Last year I saw Nick Cave live on his „Wild God“ tour. The show I saw in Berlin was one of the best concerts I’ve been to.
I‘m happy that his recently released „Live God“ album captures something of that concert atmosphere, even if it’s only acoustically and not the stage presence of a 68 year old man running around on stage in full goblin mode.
from my link log —
Peer-reviewed preprints and the Publish-Review-Curate model.
https://www.coalition-s.org/blog/peer-reviewed-preprints-and-the-publish-review-curate-model/
saved 2025-12-09
Beichte nach 8 Jahren - Ex-Freund gesteht Mord an vermisster Jenni (21) #News #Nachrichten
Est-ce que le message est assez clair lŠ ?
Que le public dépende du privé pour la discussion publique finit systématiquement par pencher du côté des intérêts privés.
"Après une amende de 120 millions d'euros pour violation de la DSA, X coupe l'accès publicitaire de la Commission européenne : un précédent lourd de conséquences pour les infrastructures numériques publiques"
Our Trust Us sale offers the best price to join us for the next #bbuzz edition from 7–9 June. It's also a great way to make the most of your remaining training budget! The Trust Us sale is only available until 31 December, so purchase your tickets now at https://tickets.plainschwarz.com/bbuzz26/c/8Hvk0ZvJA/
Zero Carbon V2X Tariffs for Non-Domestic Customers
Elisheva S Shamash, Zhong Fan
https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.07308 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2512.07308 https://arxiv.org/html/2512.07308
arXiv:2512.07308v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: With the aim of meeting the worlds net-zero objectives, electricity trading through contractual agreements is becoming increasingly relevant in global and local energy markets. We develop contracts enabling efficient energy trading using Vehicle to Everything technology which can be applied to regulate energy markets and reduce costs and carbon emissions by using electric vehicles with bidirectional batteries to store energy during offpeak hours for export during peak hours. We introduce a contract based on the VCG mechanism which enables fleets of electric vehicles to export electricity to the grid efficiently throughout the day, where each electric vehicle has its energy consumption and exporting schedules and costs.
toXiv_bot_toot
Christian Arabic intensive course at Westminster College, Cambridge (UK), 6–15 January 2026 https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcements/20134630/christian-arabic-intensive-course-westminster-college-cambridge-uk-6
Layer-Resolved Impurity States Reveal Competing Pairing Mechanisms in Trilayer Nickelate Superconductor La$_4$Ni$_3$O$_{10}$
Suyin Zheng, Tao Zhou
https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.07636
Crossing over, near Rossgundscharte.
(Picture from June 2025. Ahead lies the upper end of Rappenalptal, Germany's southernmost valley, and the Lechtal Alps in Tyrol further in the distance)
#FootpathFriday #LandscapePhotography
Somehow Detroit got safer without Federal intervention.
I’d bet that a part of that is all the immigrants we have. @… https://mastodon.hong…
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #ThroughTheNight
Franz Liszt & Bernhard Stavenhagen:
🎵 Legende no 1: St. Francois d'Assise prechant aux oiseaux (S.175)
#FranzLiszt #BernhardStavenhagen
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
RE: https://ohai.social/@dramypsyd/115629013266911492
buh buh buh
‼️Die #Petition
"Gesetzlich verankerter Maßnahmeplan zur Einhaltung der Pariser Klimaziele bis spätestens 2035 vom 14.08.2025"
hat bisher 366 Mitzeichnungen.
Es fehlen noch 29634 Unterschriften bis zum 07.01.2026.
"2025 was one of three hottest years on record, scientists say"
#Climate #ClimateChange
https://phy…
New report confirms 2025 among Hawai'i's driest, warmest on record #Hawaii
Bringing art to the cemetery — How 'The Invisible Gallery' reclaims legacy overshadowed by Russian imperialism: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/29/bringing-art-to-the-cemetery.html
Trump upended the US education system in 2025. It's only the beginning. (Bianca Quilantan/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/04/trump-upended-the-us-education-system-in-2025-its-only-the-beginning-00693857
http://www.memeorandum.com/260104/p45#a260104p45
Hat etwas gedauert, aber hier nun mein SF/Fantasy-Tagebuch für November/Dezember 2025. U.a. mit Andy Weir, Emily Tesh, Zootopia und Knives Out.
https://blog.till-westermayer.de/2026/01/science-fiction-und-fantasy-winter-edition-2025-26/…
Well, it took me a while, but I finally vanquished #Chronos. What a way to finish the year! 😎
Can't wait for the next try.
#Hades2 #ChronosMustDie
FreeBSD context: https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/03/freebsd_project_update_no_ai/ @…
Cc
Details on the California #wealthTax proposal:
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-024
It's a one-time 5% wealth tax but can be spread over 5 ye…
Wondering if anyone (in EU or JP) using AltStore PAL can test/screenshot if @… is listed and works?
I've revived this old app, tried out the steps to distribute it on AltStore PAL (https://
Fahre im ICE mit über 200 km/h durch (nachguck) Hessen, bin auf halber Strecke zwischen Kassel und Frankfurt.
Boah ist das hier dünn besiedelt... 😮
Tunnel, Wald, Wiese, Dörfchen, Wiese, Tunnel, Wald, Dörfchen, Wiese...
Ich dachte Deutschland hätte eine höhere Bevölkerungsdichte als die Schweiz?
fröhliches vorvorböllern allerseits
nicht vergessen: morgen ist vorböllern
CUII Liste — Diese Webseite ist aus urheberrechtlichen Gründen nicht verfügbar. Die CUII hat entschieden, diese Seite ohne gerichtlichen Beschluss zu sperren. Selbstjustiz? Nein danke!
Die CUII ist eine private Organisation, die sich selbst das Recht nimmt, Webseiten zu sperren, die ihrer Meinung nach gegen das Urheberrecht verstoßen. Dies geschieht ohne gerichtliche Beschlüsse - und Internetanbieter ziehen mit.
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Interessante analyse van zdfheute over de oorlog van Oekraïne.
Das könnte dir gefallen: So stark ist Putins Position wirklich
So stark ist Putins Position wirklich
Kein Frieden ohne Putin. Doch auch Russland ist durch den Angriffskrieg geschwächt. Wie stark ist das Land - wirtschaftlich, militärisch und politisch. ZDFheute live analysiert.
#Oekraïne #zdfheute
Anyway, more immediately, the corner cushion and long cushion have arrived.
Both a bit understuffed from what would be ideal. Creased, but maybe that'll drop out. Says not to iron it.
Can't even open the long one for adding more stuffing. Would have to unstitch and restitch.
Comfy though. This is the best bed I've ever had for lazing around in bed watching TV and I haven't even added the projector yet.
The Brittany Higgins' saga and its trail of destruction
#Higgins
But now, LLMs offer a beautiful new promise: your brilliant notions can proceed full speed without any pesky underlings at all!
You can just •build the app• or •launch the campaign• or whatever, and nobody will tell you annoying things like “that won’t work” or “that timeline is unrealistic” or “that will create even larger problems” or “people will die.” The chat LLM is there to say YES to your hitherto-unacknowledged brilliance!
6/
39C3: Anhaltende Kritik an der Clearingstelle und Netzsperren in Deutschland | heise online
https://heise.de/-11126328
Deutschland 2026:
Kein Tempolimit - Diese paar toten und Schwerverletzten sind uns diese Freiheit wert.
Keine Zuckersteuer - Die paar Millionen Diabetiker sollen sich nicht so anstellen.
Kein Böllerverbot - Die Freiheit, die ein paar Grenzdebile wollen, muß geschützt werden.
Darauf ein frohes Neues 🤮
#2026 #newyear
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #WoPop
Enji:
🎵 Eejiinhee Hairaar
#Enji
https://enjierkhem.bandcamp.com/track/eejiinhee-hairaar
https://open.spotify.com/track/4KSjhLnOfyEmTPAM5ItYaZ
#SpringBoot 4 #OpenTelemetry: From Zero to Full #Observability in Minutes
Glad to see someone is at least trying to address the transmission capacity problem.
Last year I worked on a project with one of Oregon’s utilities related to optimizing the use of available transmission capacity, because there just isn’t enough.
https://newsie.social/@ProPublica/1158
We're downtown killing time before we head over to the theatre to see We Will RockYou. I suspect Best Buy's boxing day sale is not going well. At the Eaton's Centre location there are hundreds of big screen TVs piled up everywhere. In the aisles, at the front, in display areas. Messy as hell.
Reminds me of this appropriate tune.
https://youtu.be/wTP2RUD_cL0?si=pjmiHpE0mct5pXbF
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #LaurenLaverne
Wizzard:
🎵 I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday
#Wizzard
#Christmas)
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #ClassicalLive
Felix Mendelssohn, Ulster Orchestra & Sinead Hayes:
🎵 Overture - The Fair Melusine, Op.32
#FelixMendelssohn #UlsterOrchestra #SineadHayes
Matthew Stafford wins 2025 AP NFL Most Valuable Player award https://www.nfl.com/news/matthew-stafford-rams-qb-most-valuable-player-2025
The brain isn’t a computer. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
:duckduckgo: how to nap 5 hours in 90 mins
Shares of Shenzhen-based OneRobotics opened flat in their HK debut after the Chinese home robotics maker raised $210M by selling 22M shares at about $9.50 each (Nikkei Asia)
https://asia.nikkei.com/business/markets/ipo/amazo…
Die monatliche #Energieerzeugung meiner #Kernfusionskollektoranlage im Vergleich zu Prognosedaten aus einer Simulation.
Gesamtleistung: 480 Wp
Ausrichtung: West
Anstellwinkel: 58 Grad
👉 So berechnest Du die Jahresertragsprognose:
Nvidia und Apple bescheren Foxconn mehr Umsatz
Foxconn hat 2025 18 Prozent mehr Umsatz gemacht. Verbraucher kaufen zwar weniger vernetzte Geräte, aber der KI-Boom gleicht das mehr als aus.
https://www.
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…
"Call for citizen scientists to monitor threatened turtle species on NSW beaches"
#Australia #NewSouthWales #Animals
"A thoughtful walk through … FreeBSD 15.0—its design, discipline, and why composable systems still matter.
FreeBSD 15.0 quietly advances security, adapts to change with finesse, and reflects solid, intentional engineering. It powers some of the most flexible firewalls in use today and enables forward-looking filesystem design. It does not claim perfection, yet it consistently moves toward it. FreeBSD does not chase trends, influencers, or corporate fashion cycles. It focuses on doing …
Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal — @…
#Trump
A look at eight pitch decks startups used to raise funds for AI tools for Hollywood, offering scaled dubbing, script analysis, synthetic voice/video, and more (Lucia Moses/Business Insider)
https://www.businessinsider.com/ai-startups-hollywood-pitch-…
Commanders LB Bobby Wagner named 2025 Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year https://www.nfl.com/news/commanders-lb-bobby-wagner-named-2025-walter-payton-nfl-man-of-the-year
Russia launched 131 drones — Ukraine fights back, but there are victims and destruction!: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/25/russia-launched-drones-ukraine-fights.html
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #WoPop
Kokoroko:
🎵 Closer to Me
#Kokoroko
https://kokoroko.bandcamp.com/track/closer-to-me
https://open.spotify.com/track/1zmdrBR4TErhmW5vusXQWO
Kennedy Center vows to sue musician who canceled performance over Trump name change (Kristin Wright/NPR)
https://www.npr.org/2025/12/27/g-s1-103808/kennedy-center-lawsuit-chuck-redd-cancellation-trump
http://www.memeorandum.com/251227/p36#a251227p36
Declared extinct in 2025: A look back at some of the species we lost https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/12/declared-extinct-in-2025-a-look-back-at-some-of-the-species-weve-lost/
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #ThroughTheNight
Tilev String Quartet, Gueorgui Tilev, Svetoslav Marinov, Ogunian Stantchev, Yontcho Bayrov & Joseph Haydn:
🎵 String Quartet in D major, Op 64 no 5 'Lark'
#TilevStringQuartet #GueorguiTilev #SvetoslavMarinov #OgunianStantchev
RE: #Bevölkerung
AMD knackt erstmals 10 Milliarden US-Dollar Quartalsumsatz
Das Jahr 2025 lief für AMD erfreulich, unter anderem mit einem Verkaufsrekord von Ryzen-CPUs. Die Aktie fällt trotzdem um über zehn Prozent.
https://www.…
Analysis: since the end of 2025, Polymarket users have rarely bet large sums on US strikes the next day; before the Iran strikes, 150 accounts placed such bets (Amy Fan/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/upshot/…
Seahawks WR Jaxon Smith-Njigba named 2025 AP NFL Offensive Player of Year https://www.nfl.com/news/jaxon-smith-njigba-seahawks-wr-offensive-player-of-the-year-2025
@… the quote that I cherry-picked is, I currently believe, the largest part of what it's about.
The NYT reports Q4 revenue up 10.4% YoY to $802.3M, subscription revenue up 13.9% YoY to $381.5M, and operating profit up 10.2% YoY to $161.6M (The New York Times Company)
https://nytco-assets.nytimes.com/2026/02/Q4-2025-Earnings-Release.pdf
🔴131 drones over Ukraine – blackouts, Zelenskyy's peace plan, and Russia's nuclear blackmail: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/25/drones-over-ukraine-blackouts-zelenskyys.html
(Just watched Die Hard.)
Recon: the US market share of Copilot as paid users' first choice fell from 18.8% in July 2025 to 11.5% in January 2026, while Gemini's rose from 12.8% to 15.7% (Sebastian Herrera/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/microsofts-piv
Ukraine strikes oil refinery in Russia's Rostov Oblast with Storm Shadow missiles, General Staff says: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/25/ukraine-strikes-oil-refinery-in.html
@… thanks. Wow. Also …
Stack Overflow’s decline — Eric Holscher (2025-01-21) <https://www.ericholscher.com/blog/2025/jan/21/stack-ove…
O Freunde, nicht diese Töne! /
Sondern laßt uns angenehmere /
anstimmen und freudenvollere!
The Pope, the Super Bowl and YouTube influencers: The wildest sports bets in 2025 https://www.espn.com/espn/betting/story/_/id/47444724/2025-betting-wildest-bets-nfl-cfb-nba-mlb-golf-boxing
‼️Die #Petition
"Maßnahmen zum Schutz von Mietern vom 25.08.2025"
hat bisher 195 Mitzeichnungen.
Es fehlen noch 29805 Unterschriften bis zum 25.12.2025.
https://e…
Neue VR-Brillen 2026: Diese Geräte sind zu erwarten
2026 dürfte im Zeichen der Steam Frame stehen. Es sei denn, die VR-Branche hält noch eine Überraschung bereit. Welche VR-Brillen erscheinen sonst noch?
https://…
‘A breakthrough is underway’: Russian war bloggers lament loss of Kupyansk: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/24/a-breakthrough-is-underway-russian.html
49ers' McCaffrey honored for support of military https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47826119/49ers-christian-mccaffrey-wins-2025-salute-service-award
‼️Die #Petition
"Stärkere Einschränkung der Verfügbarkeit von Feuerwerkskörpern bzw. von Böllern um den Jahreswechsel vom 27.05.2025"
hat bisher 156 Mitzeichnungen.
Es fehlen noch 29844 Unterschriften bis zum 11.03.2026.