2025-12-20 17:30:00
Deutsche nach Kurz-Trip ins All wieder zurück auf der Erde
Nach mehreren Verschiebungen waren erstmals zwei Deutsche mit einer Blue-Origin-Rakete im Weltall – eine der beiden ist querschnittsgelähmt.
https://www…
Deutsche nach Kurz-Trip ins All wieder zurück auf der Erde
Nach mehreren Verschiebungen waren erstmals zwei Deutsche mit einer Blue-Origin-Rakete im Weltall – eine der beiden ist querschnittsgelähmt.
https://www…
So it didn’t go exactly to script but the video of my talk from Defuse Dublin is now out. It’s a short one.
#DefuseDublin
Ukraine says it destroyed a Russian patrol ship and struck a Lukoil drilling platform in the Caspian Sea: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/20/ukraine-says-it-destroyed-a.html
Fresh #Debian installation:
13 processes
uses 120 MB RAM
1.7 GB used disk
I find this very impressive
:debian:
Bret Taylor says his AI agent startup Sierra has hit $100M in ARR, after launching in February 2024, up from about $20M this time last year (Alex Heath/Sources)
https://sources.news/p/sierras-revenue-flex
The Justice Department sued California in federal court on Thursday,
claiming that providing in-state college tuition to unauthorized students is illegal
and discriminates against Americans from out of state who pay higher rates.
The complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California,
is the latest action by the Trump administration against California.
It is the third lawsuit filed by the Justice Department against the state in a…
I got those new disks loaded into the TrueNAS server and have been moving things around to make more space on the primary pool.
I've got my home computers running backups to the NAS and most of the Macs also have Time Machine drives attached...
At this point I'm still missing off-site backups but I can look into that by placing a small NAS at the office.
#TrueNAS
EU-Vorgabe: Wie das iPhone bald WLAN-Infos teilt – und die Watch beschneidet
Erste Details sickern durch, wie iPhones künftig WLAN-Zugangsdaten teilen. Für Geräte anderer Hersteller wird es wohl besser, für die Watch schlechter.
@… It seems like scheduling doesn't work in the latest version of #TheDesk?
It’s fitting RFK is maliciously conforming to a promise he made to a Republican senator / doctor in order to get his confirmation vote.
https://archive.is/aEILc#selection-589.0-595.236:~:text=The updated,website,-.
Liar’s gonna lie and t…
When cooking hybridizes with chemical engineering and focus groups:
Ben Jennings on ultra-processed foods
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2025/nov/19/ben-jennings-ultra-process…
FreeBSD Foundation Budget Summary
<https://freebsdfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/2025-Budget-Approved-Summary.pdf> (September 2025)
― via <
a dozen years ago, i wrote liner notes for a reissue of callender's 1972 album, "the way," nixed by a former label owner just before it went into (re)production.
https://social.lol/@thetonearm/115587988828492685
Judge Places Hold on I.R.S. Data Sharing With ICE (Andrew Duehren/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/business/irs-ice-migrants-addresses.html?unlocked_article_code=1.3E8.DvbO.HYPMi6WMlpnW&smid=nytcore-ios-share
http://www.memeorandum.com/251122/p2#a251122p2
IOS 26 får en bubbla av fem möjliga av mig.
"South Korea sets 3.5 million heat pump target in national decarbonization push"
#SouthKorea #Energy #HeatPumps
‼️ Europäische #Bürgerinitiative
Der #Bausektor ist weltweit für rund 38 Prozent der CO₂-Emissionen verantwortlich. Dennoch wird Neubau weiterhin gegenüber der #Sanierung bevorzu…
✈️ Printable aluminum alloy sets strength records, may enable lighter aircraft parts
https://techxplore.com/news/2025-10-printable-aluminum-alloy-strength-enable.html
How Proposed Changes to the Endangered Species Act Could Further Threaten the Country's Imperiled Species - Inside Climate News
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/20122025/how-proposed-changes-to-the-endangered-species-act-could-further-threaten-the-countrys-imperiled-species/
Another one for the collection, to be thrown onto the timeline at appropriate (inappropriate) moments. #TOTP
Time For Christmas o'clock #HashtagGames hosted by @….
#ChristmasPartyAFilmOrShow
So, I have #Discord on my Mac, but I can't use it because it's unbelievably slow. I mean, unusable.
My Mac is an M2 Pro Mac Mini, and has no problem with anything else. Anyone have any thoughts?
Web version is ok, but limited in some ways.
@… it’s a good book!
“Additional direct manufacturing costs do not fully explain the higher prices of electric cars outside China. [..] in Germany, the retail price difference is more than double the manufacturing cost difference.”
https://www.iea.org/reports/what-next-for-the…
♫ Top 5 artists of the Last.week: The Chameleons (50) Cocteau Twins (30) Miley Cyrus (28) Billy Idol (25) Divididos (24). #myweekcounted 436 Scrobbles with Lastfm #music via @…
My unpopular opinion is that I really like Quantum of Solace. Not only is it a beautifuly shot film, but it’s the most forward-looking Bond film. The central problem of the film - resource scarcity - is only now getting on peoples’ radar.
#climate #jamesbond
Pedaling backwards as fast as we can. :-(
(While China and the rest of the world race forward into a new energy future.) https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/climate/clean-energy-department-office…
phpc.social is now running on Mastodon 4.5.2, released around 15 hours ago.
#mastoadmin
You can never poke a thumb in the same eye twice.
Es fehlt nicht an Ladesäulen, sondern an gut durchdachten. Statt Dach, Licht und Toiletten: Kabelsalat, Schotterplatz, einsame Plätze und Preislotterie. Dirk Kunde zeigt, wie das #Eauto beim Komfort gegen die Tankstelle verliert – und warum sich der Wettbewerb künftig an der Ladesäule entscheidet.
#Laden
RE: #Mastodon has been quite low this week, I’ve been feelin…
From China, on visual-to-auditory sensory substitution: Image-to-sound conversion and automated classification for blind assistance https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3773365.3773472 2025 8th International Conference on Computer Information Science and Artificial Intelligence, in Wuhan, Chin…
🥱¼🥱
mrrrgnnn tootles 🖖 fedizens
☕☕(☕)
Wie wärs: Valve veröffentlicht nächstes Jahr #SteamFrame gemeinsam mit einem auf VR optimierten #HalfLife3? Ich wär dabei… #games
Bu akşam İşçi Filimleri Festivali'nin açılışına gittim. Gördüm ki ülkedeki hükümet sorunu kadar muhalefet sorunu var. Sinema televizyon bölümünün öğrencilerine verselerdi bundan 10 kat iyi yaparlardı.
Açılış konuşmaları ve ödül törenleri bitip film başlayınca katılanların yarısı toz oldu. Kaçanların içinde sendika temsilcileri çoğunlukta. Zaten hiç işçi görmedim.
Film başladı. Döngü diye bir film. Büyükçe bir salon (500 kişilik), küçük bir perde ve filmi bilgisayardan yansıtıyo…
RE: https://mstdn.social/@hkrn/115757791020541826
There is something joyful about the early periods of AI models where they're still completely off-base, but the start of something is there. It's when we get the humor of Janelle Shane and all the art exp…
I’m old enough that it took me years to adopt a screen name. I had been given something of an embarrassing nickname (Dr. Bill) on various BBS’s because of my tendency to expound at length and in depth on a variety of topics.
I adopted the one I’ve stuck with since when I needed to have an AIM account for reasons. No one has ever questioned my choice. I could make a trademark case for it if necessary. @…
Im August war nochmal #Rhabarberkuchen backen angesagt. Besuch hatte sich angekündigt und die kleinen 20er #Springformen sind super für 2 bis 4 Leute. Mein Ganzjahres-#Rhabarber hatte noc…
from Reece Martin Transit
The Transit "Experts" That Derail Transit.
My Grand Theory of North America's Transit Expansion Failures.
"saying that if Montreal was building major transit again in the 21st century it wouldn’t build a metro, because no city would is laughable, or painful, depending on ones state of mind when you read that."
What in the #PHP?
EU-raportti: Vakavat listeriatartunnat lisääntyneet Euroopassa https://www.ruokavirasto.fi/teemat/efsa-yhteistyo/ajankohtaista-efsasta/uutiset/eu-raportti-vakavat-listeriatartunnat-lisaantyneet-euroopass…
Elon #Musk 🏴☠️ is not, as Grok claims, “world history's greatest human”; he is simply and plainly an idiotic #sociopath.
https://w…
Series C, Episode 05 - The Harvest of Kairos
VILA: We got it, we got it!
DAYNA: Right on the nose! [laughs]
[Space Command]
SERVALAN: How did that happen?
JARVIK: They fired through their own force shield.
SERVALAN: Don't be absurd.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/305/292…
Etwas mehr der heute besonders häufig geteilten #News:
Österreichs Höchstgericht: Personalisierte Werbung Meta Platforms’ unzulässig
Eram pouquíssimas provas nesta quarta disciplina. Jš acabei. E nesta o índice de aprovação (incluindo muita gente desistente) foi de 80%. Não tem meio-termo, os índices estão sendo 8 ou 80. Ou, mais exatamente, 17 ou 80 rs.
https://social.linux.pizza/@matematico314/1157607304711…
My favorite 20 LPs of 2025: https://spacetimetech.wordpress.com/2025/12/19/my-top-20-favorite-lps-of-2025
Tagging a bunch of you that have helped me out finding things this year or who have expressed interest - sorry if I missed you, there's a lot…
Gestern und Dienstag fragten mich Leute in #Osnabrück, warum ich kein WhatsApp verwende. Ich sagte - wie ich es oft mache: Ich befasse mich mit IT-Sicherheit, ich kann das weder nutzen noch empfehlen.
Heute sehe ich: https://
#GregoryAlanWilliams
When they're not on the beach #BaywatchStars celebrate Xmas
#HoHoHo
Bares für Rares streamt nächste Woche auf Twitch, kooperiert mit bekanntem Streamer
https://mein-mmo.de/bares-fuer-rares-twitch-peter-smit-pietsmiets/
linux: Linux source inclusions (v3.16)
A network of Linux (v3.16) source code file inclusion. Nodes represent source files and a directed edge indicates if one file includes another.
This network has 30837 nodes and 213954 edges.
Tags: Technological, Software, Unweighted
https://networks.skewed.de/net/linux
I think I've found my favourite german hosting company, a vps for €1/m a .nl domain for €7/y
#vps
Hmm. Hat eigentlich schon jemand der EU vorgeschlagen, den Begriff Steakholder zu verbieten? Nicht, dass die Verbraucher glauben, es handelt sich dabei um einen Koch und am Ende verhungern.
🇺🇦 Auf radioeins läuft...
Fritz Kalkbrenner:
🎵 Facing The Sun
#NowPlaying #FritzKalkbrenner
https://suol.bandcamp.com/track/facing-the-sun
https://open.spotify.com/track/4Ei691AKbjiGscPcMUdA4s
Le trafic est perturbé entre Paris Saint-Lazare et Versailles Rive Droite dans les 2 sens.
Pour plus d'informations sur cette perturbation, consultez le fil X de la ligne L.
Motif : panne informatique (dysfonctionnement des outils de suivi des circulations).
🤖 20/11 21:17
These weasels have locally adapted their winter coats to varying snow cover thanks to a million-year-old mutation
#naturalist
A new Trump administration program is sidestepping the regulatory system that's overseen the nuclear industry for half a century.
The program will fast-track construction of new and untested reactor designs built by private firms,
with an explicit goal of having at least three nuclear test reactors up and running by the United States' 250th birthday, July 4, 2026.
If that goal is met, it will be without the direct oversight of America's primary nuclear regulat…
MAGA favorite Marjorie Taylor Greene to resign after split with Trump (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-representative-marjorie-taylor-greene-resign-after-fallout-with-trump-2025-11-22/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251122/p1#a251122p1
While the Hallelujah Chorus is the most recognizable song from Handel's Messiah, and is great, Worthy Is The Lamb is absolutely the pinnacle. What a stirring ending to the oratorio! #music
Time For Christmas o'clock #HashtagGames hosted by @….
#HolidayThemedFoodAndDrink
"Hydrogen emissions are ‘supercharging’ the warming impact of methane"
#Hydrogen #Emissions #Methane
Fascinating - and a cheering tale:
Raiders of the lobster pot: wily wolves learn to haul in Canadian crab traps
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/20/canadia-british-coumbia-sea-wolves-…
Lately, I’ve been feeling burned out by how much people in my life assume things about me and my beliefs, so let's talk about it.
I spend some parts (not all) of my evenings online, usually from around 20:00 to 22:00 or sometimes even until midnight (00:00), not because I am consumed by politics but because I like to learn and reflect on how society could be better. I enjoy exploring ideas about justice, solidarity, and human rights in a way that feels meaningful to me. For me, spe…
RE: https://mastodon.social/@fesshole/115757049842593909
I don't care if she ordered you to do it, it's going to ruin the laptop.
😲 North Korea IT worker scheme expanding to more industries, countries outside of US tech sector
https://therecord.media/north-korea-it-worker-scheme-expands-outisde-us-tech
From National Observer
Why a former oil exec is going all-in on geothermal
“I am a big believer that the future of energy supply is moving away from conventional sources,” says Eavor Technologies CEO Mark Fitzgerald.
@… wifimgr – net-mgmt/wifimgr
WiFi Networks Manager
https://www.freshports.org/net-mgmt/wifimgr/
It can manage multiple Wi-Fi interfaces.
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MorningShow
Duran Duran:
🎵 The Wild Boys
#DuranDuran
https://studiomasters.bandcamp.com/track/duran-duran-the-wild-boys-remix-124-bpm
https://open.spotify.com/track/23M7cQkNJLiddeubvVgaQl
Series B, Episode 05 - Pressure Point
JENNA: There is a condition.
BLAKE: Yes?
JENNA: None of us is prepared to commit suicide. We don't intend to die making some heroic gesture.
CALLY: We need a chance of survival.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/205/85 B7B4
Whitehouse propaganda minister Karoline Leavitt insisted,
“Everything I’m telling you is the truth backed by real, factual data,
and you just don’t want to report on it ’cause you want to push untrue narratives about the president.'”
The “real, factual data” that underpinned Leavitt’s statement was specious at best.
The actual inflation rate for September was 3%,
-- not the 2.5% figure cherry-picked from economic data.
The rise in real wages?
…
@… @… don't clickbait, just name it. Sincerely.
Epstein survivors say they received death threats in new letter (Julianna Bragg/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/11/22/epstein-files-death-threats-survivors-trump
http://www.memeorandum.com/251121/p126#a251121p126
Border Patrol and other federal law enforcement agencies are conducting a massive surveillance network monitoring the actions of millions of Americans.
These agencies are not protecting Americans from threats. They are the threat.
https://apnews.co…
‼️Die #Petition
"Maßnahmen zum Schutz von Mietern vom 25.08.2025"
hat bisher 169 Mitzeichnungen.
Es fehlen noch 29831 Unterschriften bis zum 25.12.2025.
https://e…
dbpedia_all: DBpedia network (v3.6)
A network among all entries in DBpedia, a project that extracts structured information from Wikipedia. Nodes represent entities in DBpedia and an edge connects two entities based on DBpedia's notion of their relatedness. The data is extracted from the version 3.6 of the database.
This network has 3966924 nodes and 13820853 edges.
Tags: Informational, Relatedness, Unweighted, Multigraph
In 1967, physicist Andrei Sakharov proposed a set of conditions that must be satisfied to explain the origin of the matter-antimatter asymmetry in the universe,
including violation of the combined charge conjugation and parity (CP) symmetry.
CP symmetry was once thought to be universally conserved,
until this view was overturned in 1964 with the discovery of CP violation in the decay of neutral kaons.
This landmark result later earned the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1…
Twenty minutes ago, I sent what I hoped could be my last private message to a moderator. The closing word there was "Respect"; I'll continue this respect by not addressing him in this toot.
@… it's certainly not a bad attitude – if you know a background that most people do not. Consider this quote from the subsequent comment:
"… S…
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Debra Laws:
🎵 Very Special
#DebraLaws
https://mistarello.bandcamp.com/track/debra-laws-very-special-rello-blend
12/20/25 📝 The Readback ... Our weekend digest features the best of Punchbowl News this week ... (Punchbowl News)
https://punchbowl.news/archive/122025-the-readback/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251220/p31#a251220p31
What had saved Charles Dutton was prison.
He dropped out of school at 12 and pleaded guilty to manslaughter at 17, after stabbing a black man who had pulled a knife on him in a fight.
He served two years.
Then he was sent back for weapons possession, fought with a white guard, and ended up serving another seven and a half.
The tale of his redemption is well known.
He grabbed an anthology of plays by black playwrights on his way into solitary confinement one day…
‼️Die #Petition
"Mehr Verbraucherschutz vor versteckter Preiserhöhung (sog. Shrinkflation) vom 29.09.2025"
hat bisher 125 Mitzeichnungen.
Es fehlen noch 29875 Unterschriften bis zum 10.12.2025.
Senators Launch Inquiry After a White House Official Intervened on Behalf of Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation (ProPublica)
https://www.propublica.org/article/paul-ingrassia-probe-andrew-tate-investigation
http://www.memeorandum.com/251121/p127#a251121p127
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #Roadhouse
Brook Benton:
🎵 Soul Santa
#BrookBenton
https://open.spotify.com/track/2dTEA6kFr1UM2Qia3lzIFB
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Lady Wray:
🎵 Under The Sun
#LadyWray
https://ladywray.bandcamp.com/album/through-it-all-b-w-under-the-sun
https://open.spotify.com/track/2RX7oNugjq7hYgWW0yhqQv
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
John Coltrane:
🎵 Greensleeves
#JohnColtrane
https://moochinaboutltd.bandcamp.com/track/greensleeves
https://open.spotify.com/track/71RPjNw25QN44DbMHhNlFO