@Techmeme@techhub.socialAppfigures: global consumer spending in mobile apps on the App Store and Google Play rose 21.6% YoY to $155.8B in 2025, but app downloads dropped 2.7% to 106.9B (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/14/app-…
@barochat@mastodon.social
@BBC6MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk
@bebe@social.linux.pizza
@heiseonline@social.heise.deChina: LLMs müssen sich outen
Kann ein LLM menschlich wirken, muss es in China bald "vorläufige Maßnahmen" befolgen: Transparenz, Sicherheit und Sozialmus.
https://www.heise.de/news/China-LLMs-muess
@catsalad@infosec.exchangeOne unit of spoon please!
@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.ioRIP Stewart Cheifet 1938–2025
@Sustainable2050@mastodon.energyRussia's friends helping each other:
Germany’s far-right AfD invited to join Munich Security Conference 2026, on initiative by JD Vance
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/29/german…
@ErikUden@mastodon.deall quiet on the frontal lobe
@servelan@newsie.social2025 Measles Cases In America Surpass The 2,000 Mark | Techdirt
https://www.techdirt.com/2025/12/30/2025-measles-cases-in-america-surpass-the-2000-mark/
@memeorandum@universeodon.comInside MAHA's 2026 food agenda (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/31/kyle-diamantas-maha-fda-food-policy-00698153
http://www.memeorandum.com/251231/p62#a251231p62
@NFL@darktundra.xyzPatriots left tackle Will Campbell says he played with a torn ligament in his knee during 2025 season
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/patriots-will-campbell-injury-2025-season/…
@davidaugust@mastodon.online"Ideally, that's what you've got in an acting career is an equal number of dramas and comedies and an equal number of small films and big films."
—Jason Bateman
#acting #coaching #inspiration
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialGeorge Clooney criticizes CBS and ABC for settling lawsuits with President Trump and says CBS News EIC Bari Weiss "is dismantling CBS News as we speak" (Brent Lang/Variety)
https://variety.com/2025/film/news/george-clooney-bari-weiss-des…
@frankel@mastodon.top
@Dragofix@veganism.socialTen English fire services tackled record number of grass, forest and crop fires in 2025 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/31/record-number-wildfires-2025-tackled-by-10-english-fire-services
@adrianco@mastodon.socialOur local #bobcat comes by most nights, but decided to wander by at 2pm today so I got a nice clear video clip. My favorite local critter, beautiful markings.
@markhburton@mstdn.socialWithout wanting to detract from the main thrust of the article, I find the usage "new species" interestingly anthropocentric.
A new frog species emerges from Peru’s cloud forests — and it’s already at risk
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/12/a-ne<…
@karlauerbach@sfba.socialI like ambiguous headlines like this one:
'Trump’s shadow war in Venezuela grows, but country’s strongman leader still clings to power"
Which country's strongman is still clinging to power?
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec
@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nzCurrent situation... Could be worse. Could be tenting... Heavy rain watch for the next dozen or so hours... Have a great finish to your year! It was... a year, eh. Ok to put it behind us.
@mxp@mastodon.acm.org@… Sorry!
BTW, did you see that Beamer presentations won’t be accessible, and you need to use a new class, which is unfinished and only partly compatible: https://www.
@inthehands@hachyderm.ioI do not share Glasser’s reaction — I expected it to be at least this bad — but as a catalogue of awful things and their enablers, it’s a good contribution. More of that in the MSM please: list the wrongs, as many as possible, over and over. Don’t let the memory hole swallow them up. https://mastodon.world/@BrianJopek/115810196467256804
@qbi@freie-re.deHappy Stallone-Day to all who celebrate!
@simon_brooke@mastodon.scotDear friends
Bara'a (@…) is someone I'm in touch with in Gaza, whom I've corresponded with, who is verified by the @… project, who I'm sure is genuine, who urgently needs support. This week I am not …
@UP8@mastodon.social🎞️ Cinemas and unions sound alarms over Netflix-Warner Bros. deal
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2025-12-05/netflix-warner-deal-how-theaters-and-unions-are-reacting
🆓
@ebinger@bildung.socialUff. Reli-Arbeit (Kl. 4) ist korrigiert. Keine wirklich schlechte Note, so soll das sein. Das neue Jahr kann kommen.
#FedilLZ #KorrekturTröt #ReligionEDU
@crell@phpc.socialA really solid take on how social media is both helpful and harmful.
https://youtu.be/9euKCrTyMEc
@kurtsh@mastodon.socialThese 'Animal House' true stories at the filming location (University of Oregon) make for/ the greatest documentary EVER.
Featuring John Landis, Kevin Bacon, John Belushi, Ivan Reitman, Karen Allen, Harold Ramis, etc.
▶️ #AnimalHouse - Making Of
@tinoeberl@mastodon.online👻 #Mythos zum #Frühstück: 😱
„Leute, die #Plastikmüll in die Natur werfen, verursachen die
@aral@mastodon.ar.alRE: https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@EUCommission/115790466560092444
“Complacency is over.”
Thank goodness. So I guess we’ll stop going on about “European values” while ignoring – if not actively aiding and abetting – Israel’s li…
@cdarwin@c.imAppeals court lifts injunction on Medicaid funding cuts
The Law applies almost exclusively to Planned Parenthood health centers
Democratic-led states had alleged that the law was an unconstitutional retroactive condition
A provision in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, passed by the Republican-led Congress,
bars Medicaid funding for tax-exempt organizations that provide family planning and reproductive health services if they perform abortions and received more than $…
@publicvoit@graz.social#Irreal: Never try #Emacs 😲
https://irreal.org/blog/?p=13507
@eichkat3r@hessen.social@… vorvorglühen
@Techmeme@techhub.socialUnsealed documents detail a US operation that stopped the alleged smuggling of $160M worth of Nvidia H100 and H200 GPUs to China between Oct. 2024 and May 2025 (CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/31/160-million-export-controlled-nvid…
@catsalad@infosec.exchangeArts & crafts cats 🦎
@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.ioWe used to be a real country
@memeorandum@universeodon.comWhere vaccination rates declined the most, by county (Herb Scribner/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/12/31/measles-flu-vaccine-mmr-rates-2026
http://www.memeorandum.com/251231/p56#a251231p56
@servelan@newsie.socialTrump administration agrees to drop anti-DEI criteria for stalled health research grants • Louisiana Illuminator
https://lailluminator.com/2025/12/30/repub/health-research-6/
@heiseonline@social.heise.deMalware, Betrug & Co.: Riskantes Domain-Chaos der Bundesregierung enthüllt
Die Regierung hütet geheime Listen ihrer Webseiten, was die Sicherheit der Bürger gefährdet. Nun schafft die Veröffentlichung von über 2000 Domains Fakten.
@Dragofix@veganism.socialMississippi River mining plan in Minnesota dredges up concerns about damage to natural areas https://phys.org/news/2025-12-mississippi-river-minnesota-dredges-natural.html
@Techmeme@techhub.socialDealroom: 76 European deep tech and life sciences companies spun out from universities reached $1B valuations or $100M in revenue in 2025, or both (Anna Heim/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/30/76-european-deep-tech-uni…
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialJob cuts across TV, film, broadcast, news, and streaming in the first 11 months of 2025 grew 18% YoY to 17K ; news suffered 2,254 job cuts, down about 50% YoY (Tess Patton/The Wrap)
https://www.thewrap.com/industry-news/business/entertainment-media-l…
@simon_brooke@mastodon.scotThis morning I have promoted a story, Wisdom, from my 'ideas' folder to my 'projects' folder.
"If I were to go, and were to give them sound advice, they would surely kill me. As they killed my great grandmother, and my grandmother, and my aunt, and now my mother."
A young woman is hereditary Wisdom Keeper of a warrior tribe; she's been sent away as a child, by her mother, for safety. Now, the God sends her back.
But is it wise?
A medita…
@ebinger@bildung.social @frankel@mastodon.topStill working on New Year's Eve? Take a break, and get the Java Geek Weekly, New Year's Eve edition 🥳
https://blog.frankel.ch/java-geek-weekly/117/
@tinoeberl@mastodon.online#Böllerverbot
"Böller erschreckt Pferd - Tier stürzt in Brunnen
Wie gefährlich lautes Silvesterfeuerwerk für die Tierwelt ist, zeigt ein aktuelles Beispiel aus Nordrhein-Westfalen. Dort jagt ein Knaller einem Pferd dermaßen einen Schreck ein, dass das Tier flieht und anschließend aus einem Brunnen geborgen werden muss."
@UP8@mastodon.social🌊 Long ago, Mars had massive watersheds—now finally mapped
#mars
@eichkat3r@hessen.social@… das passt schon so
heute ist vorvorböllern
da wird geböllert um sich auf die vorbereitungen zum böllerfest vorzubereiten
@catsalad@infosec.exchangeCookies & creams & coffees & memes
@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io"Mint! L@@… STEVE JOBS"
@memeorandum@universeodon.comTrump Vetoes 2 Bills, Drawing Accusations of Retaliation (Tyler Pager/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/us/politics/trump-vetoes-retribution.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/251231/p46#a251231p46
@servelan@newsie.socialNational Guard arrives in New Orleans for 1st New Year’s since Bourbon Street attack
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/defense/2025/12/new-orleans-is-still-seeking-permanent-security-solutions-a-year-after-deadly-bourbon-street-attack/
@Techmeme@techhub.socialSoftBank says it has completed a $22.5B investment in OpenAI, finalizing its up to $40B investment commitment announced in March and taking its stake to ~11% (SoftBank Group Corp.)
https://group.softbank/en/news/press/20251231
@catsalad@infosec.exchangeNew Year new me
@tinoeberl@mastodon.online#Westhausen plant ein kommunales #Wärmenetz, das mit einer #Großwärmepumpe und 100 Prozent Strom aus erneuerbaren Energien betrieben wird.
Der erste Bauabschnitt startet…
@Dragofix@veganism.socialIndonesia closes 2025 with rising disasters and stalled environmental reform https://news.mongabay.com/2025/12/indonesia-closes-2025-with-rising-disasters-and-stalled-environmental-reform/
@UP8@mastodon.social🌞 Sunlight, water and air power a cleaner method for making hydrogen peroxide
#chemistry
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialAmerica's Test Kitchen agrees to purchase recipe site Food52 for $6.5M; Food52 said a sudden cash sweep by its lender, Avidbank, forced it into Chapter 11 (Jonathan Randles/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/202…
@eichkat3r@hessen.socialfröhliches vorvorböllern allerseits
nicht vergessen: morgen ist vorböllern
@memeorandum@universeodon.comResearch Library at NASA's Goddard Space and Flight Center to Close Friday (Eric Niiler/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/climate/nasa-goddard-library-closing.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/251231/p52#a251231p52
@Techmeme@techhub.socialJapanese NAND flash memory maker Kioxia is up 500% in 2025 so far, outperforming all other MSCI World Index members, after its Tokyo IPO debut in December 2024 (Alice French/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20
@servelan@newsie.socialCourt Backs Planned Parenthood Cuts In Blue States - Joe.My.God.
https://www.joemygod.com/2025/12/court-backs-planned-parenthood-cuts-in-blue-states/
@eichkat3r@hessen.social@… gute frage
@memeorandum@universeodon.comJudge me on what I do, says new EHRC chair after transgender groups' criticism (Libby Brooks/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/dec/31/new-ehrc-chair-mary-ann-stephenson-lgbtq-transgender-groups
http://www.memeorandum.com/251231/p33#a251231p33
@Techmeme@techhub.socialFinland seizes a ship suspected of damaging an undersea cable linking Helsinki and Estonia in the Gulf of Finland; Estonia says a second cable was also damaged (Essi Lehto/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/finland-suspects-shi…
@servelan@newsie.socialKennedy Center exodus: The 11 acts, creators pulling out amid Trump takeover
https://www.axios.com/2025/12/30/new-years-2026-trump-kennedy-center
@memeorandum@universeodon.comCourt allows White House to end Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood in 22 states (Carter Sherman/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/31/planned-parenthood-medicaid-funding-ends
http://www.memeorandum.com/251231/p57#a251231p57
@eichkat3r@hessen.social@… bzgl mir selbst als eichhörnchen oder im bezug auf die lebewesen im teich
@Techmeme@techhub.socialHow the AI data center boom boosted Caterpillar's power and energy unit; generator sales are up 28% YoY through Sept. 2025, after growing 22% to $7.8B in 2024 (Bob Tita/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/business/caterpillar-generator-sales-…
@servelan@newsie.socialWSJ editorial slams Trump's 'double-cross': He's playing businesses 'for suckers' - Raw Story
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-wsj-2674838469/
@memeorandum@universeodon.comUS judge blocks Trump move to end protected status for thousands from Honduras, Nepal and Nicaragua (Ted Hesson/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/us-judge-blocks-trump-move-end-protected-status-thousands-honduras-nepal-2025-12-31/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251231/p51#a251231p51
@eichkat3r@hessen.social@… shading wächst nicht auf bäumen mein kind
@Techmeme@techhub.socialHow Manus distanced itself from its Chinese roots to court US investors; a source says Meta's $2.5B deal includes a $500M retention pool for Manus' employees (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/…
@memeorandum@universeodon.comLongtime MAGA ally Boebert lashes out at Trump over veto (Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/12/31/boebert-trump-veto-political-retribution/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251231/p60#a251231p60
@servelan@newsie.socialA faint glimmer of the truth breaks through the fog:
Boebert suggests Trump's veto of funding in her district is 'retaliation' for Epstein vote - Alternet.org
https://www.alternet.org/trump-boebert-epstein/
@eichkat3r@hessen.social@… qualität hat nun mal ihren preis
@memeorandum@universeodon.comTrump administration retreats in Newsom lawsuit over National Guard deployment (Melody Gutierrez/Los Angeles Times)
https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2025-12-31/trump-administration-retreats-in-newsom-lawsuit-over-national-guard-deployment
http://www.memeorandum.com/251231/p63#a251231p63
@servelan@newsie.socialPutin raises stakes in peace talks with boast of Oreshnik missiles in Belarus | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/russia-oreshnik-missiles-putin-belarus-ukraine-peace-talks-b2892499.html
@eichkat3r@hessen.social@… das kostet extra
@Techmeme@techhub.socialThe FBI says fraudsters bilked Americans out of $333.5M via bitcoin ATM scams from January through November 2025, up from roughly $250M in 2024 (Lucien Bruggeman/ABC News)
https://abcnews.go.com/US/scammers-notched-333-million-bitcoin-atm-scam…
@servelan@newsie.socialRussia’s nuclear-capable Oreshnik missile system has entered active service | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/oreshnik-missile-system-russia-ukraine-putin-b2892498.html
@memeorandum@universeodon.comCongressional Bill H.R. 131 Vetoed (President Donald J. Trump/The White House)
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/2025/12/congressional-bill-h-r-131-vetoed/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251231/p58#a251231p58
@eichkat3r@hessen.socialfrohes neues
@servelan@newsie.socialCIA officials livid as Trump throws agency under the bus: 'Near-universal dismay' - Raw Story
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-cia-2674838453/
@Techmeme@techhub.socialACCA, the world's largest accounting body, says it is ending remote exams to combat a rise in students cheating by using AI tools when taking tests (Ellesheva Kissin/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/52e70f3e-d0e8-462c-8ac1-f08a684dfca2
@memeorandum@universeodon.comUS applications for jobless benefits fell below 200,000 last week with layoffs historically low (Matt Ott/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/unemployment-benefits-jobless-claims-layoffs-labor-5e0ab36c477fdb0e4924c3851b852725
http://www.memeorandum.com/251231/p32#a251231p32
@servelan@newsie.socialRepublican Rep. Thomas Massie tests waters for impeaching Pam Bondi - Raw Story
https://www.rawstory.com/thomas-massie-pam-bondi/
@memeorandum@universeodon.comDOJ seeks to enlist 400 attorneys to review more than 5M pages of Epstein records: Sources (ABC News)
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/doj-seeks-enlist-400-attorneys-review-5m-pages/story?id=128809409
http://www.memeorandum.com/251231/p61#a251231p61
@servelan@newsie.socialWhat is the super bug is spreading across half of the US? | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/candida-auris-deadly-superbug-fungus-b2892407.html
@memeorandum@universeodon.comPelosi hoping to be remembered for Affordable Care Act (Tara Suter/The Hill)
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5668435-pelosi-remembered-aca-legacy/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251231/p59#a251231p59
@servelan@newsie.socialTrump administration says it's freezing child care funds to Minnesota after series of fraud schemes | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/jim-o-neill-donald-trump-tim-walz-minnesota-washington-b2892462.html
@memeorandum@universeodon.comThese bipartisan bills were noncontroversial -- until Trump vetoed them (Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/trump-vetoes-boebert-miccosukee-tribe-alligator-alcatraz-ac59b3ab03fb6f3b09d65b0223f1b495
http://www.memeorandum.com/251231/p54#a251231p54
@servelan@newsie.socialOutgoing NYC mayor planted a Trump-themed time bomb that may be impossible to undo: report - Raw Story
https://www.rawstory.com/eric-adams-2674838421/
@memeorandum@universeodon.comJustice Department is reviewing 5.2 million pages of Jeffrey Epstein files (NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/justice-department-5-million-pages-jeffrey-epstein-files-trump-rcna251702
http://www.memeorandum.com/251231/p55#a251231p55
@servelan@newsie.socialPam Bondi scrubs post accidentally revealing drug deaths went way down under Biden - Raw Story
https://www.rawstory.com/pam-bondi-2674838443/
@memeorandum@universeodon.comDrugmakers plan to raise US prices on at least 350 medications: Report (Joseph Choi/The Hill)
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5668053-us-drug-prices-rise-2026/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251231/p53#a251231p53
@servelan@newsie.socialIn Blow to 'Fetal Personhood' Push, Alabamian Serving 18 Years After Stillbirth Gets New Trial | Common Dreams
https://www.commondreams.org/news/criminalization-of-pregnancy
@memeorandum@universeodon.comU.S. Finds Ukraine Didn't Target Putin in Drone Strike (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/u-s-finds-ukraine-didnt-target-putin-in-drone-strike-615ce4be?st=Nck8PV&reflink=article_copyURL_share
http://www.memeorandum.com/251231/p75#a251231p75
@servelan@newsie.socialIsrael has now murdered over 700 journalists' family members
https://www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/2025/12/30/israel-killing-journalists-family/
@servelan@newsie.socialTreasury removes sanctions for three executives tied to spyware maker Intellexa | The Record from Recorded Future News
https://therecord.media/treasury-sanctions-intellexa-removed
