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Appfigures: ChatGPT's app for iOS and Android hit $2B in global consumer spending, including $1.35B so far in 2025, up 673% YoY; Grok made ~$25.6M this year (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/15/chatgpts-mobile-a…

ChatGPT's mobile app has generated $2B to date, earns $2.91 per install | TechCrunch
ChatGPT is topping its rivals on mobile with $2B in global consumer spending to date.

A must-read with a great headline from @…
Pluralistic: "Privacy preserving age verification" is bullshit (14 Aug 2025
https://pluralistic.net/2025/08/14/bel

NEWSFLASH: Trump-Putin summit ends with…. sweet nothings?: https://benborges.xyz/2025/08/16/newsflash-trumpputin-summit-ends-with.html

Interestingn post and replies.
I think that Apple’s incentives are just not aligned with developers in niche segments - purely a matter of scaling and managing the teams.
In most cases open source alternatives are vastly better.
But the question remains, how can you finance the maintenance and evolution in the long term - volunteer work is not sustainable.
It is remarkable that after 25 years we still haven’t found a viable and scalable funding model for this.

Anyway, everything old is new

How many fingers am I holding up?

無名人サークルの列に並びたい（なお列はない）

What’s at stake for the environment in Bolivia’s upcoming elections? https://news.mongabay.com/2025/08/whats-at-stake-for-the-environment-in-bolivias-upcoming-elections/

What’s at stake for the environment in Bolivia’s upcoming elections?
Bolivians will go to the polls on Aug. 17 to vote for a new president, vice president and 166 combined members of the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies. When it comes to environmental policies, the country has many important decisions to make about climate change commitments, development of the lithium industry, illegal gold mining, […]

Do you use Shiki (https://shiki.matsu.io) or Prism (https://prismjs.com) for syntax highlighting?
I’ve been using Prism on my site for years …

Shiki
A beautiful yet powerful syntax highlighter

Thanks for the pic.

Trump has been meddling with Intel,
which now apparently includes mulling
⭐️"the possibility of the US government taking a financial stake in the troubled chip maker,"
the Wall Street Journal reported.
Trump and Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan weighed the option during a meeting on Monday at the White House

These talks have only just begun
—with Intel branding them a rumor
—and sources told the WSJ that Trump has yet to iron out how the potential …

US may purchase stake in Intel after Trump attacked CEO
Trump’s attacks on Intel CEO may stem from beef with Biden.

from my link log —
Why Metropolis–Hastings works.
https://gregorygundersen.com/blog/2019/11/02/metropolis-hastings/#bishop2006pattern
saved 2025-08-11

Figma balls

“Using LLMs makes you stupid” is such an emotionally appealing conclusion that I’m going to consciously work — this post is my public commitment! — not to read •too• much into this one study. As the OP says: small N, not peer reviewed, etc.
But I •will• immediately heed the authors’ “concerns about the long-term educational implications of LLM reliance.” However the research shakes out, it seems like good practice to double down on helping students keep their own brains awake and active regardless of the technology available to them.

GOP populists plot to repeatedly bypass Mike Johnson (Andrew Solender/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/08/14/mike-johnson-jeffrey-epstein-stock-trading
http://www.memeorandum.com/250814/p136#a250814p136

Leuk als je iets tegenkomt wat nog volledig nieuw voor je is, in dit geval SCION ( Scalability, Control, and Isolation On Next‑Generation Networks).
https://www.cwi.nl/nl/nieuws/nlnet-en-cwi-presenteren-eerste-openbare-scion-verbinding-in-…

NLnet en CWI presenteren eerste openbare SCION-verbinding in Nederland
NLnet en het Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) lanceren een demonstratie van de eerste openbare verbinding in Nederland met het SCION-netwerk - een nieuwe, veiligere internetarchitectuur, op 14 augustus 2025.

Get excited, work on a project, get distracted, work on other projects, remember the original project, get back to working on it…
#diy #maker #bikes

Waarom moet je bij een helpdesk vaak zelf voorstellen dat ze je ook kunnen terugbellen, in plaats dat je maar moet blijven hangen? 🙈

For those who care about that kind of stuff: The Mailing List Presale Code for the upcoming Deftones EU tour already works.

Ich glaub ich hab ein DéjŠ-vu...
#fahrradalltag
P.S.: Wieder ein Einheimischer.
https://dresden.network/@der_raDDler/114978210411125359

Oh? 😏😏
https://macaw.social/@mergesort/115028469127154952

Joe Fabisevich :verified: (@mergesort@macaw.social)
Attached: 2 images Threads continues to ship one feature after another from the idealized roadmap I left for my coworkers at Twitter when I left the company back in 2022. https://fabisevi.ch/2022/04/01/goodbye-fellow-tweeps

One thing about watching #TOTP with the subtitles on ... I finally know all the lyrics to this song!

That whole shooting scene in the diner with all the standing on the table was so unrealistic.
#DebateAMovieExtraneously #HashTagGames

Heute hat mit der Deutschen Bahn mal alles geklappt 🥳 #db

What can Browns do for your 2025 fantasy football team? Could Shedeur Sanders be in play? https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6552560/2025/08/14/fantasy-football-cleveland-browns-shedeur-sanders/

Should be interesting, seein's how he used to be our Attorney General...
Attorney General Bondi challenges Gov. Ferguson | The Olympian
https://www.theolympian.com/news/politics-government/article311723411.html

– Det är dags att begrava drömmen om Palestina och bygga en judisk verklighet – det är sionism när den är som bäst.
Det sade Israels högerextreme finansminister Bezalel Smotrich när han presenterade Israels senaste bosättarplan. https://www.dn.se/varlden/smotrich-det-har

Israels finansminister: ”Det här är sionism när den är som bäst”
Israel har presenterat sina planer på att skära av Västbanken från Palestina genom att upprätta ännu en illegal bosättning.

Vegan trifft türkisch bei Berlin Çiğköfte https://weddingweiser.de/vegan-trifft-tuerkisch-bei-berlin-cigkoefte/

J'ai testé des services de inbox placement
#TIL #EmailDeliverability

really thought Racing could hold out this time.
#nwsl

"Climate groups call for UK wealth tax to make super-rich fund sustainable economy"
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jul/15/climate-groups-call-uk-wealth-tax-make-super-rich-fund-sustainable-economy

Roblox plans to restrict unrated experiences to devs, automatically remove servers with violative content, and limit some social hangouts to verified 17 users (Matt Kaufman/Roblox Corporate)
https://corp.roblox.com/newsroom/2025/08/extending-r…

Clarifying Our Policy on Romantic and Sexual Content
Clarifying Our Policy on Romantic and Sexual Content

'Clearly 1:0 to Putin' — European officials react to Alaska Summit: https://benborges.xyz/2025/08/16/clearly-to-putin-european-officials.html

What's a good catgirl de-wormer? 😬
#AskFedi

ジャワカレーとか、まあ、言ったもん勝ち！

PFAS ‘forever’ chemicals found in 98% of US waters tested https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/08/pfas-forever-chemicals-found-in-98-of-us-waters-tested/

PFAS ‘forever’ chemicals found in 98% of US waters tested
A recent study from the U.S.-based environmental nonprofit Waterkeeper Alliance has found “forever chemicals” contamination in 98% of the waterways it tested in the United States. The findings come at a time when representatives from the world are gathered in Geneva, Switzerland, for the United Nations plastics treaty negotiations to hammer out a plan to […]

A gunman shot at the CDC, killing an officer.
Trump hasn’t said a word.
Things Donald Trump talked about publicly this week:
Sylvester Stallone’s body,
the $200 million ballroom he wants to build at the White House,
receiving a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame,
not receiving a Kennedy Center lifetime achievement award
and taking over the police force in the nation’s capital.

Something Trump hasn’t talked about:
a gunman, upset by c…

A gunman shot at the CDC, killing an officer. Trump hasn’t said a word.
Trump has said nothing about the police officer killed by a gunman who shot at the CDC, an example of how selective he can be amid his daily torrent of words.

The Office of Management and Budget has drafted a memorandum that directs federal agencies to fully migrate to a post-quantum cryptographic standard,.
https://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2025/07/omb-draft-memo-sets-agenc…

OMB draft memo sets agency and vendor quantum security standards
The Office of Management and Budget is drafting a new memorandum to outline steps for the federal government’s migration to a post-quantum cryptographic standard.

Russia and Ukraine Agree: A Trump Summit Is a Big Win for Putin (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/world/europe/trump-putin-alaska-summit.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/250814/p134#a250814p134

from my link log —
Updating a large codebase to Rust 2024.
https://codeandbitters.com/rust-2024-upgrade/
saved 2025-02-07 https://…

Gertcha! Oh no, wait. #TOTP

Looking for #EagleTactical brand shoelaces, in all the various camo styles. C3 aglets extra.

Die Engelsen doen het toch wel aardig... Op bbc4 begint zo:
In The Heat Of The Night (1967) | Official Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d15DhX_ltls
Jammer dat je het alleen echt live kunt kijken (op NLziet)

Jump, a SaaS startup founded by Alex Rodriguez and Marc Lore for managing sports ticketing and fan experiences, raised a $23M Series A at a $100M valuation (Justin Birnbaum/Forbes)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/justinbirnbau

Alex Rodriguez’s Startup Jump Raises $23 Million In Quest To Be Shopify For Sports Teams
Founded by the MLB legend alongside billionaire Marc Lore, his Timberwolves co-owner, the company is now valued at more than $100 million as it builds a one-stop shop for fans.

Yup, looks like it’s real:
https://mastodon.online/@michael_w_busch/114690725887737610
And too be clear, for the locals, this is in Sibley county somewhere — so not “southwest of Minneapolis” as in Eden Prairie.

🚨 Netanyahu’s Cyber Chief ARRESTED in Vegas Child Predator Sting — Then Sent Home Free. It's an Abomination. He's an IDF vet and Head of AI for the Israeli Government
https://www.thenorthstar.com/p/netanyahus-cyber-chief-arrested-in

Can’t wait to rent a vibe HTML rendering engine for the low price of $1,999/month, 5 page renders included!

@… キジとか出るけど、獲らないよ！

Wildfires kill at least 3 and displace thousands across southern Europe #Europe

Wildfires kill at least 3 and displace thousands across southern Europe
Wildfires intensified across southern Europe on Wednesday with a round-the-clock battle to protect the perimeter of Greece's third-largest city and at least three deaths reported in Spain, Turkey and Albania.

Meta's standalone Meta AI app, launched in April 2025, offers an uneven experience, often hallucinating facts and failing to provide personalized responses (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-08-15/meta-ai-app-ha…

NSA Joins CISA and Others to Share OT Asset Inventory Guidance
https://www.nsa.gov/Press-Room/Press-Releases-Statements/Press-Release-View/Article/4273440/nsa-joins-cisa-and-others-to-s…

D.C. Homeless Camps Are Cleared Ahead of Expected Federal Raids (Campbell Robertson/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/us/politics/dc-homeless-camps-trump.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/250814/p135#a250814p135

Voor wie BBC4 kan ontvangen...
Nu begonnen...
#Casablanca

Is this true? Hoping for confirmation; more than a little sleeved out that he was so close to where I live if so.
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:m65ifh7vn5zdgs7izcmht4gy/post/3lrowt7edfs2s

Breakup album songs are the best songs. #TOTP

@… 🎂 🎉 おめっ！
カレー送っといたよー

Climate change made Nordic heatwave 2C hotter: study #Nordic

Climate change made Nordic heatwave 2C hotter: study
Human-caused climate change made a recent Nordic heatwave about 2C hotter, putting a strain on healthcare, ecosystems and indigenous Sami reindeer herders in a region ill-equipped for such events, researchers said on Thursday.

Meta's strong Q2 shows it has learned a company must give investors short-term results to get permission for long-term investments, such as its AI ambitions (Ben Thompson/Stratechery)
https://stratechery.com/2025/meta-earnings-meta-turns-the-dial-soci…

Facebook is Dead; Long Live Meta
Meta delivered blowout earnings the same quarter that Mark Zuckerberg doubled down on AI; I don’t think it was a coincidence.

Texas Democrats signal they are poised to end redistricting walkout (Andrew Howard/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/14/texas-redistricting-walkout-ending-00509750
http://www.memeorandum.com/250814/p125#a250814p125

てすてす

Zoo ..
Vanaf vandaag weer van mn wissel gesprek af op mn foon. Nooit gewild, ook nooit aangezet dus, maar bleek afgelopen week toch 'aan' te staan.
Blijft knap hoe t lukt om dat oj werking te hebben als zo'n 23:58u van de dag de foon niet telefonisch in gebruik is. 🫣🫣

Vance! Stop that! #TOTP

Overhaul global food systems to avert worsening land crisis, scientists urge #environment

Overhaul global food systems to avert worsening land crisis, scientists urge
In the journal Nature, 21 leading scientists prescribe ways to use food systems to halt and reverse land degradation, underlining that doing so must become a top global priority to mitigate climate change and stop biodiversity loss.

Sources: current and former OpenAI employees plan to sell ~$6B in stock to Thrive Capital, SoftBank, and others in a secondary sale that values OpenAI at ~$500B (Kate Clark/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

Russia Seeks to Add Trade and Arms Control Into Trump-Putin Talks (Ivan Nechepurenko/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/world/europe/trump-putin-talks-russia-trade-arms-control.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/250814/p126#a250814p126

'Hoe is het mogelijk dat vrouwen elkaar dit aandoen?' Istahil was 6 jaar toen ze besneden werd, nu vecht ze ertegen | EenVandaag
https://eenvandaag.avrotros.nl/artikelen/hoe…

The World Humanoid Robot Games kicked off in Beijing on August 15, with robots across 280 teams from 16 countries competing in track and field and other sports (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/sports/robots-race-play-football-crash-c…

Again, though, some clever lyrics. Must've been something in the water in the early 80s. #TOTP

Brazil’s shark meat problem #AnimalRights

Brazil’s shark meat problem
Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. The country best known for samba and soybeans has quietly become the world’s largest importer of shark meat. A recent investigation by Mongabay’s Philip Jacobson, Karla Mendes and Kuang Keng Kuek Ser reveals the extent to which this […]

Trump's approval rating dips again in new Pew survey, hits 38% (Zac Anderson/USA Today)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/08/14/donald-trump-pew-research-center-approval-rating/85663592007/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250814/p138#a250814p138

Defensiefirma dreigt productie te verplaatsen wegens Israël-boycot | #Trouw
https://www.trouw.nl/buitenland/defensiefirma-dreigt-productie-t…

Seed-dispersing animals are in decline, impacting forests and the climate: Study https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/08/seed-dispersing-animals-are-in-decline-impacting-forests-and-the-climate-study/

Seed-dispersing animals are in decline, impacting forests and the climate: Study
A lot of attention has been paid to the decrease in bee populations and other pollinators, but a recent review article makes the case that we should be equally alarmed by the declining numbers of seed-dispersing animals, which are crucial for growing healthy forests. “Both are important and should be taken into account in restoration […]

Well this is a bit special. No snark, just Grace Jones at her imperial best. #TOTP

Hands-on with Boba 3, Meta's prototype PC VR headset with a form factor similar to the Quest 3, featuring an ultrawide field of view of 180° by 120° (David Heaney/UploadVR)
https://www.uploadvr.com/meta-boba-3-prototype-hands-on-ultra-…

Meta Boba 3 Prototype Hands-On: Ultra-Wide Field Of View Without Compromise
We went hands-on with Boba 3, Meta's practical ultra-wide field of view prototype headset, and it has us more optimistic than ever about the future of VR.

Trump's Tariffs and 'One Big Beautiful Bill' Face More Opposition Than Support as His Job Rating Slips (Pew Research Center)
https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2025/08/14/trumps-tariffs-and-one-big-beautiful-bill-face-more-opposition-than-support-as-his-job-rating-slips/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250814/p127#a250814p127

No, I am not getting enough hot chocolate. #TOTP

Sources: Meta plans its fourth AI restructuring in six months, dividing Superintelligence Labs into TBD Lab, a product team, an infrastructure team, and FAIR (Kalley Huang/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/meta-plans-fourth…

Meta Plans Fourth Restructuring of AI Efforts in Six Months
Meta Platforms is planning the fourth restructuring of its artificial intelligence efforts in six months, according to three people familiar with the matter. Meta’s new AI organization, Meta Superintelligence Labs, is expected to be divided into four groups: a new lab that has been going by TBD ...

Businesses have been eating Trump's tariffs. That's starting to change (Alicia Wallace/CNN)
https://cnn.com/2025/08/14/economy/us-ppi-wholesale-inflation-july
http://www.memeorandum.com/250814/p38#a250814p38

Foxconn's AI server business surged 60% YoY in Q2, surpassing revenue from Apple-related products for the first time, and is projected to grow 170% YoY in Q3 (Lauly Li/Nikkei Asia)
https://asia.nikkei.com/business/technology…

Foxconn's AI server revenue tops its Apple earnings for first time
Milestone reached as uncertainty over tariffs clouds consumer electronics segment

Why our broken food system remains a climate disaster: ‘broiling the planet to stuff our faces’ https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/aug/14/we-are-eating-the-earth-book-climate

About as literal choreography/staging as you can get. #TOTP

Costco to stop selling abortion pill mifepristone at its US pharmacy stores (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/costco-stop-selling-abortion-pill-mifepristone-its-us-pharmacy-stores-2025-08-14/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250814/p130#a250814p130

Source: cloud startup Vercel has been approached by investors offering to invest hundreds of millions at an $8B-$9B valuation; it was valued at $3B last year (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/cloud-startup-vercel-fields-o…

Cloud Startup Vercel Fields Offers for $9 Billion Valuation
Vercel, a nine-year-old cloud startup that companies use to host and develop websites and artificial intelligence apps, has been approached by investors offering to invest hundreds of millions of dollars at a valuation between $8 billion to $9 billion, according to a person with direct knowledge ...

We're so early in the concept of music videos that Tommy Vance referred to the video for Ashes To Ashes as "this piece of film". #TOTP

Trump reportedly called Norwegian minister 'out of the blue' to ask about Nobel prize (Maya Yang/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/14/trump-nobel-prize-norway
http://www.memeorandum.com/250814/p129#a250814p129

Q&A with OpenAI VP and Head of ChatGPT Nick Turley on ChatGPT's future, showing ads in chatbots, hallucinations, GPT-5 blowback, 4o, subscriptions, and more (Alex Heath/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/decoder-podcast-w

The head of ChatGPT on AI attachment, ads, and what’s next
The head of ChatGPT at OpenAI on AI attachment, ads, and whata’s next for chatbots.

Republican Ex-Candidate Sentenced to 80 Years in Prison for Shooting Plot (Pooja Salhotra/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/us/solomon-pena-new-mexico-political-shootings-sentencing.html?unlocked_article_code=1.eE8.0FoU.69usptcgiEA5&smid=url-share
http://www.memeorandum.com/250814/p40#a250814p40

Dodgy 'tache though, Midge. #TOTP

Melania Trump demands Hunter Biden retract comments linking her to Jeffrey Epstein (The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/14/melania-trump-demands-hunter-biden-retract-comments-linking-her-to-jeffrey-epstein
http://www.memeorandum.com/250814/p132#a250814p132

"A very very clever man from Scotland by the name of Midge Ure" 😂 #TOTP

In March, New York added a checkbox to its WARN system for companies to show if "technological innovation or automation", like AI, was a reason for mass layoffs (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters

US military deploying over 4,000 additional troops to waters around Latin America as part of Trump's counter-cartel mission (Natasha Bertrand/CNN)
https://cnn.com/2025/08/15/politics/us-military-deploying-caribbean-latin-america-cartel-mission
http://www.memeorandum.com/250815/p60#a250815p60

Play Kid Creole! #TOTP

UK councillor acquitted over 'cut all their throats' speech (Sam Tobin/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/uk-councillor-acquitted-over-cut-all-their-throats-speech-2025-08-15/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250815/p52#a250815p52

Israel in talks to resettle Gaza Palestinians in South Sudan, sources say (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israel-talks-resettle-gaza-palestinians-south-sudan-sources-say-2025-08-15/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250815/p57#a250815p57

Newsom calls for special November election to block Trump from 'rigging' 2026 midterms (Los Angeles Times)
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-08-14/pro-redistricting-campaign-launch-newsom
http://www.memeorandum.com/250814/p121#a250814p121

Trump claims credit for fixing Social Security as it barrels to insolvency (Meryl Kornfield/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/08/14/trump-social-security-90th-annniversary/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250814/p133#a250814p133

Police chief orders more cooperation with immigration agents as federal activity takes root in DC (Ashraf Khalil/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/washington-trump-homeless-national-guard-police-a0d326fcd3731c564c2c566893385674
http://www.memeorandum.com/250814/p139#a250814p139

California pushes partisan plan for new Democratic districts to counter Texas in fight for US House (Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/california-newsom-redistricting-texas-trump-5ccb3de37f6d3ec803ac24ad363018fa
http://www.memeorandum.com/250814/p124#a250814p124