@Techmeme@techhub.socialGoogle says the median Gemini app text prompt consumes 0.24Wh of energy, about the same as running a microwave for a second, and emits 0.03g of CO2 equivalent (Casey Crownhart/MIT Technology Review)
https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/08/21/1122288/google-gemin…
@heiseonline@social.heise.de
@benb@osintua.euGeneral Staff: Russia has lost 1,075,160 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022: https://benborges.xyz/2025/08/23/general-staff-russia-has-lost.html
@ErikUden@mastodon.deWenn jemand in einem Trampolinpark auf Teilzeit reinigt, welcher DGB-Gewerkschaft sollte diese Person dann beitreten?
Ich dachte Ver.di, das Internet sagt IG BAU. Was sagt ihr?
@cdarwin@c.imThe average effective U.S. tariff rate soared to 18.6 percent in early August, the highest level in more than 90 years, from 2.5 percent when Trump took office in January
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/busines
@macandi@social.heise.deiPhone-Spekulationen für 2026 und 2027: Dann sind 17e und 18 geplant
Nach den vier 17er-iPhones im September setzt sich bei Apple der Handy-Reigen mit weiteren Modellen fort. Zu den Varianten 17e und 18 gibt es neue Gerüchte.
…
@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.ioIf we’d speak more ill of the dead, maybe it would remind the living not to be assholes.
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialStudios are rereleasing old films in theaters, helping them pad out thin slates; Universal has 12 rereleases on its 2025 slate, vs. four in 2024 and two in 2023 (Esther Zuckerman/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/22/movies/rereleases-black-swan-…
@khalidabuhakmeh@mastodon.socialFolks, feel free to buy me this life-size Street Fighter Akuma statue.
https://www.eventhubs.com/news/2025/aug/18/sf6-statues-jamie-aki-akuma/
@noellabo@fedibird.com引用、いいんよ？
@Life_is@no-pony.farmZwischenbilanz:Im Fediverse gibt es zwar (größtenteils) keine sozialen Algorithmen, die Großaccounts pushen. Dennoch ist es auch im Fediverse so, dass ein schlechter Post eines Großaccounts gefeiert wird, während ein Super-Post eines unbekannten Accounts kaum zur Kenntnis genommen wird.
@ampersine@mastodon.online
@Migurski@mastodon.socialIceland, Dani Guindo Via https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/08/dani-guindo-iceland-photography/
https://
@servelan@newsie.socialOrlando's Pulse Memorial Painted Over Overnight - Joe.My.God.
https://www.joemygod.com/2025/08/orlandos-pulse-memorial-painted-over-overnight/
@zachleat@zachleat.com@… which fancy tool?
@memeorandum@universeodon.comTrump says he may send National Guard to Chicago, New York (Aaron Pellish/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/22/trump-national-guard-chicago-new-york-00519849
http://www.memeorandum.com/250822/p104#a250822p104
@mela@zusammenkunft.netTime for authors to get off Audible (and ideally Amazon as well) before you'll find yourself trapped in a death spiral.
And yes, I know how hard that would hit most. But if Amazon is able to destroy competitors, nothing will stop them from exploiting you even more.
https://www.instagram.com/r…
@davidaugust@mastodon.online"I want to establish a wide range and play all kinds of parts. It's that sort of acting career I really respect. I like to turn a sharp left from whatever I've done before because that keeps me awake. That's why I want to be an actor - I don't want to play endless variations on one character."
—Tim Curry
#acting
@jtk@infosec.exchangeWeekend Reads
* Phrack #72
https://phrack.org/issues/72/1
* DNS at IETF 123
https://www.potaroo.net/ispcol/2025-…
@pavelasamsonov@mastodon.socialMake decorating your laptop more fun: instead of stickers, use fridge magnets for a custom style that you can easily rearrange at any time!
#LLMTrainingData
@BootsChantilly@mstdn.social
@metacurity@infosec.exchangeInside the Underground Trade of ‘Flipper Zero’ Tech to Break into Cars
https://www.404media.co/inside-the-underground-trade-of-flipper-zero-tech-to-break-into-cars/
@fanf@mendeddrum.orgfrom my link log —
A tutorial implementation of a dependently typed lambda calculus.
https://webspace.science.uu.nl/~swier004/publications/2010-fundamentae-informatica.pdf
saved 2025-06-06
@dnddeutsch@pnpde.social@… @… ich kenne West Marshes auch eher mit wesentlich größerem Pool von Spielenden. Bei CR vielleicht mit Gastspieler*innen umsetzbar, aber smells like Mogelpackung 🙃
@clongclongmoo@social.bau-ha.usPudova – Deep Inside EP
#byncnd
@muz4now@mastodon.worldAnswer (Jaydn, opus 26)
- proof that my spouse is very inspiring ... at least to me -
#PianoImprov #NowPlaying
https://…
@adrianco@mastodon.socialA personal update, I’m going to be based in Europe for most of the next two months. I’m currently in Weymouth UK setting up a long term rental home for us (we got tired of random AirBnBs) close to my aging parents. My father is in a care home now, and my mother is adjusting to it…
@tinoeberl@mastodon.onlineDer Ventina-Gletscher in #Norditalien ist so stark geschmolzen, dass #Geologen ihn aus Sicherheitsgründen nicht mehr betreten können.
Der #Gletscher hat seit 1895 rund 1,7 km an Länge verlo…
@geant@mstdn.socialJoin us for an infoshare on the @… and its API!
As one of the world’s largest research knowledge graphs, it interlinks hundreds of millions of metadata records from over 100K trusted data sources & serves as the authoritative source for the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC).
Stefania Amodeo from @…
@karlauerbach@sfba.socialIf I were the operator of this coal plant - one that is costing me and electrical rate payers (you and me) a $million per day I would simply throw the switch and shut it down.
Yes, a $million per day. For power that is not needed, for pollution that is not wanted. And we get to foot the bill.
I'd tell FFOTUS to stuff it up his ample behind and that if he wants it he can hire staff, buy coal, and pay for it.
@hikingdude@mastodon.socialJust thought about this hike that I did quite a while a go. I saw this tree standing aside the trail and I tried if it would make a good photo.
And actually I planned to go back there - which I still didn't!
Anyways. Just wanted to share it with you 🙂
#photography #trees
@wandklex@mastodon.artErnteidyll in der #wattpampa
@LillyHerself@Mastodon.socialIt's been delightful to see all the imaginative responses to this cartoon, detailing various types of sabotage on the silo's ventilation, or how to properly seal the door forever.
For me, the amusing thing was that something so cheap and simple is used to defeat something so complicated and expensive. It's a lovely dig at the tech bros who think they're so smart. #humour
@benb@osintua.euRussia strengthens hand in potential peace talks with steady advances in Donbas: https://benborges.xyz/2025/08/22/russia-strengthens-hand-in-potential.html
@cdarwin@c.im2025 Online Journalism Awards
-- Medium Newsroom Finalists:
🔸CalMatters
🔸Mother Jones/Center for Investigative Reporting
🔸ProPublica
🔸The Texas Tribune
-- Small Newsroom Finalists:
🔸Bellingcat
🔸Spotlight PA
https://awards.journalists…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialOntic, whose software helps corporate security teams respond to physical threats, raised a $230M Series C led by KKR, following a $40M Series B in November 2021 (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/cli
@Life_is@no-pony.farm#NordstreamII #Festnahme: Ein Ukrainer wurde festgenommen. Ein internationaler #Haftbefehl lag vor.
Da ein internationaler Haftbefehl vorlag, wusste die Ukraine von diesem Haftbefehl. Wäre die Ukraine Auftraggeber des Anschlags gewesen, dann hätte die Ukraine den Festgenommenen gewarnt, ihm einen neuen Namen gegeben, oder ihn in der Ukraine vor Festnahme geschützt.
Schlußfolgerung: Die Ukraine ist nicht der Auftraggeber des Anschlags. Der Festgenommene hat möglicherweise im Auftrag R…
@zachleat@zachleat.com@… it’s always a good investment to understand how things work!
@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.ioI’m becoming a bit of a silver label myself
@davidaugust@mastodon.online"One day, the people that didn’t believe in you will tell everyone how they met you."
—Johnny Depp
#acting #coaching #inspiration
@memeorandum@universeodon.comOur Response to Mississippi's Age Assurance Law (Bluesky)
https://bsky.social/about/blog/08-22-2025-mississippi-hb1126
http://www.memeorandum.com/250822/p112#a250822p112
@servelan@newsie.socialAnother way out: Hiding and obedience won't stop fascism
https://prismreports.org/2025/08/21/obedience-fascism-washington-dc/
@metacurity@infosec.exchangeElectronics manufacturer Data I/O reports ransomware attack to SEC
https://therecord.media/electronics-manufacturer-dataio-ransomware
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialSources: The Weeknd is in talks to raise around $1B of financing backed by some of his music rights; he tried to sell a stake two years ago, asking around $1.3B (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-22/the-weekn…
@dnddeutsch@pnpde.socialSitze im Wartezimmer. Draußen heult ein Kind herzzereißend: ICH BIN MÜDE! 💦💦💦
Ganzes Wartezimmer: Feel U, little one. Feel U!
@muz4now@mastodon.world5 Incredible Synthesizer Studios: Get Your Hands on the World’s Rarest Synths
https://www.gearnews.com/5-incredible-synthesizer-studios-synth/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=topic/musicproduction
@tinoeberl@mastodon.onlineIn Bad Essen sollen neun neue #Windkraftanlagen entstehen, zwei alte werden ersetzt.
Das neue Raumordnungsprogramm weist 1,2 % der Gemeindefläche als Vorranggebiet aus.
Neben der EFG Energy-Farming GmbH plant auch die ENP Windpark GmbH & Co. KG Anlagen in #Rabberwiesen.…
@khalidabuhakmeh@mastodon.socialThis photo warms my heart knowing that there are folks inside/outside of Microsoft who haven’t fully succumbed to the idea of profit over human life and suffering.
These people will forever be remembered as heroes.
@fanf@mendeddrum.orgfrom my link log —
HTTP/1.1 proxies must die: the desync endgame.
https://portswigger.net/research/http1-must-die
saved 2025-08-07
@clongclongmoo@social.bau-ha.usStudio 112 – Backyard Chromatic Puzzle
#contemporary
@benb@osintua.eu“Flamingo” in action: how Ukraine keeps Russians in its sights! | Weapons with @StarskyUA : https://benborges.xyz/2025/08/22/flamingo-in-action-how-ukraine.html
@cdarwin@c.imRachel Maddow: Trump's D.C. occupation is
"WHAT FASCISM LOOKS LIKE IN AMERICA."
Help PCCC plaster D.C. with billboards!
https://pccc-give.com/l
@Life_is@no-pony.farmEine gute #Bundestagspraesidentin waere:
@Techmeme@techhub.socialMedium's CEO explains how the platform's AI policy has evolved as it adopts some AI tools while prioritizing human curation and inviting community feedback (Tony Stubblebine/The Medium Blog)
https://medium.com/blog/we-want-your-f
@servelan@newsie.socialTrump Threatens Colorado Over Jailed QAnon Clerk - Joe.My.God.
https://www.joemygod.com/2025/08/trump-threatens-colorado-over-jailed-qanon-clerk/
@metacurity@infosec.exchangeChinese national who sabotaged Ohio company’s systems handed four-year jail stint
https://therecord.media/chinese-national-sentenced-prison
@benb@osintua.euPutin visits center for nuclear weapons research day after Trump says Ukraine can't win without striking Russia: https://benborges.xyz/2025/08/22/putin-visits-center-for-nuclear.html
@memeorandum@universeodon.comU.S. takes 10% stake in Intel (Kif Leswing/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/22/intel-goverment-equity-stake.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/250822/p105#a250822p105
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialSources: Paramount layoffs could affect 2,000 to 3,000 employees and are expected by early November; Paramount had 18,600 employees globally as of December 2024 (Brent Lang/Variety)
https://variety.com/2025/film/news/paramoun…
@tinoeberl@mastodon.online#SteadyCommunityContent #KIMissbrauch
In der #Modebranche führt der Einsatz generativer KI zu starken Verwerfunden.
Dabei geht es nicht nur um den
@fanf@mendeddrum.orgfrom my link log —
Anaphoric macros introduce hidden bindings in Lisp.
https://letoverlambda.com/index.cl/guest/chap6.html
saved 2025-08-16
@Techmeme@techhub.socialTrump says Intel has agreed to give US a 10% stake in the chipmaker; source: the government won't be on the board or play a major role in Intel's governance (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/tech/trump-to-announce-u-s-taking-nearly-10-s…
@benb@osintua.eu❗️Ukrainian drones destroyed oil pumping stations in Russia! #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/08/22/ukrainian-drones-destroyed-oil-pumping.html
@cdarwin@c.im"Scam Empire"
takes readers inside the insidious cyberfraud industry,
which swindles the public out of hundreds of billions of dollars a year.
This ambitious collaborative investigation by OCCRP, Swedish Television (SVT), and 30 other media partners from multiple countries,
was based on an unprecedented leak of 1.9 terabytes of leaked data
that enabled journalists to enter the scammers’ world and even to watch them at work.
@servelan@newsie.socialCarlson Agrees That US "Should Have Sided With Hitler" - Joe.My.God.
https://www.joemygod.com/2025/08/carlson-agrees-us-should-have-sided-with-hitler/
@memeorandum@universeodon.comGhislaine Maxwell interview released by DOJ (CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/22/ghislaine-maxwell-transcripts-trump-epstein-doj.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/250822/p101#a250822p101
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialAnalysis: 16 of the UK's top 50 biggest news websites now use a "consent or pay" model to let users opt out of cookies; almost 100% choose to accept cookies (Charlotte Tobitt/Press Gazette)
https://pressgazette.co.uk/marketing/consent-or-pay-…
@tinoeberl@mastodon.online#SteadyCommunityContent
Viele Jobs lassen sich mit #KI unterstützen, doch der Einsatz führt nicht selten zu #Stellenabbau – oft unter dem Vorwand von
@fanf@mendeddrum.orgfrom my link log —
Why some of us like "interdiff" code review.
https://gist.github.com/thoughtpolice/9c45287550a56b2047c6311fbadebed2
saved 2025-08-20
@benb@osintua.eu❗️Russia is trying to avoid negotiations while continuing assaults and massive attacks, – Zelenskyy: https://benborges.xyz/2025/08/21/russia-is-trying-to-avoid.html
@cdarwin@c.imTech execs are paying tens of thousands to find brilliant dates
or select high-IQ embryos.
‘They want to raise high-performing children.’
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/silicon-valley-high-iq-children-764234f8
@servelan@newsie.socialLocal Nurse Abducted by ICE - Random Lengths News
https://www.randomlengthsnews.com/archives/2025/08/21/abducted-by-ice/72004
@memeorandum@universeodon.comEpstein co-conspirator: "I do not believe he died by suicide" (Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/08/22/ghislaine-maxwell-transcript-epstein-suicide-doj
http://www.memeorandum.com/250822/p108#a250822p108
@tinoeberl@mastodon.online🤣 Ein Mitarbeiter von #SaudiAramco, Mustafa Babiker, wird leitender Autor eines zentralen Kapitels des kommenden Weltklimaberichts des #IPCC.
Er soll den Abschnitt zu globaler #Klimapolitik…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialDocs: the FCC is probing USCTM, launched by the Biden administration as a voluntary safety label for IoT devices, over its administrators' alleged ties to China (Brian Flood/Fox News)
https://www.foxnews.com/media/trumps-fcc-p
@fanf@mendeddrum.orgfrom my link log —
The tar archive format, its extensions, and why GNU tar extracts in quadratic time.
https://mort.coffee/home/tar/
saved 2025-07-03 http…
@cdarwin@c.imUsing a variety of cutting-edge, open-source investigative techniques,
the Texas Observer‘s Special Investigative Correspondent Steven Monacelli
–with help from Tristan Lee of Bellingcat in two of the three stories submitted
–has identified:
Neo-Nazi perpetrators of a hate crime in Central Texas;
The operators of four major neo-Nazi X accounts;
And revealed that an ICE prosecutor was operating a white supremacist X account.
@servelan@newsie.socialHow a 'perfect storm' triggered a marine heat wave and sent salmon lice into overdrive
https://phys.org/news/2025-08-storm-triggered-marine-salmon-lice.html
@memeorandum@universeodon.comPentagon Fires the Defense Intelligence Agency Chief (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/22/us/politics/defense-intelligence-agency-chief-fired.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/250822/p113#a250822p113
@tinoeberl@mastodon.onlineGestern habe ich einer Firma geschrieben, dass sie mich unmittelbar vor dem Vertragsschluss nach komplett ausgefülltem Formular als Neukunde dann doch verloren haben.
Grund: Datenschutz/Sicherheitsbedenkliche Bestimmungen und diskriminierender Prozess.
Heute Antwort:
Danke für die Anfrage. Das ist von der Abwicklung her so und ich solle es doch einfach nochmal probieren.
🤦♂️
@fanf@mendeddrum.orgfrom my link log —
Row polymorphic programming.
https://www.stranger.systems/posts/by-slug/row-polymorphic-programming.html
saved 2025-07-14
@cdarwin@c.imYou know that it's a rough day at #SCOTUS when it hands down a ruling from which *eight* justices dissent (albeit in different parts).
https://bsky.app/profile/stevevladeck.bsky.soc…
@servelan@newsie.socialUganda to take in U.S. deportees, Foreign Ministry says - The Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/08/21/us-uganda-deportations/
@benb@osintua.eu“Tomahawk” for Ukraine? US increases support while China feeds Russia’s war machine: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/22/tomahawk-for-ukraine-us-increases.html
@memeorandum@universeodon.comJustice Dept. Gives Congress Some Subpoenaed Epstein Files (Michael Gold/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/22/us/politics/house-subpoena-epstein-files.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/250822/p110#a250822p110
@tinoeberl@mastodon.onlineIn der #Antarktis drohen laut neuer Studie der Australian National University und der University of New South Wales abrupte, teils irreversible Veränderungen von Eis, #Ozean und Ökosystemen.
Der westantarktische Eisschild könnte kollabieren und den
@cdarwin@c.imLongtime Trump ally Steve Bannon explicitly declared the other day that ICE officers will be employed during the 2026 midterm elections in large numbers to monitor voting booths,
again floating undocumented voters as the bullshit pretext to justify it.
Bannon is not in a position to compel this, of course, but it’s clear the MAGA movement now sees Trump’s militarization of cities as a precursor to the use of law enforcement and/or the military to intimidate voters in large num…
@servelan@newsie.socialTrump Administration Retracts Instructions on Helping English Learners - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/us/politics/trump-administration-education-instructions-english-learners.html
@memeorandum@universeodon.comPoll suggests Trump's ICE raids are backfiring in California (Tyler Katzenberger/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/22/poll-suggests-trumps-ice-raids-are-backfiring-in-california-00519240
http://www.memeorandum.com/250822/p8#a250822p8
@tinoeberl@mastodon.onlineIn #Warstein wurde eine neue Logistikfläche an der B55 vorbereitet.
Dort sollen im Sommer drei #Rotorblätter zwischengelagert werden, die für den Bau einer #Windkraftanlage in …
@servelan@newsie.socialUkraine Works to Identify 6,000 Bodies Sent From Russia in Makeshift Rail Platform Lab - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/world/europe/ukraine-russia-war-exchange-soldier-bodies.html
@memeorandum@universeodon.comPlaybook: Can Dems talk their way out of the wilderness? (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook/2025/08/22/can-dems-talk-their-way-out-of-the-wilderness-00519379
http://www.memeorandum.com/250822/p7#a250822p7
@servelan@newsie.socialNot just electricity — water supplies will be taxed by data centers - Route Fifty
https://www.route-fifty.com/artificial-intelligence/2025/08/not-just-electricity-water-supplies-will-be-taxed-data-centers/407593/
@memeorandum@universeodon.comGhislaine Maxwell, who wants a pardon, says she never saw Donald Trump 'in any inappropriate setting' (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/22/ghislaine-maxwell-jeffrey-epstein-donald-trump-interview-00520352
http://www.memeorandum.com/250822/p107#a250822p107
@servelan@newsie.socialThe umpire who picked a side: John Roberts and the death of rule of law in America | US supreme court | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2025/aug/21/justice-john-roberts-supreme-court
@memeorandum@universeodon.comGhislaine Maxwell tells Justice Dept. she never saw Trump act inappropriately (Perry Stein/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/08/22/epstein-trump-sex-trafficking-doj/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250822/p111#a250822p111
@memeorandum@universeodon.comTrump names Sergio Gor as next US ambassador to India (Bhargav Acharya/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/india/trump-names-sergio-gor-next-us-ambassador-india-2025-08-22/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250822/p118#a250822p118
@servelan@newsie.socialUNDERNEWS: Thousands of Americans Told to Stop Driving
https://prorevnews.blogspot.com/2025/08/thousands-of-americans-told-to-stop.html
@memeorandum@universeodon.comTrump Announces Furniture Imports Probe, Setting Up Tariffs (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-22/trump-announces-probe-into-furniture-imports-setting-up-tariffs
http://www.memeorandum.com/250822/p115#a250822p115
