2026-01-16 06:30:05
RE: https://c.im/@cdarwin/116239533364949562
“I don’t give a shit about Iran. I don’t want to pay higher gas,”
Kevin Dass,
an underemployed father of two,
told the Guardian in Detroit last week,
after paying $3.49 per gallon to fill up his veh…
In weniger als einem Jahr soll sie kommen – und trotzdem kennt sie kaum jemand: die EUDI-Wallet. 📱
Zum Artikel: https://heise.de/-11254482?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon…
ICE director, without evidence, accuses police of sabotaging 2025 Aurora raids - Sentinel Colorado https://sentinelcolorado.com/metro/ice-director-without-evidence-accuses-police-of-sabotaging-2025-aurora-raids/
Has Trump grabbed the Pope by the pussy yet?
RE: https://mastodon.social/@Gargron/116237286336865985
Happy Birthday to the Fediverse!!
Wait.. I am being told there is more to the Fediverse than just Mastodon. Can I get a fact check on this?
It's cool how humans who can easily get sick absolutely have to "return to office" but AI who can't get sick can work from home
Forget EVs. Cycling is revolutionising transport
#bookmarks
@… sound the shoehorn!
Looks like the new Bluesky CEO has already made some significant changes :)
Am I cheering on a big AI company?
“Anthropic insists that two areas remain off limits: the mass surveillance of Americans and fully autonomous weaponry.”
https://www.axios.com/2026/02/15/claude-…
RE: https://infosec.exchange/@brian_greenberg/116240240773243438
Do you remember the Sony “Mavica”? It was an early digital camera that recorded images *onto a 3.5-inch floppy disk!* 🤯 It was slow but the disks were ubiquitous and so storage was e…
Just no words...
French woman, 86, held by ICE after moving to US to marry 1950s sweetheart
The family of Marie-Thérèse, from Brittany, fear for her health after she was cuffed and placed in a detention centre.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr
For today's #silentsunday I am thinking about wether I want to go to this place and take a similar photo (just now in winter) ... OR go to the place seen in the photo. 🤔
I might also have to check the nature & wildlife protection zones first.
Anyways - enjoy the rest of your sunday.
Oh, I even wrote a blog post about it:
Landesregierugen versagen beim Ausbau der Ladeinfrastruktur und Scheitern dann an der Vorbildfunktion.
Es kann doch nicht sein, dass NRW so grottig ausgerüstet ist, dass es einen Minister oder auch seine Büroorganisation 2026 überfordert, ein eAuto zu organisieren. Fortschritte beginnen im Kopf, das müsste man als Führungskraft schaffen. Warum schaffen sie das nicht?
Big news! I'm incredibly privileged to take on leadership of the Museum Data Service while continuing half-time in my role at the British Library. The MDS is already a success story, and I'm so excited about taking it further! https://artuk.org/discover/stories/mus…
Czech president visits Kyiv amid worsening energy crisis: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/16/czech-president-visits-kyiv-amid.html
Die Ruhr-Universität Bochum ruft dringend zu Spenden für die Beschaffung von Generatoren und mobilen Stromspeichern an der Taras-Schewtschenko-Universität in Kiew auf. Diese Geräte kosten je nach Größe zwischen 600 und 1.500 Euro; sie sichern eine minimale Energieversorgung für Heizung, Strom, Beleuchtung und digitale Infrastruktur. Wir ermöglichen damit, dass der universitäre Betrieb auch unter Kriegsbedingungen weitergehen kann.
@axbom@axbom.meAh, Wordpress var en falsk positiv. Men snart så…
Guess who's behind the sudden rush of age verification legislation?
In the US, #Meta is spending $26.3 Million to hire at least 86 Lobbyists from 40 lobbying firms, and lobbying in at least 45 states. It is confirmed that Meta wrote the Louisiana age verification bill.
In the EU, Meta is spending ten million euros annually on lobbying, retaining 18 lobbying firms.
Age verificat…
Effizienz statt Menschlichkeit?
Sollen wir hoheitliche Prozesse, bei denen bisher der Mensch im Zentrum steht, durch KI ersetzen? Bringt das mehr oder weniger Objektivität? Und Nachvollziehbarkeit?
Diese Fragen stellt sich @… in seiner heutigen #DNIP-Kolumne.…
Waikīkī faces escalating threat of sewage-contaminated flooding as sea level rises
https://phys.org/news/2026-04-waikk-escalating-threat-sewage-contaminated.html
For some reasons, the Youtube algorithm always want me to listen to You'll Melt More!.
ゆるめるモ!(You'll Melt More!)『スキヤキ(O-EAST Live Version)』(Official Music Video)
Every day since January 6, 2025 has felt like waking up during surgery with no anesthesia.
Trotz nur noch 53 #Wasserstoffautos in #Österreich könnten laut EU-Verordnung bis 2030 zehn neue #H2Tankstellen entstehen.
Diese sollen vor allem für
Die diesjährige #UltraCycling EM findet in diesem Jahr ja im Rahmen des Rund um Sachsen in #Oschatz statt.
#UltracyclingEM
839 Milliarden Dollar Vermögen: Elon Musk kratzt an der Billion. Laut Forbes liegt er damit so weit vor der Konkurrenz, dass selbst die nächsten Superreichen eher wie die „zweite Liga“ wirken. #Golem zeigt, wie Tech-Boom und Börse diese Vermögensdimension möglich machen.
Former NPR President and CEO Kevin Klose, who also had been Moscow bureau chief for The Washington Post, died Wednesday at 85 from Alzheimer's complications (David Folkenflik/NPR)
https://www.npr.org/2026/04/15/nx-s1-5786459/npr-kevin-klose-died-kroc-gift
Hmmm… @… berichtet, dass sie einen Zusammenhang zwischen Lärmschutzzeiten bei Windkraft und Netzengpässen sehen könnten.
Ich hab mal die Onshore-Daten der 4 Netzbetreiber zwischen November 2025 und Gestern gegen etwas Python geworfen. Im Mittelwert sieht man bei den 15Min-Werten ein Δ von 233MW, schaut man auf die Stundenwec…
Un train stationne Š Saint-Denis – Université vers Châtillon-Montrouge en raison d'un incident nécessitant l’intervention du conducteur .
🤖 16/01 11:49
I stopped going to Chipotle not because I can't afford it, but because I hate being ripped off.
They DOUBLED their prices. To be worth paying a crazy premium, the product has to be unique & irresistible & Chipotle isn't even close.
▶️ Chipotle Has LOST THE PLOT
https://youtube.co…
Что можно заварить, чтобы было без кофеина (кроме очевидного: цикорий, иван-чай, каркадэ, мята, кисели/морсы/компоты)? Рядом есть магазинчик, в котором дофига всяких трав и специй, но я в них не разбираюсь :blobcatnotlikethis: @…
RE: https://newsie.social/@servelan/116231518008281587
With the Texas conviction of people protesting ICE as "terrorists," it's clear who the target is. Ultimately, anyone who disagrees with Trump.
@… Ha Cien hartelijk gefeliciteerd! Is het al leuk wonen in er gaat niets boven....
#3GuteDingeDesTages
🙂 Epresso, gutes Gespräch und exzellenten edgy Haarschnitt beim Lieblingscoiffeur
🙂 mit dem Lieblingsfreund im Café geplaudert
🙂 Mittagsschlaf
You know where the bikes live?
Yup, in Velo City. 🥁
Sorry, Belgian friends. :3
You know where the gov resides?
In Capa City. 😅
Get it? Because they are in charge. ^^
Alright, have a great start into the week y'all! 🥳🥳🥳
RE: https://hachyderm.io/@cyberlyra/116074966881545815
There is so much in this posts that explains lots about how the US are.
It's kind of the Canadian viewpoint (from the inside), but it also works from my European view from the outside.
Le trafic est perturbé entre Cergy le Haut et Paris Saint-Lazare dans les 2 sens.
Pour plus d'informations sur cette perturbation, consultez le fil X de la ligne L.
Motif : affaires oubliées Š bord d'un train en gare de Houilles-Carrières.
🤖 16/02 16:49
Just realised that I'm so far behind with processing my Zettelkasten inbox that the week numbering system I use is in danger of looping ... On the plus side that does mean I'm reading and writing again after what feels like too long.
Funny how you can sometimes feel "fine" but your executive function tells a different story, for me it shows up in unprocessed things (inbox, notes, photos, and laundry!)
RE: https://flipboard.com/@thenewrepublic/breaking-news-9mhchbihz/-/a-iK0UFKkFR0mGjsB7iG-TZg:a:436232176-/0
People that would be willing to help American occupations worldwide better take good…
Disabling Google's default apps on Android can help reduce your exposure to Google's data mining system somewhat, while their open source alternatives are generally excellent.
https://theprivacydad.com/using-android-without-a-google-account-in-2026/…
Iran's War-Shattered Economy Means It Has an Urgent Reason to Negotiate (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/irans-war-shattered-economy-means-it-has-an-urgent-reason-to-negotiate-43937f36?st=b4GYzf
http://www.memeorandum.com/260416/p24#a260416p24
Euer Browser nervt mit KI-Assistenten, Shopping-Vorschlägen und ständigen „Mach mich zum Standard"-Popups? 😤 Der US-Journalist und Programmierer Corbin Davenport hat genug davon – und eine elegante Lösung entwickelt.
Zum Artikel: https://heise.de/-11143193
Imagine a system where contributing to the common good is our yardstick for success, not personal enrichment by any means possible.
Such a system would not extract a “cost of living.” A dignified life with access to modern housing, healthcare, etc., would be considered a human right. Furthermore, everyone would have a basic income they can use however they wish. Imagine the progress we could make as a species if more of us could contribute to science, to art, to all aspects of human kn…
RE: https://mastodon.social/@mcnees/116076250433255976
Sure the “pale blue dot image” was great, but
ByteDance launches its Seedance 2.0 video model to enterprise clients in 100 countries, excluding the US amid legal disputes, after a February launch in China (Juro Osawa/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/bytedance-laun…
Summer weather in China: temperatures of 20-23°C in Shanghai and its inland region!
(Normal for January there is a high temperature of 8°C)
Via @…
#ClimateChange
We call them “abductions” because they are. And they should be prosecuted as such.
https://hachyderm.io/@inthehands/115902442503438204
Reading through a NYTimes article on the new 2026 USMNT World Cup kit designs. Noting that the design seems to give the men credit for the USWNT’s World Cup wins by placing 4 stars above the jersey crest, hmm…
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7120620/2
In his first term, Trump appointed a record-setting 54 federal appellate judges.
Circuit judges are nominated by presidents and, if confirmed by the Senate, serve lifetime appointments.
This analysis provides an early look at how those appointments will likely reverberate nationwide in terms of dismantling or failing to uphold environmental laws and policy, legal scholars said.
“Long term, it’s going to set a lot of precedent that pushes the law away from environmental pr…
Exclusive: Russia-linked hackers compromised scores of Ukrainian prosecutors’ email accounts, data shows
https://www.reuters.com/world/russia-linked-hackers-compromised-scores-ukrainian-prosecutors-email-accounts-2026-04-…
RE: https://mstdn.social/@noelreports/116232316665553186
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Judge denies Trump's second bid to scrap TSA union deal | Courthouse News Service
https://www.courthousenews.com/judge-denies-trumps-second-bid-to-scrap-tsa-union-deal/
NPR receives two of its largest ever gifts: $80M for innovation in use of digital tech and $33M to build and buy tools to be shared with US public media orgs (David Folkenflik/NPR)
https://www.npr.org/2026/04/16/nx-s1-5787634/npr-113-million-chari…
Hmmm… Ein A400M der Royal Air Force, der in Norwegen unterwegs war, ist grade als Emergency zurück nach UK.
#RAF
The US is not fit to regulate a sock drawer much less what goes into orbit.
Groeten en saus uit de oven
#HetIsAlweerOp
Gladbach gewinnt 2:0 gegen St. Pauli – dank eines Traumfreistoßes von Kevin Stöger. Doch ist dieser Sieg wirklich schon ein Befreiungsschlag?
Mehr im Blog unter https://fohlenticker.wordpress.com/2026/03/15/stpauli/∗
Das Video:
RE: https://masto.pt/@sapopt/116233736904332847
Como a maior ameaça é Israel, a guerra só para quando Israel deixar de existir.
É isso, não é?
Mamdani's wife Rama Duwaji apologizes for tweets sent as teenager (Ashleigh Fields/The Hill)
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5834099-rama-duwaji-apologizes-teen-tweets/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260416/p57#a260416p57
Jensen Huang says Nvidia expects to generate $1T from its Blackwell and Rubin chips through the end of 2027, after previously forecasting $500B by 2026's end (Ian King/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026…
RE: https://c.im/@cdarwin/116075659962697970
The Park Service had pulled the brochures in anticipation of replacing them with a new version,
-- which would remove the word “racist” to describe the killer,
Byron De La Beckwith, according to Park Service of…
Op een bepaalde manier goed nieuws want wake-up call, illustreert dat niet alleen Oekraïne ons nodig heeft maar wij ook Oekraïne voor onze defensie.
https://www.
Actually finishing off Control (2019) before Resonant comes out and obviously I love it but holy shit they could not make passing crucial info for completing key sections easier, you miss a single piece of dialogue and the map design turns into encrypted hieroglyphics and don't even get me started on the puzzles.
New Federal Medicaid Rules Require One Month of Work. Some States Demand More. - Cobb Courier
https://cobbcountycourier.com/2026/04/new-federal-medicaid-rules-require-one-month-of-work-some-states-demand-more/
Nvidia unveils a server rack with 256 Vera CPUs, with each CPU featuring 88 custom Olympus cores and LPDDR5X memory for up to 1.2 TB/s of bandwidth (Tobias Mann/The Register)
https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/16/nvidia_vera_cpu_rack/
Trump administration pushes nations to sign 'trade over aid' declaration (Adam Taylor/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/04/15/trump-un-trade-over-aid/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260416/p58#a260416p58
Amid a contentious feud with Pope Leo XIV regarding U.S. military interventions over the past several months,
including the war in Iran,
the Trump administration has
⚠️ended an $11 million contract with the Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Miami.
The contract through the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) gave funds to the organization to provide housing and other resources for migrant childrenwho entered the country without parents or adult family members.
slayyyters trajectory better not be a charli xcx situation where it takes like a decade of great music for people to realize she exists and is worth the biggest stages around
SiFive will integrate Nvidia's NVLink Fusion infrastructure with its RISC-V processor IP platforms, allowing SiFive silicon to communicate with Nvidia GPUs (Marco Chiappetta/Forbes)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/marcochiappet
MTG: Trump Fought The Hardest To Block Epstein Files - Joe.My.God.
https://www.joemygod.com/2026/02/mtg-trump-fought-the-hardest-to-block-epstein-files/
One of Pope Leo's brothers was the victim of a false bomb threat on Wednesday night, according to the New Lenox, Illinois, police department.
https://abcnews.com/US/pope-leos-brothers-home-targeted-false-bomb-threat/story?id=132104698…
California regulators unanimously voted in favor of Verizon's $10B Frontier acquisition; deliberations included Verizon committing to CA's DEI requirements (Matthew Keys/TheDesk.net)
https://thedesk.net/2026/01/california-approves-verizon-frontier-merger/
THRO美美NG
Artificial intelligence is already reshaping labour markets.
The real question is not whether change will happen,
but how prepared societies are.
Governments, businesses and individuals must act now to develop skills, strengthen competitiveness and ensure technological change benefits everyone
(This is coming from the "Woke EU")
Donald Trump wondered if the U.S. “shouldn’t even be there”
when answering questions about the war on Iran on Sunday,
claiming that Iran’s military is already totally obliterated
as the U.S. and Israel’s bombardments enter their third week with no end in sight.
A reporter asked Trump on Sunday about his demands that other countries aid him in trying to force transit through the Strait of Hormuz while it’s closed by Iran.
In response, he said that other countries…
Barack Obama:
"It is important for us to recognize the unprecedented nature of what ICE was doing in Minneapolis, St. Paul,
the way that federal agents
— ICE agents
— were being deployed, without any clear guidelines, training, pulling people out of their homes …
tear-gassing crowds simply who were standing there,
not breaking any laws,” Obama said.
He added that American citizens should be commended for engaging in “peaceful protests and shinin…