2026-01-23 15:41:15
why it’s called Bending Spoons? Because, like a bent spoon, it’s fucking useless
why it’s called Bending Spoons? Because, like a bent spoon, it’s fucking useless
RE: https://c.im/@Opfoss/115770673278142264
My shorter, non-lexical analysis: If you’re arresting Greta Thunberg, you’re the baddie.
RE: https://mastodon.social/@tomw/116125237989075874
Very important point!
Even if you keep those AI agents out of your data you are making everyone else's digital life and experience worse.
RE: https://hachyderm.io/@thomasfuchs/115945071431971557
Also, yes you can connect to WiFi in Mac OS 9.2 with AirPort in a 27 year old iBook from 1999 and yes, iTunes can still query Gracenote for CD track titles.
Turns out that Microsoft's BitLocker security for the data stored on your hard drive is just a placebo.
Might as well give your password to everyone:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/23/microsoft-gave-fbi-a-s…
Tilbage på Wasa station for juleaftensdag -
Jeg skal snakke med @andreasnyholm.bsky.social på TV2 news cirka kl12.15 om vores #iQ2300 projekt og hvad det er jeg egentlig gŸre i Antarktis lige nu, hvis i er ikke ellers optaget og synes det lyder interessant..
マストドンでかいけつ
David Luan, the head of Amazon's AGI lab, is leaving the company less than two years after he joined through an acqui-hire deal of his startup Adept (Annie Palmer/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/24/head-of-amazons-agi-lab-is-leaving-the-company.html…
@… Appreciate you! 🙌🏻
Heading out the door? Remember: wallet, keys, phone, whistle.
NIST, MITRE announce $20 million research effort on AI cybersecurity
https://cyberscoop.com/nist-mitre-announce-20-million-dollar-research-effort-on-ai-cybersecurity/
Fuck! The pain is so intense I had to go lie in bed with two heating pads. I was lying flat on my back trying to assemble USB controllers but I could only get a few done. 😩
1,260,000 DEAD IN FOUR YEARS! Putin has officially destroyed the male population of the Russia: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/24/dead-in-four-years-putin.html
I just scrolled through #LinkedIn and read my feed for the first time in 2 months. *shudders*
Enough internet for the day, I need a book and some tea to earn my brain cells back.
(In all seriousness I was shocked by just how homogenous everyone’s writing style is: every post had the same rhythm and the same uncanny, unnatural cadence. That’s not how anyone speaks! Or writes! Every sentence just reads like the author is blowing smoke up their own ass)
(Also - I didn’t see a single new idea that I hadn’t seen a year ago when I used to actually scroll through LinkedIn every day)
Just ran half a mile on the treadmill in 5:01, a personal record (at least as far back as I have stats in my spreadsheet).
Now to try to keep this pace up for a while before bumping up the distance and see how long it takes me to work my way up to a ten minute mile.
New video from the killing/murder in Minneapolis.Draw your own conclusion.
#minneapolis
Mir persönlich sind alle Modelle immer noch viel zu chummy und ich kann diese Fake-Begeisterung/-Zustimmung genausowenig ab, wie bei zwischenmenschlichem Kontakt.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/richardnieva/2025/12/19/openai-chatgpt-4o/
#KualaLumpur could actually learn a lot from #Jakarta's much improved transit system. While it still has a long way to go, it's far more usable and better connected, and the walkability around the #MRT stat…
Nederland weigert organisatie Europees para-zwemtoernooi vanwege deelname Rusland
https://nos.nl/nieuwsuur/artikel/2603893-nederland-weigert-organisatie-europees-para-zwemtoernooi-vanwege-deelname-rusland
"Voorlopig is er nog geen alternatief land dat de vinger opsteekt en zegt: ik wil dat wel organiseren."
Eine halbe Million #BasisBibel n verkauft! Ich bin ja von Anfang an ein großer Fan und setze sie regelmäßig ein, nicht nur mit #Konfis, sondern regelmäßig auch für die #Predigt.
The Type II SN 2025pht in NGC 1637 - A Red Supergiant with Carbon-rich Circumstellar Dust as the First JWST Detection of a #Supernova Progenitor Star: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/ae04de -> Webb locates former star that exploded as supernova: https://esawebb.org/news/weic2604/ & https://science.nasa.gov/missions/webb/nasas-webb-telescope-locates-former-star-that-exploded-as-supernova/ -
Webb shows star was surrounded by a vast shell of carbon-rich dust.
Stayin’ Alive (Bee Gees)
As a renaissance Madrigal
No idea who these folks are.
A light time line cleanser.
https://youtu.be/3zGf7_YL70M?si=slia_Qq0ltnTmCXH
Enthusiastically got sake and then Shōchū and I think I’m a bit fucked
Concept artists give informed critiques of using GenAI to concept. Fav quote:
“When I show someone a rough sketch they see it differently than I do. They’re not seeing the sketch, they’re seeing the potential for what the sketch could be through their own taste and experiences, and it sparks all kinds of wonderful ideas that I would’ve never thought of on my own.”
Concept Artists Say Generative AI References Only Make Their Jobs Harder
RE: https://mastodon.social/@mobiFlip/116125474404144678
What could possibly WAAAAH
The last 5 days have been a bit wild for the GCVE.eu initiative.
What started as steady work suddenly picked up real momentum:
The public GCVE.eu database instance - https://db.gcve.eu/ - caught the attention of the media, sparking discussions well beyond our usual circles
We publishe…
uploaded a first repo to codeberg, since i have been hacking on it and it's one of the ones i mirror to github
https://codeberg.org/fanf/nsnotifyd
it's so fast compared to microsoft github!
"The second excuse is that the uber-rich will flee the country. There are three possible responses to this claim. The first is that there’s no evidence to support it. The second is, if true, good riddance: they do us more harm than good. The third is to say: then the obvious solution is a global tax-avoidance measure."
#Kleptocracy
Money Talks – George Monbiot
Die EU lässt sich ein weiteres Mal von Ungarn und der Slowakei an der Nase herumführen.
Wenn wir hier nicht endlich das Einstimmigkeitsprinzip abschaffen, können wir die EU insgesamt bald vergessen, weil es uns handlungsunfähig und erpressbar macht.
Governor Newsom Launches New State Investment and Philanthropic Collaboration To Continue Supporting Families Under Federal Assault – ITEP
https://itep.org/governor-newsom-launches-new-state-investment-and-philanthropic-collaboration-to-continue-supporting-families-under-federal-assault/
Guests on a podcast: "Mind if a tell a story? Am I talking too much?"
what do they think podcasts are for?
#podcast
I often disagree with Carville, but I think he nails it here. 🎯https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/opinion/democrats-platform-economic-rage.html?unlocked_article_code=1.308.pyNw.LEIZRTDElS_g&smid=u…
@… @… they download and seem to be overall Ok. Maybe it's just a temp issue with the army of crawlers hitting the tracker
"Raphaël Glucksmann et François Hollande défendent la rupture avec LFI Š l’occasion de leur passage au Salon de l’agriculture"
BOOOOOUUUUH Mais qu'ils sont nuls de chez nuls... Enfin c'est pas comme si le PS avait une importance quelconque de nos jours..
Pardon je tombe dans le piège de critiquer nos supposés alliés moi aussi
So richtig gut klappt das mit der europäischen Resilienz noch nicht. Um das mal festzustellen.
Oh no... it looks like the #FediTree is down! 🎄
I will try again later
This is the video that has Trump and Hegseth in such a tizzy. Because they know full well they are planning illegal orders.
#uspol
RE: https://mastodon.social/@UnicornRiot/115947315956725538
ice balls thrown at iceholes
Es gibt keine Pinguine in Grönland!
Sie leben auf der Südhalbkugel.
Die Idee zu diesem absurden Bild an der Hand von Trump stammt aus einer Doku von Werner Herzog. Perfekte Analogie!
Die Bild schrieb dazu:
"Ein einzelnes Tier verlässt zielstrebig die Kolonie. Es läuft nicht zum Meer. Nicht zu bekannten Nahrungsplätzen. Es läuft einfach los. Geradeaus. Allein. Herzog kommentiert sinngemäß trocken, fast ungläubig, der Pinguin laufe vermutlich in seinen Tod. Dann stel…
Got the latest Firefox and immediately turned off AI.
RE: https://mastodonapp.uk/@MarkHoltom/116119118572185085
We need collective not individual action to overcome systemic injustice and all that, but having an income of $10M a year and using it to help others can help a ton of people and it shames the bil…
Właśnie skończyłem podpinać #OpenRouter pod #OpenClaw. Zobaczymy z czym to się je. Póki co jestem zafascynowany pomysłem i modelem biznesowym OpenRouter.
Geschenke 🎁?
Haben Seeleute gebracht!
Wie fast alles per Schiff transportiert wird.
Wir sind für Seeleute da!
Un train stationne Š La Fourche vers Asnières - Gennevilliers Les Courtilles en raison d'un ajustement de l'intervalle entre les trains .
🤖 25/12 01:59
Defunding the Dept of Education.
Calling colleges "a scam".
Denouncing #science.
Cutting public TV/radio.
Banning books.
Republicans advocate ignorance, denounce #education & push non-intellectual pursuits... because educated voters don't vote
Wir wurden für die ZEIT interviewt und fordern Dinge!
https://www.zeit.de/mobilitaet/2025-11/ladeinfrastruktur-oligopol-elektroauto-strompreis-bundesregierung
Europa hat 750 Millionen Einwohner.
Wir sind mächtiger.
#europeUnited
Meze statt Kartoffelsalat. #vorhinso #wirkochengut
RE: https://mastodon.social/@hanse_mina/116125963625004025
I am getting strong "Gene Hackman as a woman" vibes from this photo
Big Questions From Small Minds
A fun, weekly science podcast for curious kids and their grown-ups, where kids ask big-brained science professors curly questions about how the world works...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/big-qu
it's incredible how bad is 1password on ios nowadays
RE: https://tldr.nettime.org/@tante/116124997771919604
Everyone loves not having to have a license to develop and release code but the argument for stronger controls on who gets to do surgery on the core infrastructures of our digital society is getting str…
Court docs: the IRS seeks $16B in back taxes and penalties from Meta, arguing it failed to report ~$54B in overseas profits; in December 2025, Meta sued the IRS (Jesse Drucker/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/24/business/irs-meta-corporate-taxes.html
improt funciton
NIST, MITRE announce $20 million research effort on AI cybersecurity
https://cyberscoop.com/nist-mitre-announce-20-million-dollar-research-effort-on-ai-cybersecurity/
I’ve got an appointment with a doctor in two weeks, so that’s just 14 more days of waking up in extreme pain and suffering for anywhere from a few hours to most of the day. (Trying to be positive here!)
Russia's Transneft cuts oil intake after Ukrainian strike on Druzhba pipeline hub, Reuters reports: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/24/russias-transneft-cuts-oil-intake.html
In Mastodon you can follow hashtags, if you follow #minneapolis , you see all relevant posts about events unfolding.
#minnesota #ICE
I’m done with my #Mac storage cleanup.
I deleted:
- cache for two Adobe apps that have been uninstalled months ago (After Effects and InDesign)
- cache and apps for two browsers I haven’t used in months (Chrome and Arc)
- cache for a Mail account that I haven’t opened in years
As a result, I cleared 227Gb of local storage and deleted 370,000 files.
Kind of crazy how much bloat accumulated from so few apps.
Grappig ... Ik heb me het huis nooit zo voorgesteld.. 😇
wish prometheus had a "do_the_thing: true” in the config, instead of having to copy/paste 4 lines of symbols that do the thing with the target address
D.O.J. Sues U.C.L.A. After It Refused to Pay $1 Billion Fine - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/24/us/justice-department-ucla-lawsuit.html
Beginners Guide to Team Tutberidze (drama) by Paola La
#olympics
Just watched the film "Nuremberg" via Amazon last night.
Although set in the context of the Nuremberg trials of the Nazi leaders, it was definitely about Trump and Maga and the cult of "American Exceptionalism".
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt29567915/
Love Stories
Hosted by Tiffany Dunk, this podcast swaps cliché romcom endings for real, messy, magnetic connections told by unforgettable voices from The Australian Women's Weekly universe...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/love-sto…
How Silicon Valley has long ignored China's looming Taiwan invasion and its chip supply impact; US officials warned Apple, AMD, and Qualcomm about China's plans (Tripp Mickle/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/24/t…
Zelensky says he’s ready to meet Putin, urges Trump and Xi to pressure Russia to end the war: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/24/zelensky-says-hes-ready-to.html
This is why it's shameful when publications hype unverified cyber breaches to generate clicks, particularly when they're basing their reports on what threat actors say on their leak sites.
IDMERIT, a global ID verification service and KYC provider, was the subject of a dozen reports of a data breach, all stemming from one publication that likes to hype fake stories.
Lately, I've seen some usually bona fide cyber publications picking up on these clickbait but false sto…
Don't forget to leave some snacks out for Krampus tonight!
Santa gets all the love but his helpers need to be fed too. Since he's part goat, you might find he's a fan of hay. Or if you're feeling generous try fresh alfalfa sprouts.
Inside the deportation machine (giftlink)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/12/22/us/trump-immigration-deportation-network-ice-arrests.html?unlocked_art…
Donald Trump has agreed to comply with court orders to partially fund the "Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program".
The food benefit, commonly called SNAP, goes back-nearly a century in the U.S.
https://www.msn.com/e…
Polish general who served in Iraq condemns “coward” Trump over criticism of NATO allies | Notes From Poland
https://notesfrompoland.com/2026/01/23/polish-general-who-served-in-iraq-condemns-coward-trump-over-criticism-of-nato-allies/
Gebroken rail vermoedelijke oorzaak treinongeval in Spanje waarbij 45 doden vielen | VRT NWS: nieuws
https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2026/01/23/spanje-trein-ongeval-trein-rail-crash/
Waarschijnlijk dus de oorzaak van hwt ongeluk bekend. Wel pijnlijk dat in dit geval die breuk niet op tijd ontdekt is.
Chinese humanoid robot startup Galbot raised over $300M led by China Mobile's industry investment fund at a $3B valuation, bringing its total funding to $800M (Eudora Wang/DealStreetAsia)
https://www.dealstreetasia.com/stories/galbot-raises-over-300m-467245
Raw With J
Each week, Jacintha Field sits down with thought leaders, parents, experts, and real people to dive into life's messier moments: parenting, separation, burnout, grief, rebuilding, and learning to feel again...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/raw-wi
No peace? Putin lies to the world while preparing new war!: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/23/no-peace-putin-lies-to.html
Zo kan het dus ook. In Duitsland worden kleine elektrische auto's met overheidssubsidies betaalbaarder, met inkomensgrens voor die subsidie, nu Nederland nog, https://www.bundesumweltministerium.de/foerderung/fragen-und-antworten-zur-e-auto-foerderu…
Breaking: insurers pull cover for Israeli arms firm Elbit after direct actions
https://www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/2025/12/23/insurers-pull-cover-for-israeli-firm-elbit/
Frankrijk ontmantelt illegale tabakshandel uit Bulgarije en Italië richting België | VRT NWS: nieuws
https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2025/12/23/frans-gerecht-ontmantelt-tabakstrafiek-naar-belgie/
Soms vergeten wij misschien dat er naast goedkope sigaretten in België ook vervalste sigaretten zijn. De Fransen waren dat niet vergeten... 😅😅
Marissa Mayer's new startup Dazzle, which is building next-gen AI personal assistants, raised an $8M seed at a $35M valuation and plans to exit stealth in 2026 (Marina Temkin/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/23/mari
European Parliament approves €90 billion loan for Ukraine despite Orban's opposition: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/25/european-parliament-approves-billion-loan.html
Lesbian group wants to exclude trans women but 'doesn't hate' them
https://www.thepinknews.com/2026/02/24/lesbian-action-group-want-to-exclude-trans-women-but-say-we-dont-hate-them/
SBU UAVs attacked the Taman Oil Port in the Krasnodar region in Russia #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/23/sbu-uavs-attacked-the-taman.html
"Mr. Mamdani said children had been lobbying him for a snow day, and that one enterprising student had even found an email address for his wife, Rama Duwaji, and sent her a message making the case. “She thought it was a very good argument,” Mr. Mamdani said, nonetheless unconvinced."
Mamdani Announces Snow Plans, Including No Snow Day for NYC Schools - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/nyregion/mamdani-snow-nyc.html
"Internal government memos show how Trump administration officials ‘conspired’ against students, judge says"
Marco Rubio personally signed off on arrests of pro-Palestine students, documents show | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/marco-rubio-student-protests-palestine-b2906597.html
Trump Admin Reinvents US Digital Services Program After Elon Musk Fired All Their Actual Tech Experts | Techdirt
https://www.techdirt.com/2025/12/23/trump-admin-reinvents-us-digital-services-program-after-elon-musk-fired-all-their-actual-tech-experts/
California AG appeals after judge rules transgender-secrecy policies unconstitutional
https://komonews.com/news/nation-world/federal-judge-rules-californias-transgender-secrecy-policies-unconstitutional