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Amazing how governments can agree that something is a major problem, and something needs to be done, and the proceed to do nothing significant. Why? The corrupting influence of ¢£¥€₹₱?
It seems the #ecoosystem #COP fares no better than

Can countries deliver on a deal to save the world’s plants and animals?
Four years ago nearly every government on Earth agreed to protect nature. Now, as countries gather for Cop17, the pressure is on to follow through on those commitments

Amazing how governments can agree that something is a major problem, and something needs to be done, and the proceed to do nothing significant. Why? The corrupting influence of ¢£¥€₹₱?
It seems the #ecoosystem #COP fares no better than

Can countries deliver on a deal to save the world’s plants and animals?
Four years ago nearly every government on Earth agreed to protect nature. Now, as countries gather for Cop17, the pressure is on to follow through on those commitments

Google wins a bankruptcy auction with a $10M bid to acquire deidentified business data, software code, and more from Spirit Airlines to improve its AI models (James Nani/Bloomberg Law)
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/business-an…

Google Aims to Boost AI With Purchase of Spirit Airlines Data
Google LLC won a bankruptcy auction for a trove of deindentified business data, software code, and operations records from collapsed low-cost carrier Spirit Aviation Holdings Inc., saying it plans to use the assets to improve its artificial intelligence.

Chaos bei Jubiläum - Wirt schmiss Musikanten und Pilger aus Gasthaus #News #Nachrichten

Civic engagement is the long-term answer to so many of the challenges we are facing right now. Kudos to these researchers for running for office! https://www.314action.org/

Please read this superb post by @deevybee.bsky.social
I agree with every word of it.
Science is endangered by the demand for speed and by AI slop.
https://deevybee.blogspot.com/2025/10/a-leap-into-future-or-off-cliff.html

"If you’re someone who somehow lost their inner voice along the way (maybe without even realizing it) give yourself a shot. Don’t play anything in the background, don’t turn on your favorite show. Just sit in silence for a moment and see what happens. You might actually like it."
I agree. I do this by default. I am more likely to let myself think than fill my attention with some noise.
I do also rest my mind with mindless but enjoyable streaming... at times.

Hello, me. It’s been a while. - The Mech - programming blog
Wow. It’s been over fourteen years since the last time I wrote a post on this blog. In those fourteen years, the world has changed, and so have I. So this isn't going to be a technical post, it's going to be personal. One of those subtle changes that quietly crept into my life over

Edit: Ist weg.
Möchte jemand 168 Seiten „Einführung in den Fallschirmsport“ von circa 1981? Herausgegeben im Eigendruck von P. Seifried aus Graz.
Wird hier gerade aussortiert. #antiquariat #fallschirmspringen

Never a weekend slowdown in cybersecurity news, so check out today's Metacurity for the most critical infosec developments you might have missed since Friday, including
--Alibaba’s Qwen races past Meta, Google with 3 billion AI model downloads,
--AI agent exploits Snowflake flaw introduced by Copilot,
--US tells allies to pick sides in AI race with China,
--China pushes to reshape the world’s AI training data,
--China’s Zhipu claims AI edge over Anthropic in cyber test,
--Pentagon scrambles to keep pace with AI’s military risks,
--France holds crisis meeting over massive tax agency hack,
--Iran targets Israeli journalists with phishing attacks,
--Election officials blast CISA over lack of cyber support,
--AI deepfake scams surge in Australia,
--SafePal breach exposes data of nearly 40k customers,
--Bits of Gold breach exposes customer data,
--Hackers exploit Mac flaw to mine cryptocurrency,
--Seven arrested over $35m German bank hack,
--Hong Kong university probes ransomware breach claims,
--Fake GitHub site spreads Mac infostealer,
--US courts to disclose government spyware use,
--Sogang University breach exposes 180k people,
--DDoS attacks hammer secure messaging service Threema,
--Hackers hawk millions of records stolen from Azure tenants,
--London police expose emails of Al Fayed accusers,
--Microsoft kills Windows tool long abused by malware,
--French court blocks social media ban for children,
--AI can’t seem to produce any tech heroes,
--AI makes data breaches even more expensive,
--Amazon used to sell books, not destroy them
https://www.metacurity.com/alibabas-qwen-races-past-meta-google-with-3-billion-ai-model-downloads/

BitGo agrees to buy NYDIG's institutional trading business and related assets, expanding BitGo's derivatives offerings; ~30 NYDIG employees are joining BitGo (Tanaya Macheel/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/27/bitgo-to-a

BitGo to acquire NYDIG’s institutional trading business as crypto trading rebounds
BitGo is expanding its institutional capabilities just as activity in the crypto market is showing signs of picking up after a prolonged trading slump.