Tootfinder

Sources: Tomlin to leave Steelers after 19 years https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47600644/sources-mike-tomlin-step-steelers-head-coach

Timothy Busfield's Location Remains Unknown, U.S. Marshals Step in to Assist Police 3 Days After Arrest Warrant Issued (People)
https://people.com/timothy-busfield-s-location-remains-unknown-u-s-marshals-step-in-to-assist-police-3-days-after-arrest-warrant-issued-11883066
http://www.memeorandum.com/260113/p81#a260113p81

🇺🇦 Auf radioeins läuft...
Madness:
🎵 One Step Beyond
#NowPlaying #Madness
https://agentdoublebylamomie.bandcamp.com/track/cover-madness-one-step-beyond
https://open.spotify.com/track/4pJbXCpZSUlYBlVa9gHTtu

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard quit Spotify in protest, only for an AI doppelgänger to step in https://theconversation.com/king-gizzard-and-the-lizard-wizard-quit-spotify-in-protest-only-for-an-ai…

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard quit Spotify in protest, only for an AI doppelgänger to step in
Can (or will) Spotify be held legally accountable for hosting AI knockoffs of real bands? An expert explains.

Why doesn’t #Valve add analog triggers to their controllers? Analog triggers are way cooler… specially the adaptive ones like the DualSense
Edit: apparently Steam Controller ones are in fact analog, the Steam Frame ones aren’t analog so I assumed the Steam Controller ones would also be just two-step. Why not having analog triggers on the frame too then tho? Two-step is really confusing to use…

First stage of the STEP Fusion plant build consultation in the planning process they're intending to get it running in the 2040's; This is an old Coal power station site in West Burton they're reusing:
(I expect others to have got fusion working first, but still promising)
https://stepfusion.com/consultation/

STEP Fusion - Consultation
STEP Fusion’s first stage of public consultation runs from 14 January through to 11 March 2026

The first step in the ~14,500 km journey (as the crow flies) to Wasa was a taxi to the airport. The second is a flight to Oslo*.
It's masks on time.
*Yes, this #fieldwork involves *a lot* of carbon. Let's hope the data is worth it...
http://sternaparadisaea.net/2025/12/11/heading-south/

Adelaide Festival board resigns and Adelaide Writers’ Week cancelled after 180 authors pull out in protest of Zionist board decision to disinvite Palestinian author.
Remember this, if you’re a Zionist: like the Nazis before you, you are committing genocide, you are on the wrong side of history, and – as long as there are people of good moral character and conscience to oppose you – you will not succeed. Your only allies are the MAGAs of the world and those too spineless to stand up to …

Adelaide Writers' Week cancelled after week of escalating controversy around author Randa Abdel-Fattah
The remaining members of the Adelaide Festival board will step down and this year's Writers' Week event has been cancelled, after days of furore regarding the decision to cancel a scheduled appearance by Palestinian Australian author Randa Abdel-Fattah.

How to plan a trip to the USA in two simple steps:
Step 1: Don't go
Step 2: See Step 1
#Travelhacks

Blowback over posts about the death of Charlie Kirk has prompted companies to be more aggressive about monitoring employees' social media activity (Taylor Telford/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/12/13/employer-crackdown-so…

How companies are cracking down on workers’ social media activity
Fervor over employee posts about Charlie Kirk’s death is leading companies to adjust policies and step up monitoring of workers’ online conduct.

I finally stuffed more drives into my TrueNAS box and got the covers back in place. The next step will be to get it off the floor and onto a shelf.
#TrueNAS #NAS #selfHosting

“The US State Department’s Font Flip-Flop: Guest Article by Dr. Aina G. Irbe on A Step Backward for Accessibility”
https://www.lflegal.com/2026/01/font-flip-flop/
The guest author worked for the State Department when it replaced Times New Roman in 2023.

The US State Department's Font Flip-Flop
Amidst the cruelty and chaos of president trump and the current federal administration in the United States, December 2025 brought news of a font change for documents in the State Department. A font change of course is small in comparison to the local, national, and global harms of the administratio

Poillievre's shrinking caucus made it to the BBC. It might be an interesting leadership review in January, but I honestly don’t see anyone else ready to step into his position if he was forced into a leadership race.
"Polling shows Poilievre remains popular with the majority of Conservatives, though that margin is shrinking. An Angus Reid poll released on Thursday revealed 58% of recent Conservative voters back Poilievre, down from 68% in August.”
#CanPoli #CPC #CdnPoli

Well that took a bit longer than I hoped thanks to some derps on my part, but I'm parsing incoming PCIe DLLPs and validating their checksums.
Next step will be to figure out that a type 0x40 DLLP with payload 074040 is actually an InitFC1-P DLLP for virtual circuit 0 for 29 headers and 1024 data bytes.
And do something useful with that information.

Bob Iger says 80% of new sign-ups to ESPN's streaming service, which was launched in August, opt for the bundle that includes Disney and Hulu (Dade Hayes/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2025/11/espn-streaming-disney-hulu-bob-iger-1236616258/
<…

ESPN Streaming Step-Up Going “Extremely Well,” With 80% Of Subscribers Also Taking Disney+ & Hulu, Bob Iger Says
ESPN's launch last August of a beefed-up direct-to-consumer streaming service has been "a real success for a number of reasons," Disney CEO Bob Iger told Wall Street analysts Thursday.

from my link log —
How to solve the hardest logic puzzle ever.
http://m.nautil.us/issue/30/identity/how-to-solve-the-hardest-logic-puzzle-ever
saved 2021-05-04

How to Solve the Hardest Logic Puzzle Ever
A step-by-step guide to True, False, and Random.

Good.
Never submit to #Racisn, or to the apologists of #Genocide.
#GazaGenocide

Adelaide Writers' Week cancelled after week of escalating controversy around author Randa Abdel-Fattah
The remaining members of the Adelaide Festival board will step down and this year's Writers' Week event has been cancelled, after days of furore regarding the decision to cancel a scheduled appearance by Palestinian Australian author Randa Abdel-Fattah.

"As of January 1, 2026, #ACM completed its transition to full #openaccess: all ACM-published articles and related research artifacts in the DL are freely available worldwide without barriers to reading or reuse. This is a significant step forward for the

I've taken a big step away from #Spotify and installed #qobuz because it's a European alternative (@…) and they pay artists much better…

This isn't the first transfer to aws.eu. This is the most visible and overt shift in assets by the big U.S. cloud providers I'm aware of. Others (e.g., Google and Microsoft) talk about doing more in the EU and providing isolation, but as far as I can tell Amazon's separation is going a step further.
https://

Post by IP/ASN Transfers, @transfers@bgp.tools
"A100 ROW Inc" transferred: 51.72.0.0/15, 2a11:/29, 51.0.128.0/17 (Taken from 51.0.0.0/16), 51.0.0.0/19 (Taken from 51.0.0.0/16), 193.202.192.0/19, 83.118.240.0/20 to "Amazon Data Services European Sovereign Cloud GmbH" (Estimated Market Value: $2.66 M)

Black Google workers one step closer to $50 million settlement in discrimination lawsuit | Courthouse News Service
https://www.courthousenews.com/black-google-workers-one-step-closer-to-50-million-settlement-in-discrimination-lawsuit/

Just learned that Symfony 7.4 ships with Multi -Step form support.
That's exactly what I need for my current project. Nice!
https://symfony.com/blog/new-in-symfony-7-4-multi-step-forms

New in Symfony 7.4: Multi-Step Forms (Symfony Blog)
Symfony 7.4 introduces form flows, a new way to build and manage multi-step forms using the same familiar concepts as regular Symfony forms.

The US House passes a bipartisan bill to expand US export controls to restrict Chinese companies' remote access to US AI chips from data centers outside China (Juro Osawa/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/house-passe…

House Passes Bill to Limit China’s Remote Access to U.S. Chips
The House of Representatives on Monday passed a bipartisan bill that expands U.S. export controls to restrict Chinese companies’ ability to remotely access advanced American AI chips at data centers outside China. The bill, the Remote Access Security Act, is the latest step in Washington’s effort to limit China’s use of critical U.S. technologies due to national security concerns. It is

Stay angry, and also have a dose of level-headedness.
❝We’re in a battle for at least the rest of this decade that will require a very different kind of Democratic Party — not one that is more right or left but one that is both comfortable using power and knows how to do it. So I’m going to take this big step in the right direction I’ve seen over the last month and pocket it and move on to the next battle. Meanwhile, keep purging all the folks who can’t get with the new program.❞ https://mastodon.social/@dangillmor/115527953925050812

split each step of the way

This illustrates what i always thought, there is no copyright issue with regard to AI. It is just a matter of making financial deals...
#ai

The Walt Disney Company and OpenAI reach landmark agreement to bring beloved characters from across Disney’s brands to Sora
Agreement marks a significant step in setting meaningful standards for responsible AI in entertainment.

Boston Globe editor Nancy Barnes steps down from her role but will remain on staff as editor-at-large; she joined the paper as the first female editor in 2023 (Aidan Ryan/The Boston Globe)
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/12/business/nanc…

Boston Globe editor Nancy Barnes to step down
In a note to the Globe newsroom, Barnes said she is stepping down at the end of next week and will stay on staff as an editor-at-large.

As mentioned yesterday, I think I changed now all startscreens and default searches to qwant.com
I used Bing for a long time (and it was ways better than I often heard) and changed to Ecosia last year. Which was also absolutely fine.
Now I try a (European) company that doesn't only focus on privacy but also builds on an own index (I know they still mix in bing and need bing for monetization). One step at a time...

Raiders Insider Reveals Major QB Decision Ahead of Eagles Game https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/las-vegas-raiders/kenny-pickett-geno-smith-decision-eagles/

dub: a step by step guide, by dennis matumbi/bovell, december '77, via this wonderful stack of '70s #reggae & #dub coverage posted by @…

And this is working, but it's slow progress.
Mastodon in particular has UX problems that will be very hard to overcome that prevent mass adoption, foremost is that actual conversations (aka replies) are unreliable and slow due to the way posts are distributed. Quote post support was a huge first step to remedy this. I hope we'll see more updates on it.
Bluesky got a big chunk of former Twitter users, especially in some niches like for scientists and activists; they have great performance, reliable threading and replies and really amazing featuers like fully custom feeds—but suffer from intransparent moderation and frankly insufferable leadership (still leagues better than Twitter or Facebook though).
(There's more than these, but these are what I use.)

Cowboys firing Matt Eberflus is just first step toward improving the defense https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/dallas-cowboys/news/cowboys-firing-matt-eberflus-just-first-step-improving-defense/0b1961…

Not only was Coupang's CEO forced to step down today but police raided the company's headquarters for a second time too.
Police raid Coupang headquarters for 2nd day over massive data breach
https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20251210004400315

🔪 A scalpel that can diagnose? Scientists unveil a 'Lab-on-a-Scalpel' for real-time surgical insights
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-10-scalpel-scientists-unveil-lab-real.html

A scalpel that can diagnose? Scientists unveil a 'Lab-on-a-Scalpel' for real-time surgical insights
Imagine a surgeon in the middle of a complex operation, able to get instant biochemical feedback not from a lab down the hall, but from the very tool in their hand. This vision is now one step closer to reality thanks to researchers at the University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague (UCT Prague).

The case for putting a European military presence in Greenland
https://euobserver.com/eu-and-the-world/ar2e50da01

League says Ravens TE Isaiah Likely lost control of ball before third step on overturned TD https://www.nfl.com/news/league-says-ravens-te-isaiah-likely-lost-control-of-ball-before-third-step-on-overturned-td

Ein internationales #Forschungsteam hat die Langzeitstabilität von #Perowskit-#Solarzellen deutlich verbessert.
Durch eine neuartige Fluorverbindung als Zwischenschicht bleibt ein

Long-term stability for perovskite solar cells: a big step forward
A Teflon-like layer between the perovskite and the top contact ensures exceptional stability: even after 1,200 hours under a standard sun, the high efficiency does not decrease.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #HuwStephens
Clairo:
🎵 Bags
#Clairo
https://jesusfreak3000.bandcamp.com/track/clairo-bags-cjfs-rough-hinge-match-2-step-mix
https://open.spotify.com/track/56NEihhw1BsIgBBzfvcE76

(YouTube) This neural implant may be the first step toward digital immortality | Matt Angle (Paradromics) #BCI

> In truth, Democrats were winning with this strategy, until the centrists in their caucus cut a deal to ensure that the party – and 20 million Americans on individual insurance plans – would lose.
https://zeteo.com/p/senate-democrats-schumer-shutdown-surrender

Furious Liberals Call for Schumer to Step Aside, Senate Dems Mostly Quiet
After their shutdown surrender, liberal lawmakers are begging their base to unite behind them anyway – as Trumpland celebrates that their opposition is a bunch of 'p*ssies.

Thanks to @… for republishing our piece on resilience org:
Minority influence: how can degrowth step up? - resilience
https://www.

Minority influence: how can degrowth step up?
A debate is in progress between alternative strategy prescriptions for degrowth: ecosocialism vs. horizontalism.

one of the biggest misconceptions about microchips people have is that the process is anything close to "fully automatic"
it really isn't. i mean, some operations are, but look at this video! there's a human like every other step of the process. and it's not like this is some expensive unique device. they're making mass-market LEDs by the reel

Dropbox says its CFO Timothy Regan will step down after five years in the role and will be succeeded by Avalara president Ross Tennenbaum; DBX drops 5% (Anhata Rooprai/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/sustai…

If anyone needs to know (you probably all knew this already, right?):
Balena #Etcher didn't work on #Windows11 no matter how hard I shot at the built-in security software it came with.

I followed the step-by-step instructions here and got stuck creating the bootable usb drive:

South Australia is getting a major energy upgrade.
Engie and Sungrow just broke ground on the Pelican Point battery storage system—a massive 200MW/400MWh facility that'll power over 29,400 homes while stabilizing the renewable-rich grid.
Expected online in late 2027, it's a key piece of the region's clean energy transition.

Construction begins on Engie’s Pelican Point BESS in South Australia
Sungrow and Engie have started construction on the Pelican Point grid-forming battery energy storage system (BESS) project in South Australia, marking a key step in the state’s clean energy transition.

The end-of-year holidays seem like a good time for those of us who are "computer-wise" to help family and friends moving away from #Windows.
For this purpose I'd strongly recommend going around with a #ZorinOS bootable USB and

Dual Boot Zorin OS and Windows A Step-by-Step Guide
Dual boot Zorin OS and Windows with this easy guide Step-by-step instructions for installing Zorin OS alongside your Windows 10 installation. Get the best of bo

We’re proud to support Polar Connect Step 2 (24-EU-DIG-PC2) as an Associated Partner, working alongside the Swedish Polar Research Secretariat, NORDUnet, GlobalConnect, CSC, and the Swedish Research Council (the project coordinator).
With the Grant Agreement now signed, PC2 takes a major step toward realising Polar Connect – a resilient Arctic submarine cable system linking Europe, North America, and East Asia for the benefit of the global internet.
🔗 Read more:

Russian troops step up pressure on Mirnohrad as Ukraine reinforces defenses and supply corridors: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/24/russian-troops-step-up-pressure.html

First snow of the season. Even at 10 years old Harley has a skip in her step when she gets her first steps in the white stuff.
#DogsOfMastadon #GetOutside

“She showed up as scheduled, and when she arrived, officers were asking everyone what country they were from,
and if they said a certain country, they were told to step out of line and that their oath ceremonies were canceled.”
“People are devastated and they’re frightened,” Project Citizenship executive director Gail Breslow told WGBH.
“People were plucked out of line. They didn’t cancel the whole ceremony.”

Immigrants ‘Plucked Out’ of Oath Ceremony Lines After Trump Order
The Trump administration has reportedly canceled the naturalization ceremonies of immigrants from certain countries.

Stephen Miller's Big Shift: Mother-Shooting Goons Replace VA Nurses and Psychologists (emptywheel)
https://www.emptywheel.net/2026/01/11/stephen-millers-big-shift-mother-shooting-goons-replace-va-nurses-and-psychologists/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260111/p11#a260111p11

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #KEXP's #AfternoonShow
Aretha Franklin:
🎵 One Step Ahead
#ArethaFranklin
https://jkomusic.bandcamp.com/track/aretha-franklin-one-step-ahead-jkomusic
https://open.spotify.com/track/0dSRoWYf0GOzX9L44g53sZ

Recent #Mastodon releases have introduced new features, at the cost of growing web UI clutter. I hate the additional clicks required for the most common actions, but perhaps it's an acceptable cost?
https://github.com/mas…

Unpacking Tre Tucker's Next Step in Raiders' Development on Offense https://www.si.com/nfl/raiders/onsi/las-vegas-unpacking-tre-tucker-next-step-development-offense

@… @… Step Two (macOS): https://steptwo.app

@… @… Step Two (macOS): https://steptwo.app

The Bonfire team have met their first “maintenance” fundraising goal. The next stretch goal is designing and shipping federated groups.
There is lots of good writing in this post about the needs of different types of groups.
https://bonfirenetworks.org/posts/why-<…

An interesting lighting talk at #hacklu presenting a tool for Offline decryption of SCCM database secrets.
https://github.com/MartinoTommasini/offlineSCCMdecrypt

GitHub - MartinoTommasini/offlineSCCMdecrypt: Step-by-step documentation on how to decrypt SCCM database secrets offline
Step-by-step documentation on how to decrypt SCCM database secrets offline - MartinoTommasini/offlineSCCMdecrypt

It is hard to convey the breadth and depth of determination among normally comfortable privileged white people around here.
People are outraged, spooked, heartbroken, scared, confused, in shock, utterly livid, all that — but there’s something else. I’ve •never• seen so many people organize like this. I’ve never seen the general population so willing to •act•, to show up, to make emergency plans, to just step into a crisis situation and shout down people with assault rifles. It’s wild.

PCIe-from-scratch update: GTP is configured and sending a hardcoded 8b10b junk pattern to the SoC.
On the RX side, I'm able to correctly identify and parse TS1/TS2 training sets.
Next step will be to refactor a bit, then implement the actual LTSSM and start sending training sets.

RE: https://newsie.social/@servelan/115860565887855457
"The school official also told MPR News that the agents handcuffed two staff members at the school,[...]
“The guy, I’m telling him like, ‘Please step off the school grounds,’ and this dude co…

'He's the best pass rusher': How Nik Bonitto's first step has helped him become an NFL star https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/46859882/nik-bonitto-broncos-first-step-pass-rush-defensive-player-year-candidate

Hamiltonian flow between standard module Lagrangians
Yujin Tong
https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.06431 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2511.06431 https://arxiv.org/html/2511.06431
arXiv:2511.06431v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: In Aganagic's Fukaya category of the Coulomb branch of quiver gauge theory, the $T_\theta$-brane algebra gives a symplectic realization of the Khovanov-Lauda-Rouquier-Webster (KLRW) algebra, where each standard module is known to admit two Lagrangian realizations: the 'U'-shaped $T$-brane and the step $I$-brane. We show that the latter arises as the infinite-time limit of the Hamiltonian evolution of the former, thus serving as a generalized thimble. This provides a geometric realization of the categorical isomorphism previously established through holomorphic disc counting.
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AFC Toronto are ready to step up in more competitions. They look good.

NeuroSketch: An Effective Framework for Neural Decoding via Systematic Architectural Optimization
Gaorui Zhang, Zhizhang Yuan, Jialan Yang, Junru Chen, Li Meng, Yang Yang
https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.09524 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2512.09524 https://arxiv.org/html/2512.09524
arXiv:2512.09524v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Neural decoding, a critical component of Brain-Computer Interface (BCI), has recently attracted increasing research interest. Previous research has focused on leveraging signal processing and deep learning methods to enhance neural decoding performance. However, the in-depth exploration of model architectures remains underexplored, despite its proven effectiveness in other tasks such as energy forecasting and image classification. In this study, we propose NeuroSketch, an effective framework for neural decoding via systematic architecture optimization. Starting with the basic architecture study, we find that CNN-2D outperforms other architectures in neural decoding tasks and explore its effectiveness from temporal and spatial perspectives. Building on this, we optimize the architecture from macro- to micro-level, achieving improvements in performance at each step. The exploration process and model validations take over 5,000 experiments spanning three distinct modalities (visual, auditory, and speech), three types of brain signals (EEG, SEEG, and ECoG), and eight diverse decoding tasks. Experimental results indicate that NeuroSketch achieves state-of-the-art (SOTA) performance across all evaluated datasets, positioning it as a powerful tool for neural decoding. Our code and scripts are available at https://github.com/Galaxy-Dawn/NeuroSketch.
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Minority influence: how can degrowth step up?
A contribution to the ecosocialism vs horizontalism debate.
by Anna Gregoletto and Mark H Burton
In the series Prospects for Degrowth
https://degrowthuk.org/2025/10/29/minority-influence-how-can-degrow…

Minority influence: how can degrowth step up?
A contribution to the ecosocialism vs horizontalism debate. by Anna Gregoletto and Mark H Burton* A debate is in progress between alternative strategy prescriptions for degrowth. On the one side, w…

Pick Six: Receiving corps expected to step up against Denver Broncos https://www.raiders.com/news/pick-six-receiving-corps-expected-to-step-up-against-denver-broncos

Cowboys’ Trevon Diggs takes next step toward return from concussion https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/onsi/news/dallas-cowboys-trevon-diggs-takes-next-step-toward-return-from-concussion

Just added a “Sign in with Mastodon” example to Kitten’s¹ examples:
https://codeberg.org/kitten/app/src/branch/main/examples/sign-in-with-mastodon
If I have time at some point, I might make it into a tutorial.
Enjoy!
:kitten:💕

Re “apply the pressure anyway:” that’s advice I got from…Keith Ellison.
I was part of a citizen group pressuring him to vote for the ACA when he was in the House. He met with us, and gave us an impassioned speech about universal care and how the ACA was a good first step but insufficient, relating it to the less-remembered civil rights acts of the 1950s that laid the groundwork for the big one in 1964.
Somebody from the group finally asked him, “Why are we meeting with you? You’re already convinced!”
He replied (paraphrasing here): “I •need• your pressure. I need it even if I already agree. If you’re pressuring me, then I can get on the floor of the House and say ‘My constituents are beating down the doors of my office! This has tremendous support!’ I can tell my colleagues in private about how agitated voters are. If you apply pressure, I can pass that pressure forward. I need you to do it! •That• is why you’re meeting with me.”
And now Keith Ellison is MN Attorney General. He’s already started doing the right thing. Follow his advice, and apply that pressure!

After identification of a Thai worker's remains, the first phase of Gaza’s tenuous 8-week-old ceasefire is
a step closer to completion, with one more hostage’s remains still to be returned.
The subsequent phases under a U.S.-drafted, U.N.-backed plan for Gaza remain deeply uncertain.
There has been no word on how provisions for Hamas’ disarmament will be carried out,
or how a planned international administration and security force will be established.

A single hostage remains in Gaza after identification of Thai worker's remains
JERUSALEM (AP) — The subsequent phases under a U.S.-drafted, U.N.-backed plan for Gaza remain deeply uncertain.

The Backward Step — #mentalhealth

The Wisdom of the Backward Step: On Rhythm, Retreat, and the Dance of Change
Growth isn’t linear. Like dance, it moves in rhythm — forward, back, pause, return. The step backward isn’t failure; it’s part of the choreography.

from my link log —
Building multi-step web login forms that work well with password managers.
https://evertpot.com/multi-step-login-forms-for-password-managers/
saved 2025-10-15

Building multi-step login forms that work well with password managers

Source: CB Alexander stepping away from football https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/46934445/source-eagles-jaire-alexander-28-stepping-away-nfl

Pick Six: Receiving corps expected to step up against Denver Broncos https://www.raiders.com/news/pick-six-receiving-corps-expected-to-step-up-against-denver-broncos

Reclaiming the human mind 🧠
In our latest #GEANTCybersecurity expert article, Panayiota Smyrli (Digital Security Authority) examines a quiet shift: as automation grows, our critical thinking shrinks.
AI drafts our ideas, finishes our sentences, and even nudges our decisions.
Panayiota invites us to step back, slow down, & reintroduce small mental challenges: doing t…

EU says must 'step up' against China rare earths 'racket' | Courthouse News Service
https://www.courthousenews.com/eu-says-must-step-up-against-china-rare-earths-racket/

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #DebGrant
John Kongos:
🎵 He's Gonna Step On You Again
#JohnKongos
https://definite60s-70sarchives.bandcamp.com/track/he-s-gonna-step-on-you-again
https://open.spotify.com/track/2hqD7QAEzb5o1hKwjykqp1

📼 A unified model of memory and perception: How Hebbian learning explains our recall of past events
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-11-memory-perception-hebbian-recall-events.html

A unified model of memory and perception: How Hebbian learning explains our recall of past events
A collaboration between SISSA's Physics and Neuroscience groups has taken a step forward in understanding how memories are stored and retrieved in the brain. The study, recently published in Neuron, shows that distinct perceptual biases—long thought to arise from separate brain systems—can, in fact, be explained by a single, biologically grounded mechanism.

Congrats! The @… team hit their initial “maintenance” goal. The next unlock is working on federated groups.
Help fund their campaign!
https://indieweb.social/@bonfire/11566

Stephen Miller Is Taking His Fascist Horrorshow International (Tim Dickinson/The Contrarian)
https://contrarian.substack.com/p/stephen-miller-is-taking-his-fascist
http://www.memeorandum.com/260109/p109#a260109p109

"There is no such thing as ‘changing the world without taking power’, but the taking of power is a more complex process than storming the gates of government and implanting a new regime; ..."
https://degrowthuk.org/2025/10/29/minority-influence-how-ca…

Minority influence: how can degrowth step up?
A contribution to the ecosocialism vs horizontalism debate. by Anna Gregoletto and Mark H Burton* A debate is in progress between alternative strategy prescriptions for degrowth. On the one side, w…

A gritty performance, a disappointing loss and Panthers have a new standard https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6960744/2026/01/10/panthers-season-ends-playoffs-rams/

An interview with 10 Kenyan AI annotators shows Chinese companies hire data labelers via opaque middleman networks and WhatsApp groups to avoid accountability (Rest of World)
https://restofworld.org/2025/kenya-china-ai-workers/

The hidden Kenyan workers training China’s AI models
An unemployment crisis has created fertile ground for companies to step in with opaque systems built on WhatsApp groups, middlemen, and bargain-basement wages.

Brazil's renewable energy ambitions just got a major boost. Envision Energy and Casa dos Ventos are teaming up on a 630MW wind project—Envision's first net-zero energy initiative in the country.
The deal includes customized 8.xMW Galileo AI turbines designed for local grid needs, with potential expansion into green hydrogen solutions. It's a significant step toward positioning Brazil as a leader in the global green energy market.

Envision, Casa dos Ventos sign 630MW wind deal in Brazil
Envision Energy has been selected by Brazilian renewable energy developer Casa dos Ventos to supply 630 megawatts (MW) of wind turbines.

Dak Prescott wants team to 'step up and shut the talk up' with trade talks looming https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/news/dak-prescott-wants-team-to-step-up-and-shut-the-talk-up-with-trade-talks-looming

States step into the breach as Obamacare subsidies lapse (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/29/states-step-into-the-breach-as-obamacare-subsidies-lapse-00703609
http://www.memeorandum.com/251229/p74#a251229p74

Raiders WR Jack Bech Sends Strong Message on Opportunity in Broncos Game https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/las-vegas-raiders/jack-bech-message-opportunity-step-up-broncos-game/?adt_ei=[email]

'Each year was a step': Is Jordan Love on the same SB path as Favre, Rodgers? https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47528311/nfl-green-bay-packers-jordan-love-super-bowl-favre-aaron-rodgers

Cowboys Break: Young Guys Gotta Step Up https://www.dallascowboys.com/podcast/cowboys-break-young-guys-gotta-step-up

A technical deep dive into Amazon's Trainium3 accelerator, including its server SKUs' specifications, silicon design, power budget, and bill of materials (SemiAnalysis)
https://newsletter.semianalysis.com/p/aws-trainium3-deep-dive-a-potential

AWS Trainium3 Deep Dive | A Potential Challenger Approaching
NL72x2/NL32x2 Scale Up Rack Architecture, Step-Function Software & System Improvements, Optimized Perf per TCO, “Amazon Basics” GB200 NVL36x2, Astera Labs, Trainium4

House takes step toward extending Affordable Care Act subsidies, overpowering GOP leadership (Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/affordable-care-act-subsidies-aca-84607bbaee9bc782d0b685eadba75303
http://www.memeorandum.com/260107/p164#a260107p164

Why Travis Hunter's injury puts more pressure on Jaguars WR Brian Thomas Jr. https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/46783364/jacksonville-jaguars-travis-hunter-injury-brian-thomas-jr-stats-step-up

Versus: Big opportunities for Raiders rookies facing the defending Super Bowl champions https://www.raiders.com/news/versus-big-opportunities-for-raiders-rookies-darien-porter-ashton-jeanty-facing-vs-eagles

Sources: Roelof Botha was asked to step aside after some Sequoia partners raised concerns about his leadership; Botha had declined to comment on Shaun Maguire (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/finance/investing/sequ

Trump asks Supreme Court to step into fight over food stamp benefits (CNN)
https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/07/politics/trump-administration-supreme-court-snap-benefits
http://www.memeorandum.com/251107/p85#a251107p85

Cam Ward has best game of rookie season in Titans' loss to Seahawks: 'Taking that next step' https://www.nfl.com/news/cam-ward-best-game-rookie-season-titans-loss-seahawks-taking-that-next-step

GitHub updates VS Code with Plan Mode for building step-by-step project approaches, MCP Registry integration, definable project rules via AGENTS.md, and more (Sean Michael Kerner/VentureBeat)
https://venturebeat.com/ai/githubs-agent-hq-aims…

Raiders’ Pete Carroll Gives QB Update Ahead of Eagles Game https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/las-vegas-raiders/pete-carroll-starting-quarterback-update-eagles/?adt_ei=[email]

Broncos take key step toward new stadium with submission of large-area review plan https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6781214/2025/11/05/broncos-new-stadium-large-area-review-plan/