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Seeing an 'acer palmatum' plant in the computer section of an auction site is good fun.

Pinterest agrees to acquire tvScientific, a CTV ad platform that automates and optimizes ad buying; tvScientific was founded in 2020 and has raised ~$60M (Sara Fischer/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/12/11/exclusive-pinterest-to-acquire-ctv-ad-co…

Exclusive: Pinterest to acquire CTV ad company tvScientific
It's Pinterest's first acquisition since 2022.

Agora a temperatura estš aqui estš bem mais amena, meros 32 graus no termômetro da minha cozinha. Mas a sensação ainda é de calor opressivo.

I completely disagree with the premise of this piece but I agree with it's overall conclusion… so this is awkward.
It's plain wrong for me to claim AGI is here and then only focus on LLMs being useful in a general sense.
Intelligence is only brought up as a segue to ask what technology ultimately should be used for.
Discuss the question at the end, for sure, but the first part is wholly unnecessary since the conclusion (here's the twist) is kinda general in its…

AGI is here (and I feel fine)
I propose to begin this year with an acknowledgment that is strategic but/and also sincere.

House Democrats grilled the heads of ICE, CBP and USCIS at a hearing Tuesday
over their role in the Trump administration’s brutal campaign to carry out mass deportations.
“These three directors are responsible for what we are seeing around the country,
whether it’s in detention,
whether it’s in the streets
or even in the courts,”
says Illinois Congressmember Delia Ramirez,
who is calling for her fellow Democrats to suspend funding for the Department…

“De Facto Dictatorship”: Democrats Confront ICE, CBP Officials on Brutal Tactics
House Democrats grilled the heads of ICE, CBP and USCIS at a hearing Tuesday over their role in the Trump administration’s brutal campaign to carry out mass deportations. “These three directors are responsible for what we are seeing around the country, whether it’s in detention, whether it’s in the streets or even in the courts,” says Illinois Congressmember Delia Ramirez, who is calling for her fellow Democrats to suspend funding for the Department of Homeland Security unless Republi…

China's SMIC plans to acquire the remaining 49% stake in its SMNC unit for ~$5.8B, making the unit wholly owned, per a Shanghai Stock Exchange filing (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/chinas-smic-take-full-…

keep thinking about how cool the symbionese liberation army logo is. they really said "fuck getting anyone but edgelord upper-middle class college students to like us, classic villain tropes maxxing looks hard so we're doing it, make it a multi-headed black snake with a silhouette that looks like some sorta deadly microscopic parasite, put it over a blood red background while we're at it, this will surely make black people agree with us when they learn who shot marcus foster&quo…

39 graus e sensação térmica de 41. E nem geladeira eu tenho. E até agora nada do técnico que deveria vir aqui consertš-la hoje.

Neurotechnology and Cognitive Warfare #BCI

Neurotechnology and Cognitive Warfare
[Carl Emilio Lewis and Jonathan Kwik are researchers in international law at the TMC Asser Institute] The ‘application of neurotechnology raises [various] ethical, legal and societal issues and que…

EU lawmakers agree on new rules that hold platforms like Meta and TikTok liable for financial scams that have been reported, requiring them to compensate banks (Politico)
https://www.politico.eu/article/social-media-giants-meta-tik…

Social media giants liable for financial scams under new EU law
The new rules set a dangerous precedent, big tech companies say.