Tootfinder

Crypto exchange HashKey closed flat in its Hong Kong debut, after rising as much as 6.6% before falling 8.4% intraday, amid a weakness in digital assets (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/crypto-exchange-hashke…

My body is a machine that turns cats into kissed cats. 💋

From Translink
The Pattullo Bridge will be closed northbound one night and fully closed the next night this week, due to ongoing construction work on the new stalΕəwΓasəm Bridge.

To ensure public safety, the bridge will be closed northbound into New Westminster on Thursday, December 18 from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. This will be followed by a full closure in both directions on Friday, December 19 from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m.

UN security council passes US-drafted resolution authorising an international stabilisation force in Gaza
The UN security council has voted to pass the US-drafted resolution regarding the mandate for an International Stabilisation Force in Gaza, one of the key points in Trump’s Gaza plan

I just checked my CD player to see if it had a ‘year in review’ feature and then I remembered I bought it before the turn of the century and the only reason the lid stays closed is because I balance a book on it.
I guess I could go by the CDs piled next to it.

#Programming #coding #codeReview

Dark-eyed juncos living in urbanized Los Angeles have shorter bills than juncos in nearby natural areas— but while UCLA was closed for COVID-19 safety, campus juncos evolved longer bills again
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2520996122

❝
For those of you curious - the Nazis downtown are getting absolutely humiliated.
The big anti-Islam protest downtown currently consists of about 8 protesters and hundreds, maybe thousands, of counter protesters. The counter protesters are currently walking/pushing the protesters off of City Hall grounds. True Minnesota hospitality at its best.
Jake Lang [right-winger who organized the event] and a handful of other racists/RW propagandists are surrounded by about 50 cameras and some antifascists chanting him down. A banner the group arrived with has been broken.
Currently has only about 5 supporters, and is being drowned out by counter protesters
The group led by Jake Lang tried to get inside Minneapolis City Hall, but the building is closed, as it is every Saturday.
❞
(This is all gathered from a bunch of different online sources; sorry I can’t link back to all of them, haven’t been keep track properly as I gather, but you can find more primary sources and video, I’m sure)
2/

Until a year ago, we had a French bookstore not far from the house. It couldn't make ends meet. It's not alone - several French-language bookstores have closed their doors in Ontario over the last few years. This bill, if it had become law, would've helped.
On more days than not, the government of Ontario either seems actively out to ruin everything that matters to me and mine or is at least gleefully flipping it the bird.

Le projet de loi sur la protection des librairies franco-ontariennes est rejeté
Le projet de loi 58 pour la protection des librairies franco-ontariennes a été rejeté au vote ce matin avec 70 votes négatifs, contre 37 en faveur.

anyone fancy giving me 800k? it's for a thing.
https://www.gazetteandherald.co.uk/news/25623738.bradford-avon-former-hairdressers-sale-800k/

Ryan Lizza details his relationship with Olivia Nuzzi, saying she had a relationship with ex-MSNBC host Keith Olbermann and presidential candidate Mark Sanford (Ryan Lizza/Telos News)
https://www.telos.news/p/part-1-how-i-found-out

Part 1: How I Found Out
Olivia had just returned from a reporting trip—at least that’s what she told me it was—and her Herschel backpack, the one with the flap that never quite closed properly, was tossed beside our bed, its contents scattered on the floor.

Ten public schools in Canberra will be closed today and at least another 10 will be partially closed due to potential asbestos contamination.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-14/several-act-schools-closed-after-asbestos-risk-fo…

Snap closure of several Canberra schools after asbestos found in decorative coloured sand
A snap closure has been issued for a number of schools in the ACT over fears of asbestos exposure.

@… Hoping? Yes, we are all hoping.
Counting on? I sure hope not. I can only hope that behind closed doors plans are being made for how to deal with that disaster.
@… @…

where is capitalism when you need it? all the restaurants i looked at are closed on the 26th in the colonnaden in hamburg. :(

From ⁨⁨⁨⁨⁨#AnnafromUkraine⁩⁩⁩⁩⁩ @AnnafromUkraine@youtube.com
🧵 👇
RUSSIANS SHOCKED: SHOPS CLOSED, FOOD PRICES OUT OF CONTROL Vlog 1229: War in #Ukraine
In #Russia,

Edtech startup Physics Wallah closed up 44% in its Indian IPO, giving it a ~$5B market cap; it was last valued at $2.8B in 2024 when it raised a $210M Series B (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/18/phys

Physics Wallah enjoys a rosy IPO day, bucking the broader slowdown in Indian edtech | TechCrunch
The Indian edtech startup ended its first day as a public company on a high, with its shares closing 44% higher than they were listed for, indicating that the country's edtech sector may still recover after years of gloom.

Ukraine embassy in Iran temporarily closed as Trump eyes possible strikes: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/16/ukraine-embassy-in-iran-temporarily.html

Interesting 👀 https://social.zarchbox.fr/notes/agclhhyre66bnqz3
Extension from @… :

UK online grocer Ocado's stock closed down 17.4% on November 18 after its US partner Kroger said it would close three automated warehouses in January 2026 (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-co

"Digital Learning: Exploring Perceived Usefulness and Perceived Ease of Use of Open Educational Resources"
#OpenIrony

#SilentSunday St James, Ashurst #WestSussex

Trump officials were told that cutting aid to South Sudan would exacerbate a deadly cholera epidemic. -- They did so anyway. 

Aid Charade: Even as lifesaving programs closed in South Sudan, Rubio and other officials maintained they were still active and that no one had died. -- We found that wasn’t true.

A Surging Outbreak: After the funding cuts, cases in South Sudan spiked. -- It’s the worst cholera epidemic in the country’s history.

Trump Officials Celebrated With Cake After Slashing Aid. Then People Died of Cholera.
Behind closed doors in Washington, top advisers made a series of decisions that had devastating repercussions for the poorest country on earth. We went to South Sudan and found people who died as a result.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #Early
Melody’s Echo Chamber:
🎵 Eyes Closed
#MelodysEchoChamber
https://melodysechochamber.bandcamp.com/track/eyes-closed
https://open.spotify.com/track/7dTZ0dEnpFed6ohli3g5NE

Very excited to hear that Sydney's "Doofberg" may well be a world champion in the "disgusting clogged sewer" league. OZZY OZZY OZZY!!!...
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jan/17/fatbe…

Fatberg the size of four buses likely birthed poo balls that closed Sydney beaches – and it can’t be cleared
Exclusive: Secret report suggests fats, oils and grease accumulate in ‘inaccessible dead zone’ at Malabar plant, then dislodge when pumping pressure ‘rapidly increases’

VW plans to end vehicle production at its Dresden plant, which opened in 2001, and convert it into a research hub focused on AI, robotics, and chip design (Gregory Schmidt/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/business/volkswagen-dresden-factor…

Volkswagen to End Production at German Plant, a First in Company History
The auto giant stopped making cars at the plant in Dresden, which opened in 2001, as it faces weaker demand and steep U.S. tariffs.

Democracy dies behind closed doors...
https://mastodon.social/@chatcontrol/115539210365913782

Fight Chat Control (@chatcontrol@mastodon.social)
Attached: 1 image

Closed 105 active issues (428 to 323) in the past month on @… core; slowly organizing Enhancements as GitHub Discussions.
https://www.11ty.dev/blog/github-issues/

The bar we wanted to go to last night was closed for a private event so we tried to see if barmini would take us without a reservation, and they had space. Excellent cocktails and service as you’d expect!

My favorite #udon place in #Saitama has, apparently, closed and become just another #ramen place.
I feel like this is an metaphor for something...

Is there an attack going on with Card One Money, bank accounts run by Equals Money UK Ltd?
There's a banner on the Business web site saying "Card One Money Accounts are closing. The best way to get in touch to discuss this is via our Live Chat Service."
The Chat Service is saying it's out of hours.
The Business site says the phone service is down.
Now I've been told that it's Personal Accounts which are being closed, mine is a Business Accou…

Every year for 10yrs, I went to "Quark's Bar" in Las Vegas during COMDEX & had a "Liquid Latinum" for my birthday... until they closed. 😢
▶️ Did you ever visit Quark’s Bar at Star Trek: The Experience?
https://youtube.com/watch?v=OhDA0ri4ntc&a…

Campus is closed* but the Faculty Club is open. I suspect this gets close to many of my colleagues' idea of perfection: a university without students.
*due to snow

For #Caturday, a reminder that Widget remains available for adoption in the NYC metro area. She would prefer a calm house without kids (we are not a calm house). She's super affectionate! #CatsOfMastodon

It's a "door closed" week at work

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #AfternoonShow
Melody’s Echo Chamber:
🎵 Eyes Closed
#MelodysEchoChamber
https://melodysechochamber.bandcamp.com/track/eyes-closed
https://open.spotify.com/track/7dTZ0dEnpFed6ohli3g5NE

House Republicans release transcript and video of Jack Smith's closed-door testimony before Judiciary Committee (Alexandra Marquez/NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/jack-smith-closed-door-testimony-released-house-republicans-judiciary-rcna251732
http://www.memeorandum.com/251231/p68#a251231p68

Ghost in the friendly and interactive shell (fish):
I removed a `set -x VARNAME ...` line from my fish config.
Spawning a new shell still had that variable.
I ran `set -e VARNAME`. For the current shell, it's gone.
Spawning a new shell again, I got it back. What..?
Okay, so I closed _all the fish instances_.
And the damn env var came back *again*!?!
Looks like that's because it's my login shell.
A fresh login session no longer had it.

Food for thought:
“Why ‘open’ AI systems are actually closed—and why it matters.”
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-08141-1
This compelling perspective shows how openness alone fails to challenge AI’s power concentration.
As r…

Anyone else's MacBook Pro (M1) started ‘hot bagging', and unlocking with their watch *when closed*? I notice it this week that if I plug it in, evne wiht ~100% charge, and get warm And today it unlocked when I plugged it in. With the lid closed. 😬

Several US states celebrate armed defenders of #slavery with official holidays every year, including #Mississippi.
The #Republican majority there even prevents a

This morning, Discord released a survey about #AI. Only a few hours later, the survey suddenly closed. Judging by the responses shared publicly by users — the feedback was uniformly negative.
The question is: will Discord respect the results, or will the surveys continue until morale improves?
#userresearch

TIL both Algeria and Morroco have modern passenger rail services including growing High Speed services.... but the land border between them has been closed since 1994, so the systems don't touch :(
One day! 🤞
Algeria system is SNTF, Morroco: ONCF
Easiest English info is through https://www.seat61.com/Algeria.htm

me after eating a single flamin hot cheeto
https://mastodon.social/@closedcaptionsbot/115526238847182162

Seems like #PhanpySocial got mentioned a few times in the past week(s) 😲
1. "Comfort Zone, Episode 75: Klack to the Extreme" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5L0TW-quBo ("Mast…

That's sad: what was far and away my favorite restaurant during last year's visit to Portland (Ore.) closed. Brunch-serving vegan diners are a particular type of place I love that seems to be an endangered species these days, cf Beach'N in SF, also closed this year.

One of Portland’s oldest vegan-friendly restaurants has closed
“We can no long sustain operations and have served the final plate,” the restaurant announces.

🇺🇦 Auf radioeins läuft...
Melody's Echo Chamber:
🎵 Eyes Closed
#NowPlaying #MelodysEchoChamber
https://melodysechochamber.bandcamp.com/track/eyes-closed
https://open.spotify.com/track/7dTZ0dEnpFed6ohli3g5NE

This week I did a little performance work, and then retested the code “well this is amazing, it is now buttery smooth”, closed the bug.
Then I remembered I replaced the m2 iPad with and m5 iPad.
That bug is staying closed until someone complains :-)

RE: https://social.heise.de/@heiseonlineenglish/115532900620184084
Why Jänschwalde, Brandenburg? Well, the satellite image reveals the answer. This is the site of a lignite power plant and an open-cast mine (the latter of which closed two years …

Kaya Founders raises P1.47-billion fund to back more Filipino founders
https://www.philstar.com/business/2025/11/11/2486427/kaya-founders-raises-p147-billion-fund-back-more-filipino-founders

Urgent request in Minneapolis / St. Paul:
Do you have info about business impacts of ICE activity?
− UPDATE: Especially daycare closures! ←
For example:
- biz closed early last night?
- closed today?
- reduced hours today?
- staffing issues?
- significant loss of business?
A legal group is gathering info for some kind of urgent action today. If you have •personal• knowledge of any of these kinds of impacts, please reply or DM me and I will connect you.
“ASAP ASAP”, they say!

a big chunk of the #PurdueFortWayne 🐘 campus is closed right now while some Fox News host is visiting
https://www.mobilize.us/indivisible/event/869215/

2025 NFL MVP odds, scenarios: Has Drake Maye closed the gap on Matthew Stafford, and who else could win award?

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/2025-nf<…

RE: #opensource

From Translink
Pattullo Bridge closed southbound for one night
Closure needed for sign installation work on King George Boulevard
The Pattullo Bridge will be closed southbound into Surrey for one night, because of ongoing construction work for the stalΕəwΓasəm Bridge. The directional closure will take place overnight from 9 p.m. on Thursday, January 8 until 5 a.m. on Friday, January 9.

Meinen Google Account habe ich am 05.12.2006 erstellt. GMail war noch in der Closed Beta und jemand hat mich dazu eingeladen. Seitdem arbeite ich damit.
Seit einigen Jahren schaue ich immer mal wieder, ob es eine Alternative gibt, die ähnlich gut funktioniert für mich. Gibt's bis heute nicht. Ich werde meine in 24 Jahren gewachsenen Labels und die zugehörige Armada von Filtern schmerzlich vermissen. Aber ich gehe das jetzt mal an und ziehe um.

Can a visual neuroprosthesis communicate with the brain? https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/can-visual-neuroprosthesis-communicate-brain-2025a1000yhe Archived at

Can a Visual Neuroprosthesis Communicate With the Brain?
A closed-loop cortical implant generates functional percepts of shape, motion, and letters in two individuals with acquired blindness.

Ahhh, fucking FedEx!
> "Delivery exception: Customer not available or business closed"
We are open, all doors are unlocked... I assure you, the Customer is definitely here, unlike our package that you failed to deliver.

Decision Desk is calling it for Mamdani 3 minutes after polls closed...

All kinds of issues and adjustments are popping up and will be popping up as we go through AI integration into our lives. This was an interesting read: https://x.com/MarcJSchmidt/status/2009688028931875156
This was especially interesting: Look at Tailwind: "75 million d…

Marc (@MarcJSchmidt) on X
All my new code will be closed-source from now on. I've contributed millions of lines of carefully written OSS code over the past decade, spent thousands of hours helping other people. If you want to use my libraries (1M+ downloads/month) in the future, you have to pay. I made

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Melody’s Echo Chamber:
🎵 Eyes Closed
#MelodysEchoChamber
https://melodysechochamber.bandcamp.com/track/eyes-closed
https://open.spotify.com/track/7dTZ0dEnpFed6ohli3g5NE

RE: https://mastodon.social/@rperezrosario/115482997902087975
My Daylight Saving Time (DST) poll closed earlier today with 3,309 votes. People overwhelmingly voted for no DST (87%, or 2,879 votes.) There was a lively discussion about the subject. The…

😐 Sure @…, sure! 💔
#Freedom #Privacy #Security

Closed-string mirror symmetry for dimer models
Dahye Cho, Hansol Hong, Hyeongjun Jin, Sangwook Lee
https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.06699 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2511.06699 https://arxiv.org/html/2511.06699
arXiv:2511.06699v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: For all punctured Riemann surfaces arising as mirror curves of toric Calabi--Yau threefolds, we show that their symplectic cohomology is isomorphic to the compactly supported Hochschild cohomology of the noncommutative Landau--Ginzburg model defined on the NCCR of the associated toric Gorenstein singularities. This mirror correspondence is established by analyzing the closed-open map with boundaries on certain combinatorially defined immersed Lagrangians in the Riemann surface, yielding a ring isomorphism. We give a detailed examination of the properties of this isomorphism, emphasizing its relationship to the singularity structure.
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This is good advice received from a local retrofit organisation. I'm always amazed by how many people don't appear to understand this simple fact.
MONTHLY TOP TIP
Did you know how much of a difference closing curtains and blinds can make ?
In summer leaving window coverings closed can reduce the heat input to prevent overheating and in the winter closing them before dark can keep heat from escaping and keep your home feeling cosy.

Shares of Tesla closed at a 2025 high on Monday after the company confirmed it is testing driverless vehicles in Austin without a human safety operator (Lora Kolodny/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/15/tesla-tests-driverless-cars-in-austin…

Tesla stock closes at 2025 high after Musk confirms driverless Robotaxi tests underway in Austin
Tesla CEO Elon Musk said in a social media post that his company is testing driverless cars in Austin without a safety driver in the vehicle.

Remember folks, no matter what they do – be it committing genocide or raping Palestinian prisoners – Israel are our allies. The US loves Israel no matter what. The UK loves Israel no matter what. Germany loves Israel no matter what. And if you have a problem with any of this, you’re a fucking antisemite and probably Hamas. https://

Iran extends airspace closure
Iran further extended an order closing its airspace to commercial aircraft without explanation early on Thursday.
A notice to pilots said the closure was estimated to last until 7.30am local time, the AP is reporting.
A previous order had closed the airspace for just over two hours.
The Iranian government offered no explanation of the decision to shut its airspace amid the tensions with Washington over Tehran’s protest crackdown.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MiddayShow
Melody’s Echo Chamber:
🎵 Eyes Closed
#MelodysEchoChamber
https://melodysechochamber.bandcamp.com/track/eyes-closed
https://open.spotify.com/track/7dTZ0dEnpFed6ohli3g5NE

CoreWeave closed down 16% after its CEO admitted delays at a data center developer that Jim Cramer implied may be Core Scientific; CORZ closed down 10% (Ashley Capoot/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/11/coreweave-stock-core-scientific-delays.html

CoreWeave CEO won't say if Core Scientific caused data center delays, both stocks plunge
CNBC's Jim Cramer noted data center delays at sites in Texas, Oklahoma and North Carolina tied to Core Scientific.

This 100% works

Minneapolis Public Schools closed schools because they deemed it too dangerous for students to be there on Thu and Fri.
Tomorrow morning, students go back to school. My question: what’s changed? Is it not still dangerous?
1/

Trump Humiliates Mike Johnson Behind Closed Doors (Will Neal/The Daily Beast)
https://www.thedailybeast.com/president-donald-trump-humiliates-house-speaker-mike-johnson-behind-closed-doors/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251025/p58#a251025p58

Trump threatens to
revoke citizenship
of naturalized immigrants
convicted of fraud
In a long winded speech today, Donald Trump threatened to
🔥“reverse citizenship of any naturalized immigrant from Somalia or anywhere else who is convicted of defrauding our citizens”.
He spent a portion of his remarks in Detroit today heaping invective on the Somali community throughout the country, particularly in

Sources: US officials raised concerns with Australia over its streaming content quotas that the government is trying to push through the Senate before year end (John Buckley/Capital Brief)
https://www.capitalbrief.co…

Behind closed doors, Trump administration pushes back on Labor’s streaming quotas
The US Embassy has directly raised concerns about the policy in Canberra, raising the stakes for the Albanese government as it pursues an aggressive tech reform agenda.

Pearly everlasting, Anaphalis margaritacea, along the trail to Granite Lake in the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest this summer
#naturalist

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #Early
Melody’s Echo Chamber:
🎵 Eyes Closed
#MelodysEchoChamber
https://melodysechochamber.bandcamp.com/track/eyes-closed
https://open.spotify.com/track/7dTZ0dEnpFed6ohli3g5NE

From Translink
Oakridge–41st Avenue Canada Line Station to close early for two months in next phase of upgrades
Station elevator closed until April 30 due to construction
#Vancouver #Transit
The Canada Line’s Oakridge–41st Avenue Station will be closing early at 11 p.m. from Sunday to Thur…

An inside look at a Myanmar online scam center that opened in 2024 with 3,500 workers from ~30 countries and closed in November 2025 after rebels captured it (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/world/a

At This Office Park, Scamming the World Was the Business
Times journalists got a rare look inside one of the compounds where the online fraud industry makes its billions. Inspirational slogans (“Keep going”) were just the start.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Melody’s Echo Chamber:
🎵 Eyes Closed
#MelodysEchoChamber
https://melodysechochamber.bandcamp.com/track/eyes-closed
https://open.spotify.com/track/7dTZ0dEnpFed6ohli3g5NE

The next segment of the widening of Highway 101
—from Hermosillo to Salinas
—will start in the spring
and take at least three years.
An email from the Montecito Association says that both Hot Springs/Cabrillo exits, northbound and southbound,
will be closed from the spring of 2026 to summer of 2028
(“The Cabrillo Boulevard Interchange will be reconstructed with two new bridges and right-hand freeway ramps,
including a new southbound on-ramp [above].”…

The EU says Meta agreed to make changes to its "pay or consent" model in the EU, including ad-lite Instagram and Facebook versions, but "the case is not closed" (Barbara Moens/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/39b9d90c-0629-4dfc-8a2b-c52f1f503f38…

Meta offers EU users ad-light option in push to end investigation
Facebook agrees changes to ‘pay or consent’ model after talks with European Commission

Shares of data center real estate company Fermi closed down 34% after a tenant terminated a $150M agreement to help fund an AI campus in West Texas (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/e4056c28-3f3e-48cf-ac3f-134fc926047e

The Trump administration is arguing that requiring real-time American Sign Language interpretation of events like White House press briefings
“would severely intrude on the President’s prerogative to control the image he presents to the public,”
part of a lawsuit seeking to require the White House to provide the services.
Department of Justice attorneys haven’t elaborated on how doing so might hamper the portrayal Trump seeks to present to the public.
But overturning p…

White House says sign language services 'intrude' on Trump's public image
The Trump administration argues that providing real-time American Sign Language interpretation for events like White House press briefings would intrude on the president’s control over his public image. This stance is part of a lawsuit filed by the National Association for the Deaf, which claims the lack of ASL interpretation denies deaf Americans access to important communications. The Justice Department suggests alternatives like online transcripts and closed captioning provide what's neede…

Automated digital wealth management company Wealthfront's stock closed up 1.36% in its Nasdaq debut, valuing it at ~$2.7B, after raising $486M in its IPO (Andrew Welsch/Barron's Online)
https://www.barrons.com/articles/wealthfro

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MorningShow
Melody’s Echo Chamber:
🎵 Eyes Closed
#MelodysEchoChamber
https://melodysechochamber.bandcamp.com/track/eyes-closed
https://open.spotify.com/track/3E3UsYLAB7WkWfKzyxNY8X

Versant Media closed down 13% in its Nasdaq debut on January 5 after its Comcast spinoff, underscoring investor skepticism around traditional TV businesses (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/comcast-completes-spin…

Zoom says its "federated AI" model, combining its SLM with open- and closed-source models, got 48.1% on Humanity's Last Exam vs. 45.8% for Gemini 3 Pro w/ tools (Xuedong Huang/Zoom)
https://www.zoom.com/en/blog/humanitys-last-exam-zoom-ai-breakthrough/

Zoom AI sets new state-of-the-art benchmark on Humanity's Last Exam
Federated innovation driving breakthrough results in complex AI testing

Shortly after 10 a.m., the California Highway Patrol announced on X that #Highway101 is #closed from Winchester in Goleta to State Route 1
“due to debris flow and flooding for an unknown duration.”
#CHP advises motorists to u…

Flash Flood Warning Issued for Parts of Santa Barbara County as 101 Closes for ‘Unknown Duration’
Debris flow and flooding close Highway 101 in both directions through Goleta Saturday morning.

Indian investment app Groww raised ~$748M in its Indian IPO, closing up 29% and giving it a ~$9B market cap; Groww is the first Indian YC-backed startup to IPO (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/12/groww-rais…

Groww raises nearly $750M in IPO as India's retail investing boom continues | TechCrunch
The company's shares opened 12% above their issue price, at ₹112, and closed at ₹128.85, lending it a market cap of ₹795 billion (approximately $9 billion).

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #KEXP's #MorningShow
Peter Broderick:
🎵 Eyes Closed and Travelling
#PeterBroderick
https://open.spotify.com/track/6zYHwIlDPraiG9UTg4y0oe
🎶 show playlist 👇
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1r22YroTqfHn6X0RvVg67f
🎶 KEXP playlist 👇
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6VNALrOa3gWbk794YuIrwg

Tim Cook met with US lawmakers in a closed-door meeting to lobby against provisions in pending legislation that would require app stores to verify users' ages (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-10…

Sources: Meta's new model, codenamed Avocado, may launch in 2026 as a "closed" model, a move Alexandr Wang advocates, shifting from Meta's open-source strategy (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

Sources: Meta's new AI model, codenamed Avocado, may launch in spring 2026 as a "closed" model, and was trained using Google's Gemma, OpenAI's gpt-oss, and Qwen (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

eToro reports Q3 net contribution up 28% YoY to $215M, vs. $208M est., adjusted EBITDA up 43% to $78M, and announces a $150M share buyback; ETOR closed up 8% (CoinDesk)
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2025/11/10/eto…

EToro (ETOR) Third-Quarter Results Top Estimates on Crypto Trading Strength, KBW Says
The trading platform’s adjusted Ebitda beat expectations as higher crypto trading and net interest income offset weaker equities and commodities results.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MorningShow
Melody’s Echo Chamber:
🎵 Eyes Closed
#MelodysEchoChamber
https://melodysechochamber.bandcamp.com/track/eyes-closed
https://open.spotify.com/track/7dTZ0dEnpFed6ohli3g5NE

Boltz, which is developing open frontier AI models for biomolecular research, raised a $28M seed led by Zetta, Amplify, and a16z at a valuation of $125M (Andrew Dunn/Endpoints News)
https://endpoints.news/exclusive-boltz-raises-28m-seed-to-build-ope…

Boltz raises $28M seed to build open AI models in biology
Boltz raises $28M seed round to develop open-source AI models for drug discovery, partners with Pfizer. Founded by MIT researchers after AlphaFold 3's closed release.

The EU says Meta agreed to make changes to its "pay or consent" model in the EU, including ad-lite Instagram and Facebook versions, but "the case is not closed" (Barbara Moens/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/39b9d90c-0629-4dfc-8a2b-c52f1f503f38…

Alphabet surpassed Apple in market cap for the first time since 2019 after its shares closed up 2.5% on Wednesday, valuing it at $3.89T vs. Apple's $3.85T (Barron's Online)
https://www.barrons.com/articles/alphabet-

Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump's American Bitcoin closed down 38.8% on December 2, wiping out ~$1B in market value; TMTG is down nearly 70% in 2025 (George Steer/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/18e3bfc1-c2aa-49a0-8c6d-a37255a23017