Tootfinder

Rapidly coming to the conclusion that all media should be worker-owned. #propublica

@… And at the same time, I’ve had the “pleasure” of sitting through someone explain how Spec Driven Development is the natural conclusion of TDD.
Except SDD is literally the large upfront design we’ve been trying to avoid, this time designed up front by an LLM instead…
Some days man.

RE: https://fosstodon.org/@samvarma/115651015419528819
For those waiting on pins and needles for the conclusion of the story: success!!

Where Seahawks' Jaxon Smith-Njigba lands on 2025 wide receiver rankings, any Patriots make list?

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/seahawks-jaxon-smi…

New Gist: UK Labour's FG mastermind
"At the last poll, both UK Labour and Fine Gael were on 18% support. It appears that Morgan McSweeney's political project has reached its successful conclusion."
https://www.thegist.ie/the-gist-uk-labours-fg-mastermind/

The Gist: UK Labour's FG mastermind
The UK Labour Party is being run into the ground, thanks to adopting FG's election tactics. This is the Gist.

In conclusion, I think the GOTY of 2025 is The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy.
It was extremely ambitious, made by a very small team of very dedicated people that sacrificed their health and well being to show that humans can make long narrative games without needing to use AI, and make a distinctly human piece of art without ever forgetting about their message about war, peace, tolerance, and individual decisions

From Ukraine, the Baltic states, and Poland
to Taiwan and Japan,
potentially vulnerable nations are all drawing the same uncomfortable conclusion from the past year
—that survival in Trump’s new world order no longer depends on old-fashioned U.S. guarantees
but on making yourself too painful to attack.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky publicly acknowledged in December that NATO membership,
a cornerstone of his country’s strategic aspirations since th…

U.S. Allies Need to ‘Become Porcupines’
One of six FP columnists on how the world could handle the new Washington in 2026.

The Pope's relationship to God, in Catholic teaching, is as God's chief representative on Earth, the Vicar of Christ, acting as the visible head and spiritual successor to St. Peter, the foundation of the Church.
The only conclusion for Catholics using AI is that God Hates AI.

Vårt intag av dem har minskat stadigt sen 70 talet men
“We have updated the tolerable weekly intake (TWI), setting it at 0.6 picograms per kilogram of body weight. Updated dietary exposure estimates from European countries indicate that the new TWI is exceeded in all age groups,” https://www.efs…

Have your say – dioxins and related PCBs
Dioxins and dioxin-like PCBs are toxic chemicals that persist in the environment for years and accumulate at low levels in the food chain, usually in the fatty tissues of animals. Their presence in food and feed has declined since the 1970s thanks to the efforts of public authorities and industry.In their draft scientific opinion, EFSA experts confirmed the conclusion of the Authority’s previous assessments that dietary exposure to dioxins and dioxin-like PCBs is a health concern.“We have u…

I'm starting to come to the conclusion that the dog doesn't like being outside, but she does like going outside.

FBI concludes Trump's would-be assassin acted alone during rally shooting (Ryan Mancini/The Hill)
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5618867-fbi-conclusion-trump-assassination-attempt-probe/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251122/p87#a251122p87

Energy crisis coal switch increased emissions, illnesses and deaths across 6 countries #environment

Energy crisis coal switch increased emissions, illnesses and deaths across 6 countries
In addition to serious economic damage, the energy crisis of 2021/22 also had dramatic consequences for the environment and people's health. This is the conclusion reached by two researchers at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) in a new study. Although the temporary switch from gas to coal for producing electricity was cheaper and contributed to securing the energy supply, in the six European countries featured in the study, it caused additional costs of around one billi…

Stephen Colbert says the Late Show's series finale will air on May 21, the conclusion of a franchise that launched in 1993 with David Letterman (Jed Rosenzweig/LateNighter)
https://latenighter.com/news/stephen-colbert-late-show-series-finale/

Stephen Colbert Sets Final Episode Date for The Late Show - LateNighter
First on LateNighter: Stephen Colbert has set an official end date for his tenure behind the desk.

nearing the conclusion of an epic mass market sci-fi paperback & my nose is tragically just slightly too stuffed to smell it. #books

New video from the killing/murder in Minneapolis.Draw your own conclusion.
#minneapolis

Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com)
NEW VIDEO: this appears to be the footage from the woman in the pink coat.

Don’t intend for this to be condescending, but: I’ve reached the conclusion that AI-assisted photo culling is shit. These tools cannot account for artistry or aesthetics; they simply do not “understand” the images they’re evaluating. #photography

Concise and useful overview of the Russian occupation of Ukrainian land:
"What is the Donbas, the piece of Ukrainian land that Putin wants so badly?"
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/01/23/world/ukraine-donbas-region-explained-intl

What is the Donbas, the piece of Ukrainian land that Putin wants so badly?
The United States, Russia and Ukraine rarely agree on anything. But as their delegations head to Abu Dhabi for their first trilateral meeting since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the three parties seem to have come to the same conclusion: Only one issue remains to be resolved.

As a historian, nothing makes me ditch a text quicker than the pretense of a "falsifiable argument." Look, we can claim that an argument isn't very good, that its evidence is unconvincing, that another conclusion makes more sense, and on and on, but it's hard to keep my eyes from rolling out of my skull when lectured on the necessity for (or even the possibility of)"testable hypotheses." It's worth thinking about paths not taken, but, dude, you can't know …

Squirrels at War: Conclusion
#writingcommunity #sciencefiction #visualinspiration

Current Cowboys '26 draft haul, includes compensatory pick projections https://cowboyswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/cowboys/2025/12/27/cowboys-2026-draft-picks-compensatory-projections/87926503007/<…

Reagan sucked in 1980 and his terrible influence continues in 2025
From: @…
https://mastodon.nu/@janhoglund/115758889451784602

J'ai fait ce parcours du combattant contre un PV injustifié. Conclusion d'un juriste d'affaires: La procédure est une présomption de culpabilité très très dur Š renverser, administré par des tribunaux de police complètement surchargés et dépassés. Cela s'appelle un déni de justice.
Heureusement pour la France, les sommes ne sont pas suffisantes pour une procédure devant la CEJ ou la CEDH. La France pays des Droits de l'homme?

REPORTAGE. "C'est chez moi que les amendes arrivent" : l'enfer des victimes de fraude à la plaque d'immatricul
Pour lutter contre les fraudes à la plaque d'immatriculation, le gouvernement doit annoncer, prochainement, un plan ministériel. Les victimes de la "doublette", elles, attendent toujours une solution.

Crunchyroll announces it is shutting down its free ad-supported streaming option on December 31; Crunchyroll subscriptions start at $7.99/month or $79.99/year (Luke Bouma/Cord Cutters News)
https://cordcuttersnews.com/crunchyroll-is-shutting-down-its-free…

Crunchyroll is Shutting Down Its Free Ad-Supported Plan | Cord Cutters News
Crunchyroll will eliminate its ad-supported free tier on December 31, 2025, ending the last remaining way to legally watch anime on the platform without paying a subscription fee. The change, delivered unceremoniously through an in-player message that replaced a scheduled advertisement, marks the quiet conclusion of an option that had persisted, in increasingly limited form, […]

Bears clinch North title with GB loss; 1st since '18 https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47431629/with-packers-loss-bears-clinch-first-nfc-north-title-2018

Hawkeye's Conclusion:
It's not easy to play the clown when you've got to run the whole
circus.

It retrospect, I may have been wrong with my conclusion in my 7th grade essay about whether “ignorance was bliss.”
This is a really frustrating time to know even a little bit about international law and maritime law.
#law #uspol

The National Archives and RIBA to partner https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/about/news/the-national-archives-and-riba-to-partner/

The National Archives and RIBA to partner - The National Archives
The National Archives and the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) are pleased to announce a partnership that will ensure the accessibility and preservation of its world-class Drawings and Archives Collections during the interim period between the conclusion of the V&A+RIBA Architecture Partnership in 2027 and the creation of a new permanent home for RIBA Collections. […]

Could we become co-owner of #AI models, that used training data, which I published under a viral license?
We have briefly discussed this question in the Austrian #CreativeCommons chapter and came to the conclusion, that copyright can by only claimed by human beings. So the model itself and wha…

> Our conclusion is clear: AI is promising for quality assurance and marker training, but for the moment it’s nowhere near ready to take over high stakes marking.
https://ofqual.blog.gov.uk/2026/01/14/using-ai-in-mar…

Using AI in marking: why technical capability, fairness, and transparency all matter
Ofqual has published new research exploring artificial intelligence’s potential role in marking, as well as its current capabilities and constraints. Rather than providing definitive answers, the published working paper offers an overview of the topic, shares our current thinking, highlights …

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #SaturdayMorning
Richard Strauss, Mariss Jansons & Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra:
🎵 An Alpine Symphony (Sunset, Conclusion, Night)
#RichardStrauss #MarissJansons #BavarianRadioSymphonyOrchestra

I gave a lightning talk about the use of generative #AI at our engineering offsite this week. My general conclusion is that it is useful in some places but where you are a domain expert the gains might not be there. Just before the talk I came across this study:

Measuring the Impact of Early-2025 AI on Experienced Open-Source Developer Productivity

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.

Series B, Episode 08 - Hostage
VILA: So this all your fault.
AVON: How do you arrive at that conclusion?
VILA: I'd still be on the ship if it wasn't for you.
BLAKE: Shut up. We must conserve the air for as long as possible.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/208/606 B7B2…

Updated 2026 NFL Draft order: Top 30 set; Rams hold picks 13 and 29 in Round 1 https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6998080/2026/01/25/updated-2026-nfl-draft-order-top-30-rams/

We Pressed Trump on His Conclusion About the ICE Shooting. Here's What He Said. (Zolan Kanno-Youngs/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/us/politics/trump-minnesota-ice-shooting-video.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260108/p8#a260108p8

NFL head coach and GM openings: Who are candidates to fill the positions? https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6947104/2026/01/07/nfl-general-manager-coach-openings-candidates/

Crunchyroll announces it is shutting down its free ad-supported streaming option on December 31; Crunchyroll subscriptions start at $7.99/month or $79.99/year (Luke Bouma/Cord Cutters News)
https://cordcuttersnews.com/crunchyroll-is-shutting-down-its-free…

Crunchyroll is Shutting Down Its Free Ad-Supported Plan | Cord Cutters News
Crunchyroll will eliminate its ad-supported free tier on December 31, 2025, ending the last remaining way to legally watch anime on the platform without paying a subscription fee. The change, delivered unceremoniously through an in-player message that replaced a scheduled advertisement, marks the quiet conclusion of an option that had persisted, in increasingly limited form, […]

Niners WR Jauan Jennings strikes Panther safety Tre'Von Moehrig postgame following in-game low blow https://www.nfl.com/news/niners-wr-jauan-jennings-strikes-panther-safety-tre-von-moehrig-postgame-following-in-game-l…

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #NightTracks
John Luther Adams & American Contemporary Music Ensemble:
🎵 In a treeless place, only snow (conclusion)
#JohnLutherAdams #AmericanContemporaryMusicEnsemble
https://open.spotify.com/track/7ABJTo4UOMXrE1uoaWXOee

The moral of the story, I think, is don’t give in to all the noise about LLMs being some forgone conclusion. Everyone who is trying so damn hard to convince you there’s no alternative, has a vested interest in you being convinced. It’s just propaganda.

Revised comment on the paper titled "The Origin of Quantum Mechanical Statistics: Insights from Research on Human Language
Miko{\l}aj Sienicki, Krzysztof Sienicki
https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.07881 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2512.07881 https://arxiv.org/html/2512.07881
arXiv:2512.07881v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: This short note comments on \citet{Aerts2024Origin}, which proposes that ranked word frequencies in texts should be read through the lens of Bose--Einstein (BE) statistics and even used to illuminate the origin of quantum statistics in physics. The core message here is modest: the paper offers an interesting analogy and an eye-catching fit, but several key steps mix physical claims with definitions and curve-fitting choices. We highlight three such points: (i) a normalization issue that is presented as "bosonic enhancement", (ii) an identification of rank with energy that makes the BE fit only weakly diagnostic of an underlying mechanism, and (iii) a baseline comparison that is too weak to support an ontological conclusion. We also briefly flag a few additional concerns (interpretation drift, parameter semantics, and reproducibility).
toXiv_bot_toot

Holden, Childress lead group of early Cowboys 2026 signings https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/holden-childress-lead-group-of-early-cowboys-2026-signings

Because because because because because. Because of the wonderful things he did in the last scene.
Improv teacher Steve Hoopla in today's 'story' course guided us through some "Because Games", in which scenes are to be causally connected. Each following on from prior scenes. Because that happened, this happened.
He didn't explicitly mention Pixar's "Story Spine", but the main loop in Pixar's story template is "...and because of that..." looping over and over between the introduction, call to adventure, and conclusion.
Causality is what strings a story together, gives it structure an avoids it being just a disconnected dream sequence. This scene is only happening because of the events in the prior scenes. It gives the string of scenes meaning and relevance.
So good fun to drill some of that stuff with the team and end up with sheep infestations and santa claus robot wars among other laughs.
Gonna miss next week's session due to a prior engagement, but the team is gelling well. Pretty sure we could do this show without much further guidance really. Everyone's very good.
#london #improv #hooplaImpro

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #EssentialClassics
Igor Stravinsky, Orchestre de Paris – Philharmonie & Klaus Mäkelä:
🎵 The Firebird (conclusion)
#IgorStravinsky #OrchestredeParis–Philharmonie #KlausMäkelä

Updated 2026 NFL Draft order: Top 28 picks set after divisional round; Bears hold No. 25 https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6981589/2026/01/18/nfl-draft-order-2026-round-1-bears-bills/

I gave a lightning talk about the use of generative #AI at our engineering offsite this week. My general conclusion is that it is useful in some places but where you are a domain expert the gains might not be there. Just before the talk I came across this study:

The $5.88 million reason the Cowboys may cut Trevon Diggs https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/dallas-cowboys/news/588-million-reason-cowboys-may-cut-trevon-diggs/4ccca8358fa108bd782a424f

Steelers' Art Rooney II not 'shocked' by Mike Tomlin's decision, expects move to affect Aaron Rodgers' plans https://www.nfl.com/news/steelers-art-rooney-ii-mike-tomlin-departure-aaron-rodgers-future

NFL head coach and GM openings: Who are candidates to fill the positions? https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6947104/2026/01/07/nfl-general-manager-coach-openings-candidates/

2026 NFL Draft: Top 10 Senior Bowl prospects following 2025 college football regular season https://www.nfl.com/news/2026-nfl-draft-top-10-senior-bowl-prospects-following-2025-college-football-regular-season

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #ThroughTheNight
Georg Philipp Telemann, Freiburg Baroque Orchestra & Gottfried von der Goltz:
🎵 Allegro - Adagio - Allegro, from Conclusion in D, TWV.50:9
#GeorgPhilippTelemann #newRelease 🆕 album
https://open.spotify.com/track/2C9yYkARZQkv1uTZEej335