The AP confirms it is laying off an unspecified number of US-based journalists today; News Media Guild: of 120 journalists offered buyouts, around 40 took them (Jocelyn Noveck/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/news-industry-ap-layoffs-3906d6f2c…
"Removal of African elephants causes coextinction of dung beetles, study finds"
#Africa #Elephants
They're talking about government-mandated #RentControl. The article doesn't mention it, because #jermalisms, but we have it in #Canberra. My
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Low End Activist:
🎵 Amphibious Centurions
#LowEndActivist
https://lowendactivist.bandcamp.com/track/amphibious-centurions-logos-rebuild
https://open.spotify.com/track/2t4t0Lrch7aJtB3wp1cath
Ukraine update from Dylan Combellick: expert analysis and pointed snark, well worth reading.
https://medium.com/@dylan_combellick/ukraine-update-may-12-61ce74840049?sk=48ca2769a468c7481db8f4211881cae8
Neues Mode-Kapitel - Victoria Swarovski: „Gelernt, geduldig zu sein“ #News #Nachrichten
AAA game launch is one of the most demanding stress tests any database can face. Jan Lehnardt (co-creator of Apache CouchDB) is at #bbuzz26 to talk through how they achieved 10x performance gains to meet exactly that challenge.
Learn more about this session: https://2026.berlinbuzzwords.de/session/10x-couchdb-performance-gains-for-a-aaa-game-launch/
A malicious Ledger Live app clone available via Apple's App Store appears to have drained about $9.5M from over 50 victims between April 7 and April 13 (Oliver Knight/CoinDesk)
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2026/04/