Tootfinder

Multispacecraft Measurements of the Evolving Geometry of the Solar #Alfvén Surface over Half a Solar Cycle: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/ae0e5c -> Astronomers Create First Map of the Sun's Outer Boundary: https://www.cfa.harvard.edu/news/astronomers-create-first-map-suns-outer-boundary

Australia's eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant says under-16s slipping through the cracks of the social media ban will be "booted off" the platforms in time (The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/…

@… If I have 3 4B drives on my TrueNAS server and want to add 3 more 4TB drives how simple is that?
Do I create a new VDEV with the 3 new drives then add that VDEV to the pool?
Or is it better to create a new pool?

Australia's eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant says under-16s slipping through the cracks of the social media ban will be "booted off" the platforms in time (The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/…

Eco Puzzler: 0-GHG Energy - For those on their way to mastering engineering... How to create a 100% Greenhouse Gas Free Energy System for the UK? #ecoEngineering #renewables -

Eco Puzzler: 0-GHG Energy
For those on their way to mastering engineering... How to create a 100% Greenhouse Gas Free Energy System for the UK? #ecoEngineering #renewables

Trump’s policies are helping “to create a world without America,”
said Robert Z. Lawrence, a professor of international trade and investment at Harvard.
And “it’s not only in trade,” he added.
Other countries, for example, have continued to gather for Group of 20,
health and climate summits
even though the United States did not participate.

Aeolian dune simulation (made in 2017) for #MeerMittwoch:
The images show a screenshot of the JavaScript application to create the simulation and some Houdini renders of exported height fields. The sim itself had 5 macro params to control the behavior of the interactive deposit/erosion/transportation process. It supported tileable patterns, customizable seed terrain (images) and ran r…

Lies.
#CSS

"I have little to no sympathy for Tim Davie. He has helped create the problem by constantly opining on the BBC being too liberal. He has legitimised the critique which has toppled him. He appeased the same forces who have brought him down"
The truth about impartiality at the BBC - by Lewis Goodall
https://

The truth about impartiality at the BBC
And the hysteria of the current "crisis"

Australian stories aren't just entertainment. They create jobs, drive tourism, and show ourselves, and the world, who we are. When streaming giants take billions, pay next to no tax without investing back, we lose jobs, and the movies that define us.
Every signature matters. Every share counts. The time to act is now.
#Petition

Sign the Petition
Save Australian Stories

Is that an open source alternative to Framer/WebFlow? #Frappe #webdevelopment

his cooks were challenged to create luxurious meals from humble chickpeas

“Users should be able to use any car with any charger and service. In addition to technical standards and grid codes,
we need user choice in legislation.”
That's what I wrote last week about #V2G (bidirectional charging).
https:/…

Out of the sandbox: How to scale vehicle-to-grid in Europe
RAP expert, Jaap Burger, recommends steps for Member States to create a healthy ecosystem for vehicle-to-grid charging to scale.

@… did you create the account Paulhadowney@mastodon.social?

If you ever wanted to know how these #AI datacenters can be financed, here is the explanation:
A creditworthy tech company (Meta, in this example) creates a "special purpose vehicle" #SPV, a box, where they put all the risk and all the debts coming with it.
Then they create a financia…

$35 million over projected cap, how Cowboys can shave $111 million from top-10 hits https://cowboyswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/cowboys/2025/11/09/cowboys-are-over-projected-26-cap-how-they-…

I needed to replace* my lovely extra long yoga mat and I’ve been angry for a week that I can only buy longer mats (I’m 178 cm tall, most mats are about 180) that are also wider. My new cute blue mat got delivered today in time for my class and … actually it was great. The extra width means less shuffling between poses for long limbs.
* the top layer unstuck from the bottom layer and stuck to itself instead to create a sort of curly lettuce effect, after years of loyal service!

Apple wouldn't let me create a developer account from my appleid because it said that my name was made up. Hey assholes. You can ask ChatGPT who I am, or Claude, or look up my web site, or my books. That is so racist. I'm sorry I'm not as white as all the people who work at Apple.

A fairly handy new app just released: #Aivi. It allows you to create iOS live activities that can be controlled via REST, for example via #HomeAssistant. Downsides: proprietary and another subscription, but at least it’s from some guy in Sweden, not a big company or shady startup. Will probably…

Aivi • iOS Live Activities over API | Smart Home Integration
Turn any device into a Live Activity on iPhone with Aivi's simple HTTP API. Perfect for Home Assistant, smart home devices, 3D printers, EV charging & IoT.

Kleine #Freiberufler-Meldung: Ich bin endlich auch dazugekommen, mir elektronische Rechnungen einzurichten (zu spät? ich weiß gar nicht ob es eine Frist gab oder gibt).
Die Wahl fiel auf das #Latex-#ZUGFeRD

GitHub - TeXhackse/LaTeX-ZUGFeRD: LaTeX packages to create ZUGFeRD/Faktur-X invoices
LaTeX packages to create ZUGFeRD/Faktur-X invoices - TeXhackse/LaTeX-ZUGFeRD

The 3,000-Person Team Working in Secret to Create Disney Magic - WSJ https://www.wsj.com/business/media/disney-cruise-rides-characters-imagineers-adventure-b5c03c1d?st=DLT4RK&reflink=desktopwebshare…

Gamma, which uses AI to help create presentations, social media posts, websites, and more, raised $68M at a $2.1B valuation and reports 600K paying users (Niko Gallogly/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/business/dealbook/gamma-ai-fundraise.html

Gamma, a PowerPoint for the A.I. Era, Raises $68 Million
The five-year-old start-up, which has just 52 employees and is profitable, is now valued at $2.1 billion by investors including Andreessen Horowitz.

i think we learned the wrong lessons from left-pad. maybe it would create a better world if any npm user could pull a "stop cord" for the entire silicon valley corporate environment

The Instagram reel lays out the facts more clearly than the CNN article
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DOJKaNAkdfY/?hl=en
…

Pattie Gonia on Instagram: "i interviewed @shannonekj, the trans ranger fired for flying the 🏳️‍⚧️ trans pride flag in yosemite."
In this powerful video, @shannonekj, a trans park ranger, talks about being fired for flying the trans pride flag in Yosemite. He shares his experience, highlights the importance of allyship, and encourages people to take action to create a more inclusive and accepting environment.

from my link log —
The race to create a perfect lie detector, and the dangers of succeeding.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/sep/05/the-race-to-create-a-perfect-lie-detector-and-the-dangers-of-succee…

It’s not enough to just express our outrage about ICE’s horrific killing of Renee Nicole Good.
We must also demand that our elected officials act.
Join a local event this weekend to say
👉ICE Out For Good:
https://www.mobilize.us/?tag_ids=29132

Volunteer Opportunities, Events, and Petitions Near Me · Mobilize
Create change in your community. Find events, petitions, volunteer opportunities, and fundraisers in your local area, organized by charities, campaigns, political organizations, grassroots groups, and other volunteers! Together, we'll help make the world more just, inclusive, and democratic.

A major breakthrough in clean energy just dropped from Sweden.
Researchers have cracked the code on producing hydrogen from sunlight and water—without using platinum, the expensive and scarce metal that's been a bottleneck for years.
Instead, they're using conductive plastic particles. This could make green hydrogen way more affordable and scalable for renewable energy.

Reddit launches Interactive Ads, letting brands create immersive, participatory experiences directly in the Reddit feed, now testing with select advertisers (Kendra Barnett/Adweek)
https://www.adweek.com/media/reddit-interactive-ad-format-paramount-runni…

EXCLUSIVE: Reddit Unveils Interactive Ad Format, Piloted by Paramount
Reddit debuts a new interactive ad format that lets brands build custom, participatory experiences—as the platform, buoyed by surging ad spend, positions itself as a creative playground for advertisers seeking deeper engagement and broader reach.

This is an effort to create a fully functional #Kubernetes cluster with 1 million active nodes.
https://bchess.github.io/k8s-1m/

Oh, snap
https://infosec.exchange/@snopes/113921158212826824

Is that an open source alternative to Framer/WebFlow? #Frappe #webdevelopment

I Might Have A Story For You - With Matt Levinson
Getting below the surface with the people who make great things happen in our city, the people who create companies and radio stations, paintings and music, buildings, landscapes and so much more...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.

Matthew McConaughey and Michael Caine partner with ElevenLabs to create AI versions of their voices for its Iconic Voice Marketplace; McConaughey also invests (Todd Spangler/Variety)
https://variety.com/2025/digital/news/matthew-mcconau…

Matthew McConaughey, Michael Caine Ink ElevenLabs AI Voice Deals
Matthew McConaughey and Michael Caine have teamed with AI audio company ElevenLabs to produce virtual replications of their famous voices.

Data privacy whistleblowers would get expanded protections under California proposal https://therecord.media/california-data-privacy-agency-whistleblower-protections-proposal

🎲 Randomness reveals hidden order in the plant world
#plants

Randomness reveals hidden order in the plant world
In the intricate architecture of plant tissues, beauty often emerges from chaos, according to new research from Cornell researchers. Findings from a recent study show how randomness and growth together create the striking cellular patterns that shape plant organs—and perhaps all multicellular life.

Legacy Python Bootstrap Scripts Create Domain-Takeover Risk in Multiple PyPI Packages
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered vulnerable code in legacy Python packages that could potentially pave the way for a supply chain compromise on the Python Package Index (PyPI) via a domain takeover attack.
:python: https:/…

Legacy Python Bootstrap Scripts Create Domain-Takeover Risk in Multiple PyPI Packages
Old Python bootstrap scripts and a malicious PyPI package expose developers to domain takeover and RAT risks.

The European Union, overcoming deep dissension among its members,
gave the green light to a sweeping trade pact with four South American countries on Friday
that would create one of the largest free-trade zones in the world,
connecting markets with more than 700 million people.
The agreement offers a stark contrast to the amped-up aggression on display this week from the Trump administration.
As Europe worked to extend an era of economic collaboration,
th…

E.U. and South America to Form Free-Trade Zone With 700 Million People
The agreement represents a push for deeper global cooperation, in contrast to the United States’ turning to coercion in its dealings with other countries.

Honestly the best use case that I’ve ever heard for LLMs is to create minor characters for your D&D session
I have doubts that generating a CV for Albin Orkslayer is a multi-trillion dollar market tho

Interview du créateur du poison neurotoxique russe le novichok
https://inews.co.uk/news/world/helped-create-novichok-never-thought-putin-use-4096102

Matthew McConaughey and Michael Caine partner with ElevenLabs to create AI versions of their voices for its Iconic Voice Marketplace; McConaughey also invests (Todd Spangler/Variety)
https://variety.com/2025/digital/news/matthew-mcconau…

Matthew McConaughey, Michael Caine Ink ElevenLabs AI Voice Deals
Matthew McConaughey and Michael Caine have teamed with AI audio company ElevenLabs to produce virtual replications of their famous voices.

Just added a Jeff Dean Facts fortune file to the repo! https://github.com/theodric/fortitude/tree/master/jeffdeanfacts

@… By chance, just last week I started to try and create a list of all the different ways you could make a make a gzip compressed tarball with GNU tar but after about 1.5k variations of possible commands (and I still had not captured them all), I gave up.
P. S. True story by the way! 🤪

I'm a happy fastmail user https://join.fastmail.com/ec43c192

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"Faking Receipts with AI"
smh ... every part of our digital experience is about to be cooked.
https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/11/faking-receipts-with-ai.html

Amazon will invest $35B in India's cloud and AI sector by 2030, adding to the ~$40B it has invested in the country, and says the plan will create 1M more jobs (Dylan Butts/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/10/amazon-ple

Amazon pledges a massive $35 billion worth of investments in India’s AI space through 2030
Amazon has committed to investing $$35 billion in India’s cloud and AI space by 2030, as hyperscalers race to get a foothold in the market.

Anyone who shows up in a public place carrying a weapon should have to face a conversation with police. Call 911. That's what they're paid for. Create a paper trail.
Long gun or pistol, makes no difference. The act of displaying a murder weapon should be treated as assault.

Garden ponds provide vital habitats – and a revival is under way in Britain https://www.theguardian.com/news/2025/dec/04/garden-ponds-provide-vital-habitats-and-a-revival-is-under-way-in-britain

Using @ngerakines.me atwork atwork.place to create "endorsements" that other folks were at #IETF124
Experimenting with different types of "attestation" proofs. https://bsky.app/profile/bmann.ca/post

Moody Urbanity - Relations 👥
情绪化城市 - 关系 👥
📷 Minolta Hi-Matic AF
🎞️ Shanghai GP3 400 Pan
#filmphotography #Photography #blackandwhite

The abandoned English clay pit
at Barnham is
the oldest evidence in the world
that people (Neanderthal people, in this case)
had learned to not only use fire,
but also create it and control it.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/1

This is the oldest evidence of people starting fires
We didn’t start the fire. (Neanderthals did, at least 400,000 years ago.)…

Graney: Chip Kelly was a problem, but he alone didn’t create 2-10 https://www.reviewjournal.com/sports/sports-columns/ed-graney/graney-chip-kelly-was-a-problem-but-he-alone-didnt-create-2-10-3588936/

Seems worth posting this again:
#tech #ethics #DataEthics

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:

Google rolls out Nano Banana image editing upgrades in Photos, including a "help me edit" feature that lets users make edits using text or voice prompts (Elyse Betters Picaro/ZDNET)
https://www.zdnet.com/article/your-google-

Your Google Photos just got 3 huge Nano Banana image editing upgrades - for free
Google Photos just made it easier than ever to create realistic AI edits, thanks to Google DeepMind's top image-editing model.

Part 3 - Moving forward
One of Mastodon's strengths is its decentralized structure. That also means no centralized marketing or development strategy focused on growth, particularly in Canada. Perhaps a volunteer group could take on that development plan and grow the Canadian user base.
- A vision of what an ideal future state would look like would benefit the planning and action steps. Collecting input from Canadian admins is recommended.
- We shouldn't burden existing admins beyond their current responsibilities. Volunteers would take actions like reaching out to politicians or government agencies.
Potential next steps:
1) Host a web meeting with interested Canadian admins to collect input on a shared vision for this project.
2) Collect volunteers who would be interested in reaching out to politicians or government agencies about creating a presence on Mastodon.
3) Select members of the group to be part of a steering committee.
4) Create a unique hashtag for this project for reporting and followers.

Various thoughts on the Maduro case:
1. Did they read him his Miranda rights when they arrested him?
2. Does anyone remember the international law Head of State doctrine? That would seem to create immunity. (See URL below)
3. I notice that in photos the guards have DEA badges - which suggests that nobody has an actual indictment.
4. I see that the trumpies want to charge gun violations. Wouldn't it be amusing if he defeated that on 2nd Amendment grounds?
…

Immunity from prosecution (international law) - Wikipedia

Even though I despise #Telegram and his creator, Pasha Durak, I have to admit that it makes it straightforward to create a channel and automate content posting there.
https://t.me/ajavageek

"Scientists Create Durable Biodegradable Bamboo Plastic That’s Stronger Than Petroleum-Based Materials"
#Bamboo #Plastic #Plastics

Scientists Create Durable Biodegradable Bamboo Plastic That’s Stronger Than Petroleum-Based Materials | Happy Eco News
Chinese researchers created biodegradable bamboo plastic with 110 MPa tensile strength that decomposes in soil within 50 days. Published in Nature Communications (October 2025), the material outperforms petroleum-based plastics in terms of strength and stability, while maintaining 90% of its original strength after recycling. This makes it a renewable and recyclable alternative for industrial use.

Has anyone ever gotten `services.webdav` to work on :nixos: #NixOS?
I have a very simple and probably very common task: Expose a directory (in my case `/var/lib/paperless/consume`) via #WebDAV so my scanner can upload their PDFs there. I'm pretty much doing this¹ here, but also this person has p…

Webdav - cannot write anything
I got it to work by allowing create (C) and update (U) permissions (permissions = "RCUD"): services.webdav = { enable = true; user = "paperless"; group = "paperless"; settings = { address = "0.0.0.0"; port = 12345; auth = true; scope = "/var/lib/paperless/cons…

For a project to be truly #OpenSource (not to mention #FreeSoftware), it really needs to:
1. Have a *public* issue tracker that enables you to browse and search through issue reports *without* having to create an account.
2. Accept issue reports, with no strings attached. Yes, expecting registration is fine. Yes, expecting some effort to file a good bug report is fine. No, expecting people to ask permission, donate or otherwise put a lot of extra work to report a problem is not.
3. Do not close issue reports as "stale". Yes, it's fine to close a report if you really believe it was fixed, or if you asked for something and the user didn't reply for a long time. It's not fine to run a bot expecting users to jump every month so that the issue report that *you are ignoring* doesn't get closed.
If a project doesn't meet these, it's just a glorified throwaway code.

“What the coming of the computer did, "just in time," was to make it unnecessary to create social inventions, to change the system in any way. So in that sense, the computer has acted as fundamentally a conservative force, which kept power or even solidified power where it already existed.” Joseph Weizenbaum, 1985

Question:
I need a self-hosted webhook solution, where I can create customized webhooks that triggers bash-scripts,
#askfedi #askfediverse #linux

Microsoft Research, Providence, and UW develop the GigaTIME AI model, aiming to perform tumor analysis in a fraction of the time and cost of existing methods (Lisa Stiffler/GeekWire)
https://www.geekwire.com/2025/microsoft-an

Sigh, I just want to browse your commercial site. I don't want to create an account or log in with my FB or Google credentials. I also don't want to create an instacart account.
All I want is to see what is available so when I head out I have a reasonable expectation that you have what I am looking for in the store.

Make fancy tables: #rstats #tables

Got this one from #springer - they're really want to fill their publications with slop. High quality articles with AI writing. No wonder people don't believe in science anymore.
F**king hate #ai #slop

#FreeSoftwareAdvent KeePassXC is the best password manager I've used.
Can create strong passwords, store TOTP data, organize in folders all the keys, add comments...

@… LOL, I actually wondered the same thing. Maybe the XKCD is wrong and you should have to try and create a tar command that is not valid! 😂

Scientists just found a game-changing way to check on dolphin health without stressing them out.
Researchers at Flinders University are using drones with thermal cameras to measure dolphin body temperature and breathing rates from above. No more invasive capture methods or stressful probes—just non-invasive monitoring that keeps dolphins safe while giving conservationists the data they need.

Flood risks in delta cities are increasing, Shanghai study finds #Shanghai

Flood risks in delta cities are increasing, Shanghai study finds
New research shows how the combination of extreme climate events, sea-level rise and land subsidence could create larger and deeper floods in coastal cities in future.

💋 3Duino helps you rapidly create interactive 3D-printed devices
https://blog.arduino.cc/2025/12/03/3duino-helps-you-rapidly-create-interactive-3d-printed-devices/

Filings: X's UK revenue fell 58.3% YoY from £69.1M in 2023 to £28.9M in 2024; pre-tax profits fell from £2.2M in 2023 to £767,000 in 2024 (Mark Sweney/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/202

from my link log —
Stephen Carlsen, Mr TIFF.
https://inventingthefuture.ghost.io/mr-tiff/
saved 2025-11-05 https://dotat.at/:/B26AT…

Mr TIFF
For as long as I have published my books, one of my overarching goals was to give credit to those who actually invented the hardware and software that we use. I have spent 10,000+ hours to create an accurate record of their work but I'm not complaining. The 'as-close-to-possible

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and University of Michigan have created
the world’s smallest fully programmable, autonomous robots:
-- microscopic swimming machines that can independently sense and respond to their surroundings,
operate for months
and cost just a penny each.
Barely visible to the naked eye,
each robot measures about 200 by 300 by 50 micrometers,
smaller than a grain of salt.
Operating at the scale of many biologi…

Penn and Michigan Create World’s Smallest Programmable, Autonomous Robots
Smaller than a grain of salt, the robots can navigate their environment, measure temperatures and respond autonomously using tiny onboard computers.

Love What You Create
You'll learn how to create the business you know you're here to create, without stressing yourself out, going into mind drama, or burning yourself to a crisp...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/love-w…

"Garden ponds provide vital habitats – and a revival is under way in Britain"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Environment

Moody Urbanity - In and Out of the Shadow II 👤
情绪化城市 - 阴影的内外 II 👤
📷 Nikon FE
🎞️ ERA 100, expired 1993
#filmphotography #Photography #blackandwhite

X is restricting Grok's image capabilities via the @grok reply command, but free users can still create sexual deepfakes through the standalone Grok app or site (Robert Hart/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/859309/grok-undressing-limit-access-gasligh…

No, Grok hasn’t paywalled its deepfake image feature
X’s sexual deepfake machine is still running, despite Grok saying otherwise.

»Just use HTML — JavaScript is…
- Slower to load
- Slower to run
- More prone to breaking
- Harder to read and reason about
- Doesn’t actually look like the final output«
Don't use JavaScript for the design, because CSS as well as SVG images can create a lot of animation and the ability to create a dynamic web interface.
🧑‍💻

Just use HTML
I’ve worked on so many projects recently that were more complicated than they needed to be because they used JavaScript to generate HTML. JavaScript is… Slower to load Slower to run More prone to breaking Harder to read and reason about Doesn’t actually look like the final output It’s inferior to just using HTML in nearly every way. I’m not saying never use JavaScript, though. I think JS is great at augmenting and enhancing what’s already there, and adding interactivity that canno…

X limits Grok's image generation and editing to paying subscribers after widespread outcry over its use to create sexually explicit and violent imagery (Helena Horton/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/09/gro…

Love What You Create
You'll learn how to create the business you know you're here to create, without stressing yourself out, going into mind drama, or burning yourself to a crisp...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/love-w…

Filings: X's UK revenue fell 58.3% YoY from £69.1M in 2023 to £28.9M in 2024; pre-tax profits fell from £2.2M in 2023 to £767,000 in 2024 (Mark Sweney/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/202

How revenue decisions shape #technicaldebt
https://www.hyperact.co.uk/blog/how-revenue-decisions-shape-technical-debt

President Trump says Netflix's planned acquisition of WBD will have "to go through a process", as it would create an entity with "a lot of market share" (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12…

"Government aims to create 400,000 jobs through UK national green energy plan"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Energy

As Donald Trump deteriorates
and his grasp on power fades,
he has been lashing out furiously
at female journalists and ethnic groups, most recently Somali Americans.
His insults land because of their animosity and his power,
not their accuracy.
Likewise, his administration’s attacks on immigrants are sloppy and driven by lies.
It’s strikingly clear that the target is not individuals with criminal records.
It’s anyone and everyone guilty of …

Google says it's working to create two different categories of AI-powered smart glasses: one with screens launching in 2026 and another that's audio-focused (Chris Welch/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

"Government aims to create 400,000 jobs through UK national green energy plan"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Energy

After its domain registration expired, the student news outlet at the University of Colorado Boulder was plagued by a copycat site using AI to create content (Elizabeth Hernandez/Denver Post)
https://www.denverpost.com/2026/01/05/cu-in…

How CU Boulder’s student news site got taken over by AI slop
The imposter site is confusing readers with articles that appear to be generated by artificial intelligence and is siphoning pageviews from real student reporting, the CUI’s journalists say.

President Trump says Netflix's planned acquisition of WBD will have "to go through a process", as it would create an entity with "a lot of market share" (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12…

Here in the Bay Area of San Francisco, some of the world’s biggest companies are fighting it out to gain some kind of an advantage.
And, in turn, they are competing with China
This race to seize control of a technology that could reshape the world
is being fuelled by bets in the trillions of dollars by the US’s most powerful capitalists.
The computer scientists hop off at Mountain View for Google DeepMind,
Palo Alto for the talent mill of Stanford University, <…

How Pathway, a startup developing an alternative to the transformer, aims to use its Dragon Hatchling architecture to create a new class of adaptive AI systems (Steven Rosenbush/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/an-ai…

Grok's website and app are being used to produce extremely graphic, sometimes violent, sexual imagery of adults that is far more explicit than images on X (Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/grok-is-generating-sexual-content-far-more-graphi…

Grok Is Generating Sexual Content Far More Graphic Than What's on X
A WIRED review of outputs hosted on Grok’s official website shows it’s being used to create violent sexual images and videos, as well as content that includes apparent minors.

Google launches Workspace Studio, a no-code tool to create, design, manage, and share AI agents, for users on Business and Enterprise Workspace plans (Abner Li/9to5Google)
https://9to5google.com/2025/12/03/google-workspace-studio/

Google launches Workspace Studio to create automated Gemini-powered agents 
After teasing at I/O 2024 and announcing this April, Google today is launching Workspace Studio as a new automation tool that lets...

As the first guests began to trickle in, the conversation turned,
as these things do,
to the ethics of gene-editing embryos to create custom babies.
“I would actually argue that the ethical questions probably aren’t as big,
because kids already don’t choose their genes,” said
#Malcolm #Collins

Why Elon Musk and JD Vance Are Obsessed With You Having More Babies
My strange weekend with the pronatalists.

TikTok Shop says fraudulent sellers are using AI to create fake brands and nonexistent products; TikTok rejected 70M products and banned 700K sellers in H1 2025 (Dan Whateley/Business Insider)
https://www.businessinsider.com/tiktok-shop-exec-a…

'It's organized crime': TikTok Shop says it's fighting a new wave of AI scammers
Generative AI is a powerful new tool for fraudsters trying to sell fake products, TikTok Shop's governance leader Nicolas Waldmann said.

Google says Gemini Deep Research can now directly draw on information stored in users' Gmail, Drive, and Chat to create reports (Abner Li/9to5Google)
https://9to5google.com/2025/11/05/gemini-deep-research-google-drive-gmail/

Gemini Deep Research can tap into your Gmail and Google Drive
After adding PDF support in May, Gemini Deep Research can now directly tap into your Gmail, Google Drive, and Chat. 

Even if AI could take over every job, humans will invent new work for themselves, because we value human effort and connection, not just output (Ben Thompson/Stratechery)
https://stratechery.com/2026/ai-and-the-human-condition/

AI and the Human Condition
AI might replace all of the jobs; that’s only a problem if you think that humans will care, but if they care, they will create new jobs.

Wabi, a "YouTube for apps" launched by Replika founder Eugenia Kuyda to let users create and share mini apps without coding, raised a $20M pre-seed (TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/05/replika-founder-raises-20m-pre-seed…

Replika founder raises $20M pre-seed for Wabi, the ‘YouTube of apps’  | TechCrunch
Wabi, a startup from the founder of Replika, has just raised a $20 million pre-seed round. Wabi is like "YouTube for apps" -- a social platform where anyone can use prompts to instantly create mini apps and share them with friends.

A look at "TSMC Village" in North Phoenix, as TSMC brings an influx of skilled workers from Taiwan who face challenges like adapting to a sprawling suburbia (Peter S. Goodman/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/business/tsmc-phoenix-little…

In Arizona Desert, Taiwanese Families Create Community and Build a Factory
Skilled workers from Taiwan engaged in the chip industry have found ways to ease the transition to America while making an imprint on Greater Phoenix.