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Pinterest: Hunderte Entlassungen sollen Ressourcen für KI freisetzen
Pinterest plant, bis zu fünfzehn Prozent der Belegschaft zu entlassen. Das soll mehr Ressourcen für die Entwicklung von KI-Funktionen und -Produkten freisetzen.

Atlas Obscura reports $18.3M in revenue in 2025 and a $2.6M profit, the first annual profit in its 16-year history, in the first year under CEO Louise Story (Mark Stenberg/Adweek)
https://www.adweek.com/media/atlas-obscura-first-annual-profit/

Atlas Obscura Turns First Annual Profit in 16-Year History
The travel publisher, in its first year under CEO Louise Story, has trimmed and optimized its way into the black.

PawCo Launches “First Ever” Plant-Based Salad for Dogs #AnimalRights <…

PawCo Launches "First Ever" Plant-Based Salad for Dogs - vegconomist - the vegan business magazine
PawCo Foods has announced the launch of what is claimed to be the first ever salad for dogs.

#AI #AIBubble #AICircleJerk

Mit dem heutigen #mdRzA — übrigens bei laut Wetterbericht "anhaltendem Schneeregen", aber da war leider nur "anhaltender Regen" — habe ich 700km beim #Frostpendeln erreicht. Deutlich mehr als meine letztjährige Frostpendeln-Gesamtstrecke von knapp 550km insgesamt. Vielleicht schaffe…

Indian e-commerce platform Meesho is set to launch an India IPO, seeking to raise $606M, targeting a post-issue valuation of ~$5.60B (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/28/softbank-stays-in-as-meesho-…

SoftBank stays in as Meesho $606M IPO becomes India's first major e-commerce listing | TechCrunch
Meesho heads for India's first big e-commerce IPO next week.

For The First Time, Again
Thinking about the Wednesday Weekly Blogging Challenge, I reflect on books I wish I could read for the first time again—Jurassic Park, Red Storm Rising, and Parker’s mysteries—and how those stories first hooked me on reading.
https://www.bobmuellerwriter.com/for-the-f

For The First Time, Again – Bob Mueller
Reflecting on books I wish I could read for the first time again, from Crichton to Clancy, and how they shaped my love of reading.

"Environmentalist hugs tree for 72 hours for Kenya’s native forests"
#Kenya #Environment

Environmentalist hugs tree for 72 hours for Kenya’s native forests
A Kenyan environmentalist hugged a palm tree for 72 straight hours in Nyeri county to draw attention to the rapid loss of the country’s native forests, many of which face extinction. Truphena Muthoni’s feat, reported by Mongabay contributing editor Lynet Otieno, is in the process of being considered for a new Guinness World Record. It […]

Long awaited: efficiency standards for electric vehicles. Good news for the energy transition.
Can't beat an e-bike, though ;)
https://carnewschina.com/2025/12/26/china-to-enforce…

China to enforce world’s first mandatory EV energy standard in 2026, capping two-tonne models at 15.1 kWh per 100 km
China will implement the world’s first mandatory electric vehicle energy consumption standard in January 2026.

Mekong sand mining risks collapse of SE Asia’s largest freshwater lake, study finds https://news.mongabay.com/2025/12/mekong-sand-mining-risks-collapse-of-se-asias-largest-freshwater-lake-study-finds/

Mekong sand mining risks collapse of SE Asia’s largest freshwater lake, study finds
Rampant sand mining in the Mekong River is directly weakening critical seasonal river flows that sustain Southeast Asia’s largest freshwater lake, new research indicates. The Mekong’s annual wet season flood pulse that feeds water into Cambodia’s Tonle Sap Lake has been dwindling year by year. Experts have long pointed to upstream hydropower dams in China […]