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Worked on some more #Gentoo global #jobserver goodies today.
Firstly, Portage jobserver support patch: #PyTest jobs will also be counted towards total job count.
Again, it's not a perfect solution, but it works reasonably. The plugin still starts -n jobs as specified by the arguments, but it acquired job tokens prior to executing every test, therefore delaying actual testing until tokens are available. It doesn't seem to cause noticeable overhead either.

Scientists sound alarm on erosion of long-term environmental data #environment

Scientists sound alarm on erosion of long-term environmental data
A new Special Report published in the journal BioScience warns that long-term ecological and evolutionary research faces severe threats from lack of recurring funding and governmental/institutional support, to data manipulation and political interference, even as these studies become more crucial for addressing issues of broad societal importance, such as biodiversity loss and climate change.

Memo: Adam Mosseri asks Instagram US staff to return to office five days a week, starting February; sources: it's the first such RTO mandate for a big Meta unit (Alex Heath/Sources)

Instagram's return to office mandate
Read Adam Mosseri’s internal memo announcing a full return to the office five days a week, fewer meetings, and fewer decks.

Metrics company, Clarivate, which runs Web of Science, is involved in very dubious awards in Iraq. They corrupt science.
https://retractionwatch.com/2025/10/31/exclusive-clarivate-web-of-science-involved-dubious-awards-iraq/…

Exclusive: Web of Science company involved in dubious awards in Iraq
Hayder A. Dhahad, Iraq’s deputy minister for scientific research affairs, speaks at an awards ceremony at the country’s Science Day celebration. Source: Instagram In the string of prestigious…

EHS Post-Graduate Online Symposium Call for Papers New Directions for Church History: Theories, Frameworks and Concepts https://churchhistory.org/ehs-post-graduate-online-symposium-call-for-papers-new-…

Sources: CBS Evening News staffers express concern about the 10-day, multicity US reboot tour, citing Bari Weiss' last-minute changes and private jet chartering (Justin Baragona/The Independent)
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a

Private jets, armed security and ‘Bari pitches’ including jet-skiing with DJ Khaled: Inside Weiss’ chaotic CBS Evening News reboot
EXCLUSIVE: The new CBS News editor-in-chief has chartered private flights for her armed security detail, made last-minute logistical changes and fired off ‘Bari Pitches.’ Weiss is once again accused of creating behind-the-scenes turmoil with her decision-making ahead of CBS Evening New’ latest reboot

Adam Mosseri says "maybe we'll need" premium longform video for Instagram, and that TikTok's US sale turmoil has given Meta time to retune algorithms (Max Tani/Semafor)
https://www.semafor.com/article/12/21/2025

Exclusive: Instagram’s Adam Mosseri on how to beat TikTok — on your phone and in your living room
Mosseri laid out Instagram’s vision for its role on television and the path for its next several years of growth.

Adam Mosseri says "maybe we'll need" premium longform video for Instagram, and that TikTok's US sale turmoil has given Meta time to retune algorithms (Max Tani/Semafor)
https://www.semafor.com/article/12/21/2025

Exclusive: Instagram’s Adam Mosseri on how to beat TikTok — on your phone and in your living room
Mosseri laid out Instagram’s vision for its role on television and the path for its next several years of growth.

EHS Post-Graduate Online Symposium Call for Papers New Directions for Church History: Theories, Frameworks and Concepts
https://ift.tt/pjLyJXe
Date: Monday 30 March 2026Location: Online onlyAbstract deadline: 19 December 2025Conference…
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NY-based Octane, which offers "instant" financing for large recreational and lifestyle purchases, raised a $100M Series F at a post-money valuation of $1.3B (Mary Ann Azevedo/Crunchbase News)
https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/re

Exclusive: Octane Lands $100M Series F At $1.3B Valuation To Help People Finance Large Lifestyle And...
Octane, a startup that offers “instant” financing for large recreational and lifestyle purchases, has raised $100 million in a Series F round with a post-money valuation of $1.3 billion, it tells Crunchbase News exclusively.