livemocha: Livemocha friendship network (2010)
A network of friendships among users on Livemocha, a large online language learning community. Nodes represent users and edges represent a mutual declaration of friendship.
This network has 104103 nodes and 2193083 edges.
Tags: Social, Online, Unweighted
https://ne…
Guess who's behind the sudden rush of age verification legislation?
In the US, #Meta is spending $26.3 Million to hire at least 86 Lobbyists from 40 lobbying firms, and lobbying in at least 45 states. It is confirmed that Meta wrote the Louisiana age verification bill.
In the EU, Meta is spending ten million euros annually on lobbying, retaining 18 lobbying firms.
Age verificat…
libimseti: Libimseti.cz social network (2012)
A network of ratings given between users at Libimseti.cz, a Czech online dating website. A directed edge (i,j) means that user i rate user j, and the corresponding edge weight is the given rating, on a scale of 1-10.
This network has 220970 nodes and 17359346 edges.
Tags: Social, Online, Weighted
from my link log —
Leibniz on binary.
https://scispace.com/pdf/leibniz-on-binary-1ree6msh.pdf
saved 2026-04-14 https://d…
Blue Origin gewinnt Sauerstoff aus Regolith
Eine lebensfähige Mondstation muss sich aus Ressourcen vor Ort versorgen. Blue Origin hat ein System entwickelt, das Atemluft aus Mondstaub gewinnt.
https://www.
Apple TV head of international development Morgan Wandell is leaving to launch a production company, Kismet; Matt Cherniss will take over series Wandell handled (Nellie Andreeva/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2026/05/morgan-wandell-leaving-a…
Social Security COLA Increases Suddenly Look a Whole Lot Higher
“March’s 3.3% year-over-year inflation rate, up from 2.4% in February, could translate into a
Cost Of Living Adjustment of
3.2% for 2026,
according to Mary Johnson, an independent Social Security and Medicare policy analyst who calculates the projection.
Back in January, she had pegged the increase at just 1.2%.”
Today in the drizzle I stopped by the Living Library, a beautiful native plant garden near SF's Balboa Park at the San Jose/Seneca intersection. Highly recommend a visit to see some #ceanothus in bloom and California poppies and island mallows beginning to, and much more.
"Outgrow your dependence on platforms" says person who posts to Substack.
I haven't read their article because I don't want to give them clicks, honestly, but there is no fucking way to remove dependencies in the indie book market. We'll never be able to own everything because in the end we'll be dependent on payment providers to make sales on the internet, even if people buy from our website. My beautiful subs via self-hosted Ghost are as good as it gets but …
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Leaving Laurel:
🎵 Our Lives Entwined (K-Lone Remix)
#LeavingLaurel
https://leavinglaurel.bandcamp.com/album/our-lives-entwined
https://open.spotify.com/track/7tOWUn8XTf062wu1Okb80B