2025-12-16 17:50:42
NFL playoff picture: Postseason probabilities entering Week 16 of the 2025 season https://www.nfl.com/news/nfl-playoff-picture-postseason-probabilities-entering-week-16-of-the-2025-season
NFL playoff picture: Postseason probabilities entering Week 16 of the 2025 season https://www.nfl.com/news/nfl-playoff-picture-postseason-probabilities-entering-week-16-of-the-2025-season
Trump to Announce 401(k) Home Investment Plan at Davos (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-16/trump-to-unveil-401-k-home-investment-plan-at-davos-next-week
http://www.memeorandum.com/260116/p63#a260116p63
From Translink
The Pattullo Bridge will be closed northbound one night and fully closed the next night this week, due to ongoing construction work on the new stalΕəwΓasəm Bridge.
To ensure public safety, the bridge will be closed northbound into New Westminster on Thursday, December 18 from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. This will be followed by a full closure in both directions on Friday, December 19 from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m.
Mahomes begins rehab, eyes Week 1 return https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47337180/chiefs-mahomes-begins-rehab-eyes-possible-week-1-return
A year since I cautioned about using APCA and calling it WCAG3’s next contrast algorithm:
https://toot.cafe/@aardrian/113801092971854851
As recent as last week, it seems WCAG3 contrast is still an open item:
The Santa Barbara City Council passed a temporary rent freeze
in a 4-3 vote on Tuesday,
putting a halt on rent increases for up to a year
while the City Council works toward drafting a more permanent rent stabilization ordinance
to be considered later in 2026.
The rent increase moratorium will be officially adopted next week
and would be effective 30 days later.
The council failed to get the fifth vote needed to qualify for an urgency ordinance,
Gah, trying to just get a delivery date so I could order something timed to arrive next week and pressed the wrong button so accidentally ordered the thing and also Prime membership.
Fuckers tricked me into Prime for a month with their dark pattern constant asking and refusal to take no for an answer.
Bastards.
#amazon #bastards
Quinnen Williams injury update reveals next step for Cowboys star https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/onsi/news/quinnen-williams-injury-update-reveals-next-step-dallas-cowboys-star
If you are in the Bristol, UK area next week, please join us for the fantabulous #bristolr
Great speaker, refreshments and R chat !
We’ve chosen the paper for @… next week (February 23rd): “Hallucinating with AI: AI Psychosis as Distributed Delusions” by Lucy Osler.
(Is it this Lucy Osler: @…? We think so!)
We’ll have copies to give out tonight (6 PM, Vi…
Caleb Williams, Drake Maye and Matthew Stafford had some of the top plays of Week 15 https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47316876/caleb-williams-drake-maye-matthew-stafford-wildest-plays-week-15
So, is Wes Streetjng going to defect to Reform next week? Farage says some Labour MP is planning to and he seems most likely candidate.
#ukpolitics
Rivers to remain Colts' QB1 for MNF vs. 49ers https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47316551/philip-rivers-remain-colts-qb1-next-monday-night-vs-49ers
House will vote on Obamacare extension next week (Meredith Lee Hill/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/12/12/congress/house-will-vote-on-obamacare-extension-next-week-00689845
http://www.memeorandum.com/251212/p113#a251212p113
Cowboys’ Pursuit of Jonathan Gannon for DC Vacancy Gets Major Update https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/dallas-cowboys/jonathan-gannon-pursuit-major-update/
How the Raiders’ Week 18 win over the Chiefs shifted the narrative https://raiderramble.com/2026/01/11/how-the-raiders-week-18-win-over-the-chiefs-shifted-the-narrative/
Added to my TODO list for next week: figure out ways to move some of my cash savings, such as they are, out of USD
Blowing into the wind, I’m sure. But. https://masto.ai/@Nonilex/115879305258736619
Chiefs aftermath: What does Week 15 disaster mean for Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce, K.C. in 2026? https://www.nfl.com/news/chiefs-aftermath-week-15-disaster-kansas-city-patrick-mahomes-travis-kelce-2026
Via: L'avventura: Pet Detective @amcnal.bsky.social
“over on x the everything app some Chicago high school kid named Danny Spud tried to disrupt his school's anti-ICE protest by yelling about how much he loves ICE and then filmed himself getting walloped by a fellow student lmao
the quote tweet making fun of him has 3x the likes”
I’ll post the video next.
i’m not totally 💯 it’s not staged, but either way, remeber;
violence isn’t THE answer
But it su…
At 15:47 UTC on 27th July, everyone on Earth looked at those around them and said, "Excuse me, but who are you? And do you know who I am? What are we doing here?"
For those who survived the next 5 days, 13 hours and 14 minutes, the world would never be the same again.
The Week had begun.
#MicroFiction
Cowboys to begin in-person interviews for DC role https://cowboyswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/cowboys/2026/01/16/cowboys-in-person-interviews-defensive-coordinator-daronte-jones…
Starting in March, GoVolta will run Belgian i10 carriages three times a week between Amsterdam and Berlin, and three times a week between Amsterdam and Hamburg.
Next target: Belgium and Paris in 2027: ‘The strategic partnership with French company Keolis – a subsidiary of SNCF – should facilitate access to the French market.’ 🤣
That was as silly as ever - same again next week Fediglators? #Gladiators
Bought a year of VM/BGP service from a #hosting provider on a Wednesday. Tuesday the service goes down. The next day a web page statement says operations are ceasing operations at that location. That would have been good #!?@'ing information a week ago!
True story. I've not seen it all, but when it comes to how providers operate I've seen a lot. :-)
But it would be nice to have not just a link in the lecture notes, but a preview. And you know what? It’s almost too easy to write a little #Pandoc Lua filter for it ;-)
□
(I intend to write a blog post about it next week or so.)
But it would be nice to have not just a link in the lecture notes, but a preview. And you know what? It’s almost too easy to write a little #Pandoc Lua filter for it ;-)
□
(I intend to write a blog post about it next week or so.)
House Republicans unveiled a new health care proposal Friday
as they aim to address concerns about rising health insurance costs just weeks before enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies expire.
The legislation would codify and expand health plans for small businesses, fund reductions of premiums for low-income people in the individual health insurance market and increase transparency in prescription drug pricing, according to House Republican leadership aides.
The proposal …
Galaxy Digital stock jumps 17% after the company approved a share buyback program of up to $200M over the next 12 months (CoinDesk)
https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2026/02/06/galaxy-digital-shares-jump-18-after-company…
Their season is over, but it's a winning week for the Giants: Solak on John Harbaugh's impact https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47619832/john-harbaugh-new-york-giants-best-coaching-hire-carousel
Google teases 'exciting' Android XR updates about glasses, headsets next week #AR/#XR smart glasses.
The vOICe for An…
I tell ya, gambling never agreed with me. Last week I went to the track
and they shot my horse with the opening gun.
Well, just last week I was at a Chinese restaurant and when I opened my
fortune cookie I found the guy's check sitting at the next table. I said,
"Hey, buddy, I got your check", he said, "Thanks."
-- Rodney Dangerfield
Those CunninLynguists put out The Heartstring Theory [Part 1] in 2024, and [Part 2] comes out next week.
And of course this first preview track is 🔥
https://cunninlynguists.bandcamp.com/album/the-heartstring-theory-part-two
this morning I managed to wake up at 7:30, get the 8:18 bus to the pub for 9am Celtic kickoff, had a full irish breakfast, and after the match as people were leaving I got a bunch of 🫵🏼 "see you next week for cup final?"
also learned one of the guys lives in my neighborhood and passes my building on his morning runs haha. god football is the best thing to ever happen to me
Judges Neomi Rao and Justin Walker of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit on Friday night
blocked D.C. District Court Chief Judge James Boasberg from beginning his scheduled Alien Enemies Act case contempt proceedings next week.
Judge J. Michelle Childs, a Biden appointee, would not have granted the stay.
The “administrative stay” issued by two Trump appointees on the appeals court after the close of business on Friday blocking Boasberg’s contempt proceedings <…
Sadly, my old off-brand, 32", 1080p, 60 Hz TV set slowly fritzed before my eyes after 9 years and 7 months of continuous service. Good game.
Even more depressing, for the last week of tedious browsing, I can't seem to settle on another dirt-cheap ~€300, non-32", non-Sony, non-Samsung, 4K, at-least-a-solid-60Hz TV set that I am confident would not die on me or would not run out of smart software support within the next three years.
On March 9th I’m helping launch AI Foundations for Educators, a 5-week online course that goes beyond workshop-level knowledge to guide teachers and school staff in developing a personalized framework for adapting classrooms to AI.
It’s a pilot module for a planned online certificate on generative AI; would count as credit toward that graduate credential. Open to anyone with a BA.
Amazon is lining up another wave of job cuts next week, according to reports, while Autodesk has confirmed 1,000 roles are to go in sales-related redundancies.
https://www.computing.co.uk/news/2026/amazon-to-lay-off-thousands-mor…
Apparently the Nex Playground outsold the X-Box during the sales week. It's not sold in the UK, but I'd be tempted to get one next time I'm tempted to get EyeToy Groove running again.
(Their promotional videos emphasise that it's a "new" way of playing, which sounds odd to anyone who remembers Kinect/EyeToy as the "future of gaming" a couple of decades ago.)
Change board meeting next week. Short briefs on mini releases that I did since December. Also asking that if someone updates what screens are presented to the users in production you MUST brief the change board first. Document why it is needed, what the changes are, who makes the changes, where in the system it is and when! There are dates that are blocked from any changes except for emergencies. Then a backup plan, deployment plan and rollback plan.
Well that was fun! 200 podcast episodes in the bag. The full edited version of today's livestream will be out next week. Thanks for the live questions and those sent in beforehand. 🎉
Broncos eyeing AFC West crown thanks to series of comebacks and face Raiders next https://www.foxsports.com/articles/nfl/broncos-eyeing-afc-west-crown-thanks-to-series-of-comebacks-and-face-raiders-next
The European Union on Friday
indefinitely froze Russia’s assets in Europe
to ensure that Hungary and Slovakia,
both with Moscow-friendly governments,
can’t prevent the billions of euros from being used to support Ukraine.
Using a special procedure meant for economic emergencies,
the EU blocked the assets until Russia gives up its war on Ukraine
and compensates its neighbor for the heavy damage that it has inflicted for almost four years.
EU Cou…
Meta's head of Threads Connor Hayes says that fediverse compatibility isn't a priority for its current roadmap, but it is something that it's "maintaining" (Alex Heath/Sources)
https://sources.news/p/whats-next-for-threads
Seriously, it seems like every town got slammed and just gave up on
plowing sidewalks.
https://www.universalhub.com/2026/maybe-next-storm-city-can-concentrate-just-tad-more-crosswalks
John Harbaugh set to interview with teams next week: Ranking three best fits for ex-Ravens head coach
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/john-harbaugh-interviews…
Gateway Tunnel Work to Stop Next Week If White House Holds Funding (Michelle Kaske/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-27/gateway-tunnel-work-to-stop-next-week-if-white-house-holds-funding
http://www.memeorandum.com/260127/p46#a260127p46
Christian Watson, Matthew Stafford and Jahmyr Gibbs are among the Week 14 stars https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47248070/christian-watson-matthew-stafford-jahmyr-gibbs-week-14-next-gen
NFC East power rankings for Week 18 have Cowboys looking forward to next year https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/onsi/news/nfc-east-power-rankings-nfl-week-18-dallas-cowboys-looking-forward-next-year
John Harbaugh plans to wait until next week before beginning interviews: Sources https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6954335/2026/01/08/john-harbaugh-head-coach-interviews/
The full Weekend Reads report is on vacation this week, it will return next week. But we don't want to leave you with nothing. Here is one piece that might have made it into the top 5:
* The Input Stack on Linux
https://venam.net/blog/unix/2025/11/27/input_device…
NHS still has me on some sort of list I think, appointment might turn up next year. Last contact with them they were suggesting maybe November.
But the private treatment gave me the
MRI which
showed nothing weird and post-fit symptoms have been reducing.
Experimented with eating meat to see if that helped.
Tried eating meat for a month to see if it reduced the post-fit symptoms. Maybe it did? Tried vegetarian again and maybe it got worse?
Hard to tell with intermittent symptoms and a terrible memory.
Decided it's more likely to do good than harm (to me, entirely harm to the animals obviously), and eat meat till the end of the year.
While I'm better, I don't really feel fully recovered enough to want to change things so more meat next year I think.
One of those symptoms is that booze tolerance dropped to like zero. Very rarely had more than four pints in a day this year and very rarely more than one night a
week.
Much high number than the target there really.
Tripped over a guy-rope and fell onto the wrist.
Did two days of the festival and the drive home thinking it almost certainly wasn't broken and only confirmed it was when I got home and the hospital put it in a cast.
Ukraine, US, Russia to meet in UAE next week for new round of peace talks, Zelensky says: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/01/ukraine-us-russia-to-meet.html
NFL playoff picture: Postseason probabilities entering Week 15 of the 2025 season https://www.nfl.com/news/nfl-playoff-picture-postseason-probabilities-entering-week-15-of-the-2025-season
Sources: Amazon is planning a second round of job cuts next week as part of its goal of trimming 30,000 corporate workers, after cutting 14,000 jobs in October (Greg Bensinger/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/world-at-
Raiders Mailbag: What adjustments might be made in the next 5 games? https://www.raiders.com/news/mailbag/raiders-mailbag-what-adjustments-might-be-made-in-the-next-5-games
NFL Week 14 winners and losers: Packers, Steelers shake up playoff picture https://www.nfl.com/news/nfl-week-14-winners-and-losers-packers-steelers-shake-up-playoff-picture
GOP-led Jan. 6 committee sets first hearing for next week (Hailey Fuchs/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/01/06/congress/jan-6-hearing-scheduled-00713479
http://www.memeorandum.com/260106/p158#a260106p158
Raiders Mailbag: What adjustments might be made in the next 5 games? https://www.raiders.com/news/mailbag/raiders-mailbag-what-adjustments-might-be-made-in-the-next-5-games
Bought a van to do up as a micro-camper, and did a temporary rush job of that conversion myself while waiting in the list for the pro to do it.
Then the pro gave himself a health criss the week it was booked so I took apart my temp job and only got another temp kit-job in it's place.
Went out in it like four times during that and then broke my wrist and couldn't really use it or improve it.
Then had to take it apart even more to try
and figure out where the ad-blue hole was.
I will do a proper permanent job of the
floor and walls and ceiling and adjustments to the kit-job to make it the nicest it's been so far during the spring next year.
My assumption that the prior conversion
into a van and for wheelchair-access meant the microcamper conversion was half-done already turned out to be false.
If I buy a new one, it'll be one that has never been wheelchair adapted.
But it's going okay. Only scraped it once so far.
Fewer than aimed for or booked, but I broke my wrist and had to cancel the second half of the summer.
Went to a conference about money and computers and fringe decentralized social media and it wasn't as boring as you might expect and felt pretty much like a festival.
Exactly the target number! It's lovely.
Took 3 times longer than I'd hoped and
50% more money than I'd planned for really.
Still improvements to make but they will
be incremental and gradual over the coming year or two now.
It's been interest-only for 20 years so a big old lump sum payment that I never really expected to be able to make. Expected to have to sell and move at the end of the mortgage term.
But surprisingly the stocks ISA got high enough to pay it off after all, so I did that.
Cash-flow ruined by that and the bedroom but should start to feel a bit richer next year.
❗️An agreement has already been reached on a trilateral meeting next week, – Zelensky #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/01/an-agreement-has-already-been.html
Perplexity plans to roll out a free agentic shopping product for US users next week in partnership with PayPal (Ashley Capoot/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/19/perplexity-ai-online-shopping-paypal.html
Cowboys Headlines: Mock draft brings 2 new defenders, Lions up next https://cowboyswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2025/12/04/cowboys-headlines-mock-draft-news-lions-week-14/87594244007/
NFL Power Rankings: Seahawks, Patriots remain 1-2, Texans hot ahead of wild-card weekend https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6942267/2026/01/06/nfl-power-rankings-playoffs-seahawks-patriots-texans-whats-next/
Members of Congress will be able to view unredacted Epstein files next week (Ryan Nobles/NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/members-congress-view-unredacted-epstein-files-monday-rcna257836
http://www.memeorandum.com/260206/p105#a260206p105
Fantasy sleepers NFL Week 14: Ten high-upside lineup plays https://www.nfl.com/news/fantasy-sleepers-nfl-week-14-ten-high-upside-lineup-plays
The U.S. Department of Agriculture will begin next week
to block nutrition assistance funding for states led by Democrats
that have not provided data on fraud in the program, Secretary Brooke Rollins told President Donald Trump at a Cabinet meeting Tuesday.
USDA sought data from states earlier this year related to their administration of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, benefits, Rollins said Tuesday.
She added the data was needed to address fraud t…
YouTube launches Recap, which lets users review their most notable video habits over the past year, in the US, ahead of a global rollout next week (Jess Weatherbed/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/836173/youtube-recap-videos-eoy-review-wrapped<…
NFL Week 18 playoff scenarios: With NFC West title settled, what's next? https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6936896/2026/01/03/nfl-playoffs-scenarios-matchups-seed-team-week-18-nfc-west/
Daiyan Henley on What's Next: "It's About Winning The Game That's Ahead Of Us" https://www.chargers.com/video/daiyan-henley-media-availability-raiders-week-13-2025
Rright now it is unlikely that Trump gets a "rally around the flag" boost for his seizing of Maduro as
1) it didn’t happen with his invasion of cities or his attack on Iran
2) the country just isn’t on board some kind of extended military campaign in Venezuela
3) it increasingly feels like Trump has no real plan for what comes next in Venezuela, and like Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, thought the government would just fall and he could waltz into the Capital.
NFL Week 13 top storylines: Sam Darnold reunion, Shedeur Sanders' next test https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6840171/2025/11/30/nfl-week-13-storylines-sam-darnold-shedeur-sanders/
John Harbaugh plans to wait until next week before beginning interviews: Sources https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6954335/2026/01/08/john-harbaugh-head-coach-interviews/
By any measure, the F.B.I.’s search of an election center in Fulton County, Ga., last week was extraordinary.
Agents seized truckloads of 2020 ballots, as Trump harnessed the levers of government to not only buttress his false claims of widespread voter fraud,
but also to try to build a criminal case against those he believes wronged him.
What happened the next day was in some ways even more unusual, The New York Times has learned.
Behind closed doors, Tulsi Gabbard,…
NFL playoff picture: Postseason probabilities entering Week 14 of the 2025 season https://www.nfl.com/news/nfl-playoff-picture-postseason-probabilities-entering-week-14-of-the-2025-season
Tuli Tuipulotu on Energy Shift: "We Came Out Here Swinging Today" https://www.chargers.com/video/tuli-tuipulotu-media-availability-raiders-week-13-2025
Tomlin expects Rodgers back vs. Bills in Week 13 https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47077460/steelers-tomlin-expects-rodgers-play-vs-bills-next-week
Commanders QB Jayden Daniels (elbow) has chance to return in Week 14 vs. Vikings https://www.nfl.com/news/commanders-qb-jayden-daniels-elbow-chance-to-return-week-14-vikings
NFL announces schedule for upcoming 2025 Divisional Round https://www.nfl.com/news/nfl-announces-schedule-for-upcoming-2025-divisional-round
NFL playoff picture: Week 18 scenarios and projected Wild Card Round matchups https://www.nfl.com/news/nfl-playoff-picture-week-18-scenarios-and-projected-wild-card-round-matchups
Five potential NFL trades that could go down during Super Bowl week: Will Mac Jones be the next QB revival?
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/five-potential-nfl-trade…
NFL MVP odds: Drake Maye, Josh Allen on collision course in Week 15 https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6873277/2025/12/09/nfl-mvp-odds-drake-maye-josh-allen/
Browns say Sanders to remain QB1 for Week 14 https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47156779/browns-say-shedeur-sanders-get-3rd-straight-start-week-14
Steelers 'plotting a course to move forward' with Ravens up next https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47182926/pittsburgh-steelers-plotting-course-move-forward-baltimore-ravens-week-14
Solak spins Week 12 forward: Should the Browns stick with Sanders? Could the Colts lose the AFC South? https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47073849/nfl-week-12-lessons-shedeur-sanders-colts-texans-jaguars-bengals-george-p…
Bucs' Sean Tucker, Bills' Josh Allen among the Next Gen Stars of Week 11 https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47005313/nfl-week-11-next-gen-stars-bills-josh-allen-bucs-sean-tucker
Why Cowboys chose to cut Pro Bowl CB Trevon Diggs now after 'accumulation of multiple factors' and what's next
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/why-cowboys-chose-to-cu…
Seahawks silence 49ers' offense in Week 18, win NFC's No. 1 seed https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47496166/nfl-san-francisco-49ers-seattle-seahawks-win-nfc-west-sam-darnold-brock-purdy
Packers unsure on Week 18 QB after Willis shines https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47432331/malik-willis-shines-packers-uncertain-start-week-18
NFL playoff picture: Postseason probabilities entering Week 12 of 2025 season https://www.nfl.com/news/nfl-playoff-picture-postseason-probabilities-entering-week-12-of-2025-season
NFL playoff picture: Postseason probabilities entering Week 13 of the 2025 season https://www.nfl.com/news/nfl-playoff-picture-postseason-probabilities-entering-week-13-of-the-2025-season
NFL playoff picture: Postseason probabilities entering Week 17 of the 2025 season https://www.nfl.com/news/nfl-playoff-picture-postseason-probabilities-entering-week-17-of-the-2025-season