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a16z raises over $15B across five new funds, including $6.75B for its fifth growth fund and $3B for unspecified "other venture strategies" (Dan Primack/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/01/09/andreessen-horowitz-15-billion-for-new-funds

Andreessen Horowitz raises $15 billion for new funds
It's a major boost for the U.S. VC market, after its weakest fundraising year since 2017.

Der Biologe Bernhard Kegel beschreibt, wie sich #Tiere und #Pflanzen an den #Klimawandel anpassen.
Lebensräume verschieben sich polwärts und verändern die

Die Zukunft der Natur – Wie sich Tiere und Pflanzen an den Klimawandel anpassen
Die Klimaerwärmung hat Auswirkungen auf die Tier- und Pflanzenwelt, an die viele gar nicht denken. Tiere werden kleiner, manche ändern ihr Verhalten. Ameisen scheinen aggressiver zu werden. Eingespielte Rhythmen geraten aus dem Takt. Ob Fisch oder Vogel – vieles ist im Wandel.

I wouldn't used to post about such activities, because obviously it can come across a certain way - but I stumbled on these old photos of a Grace Jones gig setup - and thought maybe people would find it interesting.
The idea was to do a one-off very different sound, and we stripped down some of her classics. My "station" is in the first photo, her son played percussion, Dave Okumu guitar, and Ivor handled the bass (see Moog lol) and was also triggering other samples.

Iran’s supreme leader has vowed that authorities will not back down in the face of a rapidly growing protest movement,
setting the stage for an intensified violent crackdown on the second day of a nationwide internet shutdown.
Protests have raged in cities and towns across the country in recent days,
posing a threat to the authority of the regime, which has been significantly weakened since the last large protest movement in the country in 2022.
Another round of demon…

Diese Wegner-Tennis-Nummer zeigt aus meiner Sicht mal wieder, dass Symbolpolitik eben doch Auswirkungen hat.
Wegner hätte sofort im Krisengebiet stehen sollen, mit oder ohne Gummistiefel.
Es macht objektiv zwar keinen Unterschied, aber es geht um die Geste. Und um die Macht der Bilder.
Wer als Opposition was auf sich hält, wird das jetzt ausschlachten.
#depol

E. W. Scripps agrees to sell its multicast network Court TV to Law&Crime owner Jellysmack, as it seeks to reduce debt tied to its Ion and Katz acquisitions (Matthew Keys/TheDesk.net)
https://thedesk.net/2026/02/scripps-sells-court-tv-to-lawcrime-owner-jel…

Scripps sells Court TV to Law&Crime owner Jellysmack
Scripps will refocus on other multicast networks, including Scripps News, Laff and Bounce TV, which the company continues to shop.

Bezeichnend, traurig oder einfach nur lustig, dass die schemaLocation des epicur-Metadatenformats (http://www.persistent-identifier.de/xepicur/version1.0/xepicur.xsd) zur Verwaltung persistenter Referenzierung (URN) jetzt ausgerechnet zu einem Online-Casino führt?

The thing that Renee Good now knows, that Tortuguita knows, that Heather Heyer knows, that I only know because I glimpsed for a second, is that when you die fighting oppression you live forever in that memory of resistance. When we carve their names into a monument, along with all the other names of the murdered and disappeared, that will stand, perhaps, across from the statue of Willem in the park where the Northwest Detention Center once stood, they will always be reminders of what it looks like to sacrifice everything in order to be on the right side of history.
The names of those who resist live as ghosts, summoned by name to haunt future oppressors, summoned by name to awaken our own conscience to the call. Martyrs, whispered like the White Rose or yelled as a threat like John Brown, cannot die so long as any of us with a bit of spine carries even an ounce of humanity.
It is possible to die knowing you did the right thing, and I have felt it. There is an acceptance that is impossible to imagine without being there, without feeling it for yourself. You have nothing to fear in resisting, even if it ends you. But you will never forget the shame of doing nothing if you fail to.

My #silentsunday.. I only had a chat with two guys at the summit and one guy a bit below.
Besides that... 4-5h silence. If we don't count the minutes I was following the activities of a woodpecker a couple of meters away from me 😊
It took me really efforts to get out. But - as usual - it was worth it.

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.