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You.com appoints Saahil Jain as new CTO after co-founder Bryan McCann left to Anthropic; You.com, which began in consumer search, is targeting enterprise more (Kevin McLaughlin/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/ai-st…

AI Startup You.com Appoints New CTO After Co-Founder Joins Anthropic
AI startup You.com, valued at $1.5 billion after a funding round in September, is changing its senior leadership as it focuses on helping businesses adopt AI. Bryan McCann, You.com’s CTO and co-founder, recently left to join Anthropic as a member of technical staff, according to his LinkedIn profile. Saahil Jain, one of the startup’s early engineering hires, has been promoted to CTO, said

In another round of late-night social media posts, Donald Trump attacked the Supreme Court for not overturning his loss in the 2020 presidential election
— and tried to pressure the court to rule his way in future election cases.
Flurries of angry social media posts are not unusual for Trump,
but this one was particularly alarming for its scope and the criticism it directed against the nation’s highest court,
where six out of nine justices are conservatives and three …

Trump blasts Supreme Court for not overturning 2020 election
“They wouldn’t even call out The Rigged Presidential Election of 2020," Trump said.

I am not resting easy yet.
A bunch of people who are basically straight-up Nazis just got humiliated. They’re hurting, they’re angry, and they’re in my city.
And they’re pants-on-head dumbshits. (One of their posters bemoaned the “erogion [sic] of our rights.”) That’s not a comfort: sometimes that’s the most dangerous kind of right-winger. Their utter amateurishness means they have no sense of constraints and no sense of consequences. I don’t know what they’ll try to do next.
We remain wary and •highly• watchful. But I’m going to take the win on this round.
/end

Daniel Jeremiah 2026 NFL mock draft 2.0: Giants one of six teams to pick WR; Chiefs go RB https://www.nfl.com/news/daniel-jeremiah-2026-nfl-mock-draft-2-0

Prolegomena zur kulturellen Rekodierung der Erdbeere.
https://www.nytimes.com/card/2026/03/16/world/asia/south-korea-strawberry-farming?unlocked_article_code=1.T1A.GwmE.2olQrwTcdlGn&smid=u…

Why South Korea’s Strawberry Farmers Indulge a ‘Fussy Fruit’
Strawberries, one of the country’s top fresh agricultural exports, are grown year-round in greenhouses. The harvest hinges on technical prowess and a great degree of care.

Cowboys 2026 NFL draft watch, Jermod McCoy scouting report https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/onsi/draft/cowboys-2026-nfl-draft-watch-jermod-mccoy-scouting-report

Quite tempted to swap my beloved cat avatar for this one.. How can #HighlandCows look so stylish?
#Scotland

Seahawks trade rumor could lead to deal with Raiders for former first-round pick https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/seattle-seahawks/news/seahawks-trade-rumor-lead-deal-raiders-former-first-round-pic…

Cowboys Insider Identifies Ideal Free-Agent Fits at DE and Linebacker https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/onsi/news/dallas-cowboys-insider-names-nfl-free-agent-fits-edge-linebacker

NFL wild-card round by the numbers: What to know about thrilling weekend of playoff games https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6965133/2026/01/13/nfl-wild-card-round-numbers-interesting-facts/

Friday Links 26-01
First round of links for 2026. Everything is bad, so have some links to cheer you up.

I really liked the article about visibility, the one about Friday deploys, and sitting alone in a café … which I can relate to.
I am a big fan of Bill Nighy's podcast, that certainly will improve your mood.

For some reason, the random section is full of cassette tape related links.

Friday Links 26-01
First round of links for 2026. Everything is bad, so have some links to cheer you up.   I really liked the article about visibility, the one...

It is always fun when somebody, when estimating something, does not round the estimation :-) From the other side, it is not that cool it means like hour and half of waiting :-(

NYT's Zach Seward details the "Manosphere Report", an in-house LLM-powered tool that summarizes new episodes from about 80 podcasts with largely male audiences (Andrew Deck/Nieman Lab)
https://www.niemanlab.org/2026/02/how-the-

How The New York Times uses a custom AI tool to track the “manosphere”
The daily podcast round-up is just one way the Times is adopting in-house AI transcription and summarization tools.

Prototype of a split keyboard from around 1850 made by Sir Charles Wheatstone, inventor of the English concertina! 🪗
@…’s Shift Happens, pg 774
#MechanicalKeyboard

Sources: Cursor is in early talks to raise billions in a new funding round at a post-money valuation of up to $60B; one source puts the round size at $5B (Tom Dotan/Newcomer)
https://www.newcomer.co/p/cursor-weighs-fresh-fundraise-as

Cursor Weighs Fresh Fundraise as Debate Rages on Coding Firm's Prospects
Very early discussions involve a $5 billion raise at a valuation of up to $60 billion

'Best defense' steals show in Texans' wild-card win https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47596595/defense-carries-texans-steelers-divisional-round-vs-patriots

Monarchy is part of patriarchy, featuring trickle-down "honours" and make-believe authority.

Osa Odighizuwa for a 3rd-Round Pick Was the Smart Move https://insidethestar.com/osa-odighizuwa-for-a-3rd-round-pick-was-the-smart-move

While I'm wittering on about #books, these are two of my to-read piles. One is in a bookcase as I knew I'd be a while getting round to them. I bought those for 50p a pop at a Christmas bazaar. They often have some mid-century gems but not this time. The other is by the bed, the Active Pile. The top three are proofs sent to a bookshop in town which offers them to

Printed a case for my Flipper Zero WiFi Board
#FlipperZero #3Dprint #3Dprinting #3Ddruck

I wish to rant about #bike technology. My rant may not generalize to anyone else, but I've patiently read other people's rants, this one is mine. I've been riding a #cargobike to work and errands since 2006, year round, accumulating 10s of thousands of miles in the process. I expect my bikes t…

Osa Odighizuwa for a 3rd-Round Pick Was the Smart Move https://insidethestar.com/osa-odighizuwa-for-a-3rd-round-pick-was-the-smart-move/

Murray signs with Vikings following Cards exit https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/48188052/kyler-murray-signs-one-year-deal-vikings

Has time run out on once-prized Raiders’ first round pick? https://raiderramble.com/2026/01/08/has-time-run-out-on-once-prized-raiders-first-round-pick/

One of our cats also gives off superb owl vibes! #superbowl

In Gaziantep round when I was 8 I briefly had an old ipod and as a present mom bought me an itunes album with 100 different instrumental only video game songs but she didnt know anything it was actually all 90s sounding midi covers of the original songs and they deleted it off my ipod after looking up what "resident evil" was
i learned later the one for metal gear solid 3 main theme wasnt actually that, it was some whole other shit that genuinely had a strong melody. dont kno…

I usually find year-end top stories round-ups to be insipid and mediocre at best, but this one by @… is first-rate.
https://www.

The biggest cybersecurity and cyberattack stories of 2025
2025 was a big year for cybersecurity, with cyberattacks, data breaches, threat groups reaching new notoriety levels, and, of course, zero-day flaws exploited in breaches. Some stories, though, were more impactful or popular with our readers than others. This article explores 15 of the biggest cybersecurity stories of 2025.

Sarah Höfflin losing a ski on the takeoff. She was fine, but the look on her face in mid air ... plus she still got the grab! #olympics #ski #skiing

ESPN to make Super Bowl year-round experience https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47897537/espn-year-super-bowl-year-round-experience

Pebble unveils Pebble Round 2 smart watch with a rounded screen and basic health and activity tracking but no heart rate monitor, shipping in May for $199 (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/02/pebble-reboots-its-thinnest-…

Pebble reboots its thinnest smartwatch with the Pebble Round 2 | TechCrunch
Pebble launches a $199 smartwatch with rounded screen that can last up to 2 weeks on one charge.

Cowboys’ Former 2nd Round Pick Receives High Praise From NFL Insiders https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/dallas-cowboys/edge-rusher-sam-williams-high-praise/

Mirra Andreeva, the 18-year-old who surprised many by winning this event last year,
torched Solana Sierra of Argentina in 50 minutes
winning 6-0, 6-0.
She won 54 of the 75 total points.
Andreeva advances to play either Leylah Fernandez or Katerina Siniakova in the third round Monday.
Other top 10 women required a little more time on court Saturday.
No. 2 Iga Swiatek only had room for one bagel but then battled past Kayla Day 6-0, 7-6(2).
No. 3 Elena …

I might just have ordered a #pebble round 2. I hope it will feel as awesome as the last one did back in 2015.

How AI is used in journalism (yes, a serious application, that adds value, not possible on this scale before), https://www.niemanlab.org/2026/02/how-the-new-york-times-uses-a-custom-ai-tool-to-track-the-manosphere/

How The New York Times uses a custom AI tool to track the “manosphere”
The daily podcast round-up is just one way the Times is adopting in-house AI transcription and summarization tools.

Draft Prediction Has Cowboys Make Shocking First Round Move https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/dallas-cowboys/draft-prediction-trade-first-round-pick/

I wish to see the rest of this sticker.. #NYC

I just bought this rug, but it turns out to be very bitey. What should I do?

Round one of snow shoveling done.

One Mid-Round Option For Raiders to Consider in 2026 NFL Draft https://www.si.com/nfl/raiders/onsi/las-vegas-one-mid-round-option-consider-in-2026-draft

Unsplittable Transshipments
Srinwanti Debgupta, Sarah Morell, Martin Skutella
https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.07230 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2602.07230 https://arxiv.org/html/2602.07230
arXiv:2602.07230v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: We introduce the Unsplittable Transshipment Problem in directed graphs with multiple sources and sinks. An unsplittable transshipment routes given supplies and demands using at most one path for each source-sink pair. Although they are a natural generalization of single source unsplittable flows, unsplittable transshipments raise interesting new challenges and require novel algorithmic techniques. As our main contribution, we give a nontrivial generalization of a seminal result of Dinitz, Garg, and Goemans (1999) by showing how to efficiently turn a given transshipment $x$ into an unsplittable transshipment $y$ with $y_a<x_a d_{\max}$ for all arcs $a$, where $d_{\max}$ is the maximum demand (or supply) value. Further results include bounds on the number of rounds required to satisfy all demands, where each round consists of an unsplittable transshipment that routes a subset of the demands while respecting arc capacity constraints.
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A few pictures from yesterday night at the #39C3
(License: CC BY-SA 4.0)

NFL playoff picks: Score predictions and matchup analysis for every Wild Card Round game https://www.nfl.com/news/nfl-playoff-picks-wild-card-round-2025-nfl-season

Minor kerfuffle with #evlife charging at my parents means it's going to be a two stop strategy getting home today. At least my policy of always having my #steamdeck when travelling pays off. To get to 80% charge is about one round of Vampire Survivors 😉

One of our favorite year-end features is the #UniversityOfGeorgia photographers' round-up of their favorite photos of the past year. Even when our museum isn't in it, it's fun to see their great work and to read their thoughts on the combination of art and luck that makes for a great photo.

StepFun, a Chinese AI startup that develops LLMs and has partnered with automaker Geely and smartphone brands like Oppo and Honor, raised a ~$717M Series B (Eudora Wang/DealStreetAsia)
https://www.dealstreetasia.com/stories/stepfun-series-b-round-470495/

Tencent-backed China LLM unicorn StepFun bags $720m in Series B+ round
StepFund expects to deploy its LLMs into over one million vehicles this year.

Raiders grab a surging prospect in latest three-round mock draft https://raiderramble.com/2026/02/05/raiders-grab-a-surging-prospect-in-latest-three-round-mock-draft/

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MidnightInAPerfectWorld
Smokey Robinson and The Miracles:
🎵 (Come Round Here) I’m the One You Need
#SmokeyRobinsonandTheMiracles
https://open.spotify.com/track/5YvokzRkNONpj5c0TIqTjQ

One of life’s great struggles—how to both stay in your cozy heated bed and still see what’s going on in the room #catsofmastodon #caturday

We're already looking ahead to the NFL divisional round, plus Texas' big win https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6962549/2026/01/12/nfl-wild-card-49ers-patriots-bills-the-pulse/

I went to the Australian Open tennis today to see Coco Gauff and Alex De Minaur ease their way into round 2. Gauff had problems with her serve and faced some spirited opposition from the unseeded Rakhimova.
Only blemish on the day was that I decided to remove my bicycle repair kit from the bike (bike parking was fairly crappy, stuck under a bridge) and that proved too much for the Security Theatre at bag check. I’m now down one very blunt multitool, which I asked the security people to…

Cowboys Linebacker Delivers Powerful Response to Controversial Video https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/dallas-cowboys/cowboys-linebacker-delivers-powerful-response-to-controversial-video/

Today's #Connections #webgame has a nice rainbow round (a gotcha/bonus category, unrelated to the true categories, which features one item from each group; this is my own term).
It's quite clever (and obscure—ConnectionsBot says it fooled 1% of all players and it's not in the top 30 erro…

Carnell Tate declares for NFL Draft: Ohio State WR projects as potential first-round pick

https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/carnell-tate-dec…

Raiders Give $48 Million to Ex-Colts First-Round Pick to Replace Maxx Crosby https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/las-vegas-raiders/kwity-paye-free-agent-contract-colts/

Tennessee CB dominates Cowboys No. 12 pick in Mock Draft Roundup https://cowboyswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/cowboys/2026/03/09/jermod-mccoy-cowboys-mock-draft-round-up/89062713007/

I got a #TRMNL e-ink display wotsit thingy (apologies for getting all technical there) not long ago, and now I'm getting round to setting it up.
One of the nice things is that as well as all the dashboards provided by the company, there are a load provided by the community that you can just load up, customise & use.
But I was shocked -- SHOCKED I tell you -- to discover that so far nobody has created a "When Is Bins?" dashboard.
I think I have found my latest project!
#TRMNL

Impressed (commendatory) that it takes until the fifth paragraph of this article to — still indirectly — identify *which* Canadian Olympic hockey team it's about. https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/winter/hockey/canada-us-women…

Round and round the wheel of counties goes, where we’ll attack next no one knows, until grandpa shit his pants makes more horror, now we’re attacking in…Ecuador.
#USpol #Ecuador

me: "🎶 up up and away in my beautiful my beautiful balloon 🎶"
me: *flies the laundry basket between my wife and her two laptops*
my wife: "OKAY! OKAY! I'LL GO TO BED!"
#CatsOfMastodon #AnnoyingHusbandsOfMastodon

Dieses Hühnersuppenrezept wäre mir denn doch etwas zu aufwändig, aber womöglich möchte sich ja jemand von Euch die Zeit nehmen. Mir reichen eineinhalb Stunden leichtes Blubbern. #nommention

Chicken Soup From Scratch Recipe (Gift Recipe)
Chicken soup is one of the most painless and pleasing recipes a home cook can master. This soup has all the classic flavors (celery, carrot, parsley) but has been updated for today's cooks, who can't easily buy the stewing hen and packet of soup vegetables that old-fashioned recipes used to call for. A whole bird provides the right combination of fat, salt and flavor. Don't be tempted to use all white meat, as the flavor won't be as round. Because making soup involves the bones and deep tissues…

Students at universities in Iran have held a third consecutive day of protest
just over a month after the violent suppression by security services of mass street demonstrations left thousands dead.
The protests came amid tensions between Iran and the US.
Washington has built up military forces and pressure in the Middle East as it negotiates with Tehran
– with the next round in Geneva on Thursday.
Donald Trump has warned “really bad things will happen” if there …

Matchmaking in games just isn't the same. Playing with strangers for one round and never seeing them again feels empty. Dedicated servers were a real place. It was like going to the pub where you saw the same regulars, jerks, and admins every day. You built a community. Without that, gaming feels pretty lonely. #gaming

NFL wild-card round staff picks: 2 coin-flips, 5 close spreads, 2 historic rivalries https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6951123/2026/01/08/nfl-wild-card-staff-picks-playoffs-betting/

Mailbag: Two top 20 picks or four top 100? https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/mailbag-two-top-20-picks-or-four-top-100

Indiana pipeline fuels Raiders rebuild in latest 3-round mock draft https://raiderramble.com/2026/01/24/indiana-pipeline-fuels-raiders-rebuild-in-latest-3-round-mock-draft/

Mailbag: Two top 20 picks or four top 100? https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/mailbag-two-top-20-picks-or-four-top-100

Looking for QB answers this NFL offseason? Good luck ... it's a bad year to need a new signal-caller https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47876708/2026-nfl-offseason-quarterbacks-bad-market-teams-needs-free-agency-draft…

Trenches take center stage in 3-round Raiders mock draft https://raiderramble.com/2026/01/20/trenches-take-center-stage-in-3-round-raiders-mock-draft/

Cowboys named best landing spot for former Steelers first-round bust in free agency https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/dallas-cowboys/news/cowboys-best-landing-spot-former-steelers-first-round-free-…

Bills-Jets takeaways: Buffalo gets one last win in Highmark Stadium https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6940369/2026/01/04/jets-bills-score-result-takeaways-nfl-week-18/

Khalil Mack returning to Chargers on one-year deal, looking for elusive playoff win: Source https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7090580/2026/03/07/khalil-mack-chargers-nfl-free-agency-2026/

Geno Smith Gets Jets, Dolphins Take Amid Raiders Release News https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/las-vegas-raiders/geno-smith-jets-dolphins-release-news/

Cowboys Tabbed to Cut Ties With Former 2nd-Round Pick https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/dallas-cowboys/sam-williams-tabbed-to-cut-ties-with-former-2nd-round-pick/

NFL wild-card odds, spreads: Rams huge favorites; Packers-Bears and Bills-Jaguars nearly even https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6942325/2026/01/05/nfl-wild-card-week-odds-rams-packers-bears/

Mailbag: Any scenario where Cowboys trade up? https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/mailbag-any-scenario-where-cowboys-trade-up

Mailbag: Any scenario where Cowboys trade up? https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/mailbag-any-scenario-where-cowboys-trade-up

NFL combine 2026: Grading Ty Simpson, Carson Beck and other top QB prospects during on-field workouts

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/draft/news/nf…

Cowboys Trade Idea Swaps Osa Odighizuwa for Defensive Superstar https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/dallas-cowboys/osa-odighizuwa-trade-swap-maxx-crosby/

Bucky Brooks 2026 NFL mock draft 2.0: Jets grab edge rusher, receiver; Rams double dip on DBs https://www.nfl.com/news/bucky-brooks-2026-nfl-mock-draft-2-0-jets-grab-edge-rusher-receiver-rams-double-dip-on-dbs

Cowboys Predicted to Land Former 1st-Round LB, 125 Tackle Machine Free Agent https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/onsi/news/dallas-cowboys-perfect-2026-nfl-free-agency-signing-super-bowl-champion-cb

NFC championship staff predictions: Seahawks vs. Rams final score picks, odds for NFL playoff game

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/nfc-championship-cbs-sp…

Charles Davis 2026 NFL mock draft 1.0: Jeremiyah Love slides; 49ers pluck TE https://www.nfl.com/news/charles-davis-2026-nfl-mock-draft-1-0

Agent's Take: Texans should be all in with new Will Anderson Jr. contract, but tread lightly with C.J. Stroud

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/agents-take-texans-will-…

Cowboys Urged to Trade Up in 2026 NFL Draft for Elite Pass Rusher https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/onsi/news/dallas-cowboys-urged-to-trade-up-in-2026-nfl-draft-elite-pass-rusher

Which NFC team has edge for No. 1 seed? Rams lead way but six teams have real shot to rise up

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/nfc-team-no-1-seed-rams-six-teams-nfl-playoffs/…

Cowboys 2026 NFL draft watch, Caleb Downs scouting report https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/onsi/news/cowboys-2026-nfl-draft-watch-caleb-downs-scouting-report