Tootfinder

The US Senate committee hearing on the proposed Netflix acquisition of WBD is set for February 3; Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos is scheduled to testify (Ted Johnson/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2026/01/senate-hearing-netflix-ted-sarandos-1236696962/

Senate Hearing On Netflix-Warner Bros. Transaction Set For Feb. 3; Co-CEO Ted Sarandos To Testify
A Senate committee will examine the proposed Netflix acquisition of Warner Bros. at a hearing scheduled for next week, with co-CEO Ted Sarandos scheduled to testify. The hearing before the Senate Judiciary antitrust subcommittee will be held on Feb. 3, a spokesperson for Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT), confirmed. Lee is the chairman of the subcommittee, […]

Help Ukraine hit more refineries.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/27/putin-insists-ukraine-surrender-territory-for-peace-deal-possible?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

Following UK CMA's proposals, Google says it is exploring controls to let websites opt out of AI Overviews and AI Mode (Barry Schwartz/Search Engine Roundtable)
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-opt-out-of-search-ai-features-40831.html

Google Exploring Ways To Allow Sites To Opt Out Of AI Overviews & AI Mode
Google just announced it is looking into ways to allow websites to specifically opt out of Google using its content in the Search generative AI features such as AI Overviews and AI Mode. This comes b

The six-car ICE convoy came to a stop and instantly dozens of people swarmed it,
cellphones in hand,
while others ran out of nearby houses
—I saw a woman in gym shorts in the 20-degree weather
—and began surrounding the masked and heavily armed agents who had spilled out of their black SUVs.
The fury in the crowd felt almost like a physical force,
as real as the cacophony of whistles and honking cars and angry chants:
“ICE out! Fuck you! Go home!”

The Minneapolis Uprising
In the frozen streets of Minneapolis, something profound is happening.

The mass distribution in and around the Local Group: #MilkyWay is embedded in a ‘large-scale sheet’ and this explains the motions of nearby galaxies: https://www.astronomie.nl/nieuws/en/a-flat-surrounding-of-the-milky-way-explains-the-motion-of-nearby-galaxies-4796

Maybe some of the people who had surrendered to despair last week, to their imagined inevitability of the Trump Gang's onslaughts, will start to recognize the power of outrage, organization, and resistance, will take to heart Rebecca Solnit's warnings against "premature surrender"—against turning legitimate fear into false certainty.

This is appalling behavior by #NatanyahuAdministration's #thugs - but what really shocked me was the graph of West Bank Palestinians killed from 2010 through Nov of this year. I know that it was bad - I didn't realize it was this bad.
Video shows Israeli forces shooting Palesti…

Following UK CMA's proposals, Google says it is exploring controls to let websites opt out of AI Overviews and AI Mode (Barry Schwartz/Search Engine Roundtable)
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-opt-out-of-search-ai-features-40831.html

Google Exploring Ways To Allow Sites To Opt Out Of AI Overviews & AI Mode
Google just announced it is looking into ways to allow websites to specifically opt out of Google using its content in the Search generative AI features such as AI Overviews and AI Mode. This comes b

Partly bright and sunny, but fully cold and with generous amounts of wind. “Brisk” doesn’t even begin to do it justice. Still, I am a freak and love this weather. It felt good to be out moving. #TeamShorts of course.
Walked briefly twice to bring my HR down a bit and then stopped to mug at this beautiful Great Blue Heron looking for their lunch. 🐟

A missile screamed off the Trinidad coast, striking the vessel and igniting a blaze from bow to stern.
For minutes, commanders watched the boat burning on a live drone feed.
As the smoke cleared, they got a jolt: Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck.
Hegseth's order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all 

The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack
— the opening salvo in the Trump administration’s war on s…

Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.