Tootfinder

Google launches a cheaper AI Plus plan in India, costing ~$2.21 per month for the first six months and ~$4.44 thereafter, to compete with ChatGPT Go (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/10/google-launches-sub-5-ai-pl…

Google launches sub-$5 AI Plus plan in India to compete with ChatGPT Go | TechCrunch
For new users in India, Google is offering an AI Plus subscription for ₹199 ($2.21) for the first six months, after which you'll have to pay ₹399 ($4.44).

I got in a nice 7km run tonight, feeling better after having had a cold. Did the first 30 min or so in HR zone 2, then got irritated with the pace and decided to go a little faster for the last half hour. That might be the plan going forward. I believe in the expanded fitness levels that zone 2 builds, but it suuuucks!
Dedicating this run to my friend @…, wishing hi…

“How is it possible that a peace proposal ignores the International Court of Justice’s July 2024 Advisory Opinion, which reiterated that Israel’s occupation is illegal and must end?
How can it fail to mention the Palestinian’s right to self-determination?
Why are Palestinians, who have a right under international law to armed struggle against an occupying power, expected to disarm while Israel, the illegally occupying force, is not?”
And many more good questions.

Trump’s Sham Peace Plan
There will be no peace in Gaza. Only the temporary absence of war.

iPhone Air 2: Schlechte Verkäufe sorgen angeblich für Verschiebung
Das dünnste iPhone aller Zeiten kommt Analysten zufolge schlechter an als von Apple erhofft. Das ändert nun offenbar den Release-Plan für ein neues Modell.

Trump’s Sham #PeacePlan
There will be no peace in #gaza. Only the temporary absence of war.
By Chris Hedges
https://

Trump’s Sham Peace Plan
There will be no peace in Gaza. Only the temporary absence of war.

lazygit is perfection and that sadly means i will never learn jj
https://www.bwplotka.dev/2025/lazygit/

The (lazy) Git UI You Didn't Know You Need
When my son was born last April, I had ambitious learning plans for the upcoming 5w paternity leave. As you can imagine, with two kids, life quickly verified this plan 🙃. I did eventually start some projects. One of the goals (sounding rebellious in the current AI hype cycle) was to learn and use neovim for coding. As a Goland aficionado, I (and my wrist) have always been tempted by no-mouse, OSS, gopls based, highly configurable dev setups.

Los van eventuele dreigingen, Wilders wil bij voorkeur helemaal niet aan debatten deelnemen en/of interviews afgeven, daar kan hij alleen maar mee verliezen omdat hij geen enkel goed inhoudelijk plan heeft voor Nederland, laat staan ideeën over financiële dekking en dergelijke.
#wilders #politiek

YouTube TV plans to launch over 10 genre-specific, cheaper YouTube TV Plans in early 2026, including a Sports Plan featuring ESPN Unlimited and Fox Sports 1 (Todd Spangler/Variety)
https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/youtube-tv-plans-ge…

YouTube TV Plans Launching in 2026 With 10+ Genre-Specific Packages
In early 2026, YouTube plans to launch YouTube TV Plans, over 10 genre-specific packages including a sports tier with ESPN, FS1 and NBC Sports Network.

Beware of #spam calls offering you significant discounts on your phone or internet plan and a free high-end smartphone.
They start asking questions to collect info about you. It starts innocent: Who is your provider? How much data do you have on your own?
Don't tell them anything. Ask about the details of their offer, be insistent, they will give up.
Or just hang up.

Schade, dass der Nachtzug nach Malmö nun doch nicht kommt. Wobei ich ein kleines bisschen Verständnis dafür habe, dass die Schweiz sich nicht so ganz als Subventionsgeber für im großen Teil deutsch-dänisch-schwedische Verbindungen ansieht ...
https://www.badische-zeitung.de/nachtzug-v

Nachtzug von Basel nach Schweden kommt doch nicht
Skandinavien im Schlaf - das sollte ein Nachtzug von Basel nach Kopenhagen und Malmö liefern. Halt gemacht hätte der Zug auch in Baden-Württemberg. Nun ist der Plan geplatzt.

ReformUK and their ilk keep claiming it is easy for asylum seekers. Like if they eventually get settled status, the Home Office immediately makes them homeless. So easy for them, our beneficent welfare system. That's after living on a pittance while awaiting a decision, so no spare money to put down for a deposit.
Andy Burnham makes demand after claims government policies creating homelessness - Manchester Evening News

Andy Burnham makes demand after claims government policies creating homelessness
It comes after the government set out a new plan to tackle homelessness

Also my #infosec friends could learn a thing or two here from disaster prep if this isn't already a familiar idea.
Do you have a MISL for a large scale cvss 9 0-Day that's being exploited in the wild? Have you run a table top? You fucking should. Especially since we've all been through that shit several times now. You should absolutely have a clear plan of what's gonna happen, and your whole team should be able to respond.

RE: https://mastodon.social/@badastro/115350341474213632
This is a cute little piece. Great in particular if you plan to write some Martian science fiction with scenes set at the surface of the planet. Or on one of the moons. Or in orbit.

Thought I had a good sabbatical plan for the spring, but it's been upended by a one-time opportunity: I've ended up on the committee creating India's new national 11th and 12th grade curriculum/textbook in computer science. So much for the best laid schemes, but also exciting!

Even if I wanted to go the earthly version of hell I would say fuck no to providing my social media posts.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1dz0g2ykpeo

Trump admin reveals new militarized zone plan for California-Mexico border
https://www.axios.com/2025/12/11/trump-administration-us-mexico-border-militarized-zone-california

"Nature recovery plan in England hit by clause allowing contracts to end with a year’s notice"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Nature

The James Donald Forbes McCann Catamaran Plan
Writer/comedian/low-income husband and father James Donald Forbes McCann does not own a boat—yet...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/catamaran-plan/

Plan C turned out to be a nice day in the mountains. But Woah was there a chill wind. Good that I was prepared.
#hiking #wandern #mountains

In a letter, the SIA urges the USPTO to drop a plan to impose annual patent fees of 1% to 5% based on government-assessed value, replacing the flat-fee model (Jowi Morales/Tom's Hardware)

Chipmaking industry pushes back on U.S. Patent Office considering imposing annual fee based on assessed value — “tax on innovation” draws strong opposition from Semiconductor Industry Association
The federal government wants a bigger slice of the semiconductor pie through patents.

Today in #AbolishStateDOTs news..
#NYC #CrossBronxExpressway

@… ich darf keinen Plan machen. Pläne sind der Spontanitätskiller. Pläne sind der kleine Tod, der die völlige Auslöschung mit sich bringt. Ich werde meinen Mitspielenden ins Auge blicken. Ich werde zulassen, dass sie über mich und durch mich hindurchgehen. Und wenn es vorbei ist, werde ich das innere Auge richten, um eine Improvisation zu se…

Paramount releases its first earnings report since the Skydance takeover, posting Q3 revenue of $6.7B and a net loss of $257M; PSKY jumps 5% after hours (Alex Weprin/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business

David Ellison Goes Public: Paramount Releases First Earnings Report Since Skydance Takeover
The company is targeting $30 billion in revenue in 2026, Ellison told Wall Street in an investor letter, and is launching a "comprehensive strategic review" of assets that might not be core to his plan.

Love it when a plan comes together.
KDE Plasma 6.5.2 Wayland on FreeBSD 15 beta 5. My how-to will be updated tomorrow (some minor tweaks), but this is running solid on that laptop.
Thanks to @… for useful additions!
#freebsd

YouTube TV plans to launch over 10 genre-specific, cheaper YouTube TV Plans in early 2026, including a Sports Plan featuring ESPN Unlimited and Fox Sports 1 (Todd Spangler/Variety)
https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/youtube-tv-plans-ge…

YouTube TV Plans Launching in 2026 With 10+ Genre-Specific Packages
In early 2026, YouTube plans to launch YouTube TV Plans, over 10 genre-specific packages including a sports tier with ESPN, FS1 and NBC Sports Network.

It’s time to learn how water leak sensors work and search for one that’s compatible with home assistant or has some sort of API.
This is ruining my previous plan, where I deluded myself into thinking that I could have the patience to figure out how to write a driver for a mouse dongle

Hahaha, the US can fuck right off. You couldn’t pay me enough to visit that shithole country.
#USA

US could ask tourists for five-year social media history before entry
The plan would affect people from countries, including the UK, which can fill out a form in lieu of a visa.

Trump Unveils Plan for Tacky Giant Golden Addition to D.C.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-plotting-even-bigger-architectural-234958283.html

Anyone interested in following along with the brain dump before it's completely edified can feel free. It's the same one I've posted before.
Editing support (typos, corrections, questions) is always welcome.
https://anarchoccultism.org/building-zion/
Edit:
FYI, I've temporarily renamed it "Rainforest" but WriteFreely doesn't really support changing URLs or titles very well so it's stuck until I finish it. The temporary name is "Rainforest" because it's roughly the opposite of Desert. It is not simply optimistic rather than pessimistic... it's a plan.

From #RobertReich @rbreich@instagram.com and @imcivicaction@instagram.com @…
#Trump wants to invoke the

Britain clearly has a problem with too many people going to university, and Badenoch proposes to change that.
Imagine how much better off the UK would be, if Cameron, Osborne, Bojo, Gove et al had never gone to Oxford!
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/new…

Badenoch’s number caps plan would cut 100,000 university places
Tory leader to use conference speech to attack ‘debt trap degrees’ and pledge more money for apprenticeships

Amazon will invest $35B in India's cloud and AI sector by 2030, adding to the ~$40B it has invested in the country, and says the plan will create 1M more jobs (Dylan Butts/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/10/amazon-ple

Amazon pledges a massive $35 billion worth of investments in India’s AI space through 2030
Amazon has committed to investing $$35 billion in India’s cloud and AI space by 2030, as hyperscalers race to get a foothold in the market.

Except, of course, on city-owned property like Potrero Yards, because affordable housing doesn't pencil out.
And SF's Upzoning plan allows towers without on-site affordable, unlike the State Density Bonus, which actually requires significant on site affordable housing. Developers can just fee out for less than half the cost of building affordable units.
SO I wonder - who were the advisors on the Family Zoning Plan, and whose families would be built for?

Lurie warns Sunset: rezone or ‘there could be towers everywhere’ 
In doubleheader, Sen. Scott Wiener, architect of the state building mandates that require San Francisco to rezone, draws ire at Westside forum

Except, of course, on city-owned property like Potrero Yards, because affordable housing doesn't pencil out.
And SF's Upzoning plan allows towers without on-site affordable, unlike the State Density Bonus, which actually requires significant on site affordable housing. Developers can just fee out for less than half the cost of building affordable units.
SO I wonder - who were the advisors on the Family Zoning Plan, and whose families would be built for?

Lurie warns Sunset: rezone or ‘there could be towers everywhere’ 
In doubleheader, Sen. Scott Wiener, architect of the state building mandates that require San Francisco to rezone, draws ire at Westside forum

A look at Netflix's funding plan for WBD: $59B of debt financing via Wall Street banks, to be eventually replaced with bonds, term loans, and revolving credit (Emily Graffeo/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

EHDS als "Versuchskaninchen": Europas ambitionierter Plan für Gesundheitsdaten
Die EU plant mit Gesundheitsdaten und KI die digitale Souveränität. Experten diskutieren die Chancen, Risiken und wirtschaftlichen Hürden.

Was eine Wurst https://www.faz.net/aktuell/finanzen/donald-trump-will-auf-1-dollar-muenze-was-nach-satire-klingt-ist-ernst-gemeint-accg-110720319.html (€)

Exclusive: Dems Fire Back at Trump’s ‘Freaky’ Kid Self-Deportation Plan
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/exclusive-dems-congressional-hispanic-caucus-fire-back-at-trump-freaky-friday-child-minor-self-deportation

Majestic Labs, which makes patent-pending server architecture that promises more memory capacity, raised $100M, including a $71M Series A led by Bow Wave (Jennifer Elias/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/10/majestic-labs-meta-google-ai-funding.html
…

Former Google, Meta executives raise $100 million for high-capacity AI servers startup
The three plan to sell high-memory server technology.

Who are going to be the five D senators who chicken out and sign a blank check to the trumpies?
These wimpy-D's are willing to give away what little power we have left to obtain magic beans - which are worthless promises that the R's will allow a vote on ACA subsidies. A vote? We know that the R's will roll over that vote, that el-cheato won't sign, and that even if enacted, will simply become a bag of cash that el-cheato will use for whatever purpose he wants.
…

Republicans try to end shutdown without health care fix
Senate Republicans are trying to end the government shutdown by preparing a bipartisan package of spending bills that they hope will win new Democratic votes. It's unclear whether their plan will work. Democrats have voted 14 times not to reopen the government as they demand an extension of health care subsidies, which aren't expected to be part of the legislation. Many say they will continue to hold out until President Donald Trump and Republican leaders negotiate with them on an extension. A …

Quite interesting but "no role for Hamas and other factions", What does that mean? Fatah? And isn't that a matter for the Palestinian people?
A decolonised alternative to Trump’s Gaza peace plan | Donald Trump | Al Jazeera
https://www.a…

A decolonised alternative to Trump’s Gaza peace plan
Only a decolonised plan centred on Palestinian sovereignty can bring lasting peace to Gaza.

This is how you say that the Republicans are rigging the voting systems without saying the Republicans are rigging the #voting systems.
Michael Steele knows. The #Republicans aren't worried about this election because they have a Plan B. Watch this space:

"The Marshall Plan did help rebuild Europe. The Civil Rights Movement did end Jim Crow. Smallpox was eradicated through an international coordination effort. The Montreal Protocol did address the ozone hole. Are these perfect success stories? No, they all happened through a series of shitty compromises, through flawed execution and with unintended consequences." <-- Thanks Joan!

RE: https://mastodon.social/@bagder/115672975717795897
I was having a conversation at work about this recently. AI is a great tool when you have problems and plan for it. It is not, and never will be, a direction to go solely because it is AI 😆

Average man, average man
Median height, weight, and arm span
Fits a shirt, medium size
Airplane legroom will suffice
Average man, average man
Tells his dates he's five foot ten.
Faster than half his peers,
Gets buzzed from a couple beers.
How tough is he? Worry not:
Orders takeout "medium hot."
Average man, average man
Has a 401k plan
Doesn't follow news at all
Skipped his annual physical
Wears ties wi…

An investor group and AI developer Voltai plan to use AI to design, build, and run a 3GW data center in South Korea, set to cost up to $35B and open in 2028 (Jiyoung Sohn/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/tech/a-…

The White House published a photo in which Netanyahu is seen forced by Trump to apologize to Qatari PM Al Thani while reading a piece of paper on the phone. I guess the script was 99% sure provided to him by Trump or his administration.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/whitehouse/5

The ARRL has a long online text band plan which they have condensed for HF into The Considerate Operator's Frequency Guide which is not really in a convenient form to print and carry with you into the field when operating portable

Wildbergers Modernisierungsagenda klingt nach digitalem Frühling: weniger Zuständigkeiten, KI im Amt, mutige Experimente. Aber wie Adi Preissler wusste: Entscheidend is’ auf’m Platz. Papier kann vieles, Praxistests zeigen alles. Ohne Unterstützung aus allen Ressorts – und vom Kanzler – bleibt's ein schöner Plan, meint Johannes Winkelhage im FAZ #Digitalwirtschaft Newsletter

https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/propaganda
I plan on doing this with my kids when I have them.

"Tory plan to scrap net zero target puts UK climate leadership at risk"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Climate #ClimateChange

Tory plan to scrap net zero target puts UK climate leadership at risk
In the mid-2000s, soon after becoming Conservative leader, David Cameron hugged a husky on a trip to the Arctic, in what was widely described as an attempt to "detoxify" the Tory brand. Eighteen years later, Kemi Badenoch has promised to scrap the law that once made that rebranding credible.

It’s time to learn how water leak sensors work and search for one that’s compatible with home assistant or has some sort of API.
This is ruining my previous plan, where I deluded myself into thinking that I could have the patience to figure out how to write a driver for a mouse dongle

Crunchyroll announces it is shutting down its free ad-supported streaming option on December 31; Crunchyroll subscriptions start at $7.99/month or $79.99/year (Luke Bouma/Cord Cutters News)
https://cordcuttersnews.com/crunchyroll-is-shutting-down-its-free…

Crunchyroll is Shutting Down Its Free Ad-Supported Plan | Cord Cutters News
Crunchyroll will eliminate its ad-supported free tier on December 31, 2025, ending the last remaining way to legally watch anime on the platform without paying a subscription fee. The change, delivered unceremoniously through an in-player message that replaced a scheduled advertisement, marks the quiet conclusion of an option that had persisted, in increasingly limited form, […]

🌷 China’s lopsided growth puts spotlight on Xi’s five-year plan
#china

China’s lopsided growth puts spotlight on Xi’s five-year plan
Data about China's economy arrived as top officials gather in Beijing for what is known as the Communist Party’s fourth plenum to hash out development plans through 2030.

#AdventOfCode Day 5: My stupid part 1 solution was too slow (because I checked each ingridient instead of compare the ranges). After fixing that it was fast and correct. I have a plan for part 2, but $job to do, so let's see when I get a round tuit (to quote an old #Perl saying).

https://mastodon.social/@randahl/115507006485634894
This is why @… made the Gaza Verified Archive (e.g., see

OpenAI expands its ~$5 ChatGPT Go plan to 16 new Asian countries, including Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippines, and Vietnam, after launching it in August (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/09/openais-affordable-ch…

OpenAI's affordable ChatGPT Go plan expands to 16 new countries in Asia | TechCrunch
OpenAI is expanding its $5 per month ChatGPT Go plan to 16 more countries.

Gee, wouldn't it be nice if Lashinsky actually talked about how the plan would or would not support affordable housing, or had some references to support that upzoning helps develop large amounts of housing affordable to the mix of incomes in the community? (Esp in already densely built areas, liek San Francisco)
Because all of the research I have done says this is family zoning for families making over $250K a year. But I'm sure the Mayor's realtor brother is eager for m…

In the debate over Lurie’s Family Zoning Plan, emotions are still trumping facts 
I called the mayor’s upzoning scheme “incremental.” Some readers were having none of it.

Gee, wouldn't it be nice if Lashinsky actually talked about how the plan would or would not support affordable housing, or had some references to support that upzoning helps develop large amounts of housing affordable to the mix of incomes in the community? (Esp in already densely built areas, liek San Francisco)
Because all of the research I have done says this is family zoning for families making over $250K a year. But I'm sure the Mayor's realtor brother is eager for m…

In the debate over Lurie’s Family Zoning Plan, emotions are still trumping facts 
I called the mayor’s upzoning scheme “incremental.” Some readers were having none of it.

The Trump plan: "gives Palestinians the choice between genocide and apartheid".
El mundo entero celebra el plan de Trump para Gaza: lecciones (no) aprendidas de los Acuerdos de Oslo
https://www.eldiari…

El mundo entero celebra el plan de Trump para Gaza: lecciones (no) aprendidas de los Acuerdos de Oslo
Mientras se negocian los detalles del plan para Gaza y el alto el fuego, el texto plantea a los palestinos una elección entre genocidio y apartheid. El mundo ha elegido apartheid

The response has not been enthusiastic in its support.
Trump Announces Plan For 50-Year Home Mortgages - Joe.My.God.
https://www.joemygod.com/2025/11/trump-announces-plan-for-50-year-home-mortgages/

Think Tank legt Zehn-Punkte-Plan für europäische Seekabel-Strategie vor
Vier US-Konzerne kontrollieren 71 Prozent der Seekabel-Kapazität. Ein Brüsseler Think Tank fordert jetzt eine ganzheitliche EU-Gegenstrategie.

"Xcel doubles down on plan to swap coal for clean power in Minnesota"
#US #USA #America #Minnesota

Xcel doubles down on plan to swap coal for clean power in Minnesota
With demand rising and tax credits expiring, the utility wants to rapidly expand the batteries and solar it’s building near the shuttering Sherco coal…

24 Hour Business Plan Podcast
The business planning podcast for leaders who want clear, practical strategies to drive growth and execution without the jargon...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/24-hour-business-plan/ …

Crunchyroll announces it is shutting down its free ad-supported streaming option on December 31; Crunchyroll subscriptions start at $7.99/month or $79.99/year (Luke Bouma/Cord Cutters News)
https://cordcuttersnews.com/crunchyroll-is-shutting-down-its-free…

Crunchyroll is Shutting Down Its Free Ad-Supported Plan | Cord Cutters News
Crunchyroll will eliminate its ad-supported free tier on December 31, 2025, ending the last remaining way to legally watch anime on the platform without paying a subscription fee. The change, delivered unceremoniously through an in-player message that replaced a scheduled advertisement, marks the quiet conclusion of an option that had persisted, in increasingly limited form, […]

De VVD:
"Demissionair minister Mariëlle Paul (Sociale Zaken en Werkgelegenheid, VVD) heeft zich, voordat ze besloot een regeling rond huisvestingskosten voor arbeidsmigranten in stand te houden, niet laten adviseren door uitzendkoepel ABU en andere partijen."

Minister Paul besloot eigenhandig plan in te trekken dat arbeidsmigranten moest beschermen
Arbeidsmigranten: Vakbonden, de uitzendbranche en SER-voorzitter Kim Putters zeggen niet met minister Mariëlle Paul van Sociale Zaken (VVD) te hebben gesproken over intrekking van een zorgvuldig voorbereid kabinetsplan.

Trump Administration Withdraws Plan to Overhaul Homeless Aid - The New York Times
https://archive.ph/m2uAQ

“Gevraagd of er een plan b is voor als de VS zich terugtrekt antwoordde Rutte ontkennend. Zo'n plan is volgens hem niet nodig.”
De eerste keer dat ik serieus hoop dat Rutte liegt.
NAVO-chef Rutte: Poetin denkt ten onrechte dat hij het langer volhoudt https://nos.nl/l/2593056

NAVO-chef Rutte: Poetin denkt ten onrechte dat hij het langer volhoudt
De buitenlandministers van de landen waren vandaag bijeen in Brussel, maar moesten het zonder de Amerikaanse minister doen.

A look at CollectiveMetrics.org, a new nonprofit founded by two ex-Meta ad executives that aims to bring more transparency to digital advertising to fight scams (Craig Silverman/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/scam-ads-are-flooding-so…

Scam Ads Are Flooding Social Media. These Former Meta Staffers Have a Plan
Rob Leathern and Rob Goldman, who both worked at Meta, are launching a new nonprofit that aims to bring transparency to an increasingly opaque, scam-filled social media ecosystem.

Chinese state-backed chipmaker Hygon, which makes server CPUs, calls off merger with its top shareholder and server maker Sugon; the merger was announced in May (Wataru Suzuki/Nikkei Asia)
https://asia.nikkei.com/business/technology/c…

Chinese chipmaker Hygon calls off merger with top shareholder
Shares fall as companies blame 'market environment' for change of plan

"Great British Energy plans 15 GW clean energy investment"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Energy

Great British Energy plans 15 GW clean energy investment
UK government-owned energy company’s first strategic plan sets GBP 15 billion private finance target and commits to support for more than 1,000 local and community energy generation projects.

Sexpuppen in Kinderoptik: Frankreich droht Shein
Sexpuppen mit kindlichem Aussehen bei Shein rufen in Frankreich die Justiz auf den Plan. Die Plattform handelt, doch die Regierung verschärft den Ton.
https://www.

European Union 27, under far right climate denialist pressure, opts for lower carbon emissions target and keeps door open for offsets beyond the EU, despite having been given a highly critical report on them.
No coverage that I can find in the UK press.
El tirón antiecológico germina en el plan contra el cambio climštico de la Unión Europea

El tirón antiecológico germina en el plan contra el cambio climático de la Unión Europea
Dos años después de que la UE forzara una histórica petición de abandonar los combustibles fósiles, la presión de los partidos negacionistas se hace notar en vísperas de la Cumbre del Clima de Brasil

For the past 15 years, I've observed San Francisco leaders talk about how important climate action is - but not actually do a lot. There now a petition asking the Mayor to take meaningful action at
https://sign.moveon.org/petitions/mayor-lurie-implement-…

Mayor Lurie: Prioritize Climate Action Plan goals as you restructure city government
San Francisco approved a detailed and comprehensive Climate Action Plan in 2021 with a top-line goal of net-zero GHG emissions by 2040. Some progress towards this goal has been made since then, including general fund budget money awarded over the last few years to the SF Environment Department, for the first time ever. But we are now in danger of going backwards in our fight to mitigate climate change. Mayor Lurie and the Board of Supervisors recently approved a 2-year budget that revokes...

For the past 15 years, I've observed San Francisco leaders talk about how important climate action is - but not actually do a lot. There now a petition asking the Mayor to take meaningful action at
https://sign.moveon.org/petitions/mayor-lurie-implement-…

Mayor Lurie: Prioritize Climate Action Plan goals as you restructure city government
San Francisco approved a detailed and comprehensive Climate Action Plan in 2021 with a top-line goal of net-zero GHG emissions by 2040. Some progress towards this goal has been made since then, including general fund budget money awarded over the last few years to the SF Environment Department, for the first time ever. But we are now in danger of going backwards in our fight to mitigate climate change. Mayor Lurie and the Board of Supervisors recently approved a 2-year budget that revokes...

Inside Stephen Miller’s Secret Plan To Normalize Trump’s Dictator Rule | Portside
https://portside.org/2025-10-08/inside-stephen-millers-secret-plan-normalize-trumps-dictator-rule

"HSBC accused of ‘backtracking on climate’ as it updates net-zero transition plan"
#HSBC #Banks #Finance #Climate

Q&A with Patreon CEO Jack Conte on social media algorithms, studying music at Stanford, streaming, paying out $10B, creators, TikTok, influencers, AI, and more (Katie Drummond/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/the-big-interview-podcast-jack-conte-patreon/

Patreon CEO Jack Conte Wants You to Get Off of Your Phone
The man who cofounded Patreon is tired of influencers making content to get clicks. He’d rather creators earn lifelong fans—and he has a plan for that.

Several of Asia's top tycoons and conglomerates are joining the data center race as tech giants plan $240B in APAC hyperscale expansion over the next five years (Jonathan Burgos/Forbes)
http://www.forbes.com/sites/jonathanburgos/2…

The Asian Billionaires Riding The Data Center Boom
The buildout of AI infrastructure in the Asia-Pacific is in high gear. Masayoshi Son and Mukesh Ambani are among the region's wealthiest taking the lead.

"Senior Tories dismayed at Badenoch’s ‘catastrophic’ vow to repeal Climate Change Act"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Climate

If #MayorLurie could only explain how this plan would provide housing affordable to the full mix of household incomes, without trotting out the hypothetical (and misleading) explanations of #filtering and related misleading

Vancouver housing is 'impossibly unaffordable,' says new report
Vancouver is behind only Hong Kong and Sydney, according to the 2024 Demographia International Housing Affordability Report. Read more.

If #MayorLurie could only explain how this plan would provide housing affordable to the full mix of household incomes, without trotting out the hypothetical (and misleading) explanations of #filtering and related misleading

Vancouver housing is 'impossibly unaffordable,' says new report
Vancouver is behind only Hong Kong and Sydney, according to the 2024 Demographia International Housing Affordability Report. Read more.

Bundesregierung verabschiedet "Modernisierungsagenda"
Bei seiner Klausurtagung hat das schwarz-rote Bundeskabinett einen Plan zur Modernisierung des Staates verabschiedet – mit einigen offenen Punkten.
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Paramount launches a hostile bid to acquire WBD, offering WBD shareholders $30 per share in an all-cash deal; sources say WBD rejected the same bid last week (CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/08/paramount-skydance-hostile-bid-wbd-netflix.html

Paramount Skydance launches hostile bid for WBD after Netflix wins bidding war
Netflix won a bidding war for the Warner Bros. film studio and HBO Max streaming service, but it doesn't plan to buy WBD's TV networks.

"Asad Rehman, chief executive of Friends of the Earth, said:
“Kemi Badenoch’s desperate attempt to sound like Donald Trump on climate change is taking her party further away from the interests of future generations, businesses, and the needs of ordinary people.
"Millions of lives are already being ruined and nature is being pushed to the brink. An act of political vandalism of this scale will not be easily forgiven or forgotten."

Replacing Climate Change Act is political vandalism that would abandon future generations | Friends of the Earth
Kemi Badenoch’s plan to replace the Climate Change Act is anti-science, anti-business and turns its back on those at the sharp end of climate breakdown now and future generations, says Friends of the Earth.

Can tourism be respectful? Native Hawaiians have a plan. - The Washington Post
https://archive.ph/zI8QY

Digitalminister: Kupfernetz soll gebietsweise abgeschaltet werden
Das Digitalministerium stellt Eckpunkte zur Kupfer-Glas-Migration zur Konsultation. Kupfernetze sollen drei Jahre nach Glasfaser-Vollausbau stillgelegt werden.

Q&A with Patreon CEO Jack Conte on social media algorithms, studying music at Stanford, music streaming economics, creators, TikTok, influencers, AI, and more (Katie Drummond/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/the-big-interview-podcast-jack-conte-patreon/…

Patreon CEO Jack Conte Wants You to Get Off of Your Phone
The man who cofounded Patreon is tired of influencers making content to get clicks. He’d rather creators earn lifelong fans—and he has a plan for that.

Internal memo: Johny Srouji, who oversees Apple's chip division, tells staff that "I don't plan on leaving anytime soon" (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-08/apple-chip-chief…

MS NOW, formerly MSNBC, plans to launch membership subscriptions in the summer of 2026, offering events, curated insights, and moderated community spaces (Sara Fischer/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/12/04/ms-now-msnbc-subscription-plan-members

Exclusive: MS Now to launch membership-based subscription product next summer
It represents the most significant digital investment in the network's 30-year history.

Tories, incredibly enough led by an African woman, go full fascist.
Conservatives pledge to remove 750,000 migrants under borders plan - BBC News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c708g5x2yqzo

Conservatives pledge to remove 750,000 migrants under borders plan
The party unveils new policies on illegal migration as its annual conference begins in Manchester.

Sources: Tesla abandoned Elon Musk's goal to make thousands of Optimus robots in 2025 due to significant technical challenges, especially with the robots' hands (Theo Wayt/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/el…

As Elon Musk Preps Tesla’s Optimus for Prime Time, Big Hurdles Remain
When Elon Musk takes the stage at Tesla’s annual meeting next month, one of the centerpieces of his plan to impress shareholders will be a dancing troupe of Optimus bots, the humanoid machines that he says will eventually eclipse Tesla’s electric vehicle business, which is suffering from ...

An interview with Guardian EIC Katharine Viner on plans to produce more video and audio and create jobs focused on social media and visual elements globally (Charlotte Tobitt/Press Gazette)
https://pressgazette.co.uk/news-leaders/kathari…

Katharine Viner interview: Guardian editor sets out multi-year transformation plan
Interview with Guardian editor-in-chief Katharine Viner about her first ten years, upcoming transformation plan, and Noel Clarke libel case.

"My supervisor @ BLM (Bureau of Land Management) just informed his team that they were told not to give a rating higher than a 3 on our performance plan. Anything higher requires a justification to be written"
Employee Prefomance Ratings Vent. : r/fednews
https://www.reddit.com/r/fednews/comments/1pftabq/employee_prefomance_ratings_vent/

Vodafone and AST SpaceMobile plan to establish a Europe-led satellite constellation, operated out of Germany, to provide satellite-to-smartphone connectivity (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/vodafone-ast-spacemobile-launch…

Meta says it will invest $600B in the US infrastructure and jobs by 2028; Zuckerberg told Trump at a September dinner that Meta will spend "at least $600B" (Juby Babu/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/meta-plans-600-billio…

Sources: Meta does not plan to abandon building the metaverse, and expects to shift the savings from the layoffs into investments in its AR glasses (Mike Isaac/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/technology/meta-cuts-metaverse-unit.html

Meta Weighs Cuts to Its Metaverse Unit
Meta plans to direct its investments to focus on wearables like its augmented reality glasses but does not plan to abandon building the metaverse.

Sources: Sequoia's Pat Grady and Alfred Lin plan to deepen the firm's AI focus and reframe its image as less politically partisan, after Roelof Botha's exit (Kate Clark/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20