Tootfinder

#30DaysOfBiking, Day 24: Did a late afternoon ride without much a plan. Just wanted to see how much is left from the old railway track between #Tenero and #Minusio where they built the

Locarno–Madonna del Sasso funicular - Wikipedia

"Roughly 80 percent of House Republicans just lined up behind a plan to cut Social Security and ban all abortions."
House GOP plan would cut Social Security, ban all abortions - Vox
https://www.vox.com/politics/24108954/repu

House GOP plan would cut Social Security, ban all abortions
The House’s largest GOP caucus — the Republican Study Committee — this week unveiled a budget that would cut Social Security and ban all abortions. That’s a huge gift to President Biden’s reelection campaign.

Zwei Absätze um vorzutäuschen, wie viel man doch für Radvekehr machen wolle und dann einen dritten Absatz, um zu verschleiern, dass man absolut keinen Plan hat, das Vorgetäuschte auch nur irgendwie zu erreichen.
Die krasse Inkompetenz der Stuttgarter Stadtverwaltung ist eine Schande
https://sueden.soc…

Van der Burg brengt even wat realiteit in het debat over een "asielcrisis".
https://eenvandaag.avrotros.nl/item/staatssecretaris-eric-van-der-burg-ziet-weinig-in-plan-formerende-p…

Staatssecretaris Eric van der Burg ziet weinig in plan formerende partijen om asielcrisis uit te roepen
De vier formerende partijen willen de problemen rond asiel in Nederland als 'asielcrisis' bestempelen, om zo een asielstop in te voeren. Wat demissionair staatssecretaris Eric van der Burg betreft is dat een slecht plan.

Hey friends of the #mountains!
One more #photo from the hike I blogged about recently. This was about at 8am, shortly before reaching the hut. I plan to walk this mountain range later this year. I guess it'll be really cool 🙂
That day, the path led me to the left side further up th…

A Journey to New Heights: Hiking the Uncharted Summit
Join me on a wonderful mountain adventure with an early start to beat the heat, exploring the solitude of nature. Enjoy with me this fulfilling hike, capturing breathtaking vistas and concluding with a little thrill near the end.

Never forget about Starbucks’ “Phase Two”
#starbucks

Starbucks To Begin Sinister 'Phase Two' Of Operation
SEATTLE–After a decade of aggressive expansion throughout North America and abroad, Starbucks suddenly and unexpectedly closed its 2,870 worldwide locations Monday to prepare for what company insiders are calling “Phase Two” of the company’s long-range plan.

There seems to be some skepticism about the plan to go for a run after breakfast. These are pictures of my dogs. #DogsOfMastodon

I use this stretch of road at least five days a week so I'm excited for the proposed improvements, include bike lanes. It'll take some time but since I don't plan on moving soon I can wait.
➡️ https://lisbonavenue.org/

West Lisbon Avenue

Indian streaming service JioCinema launches an ad-free subscription plan with the lowest tier costing $0.35/month for a single device, undercutting rivals (Manish Singh/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/24/jioc

India's JioCinema launches Rs 29 premium tier featuring ad-free, 4K viewing | TechCrunch
JioCinema introduced new monthly subscription plan on Thursday, with the lowest tier costing just 35 cents.

#boeken #books
The new Dutch government wants to increase VAT on books to 21%, I signed a petition against this plan.
https://boekenpet…

Boekenprijs: 21% btw, een waardeloos idee
De voorgenomen hogere btw op (kinder)boeken zal leiden tot een forse prijsverhoging. Een slechte zaak, want het Nederlandse boek is dé basis van lees- en taalvaardigheid. We roepen daarom iedereen op deze petitie te tekenen tegen het voornemen de btw op boeken met 12% te verhogen.

The Law of Unintended Consequences has not been repealed.
https://idahocapitalsun.com/2024/04/23/loss-of-federal-protection-in-idaho-spurs-pregnant-patients-to-plan-for-emergency-air-transport/…

For the third time, Google delays the deprecation of third-party cookies in Chrome, pushing back its plans to early 2025 amid regulatory scrutiny (Seb Joseph/Digiday)
https://digiday.com/marketing/google-delays-third-party-cookie-demise-yet-again/<…

Ich linke ungern zur #Blöd, aber hier solltet ihr abstimmen...
https://m.bild.de/politik/inland/nach…

Plan für heute: Radtour im Dresdner Norden. Mal sehen, wo ich dann hin, wenn der erste Regen kommt.
#TileHunting #squadrats

Jury rules that 1971 deed covenant forbidding residential use of property in downtown Columbia MD is void because it conflicts with county's 2010 Master Plan.
Could be an important precedent, if it applies to covenants banning ADUs, duplexes, etc where county ordinances or state laws have legalized them in 1-family zones.

$17 million jury verdict paves way for major development on Columbia’s lakefront
Howard Hughes Corporation now owes more than $17 million in damages to a Howard County construction company.

Speaking of cutovers, planning on merging the PHP 8.2 upgrade PR for Joind.in's API over lunch today. That PR also includes a *lot* of type enforcement that wasn't there before, so I expect stuff to break. Plan is to have things fixed by the time folks want to throw #phptek feedback in for the last session of the day.
Want to help triage/clean up? Find me at the conference, or hop in Sl…

Dropped in on the Talbott #Motorcycle #museum in Carmel Valley today. Lots of cool racing #Motorbikes

Moto Talbott Museum—Official Site
The non-profit Moto Talbott museum in Carmel, California, features more than 150 iconic motorcycles from 12 countries, and is located on one of Northern California’s most beautiful motorcycle roads. Learn more and plan your visit.

“No backup, no plan for succession, nothing. The thing that alarms me about the situation is that no one found this alarming at the time. This kind of scenario is so normalized that downstream projects didn't even notice it.”
https://jenniferplusplus.com/the-free-softw…

The free software commons
Free and open source software has become a modern commons, but now it's vulnerable. Freedom isn't sufficient to secure it for the future.

@… is arguing that if it hurts, you need to do it more often.
Because you don't want to end up with 'git'ar hero:
In order to deal with this - plan for the unhappy path.
#git #NRSD2024

🚚 How Levi’s stitched AI into its iconic jeans
(… a better article than you’d think from the title, I particularly like that they can now distress jeans with lasers)
https://bigthink.com/business/how-levis-stitched-ai-into-its-iconic-jeans/…

How Levi’s stitched AI into its iconic jeans
How Levi Strauss & Co. executive vice chair Chip Bergh revitalized the brand with a visionary innovation plan.

2/ Und ich weiß, sie meinen das ernst! Sie haben es schon mal getan! Ich habe es selbst gesehen.
Vielleicht kann man die ja bis zum 9. Juni alle einsperren. Ich glaube, das ist auch der Plan der Staatsanwaltschaft. Aber so schnell wird das Verfahren wegen #kriminelleVereinigung nicht durch sein. Und eigentlich ist ja der Vorwurf auch absurd, das wird also noch ein paar Jahre und Instanzen dauern. Vielleicht können wir die #Klimachaoten dann zur nächsten EU-Wahl einsperren. Die nerven ja auch wirklich.
Blöd ist bei der ganzen Sache, dass ein Verfahren gegen Lukas Popp gerade in zweiter Instanz eingestellt wurde. Das passt natürlich überhaupt nicht zur kriminellen Vereinigung, denn wenn die #LetzteGeneration eine KV wäre, hätte das auch verfolgt werden müssen. Macht alles keinen Sinn, aber ich schweife ab. Eigentlich ging es doch um Bäume.

I'm excited by the idea of going to mars. I always have been.
I've always been excited by SpaceX's plan to go to mars. Nasa will certainly fund something and we will certainly do something wild, I'm sure.
But It's become so clear to me the past several years that after that there is no money. I've not heard one plan that makes sense to make money to fund trips to mars. There seem to be zero plans and it's embarrassing for everyone involved (and me)

There seems to be some skepticism about the plan to go for a run after breakfast. These are pictures of my dogs. #DogsOfMastodon

"Meta AI Chief Says Large Language Models Will Not Reach Human Intelligence"
His peers must hate him!
https://slashdot.org/story/24/05/22/143243/meta-ai-chief-says-large-language-models-will-not-…

Meta AI Chief Says Large Language Models Will Not Reach Human Intelligence - Slashdot
Meta's AI chief said the large language models that power generative AI products such as ChatGPT would never achieve the ability to reason and plan like humans, as he focused instead on a radical alternative approach to create "superintelligence" in machines. From a report: Yann LeCun, chief AI scie...

The underbelly of New York City's tabloid media industry was laid bare in a Manhattan courtroom on Tuesday.
A famous publisher outlined a secret plan he had with Donald Trump and his personal lawyer Michael Cohen, calling it an "agreement among friends".

Oh, boy. I brought out the BlueSky crazies this morning...
Folks seem to be purposefully misconstruing what currently happens vs what bluesky SAYS is happening. This is not okay.
You can't say something is currently happening and defend it by saying that's what you plan on doing in the future. That's false advertising. End of story.
BlueSky=Centralized.
I have found my answer to the matter at hand as it currently sits. In the FUTURE, they MIGHT be decentralized. However, I don't live in the future.

Als dit onderdeel wordt van het hoofdlijnenakkoord dan weten we ook weer dat Omtzigt net zoveel schijt aan de rechtsstaat heeft als Wilders.
Plan op formatietafel: 'Asielcrisis' uitroepen om strengere maatregelen https://nos.nl/l/2517804

Plan op formatietafel: 'Asielcrisis' uitroepen om strengere maatregelen
Vandaag praten de vier formerende partijen weer over asiel en migratie. Ze overwegen vergaande maatregelen.

The flaw in this plan is that this webcam is too high quality for my poor little machine to actually pull from and now I must fix up a dedicated machine just to handle the ludicrous output (4K, ~128MBps) for bird watching.

Social events at TNC provide a great opportunity for you to meet with friends, colleagues, and new faces outside of the main conference.
Will you take part in the traditional #TNCmorningRun this year? And are you looking forward to mingle, make connections and dance at the kick-off party? Either way, we can’t wait to see you there!
Check out all the social events included in the …

The GOP’s Grand Plan: Minority Rule – Mother Jones
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/04/ari-berman-interview-minority-rule-gop-republicans-founders/

The GOP's grand plan: minority rule
Ari Berman discusses his new book—and how conservatives are rigging the system.

Det, Trygve Lundemo, er fordi noen i fylkeskommunen som pr i dag eier veien Ÿnker at husket egentlig skal rives. De har en plan som sier at veien skal være breiest mulig. En plan som kom fra da staten (Statens Vegvesen) eide veien. De har all verdens tid. Venter de litt til så vil huset falle sammen.

Er det greit at de bruker pengene våre på dette?
De har somlet med å ta vare på praktbygningen i årevis. Nå kan de ikke vente lenger.

iHeartMedia and Deep Blue Sports Entertainment plan to launch the Women's Sports Audio Network, the "first-ever" audio platform solely for women's sports (Erin Doherty/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2024/04/23/iheart-deep-blue-womens…

iHeart, Deep Blue launch first audio platform dedicated to women's sports
The platform is called Women's Sports Audio Network

I think about this a lot... I should probably outline a plan for my primary web site.
"What happens to my domain, website and email when I die? "
➡️ https://sopuli.xyz/post/12962645

https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2024/04/20/sally-hayden-i-have-reported-in-rwanda-three-times-i-never-expected-to-be-blocked-from-entering/

Sally Hayden: I have reported in Rwanda three times. On my fourth attempt, I was not allowed on the plane
My reporting and experience in Rwanda was used as evidence in the legal challenge against the UK Home Office’s Rwanda deportation plan

The schedule for droidcon SF in June is up! Lots of interesting talks this year
#AndroidDev

Agenda - San Francisco
View the complete agenda for droidcon San Francisco and plan your trip to this year's event.

#UXDesign practice has optimized itself towards software for users and away from process for internal customers. Low fidelity design became discounted, because it is a tool for problem definition rather than solution delivery.
Unfortunately, losing this tool has undermined design's ability to influence strategy. Designers who still recognize that their cross-functional colleagues &amp…

Low fidelity design is higher up the value chain - UX Collective
This is part of an article series (starting here) exploring how every participant in the software design process can apply design decision-making methods to the way we organize teams, plan work, and…

Great news in Toronto where some councillors tried to ask the province legislate where protests should be even if nobody could name a single problematic protest that could have been prevented.
Thankfully the mayor and majority voted against this idea.
Lily Cheng of course doesn’t waste any opportunity to vote to give more power to the police.
#topoli

Medical rant, the Netherlands
Recently got the first jab for #dengue which is only available since last year.
In the Netherlands you need to plan this in advance, about ten months before you actually go anywhere. It will take you three months to get your first appointment, then after three months you need another appointment and this all needs to happen before your trip or they will threaten with stuff like internal bleeding..
I pay for this stuff, just give me the jab..

"[B]ecause election denial has cost taxpayers "many millions of dollars," laws must be "changed to impede prospective election deniers if they lose in November." He recommends that state legislatures "require candidates to sign binding pledges, under penalties of perjury, that they will accept the declared, official election results after challenges, recounts, litigation, and so on."
Attorney lays out game plan to make election denial cost-prohibitive…

Attorney lays out game plan to make election denial cost-prohibitive
Four years after the 2020 presidential race, former President Donald Trump and many other MAGA Republicans continue to make the false claim that the election was stolen from him. Moreover, some of the Republicans in Congress who have endorsed Trump in the 2024 election — including Sen. Tim Scott (R-...

What, I cannot emphasize enough, the fuck.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/key-senate-democrat-doesnt-plan-probe-justice-alito-upside-flag-rcna153170

Key Senate Democrat doesn't plan to probe Justice Alito over upside-down flag
Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Dick Durbin won't investigate Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito over an upside-down U.S. flag at his home in January 2021.

Source: the US DOJ and state AGs plan to sue Live Nation on Thursday for illegally abusing its live ticketing monopoly through its 2010 Ticketmaster acquisition (Sara Fischer/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2024/05/23/us-govern

U.S. government plans to sue Ticketmaster parent Live Nation for antitrust
The outcome of the legal battle with one of the largest ticketing and live events firms in the U.S. could upend the industry.

It's important to have the plan worked out in advance. Crossed signals can be awkward.
#Sims4 #TheSims4 #SWLRP

Oh for fuck's sake. I've really really tried to plan a July Europe holiday that minimises carbon footprint, uses #train etc.
Night train doesn't allow you to book very far in advance so there was no choice but to book the accommodation etc ahead. Calendar alarm tells me today's the day I can book the night train
:(

Social events at TNC provide a great opportunity for you to meet with friends, colleagues, and new faces outside of the main conference.
Will you take part in the traditional #TNCmorningRun this year? And are you looking forward to mingle, make connections and dance at the kick-off party? Either way, we can’t wait to see you there!
Check out all the social events included in the …

For the third time, Google delays the deprecation of third-party cookies in Chrome, pushing back its plans to early 2025 amid regulatory scrutiny (Seb Joseph/Digiday)
https://digiday.com/marketing/google-delays-third-party-cookie-demise-yet-again/<…

To #EU citizens.
Stop the austerity plan! - Greens EFA
ht…

Stop the austerity plan!
Tell MEPs that voting for the new austerity plan is a threat to hard working families, our quality of life and our precious planet. Send them an email now.

"Catalan cava producer Freixenet announces furlough for 615 workers due to drought"
https://www.elnacional.cat/en/business/catalan-cava-producer-freixenet-announces-furlough-615-workers-dr…

Catalan cava producer Freixenet announces furlough for 615 workers due to drought
World-renowned cava producer Freixenet has this Monday announced a furlough plan for 615 employees. The best-known producer of Catalonia's well-known sparkling wine has explained that the main reason is "force majeure" in the current context of the drought affecting the wine sector in Catalonia. The measure will affect the workers of the companies Freixenet SA and Segura Viuda SAU, and will be activated from May. As explained by the Freixenet company in a statement, the intensity of the furloug…

Countries Fail to Agree on Treaty to Prepare the World for the Next Pandemic - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/24/health/pandemic-treaty-vaccines.html

Countries Fail to Agree on Treaty to Prepare the World for the Next Pandemic
Negotiators plan to ask for more time. Among the sticking points are equitable access to vaccines and financing to set up surveillance systems.

"Apple unveils plan to reduce waste by using pre-owned parts in product repairs"
#Apple #Technology #EWaste

Apple unveils plan to reduce waste by using pre-owned parts in product repairs
Apple will soon update to its repair practices to enable customers and independent repair providers to re-use pre-owned Apple parts, thereby reducing the environmental footprint of the repair process.

#UXDesign practice has optimized itself towards software for users and away from process for internal customers. Low fidelity design became discounted, because it is a tool for problem definition rather than solution delivery.
Unfortunately, losing this tool has undermined design's ability to influence strategy. Designers who still recognize that their cross-functional colleagues &amp…

Low fidelity design is higher up the value chain - UX Collective
This is part of an article series (starting here) exploring how every participant in the software design process can apply design decision-making methods to the way we organize teams, plan work, and…

Looks like I’m going to be filling in another box on my 2024 #BingoCard: Raw-milk fans plan to drink up as experts warn of high levels of #H5N1 virus
#pandemic

Raw-milk fans plan to drink up as experts warn of high levels of H5N1 virus
Raw milk fans called warnings "fear mongering," despite 52% fatality rate in humans.

A fun, and ironic, historical note:
On August 25, 1918, the Washington Post published an editorial noting the UK's plan to impose a tax of 77% on the "excess profits" of shipping firms that were benefiting from World War I. On September 3, 1918, the International Steel & Ship Building Company placed an ad arguing that the UK tax was evidence that investing in ship building would deliver high profits...

EU-Wettbewerbskommissarin: Apple-Verstöße gegen neue Regeln wohl "sehr schwer"
Um den neuen EU-Regeln zu folgen, musste Apple das iPhone öffnen. Das Kleingedruckte hat erneut die Wettbewerbshüter auf den Plan gerufen.

Interesting post about the philosophy of games, and the potentially underappreciated category of 'cosy games': https://quinecraft.wordpress.com/2024/05/14/virtual-crops-and-real-world-laundry-1/

Virtual crops and real-world laundry (1)
This summer, I’m running a reading group on Thi Nguyen excellent Games: Agency as Art. I plan to post on whatever I find interesting as I go through it. Today, I want to press a bit on the on…

One of my position logs. So much stop advancement, not sure it's a good thing. The sells are partial profit takes that I take on some areas I plan ahead.

Three Catholic bishops and a nun walk into the White House. Here's why it's no joke.
https://religionnews.com/2024/05/23/three-catholic-bishops-and-a-nun-walk-into-the-white-house-heres-why-its-no-joke/<…

Three Catholic bishops and a nun walk into the White House. Here's why it's no joke.
(RNS) — We commit grave harm against ourselves through environmental destruction and we go against God’s plan for us.

🦋 UK aviation supplier lifts lid on plan to turn human waste into fuel
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/apr/11/uk-aviation-supplier-lifts-lid-turn-human-waste-fuel-wizz-air

Dutch car owners are showing less interest in electric cars, especially the proportion who say 'never' has increased.
Besides the perception of being too expensive to buy and use (purchase and charging prices) and swabbing government policies (threat of high road tax for EVs, removal of subsidies), ... (1/4)

Interesse in elektrische auto's neemt af | ANWB
Voor het eerst in jaren is de groep die niet van plan is elektrisch te gaan rijden, groter dan de groep die dit binnen vijf jaar wel van plan is. De hoge aanschafprijs is één van de voornaamste drempels.

Psychedelic church tries to hash out plan for 420 celebration - Los Angeles Times
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-04-19/4-20-canceled-in-san-franciscos-hippie-hill-not-i…

Psychedelic church tries to hash out plan for 420 celebration
San Francisco canceled its official 420 celebration at Golden Gate Park this year, but the Church of Ambrosia says it will step in to provide services.

Arizona Native Organizers Blaze a Blue Trail
Activists among Navajo and Hopi plan to elect Biden -- again
#BlueWaveRising #BidenHarris4More

Native Organizers Blaze a Blue Trail
Activists among Navajo and Hopi plan to elect Biden -- again

Microsoft and UAE-based G42 plan to build a $1B geothermal-powered data center in Kenya, opening in about two years, to boost computing capacity in East Africa (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

What, I cannot emphasize enough, the fuck.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/key-senate-democrat-doesnt-plan-probe-justice-alito-upside-flag-rcna153170

Key Senate Democrat doesn't plan to probe Justice Alito over upside-down flag
Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Dick Durbin won't investigate Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito over an upside-down U.S. flag at his home in January 2021.

"General Availability: Free hosting plan for WordPress on App Service"
Wonder if we could do this dasBlog ... I would not even need a database :)
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5

nach all den eher "üblichen" Popkonzerten gestern, und dem eher "Trash"-Auftritt vom Future Franz gerade eben gibt es jetzt auch noch Hochkultur mit Sänger:innen der Stuttgarter Oper.
Da ich irgendwie noch gar keinen Plan für das Clubfestival heute Abend/Nacht gemacht habe, bin ich mal gespannt, wohin es mich verschlägt. ;-)
#aboutpop

"Change by the boatload has left Americans anxious":
Rebuilding A Common-Good Society – Digby's Hullabaloo
https://digbysblog.net/2024/03/23/rebuilding-a-common-good-society/

Rebuilding A Common-Good Society - Digby's Hullabaloo
Truthiness doesn't care about your prescription drug plan

AWS plans to invest €15.7B in data centers in Spain's Aragon region, replacing a 2021 plan to spend €2.5B; the Aragon government says the deal is over 10 years (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/technology/amazon-web-service…

Source: the US DOJ and state AGs plan to sue Live Nation on Thursday for illegally abusing its live ticketing monopoly through its 2010 Ticketmaster acquisition (Sara Fischer/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2024/05/23/us-govern

U.S. government plans to sue Ticketmaster parent Live Nation for antitrust
The outcome of the legal battle with one of the largest ticketing and live events firms in the U.S. could upend the industry.

🦋 UK aviation supplier lifts lid on plan to turn human waste into fuel
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/apr/11/uk-aviation-supplier-lifts-lid-turn-human-waste-fuel-wizz-air

[Thread] In a meeting, Washington Post CEO Will Lewis told staff that the paper lost $77M over the past year, and saw a 50% drop off in audience since 2020 (Max Tani/@maxwelltani)
https://x.com/maxwelltani/status/1793291963292082564

Max Tani (@maxwelltani) on X
Washington Post CEO Will Lewis is introing the paper’s new “Build It” plan today. In a meeting with staff, he noted that the paper lost $77 million over the past year, and saw a 50% drop off in audience since 2020: “To be direct, we are in a hole, and we have been for some time."

"UK Government set for court challenge over ‘inadequate’ climate adaptation plan"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Climate #ClimateChange

Stop de langstudeerboete!
https://groenlinkspvda.nl/petitie-stop-de-langstudeerboete/

Petitie: stop de langstudeerboete! | GroenLinks-PvdA
Het kabinet komt met een langstudeerboete van 3000 euro. Dat is oneerlijk en vergroot de ongelijkheid. Teken de petitie, stop dit plan!

nach all den eher "üblichen" Popkonzerten gestern, und dem eher "Trash"-Auftritt vom Future Franz gerade eben gibt es jetzt auch noch Hochkultur mit Sänger:innen der Stuttgarter Oper.
Da ich irgendwie noch gar keinen Plan für das Clubfestival heute Abend/Nacht gemacht habe, bin ich mal gespannt, wohin es mich verschlägt. ;-)
#aboutpop

Dit gebeurt er als je als overheid niet daadkrachtig genoeg inzet op de transitie naar elektrisch rijden, in China doet men dat wel, in het slechte geval kan straks ook de europese auto industrie niet meer meekomen op dit vlak.
https://www.nu.nl/economie/630…

Hoge prijzen zorgen voor minder interesse in elektrisch rijden
De interesse in elektrisch rijden neemt af. De groep die niet van plan is elektrisch te rijden (28 procent) is voor het eerst sinds 2017 groter dan de groep die dit binnen vijf jaar wel van plan is ( (27 procent).

😥
https://mastodon.online/@protecttruth/112303779973239945

Eric Blair (@protecttruth@mastodon.online)
Attached: 2 images Post .news recently announced they are shutting down. Back in 2022, when they launched, I predicted this. Specifically, Post’s business plan was news micropayments. And I said that if they didn’t achieve monopoly power they couldn’t be profitable. That proved true.

Glad to see this is finally happening - it's a big deal & about time.
Long before COVID, in the days of Mayor Newsom, DBI coordinated the Community Action Plan for Seismic Safety (#CAPPS) - A very public process with participation by professional engineers, architects contractors as well as homeowners, renters, small business owners (esp retail)and rental property owners*
CAPPS ide…

SF wants plan to retrofit vulnerable buildings
Officials hope to minimize damage in the event of a major earthquake.

Glad to see this is finally happening - it's a big deal & about time.
Long before COVID, in the days of Mayor Newsom, DBI coordinated the Community Action Plan for Seismic Safety (#CAPPS) - A very public process with participation by professional engineers, architects contractors as well as homeowners, renters, small business owners (esp retail)and rental property owners*
CAPPS ide…

SF wants plan to retrofit vulnerable buildings
Officials hope to minimize damage in the event of a major earthquake.

"UK Government set for court challenge over ‘inadequate’ climate adaptation plan"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Climate #ClimateChange

Document: Microsoft added 500 megawatts of data center capacity since July 2023 and topped five gigawatts of total capacity in the H1 of its latest fiscal year (Eugene Kim/Business Insider)
https://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-plan-do…

Microsoft's astounding plan to triple data-center capacity for AI boom
The company wants to quickly double, and then triple, its data-center capacity, according to the confidential presentation.

#TNC24 is in full swing and a new set of parallel sessions has just started.
At 16:00 don’t miss the ⚡first strike of our TNC #LightningTalks ⚡ - one of the most popular and exciting TNC sessions, where presenters get the chance to give their ideas, stories and projects the attention they deser…

Caroline zit er dan ook niet voor de boeren maar voor de agromultimiljonairs!
https://www.ed.nl/politiek/adema-boeren-krijgen-onder-nieuwe-coalitie-minder-als-ze-vorig-jaar-hadden-…

Adema: ‘Boeren krijgen onder nieuwe coalitie minder, als ze vorig jaar hadden getekend, hadden ze 13,5 miljard gehad’
De beoogde coalitie van PVV, VVD, NSC en BBB zet juist minder geld voor boeren opzij dan het huidige kabinet van plan was, zegt demissionair landbouwminister Piet Adema.

Alles gaat volgens plan van het komende kabinet, zo groot mogelijke opvangcrisis organiseren lijkt. Formeel is de spreidingswet nog niet ingetrokken maar effecten nieuw kabinet al zichtbaar.
https://www.nu.nl/formatie-2023/6313293/nu<…

Nu al afname van plekken in asielopvang na nieuws intrekken spreidingswet
Het aantal opvangplekken lijkt al af te nemen sinds de formerende partijen een hoofdlijnenakkoord hebben bereikt, zegt demissionair staatssecretaris Eric van der Burg (Asiel). Volgens hem verwacht het Centraal Orgaan opvang asielzoekers (COA) vijftienhonderd opvangplekken minder dan twee dagen geleden.

"Global demand for oil could peak soon – NZ’s plan to revive offshore exploration doesn’t add up"
#NewZealand #Energy #FossilFuels

Global demand for oil could peak soon – NZ’s plan to revive offshore exploration doesn’t add up
Even the big oil companies are predicting global demand will decline within decades. With investment in oil exploration projected to decline too, New Zealand should be putting its energy elsewhere.

New York passes a first-of-its-kind employment tax credit plan to support independent news outlets in the state, offering $30M in yearly credits for three years (Stephanie Kaloi/The Wrap)
https://www.thewrap.com/new-york-local-news-tax-credits/

NY Lawmakers Pass $90 Million in Tax Credits for Local News
The plan aims to support independent New York local news organizations with three years of funding, including a cap of $320,000 per newsroom.

Former MS Gov Slams State's Confederate 'Celebration'
https://www.mediaite.com/politics/confederate-heritage-really-former-mississippi-gov-slams-states-plan-to-celebrate-con…

‘Confederate Heritage, Really?’ Former Mississippi Gov Slams State’s Plan to ‘Celebrate’ Confederate Heritage Month
Ray Mabus said his state's declaration of April as Confederate Heritage Month celebrates "something that was truly awful: people trying to own other people."

John Oliver’s full breakdown of Trump’s Project 2025 plan to reshape America:
https://x.com/BidenHQ/status/1803110928885456961

Biden-Harris HQ (@BidenHQ) on X
Here is John Oliver’s full breakdown of Trump’s Project 2025 plan to reshape America 👇

Des te schrijnender dat NL tegen gaat stemmen. We horen bij het clubje smerigste landen van de EU.
Maar Hup Oostenrijk!
https://nos.nl/artikel/2524832-natuurherstelwet-lijkt-toch-genoeg-steun-te-krijgen-door-draai-ooste…

Natuurherstelwet lijkt toch genoeg steun te krijgen door draai Oostenrijk
Oostenrijk was van plan om zich te onthouden van de stemming, maar is van plan om morgen voor de omstreden wet te stemmen.

Good morning from #Rennes! Le Couvent des Jacobins has just opened its doors to #TNC24 participants, for a full day dedicated to side meetings. Today’s topics include #research engagement,

Amazon Labor Union members vote to join forces with the 1.3M-member Teamsters union; ALU President Christian Smalls says Teamsters allocated $8M for organizing (Noam Scheiber/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/18/business/economy/…

How the Teamsters and a Homegrown Union Plan to Take On Amazon
An affiliation agreement between the Amazon Labor Union and the 1.3 million-member Teamsters signals an escalation in challenging the online retailer.

Agencies Cancel Plan to Frack Oil Wells, Build Pipelines in Los Padres National Forest : Indybay
https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2024/04/20/18865138.php

Agencies Cancel Plan to Frack Oil Wells, Build Pipelines in Los Padres National Forest : Indybay
VENTURA COUNTY, Calif., April 15, 2024 — Two federal agencies have confirmed the cancellation of applications for permits proposed a decade ago to drill and frack eight new wells on federal public land in Los Padres National Forest. The announcement, made April 3, comes just weeks after California officials proposed a statewide ban on this extremely dangerous fossil fuel extraction technique.

The US DOJ sues Adobe for allegedly harming "consumers by enrolling them in its default, most lucrative subscription plan without clearly disclosing" plan terms (Emma Roth/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/17/24180196/adobe…

US sues Adobe for ‘deceiving’ subscriptions that are too hard to cancel
Adobe is facing a lawsuit from the US government that accuses the software giant of hiding fees and making it difficult to cancel subscriptions.

NBCU partners with Group Black, a collective focused on Black-owned and Black-produced media, to launch multicultural content hub E! on Peacock (Brian Steinberg/Variety)
https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/nbcuniversal-group-black-peacoc…

NBCU, Group Black Plan to Launch Multicultural Hub E!+ on Peacock
NBCUniversal and Group Black plan to launch E!+, a new Peacock hub for programs aimed at diverse audiences

Air Force Abandons Plan to Mount Laser Weapon on Fighter Jet After Scrapping Similar Gunship Project | Military.com
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2024/05/17/air-force-abandons-…

Air Force Abandons Plan to Mount Laser Weapon on Fighter Jet After Scrapping Similar Gunship Project
The Self-Protect High-Energy Laser Demonstrator, or SHiELD, was envisioned as a laser weapon mounted on fighter jets such as the F-22 Raptor and F-35 Lightning II that would neutralize incoming missiles.

Bipartisan US Senators release a long-awaited plan for AI, calling for spending $32B annually by 2026 on R&D, creating a federal data privacy law, and more (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/15/tech…

Senators Propose $32 Billion in Annual A.I. Spending but Defer Regulation
Their plan is the culmination of a yearlong listening tour on the dangers of the new technology.

Administration releases maternal mental health plan - Roll Call
https://rollcall.com/2024/05/15/administration-releases-maternal-mental-health-plan/

Administration releases maternal mental health plan - Roll Call
The U.S. leads among maternal deaths compared to other high-income countries, with mental health-related conditions the biggest contributor.