Tootfinder

The domestic (electric) regional trains in Austria all seem to be very new and shiny. Compare to the sad diesel regional train over the border to Sopron that I arrived in on Thursday. #ÖBB

This kinda got lost in today's events:
"Immigration agents mistakenly detain deputy U.S. marshal in Tucson, feds confirm"
https://tucson.com/news/local/border/article_2573f016-3596-4f32-93f7-7e99b6459675.html

Immigration agents mistakenly detain deputy U.S. marshal in Tucson, feds confirm
A deputy U.S. marshal was mistakenly detained by immigration agents inside the federal building that houses Tucson's immigration court, U.S. Marshals Service officials confirmed on Thursday.

NFL news roundup: Lions LB Malcolm Rodriguez (knee) has conservative timetable of late-season return https://www.nfl.com/news/nfl-news-roundup-latest-league-updates-from-thursday-june-5

Google Calendar: I found an event in my calendar for this Thursday, without a title or description, but a specific time (12:20-13:05). It is my private calendar, so I know I created it. So I am probably going to miss something this Thursday, but I don't know what.
What I found interesting is that when I asked Gemini it was able to tell me when I *created* that event, a piece of metadata that is not visible in the Google Calendar UX in any way.

Podcast: What To Watch For with Raiders Manadary Mini-Camp on the Horizon https://www.si.com/nfl/raiders/las-vegas-pete-carroll-chip-kelly-patrick-graham-mandatory-minicamp

AMD says it has acquired the team behind AI inference chip developer Untether AI, a day after announcing it acquired AI software optimization startup Brium (Dylan Martin/CRN)
https://www.crn.com/news/components-periph

Exclusive: AMD Acquires Team Behind AI Chip Startup Untether AI
AMD confirmed on Thursday to CRN that it has acquired the employees behind AI chip startup Untether AI.

Now lets guess what colour ouf the skin this Deputy US Marshal has.
Immigration agents mistakenly detain deputy U.S. marshal in Tucson
#ICE
https://tucson.com/news/local/bo…

Immigration agents mistakenly detain deputy U.S. marshal in Tucson, feds confirm
A deputy U.S. marshal was mistakenly detained by immigration agents inside the federal building that houses Tucson's immigration court, U.S. Marshals Service officials confirmed on Thursday.

Multiple Republican lawmakers appeared split as the feud between Trump and Musk escalated into an all-out social media war on Thursday.
At the heart of the breakup is their disagreement over Trump’s “big, beautiful bill,” which Musk has called a “disgusting abomination.”
https://www.

Team Trump vs. Team Musk: Republicans torn as billionaire bromance ends
At the heart of the breakup is the pair's disagreement over President Donald Trump's “big, beautiful bill,” which Elon Musk has called a “disgusting abomination."

apparently every first Thursday now there is a hoedown on the street outside my office and we are revitalizing downtown San Francisco with lots of cowboy hats and a mechanical bull 🐂 (I will not be trying it).

Won’t someone think of the jackbooted thugs?
“…ICE officers themselves…facing inhumane conditions…showing symptoms of respiratory infections…can’t get proper testing for diagnoses…at risk of rocket attacks from Yemeni terrorists…lack body armor or other protective gear. …Trump…said…judge was ‘literally putting ICE agents’ lives in danger.’
…not quite true…judge never said they had to stay there…officials are ‘manufacturing the…chaos they decry.’”

ICE details dangerous working conditions in Djibouti. But they don’t have to be there.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers are laboring under dangerous conditions while maintaining custody over migrants they’re holding at a military base in Djibouti, according to a declaration from an ICE official Thursday.

Former Cowboy and Super Bowl champion, Tom Rafferty, dies at 70 https://insidethestar.com/former-cowboy-and-super-bowl-champion-tom-rafferty-dies-at-70

China issues warrants for alleged Taiwanese hackers and bans a business for pro-independence links
https://apnews.com/article/chian-taiwan-hacking-wanted-kuma-f937096e3163470b21597b4ec809d799

China issues warrants for alleged Taiwanese hackers and bans a business for pro-independence links
China has issued warrants Thursday for 20 Taiwanese people it said carried out hacking missions in the Chinese mainland on behalf of Taiwan’s ruling party, while separately banning dealings with a Taiwanese company whose owners mainland authorities called “hardcore Taiwan independence supporters.” Police in the southern manufacturing hub of Guangzhou said they were led by a man named Ning Enwei on behalf of Taiwan’s independence-leaning Democratic Progressive Party but did not identify …

TTC new CEO took the bus from Kennedy to Scarborough Town Center to do his press conference.
Like Andy Byford, an actual CEO that uses transit. Refreshing (the bar is low). Cautiously optimistic.
https://www.

REfugEEs From Beyond – Weird Real Freestyle
#byncsa

We in Game Workers Unite Ireland stand in solidarity with Animation Workers of Ireland, and the international trade union coalition happening to organise against the threat of AI in the animation industry, and we support their call to acton.
Join them Thursday 12 June at 14:00 at the Pâquier in Annecy!!
#Animation

GenAI-free WorldCon alternative!
Mia Tsai: on Bluesky: "ConCurrent Seattle, a one-day SFFH con intended to be an alternative program to WorldCon"
Thursday, August 14, 2025
ACT Theatre, downtown #Seattle
> My vision for ConCurrent was simple
> one day of excellent programming; have it be free to attend; run it efficiently; and never use genAI/L…

Mia Tsai (@itsamia.bsky.social)
There’s no way to ease into this news, so here it is. Today, I am announcing ConCurrent Seattle, a one-day SFFH con intended to be an alternative program to WorldCon, scheduled for Thursday, August 14, 2025, at the ACT Theatre in downtown Seattle at 700 Union Street, across from the Sheraton. 1/7

Seems weird that Tesla would resort to trash talking with a PowerPoint. Very LinkedIn brofluencer vibes. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/05/us/trump-musk-tesla-ev-credits.html?smid=url-share

Tesla Shares Slide as Trump-Elon Musk Feud Escalates
President Trump said on Thursday that Elon Musk was upset about the repeal of an electric vehicle tax credit — a claim Mr. Musk swiftly rejected.

Human cost of working on the railways revealed in database https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/about/news/human-cost-of-working-on-the-railways-revealed-in-database/

Human cost of working on the railways revealed in database - The National Archives
A new public database listing records about railway accidents is being launched at The National Archives on Thursday 5 June to coincide with Volunteers Week. The Railway Work, Life & Death project makes accessible information about 4,500 railway staff killed or injured at work between 1911-1923. It has been made possible because volunteers at The […]

Germany's Merz Secures Long-Awaited Trump Meeting on June 5 (Arne Delfs/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-31/germany-s-merz-secures-long-awaited-trump-meeting-on-thursday
http://www.memeorandum.com/250531/p29#a250531p29

#Jellyfin for #Roku 3.0.4 will be published on Thursday, May 29, 2025 5:00 PM PT
🎉 New Features
- Create minimum server version check and notification
- Show live TV channel number and logo in OSD
- Add media overview button to OSD
- Display video ending time above see…

Rafferty known for being determined https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2025/jun/07/rafferty-known-for-being-determined/

One call made my day...
Can we move the implementation from Friday to Thursday? Answer, yes.
Can we arrange for a special set of backups before and after? Answer, yes... after I pick up my jaw when it hit the floor. (Normally we ask for just one before we start).

Viewing large language models as compression machines helps explain why they seem at turns big-brained and pea-brained. To learn more, join me for Honey, AI Shrunk the Archive, an IEEE/UMaine AI webinar next Thursday 3 April at noon Eastern
https://ai.umaine.edu/webinars

‪TACO Tuesday
THAC0 Thursday

Rafferty, Cowboys OL from 1976-89, dies at 70 https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/45464143/tom-rafferty-former-cowboys-ol-1976-89-dies-70

Apparently I just signed for a package from UPS that was supposed to be delivered on Thursday of last week. I haven't been downstairs yet today. Lying fucking pieces of shit.

It's only Thursday morning and I've already had what's probably the most intense and productive week of writing since the home-stretch of my dissertation almost 15 years ago.
I basically wrote the entire first draft - and not a super drafty draft, at that - of what I'm thinking will be the second chapter in my next book.
I'm feeling great.
#AmWriting

Fortunate to see up close this "alankaara" in person yesterday (Thursday).
#Udupi #Krishna #India

YouTube plans to roll out Google Lens integration to Shorts in the coming weeks, allowing users to search for elements within Shorts (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/29/youtube-wi…

YouTube will soon let viewers use Google Lens to search what they see while watching Shorts | TechCrunch
YouTube announced on Thursday that it's bringing Google Lens to YouTube Shorts in the coming weeks.

Ex-Raiders GM reveals which QBs the team wanted in 2024 NFL draft https://www.reviewjournal.com/sports/raiders/ex-raiders-gm-reveals-which-qbs-the-team-wanted-in-2024-nfl-draft-3381813/

Ontario NDP, Liberals successfully stall Bill 5 after filibustering until midnight Thursday | CBC News
Bill 5 would create so-called "special economic zones" where the government can exempt companies or projects from complying with provincial laws or regulations. It would also replace the province's endangered species act, replacing it with an new law that critics say waters down protections.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-ndp-liberals-stall-bill-5-after-filibuster-1.7546691

Lions' St. Brown eyes training camp after surgery https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/45458921/lions-st-brown-expects-ready-camp-knee-surgery

Well, there you have it...
The same year, Vance told the National Conservatism Conference that “we have to honestly and aggressively attack the universities in this country.” “We live in a world that has been made effectively by university knowledge” and to rebuild the nation along the lines of white Christian nationalism, the universities must be destroyed. Vance told the audience, “the professors are the enemy.”

May 24, 2025
On Thursday the Trump administration told Harvard University that because it had not handed over information on foreign students’ protest activities, violent activity, and coursework, the university had “lost [the] privilege” of enrolling foreign students.

A new best-speller
https://apnews.com/article/scripps-national-spelling-bee-2025-champion-70f6767e4f30a29b52dfc3dfc77eb553

Faizan Zaki wins the Scripps National Spelling Bee
Faizan Zaki has seized the title of best speller in the English language at the Scripps National Spelling Bee. The 13-year-old from Allen, Texas, was runner-up last year after he lost in a lightning-round tiebreaker. He ousted eight other accomplished spellers to win the title on Thursday night, including two that he let back into the competition after his own careless flub. Told to take a deep breath before his final word, “eclaircissement,” he didn’t ask a single question before spellin…

Cowboys Headlines: Travis Frederick honored; news on former DE's arrest, longtime OL dies https://cowboyswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/cowboys/2025/06/06/news-headlines-june-5-…

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced sweeping leadership changes Thursday
as part of an effort to dramatically ramp up arrests of illegal migrants. 
The “leadership realignment” comes as Trump administration officials push for ICE to make
a “minimum” of 3,000 arrests per day
– up from the 1,800 per day quota the White House initially demanded in January. 
As part of the shake-up, Kenneth Genalo is out as the head of ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Ope…

ICE shakes up agency with 'leadership realignment' in push for a 'minimum' of 3,000 migrant arrests per day 
As part of the shake-up, Kenneth Genalo is out as the head of ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) division – the branch tasked with executing arrests and deportations. 

The final SMARTer Mobility Draft Network is now ready! Join one of five public input meetings:
• 3/31, Mount Clemens
• 4/1, Pontiac
• 4/2, Dearborn
• 4/3, Farmington Hills
• 4/10, Virtual
You can also comment on the interactive map. #DetroitTransit

Readwise würfelte mir heute dieses Zitat in die Wiedervorlage und ich musste direkt nachsehen, wann der Artikel geschrieben wurde. 2014. Wer hätte gedacht, dass sich 6 Jahre später alles noch viel schlimmer entwickeln würde?
https://www.theawl.com/2014/10/shot-through-the-…

Happy Global Accessibility Awareness Day to everyone in the Fediverse! And remember your alt text!
#GAAD

The MÁV lounge (at Keleti pu) terms explicitly mention #interrail. Great, will have to come here when I leave Budapest on Thursday (I think it was).

🐶👩‍⚕️🏥My dog huck is going into the hosptital on Thursday. I've had him over a year and he's grown from a wee pup I held in both my hands, into a big dog who has hold over me.
It's for hip replacement. It will cost a king's randsom, but I can't live my best life unless he can live his #SmallThings

#USGov confirms #FEDS did detain govt employee and deputy US Marshal in #Tucson #ICE Raids seekimg to deport illegal immigrants...
oops

Immigration agents mistakenly detain deputy U.S. marshal in Tucson, feds confirm
A deputy U.S. marshal was mistakenly detained by immigration agents inside the federal building that houses Tucson's immigration court, U.S. Marshals Service officials confirmed on Thursday.

From Translink
Oakridge–41st Avenue Canada Line Station to close early for seven weeks
Two phases of night work necessary to install support structures at station entrance
The Canada Line’s Oakridge–41st Avenue Station will be closing at 11 p.m. from Sunday to Thursday nights over seven weeks, to allow for important upgrade work.

The temporary closures will happen in two phases and are necessary to ensure customer safety.
🧵1/n

@… re: your latest https://microfictions.substack.com/subscribe I'll chuck

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Drug plan provider changed me from Fiasp to a generic at the first of the year;
Spent several days waiting for the prescription to come in. After 2 days or so it arrived. Was told they do not stock that insulin. It was the only bolus on the providers formulary.
I renewed last Thursday. Today is Thursday of the following week. Called the Pharmacy yesterday evening. They are going to call me back today with what they find out. Was told they checked and none available in their sy…

Lions' Dan Campbell says retiring Frank Ragnow will be 'missed,' but 'the train rolls on' https://www.nfl.com/news/lions-dan-campbell-says-retiring-frank-ragnow-will-be-missed-but-the-train-rolls-on

The weather was too good to not run outside, and skip the treadmill last Thursday! First time running outside at my work running route this year after returning to the work FT this month, and it was spectacular!
Not expecting to hit a sub 8 minute mile, especially with my health issues, but if it happens, I'll be elated!
#running

Ithaca Festival Parade Last Thursday
#ithaca #photo #photography #portrait

Cowboy Roundup: Dallas hiring 'strategic' position, Why to love George Pickens https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/news/dallas-cowboys-hiring-strategic-position-why-to-love-george-pickens

Colts QB Anthony Richardson to miss minicamp after suffering shoulder injury https://www.nfl.com/news/colts-qb-anthony-richardson-to-miss-minicamp-after-suffering-shoulder-injury

CFP NEMLA 2026--ITALIAN FOOD AS (RE)GENERATION
https://ift.tt/n6g9lfE
updated: Thursday, May 29, 2025 - 9:12amfull name / name of organization: NORTH EASTERN MODERN…
via Input 4 RELCFP https…

Source: Steelers renew talks with Fins TE Smith https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/45445180/source-steelers-renew-talks-dolphins-te-jonnu-smith

#Harvard challenging #DJT edicts against allowing enrollment of non US #citizens in high courts, as top #students accepted to

Harvard foreign students in limbo as college challenges Trump’s ban
Harvard University is challenging President Donald Trump’s move to block foreign students from coming to the United States to attend the Ivy League school, calling it illegal retaliation for Harvard’s rejection of White House demands. In an amended complaint filed Thursday, Harvard called the president’s action an end-run around a previous court order. Last month, a federal judge blocked the Department of Homeland Security from revoking Harvard’s ability to host foreign students. The fi…

Drug plan provider changed me from Fiasp to a generic at the first of the year;
Spent several days waiting for the prescription to come in. After 2 days or so it arrived. Was told they do not stock that insulin. It was the only bolus on the providers formulary.
I renewed last Thursday. Today is Thursday of the following week. Called the Pharmacy yesterday evening. They are going to call me back today with what they find out. Was told they checked and none available in their sy…

Micah Parsons not present at Cowboys OTAs https://insidethestar.com/micah-parsons-not-present-at-cowboys-otas

DEADLINE EXTENDED, Rethinking the Cinema of Sai Paranjpye
https://ift.tt/xqW53HF
updated: Thursday, May 29, 2025 - 9:12amfull name / name of organization: REFOCUS SERIES, EDINBURGH…
via Input 4 RELCFP

Woman marching in Ithaca Festival Parade Last Thursday
#photo #photography #ithaca #ithacafestival

ICSSR and JSPS Sponsored Conference (Hybrid Mode) on Post/Apocalyptic Narratives in Contemporary Indo-Japanese Environmental Literature
https://ift.tt/H1PJYmE
updated: Thursday, May 29, 2025 - 12:42amfull name / name of organization: Kobe Campus for Commerce…
via Input 4 RELCFP