@memeorandum@universeodon.comSudden trips and security lapses: Steve Witkoff and Marco Rubio's clashing diplomacy on Russia-Ukraine (NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/sudden-trips-security-lapses-steve-witkoff-marco-rubios-clashing-diplo-rcna249464
http://www.memeorandum.com/251222/p7#a251222p7
@NFL@darktundra.xyzBarnwell: Is Nick Sirianni the most scrutinized successful coach in NFL history? https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47011446/2025-nfl-season-philadelphia-eagles-nick-sirianni-scrutiny-coaching-super-bowl
@Techmeme@techhub.socialWaymo resumes robotaxi service in San Francisco after a blackout, and says most active trips were completed before vehicles returned to depots or pulled over (CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/21/waymo-robotaxi-san-francisco-blackout.html
@hex@kolektiva.socialAny sufficiently advanced disaster preparedness is indistinguishable from revolutionary dual power. This essay is a bit of a transition between the theory I've written earlier, and more concrete plans.
Even though I only touched on my life on the commune, it was hard not to write more. These are such weird spaces, with so much invisible opportunity. But they're also just so unique and special. For all the stress and uncertainty of making sure you stayed on Lorean's (the head priestess), there were also those long summer nights with the whole community (except the old lady) gathered around a fire, talking and drinking. There was almost a child-like play to the whole time.
There were so Fridays I'd come home with a couple of gallons of beer from the real world, folks would bring things from the garden, someone would grill a steak, everyone who didn't cook would clean up, and we'd just hang out and have fun. So many evenings I'd go over to Miles place with a guitar, or with his guitar, and we'd pass it around over a few beers, talking about philosophy, Star Wars, or some book or other. It's hard not to write about the strange magic of that space.
My partner and I bonded over similar experiences, mine on a weird little religious commune in California and theirs as a temporary worker at Omega Institute. Both had exploitation, people on weird power trips, frustrating dynamics, but also a strange magic and freedom. Both were sort of fantasy worlds, but places that let us see through this one, let us imagine something that something else is possible behind the veil.
There are many such veils.
Perhaps it's fitting that this is more meandering, as a good wander can help the transition between lots of hard thinking and lots of hard working.
https://anarchoccultism.org/building-zion/evaluating-options
Editing feedback (especially typos, spelling, grammar) is always welcome, as are questions and even wider structural advice. I've been adding the handles of folks who provide feedback to the intro in a "thank you" section. If you do help and wouldn't like to be added, please let me know.
@Techmeme@techhub.socialOpenAI expands group chats in ChatGPT globally to all logged-in users on Free, Go, Plus, and Pro plans, after piloting the feature in select regions (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/20/chatgpt-launches-group-chats-globally/
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialUber launches Uber Intelligence, an insights platform that lets advertisers tap into Uber's data about customer trips and deliveries (Lara O'Reilly/Business Insider)
https://www.businessinsider.com/uber-ads-launches-intelli…
@jamie@boothcomputing.socialGM and EVgo have teamed up to give me free charging credit that expires in (checks notes) a month and a half?!?
Well, I guess that's not getting used. I really only fast charge on trips...
@blakes7bot@mas.torpidity.netSeries D, Episode 09 - Sand
VILA: [Trips and sits down heavily in the pile of sand] Funny, aren't I? If I died it'd be a real joke. Who'd care? Who cared about Cally?
TARRANT: You know, I have a theory about all this. Keller's base was wiped out by a mysterious virus that left the corpses supple and undecayed. I say corpses; if we were able to search the place we'd find the others. I'm sure of that. What else have we got? A planet that registers a life re…
@migueldeicaza@mastodon.socialTroubling signs that the Linux demographic at the Register is now made up of people yelling at the clouds.
https://linuxmom.net/@vkc/115867723149851024
@aral@mastodon.ar.alWhat’s amazing to me is that *anyone* still visits the US as a tourist.
“Hey, I know, let’s go to Fascistland… maybe we’ll get deported to fuck-knows-where and it’ll be a real adventure!” https://mastodon.online/@mastodonmigration/115696148277070484
@StephenRees@mas.toTransLink gets green light to deliver more HandyDART trips, longer hours, and easier booking
New Customer-First Plan will bring a refresh of operations to better support customers and caregivers
https://link.etranslink.ca/v/443/61496305…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialUber launches Uber Intelligence, an insights platform that lets advertisers tap into Uber's data about customer trips and deliveries (Lara O'Reilly/Business Insider)
https://www.businessinsider.com/uber-ads-launches-intelli…
@nemobis@mamot.frThe #EU - #Mercosur deal «reaffirms standards established under the WTO's Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) and introduces enhanced protections for copyrights, trademarks, designs, patents and trade secrets».
Also «simulations project a rise in GHG emissions across M…
@Tupp_ed@mastodon.ieNew Gist: AI, The Sound and Fury
I try to explain all of this AI thing in one article, and suggest why it is hostile to democracy, to humanity but also happily likely to end with the would-be tech Sun Kings taking trips to the financial guillotine.
https://www.thegist.ie/the-gist-ai-the-sou
@brewsterkahle@mastodon.archive.orgride hailing trips in SF (helped by chatgpt).
Uber: ~54%
Lyft: ~26%
Waymo: ~8%
Taxis: ~11%
so while waymo's seem to be everyhere, they are only 10% of lyft/uber
total/day ~150k
Uber (ride-hail). ~82k-90k/day
Lyft (ride-hail) ~38k–45k
Waymo (robotaxi) ~13k
Taxis (traditional) ~15k–20k
@cowboys@darktundra.xyzPic 6: Third down, red zone struggles play part in Cowboys' 34-26 loss https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/pic-6-third-down-red-zone-struggles-play-part-in-cowboys-34-26-loss
@blakes7bot@mas.torpidity.netSeries D, Episode 04 - Stardrive
AVON: We'll take it with us. [As Tarrant enters, Atlan trips him, grabs Soolin and uses her as a shield as he backs towards the door. He shoves her away and runs off.]
DAYNA: The door control. [Runs after Atlan.]
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/404/382
@fortune@social.linux.pizzaQOTD:
"When she hauled ass, it took three trips."
@paun@digitalcourage.social“Former president Tsai Ing-wen capped the outreach with a speech in Berlin on Monday, her first visit in 15 years to a country that has been cautious in engaging Taipei to avoid damaging its relationship with China.”
Excellent article in the @… by Kathrin Hille in Taipei, Anne-Sylvaine Chassany in Berlin, Adrienne Klasa in Paris, Leo Lewis in To…
@gwire@mastodon.socialPorsches assume they've been stolen and driven into a car-sized Faraday cage if they can't see a satellite... which is apparently prone to outages?
https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/09/porsche_bricked_russia/
@raiders@darktundra.xyzCliff's two trips to the end zone 🔥 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/l4Yzv8ZcePY
@karlauerbach@sfba.socialWell, it is less than a year until the Nov 2026 mid terms.
And, assuming that those elections are actually held and not manipulated under martial law or some such fabricated emergency, I am not at all sure that the D-party will be even close to ready to win.
I've taken classes of 3rd graders on camping trips (to Joshua Tree and Catalina). I've seen how those 3rd graders, when out of their parents' sight, run around like Brownian Motion in small human form.
From…
@krispijn@social.sargasso.nl"the [Chinese] plan removes #ElectricVehicles from the list of strategic emerging industries. That move has been misread by some commentators as a retreat. It is better seen as a milestone of maturity. When an industry no longer needs preferential support or policy protection, it has crossed from experiment to normalcy"
@mgorny@social.treehouse.systemsPast me: having a rough idea for one-two longer trips. Spending evenings trying to figure out where to go the following day.
Today's me: having seat reservations for the two following weeks. Spending evenings trying to figure out where exactly was I suppose to go with these reservations.
#rail
@cowboys@darktundra.xyzPic 6: Third down, red zone struggles play part in Cowboys' 34-26 loss https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/pic-6-third-down-red-zone-struggles-play-part-in-cowboys-34-26-loss
@sean@scoat.es
@krone@frawas.deParlamentsmission - FPÖ-General jettet für KI-Gipfel nach Kuala Lumpur #News #Nachrichten
@StephenRees@mas.toTransLink HandyDART service hours extend; online booking coming soon
HandyDART trips available until 2 a.m. starting January 11
https://link.etranslink.ca/v/443/61496305bc86358c92a8550178f4138224b98893a48c639a23f1f694ea285081…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialUber reports Q3 revenue up 20% YoY to $13.5B, Gross Bookings up 21% YoY to $49.7B, trips up 22% YoY to 3.5B, and a $1.1B operating profit, below $1.6B est. (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/9ceb0184-79d6-4097-af7a-f6ea3d3909d8
@StephenRees@mas.toTransLink proposes major improvements to HandyDART
Customer-First Plan would increase HandyDART capacity, extend hours, and make it easier to plan trips
https://link.etranslink.ca/v/443/61496305bc86358c0d4b8ff78cfb572f24b98893a48c639a23…
