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Raiders' Geno Smith (shoulder) unlikely to start Sunday vs. Eagles; Kenny Pickett in line to go as QB1 https://www.nfl.com/news/raiders-geno-smith-shoulder-unlikely-to-start-sunday-vs-eagles-kenny-pickett-in-line-to-go-…

Greece says a radio failure that grounded flights is unlikely to be a cyberattack
https://www.wral.com/news/ap/f2ebc-greece-says-a-radio-failure-that-grounded-flights-is-unlikely-to-be-a-cyberattack/

Greece says a radio failure that grounded flights is unlikely to be a cyberattack
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s transport minister said Monday that a major radio communications failure that shut the country’s airspace a day earlier is unlikely to have been a cyberattack, though the cause remains under investigation.

Chinese AI executives say China is unlikely to eclipse the US in the AI race anytime soon, citing limited resources and US chip export curbs as key constraints (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-10/ch…

OK, das ist ziemlich cool: Der Macher des sowieso ganz großartigen Podcasts #SearchEngine - @… - hat zusammen mit @… und

""Elements might endure, but the MAGA movement is at heart a cult of personality unlikely to outlast its singular leader for very long in its existing form. "
MAGA warned it has an expiration date: 'Trumpism will not last' - Raw Story
https://www.rawstory.com/donald-trump-maga-2675255750/

Congress' most unlikely ceasefire is falling apart (Andrew Solender/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/01/09/mike-johnson-hakeem-jeffries-trump-congress
http://www.memeorandum.com/260109/p125#a260109p125

Hello, CSS folk -- she's unlikely to get an answer to this question on BSky:

NFL news roundup: Latest league updates from Friday, Dec. 12 https://www.nfl.com/news/nfl-news-roundup-latest-league-updates-from-friday-dec-12

5 Dallas Cowboys Veterans Who Won't Be on the Roster Next Season https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/onsi/news/5-dallas-cowboys-veterans-who-wont-be-on-roster-next-season

Hundreds of megawatts of new data center capacity are being planned in Vernon, a city near LA, which is a key US-Asia cable-linking hub and is becoming crowded (Nilesh Christopher/Los Angeles Times)
https://www.latimes.com/business/story/202

Southern California has an unlikely AI mecca: the very industrial Vernon
Vernon has become an essential location for artificial intelligence data centers.

Tracking the Raiders' Most Unlikely, Yet Fascinating, Offseason Question https://www.si.com/nfl/raiders/onsi/las-vegas-tracking-most-unlikely-yet-fascinating-offseason-question

"Abandoned oil refineries are becoming unlikely havens for wildlife"
#Wildlife #Environment

Abandoned oil refineries are becoming unlikely havens for wildlife
From southeast England to California, decommissioned oil refineries are being reclaimed by nature, prompting calls to protect them

Members of Demilitarize Brooklyn Navy Yard (#DBNY ),
a campaign that organizes weekly demonstrations calling for the eviction of two companies from the city-owned industrial park,
said a new mayor won’t alter their activism.
“Mamdani’s electoral victory doesn’t change our mission nor does it change our work,”
said the group in a statement to Mondoweiss.
“We hope Mamdani heeds the …

As Zohran Mamdani prepares to enter City Hall he faces pressure from an unlikely source — Palestine activists
Zohran Mamdani’s victory in New York City owed no small debt to Palestine activists, many of whom mobilized behind his campaign. But how will this relationship fare once he enters City Hall? There are some early tests that will let us know.

Sustainable aviation fuel take-up in UK unlikely to hit 2025 target, data suggests https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/dec/26/sustainable-aviation-fuel-mandate-uk-government-data-2025

Memo: after Sinclair bought an 8% stake, Scripps says it's exploring stations sales with "many" broadcasters but talks with Sinclair didn't lead to an agreement (Al Tompkins/Poynter)
https://www.poynter.org/business-work/2025…

Scripps tells staff a Sinclair takeover is unlikely despite surprise stock purchase - Poynter
A memo to staff from CEO Adam Symson downplayed Sinclair’s intentions, even as Scripps shares surged nearly 40%

Remember to use C attributes in your conversations. People always appreciate some qualifiers like [[likely]] or [[unlikely]]. If you talk to older people, you may prefer __builtin_expect instead.

Why Trump's peace plan is unlikely to end Russia's war in Ukraine: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/01/why-trumps-peace-plan-is.html

What's The Go?
Hosted by comedian Ibby Akbar, and failed footballer turned social creator, Daniel Olaniran (aka OlanTekkers), this unlikely duo chat nonsense, react to the internets madness, and explore topics they know nothing about....
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralian…

How Trump Became the Unlikely Champion of Easing Marijuana Restrictions (Josh Dawsey/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/how-trump-became-the-unlikely-champion-of-easing-marijuana-restrictions-54ce34f8?st=9yuhct&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
http://www.memeorandum.com/251227/p41#a251227p41

In 2020, after it became clear I’m unlikely to die of COVID, I’ve switched my perspective from fear to fascination.
I looked around & ~enjoyed~ experiencing unprecedented times. Couldn’t change them, so I channeled my inner Jocko Willink & made the best out of it.
Today, I feel similarly about AI. 1/3

Is there any legal justification for the US attack on Venezuela?
International law experts expect Washington to claim self-defence and face little serious pushback [from the UN]
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan

5 Dallas Cowboys Veterans Who Won't Be on the Roster Next Season https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/onsi/news/5-dallas-cowboys-veterans-who-wont-be-on-roster-next-season

"ICE Expands Power of Agents to Arrest People Without Warrants"
(I can't read the rest - paywall - but.. Seriously?!? Ugh)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/us/politics/ice-expands-power-agents-warrants.html

ICE Expands Power of Agents to Arrest People Without Warrants
An internal memo changed the standard from whether people are unlikely to show up for hearings to whether they could leave the scene.

I agree with the wish expressed here, that this year will bring a reckoning to Trump and the other named. Let’s add Putin to that list, too.
But one thing that frightens me — I suspect there people in Trump’s circle who know that US voters are unlikely to turn on their own president in wartime, and one sure-fire way for an unpopular president to turn the tide is to lead the nation in a righteous battle against an obvious enemy.
It could be Venezuela, it could be Iran, it could be…

I was an unlikely Super Bowl MVP. You should know the full story https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7024014/2026/02/06/super-bowl-mvp-macolm-smith-seahawks/

Series C, Episode 11 - Moloch
AVON: Cally, has it dematerialized?
CALLY: 'S'unlikely. There's no sign of abnormal particle activity.
AVON: All right. Zen, maintain present course. Sensors on full alert. - Speed standard by four.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/311/30 B7B…

Rright now it is unlikely that Trump gets a "rally around the flag" boost for his seizing of Maduro as
1) it didn’t happen with his invasion of cities or his attack on Iran
2) the country just isn’t on board some kind of extended military campaign in Venezuela
3) it increasingly feels like Trump has no real plan for what comes next in Venezuela, and like Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, thought the government would just fall and he could waltz into the Capital.

Trump Starts Underwater In Initial Venezuela Poll, US Oil Industry Not Rushing To Return, Chaos Reigns This Morning
This week Democrats must remind the world that we are still fighting for freedom, democracy, and rule of law here and everywhere.....

Been getting double-posting issues on mastodon.social server here. Quite embarrassing having to delete the duplicate replies.
Thought could be a Phanpy bug but seems unlikely because Phanpy implements `Idempotency-Key` (https://docs.joinmastod…

If anything good comes out of the extreme makeover of the original Russian/American surrender proposal for Ukraine, it's of course unlikely that Putin will accept it. Increase the pressure, give Ukraine more military support.

So essentially whatever happens during the meeting between Trump and Zelensky it's probably all theatrics and will mean nothing, even if Trump promises security guarantuees (unlikely). Because recent history has shown Trump is totally unreliable and can change opinion in a day...
#Trump #Zelensky

With travel and parties for holidays coming up, it's a good time to backup your devices, just in case they're lost/damaged/stolen.
This reminder is brought to you via an unlikely car explosion in a carpark also taking out my brother's car and laptop

High-dimensional data has this property: it is extremely unlikely that there will be a data point situated at the exact center.
It’s the high dimensionality that’s important here. One person might be at some sort of average on •one• dimension, but for them to be at the average on •all• dimensions grows exponentially less likely as the number of dimensions increases.
It’s like trying to roll all threes with a set of dice. Odds of that with one die? 1 in 6. Odds with two dice? 1 in 36. Odds with 10 dice? 1 in ~60 million.
4/

The battery is often the first thing to fail with electronic medical implants, so... https://spectrum.ieee.org/nuclear-battery-revival IEEE Spectrum: The unlikely revival of nuclear batteries.

Nuclear Batteries: Energy Storage for Decades
Nuclear batteries that last decades are being developed to power drones, sensors, remote devices and medical implants. Energy storage at its extreme.

I love Eric Sim. Dude is crazy obnoxious, but he's truly a 'chaotic good' character, loves what he does & loaded with positivity.
He deserves his success.
▶️ The Unlikely Story of Eric Sim (King of JUCO)
https://youtube.com/watch?v=GOxIWktQzeA&…

Every so often I'm reminded how bloody difficult it is to come and live in this country.
We were due an electrician to visit today but earlier he messaged my wife to say he couldn't make it and could he instead come "around tea time tomorrow".
My wife, who did not grow up in this country, asked me "when is tea time?" to which I replied "probably about 4-ish".
So then she said "But I thought tea time meant lunch time" and then the conversation went that although dinner time might mean lunch time and supper time might mean dinner time, tea time is always tea time even though it's highly unlikely anyone would be drinking tea. Unless it's afternoon tea which can be at any time but is definitely not tea time.
Bloody hell England, you don't make it easy do you!

I explained something for a friend in a simple way, and I think it's worth paraphrasing again here.
You cannot create a system that constrains itself. Any constraint on a system must be external to the system, or that constraint can be ignored or removed. That's just how systems work. Every constitution for every country claims to do this impossible thing, a thing proven is impossible almost 100 years ago now. Gödel's loophole has been known to exist since 1947.
Every constitution in the world, every "separation of powers" and set of "checks and balances," attempts to do something which is categorically impossible. Every government is always, at best, a few steps away from authoritarianism. From this, we would then expect that governments trand towards authoritarianism. Which, of course, is what we see historically.
Constraints on power are a formality, because no real controls can possibly exist. So then democratic processes become sort of collective classifiers that try to select only people who won't plunge the country into a dictatorship. Again, because this claim of restrictions on powers is a lie (willful or ignorant, a lie reguardless) that classifier has to be correct 100% of the time (even assuming a best case scenario). That's statistically unlikely.
So as long as you have a system of concentrated power, you will have the worst people attracted to it, and you will inevitably have that power fall into the hands of one of the worst possible person.
Fortunately, there is an alternative. The alternative is to not centralize power. In the security world we try to design systems that assume compromise and minimize impact, rather than just assuming that we will be right 100% of the time. If you build systems that maximially distribute power, then you minimize the impact of one horrible person.
Now, I didn't mention this because we're both already under enough stress, but...
Almost 90% of the nuclear weapons deployed around the world are in the hands of ghoulish dictators. Only two of the countries with nuclear weapons not straight up authoritarian, but they're not far off. We're one crashout away from steralizing the surface of the Earth with nuclear hellfire. Maybe countries shouldn't exist, and *definitely* multiple thousands of nuclear weapons shouldn't exist and shouldn't all be wired together to launch as soon as one of these assholes goes a bit too far sideways.

Lions' LaPorta (back surgery) likely out for season https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47049233/lions-te-sam-laporta-back-surgery-unlikely-return-season

NOTE: Celsius
But yes, I expect I will need to let faucets drip and escalate the thermostat. The kid is unlikely to have school tomorrow. I’m hoping the Sunday snow is light enough to ignore, because I don’t really want my snow guy to get frostbite. @…

モスケ^^ ❄️🐈🔥🐴 (@tramtrist@famichiki.jp)
Attached: 1 image Do. Not. Miss. #weather #detroit #cold

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Also - Gemini prompt: "Create a humorous video illustrating unlikely reasons why Cloudflare is down"
#cloudflare

Sources say Vanity Fair and Condé Nast execs are unsettled by the allegations against Olivia Nuzzi and are likely to let her temporary contract expire (Max Tani/Semafor)
https://www.semafor.com/article/11/30/2025/vanity-fairs-editors-mull-what-to-d…

View: Vanity Fair’s editors mull what to do about Nuzzi
Just weeks after Vanity Fair published an excerpt of Olivia Nuzzi’s book, it’s increasingly unlikely she’ll be a fixture on its print masthead.

#Wordle 1,621 4/6*
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⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 8% of 13 (12)
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Skill 90/99
Luck 47/99
It's interesting how you process the clues, different letters linking to others and implying placement.
Of the 3 words left 2 were past tense so really unlikely.

https://defend612.com has been blocked at the domain name level for me and at least two other people over T-Mobile networks (which includes GoogleFi, MetroPCS, and… wait for it… Trump Mobile). For at least all day today.
Seems unlikely to be a technical problem but instead to be Actual Censorship (unless its not …

Who would have guessed that appointing an android as Health Secretary would lead to a muddle?*
Wes Streeting accused of ‘chaotic and incoherent approach’ to NHS reform | Wes Streeting | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/

"Where will the von Neumanns, the Einsteins, and the Gödels of our age migrate after the SCOTUS overrules democracy in 2024 and Gödel’s Loophole is proven to exist? At this time, the two major powers of our time, the United States and China seem unlikely locations for brains to settle and grow in the long term."
(Inadvertently and ironically published on July 4th, 2022)

William Aspray
There was a moment in which Kurt Gödel, Albert Einstein, and John von Neumann were all roaming the halls of the Institute for Advanced Studies in Princeton at the same time. Let that information sink in. Humanity experiences such gatherings of brilliant minds in a remote location of the space-time continuum only every so often; maybe the ancient Greeks and the men of the Renaissance witnessed such periods in time, as did the IAS staff at the end of World War II. How much will we have to wait f…

Though an outright war is still unlikely,
the concentration of American air and naval forces near Venezuela
points to concentrated airstrikes if things were to kick off.
The US troop levels right now are a bit too low for a full land invasion,
but if things kick off with air strikes, Maduro’s troops might struggle due to their ageing weapons.

What is happening in Venezuela and is Trump really planning a US invasion?
As US Forces continue to concentrate in the Caribbean, President Donald Trump announced all skies around Venezuela are 'closed'.

Probably should watch Ghost again at some point.
Not sure if I've seen it since the cinema! But that seems unlikely.
#TOTP

RE: https://mastodon.social/@nemeciii/115928748530883810
would love it if the Norwegian oil fund started exiting the US. But I guess that’s very unlikely.

A critique of a large UK social media study that suggested measures like social media bans are unlikely to have an effect on teens' long term mental health (Casey Newton/Platformer)
https://www.platformer.news/social-media-screen-time-manchester-study-haidt/<…

What a big study of teens says about social media — and what it can’t
The “moral panic” framing misses how platforms actually harm kids. PLUS: Newsom investigates TikTok over Trump, and the Clawdbot frenzy

It's only a matter of time I think before Trump starts talking about acquiring/annexing Canada again. Although a military intervention is very unlikely, no doubt the Canadian military is preparing for that scenario. That is the time we are living in...
#Canada #USA

NFL insider offers 'name to watch' for Cowboys' defensive coordinator vacancy https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/dallas-cowboys/news/nfl-insider-name-watch-cowboys-defensive-coordinator-vacan…

"‘Massive disruption’: UK’s worst-case climate crisis scenarios revealed by scientists"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Climate

ChatGPT about a Neuralink Blindsight brain implant for people born blind: "For early-blind people, a Neuralink-style cortical visual prosthesis is very unlikely to be meaningfully available in the 2020s or 2030s." https://chatgpt.com/share/694e5e8a-ee78-8004-91fc-9ed48e261…

ChatGPT - Neuralink Blindsight Implant Timeline
Shared via ChatGPT

The Roon Rabbit Hole: https://eyebeemania.net/2025/11/17/the-roon-rabbit-hole.html

The Roon Rabbit Hole
This afternoon Roon took me down an unlikely rabbit hole. I …

Sen. Jim Justice and Babydog's Unlikely War Room: An Outback Steakhouse in a Strip Mall (Emily Kennard/NOTUS)
https://www.notus.org/senate/jim-justice-babydog-outback-steakhouse
http://www.memeorandum.com/260129/p37#a260129p37

SpaceX filed a request with the FCC on Friday seeking approval to put a constellation of 1 million data centersatellites into orbit.
While the FCC is unlikely to approve a network that expansive, SpaceX’s strategy has been to request approval for unrealistically large numbers of satellites as a starting point for negotiations.
The filing proposes establishing a network of solar-powered data centers in low Earth orbit that communicate with one another via lasers.
The fillin…

SpaceX wants to put 1 million solar-powered data centers into orbit
SpaceX claims putting data centers in orbit will be cheaper and more environmentally friendly than building them on land.

Sources: QB Watson set for Browns return in '26 https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47222329/sources-browns-expect-deshaun-watson-2026-roster

A look at Plucky Wire, a website for local newsrooms to find and share stories with each other for republication; it is now being used by over 200 publishers (Sarah Scire/Nieman Lab)
https://www.niemanlab.org/2026/01/a-scrappy-story-shar…

A scrappy story-sharing tool with local newsroom DNA gains traction
Plucky Wire was incubated in an unlikely place for a journalism technology: the tiny Granite State News Collaborative. Now, it's being used by hundreds of outlets countrywide.

SpaceX filed a request with the FCC on Friday seeking approval to put a constellation of 1 million data centersatellites into orbit.
While the FCC is unlikely to approve a network that expansive, SpaceX’s strategy has been to request approval for unrealistically large numbers of satellites as a starting point for negotiations.
The filing proposes establishing a network of solar-powered data centers in low Earth orbit that communicate with one another via lasers. The filling speak…

SpaceX wants to put 1 million solar-powered data centers into orbit
SpaceX claims putting data centers in orbit will be cheaper and more environmentally friendly than building them on land.

RE: https://mas.to/@gleick/115952606396238455
Unlikely, but I hope somehow his phone will be used in evidence, so we can know what they said to one another. More likely is that the murderer will see to it that the phone disappears.

Amazing.
The UAW has this guy’s back. He’s unlikely to actually lose his job. @… https://flipboard.social/@NewsDesk/115894772482908975

Record-setting Super Bowl, plus disappointment for Rams, Broncos and Steelers fans https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7000577/2026/01/26/nfl-super-bowl-seahawks-patriots-steelers-coach-mccarthy/

Why believe in Tyler Shough, Malik Willis and other unlikely playoff starters? https://www.espn.com/fantasy/football/story/_/id/47402594/fantasy-football-start-sit-add-week-17

Federal agents were told this week that they have broader power to arrest people without a warrant, according to an internal Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo reviewed by The New York Times.
The change expands the ability of lower-level ICE agents to carry out sweeps rounding up people they encounter and suspect are undocumented immigrants,
rather than targeted enforcement operations in which they set out, warrant in hand, to arrest a specific person.
A week before t…

ICE Expands Power of Agents to Arrest People Without Warrants
An internal memo changed the standard from whether people are unlikely to show up for hearings to whether they could leave the scene.

Sources: UK companies and groups tell the UK that a planned ban on paying ransoms to ransomware gangs is unlikely to stop attacks and risks collapsing services (Kieran Smith/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/3dc82018-2d3a-444e-8400-07d4c27a7665

Jayden Daniels unlikely to play for Commanders against Broncos in Week 13

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/jayden-daniels-injury-update-commanders-qb-broncos/

Until January, Patrick J. Schiltz,
the chief judge of the District of Minnesota,
had steadily managed one of the federal court system’s heavier workloads with little fanfare.
He was more widely known in the legal community for penning a revered law journal article 27 years ago that advised young lawyers how to become ethical members of an “unhappy, unhealthy and unethical profession.”
But starting this year, as federal agents surged into Minnesota, hundreds of immigr…

Patrick Schiltz, an Ethicist, Is the Minnesota Judge Blasting ICE
Judge Patrick Schiltz, an appointee of George W. Bush, became an unlikely critic of the Trump administration’s tactics in Minnesota.

Witkoff's Other Backer in His Unlikely Diplomatic Ascent: Putin (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/world/putin-witkoff-russia-envoy-04da229d?st=AsuX3S&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
http://www.memeorandum.com/251220/p21#a251220p21

Believe in Tyler Shough, Malik Willis and other unlikely playoff starters https://www.espn.com/fantasy/football/story/_/id/47402594/fantasy-football-start-sit-add-week-17

Claude Code represents a "ChatGPT moment repeated" and an "extinction-level event" for horizontal software companies focused on human-oriented consumption (Doug OLaughlin/Fabricated Knowledge)
https://www.fabricatedknowledge.com/p/the-death-of-soft…

The Death of Software 2.0 (A Better Analogy!)
The age of PDF is over. The time of markdown has begun. Why Memory Hierarchies are the best analogy for how software must change. And why Software it's unlikely to command the most value.

WR Horton (shin) unlikely to return for playoffs https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47487577/seahawks-not-planning-wr-tory-horton-return-year

Little in Dan Driscoll’s résumé – past or present – suggests he has the qualifications to understand the often-tortured and bloody history of relations between Russia and Ukraine.
A former investment banker with a degree in business administration, the current US army secretary’s main calling card for a prominent role in the Trump administration may be a friendship with JD Vance dating from when they were at Yale Law School together.
Against that thin backdrop, Driscoll now finds h…

Shedeur Sanders, unlikely underdog, has a perfect opportunity in front of him https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6825102/2025/11/21/browns-shedeur-sanders-starting-playing-raiders-nfl/

Cowboys Eyed as a Top Team for Speedy Former $20 Million 42-Game Starter https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/dallas-cowboys/nfl-rumors-news-signings-packers-giants-cardinals/?adt_ei=[email]

CBC reporting that Elizabeth May has said she will be voting for the budget tonight. Which means the Liberals only need one more vote for it to pass, or for two MPs to abstain.
Seems unlikely we will have an election from this budget vote... but you never know!
#CanPoli #CdnPoli #Liberals #GreenParty #GPC #NDP #Bloc #CPC
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/livestory/federal-budget-vote-2025-9.6981042#content

Record-setting Super Bowl, plus disappointment for Rams, Broncos and Steelers fans https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7000577/2026/01/26/nfl-super-bowl-seahawks-patriots-steelers-coach-mccarthy/

Sources: Cowboys LT Guyton likely out vs. Chiefs https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47086693/sources-cowboys-lt-tyler-guyton-ankle-likely-vs-chiefs

49ers preparing for stunning split with star receiver Brandon Aiyuk https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6826885/2025/11/21/brandon-aiyuk-49ers-news-contract-guaranteed-money-release/

Source: Cards' Demercado has high ankle sprain https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47009071/source-cardinals-emari-demercado-high-ankle-sprain

Sources: Steelers open to Rodgers' return in '26 https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47646611/sources-steelers-open-aaron-rodgers-return-players-praise-qb