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Weak signals of the Venezuela war - resilience
https://www.resilience.org/stories/2026-01-05/weak-signals-of-the-venezuela-war/

Weak signals of the Venezuela war
Like Russia’s frontline blood banks, the Venezuelan bond trade signalled that the preceding furore was headed in a specific direction. And in the increasingly chaotic, ill-defined mess of multipolar politics and climate chaos, reliably finding which ‘weak signals’ matter—and which signals are just noise—will be vital for navigating what comes next.

Falcons say starting LG Bergeron 'week to week' https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/46860471/falcons-consider-starting-lg-matthew-bergeron-week-week

Der #DLF hat ein paar sehr hörenswerte Audioproduktionen herausgegeben.
Es geht um "das glücklichste Volk der Welt" bzw. das, was Ost und West trennt.
Die sieben Folgen bieten sehr interessante Perspektiven auf Gemeinsamkeiten und Unterschiede.
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„Das glücklichste Volk der Welt“ (1/7) – Über das, was uns eint und das, was uns trennt

Über Monopole, Medienmacht und die Rückeroberung der digitalen Souveränität
Was Europas digitaler Zukunft helfen könnte und wie die Befreiung aus den Fängen der Tech-Monopolisten gelingen kann, war Thema auf der KI-Woche in Stuttgart.

The WGA, which routinely opposes media mergers, says the Netflix-WBD deal must be blocked, and the Producers and Directors guilds express concern over the deal (Variety)
https://variety.com/2025/film/news/wga-opposes-netflix-warner-b…

WGA Opposes Netflix-Warner Bros. Deal: 'This Merger Must Be Blocked'
The Writers Guild of America has joined other industry guilds in opposing Netflix's proposed blockbuster deal to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery's studios and streaming business.

For the second time in a week, Trump seemed intent on turning the armed forces against half of the country.
Last week, when speaking to a gathering of top U.S. military brass,
Trump delivered a diatribe against the Democrats, which was met mostly by silence.
He ranted that the United States was “under invasion from within.”
Now, calling the Democrats a “gnat” to be swatted away
is just the latest in a long line of dehumanizing rhetoric from the president.
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Trump Tells the Navy to View Half the Country as the Enemy
Donald Trump is determined to turn the military against the American people.

"Perl's decline was cultural"
https://www.beatworm.co.uk/blog/computers/perls-decline-was-cultural-not-technical

RE: https://hachyderm.io/@thomasfuchs/115667646361265085
The other ongoing criticism is "well actually, iTunes was always bad".
No, it wasn't. When it was released it was _way_ better than any other jukebox sofware.
You could actually find stuff easily, manage playlists super quick. It ripped CDs, including getting track titles and managing files, with literally _no clicks required_.
Burning CDs took like two clicks.
While admittedly lock-in, it would sync your iPod with no clicks after dropping it in the iPod dock. And it was super fast. (Other manufacturers didn't have anything close to this convenient).
Other jukebox software didn't do any of this.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Die Republik dreht an der Antenne – und keiner hört hin
Die Republik verhandelt, was Öffentlichkeit noch wert ist – und wer sie künftig bezahlt. Was geht in den zusammenwachsenden Medien?
https://www.heise.de/-11069421?wt_mc=sm.re

A look at Bari Weiss's chaotic first three months in charge of CBS News, as some staffers clash on issues that align with her worldview (Jeremy Barr/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/jan/05/bari-weiss-cbs-news