2026-01-18 18:09:01
Financial capitulation: Why the ruble collapsed and China controls Russia’s banks: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/18/financial-capitulation-why-the-ruble.html
Financial capitulation: Why the ruble collapsed and China controls Russia’s banks: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/18/financial-capitulation-why-the-ruble.html
Why we sleep: insights from current research https://www.ru.nl/en/donders-institute/news/why-we-sleep-insights-from-current-research
The AI boom is driving an unprecedented wave of data center construction, but there aren't enough skilled workers in the US, such as electricians, to keep up (Caroline Haskins/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/why-there-arent-enough…
Why are the Cowboys favored Sunday against the Chargers? https://insidethestar.com/why-are-the-cowboys-favored-sunday-against-the-chargers
"Guest post: Why cities need more than just air conditioning for extreme heat"
#Climate #ClimateChange #AirConditioning
Why Europe should sanction America | Euractiv
https://www.euractiv.com/news/why-europe-should-sanction-america/
Source: Paramount has no immediate plans to sweeten its $30/share, all-cash bid for WBD (Charles Gasparino/New York Post)
https://nypost.com/2025/12/16/media/why-warner-bros-discovery-shareholders-shouldnt-count-on-a-holiday…
If LLMs are so great why do we still have cancer and why isn’t there a theory of everything
Why we devs don't "just do ___":
https://loadbearingtomato.com/p/why-chasing-twitters-approval-doesnt
> “what people say” is data, not truth. It is a story they are telling you. That story has value, but only if you don’t blindly interpre…
Why the Democratic Party Can't Moderate (Alicia Nieves/Compact)
https://www.compactmag.com/article/why-the-democratic-party-cant-moderate/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260217/p7#a260217p7
Bengals gave Zac Taylor a secret contract extension in 2023, per report: Why that matters and what it means
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/bengals
The Unfinished Work: Why Artists Demand Proof of Life
A playwriting teacher of mine once said something that has rattled around in my head for decades: "You can write a play, but it doesn't exist until it finds life in the first production." The Chair of our department disagreed with that assertion, and vehemently so. The script is the work, he argued. The text is complete in itself. The playwright's obligation ends when the final period strikes the page.
“AI can make mistakes, and it cannot replace the experience of reading an article in full. But we do believe it will help you find, understand and use ACM content both more quickly and more deeply.” https://dl.acm.org/generative-ai/summarizations
Why? Why?? WHY??? Has anybody aske…
“AI can make mistakes, and it cannot replace the experience of reading an article in full. But we do believe it will help you find, understand and use ACM content both more quickly and more deeply.” https://dl.acm.org/generative-ai/summarizations
Why? Why?? WHY??? Has anybody aske…
“AI can make mistakes, and it cannot replace the experience of reading an article in full. But we do believe it will help you find, understand and use ACM content both more quickly and more deeply.” https://dl.acm.org/generative-ai/summarizations
Why? Why?? WHY??? Has anybody aske…
Why don’t they capture these vessels and display what they were carrying?
Wouldn’t that be better PR?
Unless maybe it’s all a big scam.
-- @ambientheat.bsky.social
https://bsky.app/profile/ambientheat.bsky.social/post/3lyvo6edkrk27
WHERE ARE OUR FLAMINGOS? 🚀 Why no missile storm on Russia? – Truth about AFU "surgical strikes"!: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/17/where-are-our-flamingos-why.html
Good summary why Europe must not appease Trump.
source: #Trump …
Why This CEO Won’t Let Private Funds Near His Company’s 401(k) - WSJ https://www.wsj.com/finance/investing/why-this-ceo-wont-let-private-funds-near-his-companys-401-k-040dad07?st=3eJ7u2&r…
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Blackwater Holylight:
🎵 Heavy, Why?
#BlackwaterHolylight
https://blackwaterholylight.bandcamp.com/track/heavy-why
https://open.spotify.com/track/6QTpBulBNvADBWTakGfpPA
Demystifying #OpenTelemetry: Why You Shouldn’t Fear #Observability in Traditional Environments
https://ope…
A conversation about Wikipedia, why the world needs it, what threatens it, and why to be hopeful about its future:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLPeGQsofH0&t=57s
Why global environmental negotiations keep failing—and what we can do about it #environment
So we face a serious crisis with #ClimateChange, where we know what has to be done and how to do it, but we chose not to invest in it.
And we know we have the resources, because trillions are being spent on speculative investments in AI, which currently is aggravating the #ClimateCrisis wi…
So we face a serious crisis with #ClimateChange, where we know what has to be done and how to do it, but we chose not to invest in it.
And we know we have the resources, because trillions are being spent on speculative investments in AI, which currently is aggravating the #ClimateCrisis wi…
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa why, why must the characters of the book I am reading discuss the book I want to read but cannot!?¿! I can't sequester a Japanese translator to get my fix of Hiroshi Mori
“You can’t sell us $200 ‘Rebel’ jackets at Galaxy’s Edge and then delete the words that define what being a Rebel actually means."
Testify.
✅ The Mouse Recants: Why #Disney Deleted a Viral Thread of Anti-Fascist Movie Quotes
Great. We ARE back in the 1920s again. https://qoto.org/@bibliolater/115909278576043973
This is of absolutely no importance whatsoever (which is why I’m mentioning it here, of course) but I’m wondering why Sports Illustrated magazine is obsessed with women’s swimming suits? I mean, I get why really, because you know, women wearing swim suits, but in the Apple News app it seems like every day there’s another article with a bunch of photos of women in swim suits. Do they even have articles about sports anymore? Should they just be honest and change the name of their magazine?
🏃🏻♂️ At home with Jakob Ingebrigtsen: ‘I’ve fed my obsession my whole life’
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/jan/23/at-home-with-jakob-ingebrigtsen-athletics-norway-big-interview
from my link log —
Why NUKEMAP isn't on Google Maps anymore.
http://blog.nuclearsecrecy.com/2019/12/13/why-nukemap-isnt-on-google-maps-anymore/
saved 2019-12-14
Why the Epstein Cover-up Will Fail | Marci A. Hamilton | Verdict | Legal Analysis and Commentary from Justia
https://verdict.justia.com/2025/12/18/why-the-epstein-cover-up-will-fail
Dreamer - why we built it! -- Dreamer is the name of the platform and company I started with Hugo ... (David Singleton/flurries of latent creativity)
https://blog.singleton.io/posts/2026-02-17-introducing-dreamer/
Why There’s Still Hope for the Raiders https://www.si.com/nfl/raiders/onsi/las-vegas-why-theres-still-hope
Why Aren't Dems Going After Trump's Tariffs? (The Bulwark)
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/why-arent-dems-going-after-trumps-tariffs-norman-podhoretz-susie-wiles-vanity-fair-hegseth
http://www.memeorandum.com/251217/p45#a251217p45
Yay, first shot of Auto Encrypt¹ running a HTTPS web server at a Web Number (IP address).
https://ar.al/2025/06/25/web-numbers/
Next step: find out why some of the tests are failing on the Linux box, fix, and implement Web Numbers support in Kitten² and Catalyst³.
¹
OMG, I didn’t think they would attempt a second pass at corporate suicide, but they are!
Grab the popcorn folks!
https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@slembcke/115742185079110692
A post from the archive 📫:
If LLMs Can Code, Why Are We Building More IDEs?
#musings
It’s amazing how these people talk about AGI as if it was actually possible (it’s not).
What’s being sold as “AI” currently is slightly random statistical token chain generation; it has zero to do with thinking, intelligence or creativity.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/17/why-trillions-dollars-risk-no-guarantee-ai-reward
Why it matters to create and maintain open-source infrastructure for security monitoring including collection of forums and malicious communication channels.
This is a strong example (Google dark web report is discontinued) of the risks of relying solely on commercial vendors. If a capability does not align with their business interests or generate sufficient revenue, it can be discontinued at any time. Open-source infrastructure helps ensure continuity, transparency, and long-term ac…
Every time you see a news article mention AI in conjunction with news of layoffs or a bad hiring market, remember: that’s less than 5% of jobs cut, at least according to that report.
Ask the reporter why they’re not blaming fascists instead, because…well, I’ll bet you’ve got more data on your side than they do.
/end
Why yes, I *did* hop out of bed when my wife’s usual 5:00am alarm went off… even though it is a day off for me (public holiday) but not for her.
Why did I do this when I could have stayed in bed??
Two words… ** 🥌 Olympic CURLING! 🥌 **
🎉🎉🤣🤣🎉🎉
Why We’re Building Readino (And Why It Matters) – FBReader
https://fbreader.org/blog/why_we_are_building_readino
More than 50 Amazon employees seeking to unionize
walked off the job early Tuesday morning at a Riverside delivery facility, according to the Teamsters.
The overnight walkout marked what union leaders say is the beginning of a new organizing drive for Amazon workers in the Inland Empire,
under which workers are demanding better working conditions and pay for the value they bring to the e-commerce giant.
Workers at the Krameria Avenue facility in Riverside, dubbed DJT6 …
Why don't fridges come with built in batteries to work when there is now power??
3 reasons why Cowboys hired Christian Parker as defensive coordinator https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/dallas-cowboys/news/why-cowboys-hired-christian-parker-defensive-coordinator/5393db8e4f4d0d9c3535d9c7
‘The normal should be darkness’: why one Belgian national park is turning off ‘pointless’ streetlights https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/feb/11/lights-belgian-park-lamps-light-polluted-night-time-environment-wi…
Battle for NFC West: Why 49ers will likely be rooting for Seahawks to beat Rams on Thursday night
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/nfc-west-49ers-seahawks-rams-thursday-night/
Why Tony Romo's job is in question for CBS announcer alongside Jim Nantz for AFC playoffs https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/dallas-cowboys/news/why-tony-romo-job-question-cbs-announcer-jim-nantz-…
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #WoPop
aja monet:
🎵 why my love?
#ajamonet
https://ajamonet.bandcamp.com/track/why-my-love
https://open.spotify.com/track/4qKQGEus6IEWqZYSqqhBqZ
Why EDGE is So Important for Raiders This Offseason https://www.si.com/nfl/raiders/onsi/las-vegas-why-edge-is-so-important-this-offseason
😰 It's end-of-year concert season. Why do some kids struggle with performance anxiety?
https://theconversation.com/its-end-of-year-concert-season-why-do-some-kids-struggle-with-performance-anxiety-271099
A New Way to Understand America's Congressional Doom Loop (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/features/2025-12-17/why-can-t-congress-agree-demographic-divides-not-redistricting
http://www.memeorandum.com/251217/p56#a251217p56
Should Cowboys bring back Javonte Williams? Why it's an easy answer https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/dallas-cowboys/news/should-cowboys-bring-back-javonte-williams-why-its-easy-answer/dd2d3462d01…
Why We're Boycotting Xbox (and Maybe You Should Too) by People Make Games
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ybj10537yi4
Dreamer, founded by former Stripe CTO David Singleton, Hugo Barra, and others, launches in beta to let technical and non-technical users build agentic AI apps (David Singleton/flurries of latent creativity)
https://blog.singleton.io/posts/2026-02-17-introducing-dreamer/
Why the NFL Nearly Forced Raiders' Maxx Crosby Off the Field https://www.si.com/nfl/raiders/onsi/las-vegas-why-nearly-forced-maxx-crosby-off-field
Why Dallas Cowboys fans should root hard for Buffalo Bills on Saturday https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/onsi/news/why-dallas-cowboys-fans-should-root-hard-for-buffalo-bills-on-saturday
Why NATO can’t survive a return to spheres of influence: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/14/why-nato-cant-survive-a.html
Why the Raiders, Crosby Situation Is More Complicated Than It Seems https://www.si.com/nfl/raiders/onsi/las-vegas-why-maxx-crosby-situation-is-more-complicated-than-it-seems
It’s not hard to see why ICE has expanded its reach beyond the Twin Cities.
The qualities that have hindered ICE’s operation in Minneapolis and St. Paul
— density and walkability; a large, almost exclusively left-of-center population
— are absent here.
In Minneapolis, I saw patrollers on nearly every street corner.
It’s easy to gather for protests or come together to organize a mutual aid network.
The sidewalks in Lakeville were deserted, as were the broa…
Why Renee Good Was, and Is, So Dangerous to Trump (Adrian Carrasquillo/The Bulwark)
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/why-renee-nicole-good-was-and-is-so-dangerous-to-trump
http://www.memeorandum.com/260116/p55#a260116p55
How LLMs are dismantling the moats that made vertical SaaS defensible, and why the market selloff is structurally justified but temporally exaggerated (Nicolas Bustamante/@nicbstme)
https://x.com/nicbstme/status/2023501562480644501
Why Russia’s attacks on Ukraine’s energy grid aren’t ‘revenge’ for Kyiv’s deep strike campaign: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/14/why-russias-attacks-on-ukraines.html
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 Kremlin WILL NOT GO TO PEACE: Why Russia will not agree to any truce | Explainer: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/18/the-kremlin-will-not-go.html
Why the 2026 Cowboys' Coaching Staff May Already Be Shaping the Roster https://insidethestar.com/why-the-2026-cowboys-coaching-staff-may-already-be-shaping-the-roster
ZachXBT: a crypto user lost $282M in BTC and LTC in a hardware wallet social engineering scam; XMR jumped as the attacker began converting the funds to Monero (Daniel Kuhn/The Block)
https://www.theblock.co/post/386014/monero-…
I build robots to save lives: Here’s why Europe must invest in Ukraine’s civil security: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/18/i-build-robots-to-save.html
Spagnola: Playoffs highlight why they’re watching https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/spagnola-playoffs-highlight-why-they-re-watching
Why Pete Carroll Is Refusing to Give Up on Raiders https://www.si.com/nfl/raiders/onsi/las-vegas-why-pete-carroll-refusing-give-up
Spagnola: Playoffs highlight why they’re watching https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/spagnola-playoffs-highlight-why-they-re-watching
Why Rams' Mike LaFleur Makes Sense For Raiders Job https://www.si.com/nfl/raiders/onsi/las-vegas-why-rams-mike-lafleur-makes-sense
Why Cowboys may lose Javonte Williams, and how George Pickens factors in https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/dallas-cowboys/news/why-cowboys-may-lose-javonte-williams-how-george-pickens-factors/d25732…
Matt Daniels on Special Teams Impact, Why Will Reichard Is A Top Kicker in NFL, Ryan Wright's Season https://www.vikings.com/video/matt-daniels-on-special-teams-impact-why-will-reichard-is-a-top-kicker-in-nfl-ryan…
Why Options Must Be on the Table as Raiders Rebuild Roster https://www.si.com/nfl/raiders/onsi/las-vegas-why-options-must-be-on-table-rebuild-roster
Why the Chargers Defense Could Carry Them Deep in the Playoffs https://www.chargers.com/news/playoff-chances-clinch-scenarios-derwin-james
Why Raiders Must Be on High-Alert With Pete Carroll https://www.si.com/nfl/raiders/onsi/las-vegas-must-high-alert
Why Cowboys' Stephen Jones was using walkie talkie during Week 15 game vs. Vikings https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/dallas-cowboys/news/why-cowboys-stephen-jones-using-walkie-talkie-week-15-g…
Why the Raiders' Offense is Back to Square 1 https://www.si.com/nfl/raiders/onsi/las-vegas-offense-back-to-square-1
Why the Raiders Should be Excited About What is Next https://www.si.com/nfl/raiders/onsi/las-vegas-should-excited-about-what-next
Why Devin White's Play Has Sparked Debate in Raider Nation https://www.si.com/nfl/raiders/onsi/las-vegas-devin-white-play-sparked-debate
Why Raiders Should Be All In on Fernando Mendoza https://www.si.com/nfl/raiders/onsi/las-vegas-should-be-all-in-fernando-mendoza
Why the Raiders Will Hire the Opposite of Pete Carroll https://www.si.com/nfl/raiders/onsi/las-vegas-will-hire-the-opposite-pete-carroll
Why the Raiders Need Much More Than Mendoza https://www.si.com/nfl/raiders/onsi/las-vegas-need-much-more-than-fernando-mendoza
Why Pete Carroll Can’t Fix the Raiders’ Biggest Problems https://www.si.com/nfl/raiders/onsi/las-vegas-pete-carroll-cant-fix-biggest-problems
Why Latest Raiders Injury Report Gives Reason to Be Optimistic https://www.si.com/nfl/raiders/onsi/las-vegas-latest-injury-report-gives-reason-optimistic
Why Tim Tebow’s Advice Matters to Potential Raiders Top Pick Mendoza https://www.si.com/nfl/raiders/onsi/las-vegas-tim-tebow-advice-matters-potential-top-pick-fernando-mendoza
Why the Raiders Should Feel Optimistic This Offseason https://www.si.com/nfl/raiders/onsi/las-vegas-why-should-feel-optimistic-this-offseason