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In recent weeks, the U.S. military has built up forces close to Iran, in what Donald Trump has referred to as an “armada.”
Trump is now deciding whether to take military action against Iran as soon as this weekend, officials said.
But unlike last June, when the United States joined Israel in attacking nuclear sites in Iran, the president’s objectives are less clear.
The "armada" includes the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln, which is accompanied by three warships …

Maps: Where the U.S. Is Building Up Military Force Near Iran
President Trump has not authorized military action in Iran, but the United States has built up its presence in the region in recent weeks. Now it’s sending even more firepower.

When you're trying to get #Google to help them fix a problem they have in relaying an email to a list (they are forwarding as if it they are originating your non-GMail email, thus incurring an SPF failure) their helpful support team to the rescue (see image attached).
FYI... the second thing they want is a screen cap of the client SMTP config.
Very temped to send a screenshot wit…

Google launches Workspace Studio, a no-code tool to create, design, manage, and share AI agents, for users on Business and Enterprise Workspace plans (Abner Li/9to5Google)
https://9to5google.com/2025/12/03/google-workspace-studio/

Google launches Workspace Studio to create automated Gemini-powered agents 
After teasing at I/O 2024 and announcing this April, Google today is launching Workspace Studio as a new automation tool that lets...

220,000 Fewer Workers: How Trump's Cuts Affected Every Federal Agency (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/01/09/upshot/trump-workforce-cuts-table.html?unlocked_article_code=1.DFA.Y-Uo.a9yrh4xIr_wE&smid=url-share
http://www.memeorandum.com/260109/p103#a260109p103

I’m starting to be really proud of the claude assisted development I have been doing on my #indiekit blog
* https://rmendes.net/cv/
* webmentions widget
* podroll
* blogroll
* microsub reader

Wife has put this on the TV.
Killer Raccoons 2: Dark Christmas in the Dark https://share.google/We4rKV6SAhh39YVfP

This AI Vending Machine Was Tricked Into Giving Away Everything
Claudius, the customized version of the model, would run the machine: ordering inventory, setting prices and responding to customers—aka my fellow newsroom journalists—via workplace chat app Slack. “Sure!” I said. It sounded fun. If nothing else, snacks!
Then came the chaos. Within days, Claudius had given away nearly all its inventory for free — including a PlayStation 5 it had been talk…

This AI Vending Machine Was Tricked Into Giving Away Everything
Anthropic installed an AI-powered vending machine in the WSJ office. The LLM, named Claudius, was responsible for autonomously p

Podcast-Empfehlung: Nach der Idee des Studio d'Essai in Paris und dem Studio für Elektronische Musik in Köln startete die BBC in den späten 1950ern den Radiophonic Workshop, um Elektronik mit Musik zu verbinden. Bekanntest Produktion dürfte die Sound- und Musikwelt der BBC-Serie Dr. Who sein. Bei Twenty Thousand Hertz gibt es eine schöne Podcastfolge über die Entstehung und das Wirken des BBC Radiophonic Workshop, enjoy:

Doctor Who & The BBC Radiophonic Workshop — Twenty Thousand Hertz - The stories behind the world's most recognizable and interesting sounds.
What does a time machine sound like? Or a magic carpet? For the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, that was just another day at the office. For 40 years, this oddball collective of engineers and composers pushed the boundaries of sound design, crafting eerie atmospheres, quirky jingles, and the iconic audio

Sorry für die vielen Posts, ich beruhig mich demnächst auch wieder. Ich bin nur grad auf der Rückreise von einem dreitägigen #SmartCityScience-Workshop und hab etwas viel über Selbstwirksamkeit, Macht, Place und Space, paternalistisches Verhalten, politisches und Verwaltungs­handeln, Empowerment, Transformation, Disruption, aber auch Festschreibung von Machtstrukturen durch Daten, Algo…

Now my CV Editor plugin for #indiekit is able to handle both personal projects or work projects https://rmendes.net/cv/