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Stumbled over this piece, that I wrote earlier this year* after last year's #AcWriMo, and reposting here in case it gives someone some motivation...
*Though it feels a lot longer ago. Man this year has gone fast...
#FediWriMo #AcWriMo25
https://sternaparadisaea.net/2025/01/25/just-one-thing/

10 years on, believe it or not, the Paris Agreement was signed.
This was our very short reaction at the time. Prescient, you might think.
The Good, The Bad, The Ugly.
Paris Climate Change Agreement, 2015: the good, the bad and the ugly. | Steady State Manchester https://…

Paris Climate Change Agreement, 2015: the good, the bad and the ugly.
A lot has been written on the Paris international agreement on climate change.  To try and cut through all those words to the essential issues, here is our very brief analytic summary. The good Asp…

Peace agreement with Russia: what is Washington really offering Ukraine? #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/09/peace-agreement-with-russia-what.html

China buys U.S. soybeans after Trump trade agreement
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/09/china-buys-us-soybeans-trump-trade-agreement.html

Interview: "Digitalzwang ist nicht Fortschritt, sondern kurzsichtig"
Die Diplom-Informatikerin Karin Schuler und der Jurist Thilo Weichert vom Netzwerk Datenschutzexpertise warnen davor, dass Digitalzwang zu Ausgrenzung führt.

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The Verification Theater: When Formal Methods Create False Assurance in Cryptographic Libraries
Formal verification of cryptographic implementations is frequently presented as providing "the highest level of assurance" against implementation defects. We examine this claim through a case study of Cryspen's libcrux and hpke-rs, two cryptographic libraries that are marketed as formally verified and high-assurance. We examine five vulnerabilities across these libraries. The first, a platform-dependent cryptographic output failure in SHA-3 intrinsics discovered by an independent researcher in…

Thousands of public schoolteachers in San Francisco went on strike on Monday,
the first public schoolteachers strike in the city in nearly 50 years.
The strike comes after teachers and the district failed to reach an agreement over higher wages,
health benefits and more resources for special needs students.
The San FranciscoUnified School District closed all its 120 schools
and said it would offer independent study to some of the district’s 50,000 students.

I just created a new acronym for net surfers: LRL, Laughing Really Loud. Example: That dog sure snorted that pasta! LRL! Do u like my acronym

Ukraine secures agreements for 250 new Gripen and Rafale fighter jets to bolster air power: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/09/ukraine-secures-agreements-for-new.html

The European Union, overcoming deep dissension among its members,
gave the green light to a sweeping trade pact with four South American countries on Friday
that would create one of the largest free-trade zones in the world,
connecting markets with more than 700 million people.
The agreement offers a stark contrast to the amped-up aggression on display this week from the Trump administration.
As Europe worked to extend an era of economic collaboration,
th…

E.U. and South America to Form Free-Trade Zone With 700 Million People
The agreement represents a push for deeper global cooperation, in contrast to the United States’ turning to coercion in its dealings with other countries.