A reminder that every major financial institution declared the Metaverse as real, in many cases a multi trillion dollar market. It was all total bullshit.
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Mark Zuckerberg finally plans to admit the metaverse isn’t going to happen (while no doubt pretending it is going to happen still) https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-04/meta-s-zuckerberg-plans-deep-cuts-for-metaverse-efforts?embedded-checkout=true
New homes delayed by 'energy-hungry' data centres https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0mpr1mvwj3o
New, by me: SMS Phishers Pivot to Points, Taxes, Fake Retailers
China-based phishing groups blamed for non-stop scam SMS messages about a supposed wayward package or unpaid toll fee are promoting a new offering, just in time for the holiday shopping season: Phishing kits for mass-creating fake but convincing e-commerce websites that convert customer payment card data into mobile wallets from Apple and Google. Experts say these same phishing groups also are now using SMS lures that promise unclaimed tax refunds and mobile rewards points.
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/12/sms-phishers-pivot-to-points-taxes-fake-retailers/
Microsoft, after embracing Elon Musk on stage at Build and in product, has abandoned their yearly diversity report. https://www.theverge.com/tech/838079/microsoft-diversity-and-inclusion-changes-notepad
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Today I learned that NASA has a collection of free ebooks that can be downloaded as pdfs or ebub format.
The science books even include a children’s section with fun activites and coloring books!
JD....bro.......😭😭😭😭😭
(new signalgate screenshots from
https://media.defense.gov/2025/Dec/04/2003834916/-1/-1/1/DODIG_2026_021.PDF)
The opposite of schadenfreude is
mudita, a Buddhist term for sympathetic or vicarious joy. It's the joy you feel when someone else succeeds
I could use a little mudita today. What do you have for me, fediverse? Hit me with your successes, the more mundane the better (but I'm all for hearing about your big wins, too)