av Mikael Winterkvist | nov 22, 2025 | Bluesky, Mastodon, Notiser, Threads, Twitter
40 years ago — on November 18, 1985 — a new comic strip appeared in the newspaper: Calvin and Hobbes.
Hobbes was a stuffed tiger, but in the mind of 6-year-old Calvin he was a wryly observant companion for his day-to-day challenges and wildly imaginative adventures.
Adventures of the beloved duo lasted just a decade. Their creator — cartoonist Bill Watterson — walked away from Calvin and Hobbes at the height of its popularity.
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av Mikael Winterkvist | nov 22, 2025 | Bluesky, Mastodon, Notiser, Threads, Twitter
Two key Senate Democrats have launched an inquiry after a ProPublica investigation revealed this week that a White House official had intervened on behalf of his former legal clients — pro-Trump influencer Andrew Tate and his brother — during a federal investigation.
On Thursday, Sens. Richard Blumenthal and Gary Peters sent letters to the White House and the Department of Homeland Security asking for a full accounting of the official’s activities, calling his actions a “brazen interference with a federal investigation.”
Källa: Senators Launch Inquiry After a White House Official Intervened on Behalf of Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
av Mikael Winterkvist | nov 22, 2025 | Bluesky, Mastodon, Notiser, Threads, Twitter
Mastodon’s founder Eugen Rochko has officially stepped down as CEO. The move comes ten months after the company announced it would transition into a nonprofit entity and that Rochko would leave his post. Rochko will take on an advisory role with the company.
In a blog post about this decision, Rochko pointed to a desire for guardrails to avoid becoming another egotistical founder ”sabotaging thriving communities.” He added, ”But it would be uncouth for me to pretend that there isn’t some self-interest involved. Being in charge of a social media project is, turns out, quite the stressful endeavour, and I don’t have the right personality for it.”
Källa: Mastodon’s founder is no longer its CEO
av Mikael Winterkvist | nov 22, 2025 | Bluesky, Mastodon, Notiser, Threads, Twitter
America’s Major League Baseball (MLB) has signed a slew of deals with broadcast and streaming giants to show select games for the next three seasons.
Netflix, the world’s largest streaming service, will air special baseball events that draw millions of viewers each year. These include the league’s opening night exclusive and its Home Run Derby, where players compete to hit the most home runs.
Media companies ESPN and NBCUniversal also have acquired rights to other MLB-related programmes.
The three-year agreements will help the league expand its reach, said Baseball Commissioner Robert D Manfred Jr.
Källa: Major League Baseball signs deals with Netflix, ESPN and NBCUniversal
av Mikael Winterkvist | nov 22, 2025 | Bluesky, Mastodon, Notiser, Threads, Twitter
Though President Donald Trump needled Zohran Mamdani repeatedly during the campaign, he was full of praise Friday for the mayor-elect of New York City.
Watch Trump’s remarks in the video player above.
“We have one thing in common, we want this city of ours that we love to do incredibly well,” Trump said. He also praised Mamdani’s election performance, adding that he’d beaten “a lot of smart people” in the race.
Källa: WATCH: Trump praises NYC Mayor-elect Mamdani, says he is not a ’jihadist’
av Mikael Winterkvist | nov 22, 2025 | Bluesky, Mastodon, Notiser, Threads
Zork, the classic text-based adventure game of incalculable influence, has been made available under the MIT License, along with the sequels Zork II and Zork III.
The move to take these Zork games open source comes as the result of the shared work of the Xbox and Activision teams along with Microsoft’s Open Source Programs Office (OSPO). Parent company Microsoft owns the intellectual property for the franchise.
Only the code itself has been made open source. Ancillary items like commercial packaging and marketing assets and materials remain proprietary, as do related trademarks and brands.
Källa: Microsoft makes Zork I, II, and III open source under MIT License
