THREAD: 1. PERSONAL NEWS: Today BBC News has announced plans to close BBC HARDtalk after 3 decades holding the world’s politicians and powerbrokers to account. This is sad news for me personally, but much more important, I think it’s depressing news for the BBC🧵

The only technology news that I never wanted to have to bring you. From me and Lara Lewington, thank you so much for having us.

The final session I had the pleasure of moderating Heidelberg Laureate Forum last month features 2 Fields Medal Laureates and 2 Turing Award Recipients - including a talk from Ken Thompson that left me utterly speechless... Watch them all here: youtube.com/watch?v=UOrn1i…

We’re all about long-distance commitment… with the Deep Space Network! Since launching in 1977, my twin and I are now the two farthest human-made objects from Earth. Traveling through interstellar space, we still communicate with our teams back home thanks to the DSN. -V2

The stunning natural wonder, Angel Falls (Salto Ángel in Spanish and Kerepakupai Vená in the indigenous Pemon language), is located in Venezuela and stands at 979 metres (3,212 feet) tall, making it the highest uninterrupted waterfall in the world.

#ACMTuringAward recipient Avi Wigderson explaining Alan Turing's Imitation Game. Unlock full video of Wigderson's Turing Lecture here: bit.ly/3YzgDY3

The size of the Albufera lagoon near Valencia, before and after the torrential rain that hit the area on Tuesday. [📹 ESA]

See the extent of flood damage in #Valencia, Spain, where 200+ have died in one of the worst natural disasters in the nation’s history. Torrential rain earlier this week caused flash flooding that turned streets into rivers, swept away vehicles and coated neighborhoods with mud.

The application phase for the 12th Heidelberg Laureate Forum is now open! #HLF25 will take place from September 14 to 19, 2025. For more information, read here: newsroom.hlf-foundation.org/news/article/c… Apply until Februrary 12, 2025 via the application tool: …ication.heidelberg-laureate-forum.org/site/index.php

Why the Guardian is no longer posting on X theguardian.com/media/2024/nov…

📌 'La Vanguardia' deja de publicar tuits de forma directa en la red social X, convertida en una red de desinformación desde la llegada de Musk lavanguardia.com/vida/20241114/…

Unser Statement zum Abschied von X findet Ihr auf BlueSky. Folgt uns gerne dort. Wir sind hier raus. bsky.app/profile/fcstpa… #fcsp #musk

"The growth is phenomenal." What's happening over on Bluesky – and can it really rival X/Twitter, as more than a million people sign up in a week? emily m | Jon Sopel | Lewis Goodall articles.globalplayer.com/2GXq5vUqU1pRNz…

I'm leaving Twitter. Tried to stay, but the atmosphere has just become too toxic. Follow me on Threads, if you like.

Is Bluesky stepping out of the shadow of Elon Musk's X in the wake of the US election? The latest X-odus has seen a series of a massive spike in users at the social media rival. p.dw.com/p/4mzwE

Der Wadmin sagt Tschüss…👋 …und hofft auf ein Wiedersehen auf Bluesky. 🤝 Alle Infos zur Entscheidung 👉svw.de/eXit Zum neuen Bluesky-Kanal 👉 svw.de/Bluesky #Werder

Wir sagen Tschüss 👋 Wir freuen uns über alle, die uns rüber zu Bluesky folgen: bit.ly/scf_bluesky #SCF #eXit

Just to let you know we are now on Bluesky: @soeptech.bsky.social

Today is my last working day at SAP. Thanks to all colleagues in and around SAP that have made it so enjoyable working here. I've written up some farewell thoughts. If you like, you can find them here: tfxz.wordpress.com/2024/12/20/che…