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Tyler Smith to start at left tackle for the remainder of 2025 season https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/tyler-smith-to-start-at-left-tackle-for-the-remainder-of-2025-season

Scott helpfully reminds us of the differences between technical purity, semantics, and what actually matters to users in the context of — yes, really — paragraphs:
https://www.scottohara.me/blog/2024/08/29/paragraphs.html

After years of failing to produce a profitable augmented reality platform,
Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta is pounding one of the final nails into the coffin of its metaverse efforts
— the ones that were once so central to its vision that it renamed the entire company after them.
This week, the Wall Street Journalreported Meta was laying off some 1,500 employees from its Reality Labs division,
-- the department working on Meta’s virtual reality products.
As part of the …

Meta Lays Off Thousands of VR Workers as Zuckerberg’s Vision Fails
The company has laid off some 1,500 virtual reality developers as part of a broader shift toward AI wearable devices.

Reminder: Applications for Research Fellowships at Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library due Jan. 15, 2026 https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcements/20136727/reminder-applications-research-fellowships-winterthur-mus…

Selected a #hiking route for tomorrow.
Just reminded myself to check the avalanche status... Selected another route...
Maybe overcautios - but my route would go over a larger alpine meadow. Even though I'd go via a south flank that is mentioned with less risk - when I'm going alone, I prefer zero risk.

Hope whoever wanted copies of that scrape Anna's Archive did of Spotify (reminder: Spotify began with pirated files, pays artists little to nothing, and funds military tech) has grabbed it already or is grabbing it now.
https://torrentfreak.com/u-s-court-ord

Reminder: Applications for Research Fellowships at Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library due Jan. 15, 2026 https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcements/20136727/reminder-applications-research-fellowships-winterthur-mus…

As Trump threatens Iran, Venezuela, Mexico, Greenland and more,
renowned historian Alfred McCoy says the United States is
“an empire in decline,”
following a predictable pattern
of militarism abroad and political instability at home
as it loses power and influence on the world stage.
“American politics become increasingly contorted and irrational,”
says McCoy.
“I think the thing to do is to realize that we are an empire in decline, …
…

“Empire in Decline”: Historian Alfred McCoy on U.S. Aggression in Venezuela, Iran & Beyond
As President Trump threatens Iran, Venezuela, Mexico, Greenland and more, renowned historian Alfred McCoy says the United States is “an empire in decline,” following a predictable pattern of militarism abroad and political instability at home as it loses power and influence on the world stage. “American politics become increasingly contorted and irrational,” says McCoy. “I think the thing to do is to realize that we are an empire in decline, … and it will continue for another decade…

Reminder: Applications for Research Fellowships at Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library due Jan. 15, 2026 https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcements/20136727/reminder-applications-research-fellowships-winterthur-mus…

Reminder: Applications for Research Fellowships at Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library due Jan. 15, 2026
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