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Grr and argh.
The people who make government websites generally tend to do a halfway decent job of meeting the spec, but they really really need to learn to push back when the spec is FUCKING STUPID.
Having just completed my "Annual Filing" with Companies House - and why is that even a thing, we're not posting fucking vellum to Victorian clerks who scurry up ladders to deposit the sacred paperwork in the appropriate filing cabinet any more - I got a new scary emai…

That UPenn breach affected only ten people.
A class action lawsuit against Penn over an October 2025 data breach at the Graduate School of Education will not proceed after a new court filing revealed on Monday that fewer than 10 people were affected by the incident.
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Penn GSE email hack impacted fewer than 10 individuals, according to new filing
In recent weeks, seven of the 18 Penn graduates in the originally consolidated case have withdrawn their claims.

Well. I’ve been accepted to my first conference!
This will sound strange to many academics out there, but working in the fine arts I don’t generally pay much attention to academic conferences—but having had a research semester last fall I was able to do a deep dive into the educational philosophy of practice-based filmmaking education and apparently the conference organisers agree that it’s interesting! I got an email this morning that my abstract was accepted.
Now I just need in…

Second International Conference on Embodied Education 2026
Copenhagen 8 - 11 June 2026: The 2nd International Conference on Embodied Education is aimed at conveying a community of people interested in embodied education and the related topics, like enaction, emotion, extended mind, embedded cognition, sports, wellbeing, and the performative arts (such as music, dance and drama).

Just email someone. I always like it when people email me about some weird blog post or project I’ve done.
https://goodinternetmagazine.com/why-i-email-complete-strangers/

Why I email complete strangers
The first time I emailed a stranger, I swear my cursor hovered over Send for a full five minutes. I had plenty of justifiable reasons to remain hesitant. Not wanting to take up their time, feeling bothersome, worried my question was a silly one... A hundred disparate excuses leading back

My old state just realized I left 2.5 years ago. (Yes, I did the change of address, closed things out, and registered to vote in my new home state.)
I'm quite fond of the issue between the fifth option and the signature it requires, plus the fact that (aside from the zip code and other USPS requirements) this could have looked identical a hundred years ago. No website, email, or phone number. Also note the old convention of two spaces following each period.

Investigation: in 22 US states, Uber approves drivers with many types of convictions, such as violent felonies, that are over seven years old to keep costs low (Emily Steel/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/business/uber-background-chec…

Uber Cleared Violent Felons to Drive. Passengers Accused Them of Rape.
The ride-hailing giant’s background check process was intended to speed drivers onto its network while keeping costs down, internal documents show.

NYC hospital permanently axes transgender treatment program for kids following Trump's threat to yank funding (Emily Crane/New York Post)
https://nypost.com/2026/02/18/us-news/nyu-langone-health-axes-transgender-treatment-for-kids-following-trumps-threat-to-yank-funding/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260218/p99#a260218p99

When you're trying to get #Google to help them fix a problem they have in relaying an email to a list (they are forwarding as if it they are originating your non-GMail email, thus incurring an SPF failure) their helpful support team to the rescue (see image attached).
FYI... the second thing they want is a screen cap of the client SMTP config.
Very temped to send a screenshot wit…

#Wien "Man möchte gerne, dass die Filmgeschichte weitergeht, dass sie sich häutet und noch einmal frisch anfängt." - Alexander Kluge, Filmemacher, Schriftsteller und bildender Künstler feiert seinen 94. Geburtstag.

Filmmuseum - Programm SD
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Feeling nostalgic for the days when your kid didn't need an email address and an account with the manufacturer to play with their new toy.