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Q&A with Rivian founder and CEO RJ Scaringe on founding Rivian in 2009, production challenges, the VW partnership, autonomy, AI, EVs, chips, CarPlay, and more (Ben Thompson/Stratechery)
https://stratechery.com/2025/an-interv

An Interview with Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe About Building a Car Company and Autonomy
An interview with Rivian founder and CEO RJ Scaringe about starting a car company, scaling, and building for an autonomous future.

I’m old enough to remember `-ms-high-contrast-adjust: none;` to remove the backplate that Edge added in 2016 (pre-Chromiedge).
Not surprised its `forced-colors` version is frustrating authors:
“forced-color-adjust: none is an unavoidable foot gun”
https://sarahmhigley.com/writing/force

forced-color-adjust: none is an unavoidable foot gun | Sarah Higley
A very long treatise on why text backplates were a bad idea. Most of the time.

Donovan Ezeiruaku swarms Ashton Jeanty for a safety https://www.nfl.com/videos/donovan-ezeiruaku-swarms-ashton-jeanty-for-a-safety

"Es braucht institutionelle Schranken für Lobbyaktivitäten, wenn sich das neoliberale Credo des „schlanken“ Staates nicht länger in politischen Entscheidungen niederschlagen soll."
(Original title: Einfluss von Lobbyisten: Es braucht klare Schranken)
http://www.taz.de/Einfluss-von-Lobbyisten

Einfluss von Lobbyisten: Es braucht klare Schranken
Lobbygruppen wissen genau, wie sie sich einen Weg in die Politik bahnen können. Dagegen braucht es ein Bewusstsein und institutionelle Schranken.

I urge men — and everyone of a privileged identity — to read the Reddit post in the OP.
We’re the ones who need to hear about these experiences. We’re the ones who need to start learning to recognize it sooner, recognize it at a distance. We’re the ones who need to start sharing notes, sharing warnings, and having our colleagues’ backs.
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USDA Secretary Says
All SNAP Recipients Must Reapply,
Dubiously Citing Fraud
“Forcing millions to reapply is a deliberate effort to shrink the program and leave families hungry,” said one lawmaker
https://truthout.org/articles/usda-sec

USDA Secretary Says All SNAP Recipients Must Reapply, Dubiously Citing Fraud
“Forcing millions to reapply is a deliberate effort to shrink the program and leave families hungry,” said one lawmaker.

Daniel Carlson's 35-yard FG opens the scoring in Raiders-Cowboys https://www.raiders.com/video/daniel-carlson-s-35-yard-fg-opens-the-scoring-in-raiders-cowboys

Apple will now require app developers to disclose and obtain users' permission before sharing personal data with third-party AI providers and companies (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/13/appl

Apple's new App Review Guidelines clamp down on apps sharing personal data with 'third-party AI' | TechCrunch
Apple updates its App Store rules to restrict apps from sharing personal data with third-party AI without disclosure and explicit permission.

Daniel Carlson's 35-yard FG opens the scoring in Cowboys-Raiders on 'MNF' https://www.nfl.com/videos/daniel-carlson-s-35-yard-fg-opens-the-scoring-in-cowboys-raiders-on-mnf

DirecTV plans to roll out custom shoppable TV screensavers that feature AI likenesses of users, available on DirecTV Gemini devices in 2026 (Emma Roth/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/798174/directv-glance-ai-shoppable-screensavers

DirecTV will soon bring AI ads to your screensaver
DirecTV is launching a new feature that puts you inside AI-generated ads on your screensaver. The feature, powered by Glance, is coming to DirecTV Gemini devices next year.