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Prime Video: Verbraucherschützer melden 200.000 Anmeldungen zur Sammelklage
Für eine Sammelklage gegen Werbung in Prime Video haben sich mittlerweile über 200.000 Menschen eingetragen. Parallel laufen weitere Verfahren.

from my link log —
How Markdown took over the world.
https://anildash.com/2026/01/09/how-markdown-took-over-the-world/
saved 2026-01-10

How Markdown took over the world
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.

Many folks are reflecting on Prince’s extraordinary halftime performance, the greatest of all time. What you may not know is that it was a profound, nuanced statement and a powerful reclaiming of a proud Black music tradition. Some background: https://anildash.com/2021/02/05/how-pri…

How Prince won the Super Bowl
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.

RE: #DIDaySupportCommunity haben wir

Am 6. September wird in Sachsen-Anhalt gewählt.
"Im Falle einer Regierungsübernahme würde die extrem rechte Partei Sachsen-Anhalt binnen kurzem in ein Labor für den autoritären Umbau der Gesellschaft verwandeln.
Sie wird ausprobieren, wie weit man es auf Landesebene mit der Durchsetzung rechter Politik treiben kann." - David Begrich

Kein pauschales Handyverbot: Sachsen-Anhalt erarbeitet Leitlinien für Schulen
Um die Nutzung privater Mobilgeräte in Schulen zu regeln, setzt Sachsen-Anhalt auf Leitlinien, die empfehlen, aber nicht flächendeckend verpflichten.

"5 schnelle Sketchnotes-Symbole, die du im Dezember überall verwenden kannst (mit Anleitung)" #sketchnote

NYC-based Garner Health, a platform using data analytics to help workers find healthcare providers, raised a $118M Series D at a $1.35B valuation (Amy Feldman/Forbes)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/amyfeldman/20

This Startup’s Clever Way To Cut Health Costs Helped It Hit A $1.4 Billion Valuation
Garner Health uses data to identify the country’s best doctors based on quality and cost, then gives its customers’ employees financial incentives to go to them — which can save 12% on healthcare costs.

I've been working on this one for a while. The multi-trillion-dollar AI industry? Their *most advanced platforms* are controlled by a plain text format that John Gruber made up for his blog, and then bounced off of a 17-year-old Aaron Swartz, before sharing it with the world for free. *That* is the internet. Here's the amazing (true!) story of how Markdown took over the world.

How Markdown took over the world
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.

One pattern you can always count on: if you ever explain a technology by describing how the human and social aspects matter more than the obscure technical details, a certain cohort of dudes who are inept at socialization will lash out about their insecurities by trying to condescend. Who here thinks I wrote ~5000 words on Markdown but I don’t know what plain text files are?