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The Trump administration’s extraordinary attempt to cast doubt on the midterm elections,
discount some ballots
and prevent the finalization of results
is entering a frenetic new phase.
The litigation strategy has failed so far,
but appears designed to give the Justice Department more time to contest results after the election.
Trump, worried about a Democratic takeover of Congress and a third impeachment,
has tilted the Justice Department away from…
John Ternus says Apple doesn't "want to ship AI for AI's sake" and that Tim Cook is "available to help wherever I ask" on policy; Ternus has yet to meet Trump (Steven Levy/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/i-spent-30-min
TIL that obscenities in text message replies sometimes get translated to unsubscribe requests
(but not always, hence the 'TIL' part of this).
(background: somehow I got onto the "Let's Go Washington" (*) lists. I am evidently now on fewer of them.)
(*) for those of you outside of WA, this is the Insane Fuckhead Billionaire PAC that is sponsoring the anti-trans and repeal-the-tax-on-insane-fuckhead-billionaires that are polluting our ballots this time…
State attorneys call Trump legal demand to segregate ballots in Alaska’s Senate race ‘not even possible’ - Anchorage Daily News
https://www.adn.com/politics/2026/10/31/state-attorneys-call-trump-legal-demand-to-segregate-ballots-in-alaskas-senate-race-not-even-possible/
Ok #php people, I need your input :)
What's the best practice for running Composer audit in CI? We used to run it for every merge request, but that no longer scales given how often packages are updated due to security issues. Everything is now red and requires a lot of manual intervention to get the builds green again.
Should we run the audit command once per day, or what is recommended?…
iPhone Duo: Reachability soll nachgeliefert werden
Apple will laut Wired die Einhandhilfe Reachability für das iPhone Duo per Softwareupdate nachliefern – möglicherweise auch für seitliche Bildschirmränder.
https://www.…
"Bei Radfahrerinnen und Radfahrern müsse zudem bewertet werden, ob durch die Geschwindigkeit eine Gefahr für andere entstanden sei."
Ist diese Bewertung bei Autofahrenden, die zu schnell unterwegs sind, nicht notwendig? 🤔
https://www.
Delays resulting from the U.S. Postal Service’s cost-cutting measures have endangered the validity of ballots cast in rural areas, a ProPublica analysis found.
The rates of ballots rejected for arriving late this year doubled or tripled in areas affected by the cuts compared to the 2022 primary.
That wasn’t the case elsewhere.
Postal Service leaders say special procedures in place for the Nov. 3 election should prevent similar delays,
but experts warn that mistakes a…