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Apple publishes a policy for upcoming Maps ads, says home services ads are banned, medical services ads will be "evaluated on a case-by-case basis", and more (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/15/apple-quietly-…

Apple quietly reveals how its Maps ads will differ from Google's | TechCrunch
Apple has published the policies governing its upcoming Maps advertising business, revealing a strategy that differs from Google’s. The new rules prohibit home services businesses like plumbers, electricians, locksmiths, and roofers from advertising on Apple Maps, along with several other sensitive categories, suggesting Apple is taking a more curated approach to these ads.

Apple publishes a policy for upcoming Maps ads, says home services ads are banned, medical services ads will be "evaluated on a case-by-case basis", and more (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/15/apple-quietly-…

Apple quietly reveals how its Maps ads will differ from Google's | TechCrunch
Apple has published the policies governing its upcoming Maps advertising business, revealing a strategy that differs from Google’s. The new rules prohibit home services businesses like plumbers, electricians, locksmiths, and roofers from advertising on Apple Maps, along with several other sensitive categories, suggesting Apple is taking a more curated approach to these ads.

"Identifying academic spam and recommendations for dealing with it: a literature review"
https://doi.org/10.3897/ese.2026.e174423

Agreed 10000%!
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I had an interesting chat with a friend who mentioned a book called "The Living Company." Apparently Shell was one of the few companies that saw the 1970's oil crisis coming and was able to adapt. They did it by talking to a bunch of people randomly about the future, identifying patterns, and coming up with possible future scenarios. They then formed clear plans for these future scenarios, where those plans would cover as many related scenarios as possible.
This was actually really familiar to me, though I hadn't read the book, because that's very close to what the Seattle GDC disaster prep committee did. We identified possible disaster scenarios, then identified preparedness steps that served multiple purposes. We got boxes of n95 masks in 2018 and 2019 for wildfire smoke and did a bit of work building box-fan air purifiers. Over the years we handed out these masks to houseless folks who were most exposed to the smoke. When the pandemic hit, we were able to take some of those boxes to first responders just as manufacturing in China dropped because of their lockdowns and as others started PPE hoarding. We focused on N95 because that was one of the overlap points between the unexpected but catastrophic "flu pandemic" that we knew was possible, and the regular "wildfire smoke" problem we were just getting used to.
The book sounds like it's at least partially influenced by cybernetics. There's this Dutch cybernetics connection that I haven't quite figured out. Anyway, this guy talked about how a company needs to be sustainable and all that. My dude, you worked for an oil company. That is categorically not sustainable. All this aside, I think there are a lot of things we can and should take from capitalists (or take back, in some cases). This practice is one of them.
So maybe get together with friends and talk about what you think might happen. We live in a world of crisis, so I'll always recommend disaster preparedness. But there's more than that.
What do you think will happen in the next 5 years?
Assuming that happens, what actions would you take to push that towards the most positive outcome?
I'm listening to Revolutions and reminded of how much effort monarchies put in to preventing revolutions. Corporations can be even more advanced in their planning and preemption. What would it look like if we planned like that?

I accidentally wrote an article about the mutation of a gesture on a topic that the UX/UI designers among you actually know much more about than I do. Nevertheless, I thought you might like it. 🌻
https://finest.day/posts/arguing-on-interfaces-from-obligation-to-…

Arguing on Interfaces: From Obligation to Omnipotence - Finest Day
Two days ago, during “The Android Show,” Google unveiled what it calls a new category of laptop: the Googlebook. The basic idea is to explore what a laptop and its...

Core Urbanism: "Committee for Sydney" is proposing a greenways network across the city, in the "nice things" category because it's away from cars and amongst the fields or rivers or trees
Never forget — cycleways cost about 1% per kilometre as much as roads … and we never talk about what we spend on roads
https://www.…

"The roster, used by the Chaplain Corps, no longer excludes The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from those identified as Christian faiths, as was the case in a version released Friday. That’s because the directory no longer categorizes any faith groups as Christian."
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Your daily dose of #motonormativity : To report a stolen e-bike battery to the Danish police, you have to select the category "Tools / number plate / car parts / fuel / electricity". I wonder how many battery thefts go un/misreported because people don't click through all categories.

Your daily dose of #motonormativity : To report a stolen e-bike battery to the Danish police, you have to select the category "Tools / number plate / car parts / fuel / electricity". I wonder how many battery thefts go un/misreported because people don't click through all categories.