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A profile of Apple SVP John Ternus, the head of hardware engineering, who sources say is the front-runner to succeed Tim Cook, who wants to reduce his workload (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/technology/apple-ceo-tim-cook-john-ternus.html…

Apple’s John Ternus Could Be Tim Cook’s Successor as CEO
John Ternus, a low-profile but influential executive at Apple, could be next in line to replace the company’s longtime chief executive, Tim Cook, if he steps aside.

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Icons in menus everywhere! Send help!
https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2025/icons-in-menus/
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Writing about the big beautiful mess that is making things for the world wide web.

Jim Caviezel to play Jair Bolsonaro in 'heroic' biopic (Adrian Horton/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/dec/08/jim-caviezel-jair-bolsonaro-biopic
http://www.memeorandum.com/251208/p83#a251208p83

Heavy is the head that bows the crown. Or something…
https://apnews.com/article/bbc-director-resigns-trump-speech-editing-3aab83138d58c92db1bb00e77e568876

Top BBC bosses resign after criticism of the broadcaster’s editing of a Trump speech
The head of the BBC has resigned after criticism of the broadcaster’s editing of a speech by U.S. President Donald Trump. The BBC said that director-general Tim Davie and news CEO Deborah Turness both announced their resignations on Sunday. Britain’s public broadcaster has been criticized for editing a speech Trump made on Jan. 6, 2021 before protesters attacked the Capitol in Washington. Critics said that the way the speech was edited for a BBC documentary last year was misleading and cut …

X limits Grok's image generation and editing to paying subscribers after widespread outcry over its use to create sexually explicit and violent imagery (Helena Horton/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/09/gro…

Senate unanimously approves installing Jan. 6, 2021 plaque (Hailey Fuchs/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/01/08/congress/senate-unanimous-approves-jan-6-plaque-law-enforcement-00717799
http://www.memeorandum.com/260108/p138#a260108p138

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'The goal is to automate us': welcome to the age of surveillance capitalism.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/jan/20/shoshana-zuboff-age-of-surveillance-capitalism-google-facebook

John Thune and Donald Trump had a 'spirited' conversation over Senate war powers vote (Jordain Carney/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/01/09/congress/john-thune-trump-war-powers-00719369
http://www.memeorandum.com/260109/p105#a260109p105

Americans See a Government That Can't Solve Their Problems (John McCormick/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/americans-see-a-government-that-cant-solve-their-problems-60321b82
http://www.memeorandum.com/251109/p8#a251109p8

Why the Most Vulnerable Senate Democrat Hasn't Flipped in the Shutdown Standoff (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/government-shutdown-jon-ossoff-senate-vote-f4113386
http://www.memeorandum.com/251108/p14#a251108p14