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Sending emails about updates can be great!
But:
1. Do not send incomprehensible emails to cold lists
2. If possible, remove people from your email list when they haven’t interacted with you in years
3. Unless you’re Coca-Cola, in any email you send there should be a one-liner to describe what your app or business does

It is hard to imagine a worse decision than the Supreme Court’s ruling on Thursday
allowing Texas to use its new congressional maps designed to elect five more Republicans to the House of Representatives.
In a 6-3 decision, the six conservative justices have opened the door to states being able to adopt unconstitutional laws on voting
— with immunity from judicial review for at least one election.
At the urging of President Trump, Texas’ Republican-controlled state L…

#infosec
They've mindlessly set it to be a password entry field so it can't be seen, but the 2FA app I'm copying the code from displays it in a nice large font.
They're checking the box for the sake of checking the box, not because it adds any security.
But at least it's inconvenient for all the users, so the policy has that going for it.

Cowboys fans will love Dak Prescott's insane confidence ahead of Lions showdown https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/dallas-cowboys/news/cowboys-fans-will-love-dak-prescotts-insane-confi…

xAI rolls out Grok Imagine 1.0, which it says can generate 720p 10-second videos with better audio, and says Imagine generated 1.245B videos in the past 30 days (@…)
https://x.com/xai/status/2018164753810…

xAI (@xai) on X
Introducing Grok Imagine 1.0, our biggest leap yet. 1.0 unlocks 10-second videos, 720p resolution, and dramatically better audio. Imagine has generated 1.245 billion videos in the last 30 days alone. Try it now: https://t.co/zGhs9czkC5

Wenn unterwürfige und fachlich inkompetente milliardenschwere Gierlappen das Sagen bekommen, dann stirbt die Demokratie ...
https://taz.de/Massenentlassungen-bei-Washington-Post/!6151744/

Massenentlassungen bei „Washington Post“: Der Letzte macht das Licht aus
Die „Washington Post“ kündigt reihenweise und weltweit Redakteure. Das ist nicht nur schlecht für die US-Zeitung, sondern auch für die Demokratie.

"Retrocomputing emerges not only as a fun, recreational activity, but also as one with widely applicable skills, particularly for those working in sustainable computing, and those spreading its use in regions of the world where it has not yet reached peak maturity, and where refurbishing old hardware is an effective way to raise standards of living through computer tech. In this age of rising temperatures and rising oceans, reusing old computers is a very valuable skill."

Return to Innocence
The pages of this magazine have often orbited around the subject of retrocomputing. Take, for example, the editions about sustainability, computer museums, hardware, hobbies, gaming, operating systems, or the one about BASIC published last summer. If you pay attention, you most probably have realized how much retrocomputing has grown in popularity in the past few decades, with more and more people learning on YouTube or TikTok how to replace the batteries or leaking capacitors from the motherbo…

Navigating life post-retirement often brings one big question: will our savings last? Developing flexible online income streams could be a savvy solution. 🎯 It’s not about getting rich quick, but ensuring financial security and keeping doors open. Ready to explore practical strategies? Let’s dive in!

[Jetzt auch endlich Payal Kapadias "All we imagine as light" gesehen, man kommt ja zu nix, aber dazu sollte man letztendlich schon kommen. Gibt's übrigens auf Mubi. #film]

Acclaimed ‘Inconvenient Indian’ reveals he’s not Indigenous
“At 82, I feel as though I’ve been ripped in half, a one-legged man in a two-legged story. Not the Indian I had in mind. Not an Indian at all.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/11/30…

Acclaimed ‘Inconvenient Indian’ reveals he’s not Indigenous
King said he was told as a child that his father was part Cherokee. A genealogist traced his paternal lineage and found no Indigenous ancestry.