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A deep dive into Apple TV's privacy features shows that Apple's streaming device is more private than the vast majority of alternatives, save for dumb TVs (Scharon Harding/Ars Technica)
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/0

Breaking down why Apple TVs are privacy advocates’ go-to streaming device
Using the Apple TV app or an Apple account means giving Apple more data, though.

We only have a small garden, and we mostly grow flowers in containers. Since the end of last week's warm weather the lobelia has been going absolutely great guns, and I popped outside at lunchtime to find five bees happily lapping pollen & nectar from this single container alone.
Elsewhere in the garden there were another 6 or 7 bees and two small white butterflies. This has made my day!
#BloomScrolling #bees

Breaking down why Apple TVs are privacy advocates’ go-to streaming device - Ars Technica https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/06/all-the-ways-apple-tv-boxes-do-and-mostly-dont-track-you/

All the ways Apple TV boxes do—and mostly don’t—track you
Using the Apple TV app or an Apple account means giving Apple more data, though.

What's the preferred easy-to-use benchmarking tool these days for testing full HTTP responses? I know ab (apache bench), but it's also very old so I assume there's a new favorite.
This is for mostly informal tests, so ease of use > capability. Must run on Linux CLI.
#PHP

Yes, yes, yes, yes, @…! 👏
“For now, I’m planning on continuing to roll up my sleeves. I want to make things because I’m human and alive. I want to go on journeys and grow. I’m not always looking for an easy path, I want the friction. Because if I give up the journey, what am I really making? What do I actually learn?”

Apple Updates Logic Pro For iOS, Mac With New Features For Recording, ‘Unmixing’ & More https://www.synthtopia.com/content/20…

@… That works great for viewing the feed in a browser (I remember doing that in… I wanna say 2006), but not in a feed reader AFAIK. I don’t think any of them support it, mostly because they don’t support arbitrary HTML.
I think just supporting CSS would be a nice middle ground.
Now you’ve got me wanting to do this again though…

I'm always wary about using environmental (or health) arguments in favor of going #vegan, mostly because veganism is about animal rights, not about benefits for us and thus you can only go plant-based for those reasons, not vegan, though for some veganism may follow more easily after having abstained from the use of animals.
Apart from this disclaimer, an amazing 10min talk.
OXFORD UNIVER…

Almost all mass media make money mostly from drawing attention (media hype serving advertisers), not from reporting facts or insights. It's a lost battle for good scientists to inform the public?

Trump revealed that he had given Iran permission to bomb the U.S.’s Air Base in #Qatar in retaliation for the American bombing of their nuclear sites.
☑️ Trump Says He Gave Iran Permission to Bomb U.S. Base in Qatar and…Well, Mostly Crickets? - TPM

Trump Says He Gave Iran Permission to Bomb U.S. Base in Qatar and…Well, Mostly Crickets?
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