How The Economist, which has been consistently profitable, is bracing for change amid editorial tensions and questions about its long-term future and stability (Max Tani/Semafor)
https://www.semafor.com/article/02/22/2026/…
Neat ideas for navigating threaded comments & new comments highlighting. I kinda thought of this but really wonder about its usefulness.
- If there's too much nesting of comments, the sidebar space won't be enough
- It shows "[INT] [NAME]" where INT = vote count. Higher count is probably more read-worthy?
- Per-day filter for new comments highlighting is probably too broad in scope if the conversation is too active.
- Sidebar won't appear on sma…
Series C, Episode 04 - Dawn of the Gods
VILA: Why don't we switch him off and put ourselves out of our misery.
AVON: I would advise against it. Orac may be gathering information that could prove useful to us.
VILA: Useful! He's got us into this mess.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/304/89
Heritage staffers walk out amid latest strife at MAGA institution (Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/12/22/heritage-walkout-antisemitism/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251222/p67#a251222p67
RIP to the #Heritage #Foundation, which functionally died this week,
as its most prominent staffers made a beeline for the exit.
The Suspect: President Trump and his posse of online shitposters.
The weapon: Antisemitism.
The room: Phoenix Convention Center.
Having offered up their not-i…
Cowboys Headlines: Ex-staffers eyed; free agency investments; mock drafts boost defense https://cowboyswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/cowboys/2026/01/22/news-headlines-january-21-202…
Matthew Stafford, Rams prepare to play Seahawks for 3rd time: 'As good a defense as we faced all year' https://www.nfl.com/news/matthew-stafford-rams-prepare-to-play-seahawks-third-time-as-good-a-defense
NFL award finalists: Matthew Stafford, Josh Allen, Drake Maye headline MVP list https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6991413/2026/01/22/nfl-award-finalists-mvp-coach-of-the-year/
The removal of TrueNAS legacy (CORE) leaves space for a tenth button.
What would you like?
The button need not be FreeBSD-specific. Discussions frequently attract users of other systems.
The sidebar of r/freebsd is crowded (very tall), and this cluster of buttons is relatively far down, so I doubt that it will gain much attention. Still, cafe community thoughts are welcome.
Three screenshots:
1. an overview of <