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william burroughs's "a thanksgiving prayer" (1986), as rendered in mondo 2000 #3. https://archive.org/details/Mondo.2000.Issue.03.1991/page/n9/mode/2up

Meta launches "ghost posts" on Threads, letting users share "unfiltered thoughts" in posts that disappear after 24 hours; replies will appear as a DM (Marcus Mendes/9to5Mac)
https://9to5mac.com/2025/10/27/threads-disappearing-ghost-posts/
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You can now publish disappearing posts on Threads - 9to5Mac
Threads is rolling out ghost posts, which get automatically archived after 24 hours. Here’s how the new feature works.

If things in America weren’t stupid enough, Texas is suing Tylenol maker over unproven claim the pain medicine causes autism.
https://arstechnica.com/health/2025/10/if-things-in-america-werent-stupid-enough-texas-is-suing-tylenol-…

If things in America weren’t stupid enough, Texas is suing Tylenol maker
Texas sues Tylenol maker over unproven claim the pain medicine causes autism.

"Moldova heads to the polls in tense vote that could steer country closer to EU or Russia"
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/28/moldova-heads-to-the-polls-in-tense-vote-that-could-steer-country-close…

🌤️ There’s far less land available for reforestation than we think, study finds
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/10/theres-far-less-land-available-for-reforestation-than-we-think-study-finds/

There’s far less land available for reforestation than we think, study finds
Josep “Pep” Canadell, executive director of the Global Carbon Project, says he believes countries large and small need to think twice before pledging to collectively plant billions of trees as a primary emissions-reduction strategy to meet climate action goals. “We have somehow sold reforestation as a kind of easier path [to fighting climate change], and […]

Meta launches "ghost posts" on Threads, letting users share "unfiltered thoughts" in posts that disappear after 24 hours; replies will appear as a DM (Marcus Mendes/9to5Mac)
https://9to5mac.com/2025/10/27/threads-disappearing-ghost-posts/
…

You can now publish disappearing posts on Threads - 9to5Mac
Threads is rolling out ghost posts, which get automatically archived after 24 hours. Here’s how the new feature works.

The problem with "you can just do things" is that other people can also just do things. You can get into an arms race of just doing things, or learn how to build shared intent.
One of those approaches is masculine and exciting. The other one actually works.
Guess which one AI-powered design & development tools encourage?

The social lives of ideas (Don't Just Do Things, Part 3)
No amount of outputs will help maintain unbroken intent all the way through to delivery.

»Teens arrested by Dutch police reportedly suspected of spying for Russia:
Two teenagers have been arrested in the Netherlands on suspicion of espionage, reportedly on behalf of pro-Russian hackers.«
Telegram is absolutely insecure, not only because it is unencrypted or the drug market that goes through it, but because Russia knows exactly how to exploit young people like the mafia.
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Teens arrested by Dutch police reportedly suspected of spying for Russia
Reports said two boys arrested in the Netherlands are suspected of working on behalf of pro-Russian hackers outside prominent buildings in The Hague.

US supreme court justice Clarence Thomas said
"Settled legal precedent in the US is not “gospel” and in some instances may have been “something somebody dreamt up and others went along with”
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/s

With the holidays upon us, it's easy to default to giving the tech gifts that retailers tend to push on us this time of year:
smart speakers, video doorbells, bluetooth trackers, fitness trackers, and other connected gadgets are all very popular gifts.
But before you give one, think twice about what you're opting that person into.
One big problem with giving these sorts of gifts is that you're opting another person into a company's intrusive surveillance prac…

Think Twice Before Giving Surveillance for the Holidays
With the holidays upon us, it's easy to default to giving the tech gifts that retailers tend to push on us this time of year: smart speakers, video doorbells, bluetooth trackers, fitness trackers, and other connected gadgets are all very popular gifts. But before you give one, think twice about...