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A year on #GitHub
https://git-wrapped.com/profiles/nfrankel

"Mothers, Fathers, Sisters, and Brothers need to show the battle lines are drawn, and stand together to fight for the future of victims.
Is protesting the answer? I dont know. But we’ve got to start somewhere.
To all survivors and those protesting. We stand with you in solidarity and know the fight is not over!"
-- It takes incredible courage to face down the sexual predators who have abused you.
Which is why WC, in this broken year, has selected a broken …

2025 in Review: WC’s Person of the Year
In what passes for tradition here at Wickersham’s Conscience, we spend the last week of each year thinking about the year that is ending, and making our wishes for the coming year. This is the four…

Here's my BEST ALBUMS OF 2025:
https://bzangygroink.co.uk/archives/2025/12/31/albums-of-the-year-2025/
And here's my other lists going back back to 2004:

Albums Of The Year 2025
Well, another absolute fucker of a year, wasn’t it? I retreated a lot this year, into comfort eating, into old Stargate and definitely into music. This list originally had 92 albums on it. It…

“2025 In Review: The Year The US Changed Sides”
#usa

2025 In Review: The Year The US Changed Sides
Amongst many stories, one stands out

Glacier loss to accelerate, with up to 4,000 disappearing each year by 2050s #glacier

Glacier loss to accelerate, with up to 4,000 disappearing each year by 2050s
Thousands of glaciers will vanish each year in the coming decades, leaving only a fraction standing by the end of the century unless global warming is curbed, a study showed on Monday.

More than 600 government files released under 20-year rule https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/about/news/more-than-600-government-files-released-under-20-year-rule/

More than 600 government files released under 20-year rule - The National Archives
More than 600 documents have been released by the Cabinet Office today under the 20-year rule. Most are correspondence and work on government policies during Sir Tony Blair’s Labour administration 2004-2005. They include a file about Kim Philby’s archive and another relating to the successful Olympics 2012 bid. There is material relating to the tsunami […]

2016: Figma auto-saves your work.
2026: Figma auto-steals your work.
Figma admins, take a look at the setting that Figma silently opted your entire team into, and think about whether the labor of your designers should be handed away for free, just so Figma can turn around and pitch AI powered layout creation to product managers.

England is facing drastic measures due to extreme drought next year.
Government and water companies are devising emergency plans for the worst water shortage in decades.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/20

I'm trying to play through the implications of some software I've been thinking about maybe designing.
It's legal to make a digital copy of the media that you own (videos, audio) physical copies of. It's legal to give a physical copy of your media to someone else or loan it out, which transfers your viewing license while they have It. Then it should also be legal to let someone else use a digital copy of your media given that you don't also use it at the same time. So as long as you keep track of your license, you should be able to let exactly one person stream some media you own.
If someone else then "steals" that content and views it without a license then that has to be legally on them, otherwise streaming platforms would be liable whenever someone cracks some DRM.
So then, it should be completely legal to set up a local community media library streaming service where you can share content you own licenses to as long as you track your license count and don't let more people stream at any given time than there are licenses available.
Is there something obvious I'm missing (aside from the MPAA and RIAA don't care about the law and will just sue anyone they can just to make an example)?

Simplify Your #Code: Functional Core, Imperative Shell
https://testing.googleblog.com/2025/10/simplify-your-code-functional-core.html