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from my link log —
Ode to the AA battery.
https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2026/ode-to-the-aa-battery/
saved 2026-01-31 https://…

ProPublica reporters on three recent stories were ignored by federal or state workers when seeking comment, and then were accused of stalking or intimidation (Charles Ornstein/ProPublica)
https://www.propublica.org/article/propublica-reaching-out-reporting-obst…

Our Reporters Reached Out for Comment. They Were Accused of Stalking and Intimidation.
Our journalists reach out to people they’re writing about to ensure fairness. But in this environment, they’ve found their efforts to do so are more likely to be vilified than appreciated.

• 60 out of 100 times it’ll “sync” and freeze with all 4 LEDs on. The Wii U does a little beep but doesn’t show the controller and no inputs work.
• 38 out of 100 times the same thing will happen but with all LEDs off
  • You need to remove the batteries in order to take the wiimotes out of these states
• 2 out of 100 times the wiimotes actually connect, but show with 1 battery bar and almost no inputs go through (and the ones that do are extremely laggy, except for the power button)
  • The manual states that if this happens you can remove the batteries, wait 3 minutes and connect (without syncing) again. That does fixes it sometimes, but it really only worked once for each wiimote.
  • A truly successful connection only happens after the “low battery one”, and even then it seems to be hard to achieve for the first time.
    • Afterwards you’re supposed to be able to reconnect without syncing and then not encounter the issues anymore. That was true for the pink wiimote, but the blue wiimote had to be synced again. I spent quite a few hours trying and wasn’t able to get a successful connection.
    • If you connect the pink wiimote that was working when the other wiimote is in the 4 LEDs freeze state it’ll break the connection of the other one and make you need to sync it again
      • Now none of my aliexpress wiimotes are synced and idk when I’ll be able to sync them again

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Paul Blake:
🎵 Flat Out (Dub)
#PaulBlake
https://paulblakelab.bandcamp.com/track/joel-corry-jax-jones-feat-charli-xcx-vs-fisher-out-out-ben-phillips-just-feels-tight-edit-126-track-15

NFL Week 13 inactives: Players ruled out for Sunday's 11 games https://www.nfl.com/news/nfl-week-13-inactives-players-ruled-out-for-sunday-s-11-games

Tape Talk: What stood out on film from Cowboys-Commanders https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/tape-talk-what-stood-out-on-film-from-cowboys-commanders

I wonder how Woodward & Bernstein would have been treated in today's anti-journalist climate?
https://www.propublica.org/article/propublica-reaching-out-reporting-obstacles

Our Reporters Reached Out for Comment. They Were Accused of Stalking and Intimidation.
Our journalists reach out to people they’re writing about to ensure fairness. But in this environment, they’ve found their efforts to do so are more likely to be vilified than appreciated.

Tape Talk: 5 plays that stood out from Cowboys' Thanksgiving win over Chiefs https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/tape-talk-5-plays-that-stood-out-from-cowboys-thanksgiving-win-over-chiefs

Colts CB Gardner suffers noncontact calf injury https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47153310/colts-sauce-gardner-suffers-noncontact-calf-injury-ruled-out