Link. “projections of future climate impacts might need to be adjusted”
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macOS versions – complex and unreliable.
Link. I wish they’d never bothered.
Bipartisan spam expansion act expected to pass.
Link. We hates them.
“The App Store makes it easier for scams like this to gain traction because it’s easier to get discovery through App Store keyword SEO and fake reviews than it would be organically,”
Link. Apple’s App Store has failed. End the exclusivity.
“While right-wing figures are saying Trump’s lawyers were not present during the search, two of them—Christina Bobb and Lindsey Halligan—confirmed to Politico that they were there.”
Link. Someone flipped.
Extreme dog rescuing: deep in an inaccessible cave.
Link. 66yo caver hauls 14yo dog up long vertical. Dog should buy a lottery ticket.
“Guys are welcome to return to whatever sexuality suited them previously, but right now, guys, just give it some time.”
Link. So hard to say gay men should change behavior to reduce monkeypox risk. (Vs COVID behavior change)
Continuity Camera Turns an iPhone Into a Mac Webcam
Link. Ventura. This I’ll use.
Most iOS 15 and macOS 12 Monterey Features are not used.
Link. Fewer features, more bug fixes.
The Top PDF Reader in the Mac App Store … is a scam.
Link. We need a way to sue Apple. They don’t care.
Serena Williams: “Shoulda, woulda, coulda. I didn’t show up the way I should have or could have.”
Link. She may be a bit self-critical.
Underrated sci-fi and fantasy books
Link. “If I had to pick one book to be the “great American novel”, at least as far as the last half century is concerned, this might be it.”
Scientific Field Prefixes (xkcd)
Link. Thoughtful combinations.
“the law disqualifies from “holding any office under the United States” anyone who “willfully and unlawfully conceals, removes, mutilates, obliterates, falsifies or destroys…any record, proceeding, map, book, paper, document, or other thing, fil
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“If money earns a positive real return over time, that return doesn’t represent a reward for hard work done; it represents a freebie. A handout. In economic terms, this is called “rent”.”
Link. Great discussion.
iMessage and the Secret Service: of course the messages were lost with a device upgrade.
Link. I’m recently retired from federal service. The secret service message loss seems perfectly normal to me. I don’t think it was a conspiracy.
“two days after Meta released its most advanced AI chatbot to date, BlenderBot 3 is repeating election-denying claims and antisemitic stereotypes to users who interact with it.”
Link. Our children will be a lot like us.
“on January 19, 2021, the day before he left office, Trump revoked the authority he had previously given and named seven new loyalists as his representatives to the National Archives.”
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“By 2035 the I.R.A., they estimate, will have delivered more than 90 percent of the emissions reductions that B.B.B. would have achieved. After all that legislative drama, Biden’s climate policy has emerged essentially intact.”
Link. Could be he’s lucky, but maybe he’s just good at presidenting.
Paxlovid only useful for higher risk? “patients who have already started to mount their own immune response benefit less from an antiviral, …. during infection in a vaccinated host.”
Link. Curbsider’s quickie. For all we know it interferes with developing a lasting immune response in the low risk. Save it for unvaccinated / high risk.
Covert bike AirTag – a fake reflector.
Link. Clever.
“In 1880, the South became solidly Democratic, and with white men keeping Black people from the polls, it would remain so until 1964.”
Link. The first battle against slavery was a win, but far from complete. The second took place in the 60s. Hoping this go round is easier.
Senate passes climate bill. Biden loses again.
Link. JK. He’s hooked on winning.
Subjectivity is baked into inflation data
Link. 1950 Burger comparable to 2020 burger, but we eat more burgers now. 1950 iPhone is bit spartan.
10 Books that showed future.
Link. Neuromancer omitted. That’s wrong. But this is a great list.
“Nearly two dozen Republican state treasurers around the country are working to thwart climate action on state and federal levels”
Link. Only the best.
Orban’s plan to destroy democracy.
Link. 12 points of course. Read this carefully. It’s a solid plan and proven effective. It is now the GOP’s plan. Note where he disses AQnon
Winger orgs get beaten IRS to calm them churches.
Link. “churches are exempt from submitting Form 990, the annual financial disclosure”
“Soon after the United States left Kabul, the C.I.A. sharpened its efforts to find al-Zawahri, convinced he would try to return to Afghanistan.”
Link. Overconfident.
You cannot search the Library in Apple TV.app on iPhone.
Link. Modern Apple reminds me of Trump. So stupid.
“When Dr. Duke asked what a fossil footprint looked like, Dr. Urban pointed out the window and said, “Well, kind of like THAT!”
Link. “The set of 88 prints is about 12,000 years old … found in the military’s Utah Test and Training Range.”
QuickLook bug: dark mode RTF can be invisible.
Link. “another bug that has been left untouched for four years across four major versions of macOS”
NYT designated conservative Bret Stephens on voting Dem: “a choice between a day-old baloney sandwich with a sad little pickle on a stale roll versus a plate of rancid chicken served with a sprinkling of anthrax on a bed of broken glass.”
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GOP dirty tricks in Kansas referendum: “written the question so that a “yes” vote would remove abortion protections and a “no” would leave them in place. Then, today, a political action committee sent out texts that lied about which vote was whi
Link. Be funny if they confused GOP voters.
iOS Podcasts does not support search for episode.
Link. Only supports search for a Podcast source. I miss my home planet.
“The district, long a derelict area owned by the Afghan Defense Ministry, was converted into an exclusive residential area of large houses in recent years, with senior Afghan officials and wealthy individuals owning mansions there.”
Link. WaPo has most details on Zawahiri’s end.
“The precision strike hit Zawahiri as he stood on a balcony in a prosperous section of Kabul, Afghanistan”
Link. Context and history.
“The Murrays had an idyllic life in the country. They also had enormous rashes, strange joint swellings, and recurrent fevers.”
Link. Lyme history and the chronic Lyme cult.
What To Know About Pelosi’s Taiwan Trip
Link. “Who gives a shit what Taiwan thinks? This is about us and China.” The Onion.
CNN viewership down 27%, “Fox News …up about 1 percent”
Link. If you don’t like Fox you are going to have to stop paying for cable. Also, Trump was great for CNN. They must hate Biden.
“Grassley (R-Iowa) … 88-year-old suggested that Google sending emails to spam was equivalent to the post office refusing to deliver the mail”
Link. GOP needs access to the cognitively vulnerable so they can keep scams running. Public comments strongly support filtering.
“The drone strike was conducted at 9:48 p.m. ET on Saturday was authorized by Biden following weeks of meetings with his Cabinet and key advisers”
Link. Taliban caught playing the old game.
TidBITS members get significantly macOS software discounts
Link. If there’s something here you want to buy the discount may cover membership.
“USPTO received far more gene patent applications than the number of genes that actually turned out to exist.”
Link. We thought there were more genes. Also thought we understood what a gene is.
“repeatedly delivered these warnings to Infowars staffers, “only to be received with laughter and jokes.”
Link. Was all a joke for them. Meanwhile Jones well paid lawyers have many ways to keep
him going.
Cold War China: “reorganizing our economy to promote certain industries, build or rebuild certain capacities, and reorganize supply chains”
Link. Alliances essential.
MN vehicle services license processing dashboard
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MN unemployment: “lowest rate ever chalked up by any state in any year since the Bureau of Labor Statistics started tabulating the metric in 1913”
Link. It’s the bike paths.
“Ms. Nichols worked with series creator Gene Roddenberry, her onetime lover, to imbue Uhura with authority”
Link. Didn’t know that bit.
“I don’t think you’re going to go down at all at the end of the day,” Gaetz told Stone. “Gaetz sits on the House Judiciary Committee”
Link. Barr broke the Justice Department.