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HMAC-based security for webhooks

Verify webhook authenticity with HMAC signatures for outgoing webhooks.

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In a post about safety improvements, OpenAI reveals that a stunning number of people (0.15% out of hundreds of millions of active users) discuss suicide with the chatbot. This is obviously an urgent issue and the company needs to redouble their efforts. Some people will not seek out real counselors.

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The trip to Canada really changed my perspective. Spending more time thinking than developing new stuff. One thing is for sure, we're going to depend on FeedLand more as we go two-way in WordLand. I've been here before. Have to let my mind mull things over before the movement resumes.

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Made good progress on a FeedLand performance issue. The new version is running on feedland.org. We're getting ready to try it on other systems. On the way I hit a problem with the wpcom package that implements the WordPress API in Node.js. Apparently the new version depends on babel/runtime, but it isn't listed as a dependency in their package.json file. I worked around the problem by adding that dependency in wpidentity's package.json file, and that fixed the problem. Had trouble getting this report in their issues section.

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Document Forgery

It comes with a certificate of authenticity, which comes with a certificate of authenticity, which comes with a...

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★ Apple Loses Landmark U.K. Lawsuit Over App Store Commissions

The best time to adjust the rules of the App Store — its exclusivity on app distribution for the entire iOS platform, the exclusivity of Apple’s IAP for purchasing digital content, the commission percentage splits on IAP — was over a decade ago. The next best time to make those adjustments is now.

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What’s Obama been up to?

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Former presidents usually leave the big political battles to their successors. Up until this year, that was largely the case for former president Barack Obama. In his retirement from politics, he founded an award-winning production company, wrote a memoir, and worked to cult...

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It’s #NationalBlackCatDay and I love my national black cat. #CatsOfMastodon

It’s #NationalBlackCatDay and I love my national black cat. #CatsOfMastodon

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#Ihlo - Legacy

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The Best Deals From the All-Clad Factory Seconds Sale on Kitchen Essentials (2025)

All-Clad cookware is the best you can buy—and it has a price tag to match. This sale will stretch your dollars, but it ends in a few days.

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The All-Clad Pizza Oven Is $800 Off Right Now

The All-Clad pizza oven was one of my biggest surprises of the summer. For Some Reason, it's Over 60% Off Today.

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For Cameron Crowe, Being 'Uncool' Is A Badge Of Honor

The filmmaker's new memoir, 'The Uncool,' is about his teen years in the '70s as a rock journalist for 'Rolling Stone.' His unconventional story was dramatized in the 2000 movie 'Almost Famous.' Crowe spoke with Terry Gross about getting access to rockstars before he could drink, being mentored by Lester Bangs, and his interviews with David Bowie. 
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Terry Bradshaw: A Man I Believed To Be Andy Reid Recently Tried To Sell Me Pigs

Terry Bradshaw: A Man I Believed To Be Andy Reid Recently Tried To Sell Me Pigs
There has always been a strong note of pranking to Terry Bradshaw's work as a NFL studio analyst at Fox. Bradshaw's role is mostly that of a Vibes Guy, the most off-kilter and least self-serious participant in a show that is mostly some guys in suits going "haw haw haw" and ...

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Be Careful, Indiana, You’re The Hottest Team In Football

Be Careful, Indiana, You’re The Hottest Team In Football
Curt Cignetti has not just turned around the fortunes of the Indiana University football program, he's made them into a juggernaut. A team that is not only winning games, is not only expected to win games, but is expected to dominate games. After crushing a UCLA team that wa...

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Man Has Pig Kidney Removed After Living With It for a Record 9 Months

With the demand for human donor organs desperately outstripping supply, scientists are working to see if genetically edited pig organs can bridge the gap.

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The NBA Media Is Not Built To Cover A Gambling Scandal

The NBA Media Is Not Built To Cover A Gambling Scandal
Hours after the FBI arrested Terry Rozier and Chauncey Billups, and published a pair of indictments detailing the former's alleged involvement in a cooked prop-bet unders scheme and the latter's alleged involvement in a rigged mafia poker game, the sports-watching public tur...

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Jaylen Brown’s Really Leaving His Mark On Opponents

Jaylen Brown’s Really Leaving His Mark On Opponents

Carlos Boozer's twin sons are top prospects for the 2026 NBA draft, but he may have yet another legacy in the league: artificial hair. It would appear that Boston Celtics star Jaylen Brown is carrying on the tradition. Over the weekend, Brown had two incidents in which some kind of dark residue on his head, possibly applied to simulate a hairline, appeared to smear onto the clothing of opposing players.

The first of these incidents occurred in the third quarter of Friday's game against the New York Knicks. (His hairline was looking rather painterly in this pregame photo posted that day.) With Knicks wing OG Anunoby guarding him, Brown hit a ball fake and nuzzled his forehead against his defender's torso. You can see the smudge occur in real time.

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'House of Dynamite' Is About the Zoom Call that Ends the World

'House of Dynamite' Is About the Zoom Call that Ends the World

The general who advised Netflix’s nuclear Armageddon movie doesn’t believe in abolishing nuclear weapons.

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Alright, What The Damn Hell Is Going On With Liverpool?

Alright, What The Damn Hell Is Going On With Liverpool?
Even though Liverpool opened this Premier League season with five straight wins, the cracks in the defending champion's armor were clear for all to see. Sure, as a fan, it was fun to watch the Pool Boys pull off miracle after miracle, and in my most biased moments, I thought...

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The Championship Lead Seizes Lando Norris

The Championship Lead Seizes Lando Norris
It is only fitting that Lando Norris would reclaim the championship lead for the first time since April in a controversial, penalty-forward mess of a race in which he was barely involved. This is Formula 1, after all. It's always litigation season. From the very start of th...