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Here’s Jason:

Since Reporters Without Borders started tracking their World Press Freedom Index 25 years ago, the global rating has never been lower than the 2026 score. … The United States ranks 64th out of 180 countries, a pathetic showing for a country that claims to value the First Amendment[.]

I feel privileged to live in Sweden. But just like democracy, freedoms like freedom of the press are not static conditions, they’re acts. We need to exercise them.

A world map shaded from green to dark red. Scandinavia stands out in green, while much of Asia, the Middle East, and parts of South America and Africa are deep red. The United States is orange, noticeably behind most of Western Europe.

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Thirty Years

Today marks the 30 year anniversary of my becoming a full-time employee of Apple Computer, Inc. When I was hired on May 13, 1996, I was 20 years old, a week shy of 21. I was hired on to the Mac System Integration team, which was responsible for “System Updates”: the kinds of OS upgrades […]

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I'm screwing around with the JSONL stuff again. I'm interested in know about any work people have done that process incoming JSONL data. I'd like to see if I'm even in the ballpark of something useful. Today I'm making it so that my app can be used in production to handle more than one stream. The key thing is it's hooked up to FeedLand via a very simple JSON interface delivered in realtime via websockets. For feeds that support rssCloud, the appearance of the new item in the JSONL feed happens a fraction of a second after it was published. That's how fast the web of 2026 is.

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John Webster:  In word and deed, in speech and action, then, we utter our Amen to God. If there is a conclusion to draw here, it is this. Christian wisdom consists in letting God be God, in hearing and consenting to God's great declaration in the gospel that the time i...

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★ Nextpad++

Nextpad++ feels like a fever dream. Like what Mac apps would be if the Nazis had won WWII.

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Nextpad++

notepad-plus-plus.org/news/npp-trademark-infringement/

Windows Notepad is, more or less, the Windows peer to MacOS’s TextEdit — the built-in system text editor. For years, it was really basic — more basic than TextEdit. Recently Microsoft has started beefing it up, though, culminating last year when they added fucking Markdown s...

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I have regained control of my Twitter account. I really missed it, truth be told. Thanks to Scoble for helping here. As he so often has.

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This bit of code kept coming up, so I wanted to make it easier to find.

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Kagi Snaps

help.kagi.com/kagi/features/snaps.html

Kagi’s documentation: Typing @r headphones will search for “headphones” but limit the results to reddit.com (r is the short code for Reddit). This allows you to quickly find relevant content on a specific site using Kagi’s powerful index. It is effectively the same as do...

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Seriously, Give Kagi a Try

daringfireball.net/2025/04/try_switching_to_kagi

Quoting from a post I wrote a year ago: Like, even if I use the magic &udm=14 parameter with Google search, to get “disenshittified” results from Google, I find I get better results from Kagi. When I know there’s one right answer (say, a specific article I remember r...

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Search Ads as a Vector for Travel Scams

wsj.com/lifestyle/travel/the-simple-travel-scam-that-cost-a-seasoned-traveler-over-12-000-7d317f20?st=WDTpv5

Dawn Gilbertson, writing for The Wall Street Journal (gift link): Calder says that he tried to rebook at the given link a few times but that it wouldn’t work. He became worried new flight options were dwindling, so he googled the airline’s customer-service number. (There...

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Teresa Ribera Visited the U.S. and No One Noticed

politico.eu/article/eu-big-tech-rulebook-shifting-digital-economy-ribera-dma-pulse-forum/

Jacob Parry and Laura Greenhalgh, reporting for Politico, one month ago: The EU’s landmark tech regulations are a “success story” that are beginning to level the playing field between Silicon Valley’s giants and their digital competitors in Europe, said European Competit...

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Broadcasters Urge EU to Use the DMA to Go After Smart TV Platforms, None of Which Are From European Companies

reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/eu-digital-rules-should-apply-big-techs-smart-tvs-broadcasters-tell-antitrust-2026-03-23/

Foo Yun Chee, reporting for Reuters back on March 23: Google, Amazon, Apple and Samsung’s smart TVs and virtual assistants should fall under the EU’s toughest tech rules because of their growing market power, the world’s largest broadcasters told EU antitrust chief Teres...

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Street Lights

Galicia, May 2026.

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New DMA Compliance Features for EU Users in iOS 26.5 (and Perhaps the EU Has Finally Come to Their Senses on Tech Regulation)

macrumors.com/2026/05/11/ios-26-5-eu-third-party-wearable-changes/

Juli Clover, MacRumors: To comply with the EU’s Digital Markets Act, Apple is letting third-party wearables access some features that have historically been limited to the Apple Watch and AirPods. Proximity pairing — Third-party earbuds are able to use proximity pairin...

Molly White's activity feed Supports Webmention
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Note published on May 12, 2026 at 6:22 PM UTC

Atlas, a mostly black pit bull/husky/german shepherd mix, lies on his back in some green grass with dandelions on a sunny day. His front paws are bent up against his chest and his mouth is open.
Also posted to: Mastodon, Bluesky
Tagged: Atlas.

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New zines: Not-knowing and Complexity

I can’t stop making zines! Issues #6 and #7 of my Deleted Zines from Don’t Call It Art are available for free in today’s newsletter.

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Signing off in a world of what’s next

Before turning in last night, I saw a video by Pete from Just a Few Acres Farm YouTube channel. I have followed him for a while. Reflecting on his goodbye, I felt a tinge of sadness every time one of my favorite creators signs off. I have zero interest in being a farmer. But I …

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Expanding items on a FeedLand blogroll should be consistently fast now. Just switched to a different server on the backend.

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Masto: I'd like to come up with a list of formats, protocols and products that have become defaults for AI work.