Candy Crush, Tinder, MyFitnessPal: See the Thousands of Apps Hijacked to Spy on Your Location
A hack of location data company Gravy Analytics has revealed which apps are—knowingly or not—being used to collect your information behind the scenes.Joseph Cox (404 Media)
The American Dialect Society has chosen "rawdog" as the #woty2024 word of the year!
"Rawdogging" was was also a runner-up this year from the Macquarie Dictionary in Australia and the Collins Dictionary — at least. Those are the two I remember from my WOTY episode with John Kelly a couple of weeks ago.
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Furniture is pictured, with debris covering the ground, in the Pacific #Palisades neighborhood, January 9. REUTERS/Daniel Cole
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How do I make posts more accessible to blind people on Mastodon and the Fediverse? | Fedi.Tips – An Unofficial Guide to Mastodon and the Fediverse
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The most horrific wildfires in recent US history have one key feature in common businessinsider.com/wildfires-…
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Most horrific wildfires in recent US history share one key feature
Devastating fires in Lahaina, Hawaii and Paradise, California share a crucial root cause with the LA blazes. It's a clue to our fire future.Morgan McFall-Johnsen (Business Insider)
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#AmReading (more accurately, was reading, since I just finished) Helle and Death, a nod to the classic British country house whodunnit with a charming Danish lead — thoroughly enjoyed it, and there’s a sequel out in a few weeks I’ll be sure to get hold of.
(It’s one of those books with a startlingly low rating on Goodreads, I wonder if people were expecting Scandi Noir, or didn’t like the denouement, or who knows. I adored it, YMMV!)
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France warns Algeria against escalation of influencers showdown
France threatened on Friday to “retaliate” if Algeria escalates a diplomatic row that has flared up over the arrests of Algerian social media influencers accused of inciting violence.BYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
A Stairway to Heaven
A staircase remains standing amid the ruins of a burnt structure along the Pacific Coast Highway in #Malibu, January 8. REUTERS/Daniel Cole
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Zuck fucked up.
Meta staffers reportedly furious after Mark Zuckerberg’s hate speech update allows ‘allegations of mental illness’ based on gender or sexual orientation fortune.com/2025/01/10/staffer…
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Meta staffers reportedly furious after Mark Zuckerberg’s hate speech update allows ‘allegations of mental illness’ based on gender or sexual orientation
Mark Zuckerberg announced changes to Meta's hate policy and employees are in disbelief.Eleanor Pringle (Fortune)
If they all quit, the company dies, and every loan Zuck has out gets called in at the same time.
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Gay Men Can Train As Priests But Don’t “Support The Culture”: Italy Church
Rome: Young homosexual men can train to become Catholic priests in Italy but not if they 'support the so-called gay culture', according to new Church guidelines approved by the Vatican.BYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
Probably doable these days. Only thing I can think of would be for tipping someone without buying something.
Covid actually made many places switch to cashless.
A satellite image shows houses in Pacific Palisades in the aftermath of the #Palisades fire, January 9. via Maxar Technologies
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Research reveals 4 major neurotransmitters that may impact the partners we seek.
Research reveals four major neurotransmitters that may impact the kinds of partners and relationships we seek.Mark Travers Ph.D. (Psychology Today)
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