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The best dark mode toggle is probably none (Lea Verou)
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About a month ago, I wrote an article recommending that if you are going to have an always visible control for switching between light and dark mode, it should be a two-state toggle that alternates between system and whatever the current opposite of system is, not a tri-state…

Fresh Bubbles

First time in a Briefing. Two or more votes in the last 24 hours.

Culture

  1. European digital sovereignty helps everyone, not just Europeans (Michael Harley)
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    Anyone inside or outside the US that thinks they're safe relying on American tech providers and financial institutions should consider how quickly and…

  2. The Cope of Predicting Higher Ed’s Death (Grey Enlightenment)
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    This Andrew Yang tweet was going viral: Heard about a small college in the Midwest that has lost 50% of its enrollment in the last 10 years. Hundreds of…

  3. the whale does not owe us a translation (escarpment)
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    Guest post · ☉ Skandhics { scrollable } Humans keep asking what the whales are saying. It is a beautiful question. It may also be the wrong first question. For…

Gaming

  1. Outer Wilds: a once in a lifetime experience (Joel Chrono)
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    A review for a game you should know nothing about. Seriously, just play it and then come back and gush about it all you want with me!

Life

  1. 📱I don’t/can’t enjoy mobile photography (Bits by Bino)
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    I’ve been into photography for a very long time. After using fixed-roll throwaway cameras, I got my first digital one in the early 2000s. Soon after, I got…

  2. A sure sign that you’re reading AI-generated copy (Joey deVilla)
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    “Bakery”, “road trip”, and “tradition” are often associated with certain geographies in literature and tourism booklets. That’s probably why the next-word…

  3. It took 13 years to notice my invalid vehicle registration certificate! (Dan Q)
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    Thirteen years ago, it seems, a DVLA form processor decided that my name must have been a company name, and incorrectly registered my car's keeper as being a…

Tech

  1. Pagecord's Updated AI Disclosure (Unattributed)
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    Photo by Miguel Ángel Padriñán Alba on Unsplash Introduction I wrote about hosted blog options1 a while back. Included in the options that I thought were…

  2. Gboard's Rambler Rewrites Your Intent (Matthew Brunelle)
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    Rambler can fundamentally change the intent of your writting. There is no way to control it, nor catch what it does.

  3. Selling software worldwide from Europe (Dirk Holtwick)
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    VAT, payment providers and merchants of record: why selling software worldwide from Europe is so hard – and which providers are actually left.

  4. Is it too early to call Google and Microsoft an email cartel? (The Boston Diaries)
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    In the past week, we've learned through multiple trips to the pharmacy that two of Bunny's medications have been discontinued and alternatives have to be…

Still Bubbling

Already featured in a Briefing before. Two or more votes in the last 24 hours.

  1. Normalized Fascism in Open Source: $12 Million Given to DHH (Brennan Kenneth Brown)
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  2. In Search of More Friends (Lyteforce Writes)
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  3. Apple CEO Tim Cook's Legacy Is Dull Products And Spineless Capitulation (The Fine Print*)
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Tiny Bubbles

Fresh posts with exactly one vote in the last 24 hours.