I gave up on BBC “News” years ago after a host tried a dozen different ways to get an American to say something racist. BBC finally simply ended the interview, immediately asserted on-air that the guest had said the racist thing (he very specifically had not), and carried on. I was done at that point.

Thank you!

Glad I don’t use Strava

Sounds like elements of the old MUD “Sindome” along with Logan’s Run and Robocop

Tangent re: New Yorker: I’m about to host-block websites that drop a non-dismissible paywall over the browser and force a quit-and-restart

What, exactly, will this mean in real terms?

In fairness, she can’t be any worse than Betsy DeVoss.

I realize that they’re trying to appease a terrorist “activist investor,” but the Times is rapidly tanking their credibility with readers

Thanks. Reuters recently announced that they would paywall content, at least in the US.

Paywalled

So, reading between the lines, he didn’t leave Bild on good terms and Springer is trying to torpedo his new job.

Good on Apple. Hope this post is updated when someone with no paywall rewrites and runs the article.

It wasn’t so much an “upset” as “open theft” with the collusion of an immature official aiming for his 15 minutes of Disney fame.

Honestly, what were you doing on Reddit in the first place?

Glad I don’t own any D-Link products

Way to go, Wikipedia!

A new strategy for discovering what our governments are up to: Propose a wind farm and see if it gets shot down for secret reasons.

By population. Isn’t the US portion of global GDP around 15%?

Too little, too late. The election is next week

RTO is causing trouble everywhere. Good