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“In the late 1980s, Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary sat on the New York Times best-seller list for 155 consecutive weeks and eventually sold 57 million copies, a figure believed to be second only to the Bible in the United States — but those days are thoroughly gone. Stefan Fatsis’s new book “Unabridged: The Thrill of (and …
Via Kottke: Wallace & Gromit’s Cracking Christmas – “In 2002, Aardman Animations produced a series of short episodes called Wallace & Gromit’s Cracking Contraptions. In each episode, Wallace unveils a new invention, which Gromit then has to deal with. For the holiday season, Aardman has packaged a few of these short shorts into this compilation, Wallace & …
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annas-archive.li/blog, 2025-12-20 “We backed up Spotify (metadata and music files). It’s distributed in bulk torrents (~300TB), grouped by popularity. This release includes the largest publicly available music metadata database with 256 million tracks and 186 million unique ISRCs. It’s the world’s first “preservation archive” for music which is fully open (meaning it can easily be …
tubefilter: “An internal memo sent to TikTok employees has confirmed a rumor that has been swirling for months: ByteDance is about to sell the U.S. version of its social video app to a White House-approved ownership group. In the memo, which was viewed by Axios, TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew told his staff that TikTok U.S. will be sold to a …
Below the Belt – We created a searchable database for the Epstein Files, including everything the DOJ wants hidden. “The repository will continue to grow as the Trump administration releases hundreds of thousands more documents from the investigation into Epstein’s sex trafficking operation. The US Department of Justice on Friday [December 19, 2025] published a …
The Washington Post [no paywall]: “How DOGE and the White House carried out a once-unthinkable transformation of the nation’s sprawling bureaucracy…“It isn’t easy to fire federal employees,” her co-worker told her. “We have all these protections. We’ll be okay.” He was wrong. The United States’ 2.4 million federal employees were about to get caught up …
Card Catalog – Hana Lee Goldin: “The verification tricks that would make fact-checkers weep with joy. Last Tuesday, a client sent me their “thoroughly researched” white paper on workplace automation. It had 47 citations. Looked bulletproof. Every claim backed by a study, every statistic sourced to a journal. I was impressed for exactly three minutes. …
ZDNet: “Every month, Google sends me a report on my online activity, and I must say that I’m not a fan. In fact, the idea that Google is tracking me via Maps disturbs me. That’s not the only issue I have with the default Maps app. It seems that every time I have to rely …
Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, December 20, 2025 – Privacy and cybersecurity issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, finance, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly complex and …
Android Headlines: “DuckDuckGo has introduced a new AI image generation tool that emphasizes privacy, anonymizing prompts and storing images locally on users’ devices. While it faces stiff competition from Google and OpenAI, the tool could appeal to users who want AI image generation without giving up personal data. It seems like everyone is launching their …
ZDNet: “Here’s a common scenario for many travelers. You’re at an airport waiting for your flight. You want to hop online with your mobile phone to stream a movie, play an online game, or download some apps. Your first instinct is to connect to the airport’s Wi-Fi. But that may not be your best option. …
