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Glenn Fleishman
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A printing and comics historian and, somehow, also a tech journalist, book editor, and graphic designer. You can order my book Six Centuries of Type & Printing at https://sixcent.info Find out about my work at glennf.com Two-time Jeopardy! champ.
Liam ProvenI Decompiled the White House's New App
https://blog.thereallo.dev/blog/decompiling-the-white-house-app
The official White House Android app has a cookie/paywall bypass injector, tracks your GPS every 4.5 minutes, and loads JavaScript from some guy's GitHub Pages.
(By "thereallo" -- https://thereallo.dev/?explore=about )
@peternlewis Yes, it’s not that it’s arbitrary—it’s that it’s political in that a couple of people can get your entry removed with little reasonable discourse.
I got tired of not having a Wikipedia because of my…notability…so I wrote a Not Wikipedia page that I’m self-hosting. https://glog.glennf.com/blog/2026/3/30/not-wikipedia-entry
Not Wikipedia Entry
I had an entry at Wikipedia for years, then it was removed in what I think was a 1–1 vote. Big ups for the person opposed to my notability . People have tried in the years since to add an article about me back, but they continue to be challenged on that issue. You’re supposed to be covered by med
@alexcox Big Granola is my uncle!
I got tired of not having a Wikipedia because of my…notability…so I wrote a Not Wikipedia page that I’m self-hosting. https://glog.glennf.com/blog/2026/3/30/not-wikipedia-entry
Not Wikipedia Entry
I had an entry at Wikipedia for years, then it was removed in what I think was a 1–1 vote. Big ups for the person opposed to my notability . People have tried in the years since to add an article about me back, but they continue to be challenged on that issue. You’re supposed to be covered by med
Flying so high like some guy taking meds in the sky, it’s my pass on how to deal with Apple’s Medications feature and changing time zones. https://sixcolors.com/post/2026/03/time-for-your-meds-mr-fleishman/ @sixcolors
@montyhayter that is very cool — an accidental time capsule
At an antiques mall, I encountered a piece of Hamilton Mfg. Co. furniture I’ve never seen before. It didn’t seem type-related, because it was flat wood. Metal or stones are typically used for type galleys.
@attoparsec Yes, and easier to remove. It's hard to slide one out horizontally, I think, and this is more efficient in terms of size and height?