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latcaMar 27
John SiracusaMar 26
To better days…
latcaFeb 11
Electronic Frontier FoundationFeb 10
Ring has announced a new “Search Party” feature that could eventually bring mass biometric surveillance to our streets. It’s on by default. Shut it off.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/02/no-one-including-our-furry-friends-will-be-safer-rings-surveillance-nightmare-0
No One, Including Our Furry Friends, Will Be Safer in Ring's Surveillance Nightmare

Amazon Ring’s Super Bowl ad offered a vision of our streets that should leave every person unsettled about the company’s goals for disintegrating our privacy in public.In the ad, disguised as a heartfelt effort to reunite the lost dogs of the country with their innocent owners, the company...

Electronic Frontier Foundation
latcaDec 23
Steve HermanDec 23
The CBS 60 Minutes CECOT segment showed up in Canada's Global TV app and then quickly disappeared. But a direct copy (not a screen recording) is now archived online: https://archive.org/details/60minutes-cecotsegment
Pulled 60 Minutes segment on CECOT : CBS : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

This is a screen recording of a 60 Minutes segment about the Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo (CECOT) prison in El Salvador, which was intended to be...

Internet Archive
latcaDec 6
Clive ThompsonDec 5

Casio just celebrated its 50th anniversary by producing a huge gallery of dozens of its digital watches, from the 70s to today

they are gorgeous beasts

here are are three, including the "tv remote" one from 1993

item #8 in my latest "Linkfest" newsletter, free to read/subscribe to here: https://buttondown.com/clivethompson/archive/linkfest-42-phytomining-adversarial-poetry-and/

latcaOct 7, 2025
David RobertsSep 30, 2025
This is amazing: @ladwp.com, the Los Angeles utility, has launched a program that will install solar+battery systems on qualifying low-to-moderate-income households, *for free*. Yes: free. If you know someone eligible, tell them to apply!

Self-Generation Incentive Prog...
Self-Generation Incentive Program

The Self-Generation Incentive Program (SGIP) helps qualified LADWP residential customers install solar and battery storage systems by providing financial incentives. This program supports clean energy adoption, enhances grid reliability, and advances LADWP’s commitment to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and promoting equitable access to renewable energy.

Los Angeles Department of Water and Power
latcaOct 7, 2025
Adrianna TanSep 30, 2025
Mood
latcaSep 27, 2025
George Takei  🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽Sep 27, 2025
This captures much of the frustration of today.
latcaSep 9, 2025
Nice! Asians representing on the Apple Watch team at Apple.
latcaAug 19, 2025
David HoAug 19, 2025

The Knight Foundation and others are trying to raise $50 million to rescue public radio and TV stations, prioritizing ones that historically received more than 30% of their funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and are among the only sources of information in their communities.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/business/the-race-to-rescue-pbs-and-npr-stations.html?unlocked_article_code=1.fU8.7ZSJ.rt9RjFcMb9bO&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

The Race to Rescue PBS and NPR Stations

The Knight Foundation and other top organizations are aiming to provide $50 million to stabilize the stations most at risk from the recent federal government funding cuts.

The New York Times
latcaJul 22, 2025
Daring FireballJul 21, 2025
Mad King Watch: Trump Threatens to Interfere With Stadium Deal Unless Washington Commanders Change Name Back to ‘Redskins’
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2025/07/20/trump-threatens-commanders
Mad King Watch: Trump Threatens to Interfere With Stadium Deal Unless Washington Commanders Change Name Back to ‘Redskins’

Link to: https://www.reuters.com/sports/trump-threatens-washington-stadium-deal-unless-nfl-team-readopts-redskins-name-2025-07-20/

Daring Fireball