I automate to save attention. Time comes back every morning. Attention doesn't. Focus is the most expensive thing you spend all day, and most people let machines and meetings drain it without putting up a fight.
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Electronic Frontier FoundationWhat gets mandated in NY gets sold everywhere. A surveillance requirement for 3D printers, buried in NY's budget bill, will be detrimental to innovation everywhere. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/04/stop-new-yorks-attack-3d-printing
Stop New York's Attack on 3D Printing
New York's proposed 2026-2027 budget currently includes provisions that will require all 3D printers sold in the state to run print-blocking censorware—software that surveils every print for forbidden designs. This policy would also create felony charges for possessing or sharing certain design files. The vote on the state budget could happen as early as next week, so New Yorkers need to act fast and demand that their Assemblymembers and Senators strip this provision from the budget.
There are myriad ways that law enforcement can access the content or other metadata of push notifications. Let’s fix that. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/04/how-push-notifications-can-betray-your-privacy-and-what-do-about-it
How Push Notifications Can Betray Your Privacy (and What to Do About It)
A phone’s push notifications can contain a significant amount of information about you, your communications, and what you do throughout the day. And there are myriad ways that law enforcement can access the content or metadata of push notifications. Let’s fix that.
All friction is feedback. That deploy that keeps failing? That relationship that keeps grinding? That habit you can't stick? The system is talking to you. Stop pushing harder. Start listening better.
Your AI is only as good as the instructions you leave for it.
Most people treat AI like a search bar — ask, get answer, close tab. But you can give it a file of rules it reads before every session. What account to use. What tools are off-limits. What to check first.
Without it, the AI guesses. With it, the AI executes.
Think of it like onboarding a new employee: the better your documentation, the less they mess up on day one.
hello, is this thing on?
Digit is a great service that helps you save for goals, budgets, vacations, treats, or whatever you want to save for.
Incrementally, it withdraws small amounts from your account and puts it towards any goal you want.
It's brilliant, really.
But recently they made a change. I talked about it in my latest blog post.
Check it out:
https://notagrouch.com/not-happy-about-digits-upcoming-new-pricing/
Not Happy About Digit's Upcoming 'New' Pricing
I received this email from Digit. One of my favorite financial tools online. We wanted to make sure you saw that the cost of a Digit membership is changing to $5/month. This goes into effect on May 12th, 2021 and is updated in our Terms.Digit has been $5/month since 2019, but we’ve kept early members like you at a lower price ($2.99). This update will help us continue building powerful tools for your money.They go on to justify the price with a list of stuff they've added to the service...Over the last 2 years, we’ve added features that help you avoid overdrafts, pay back
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