@drdrang I haven't checked, but what is the frequency of these equal signs? It reminds me of this old, oddly specific issue that affected a bunch of WordPress versions a few years ago:

"Some HTML emails received in Outlook replace every 75th character with an equals (=) sign"

https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/issues/606

@daringfireball This infuriating framing only continues to defend Cook and his association with the Trump administration. “Captured” implies that he is a victim, which he most certainly is not here.

This is a choice. *Complicit* is the word.