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"Track the progress on Project 2025"

Why is using the web on mobile still such a pain, despite browser capabilities largely catching up to native apps? "This is not a technical problem. This doesn’t get solved by web standards. This is a cultural problem."
Tracking, heavy frameworks, pop-ups, banners, ads...

The people analyzing spending data for DOGE either don't understand basic SQL (foreign key constraints and join tables) or are just plain lying.
Or, y'know, both. Both seems likely, given they were also complaining about 150-year-olds in Social Security rather than recognizing it as missing data.

"South Koreans reversed a martial law decree in just 6 hours, showing how ordinary citizens and politicians can take fast action to uphold democracy."

Let's put it like this. If you're at a party and it's full of assholes, it's quite reasonable to leave and go to another party.

"Everyone's security plans and situations will always be different, which is why we often say that security and privacy are a state of mind, not a purchase. But the first step is always taking a look at your community and figuring out what's needed and how to get everyone else on board."

"I had a wonderful job, until I didn’t. This is about what happened—and what is happening."

Specification for quote-posts (and otherwise linking to existing AP objects) in ActivityPub. Currently implemented in some projects (*oma, Frendica, etc), planned for Mastodon.

"I’ve been trying to describe what I want my life to look like. The idea is that if I’m armed a better understanding of what I’m aiming for, I’ll be able to make more informed decisions that more intentionally lead me towards my goals for my life."