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Developer attempts to replicate "Liquid Glass" in CSS, and once finished realizes what she'd actually created is an exploit for a fundamental, previously unknown, and rather serious browser vulnerability

lyra.horse/blog/2025/12...

"CSS hack accidentally becomes regular hack"

I’d rather get bad news from an honest man than lies from a flatterer.

You mean like how now YouTube's parental moderation is useless, as the very people it's there to help can no longer be allowed to login?

So now my kid MUST have unfettered YouTube access, they just can't like or comment?

No yucking required for this choice to raise some questions... starting with "Is everything OK?"

“Have Yourself A Merriam Little Christmas”

Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.

This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥

It almost caught me out last week when I began thinking it was time to put away the winter jackets...

Word on the Sheets is looking for writers! | Word on the Sheets

Great queer writing gig that pays $350 per article. The audience is “LGBTQ+ women, trans and gender diverse communities across Australia.” Check it out here: www.wordonthesheets.org.au/pitch-a-blog/

This is, of course, a self correcting problem.

But not in a way any business should want.

And old boss once told me a restaurant metaphor for tech debt, and it fit very well. "We don't have time to wash the dishes or clean the tables, we're all cooking new orders!"

Log files will never deliberately deceive you.

Still, not as bad as this morning where, immediately after I logged into GMail using a PassKey, it suggested I should really consider setting up a PassKey...

I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.

They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1

Could the be a correlation between cheap land with low state taxes and without a lot of government regulation, and governments that don't invest in infrastructure like water security?

Probably worth someone looking up the numbers...

One of my favorite things is getting to tell friends who are new to NYC that the subway "stand clear of the closing doors please" voice is a trans woman named Bernie Wagenblast and she's amazing.

Data breaches are going to be more common as more sensitive data is stored by companies. Rebecca, and any Australian, should have the right to delete their own data, especially the kind of sensitive data held by IVF companies.

https://digitalrightswatch.org.au/campaigns/right-to-delete/

Last time I flew Qantas they "forgot" my meal preference, and the stewardess said I should have re-checked because their system <something something>.

Marketing poster for the 1986 movie Malcolm

A movie that takes place where I'm from

NGL, I half expected the first video to be Mickey in the box.

Scale stamp duty based on number of homes owned.

Do they still have the beagles?

Unlike most apps these days, Scrivener does not use AI in any way. However, if you’re on a Mac, you may see an AI prompt.
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Here’s why, and what you can do if you want to remove this: buff.ly/MlAq0rL

I am so sick of having to hammer at ESC all day because #vscode wants to steal focus every few keystrokes for some popup I never wanted.

Does anyone know how I can make it stop being so obnoxious?
@vscode.dev perhaps?

Me (to product team): Have you ever considered... NOT being incompetent?

Brother, I wish we could hire you.

Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work.

Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/

Scientists find hidden antibiotic 100x stronger against deadly superbugs A team of scientists discovered a hidden antibiotic 100 times stronger than existing drugs against deadly superbugs like MRSA. The molecule had been overlooked for decades in a familiar bacterium. It…

British and Australian chemists have discovered a powerful new antibiotic called pre-methylenomycin C lactone, hiding in a well-known soil bacterium. This molecule kills drug-resistant bacteria without triggering resistance. buff.ly/YlXaONo
#ShareGoodNewsToo

can microsoft stop with the “Your privacy matter” popups because we BOTH know it’s just NOT true 😭

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I'd rather indent with tabs...