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            3 <title>Daring Fireball</title>
            4 <subtitle>By John Gruber</subtitle>
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            8 
            9 
           10 <updated>2021-08-04T23:34:45Z</updated><rights>Copyright © 2021, John Gruber</rights><entry>
           11         <title>Jim Cramer Explains the ‘Metaverse’ and What It Means for Facebook</title>
           12         <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.cnbc.com/video/2021/07/29/jim-cramer-explains-the-metaverse-and-what-it-means-for-facebook.html" />
           13         <link rel="shorturl" type="text/html" href="http://df4.us/tky" />
           14         <link rel="related" type="text/html" href="https://daringfireball.net/linked/2021/08/04/cramerverse" />
           15         <id>tag:daringfireball.net,2021:/linked//6.38338</id>
           16         <published>2021-08-04T16:42:36Z</published>
           17         <updated>2021-08-04T16:46:00Z</updated>
           18         <author>
           19                 <name>John Gruber</name>
           20                 <uri>http://daringfireball.net/</uri>
           21         </author>
           22         <content type="html" xml:base="https://daringfireball.net/linked/" xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[
           23 <p>Sure, OK, that makes a lot of sense.</p>
           24 
           25 <div>
           26 <a  title="Permanent link to ‘Jim Cramer Explains the ‘Metaverse’ and What It Means for Facebook’"  href="https://daringfireball.net/linked/2021/08/04/cramerverse">&nbsp;★&nbsp;</a>
           27 </div>
           28 
           29         ]]></content>
           30   </entry><entry>
           31         <title>Google Teases Upcoming Pixel 6 and 6 Pro Phones</title>
           32         <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.theverge.com/2021/8/2/22605094/google-pixel-6-pro-tensor-processor-specs-ai-ml" />
           33         <link rel="shorturl" type="text/html" href="http://df4.us/tkx" />
           34         <link rel="related" type="text/html" href="https://daringfireball.net/linked/2021/08/03/pixel-6-teaser" />
           35         <id>tag:daringfireball.net,2021:/linked//6.38337</id>
           36         <published>2021-08-03T18:36:34Z</published>
           37         <updated>2021-08-04T23:34:45Z</updated>
           38         <author>
           39                 <name>John Gruber</name>
           40                 <uri>http://daringfireball.net/</uri>
           41         </author>
           42         <content type="html" xml:base="https://daringfireball.net/linked/" xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[
           43 <p>Dieter Bohn, writing for The Verge:</p>
           44 
           45 <blockquote>
           46   <p>Tensor is an SoC, not a single processor. And so while it’s fair
           47 to call it Google-designed, it’s also still unclear which
           48 components are Google-made and which are licensed from others. Two
           49 things are definitely coming from Google: a mobile TPU for AI
           50 operations and a new Titan M2 chip for security. The rest,
           51 including the CPU, GPU, and 5G modem, are all still a mystery.</p>
           52 
           53 <p>Less mysterious: the phones themselves. I spent about an hour at
           54 Google’s Mountain View campus last week looking at the phone
           55 hardware and talking with Google’s hardware chief Rick Osterloh
           56 about Tensor. After all that, my main takeaway about the new Pixel
           57 6 phones is simple.</p>
           58 
           59 <p>Google is actually, finally trying to make a competitive
           60 flagship phone.</p>
           61 </blockquote>
           62 
           63 <p>“This is the year Google gets serious about Pixel (née Nexus) phones” is right up there with “the next version of Bluetooth is going to be reliable” and “this is the year of desktop Linux” on the list of perennial letdowns. But like Charlie Brown trying to kick Lucy’s football, hope springs eternal, and I’m hopeful Google actually pulls it off this time. The iPhone needs better rivals.</p>
           64 
           65 <div>
           66 <a  title="Permanent link to ‘Google Teases Upcoming Pixel 6 and 6 Pro Phones’"  href="https://daringfireball.net/linked/2021/08/03/pixel-6-teaser">&nbsp;★&nbsp;</a>
           67 </div>
           68 
           69         ]]></content>
           70   </entry><entry>
           71         <title>Emojipedia Acquired by Zedge</title>
           72         <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/emojipedia-joins-zedge/" />
           73         <link rel="shorturl" type="text/html" href="http://df4.us/tkw" />
           74         <link rel="related" type="text/html" href="https://daringfireball.net/linked/2021/08/03/emojipedia-acquired-by-zedge-" />
           75         <id>tag:daringfireball.net,2021:/linked//6.38336</id>
           76         <published>2021-08-03T14:45:18Z</published>
           77         <updated>2021-08-03T14:47:43Z</updated>
           78         <author>
           79                 <name>John Gruber</name>
           80                 <uri>http://daringfireball.net/</uri>
           81         </author>
           82         <content type="html" xml:base="https://daringfireball.net/linked/" xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[
           83 <p>🤔</p>
           84 
           85 <div>
           86 <a  title="Permanent link to ‘Emojipedia Acquired by Zedge’"  href="https://daringfireball.net/linked/2021/08/03/emojipedia-acquired-by-zedge-">&nbsp;★&nbsp;</a>
           87 </div>
           88 
           89         ]]></content>
           90   </entry><entry>
           91         <title>Follow the Islamic State on Gettr</title>
           92         <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.politico.com/news/2021/08/02/trump-gettr-social-media-isis-502078" />
           93         <link rel="shorturl" type="text/html" href="http://df4.us/tku" />
           94         <link rel="related" type="text/html" href="https://daringfireball.net/linked/2021/08/03/gettr-while-the-gettring-is-good" />
           95         <id>tag:daringfireball.net,2021:/linked//6.38334</id>
           96         <published>2021-08-03T14:09:31Z</published>
           97         <updated>2021-08-03T14:28:37Z</updated>
           98         <author>
           99                 <name>John Gruber</name>
          100                 <uri>http://daringfireball.net/</uri>
          101         </author>
          102         <content type="html" xml:base="https://daringfireball.net/linked/" xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[
          103 <p>Mark Scott and Tina Nguyen, reporting for Politico:</p>
          104 
          105 <blockquote>
          106   <p>Just weeks after its launch, the pro-Trump social network GETTR is inundated with terrorist propaganda spread by supporters of Islamic State, according to a POLITICO review of online activity on the fledgling platform.</p>
          107 
          108 <p>The social network — started a month ago by members of former President Donald Trump’s inner circle — features reams of jihadi-related material, including graphic videos of beheadings, viral memes that promote violence against the West and even memes of a militant executing Trump in an orange jumpsuit similar to those used in Guantanamo Bay.</p>
          109 </blockquote>
          110 
          111 <div>
          112 <a  title="Permanent link to ‘Follow the Islamic State on Gettr’"  href="https://daringfireball.net/linked/2021/08/03/gettr-while-the-gettring-is-good">&nbsp;★&nbsp;</a>
          113 </div>
          114 
          115         ]]></content>
          116   </entry><entry>
          117         
          118         <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://tara.ai/?ref=daringfireball" />
          119         <link rel="shorturl" href="http://df4.us/tkv" />
          120         <link rel="related" type="text/html" href="https://daringfireball.net/feeds/sponsors/2021/08/tara_ai_build_better_software" />
          121         <id>tag:daringfireball.net,2021:/feeds/sponsors//11.38335</id>
          122         <author><name>Daring Fireball Department of Commerce</name></author>
          123         <published>2021-08-03T08:52:33-05:00</published>
          124         <updated>2021-08-03T10:29:39-05:00</updated>
          125         <content type="html" xml:base="https://daringfireball.net/feeds/sponsors/" xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[
          126 <p>We all want to build great software — as quickly as possible. Here are three blockers we often hear from developers:</p>
          127 
          128 <ul>
          129 <li><p><em>Getting everyone aligned</em></p>
          130 
          131 <p>Get ideas across clearly with a clear problem statement and requirements. Use a tool like Tara to get sign-off before you start.</p></li>
          132 <li><p><em>Visibility into actual progress</em></p>
          133 
          134 <p>Code changes are the best indicators of progress. Use tools that enable transparency. With Tara, everyone can see commits, blocks, and merges for a sense of true progress.</p></li>
          135 <li><p><em>Manual status updates</em></p>
          136 
          137 <p>Manual updates are the achilles heel of every project. Use tools that automate tedious, low-value actions — like Tara’s auto-status that marks tasks as done when a PR merges.</p></li>
          138 </ul>
          139 
          140 <p>One workspace for your team’s docs, sprints, and tasks synced to code. Plus an API for custom workflows. <a href="https://tara.ai/?ref=daringfireball">Get started on Tara for free</a>.</p>
          141 
          142 <div>
          143 <a  title="Permanent link to ‘Tara AI — Build Better Software, Faster’"  href="https://daringfireball.net/feeds/sponsors/2021/08/tara_ai_build_better_software">&nbsp;★&nbsp;</a>
          144 </div>
          145 
          146         ]]></content>
          147         <title>[Sponsor] Tara AI — Build Better Software, Faster</title></entry><entry>
          148         <title>‘The Costs of Selling COVID Fear’</title>
          149         <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://surowiecki.medium.com/the-costs-of-selling-covid-fear-a9f5600e0fde" />
          150         <link rel="shorturl" type="text/html" href="http://df4.us/tkt" />
          151         <link rel="related" type="text/html" href="https://daringfireball.net/linked/2021/08/02/surowiecki-covid-fear" />
          152         <id>tag:daringfireball.net,2021:/linked//6.38333</id>
          153         <published>2021-08-02T12:56:48Z</published>
          154         <updated>2021-08-02T13:01:27Z</updated>
          155         <author>
          156                 <name>John Gruber</name>
          157                 <uri>http://daringfireball.net/</uri>
          158         </author>
          159         <content type="html" xml:base="https://daringfireball.net/linked/" xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[
          160 <p>James Surowiecki:</p>
          161 
          162 <blockquote>
          163   <p>When the CDC changed its guidance on masking earlier this week — recommending, among other things, that even vaccinated people start wearing masks in indoor public spaces in areas of substantial to high Covid transmission — it cited “unpublished data” as a reason for its decision. The next day, <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/context/cdc-breakthrough-infections/94390e3a-5e45-44a5-ac40-2744e4e25f2e/?_=1">the internal CDC document</a> that seems to have prompted the shift was published — by the Washington Post. And when major news media got a look at, the message they sent vaccinated people was pretty simple: “Panic!”</p>
          164 
          165 <p>This reaction was not justified by the actual data in the CDC document.</p>
          166 </blockquote>
          167 
          168 <p>Headlines matter, and the headlines for these stories have been grossly misleading.</p>
          169 
          170 <div>
          171 <a  title="Permanent link to ‘‘The Costs of Selling COVID Fear’’"  href="https://daringfireball.net/linked/2021/08/02/surowiecki-covid-fear">&nbsp;★&nbsp;</a>
          172 </div>
          173 
          174         ]]></content>
          175   </entry><entry>
          176         <title>Brief Reviews of (Nearly) Every Mac Keyboard</title>
          177         <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.dgriffinjones.com/extraordinary/brief-reviews-of-nearly-every-mac-keyboard.html" />
          178         <link rel="shorturl" type="text/html" href="http://df4.us/tks" />
          179         <link rel="related" type="text/html" href="https://daringfireball.net/linked/2021/08/02/every-mac-keyboard" />
          180         <id>tag:daringfireball.net,2021:/linked//6.38332</id>
          181         <published>2021-08-02T12:29:19Z</published>
          182         <updated>2021-08-02T12:32:11Z</updated>
          183         <author>
          184                 <name>John Gruber</name>
          185                 <uri>http://daringfireball.net/</uri>
          186         </author>
          187         <content type="html" xml:base="https://daringfireball.net/linked/" xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[
          188 <p>Griffin Jones:</p>
          189 
          190 <blockquote>
          191   <p>The <a href="https://deskthority.net/wiki/AppleDesign_Keyboard">AppleDesign Keyboard</a> is a cheap cost-cutting imitation of the Extended Keyboard. It doesn’t even have an embedded Apple logo, just its silhouette punched into the mold of plastic. The symbolism that Apple was only a shadow of its former self in the mid-90s could not be any clearer.</p>
          192 
          193 <p>I rate it 2⁄5 stars.</p>
          194 </blockquote>
          195 
          196 <p>Spot-on reviews.</p>
          197 
          198 <div>
          199 <a  title="Permanent link to ‘Brief Reviews of (Nearly) Every Mac Keyboard’"  href="https://daringfireball.net/linked/2021/08/02/every-mac-keyboard">&nbsp;★&nbsp;</a>
          200 </div>
          201 
          202         ]]></content>
          203   </entry><entry>
          204         <title>GitFinder</title>
          205         <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://gitfinder.com/?df=yes" />
          206         <link rel="shorturl" type="text/html" href="http://df4.us/tkr" />
          207         <link rel="related" type="text/html" href="https://daringfireball.net/linked/2021/08/01/gitfinder" />
          208         <id>tag:daringfireball.net,2021:/linked//6.38331</id>
          209         <published>2021-08-01T14:40:50Z</published>
          210         <updated>2021-08-01T17:35:53Z</updated>
          211         <author>
          212                 <name>John Gruber</name>
          213                 <uri>http://daringfireball.net/</uri>
          214         </author>
          215         <content type="html" xml:base="https://daringfireball.net/linked/" xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[
          216 <p>My thanks to GitFinder for sponsoring last week at DF. GitFinder integrates Git directly in the Finder on MacOS. Features include:</p>
          217 
          218 <ul>
          219 <li>See Git status of files directly in Finder with descriptive icon badges.</li>
          220 <li>Perform Git operations directly in Finder using customizable contextual and toolbar item menus.</li>
          221 <li>Enjoy the full Git experience — merge, rebase, stash, resolve, reset, revert, cherrypick, export, patch, compare, pull requests, and more — accessible directly in Finder.</li>
          222 <li>Do everything using your mouse, clicking on buttons and using contextual menus.</li>
          223 <li>Or, do everything using your keyboard, with fully-customizable key shortcuts.</li>
          224 </ul>
          225 
          226 <p>All this and much more in a fast, lightweight, securely-sandboxed and beautiful Git client. GitFinder is exactly the sort of thoughtfully-designed developer tool that makes the Mac the Mac.</p>
          227 
          228 <div>
          229 <a  title="Permanent link to ‘GitFinder’"  href="https://daringfireball.net/linked/2021/08/01/gitfinder">&nbsp;★&nbsp;</a>
          230 </div>
          231 
          232         ]]></content>
          233   </entry><entry>
          234         <title>Shawn King: ‘Be Wary of the “iPhone Photography Awards”’</title>
          235         <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.loopinsight.com/2020/07/22/be-wary-of-the-iphone-photography-awards/" />
          236         <link rel="shorturl" type="text/html" href="http://df4.us/tkq" />
          237         <link rel="related" type="text/html" href="https://daringfireball.net/linked/2021/08/01/king-ippawards" />
          238         <id>tag:daringfireball.net,2021:/linked//6.38330</id>
          239         <published>2021-08-01T14:20:51Z</published>
          240         <updated>2021-08-02T15:27:45Z</updated>
          241         <author>
          242                 <name>John Gruber</name>
          243                 <uri>http://daringfireball.net/</uri>
          244         </author>
          245         <content type="html" xml:base="https://daringfireball.net/linked/" xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[
          246 <p>Shawn King, writing for The Loop regarding <em>last year’s</em> iPhone Photography Awards:</p>
          247 
          248 <blockquote>
          249   <p>But I remember having my spidey senses tingle last year with these
          250 awards so I did some digging into it. The first thing I noticed
          251 was you have to “pay to play” — that is, it costs $5.50 to submit
          252 a single image with “discounts” given for multiple image
          253 submissions. Paying to submit images to a contest is not
          254 necessarily a bad thing but it always raises concerns for me.</p>
          255 
          256 <p>Next up was the judges — or lack thereof. In an <a href="https://www.inputmag.com/culture/2020-iphone-photography-awards-winning-photos-heres-how-they-were-shot-judged">interview
          257 with Input</a>, the founder of the IPPAWARDS Kenan Aktulun
          258 (whose <a href="https://twitter.com/keakt">Twitter account</a> is protected) wouldn’t say who the
          259 judges were:</p>
          260 
          261 <blockquote>
          262   <p>I asked Aktulun to share some details behind the curtains about
          263 the judging process. Though he wouldn’t say specifically who the
          264 panel of judges was for the 2020 winners, he said they were made
          265 up of a diverse cast of visual storytellers including
          266 photographers and designers.</p>
          267 </blockquote>
          268 
          269 <p>That’s always a red flag for me. Every reputable photo
          270 competition, from Apple on down, lists the names of the people
          271 doing the judging.</p>
          272 </blockquote>
          273 
          274 <p>The prizes are sort of shitty too.</p>
          275 
          276 <div>
          277 <a  title="Permanent link to ‘Shawn King: ‘Be Wary of the “iPhone Photography Awards”’’"  href="https://daringfireball.net/linked/2021/08/01/king-ippawards">&nbsp;★&nbsp;</a>
          278 </div>
          279 
          280         ]]></content>
          281   </entry><entry>
          282         <title>Rolling Stone: ‘How Dommes Are Convincing Submissives to Get Jabs’</title>
          283         <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/bdsm-dommes-subs-vaccination-covid19-1201121/" />
          284         <link rel="shorturl" type="text/html" href="http://df4.us/tkp" />
          285         <link rel="related" type="text/html" href="https://daringfireball.net/linked/2021/07/31/rolling-stone-dommes" />
          286         <id>tag:daringfireball.net,2021:/linked//6.38329</id>
          287         <published>2021-07-31T14:28:47Z</published>
          288         <updated>2021-07-31T14:33:02Z</updated>
          289         <author>
          290                 <name>John Gruber</name>
          291                 <uri>http://daringfireball.net/</uri>
          292         </author>
          293         <content type="html" xml:base="https://daringfireball.net/linked/" xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[
          294 <p>E.J. Dickson, reporting for Rolling Stone:</p>
          295 
          296 <blockquote>
          297   <p>“I think I had the same reservations that many people had,” Bob, who requested that his last name be withheld to protect his privacy, tells Rolling Stone.</p>
          298 
          299 <p>Then Bob saw a tweet from Goddess Alexandra Snow, a professional dominatrix and dungeon owner who operates Wicked Eden, a BDSM collective based in Columbus, Ohio. The tweet stated that any submissives who wanted to session with Snow in person would have to show proof of vaccination. Bob had been subscribing to Goddess Snow’s OnlyFans and “tributing” her (giving her money) for almost two years, and he got in touch with her to discuss whether or not he should get the vaccine. “It was less about convincing me and more about her confirming to me that it was the right thing to do,” he says. He got his final shot three weeks ago. “It [feels] good to know that I’m (hopefully) contributing to others not falling seriously ill,” he says. “And of course, it’s gratifying to know I’ve done something that Goddess Snow approves of.”</p>
          300 </blockquote>
          301 
          302 <p>More like this, please.</p>
          303 
          304 <div>
          305 <a  title="Permanent link to ‘Rolling Stone: ‘How Dommes Are Convincing Submissives to Get Jabs’’"  href="https://daringfireball.net/linked/2021/07/31/rolling-stone-dommes">&nbsp;★&nbsp;</a>
          306 </div>
          307 
          308         ]]></content>
          309   </entry><entry>
          310         <title>The Talk Show: ‘You Called Him Pixel Mature’</title>
          311         <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://daringfireball.net/thetalkshow/2021/07/30/ep-319" />
          312         <link rel="shorturl" type="text/html" href="http://df4.us/tko" />
          313         <link rel="related" type="text/html" href="https://daringfireball.net/linked/2021/07/30/the-talk-show-319" />
          314         <id>tag:daringfireball.net,2021:/linked//6.38328</id>
          315         <published>2021-07-30T21:05:21Z</published>
          316         <updated>2021-07-30T21:05:21Z</updated>
          317         <author>
          318                 <name>John Gruber</name>
          319                 <uri>http://daringfireball.net/</uri>
          320         </author>
          321         <content type="html" xml:base="https://daringfireball.net/linked/" xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[
          322 <p>Special guest: John Moltz. Special topics: Playdate preorders, MagSafe battery packs, iPad keyboard covers, Facebook and NSO Group, Safari 15 betas, and <em>Loki</em>.</p>
          323 
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          333 
          334 <div>
          335 <a  title="Permanent link to ‘The Talk Show: ‘You Called Him Pixel Mature’’"  href="https://daringfireball.net/linked/2021/07/30/the-talk-show-319">&nbsp;★&nbsp;</a>
          336 </div>
          337 
          338         ]]></content>
          339   </entry><entry>
          340         <title>Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia to Mandate COVID-19 Vaccination for Employees</title>
          341         <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.inquirer.com/health/coronavirus/chop-vaccine-requirement-coronavirus-20210729.html" />
          342         <link rel="shorturl" type="text/html" href="http://df4.us/tkn" />
          343         <link rel="related" type="text/html" href="https://daringfireball.net/linked/2021/07/29/chop-mandate" />
          344         <id>tag:daringfireball.net,2021:/linked//6.38327</id>
          345         <published>2021-07-29T22:04:11Z</published>
          346         <updated>2021-07-29T22:07:19Z</updated>
          347         <author>
          348                 <name>John Gruber</name>
          349                 <uri>http://daringfireball.net/</uri>
          350         </author>
          351         <content type="html" xml:base="https://daringfireball.net/linked/" xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[
          352 <p>Aubrey Whelan, reporting for The Philadelphia Inquirer:</p>
          353 
          354 <blockquote>
          355   <p>The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia will soon require all its on-site employees to be vaccinated against the coronavirus, as most of their patients are too young to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. The hospital did not specify a deadline for employees to receive the vaccine, but said in a statement Thursday that it is “currently preparing for the implementation of a vaccine requirement.”</p>
          356 
          357 <p>“We believe that it is our duty to protect those who cannot protect themselves, especially our young patients,” the statement read.</p>
          358 </blockquote>
          359 
          360 <p>More like this, please.</p>
          361 
          362 <div>
          363 <a  title="Permanent link to ‘Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia to Mandate COVID-19 Vaccination for Employees’"  href="https://daringfireball.net/linked/2021/07/29/chop-mandate">&nbsp;★&nbsp;</a>
          364 </div>
          365 
          366         ]]></content>
          367   </entry><entry>
          368         <title>Mandate Vaccinations, Not Masks</title>
          369         <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/27/opinion/covid-vaccine-delta-variant.html" />
          370         <link rel="shorturl" type="text/html" href="http://df4.us/tkm" />
          371         <link rel="related" type="text/html" href="https://daringfireball.net/linked/2021/07/29/carroll-mandate-vaccinations" />
          372         <id>tag:daringfireball.net,2021:/linked//6.38326</id>
          373         <published>2021-07-29T18:20:29Z</published>
          374         <updated>2021-07-29T18:38:20Z</updated>
          375         <author>
          376                 <name>John Gruber</name>
          377                 <uri>http://daringfireball.net/</uri>
          378         </author>
          379         <content type="html" xml:base="https://daringfireball.net/linked/" xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[
          380 <p>Aaron E. Carroll, chief health officer for Indiana University, in a guest column for The New York Times:</p>
          381 
          382 <blockquote>
          383   <p>Many may read the C.D.C.’s continued focus on masking and
          384 distancing as an acknowledgment that the vaccines don’t work well
          385 enough. Leaning heavily on masking and distancing is what we did
          386 when we didn’t have vaccinations. Today, such recommendations are
          387 less likely to succeed because they are more likely to be followed
          388 by those already primed to listen — the vaccinated — and to be
          389 fought and ignored by those who aren’t.</p>
          390 
          391 <p>Hospitalizations and deaths are rising in some areas not because
          392 someone didn’t wear a mask at the ballgame. They’re occurring
          393 because too many people are not immunized.</p>
          394 
          395 <p>This is why I’ve <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/28/opinion/covid-vaccine-mandate.html">advocated</a> vaccine mandates. I don’t understand
          396 how we can mandate wearing masks but not getting vaccinations.</p>
          397 </blockquote>
          398 
          399 <p>Here’s German Lopez, <a href="https://www.vox.com/2021/7/28/22594637/vaccine-mandates-covid-19-masks-delta-variants">making the same case at Vox</a>:</p>
          400 
          401 <blockquote>
          402   <p>A year ago, requiring masks as cases spiked would have been an
          403 obviously smart decision. Mask mandates <a href="https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/21546014/mask-mandates-coronavirus-covid-19">work</a>, and for most of
          404 2020, they were among the best methods we had to stop the spread
          405 of Covid-19. But masks were never meant to be the long-term
          406 solution; they were a stopgap until the US and the rest of the
          407 world could stamp out epidemics through vaccination.</p>
          408 
          409 <p>Now those vaccines are here. And the changed circumstances of
          410 summer 2021 call for new approaches. Any entity thinking about a
          411 mask requirement — from private businesses to local, state, and
          412 federal governments — should consider mandating something else
          413 first: vaccination.</p>
          414 </blockquote>
          415 
          416 <p>Asking the vaccinated to wear masks to protect the voluntarily unvaccinated is not going to work. <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/07/vaccinated-america-breaking-point-anti-vaxxers/619539/">The backlash is growing</a>.</p>
          417 
          418 <div>
          419 <a  title="Permanent link to ‘Mandate Vaccinations, Not Masks’"  href="https://daringfireball.net/linked/2021/07/29/carroll-mandate-vaccinations">&nbsp;★&nbsp;</a>
          420 </div>
          421 
          422         ]]></content>
          423   </entry><entry>
          424         <title>Google and Facebook to Require Employees Get Vaccinated</title>
          425         <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/07/28/google-office-vaccinate/" />
          426         <link rel="shorturl" type="text/html" href="http://df4.us/tkl" />
          427         <link rel="related" type="text/html" href="https://daringfireball.net/linked/2021/07/29/google-facebook-employee-vaccinations" />
          428         <id>tag:daringfireball.net,2021:/linked//6.38325</id>
          429         <published>2021-07-29T18:09:59Z</published>
          430         <updated>2021-07-29T18:10:00Z</updated>
          431         <author>
          432                 <name>John Gruber</name>
          433                 <uri>http://daringfireball.net/</uri>
          434         </author>
          435         <content type="html" xml:base="https://daringfireball.net/linked/" xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[
          436 <p>Heather Kelly and Gerrit De Vynck, reporting for The Washington Post:</p>
          437 
          438 <blockquote>
          439   <p>Google on Wednesday became the first Big Tech [<em>sic</em>] company to
          440 announce that it will require employees who work in its offices to
          441 be fully vaccinated. Facebook later announced a similar policy
          442 requiring all in-person workers to get vaccinated before coming
          443 into a Facebook office in the United States.</p>
          444 </blockquote>
          445 
          446 <p>More like this, please (<em>ahem</em>, Apple).</p>
          447 
          448 <div>
          449 <a  title="Permanent link to ‘Google and Facebook to Require Employees Get Vaccinated’"  href="https://daringfireball.net/linked/2021/07/29/google-facebook-employee-vaccinations">&nbsp;★&nbsp;</a>
          450 </div>
          451 
          452         ]]></content>
          453   </entry><entry>
          454         <title>Danny Meyer’s Restaurants Will Require Both Employees and Patrons to Be Vaccinated</title>
          455         <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://twitter.com/SquawkCNBC/status/1420704924644610051" />
          456         <link rel="shorturl" type="text/html" href="http://df4.us/tkk" />
          457         <link rel="related" type="text/html" href="https://daringfireball.net/linked/2021/07/29/meyer-vaccination-requirement" />
          458         <id>tag:daringfireball.net,2021:/linked//6.38324</id>
          459         <published>2021-07-29T18:06:59Z</published>
          460         <updated>2021-07-29T18:21:16Z</updated>
          461         <author>
          462                 <name>John Gruber</name>
          463                 <uri>http://daringfireball.net/</uri>
          464         </author>
          465         <content type="html" xml:base="https://daringfireball.net/linked/" xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[
          466 <p>Shake Shack founder Danny Meyer, appearing on CNBC’s Squawk Box:</p>
          467 
          468 <blockquote>
          469   <p>“We’re following the lead of both city, state, and federal
          470 government. We’re going to do this ourselves in our restaurants in
          471 New York City and in Washington D.C. … We feel like we have an
          472 amazing responsibility to keep our staff members and our guests
          473 safe, and that’s what we’re going to do.”</p>
          474 </blockquote>
          475 
          476 <p>More like this, please.</p>
          477 
          478 <div>
          479 <a  title="Permanent link to ‘Danny Meyer’s Restaurants Will Require Both Employees and Patrons to Be Vaccinated’"  href="https://daringfireball.net/linked/2021/07/29/meyer-vaccination-requirement">&nbsp;★&nbsp;</a>
          480 </div>
          481 
          482         ]]></content>
          483   </entry><entry>
          484         <title>Remember When Facebook Wanted to Use NSO Group’s Spyware to Surveil iOS Users?</title>
          485         <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://daringfireball.net/linked/2020/04/04/facebook-nso-group" />
          486         <link rel="shorturl" type="text/html" href="http://df4.us/tkj" />
          487         <link rel="related" type="text/html" href="https://daringfireball.net/linked/2021/07/29/facebook-nso-group" />
          488         <id>tag:daringfireball.net,2021:/linked//6.38323</id>
          489         <published>2021-07-29T14:21:45Z</published>
          490         <updated>2021-07-29T14:27:08Z</updated>
          491         <author>
          492                 <name>John Gruber</name>
          493                 <uri>http://daringfireball.net/</uri>
          494         </author>
          495         <content type="html" xml:base="https://daringfireball.net/linked/" xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[
          496 <p>One angle I didn’t see resurface amidst <a href="https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/research/2021/07/forensic-methodology-report-how-to-catch-nso-groups-pegasus/">all the attention this month on NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware</a> that exploits iOS — last year Motherboard reporter Joseph Cox revealed that Facebook attempted to purchase the right to use Pegasus to spy on their own iOS users. That seemed really fucked-up then, and even more fucked-up now.</p>
          497 
          498 <div>
          499 <a  title="Permanent link to ‘Remember When Facebook Wanted to Use NSO Group’s Spyware to Surveil iOS Users?’"  href="https://daringfireball.net/linked/2021/07/29/facebook-nso-group">&nbsp;★&nbsp;</a>
          500 </div>
          501 
          502         ]]></content>
          503   </entry><entry>
          504         <title>Mitch McConnell Is Going to Run Ads Urging Kentuckians to Get Vaccinated</title>
          505         <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/mcconnell-strives-counter-bad-advice-boost-us-republican-vaccination-rate-2021-07-28/" />
          506         <link rel="shorturl" type="text/html" href="http://df4.us/tki" />
          507         <link rel="related" type="text/html" href="https://daringfireball.net/linked/2021/07/28/mcconnell-vaccination-ads" />
          508         <id>tag:daringfireball.net,2021:/linked//6.38322</id>
          509         <published>2021-07-28T21:42:01Z</published>
          510         <updated>2021-07-28T22:31:32Z</updated>
          511         <author>
          512                 <name>John Gruber</name>
          513                 <uri>http://daringfireball.net/</uri>
          514         </author>
          515         <content type="html" xml:base="https://daringfireball.net/linked/" xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[
          516 <p>David Morgan, reporting for Reuters:</p>
          517 
          518 <blockquote>
          519   <p>“Not enough people are vaccinated,” said McConnell, a polio survivor. “So we’re trying to get them to reconsider and get back on the path to get us to some level of herd immunity.”</p>
          520 
          521 <p>McConnell, who was vaccinated for COVID-19 in December and has been promoting vaccinations in public remarks ever since, plans to run 60-second radio ads on more than 100 Kentucky radio stations in the coming days promoting the vaccine with money from his re-election campaign.</p>
          522 </blockquote>
          523 
          524 <p>More like this, please.</p>
          525 
          526 <div>
          527 <a  title="Permanent link to ‘Mitch McConnell Is Going to Run Ads Urging Kentuckians to Get Vaccinated’"  href="https://daringfireball.net/linked/2021/07/28/mcconnell-vaccination-ads">&nbsp;★&nbsp;</a>
          528 </div>
          529 
          530         ]]></content>
          531   </entry><entry>
          532         <title>Charles Barkley: Sports Leagues ‘Should Force Guys to Get Vaccinated’</title>
          533         <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.cnbc.com/2021/07/27/charles-barkley-sports-leagues-should-force-guys-to-get-vaccinated.html" />
          534         <link rel="shorturl" type="text/html" href="http://df4.us/tkh" />
          535         <link rel="related" type="text/html" href="https://daringfireball.net/linked/2021/07/28/barkley" />
          536         <id>tag:daringfireball.net,2021:/linked//6.38321</id>
          537         <published>2021-07-28T18:06:32Z</published>
          538         <updated>2021-07-28T18:06:32Z</updated>
          539         <author>
          540                 <name>John Gruber</name>
          541                 <uri>http://daringfireball.net/</uri>
          542         </author>
          543         <content type="html" xml:base="https://daringfireball.net/linked/" xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[
          544 <p>Jade Scipioni, reporting for CNBC:</p>
          545 
          546 <blockquote>
          547   <p>“Yes, I’m vaccinated,” says NBA legend Charles Barkley. “Everybody
          548 should be vaccinated. Period.”</p>
          549 
          550 <p>“The only people who are not vaccinated are just assholes,”
          551 he says.</p>
          552 
          553 <p>The 58-year-old NBA Hall-of-Famer says he personally thinks sports
          554 leagues should force players to get vaccinated. “Can you imagine
          555 if one of these guys that are not vaccinated, if they get one of
          556 these players’ kids, wives, girlfriends, moms and dads sick and
          557 they die over some unnecessary conspiracy bullshit,” Barkley says.
          558 “I think that would be tragic.”</p>
          559 </blockquote>
          560 
          561 <p>More like this, please. (<a href="https://onefoottsunami.com/2021/07/28/sir-charles-does-not-mince-words/">Via Paul Kafasis</a>.)</p>
          562 
          563 <div>
          564 <a  title="Permanent link to ‘Charles Barkley: Sports Leagues ‘Should Force Guys to Get Vaccinated’’"  href="https://daringfireball.net/linked/2021/07/28/barkley">&nbsp;★&nbsp;</a>
          565 </div>
          566 
          567         ]]></content>
          568   </entry><entry>
          569         <title>Techdirt Is Now Entirely Without Any Google Ads or Tracking Code</title>
          570         <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20210726/09441047251/techdirt-is-now-entirely-without-any-google-ads-tracking-code.shtml" />
          571         <link rel="shorturl" type="text/html" href="http://df4.us/tkg" />
          572         <link rel="related" type="text/html" href="https://daringfireball.net/linked/2021/07/28/techdirt-google-free" />
          573         <id>tag:daringfireball.net,2021:/linked//6.38320</id>
          574         <published>2021-07-28T15:31:41Z</published>
          575         <updated>2021-07-28T15:35:51Z</updated>
          576         <author>
          577                 <name>John Gruber</name>
          578                 <uri>http://daringfireball.net/</uri>
          579         </author>
          580         <content type="html" xml:base="https://daringfireball.net/linked/" xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[
          581 <p>Mike Masnick:</p>
          582 
          583 <blockquote>
          584   <p>Techdirt is one of the very, very, very few truly independent media brands around. Almost none of the independent media brands that existed when we started remain. Some have been sucked up into larger companies or shut down entirely. Others have decided to go behind expensive paywalls. We’ve had to adapt and change over the years in many ways just to stick around, but in the end the reason we do this is because of the community we’ve built up here. For us to stick around, I need to ask the community to help support us as well. We have some cool experiments and projects in the works, so stay tuned for that, but in the meantime, if you can help us out, it would be hugely appreciated.</p>
          585 </blockquote>
          586 
          587 <p>Techdirt is irreplaceable. There’s no other site like it. And indeed, indie websites that neither run crappy ads nor put their content behind a paywall are a dying breed. You go to an article at Techdirt and you see the article. No annoying popovers begging you to subscribe to a newsletter. You just see the article.</p>
          588 
          589 <div>
          590 <a  title="Permanent link to ‘Techdirt Is Now Entirely Without Any Google Ads or Tracking Code’"  href="https://daringfireball.net/linked/2021/07/28/techdirt-google-free">&nbsp;★&nbsp;</a>
          591 </div>
          592 
          593         ]]></content>
          594   </entry><entry>
          595         <title>Apple Reports Record Third Quarter Results</title>
          596         <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2021/07/apple-reports-third-quarter-results/" />
          597         <link rel="shorturl" type="text/html" href="http://df4.us/tkf" />
          598         <link rel="related" type="text/html" href="https://daringfireball.net/linked/2021/07/27/apple-q3-2021-results" />
          599         <id>tag:daringfireball.net,2021:/linked//6.38319</id>
          600         <published>2021-07-28T02:32:03Z</published>
          601         <updated>2021-07-28T02:32:04Z</updated>
          602         <author>
          603                 <name>John Gruber</name>
          604                 <uri>http://daringfireball.net/</uri>
          605         </author>
          606         <content type="html" xml:base="https://daringfireball.net/linked/" xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[
          607 <p>Apple Newsroom:</p>
          608 
          609 <blockquote>
          610   <p>Apple today announced financial results for its fiscal 2021 third
          611 quarter ended June 26, 2021. The Company posted a June quarter
          612 record revenue of $81.4 billion, up 36 percent year over year, and
          613 quarterly earnings per diluted share of $1.30.</p>
          614 </blockquote>
          615 
          616 <p>Jason Snell, as usual, <a href="https://sixcolors.com/post/2021/07/apple-posts-81b-quarterly-results-charts/">has charts</a>. Long story short: very strong quarter across the entire company.</p>
          617 
          618 <div>
          619 <a  title="Permanent link to ‘Apple Reports Record Third Quarter Results’"  href="https://daringfireball.net/linked/2021/07/27/apple-q3-2021-results">&nbsp;★&nbsp;</a>
          620 </div>
          621 
          622         ]]></content>
          623   </entry><entry>
          624         <title>As Promised, Safari for iPadOS 15 Beta 4 Has a Standalone Tab Bar, Like the Mac Version</title>
          625         <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.macrumors.com/2021/07/27/ipados-15-macos-monterey-safari-interface/" />
          626         <link rel="shorturl" type="text/html" href="http://df4.us/tke" />
          627         <link rel="related" type="text/html" href="https://daringfireball.net/linked/2021/07/27/safari-15-for-ipados" />
          628         <id>tag:daringfireball.net,2021:/linked//6.38318</id>
          629         <published>2021-07-28T02:25:54Z</published>
          630         <updated>2021-07-28T02:25:55Z</updated>
          631         <author>
          632                 <name>John Gruber</name>
          633                 <uri>http://daringfireball.net/</uri>
          634         </author>
          635         <content type="html" xml:base="https://daringfireball.net/linked/" xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[
          636 <p>Juli Clover, MacRumors:</p>
          637 
          638 <blockquote>
          639   <p>Prior to this beta, Safari on iPad was similar to Safari on iOS
          640 with no dedicated tab bar, but after the update, Apple has added a
          641 dedicated tab bar that’s activated by default, which is the same
          642 layout that’s now used in macOS Monterey.</p>
          643 
          644 <p>While the separate tab bar is enabled automatically when updating,
          645 in the Safari section of Settings, there is an option to toggle on
          646 the original compact tab bar that merged everything together.</p>
          647 </blockquote>
          648 
          649 <p>This is a significant improvement for Safari on iPad, and showing the tab bar is the correct default. If you love the new unified design, it’s still there. But my big problem with this tab bar — both on Mac and now iPad — is that it’s very hard to see which tab is the current (selected) tab. The visual indication for “selected” is just a very slightly different background tint — whether you’ve got “Show color in tab bar” enabled or not. You can even scroll the current tab out of view. Why is that possible? I don’t see how this is better than the Safari 14 tab bar in any way, and I see a lot of ways that it’s worse.</p>
          650 
          651 <div>
          652 <a  title="Permanent link to ‘As Promised, Safari for iPadOS 15 Beta 4 Has a Standalone Tab Bar, Like the Mac Version’"  href="https://daringfireball.net/linked/2021/07/27/safari-15-for-ipados">&nbsp;★&nbsp;</a>
          653 </div>
          654 
          655         ]]></content>
          656   </entry><entry>
          657         <title>Safari’s Crowded Toolbar in iOS 15 Beta 4</title>
          658         <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://twitter.com/viticci/status/1420084637926363136" />
          659         <link rel="shorturl" type="text/html" href="http://df4.us/tkd" />
          660         <link rel="related" type="text/html" href="https://daringfireball.net/linked/2021/07/27/safari-15b4-toolbar-viticci" />
          661         <id>tag:daringfireball.net,2021:/linked//6.38317</id>
          662         <published>2021-07-28T01:58:20Z</published>
          663         <updated>2021-07-28T01:58:54Z</updated>
          664         <author>
          665                 <name>John Gruber</name>
          666                 <uri>http://daringfireball.net/</uri>
          667         </author>
          668         <content type="html" xml:base="https://daringfireball.net/linked/" xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[
          669 <p>Federico Viticci, on Twitter:</p>
          670 
          671 <blockquote>
          672   <p>There’s a total of <em>six</em> different touch targets in the iOS 15
          673 beta 4 tab bar in Safari.</p>
          674 
          675 <p>These exclude the ability to long-press the tab bar, swipe across
          676 it to change tabs, and swipe it up to open the Tabs view.</p>
          677 
          678 <p>I’m … starting to think a single, small toolbar just won’t do. 😬</p>
          679 </blockquote>
          680 
          681 <p><a href="https://twitter.com/gruber/status/1420134055799033859">I responded</a> that there are actually <em>nine</em> tap targets in the new toolbar in beta 4 — Viticci didn’t count the left / right edges that can be tapped like buttons to switch to the previous / next tabs. That’s nine tappable buttons (or effective buttons) on a single phone-width toolbar. (My tweet says eight, but there are two separate tappable areas to bring up the URL address bar, one on each side of the minuscule reload button.)</p>
          682 
          683 <p><a href="https://developer.apple.com/design/human-interface-guidelines/ios/visual-design/adaptivity-and-layout/">Apple’s own example in the HIG</a> of a toolbar that’s too crowded has … <a href="https://twitter.com/samthegeek/status/1420157962350366722">nine items</a>.</p>
          684 
          685 <p><a href="https://twitter.com/parrots/status/1420086381204934665">Curtis Herbert</a>:</p>
          686 
          687 <blockquote>
          688   <p>I really do appreciate the experimentation, but the new Safari
          689 feels like something I’d take to the UI Design Labs at WWDC and
          690 they’d push me to use native controls that users expect and
          691 already know, have better tap targets, and stop cramming too many
          692 things in a small space.</p>
          693 </blockquote>
          694 
          695 <div>
          696 <a  title="Permanent link to ‘Safari’s Crowded Toolbar in iOS 15 Beta 4’"  href="https://daringfireball.net/linked/2021/07/27/safari-15b4-toolbar-viticci">&nbsp;★&nbsp;</a>
          697 </div>
          698 
          699         ]]></content>
          700   </entry><entry>
          701         <title>Safari UI Changes in iOS 15 Beta 4</title>
          702         <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.macrumors.com/2021/07/27/everything-new-in-ios-15-beta-4/" />
          703         <link rel="shorturl" type="text/html" href="http://df4.us/tkc" />
          704         <link rel="related" type="text/html" href="https://daringfireball.net/linked/2021/07/27/ios-15b4-safari-changes" />
          705         <id>tag:daringfireball.net,2021:/linked//6.38316</id>
          706         <published>2021-07-28T01:44:25Z</published>
          707         <updated>2021-07-28T01:44:26Z</updated>
          708         <author>
          709                 <name>John Gruber</name>
          710                 <uri>http://daringfireball.net/</uri>
          711         </author>
          712         <content type="html" xml:base="https://daringfireball.net/linked/" xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[
          713 <p>On iPhone:</p>
          714 
          715 <ul>
          716 <li><p>The Share button is back in the toolbar, replacing the “···” don’t-call-it-a-hamburger-button. But there’s an awful lot of non-sharing stuff crammed into the Share menu — the ᴀA menu items from the current version of Safari (text size, Reader mode, disabling content blockers temporarily, etc.) are all in “Share” now. It’s better than the “···” menu in betas 1–3, but really, this is more like changing the “···” glyph to the Share glyph. It’s still two menus’ worth of features stuffed into one monolithic menu.</p></li>
          717 <li><p>The Reload button is back. But it’s bizarrely tiny — way smaller than the minimum recommended tap target size of 44 x 44 points. And it shares space with the newly restored Reader mode button. When you load a page, if Reader mode is available, the Reader mode button shows briefly (maybe for 1–2 seconds?) along with the text “Reader Available” under the website’s domain name. But then the “Reader Available” label fades out and the Reader mode button turns into the Reload button. To enable Reader mode at this point, you either need to long-press the URL domain name to bring up a shortcut menu, or tap the — you guessed it — Share button, which has its own “Reader” item near the top.</p></li>
          718 <li><p>Bookmarks are supposed to be easier to access, but I think most users accustomed to previous versions of Mobile Safari — which heretofore has always had a bookmarks button right in the main toolbar — are going to struggle to find them.</p></li>
          719 </ul>
          720 
          721 <p>Apple is clearly trying to address the <a href="https://daringfireball.net/2021/07/safari_15_public_betas_for_mac_and_ios">numerous complaints</a> about the Safari 15 design for iPhone, but beta 4 feels like they’ve decided that the solution to finding themselves in a hole is to dig faster.</p>
          722 
          723 <div>
          724 <a  title="Permanent link to ‘Safari UI Changes in iOS 15 Beta 4’"  href="https://daringfireball.net/linked/2021/07/27/ios-15b4-safari-changes">&nbsp;★&nbsp;</a>
          725 </div>
          726 
          727         ]]></content>
          728   </entry><entry>
          729         <title>WSJ Investigation Into How TikTok’s Algorithm Figures Out Your Interests</title>
          730         <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.wsj.com/video/series/inside-tiktoks-highly-secretive-algorithm/investigation-how-tiktok-algorithm-figures-out-your-deepest-desires/6C0C2040-FF25-4827-8528-2BD6612E3796" />
          731         <link rel="shorturl" type="text/html" href="http://df4.us/tkb" />
          732         <link rel="related" type="text/html" href="https://daringfireball.net/linked/2021/07/27/wsj-tiktok" />
          733         <id>tag:daringfireball.net,2021:/linked//6.38315</id>
          734         <published>2021-07-28T01:15:05Z</published>
          735         <updated>2021-07-28T15:14:03Z</updated>
          736         <author>
          737                 <name>John Gruber</name>
          738                 <uri>http://daringfireball.net/</uri>
          739         </author>
          740         <content type="html" xml:base="https://daringfireball.net/linked/" xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[
          741 <p>Fascinating video from The Wall Street Journal:</p>
          742 
          743 <blockquote>
          744   <p>A Wall Street Journal investigation found that TikTok only needs
          745 one important piece of information to figure out what you want:
          746 the amount of time you linger over a piece of content. Every
          747 second you hesitate or rewatch, the app is tracking you.</p>
          748 </blockquote>
          749 
          750 <p>Not surprising it works this way, but creepy nonetheless. <strong>Update:</strong> I’ve long suspected that Instagram does something similar, with regard to its often uncanny “<em>Hey, I was just looking at pictures of those…</em>” ads.</p>
          751 
          752 <div>
          753 <a  title="Permanent link to ‘WSJ Investigation Into How TikTok’s Algorithm Figures Out Your Interests’"  href="https://daringfireball.net/linked/2021/07/27/wsj-tiktok">&nbsp;★&nbsp;</a>
          754 </div>
          755 
          756         ]]></content>
          757   </entry><entry>
          758         <title>Brief Grief</title>
          759         <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://brief.news/" />
          760         <link rel="shorturl" type="text/html" href="http://df4.us/tka" />
          761         <link rel="related" type="text/html" href="https://daringfireball.net/linked/2021/07/27/twitter-acquires-brief" />
          762         <id>tag:daringfireball.net,2021:/linked//6.38314</id>
          763         <published>2021-07-27T20:59:51Z</published>
          764         <updated>2021-07-28T04:03:53Z</updated>
          765         <author>
          766                 <name>John Gruber</name>
          767                 <uri>http://daringfireball.net/</uri>
          768         </author>
          769         <content type="html" xml:base="https://daringfireball.net/linked/" xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[
          770 <p>Nick Hobbs and Andrea Huey:</p>
          771 
          772 <blockquote>
          773   <p>We’re excited to announce that Brief is joining Twitter! Our team has always been inspired by Twitter’s mission to improve public conversation, and we can’t wait to work with the kind, brilliant folks we’ve met there. Together, we’ll do great things. Sadly, this transition also means that our work at Brief is coming to an end. The newsroom will publish our final news bulletins on July 31. […]</p>
          774 
          775 <p>We founded this company to foster healthy discourse by rethinking the way we read the news. The only way we can tackle the world’s complex challenges is by doing it together. In this next chapter, we’ll continue our efforts to push the conversation forward, and we hope that everyone who believed in us will do the same.</p>
          776 </blockquote>
          777 
          778 <p>Ugh.</p>
          779 
          780 <p>Congrats to Hobbs and Huey (presuming this is a good outcome for them), but man, this is the second iOS app from my <em>first</em> home screen that Twitter has acquired and killed in the last few months. (The other was <a href="https://daringfireball.net/linked/2021/05/05/nuzzel">Nuzzel</a>, which shut down in May, and which I continue to miss every day.)</p>
          781 
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