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Mellel 6 Leaves the Mac App Store
mjtsai,
Mellel (via Agen Schmitz): This significant update, more than a year and half in the making, brings Dark Appearance support, Split View, improved Find & Replace and a multitude of enhancements to Mellel’s user interface, rendering and features. A swarm of nasty and annoying bugs were also squashed in the process, along with some deep, […]
Beeper and the Centurion Lounge
John Gruber: Here’s the analogy I’ve been thinking best applies. American Express operates Centurion Lounges at a few dozen airports around the world, exclusively for the use of their Platinum Card holders. Other premium credit cards offer similar access to other lounges. If you have an American Express Platinum Card, you just show up, show […]
Japanese Consumption Tax and the App Store
David Smith (2012): The Japanese government requires that Apple withhold 20% of your profits from App Store sales unless you have filed forms demonstrating that you are a foreign company and taxable there instead. The forms are a bit complex and the process a bit cumbersome, but unless you complete it 20% of whatever you […]
Ohio governor vetoes ban on gender-affirming care, school sports for trans youth
Politico Picks,
Republican Gov. Mike DeWine said his veto was about “protecting human life” and defending parents’ rights.
Matt Wuerker's Best of 2023
I like to think cartoons are a valuable and unique vehicle for political opinion, but of course I do — I'm a cartoonist. The idea that grown-ups like me get to lob their opinions around in the form of silly drawings does seem surprising. It's really a bit infantile if you think about it. It’s the kind of misbehavior you might expect from crayon-wielding first-graders, nonetheless, we cartoonists get to, too. In fact, it's something we’ve been doing for centuries — thank you Mr. Hogarth, Mssr. Daumier, Mr. Herblock and others. It remains a potent way to express one’s opinion, even in the era of memes and TikTok. I am very fortunate to get to post mine here on POLITICO. Cartoons provide a snapshot of the march of folly that more serious types refer to as “politics." Ideally, they capture the absurdity of a moment, illuminate some low-hanging hypocrisy, or call out some head-slapping stupidity. Taken together they can serve as an amusing chronicle of our kooky times. In that spirit I offer up a selection of my own cartoon efforts from 2023.
Barack Obama Is Putting on His Critic’s Hat Again
Vulture,
Rita Wilson made it on his 2023 Wrapped.
The Best Horror, Sci-Fi, and Fantasy Streaming in January 2024
Gizmodo,
Happy New Year! Let’s watch some movies. Welcome to io9's latest edition of the Nerd’s Watch, where we pare down the enormous lists of new films and television shows arriving on all your favorite streaming services into the sci-fi, fantasy, and horror titles we think you’ll like most. (And sometimes, just the ones… Read more...
College Football Gets All Yellowjackets With the Pop-Tarts Bowl
Pop-Tarts mascot Strawberry died for our sins.