Reading List

The most recent articles from a list of feeds I subscribe to.

Sidewalk Arrests Seize New Yorkers in ICE’s Latest Surge

A child's toy sits on a Corona street.

A 28-year-old Queens construction worker was headed to work one morning in early November when a man came up to him dressed in a blue vest that said “POLICE” on it.  The Central American man, whose name THE CITY is withholding, said he wanted to help, concerned the officer was investigating a crime in his […]

The post Sidewalk Arrests Seize New Yorkers in ICE’s Latest Surge appeared first on THE CITY - NYC News.

Wizards delays MTG's Monster Hunter Secret Lair following fan backlash

After the Secret Lair reveal last week and the backlash that ensued, Wizards has delayed Monster Hunter's MTG Superdrop to next year.

Pentagon contractors want to blow up military right to repair

Military contractors are trying to thwart a widely-supported right-to-repair provision in the annual defense policy bill — and their efforts may pay off. A source familiar with the negotiations tells The Verge that there are significant concerns that the bill’s right-to-repair language will be replaced by a “data-as-a-service” model, potentially requiring the Department of Defense […]

Internet Archive Wayback Machine Link Fixer

Internet Archive (via Matt Mullenweg): Internet Archive Wayback Machine Link Fixer is a WordPress plugin designed to combat link rot—the gradual decay of web links as pages are moved, changed, or taken down. It automatically scans your post content—on save and across existing posts—to detect outbound links. For each one, it checks the Internet Archive’s […]

Viewing Metadata in the Finder

Howard Oakley: The Finder can display more information about files than their size and datestamps, and for some types of file can extend to a lot of useful metadata. These are shown in the Preview pane containing the file’s QuickLook thumbnail, in the Get Info dialog, and some can be added to the columns shown […]