Bloomberg:
Some top California Democrats join Governor Gavin Newsom in opposing a ballot initiative led by a healthcare union seeking a one-time 5% tax on $1B+ in assets  —  A proposed tax on California's wealthiest residents is drawing opposition from a growing group of top state Democrats …

The ACNH 3.0 updated added retro Nintendo consoles and toys as furnishings. Here's how you can unlock them for your island.

• Pre-show: Casey’s dreams were squashed
  • Ubiquiti Travel Router
  • Verizon Jetpack
  • Marco’s hotspot (newer models exist; check for refurbs, they’re way cheaper than new)
  • Solis Edge
• Follow-up:
  • The Grim Reaper FiOS CableCARD email came for John
    • TiVo Roamio Pro
    • Casey on Downstream
  • Temporal dithering (via Kyle Foreman)
  • Dagnabbit, the screen count is just too damn high
    • MSI MEG Vision X (Screen grab)
    • MSI Lightning RTX 5090 (Screen grab)
  • Wi-Fi channel selection & size
  • Wi-Fi 7 8
• A tour of Apple- (or John-) relevant monitors from CES
  • As a reminder…
    • Apple Studio Display
    • Pro Display HDR
  • MSI MPG 271KRAW16
  • DisplayHDR 1400 certification
  • MSI MAG 271KPD7
    • Monitors Unboxed
  • ASUS ROG Swift OLED PG27UCWM (Photo)
    • HDTVTest
  • Subpixel arrangements
• Apple Creator Studio
  • Icons over time
  • Photomator lives on… for now (via Chris Welch)
    • MacRumors
  • Apple’s defense of the icons
  • Jason on iWork freemium
• Apple 🤝🏻 Google
  • More from The Information
• Chase to become the new issuer of Apple Card
  • FAQ
  • Back story on the Wall Street Journal (Apple News)
• Post-show: NBA Immersive
  • Stratechery
  • Dithering
• Members-only ATP Overtime: The continuing disaster at Twitter
  • Elizabeth Lopatto: Tim Cook and Sundar Pichai are cowards
  • Dan Moren: Apple cowardly still has not pulled X and Grok from the App Store
  • Bloomburg: Musk’s Grok AI blocked in Indonesia, Malaysia over sexual images
  • Robert Hart & Jess Weatherbed: X hasn’t really stopped Grok AI from undressing women in the UK

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