Searching for reading glasses when you realize that you have them on already 😂

Google Has a Secret Reference Desk. Here's How to Use It. 40 Google features to find exactly what you need, the alternative search engines that do things Google won't, and the reference desk framework underneath all of it.

This is incredible: Google Has a Secret Reference Desk. Here’s How to Use It. I knew some of these but not all, e.g. verbatim mode “returns results for exactly what you typed, stripped of personalization and synonym-swapping.” [cardcatalogforlife.substack.com]

EFF is finally leaving X and here is a blog post about why: www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...

Scoop: Meta removes ads for social media addiction litigation This comes just two weeks after Meta and YouTube were found negligent in a landmark case about social media addiction.

"Meta on Thursday began removing advertisements from attorneys who were seeking clients that claim to have been harmed by social media while under the age of 18."

They don’t need that since virtually all traffic passes through fiber networks, satellites networks or internet peering points.

The Stunning Failure of Iranian Deterrence And why it augurs a more dangerous world.

In our new @foreignaffairs.com piece, @nktpnd.bsky.social and I examine how Iran’s deterrent unraveled and what that failure signals for future nuclear aspirants. www.foreignaffairs.com/iran/stunnin...

Is it the same argument every time? We shouldn’t let this pass without a meaningful action on renewables this time.

Anthropic’s Ethical Stand Could Be Paying Off The AI company gave up a $200 million contract—and might be getting something more valuable in return.

My latest in @theatlantic.com

Let's try this again 👋

Hi Bluesky - I'm Massachusetts' Attorney General. You might know me from suing President Trump nearly 50 times, beating Uber and Lyft in court, or being the first woman of color elected to statewide office in MA.

I officially left X today - help me find my MA people?

Claude Opus 4.6 found 500+ severe flaws in open source repos without much prompting Asian cyberespionage group broke into sensitive systems in 37+ countries, ICE's Mobile Fortify does not reliably ID people, CISA tells agencies to stop using edge devices past EOS, 764 member busted a...

Before you leave for a likely well-deserved weekend break, don't miss today's Metacurity for the most important infosec developments you should know, including

--Claude Opus 4.6 found 500+ severe flaws in open source repos without much prompting, 1/6
www.metacurity.com/claude-opus-...

He still has 1.05m subscribers on YouTube last I checked

No details on how far it was

Good night, dear friends. It’s 00:45 in Ukraine. Hopefully see you tomorrow.

🕯️🇳🇿🇺🇦A traditional Māori Haka in Kyiv during a farewell ceremony to honor Dominic Abelen, a New Zealand soldier who fell while fighting for Ukraine.

Nihilist Penguin (Werner Herzog) YouTube video by Seppe

it's like either an embrace of overt evil, or media illiteracy at an unimaginable level. that clip is HARROWING www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnTU...

Spam email example. The imposter account claims to be reaching out for a joint research project on the state of media and freedom of expression in Iran. The email address of the sender is not a Bellingcat email and is a personal gmail account.

We've received reports of an email scam impersonating Bellingcat staff. This imposter account appears to be focused on Iran. Bellingcat staff will only contact you from an official @bellingcat.com email address. If you receive a suspicious email from “our team,” please email contact@bellingcat.com

Electronic Frontier Foundation Defending your rights in the digital world

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Check out eff.org for other recs!

The Companies Behind ICE Sludge built an interactive map of every ICE contractor working with the Trump administration.

New: We built an interactive map of every ICE contractor working with the Trump administration.

readsludge.com/2026/01/16/t...

What the race % split of the current international students, and how does it compare with previous years?

Politicians have been slow to realise that Elon Musk has every DM ever sent over Twitter and X
… even if they deleted them.
Because he also got the archives.
With Saudi and Russian money.

Some of your cells are not genetically yours — what can they tell us about life and death? A tiny population of cells that are passed across the placenta between mother and baby challenge basic tenets of human immunology.

The more you know. We are all chimeras at a very small level. You likely have cells in your body from your mother and your siblings that were born before you. How this chimerism influences your immune system is beginning to be unraveled. #Science #ScienceSunday

Not sure it’s a green elbow or a rear view mirror gone wrong. Also the car doorhandles seems a bit off. Surely hallmarks of AI

Assessing health and vaccine skepticism in the U.S. ahead of 2026 According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, childhood vaccination rates continued to decrease during the 2024-2025 school year, and measles cases in the U.S. in 2025 exceeded 2,000 fo...

My in depth 10 minute interview on the collapse of America’s vaccine ecosystem and more with @npr.org @wbur.org Robin Young

www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2...

Billionaires Found a New Way to Steal Your Paycheck YouTube video by More Perfect Union

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Billionaires Found a New Way to Steal Your Paycheck YouTube video by More Perfect Union

Need to see this : youtu.be/hBI_FLYfwmM?...

But “One of the biggest limitations of this study is the cheese consumption as recorded from a food diary and interview at one time point 25 years before the analysis of dementia diagnosis. It is highly likely that diet and other lifestyle factors changed in those 25 years," says Tara Spires-Jones

The money behind the fight over healthy eating When Nina Teicholz called out the authors of the federal dietary recommendations for shoddy science and conflicts of interest in a prominent medical journal late last month, she left out some key deta...

www.politico.com/story/2015/1...

More background about the author of the Hill article

When I post about RFK Jr. undermining vaccines, I’m noticing more and more comments saying things like “I am glad my state is part of a coalition that is not listening to him”.

That’s great, but I ask you to bear in mind the following:

1. Pathogens don’t care about lines on a map

Nicole Foy ProPublica is an independent, non-profit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest.

Hey folks 👋 I'm the reporter who revealed immigration agents detained 170+ citizens this year

My fellowship w/ProPublica has been incredible, but it wraps January. I'm looking for my next gig. Please reach out to share leads & opportunities! nicolemfoy@gmail.com
www.propublica.org/people/nicol...

A study on 1.7 million people in Hong Kong shows superior hybrid immunity to Covid in people who got vaccinated before infection vs. people who got infected first. "Our findings are a direct rebuttal to arguments for natural immunity," the authors write. doi.org/10.1016/j.va...