The unthinkable happened at a friend’s wedding last month. As the groom was asked to confirm his desire to accept the bride as his lawfully wedded wife, he held up his hand, as if to say “wait a minute.” The audible gasps among the attendees turned to relieved chuckles as he pulled out his iPhone […]
What Your Cell Phone Can’t Tell the Police
On May 28th, Lisa Marie Roberts, of Portland, Oregon, was released from prison after serving nine and a half years for a murder she didn’t commit. A key …
Drafts are causing usability issues for visually impaired users · Issue #10035 · bluesky-social/social-app
Steps to Reproduce I saw this on Toni's blog post about the transition, but it needs to be tracked here, so: Attachments (I'm assuming mobile/iOS below, but I'm not sure) What platform(...
Interview With a Woman Who Recently Had an Abortion at 32 Weeks
Elizabeth* is 35. She grew up in the South, currently lives in Brooklyn, and has been married for two years. After a previous miscarriage at 10 weeks, she was overjoyed to find herself pregnant for a second time. At 31 weeks, she found out that the baby boy she was carrying wouldn’t be able to breathe outside the womb and would not survive. And at 32 weeks, she flew to Colorado to get a shot that would start the process of a third-trimester abortion; she then flew back to New York to finish the delivery. We talked on the phone two weeks into her recovery.
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Thomas publicly talked about cohabitating with his girlfriend and then not marrying her. That is on top of him not knowing what the heck he is talking about when he thinks about morality. (Attached is a message I sent him.) https://t.co/U3l7m5y5lU pic.twitter.com/nnswRaZy54— Sᴜɴʀɪsᴇ Oᴀᴛʜ 十 Tʜᴇ Sʏʟʟᴀʙᴜꜱ (ORI) - CC0 (@sunriseoath) September 24, 2026
Employee Slowly Realizes Boss Attempting To Have Normal Conversation With Her
ACWORTH, GA—Taking several minutes to fully process what was occurring, Sinclair Group, Inc. employee Carolyn Belk, 27, slowly and gradually realized this morning that her boss, Doug Fletcher, 48, was attempting to conduct a normal conversation with her. “He came in and asked me how everything was going, and then he started talking about his family’s plans for the holidays and whether I had made plans yet too and I’m thinking ‘Okay, what’s happening here? Where is this going?’” said Belk, who confirmed that it dawned on her only incrementally that Fletcher was not giving her a performance review or assigning her a task or gently reprimanding her for something she had done wrong, but was in fact trying to initiate a casual coworker-to-coworker chat. “It took me a solid five minutes to figure out what was going on, and by that time the conversation was basically over. I pretty much just stared at him.” At press time, Belk was praying that would never, ever happen again.
When Sturdy Love Is What You Need (Published 2018)
There is the often facile social media narrative of overcoming adversity in marriage. And then there is the reality.
If you're in a bad marriage, don't try to mend it – end it | Nichi Hodgson
Research shows the impact of unhappy marriages on health. Sometimes it’s better to walk away than to stay, says relationships writer and broadcaster Nichi Hodgson
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We are planning to release more agreements as we approach the finalization of the IEEE P7012 Standard for Machine Readable Personal Privacy Terms . This initiative is currently has a demo #NoStalking, and we encourage your participation and feedback to help shape its development.
Apple’s new iPhone camera mode promises to prove your photo isn’t AI
A new twist on content authentication.
The inconvenient truth about love — and divorce
American society has branded marriage as an institution of love, and yet we cling to old-fashioned narratives about divorce. Astro Teller and Danielle Teller argue that this is harmful to individua…
The First Post-iPhone Keynote
This year’s WWDC presented an Apple that was finally ready to move past the iPhone.
Apple Reference Image: A New Approach for Verified Photography - Apple Security Research
Introducing Apple Reference Image, a new solution for verifiable photography on iPhone. This new, opt-in camera mode lets a photographer create a securely timestamped reference image that accurately depicts what was captured by the iPhone's camera sensor. Apple Reference Image offers a trustworthy, scalable guarantee that a reference image is what it claims to be: a real photograph, captured by a real sensor in an iPhone camera, at a specific period in time.
Polyamory Consent: 2026 Communication Strategies for Boundaries
Discover 2026 strategies for enthusiastic consent in polyamory, with practical scripts, group check-ins, boundary frameworks, and advice on jealousy to build trust in multi-partner relationships.
I still can't quite believe this story, but I've researched it first hand and yeah, it's true. I don't know what was going on in that executive's head to make them believe they wouldn't be caught doctoring engagement numbers on their homepage. blog.elenarossini.com/w-social-fictional-metrics-an…
W Social, Fictional Metrics and the Beauty of Open Data
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