Becky Lingafelter
@blingafe.bsky.social
Former Web Tech/Educator. Retired. Progressive voter in Kansas. Childless Cat Lady (currently Catless). Music lover. Coffee drinker. Reader of books.
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Here's a gift link: www.wsj.com/world/russia...
November 29, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Here's a gift link: www.wsj.com/world/russia...
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you do have to do it in a couple of places but this tutorial makes it easy to go uncheck the boxes that otherwise lets Google's AI read all your shit. or move everything over to protonmail but moving everything over is a giant thing I know.
Google has started automatically opting you in to let it read your stuff to train AI. You need to turn this off in SEVERAL places in your settings (not just for Gmail), if you want to maintain privacy and confidentiality.
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Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out
A new Gmail update may allow Google to use your private messages and attachments for AI training. Here's how to turn it off.
www.malwarebytes.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:08 AM
you do have to do it in a couple of places but this tutorial makes it easy to go uncheck the boxes that otherwise lets Google's AI read all your shit. or move everything over to protonmail but moving everything over is a giant thing I know.
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Find out how @firesigntheatre.bsky.social are the missing link between radio's creative past and present, thanks to this fantastic guest post by @jbraddock.bsky.social continuous-wave.beehiiv.com/p/stoners-ke...
Stoners Kept the Flame
A guest post from Jeremy Braddock on Firesign Theatre, the countercultural comedians who romped through the old "mecca" of Golden Age radio drama, paying tribute while also mocking the past.
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November 20, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Find out how @firesigntheatre.bsky.social are the missing link between radio's creative past and present, thanks to this fantastic guest post by @jbraddock.bsky.social continuous-wave.beehiiv.com/p/stoners-ke...
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I've got the backstory of this @firesigntheatre.bsky.social album from @jbraddock.bsky.social over at my newsletter: continuous-wave.beehiiv.com/p/stoners-ke...
November 21, 2025 at 1:09 PM
I've got the backstory of this @firesigntheatre.bsky.social album from @jbraddock.bsky.social over at my newsletter: continuous-wave.beehiiv.com/p/stoners-ke...
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We'll have a lot more to say about this one tomorrow, but I'm so proud of this update and our tireless all-volunteer timeline-building and sensemaking crews.
This week, we updated our pages on data security and surveillance, immigration, the federal workforce, and medical research funding. Our brisk, rigorously cited weekly briefing is live at Unbreaking:
unbreaking.org/blog/this-we...
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Unbreaking
How the administration is breaking the government, and what that means for all of us.
Unbreaking.org
November 21, 2025 at 12:54 AM
We'll have a lot more to say about this one tomorrow, but I'm so proud of this update and our tireless all-volunteer timeline-building and sensemaking crews.
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"Every administration had people directly connected to Epstein in top positions. Barr, Blinken, Acosta, etc. You can play 'six degrees of Jeffrey Epstein' but it's like, the guy down the hall. You don't have to look very far."
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Jeffrey Epstein, The Difference Between Conspiracy & Conspiracy Theory, Sarah Kendzior
YouTube video by The Mark Thompson Show
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November 20, 2025 at 2:00 PM
"Every administration had people directly connected to Epstein in top positions. Barr, Blinken, Acosta, etc. You can play 'six degrees of Jeffrey Epstein' but it's like, the guy down the hall. You don't have to look very far."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=e84j...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=e84j...
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I wrote about Johnny Cash.
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The Empty Stage
Johnny Cash, loss, and redemption
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November 19, 2025 at 3:10 PM
I wrote about Johnny Cash.
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If you're just now hearing about the hemp ban, I wrote about what it means for farmers like me here: bsky.app/profile/fray...
Had a long conversation with my contact at the Oregon Dept of Agriculture. The ODA administers the Hemp program. She has been hearing from a lot of hemp growers lately. (She thanked me for being nice about it - I said I waited a few days to calm down before calling.) Here's what I learned:
November 18, 2025 at 11:13 PM
If you're just now hearing about the hemp ban, I wrote about what it means for farmers like me here: bsky.app/profile/fray...
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On the plus side, our website itself is working, so please visit kansasreflector.com to read all the latest. #ksleg (2/2)
Home • Kansas Reflector
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November 18, 2025 at 2:25 PM
On the plus side, our website itself is working, so please visit kansasreflector.com to read all the latest. #ksleg (2/2)
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If you’re an @kansasreflector.com newsletter subscriber and your links don’t work this morning, that’s because we’ve been caught up in an widespread outage. #ksleg (1/2)
A Cloudflare outage is taking down large parts of the internet - X, ChatGPT and more affected, here's what we know
Cloudflare issues are affecting many websites
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November 18, 2025 at 2:24 PM
If you’re an @kansasreflector.com newsletter subscriber and your links don’t work this morning, that’s because we’ve been caught up in an widespread outage. #ksleg (1/2)
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Today kicks off Kansas Reflector’s year-end fundraising drive. Between now and December 31, we’re aiming to raise $60,000 to power our nonprofit news into the new year.
If our work has helped you understand Kansas better, consider supporting our work today. kansasreflector.com/donate/?oa_r...
If our work has helped you understand Kansas better, consider supporting our work today. kansasreflector.com/donate/?oa_r...
Donate • Kansas Reflector
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November 17, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Today kicks off Kansas Reflector’s year-end fundraising drive. Between now and December 31, we’re aiming to raise $60,000 to power our nonprofit news into the new year.
If our work has helped you understand Kansas better, consider supporting our work today. kansasreflector.com/donate/?oa_r...
If our work has helped you understand Kansas better, consider supporting our work today. kansasreflector.com/donate/?oa_r...
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As a hedge fund owner, Scott Bessent avoided over $900K in Medicare taxes by exploiting a major loophole.
As Treasury Secretary, he now oversees the IRS — which has backed away from closing the loophole since Trump took office.
The foxes are guarding the henhouse.
As Treasury Secretary, he now oversees the IRS — which has backed away from closing the loophole since Trump took office.
The foxes are guarding the henhouse.
November 14, 2025 at 10:00 PM
As a hedge fund owner, Scott Bessent avoided over $900K in Medicare taxes by exploiting a major loophole.
As Treasury Secretary, he now oversees the IRS — which has backed away from closing the loophole since Trump took office.
The foxes are guarding the henhouse.
As Treasury Secretary, he now oversees the IRS — which has backed away from closing the loophole since Trump took office.
The foxes are guarding the henhouse.
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Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web and HTML, has expressed support for compelling Apple to allow other browser engines on iOS. He also states that having a powerful browser on iOS would "change the dynamic" with respect to web app's viability on mobile.
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Tim Berners-Lee On Apple’s Browser Engine Ban and Web Apps - Open Web Advocacy
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November 13, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web and HTML, has expressed support for compelling Apple to allow other browser engines on iOS. He also states that having a powerful browser on iOS would "change the dynamic" with respect to web app's viability on mobile.
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Vivaldi Desktop 7.7 is out today, for anyone who prefers a browser without planet-burning plagiarism-fulled Generative "A.I." inserting itself between them and the Web. vivaldi.com/blog/vivaldi...
Vivaldi 7.7: less friction, more control | Vivaldi Browser
This release brings together features that have been carefully refined based on what you’ve told us matters most: seamless access to your tabs across desktops, a unified Start Page that finally…
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November 13, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Vivaldi Desktop 7.7 is out today, for anyone who prefers a browser without planet-burning plagiarism-fulled Generative "A.I." inserting itself between them and the Web. vivaldi.com/blog/vivaldi...
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"The Vichy Dems' heel turn is not new. You couldn’t see the heel because it was stepping on your face."
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The Confluence
I’ve been right so long, I’ve been done wrong.
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November 10, 2025 at 4:18 PM
"The Vichy Dems' heel turn is not new. You couldn’t see the heel because it was stepping on your face."
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New article! Or rather, a round-up of articles I wrote on some of my favorite people. David Lynch, Gunnar Hansen, Georgia O'Keeffe, Bobbie Gentry...
And commentary on my least favorite people, Trump and Epstein...
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/the-celebr...
And commentary on my least favorite people, Trump and Epstein...
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The Celebrities
Some of my favorite essays on the two-year anniversary of this newsletter.
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November 14, 2025 at 8:00 PM
New article! Or rather, a round-up of articles I wrote on some of my favorite people. David Lynch, Gunnar Hansen, Georgia O'Keeffe, Bobbie Gentry...
And commentary on my least favorite people, Trump and Epstein...
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/the-celebr...
And commentary on my least favorite people, Trump and Epstein...
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/the-celebr...
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Bruce Lawson's personal site
» Tim Berners-Lee on Apple’s WebKit monopoly
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November 12, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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Opinion from @maxmccoy.com: At home in Kansas, an afternoon in the sun during the strangeness of days #ksleg
At home in Kansas, an afternoon in the sun during the strangeness of days • Kansas Reflector
It’s an afternoon in early November and 65 degrees. There is no wind and the atmosphere is so clear it seems distilled by late fall.
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November 9, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Opinion from @maxmccoy.com: At home in Kansas, an afternoon in the sun during the strangeness of days #ksleg
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I'm a member of many hemp industry organizations that are all freaking out right now. One, the Midwest Hemp Council, has this helpful answer to the question everyone is asking: Why is the Senate going after hemp now? Basically a bullshit campaign from market competitors and prohibitionists.
November 11, 2025 at 9:55 AM
I'm a member of many hemp industry organizations that are all freaking out right now. One, the Midwest Hemp Council, has this helpful answer to the question everyone is asking: Why is the Senate going after hemp now? Basically a bullshit campaign from market competitors and prohibitionists.
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Intuit, parent company of TurboTax, donated $1 million to Trump's inauguration. Always follow the money.
November 7, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Intuit, parent company of TurboTax, donated $1 million to Trump's inauguration. Always follow the money.
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New article! I wrote about Mamdani's win and the NYC I once lived in and loved: sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/when-i-lov...
When I Loved New York
Will Mamdani bring back the city I remember? Can anyone?
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November 6, 2025 at 2:44 PM
New article! I wrote about Mamdani's win and the NYC I once lived in and loved: sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/when-i-lov...
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"In August 2025, Google announced that starting next year, it will no longer be possible to develop apps for the Android platform without first registering centrally with Google." What tis means for your rights, and how you can help: keepandroidopen.org
Keep Android Open
Advocating for Android as a free, open platform for everyone to build apps on.
keepandroidopen.org
October 31, 2025 at 11:55 AM
"In August 2025, Google announced that starting next year, it will no longer be possible to develop apps for the Android platform without first registering centrally with Google." What tis means for your rights, and how you can help: keepandroidopen.org
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Opinion editor @claywires.bsky.social writes: Statewide survey shows Kansans want progressive policy. But don’t ask them to vote for Democrats. #ksleg
Statewide survey shows Kansans want progressive policy. But don't ask them to vote for Democrats. • Kansas Reflector
People of Kansas, we need to have a heart-to-heart conversation. I don't know what you want after looking at the latest Kansas Speaks survey.
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October 30, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Opinion editor @claywires.bsky.social writes: Statewide survey shows Kansans want progressive policy. But don’t ask them to vote for Democrats. #ksleg