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Welcome to 2026, and a new year of Emacs Blog Carnival post! To start the Gregorian calendar year fresh, the blogging/writing/thinking prompt of this month is: > This year, I’ll … What will you do differently in Emacs this year? Or will you just get started? Why? What are you excited about to explore and tinker with? What do you want to perfect? Are there any large projects in front of you that you’ll _emacs_1 with confidence? ## What’s a Blog Carnival, Again? A blog carnival is a fun way to tie together a community with shared writing prompts, and marvel at all the creative interpretations of the topic of the month. I’ve provided a couple of interpretations above, but you may think of something else entirely. That’s amazing, roll with it, that’s what makes this fun! For future Carnivals, check out the “Carnival” page on EmacsWiki . It includes instructions, and is our community space to coordinate participants and topic ideas. ## Submissions Comment below or DM/email me with your submission! I’ll collect submissions up to, and including, February 1st (Central European Time), so that every time zone has had a chance to meet the January 31st deadline. Ordered by submission date: * Zimblo: This Year, I’ll de-obfuscate 1. I’m trying to establish a verb here. ↩ * * * Hire me for freelance macOS/iOS work and consulting. Buy my apps. Receive new posts via email.

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