Wow, I've just had a late-night phone call to tell me I've been awarded the National Basketball Association's inaugural Web Standards prize!
US Embassy in UK: β€œEffective immediately, all individuals applying for an F, M, or J nonimmigrant visa are requested to adjust the privacy settings on all of their social media accounts to β€˜public’ to facilitate vetting necessary to establish their identity and admissibility to the United States under U.S. law.” https://uk.usembassy.gov/visas/
Prepping a (hopefully) excellent roast beef pre-xmas meal for my mum, as she'll be with my kid brother on 25th. Nice merlot is open and breathing, roast potatoes are peeled, green veg ready for steaming. I'll keep you posted. image
On January 3, 1941, Martin Bormann issued a circular to all public offices which declared Fraktur typeface to be Judenlettern (Jewish letters) and prohibited their further use.
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1941: The Nazis ban Jewish fonts
In 1941 the Nazis continued their campaign of persecution against Germany's Jews - by banning all Jewish fonts.
Remove Windows Ai
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GitHub - zoicware/RemoveWindowsAI: Force Remove Copilot, Recall and More in Windows 11
Force Remove Copilot, Recall and More in Windows 11 - zoicware/RemoveWindowsAI
 "The current 25H2 build of Windows 11 and future builds will include increasingly more AI features and components. This script aims to remove ALL of these features to improve user experience, privacy and security."
The European Commission has opened an investigation into Google over the use of publisher content for its AI products β€œwithout appropriate compensation" https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/european-commission-google-ai-investigation/
As a fashion influencer, Awesome Lawson Apparel(tm) has sent many buyers across the globe. Valiant [@patrick_h_lauke](
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Patrick H. Lauke (@patrick_h_lauke@mastodon.social)
16.4K Posts, 613 Following, 1.47K Followers Β· WCAG trash panda, web evangelist, ronin, sour kraut. uninvited expert. vague, but exciting. antifasc...
 ) sent me this from sunny Japan - a "Lawson Station" t-shirt, which will be the latest addition to my "Pret A Snogger" range. Thanks Pattypoo! #fashionBuyerOfTheMonth image
Leak confirms OpenAI is preparing ads on ChatGPT for public roll out
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Leak confirms OpenAI is preparing ads on ChatGPT for public roll out
OpenAI is now internally testing 'ads' inside ChatGPT that could redefine the web economy.
 "what most people don't understand is that GPT likely knows more about users than Google." Hooray.
Absolute scenes at Chateau Lawson yesterday when I caught La Daughter's Useless Dog somehow on top of the kitchen table munching a bowl of plum crumble I'd saved for El Son. image
So, Trump has killed 80 people, and is preparing to invade Venezuela because Maduro is (USA says) involved in drug trafficking - and also will pardon the former president of Honduras, Juan Orlando HernΓ‘ndez, who was convicted of drug trafficking. Hmm.