Online ads. You hate them, they track you, yet they’re still with us. What’s their deal? A new book out this week, targeted at Google’s dominant, monopolistic role in adtech, proves surprisingly revealing. My review:

Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet.

Ari Paparo’s “Yield”: How Google (And AdTech) Went Bad

Ever wonder why online advertising is so convoluted? A new book by an industry insider helps explain why—and how Google put its giant hand on the...

new @Tedium

OK, genuinely think this is a good development in the Linux world. PixiEditor started as a pixel editor but seems to be aiming for “pleasing FOSS alternative to Photoshop that also supports Linux.” The node-based workflow for adding filters is genuinely interesting, too.

PixiEditor 2.0 - a FOSS Universal 2D Graphics Editor is here! | PixiEditor Blog

Long-anticipated PixiEditor 2.0 is finally live. Read about the features, roadmap and our mission.

Just learned there was a new Google udm code discovered. So you know what I had to do.

&udm=14 | the disenshittification Konami code

A quick way to get an AI-free search without any extra work.

Still kicking in on the DNS front, but it’s already up.