Tag: communication

• Get phished, see old friends (September 26, 2026)

  Jason Parham writes for Wired about how people whose identities are “borrowed” for targeted phishing scams often hear from old friends or acquaintances they haven’t heard from in years, checking in to make sure that the email is legitimate. Which it isn’t! But now these two people are unexpectedly reconnected anyway, and wow, it’s been so long, how are you, you wanna get lunch and catch up?

• Bringing up the conversation UI (September 12, 2025)

  Sometimes I feel the urge to say something snide, cutting, or otherwise intentionally hurtful to someone I love. It may come in response to some perceived slight or annoyance, or in shock and retaliation for something hurtful they just said. The words rise up my throat in a peristalsis of emotion, and it takes an act of will to delay their expulsion.

• ACK, boomer (February 14, 2025)

  I wish there was an ACK symbol in the Unicode emoji set, for slapping a “I receive and comprehend your message” reaction on a text. “👍” implies more assent or agreement than I necessarily want, and “🆗” often seems sarcastic outside of certain specific contexts.