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Review of the best private alternatives to WhatsApp: Signal, Threema, Telegram, Element, Wire, SimpleX.

A security researcher has created a tool that allows someone to find out the IP address of a Telegram contact just by calling them.

ARBEJDSSPROG // INTERVIEW – Ifølge retoriker og forfatter Mikkel Toxvig er der et behov for at gøre op med den sproglige støj, der florerer i meget ledelses- og virksomhedskommunikation. Men selv om det kan være svært, er det muligt at vende tendensen og fremme et sprog fri for hadeord og uklare formuleringer.

Geist is a typeface made for developers and designers, embodying Vercel's design principles of simplicity, minimalism, and speed, drawing inspiration from the renowned Swiss design movement.

Excerpted from this week’s Team Human Monologue. Listen to the whole thing here: https://www.teamhuman.fm/episodes/267-leaving-x-and-social-media-behind

Open-source tool for writers

The GOP espouses the myth of social Darwinism to justify destroying the welfare state — even as they eschew biology