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date: 2026-01-30
link: https://daringfireball.net/2026/01/politics_and_the_english_language_january_2026_edition
title: Politics and the English Language
cited: John Gruber (Daring Fireball)

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Deeply embedded in Apple's ecosystem and frustrated by a company that used to do the right thing.

Cook needs to go.

> Cook's call for "deescalation" is meaningless without specifying which side he's calling upon to change course, and there's no weaker sauce than the weak sauce of "both sides". Using words, not to make a point, but to _avoid_ making a point while creating the illusion of having made one, is the true sin.