Linked List: December 17, 2022

Saturday, 17 December 2022

Couple in Car Survive 300-Foot Fall Into a California Canyon ★

Michael Levenson, reporting for The New York Times:

Ms. Fields said her phone had instructed her to point it toward a satellite and hold it there, which allowed her to summon help.

“It was honestly strange,” Ms. Fields said, adding that although she is a “very techie kind of a person,” she had not known about the satellite feature.

The Sheriff’s Department said it had received a call at about 1:55 p.m. from Apple’s emergency call center and had dispatched the Montrose Search and Rescue Team, the Los Angeles County Fire Department and other agencies.

Sergeant Gilbert said the call center had given the authorities an accurate latitude and longitude for Ms. Fields and Mr. Zelada’s location. He said he was not aware of anyone else who had called to report the crash, “so there was a high potential they could have been stuck in the canyon after midnight.”

“Dear Tim, …”

Reality on Reality’s Terms ★

Peter Kafka, writing at Vox:

But I think we’re better off if we face reality on reality’s terms: One of the richest men in history bought something many of us use and like. Because he could. And now he’s going to run it based on his whims. Because he can.

The William Randolph Hearst of the digital age.