• Why there’s a recovery ‘speed limit’ after mass extinction (Futurity) Basically, animals need to evolve into new species to occupy the vacated niches.
• The Final Battle in Big Tech’s War to Dominate Your World (The New Republic) Trying to make your life impossible without them.
• Microsoft confirms you really, really don’t need to ‘safely remove’ USB flash drives anymore (The Verge) Good to know.
• BT Tower broadcasts error message to the nation as Windows displays admin’s shame (The Register) The joys of digital billboards.
• Missing Novell server discovered after four years (The Register) From 2001, but the story of a server that got sealed behind a wall STILL RUNNING after 4 years, Cask of Amontillado style is too good not to note.
• Tolkien’s guide to contemporary politics (UnHerd) The EU (and Zuckerberg) as Sauron.

Eggs Woodhouse from Archer: