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On the day that I posted this, 5-28-2023, it would have been an entire year since I started collecting the daily word that Bing offers every day. For those of you don’t know, if you search for “Word of the day” on Bing, you will find a unique vocabulary word that is specific to each day. That’s what I’ve been documenting for the past year.
I started collecting the words back on May 29, 2022. I kept them in a plain text document that I named word-of-the-day.txt. This document was going to store my words in a specific format, which you will see below. I appended to this document every day in the summer using Windows Notepad, until I eventually moved the document to my Google Drive. This allowed me to hook up multiple automations to it, like a Siri Shortcut that would get the latest word and allow me to append it. Once April of 2023 (or even earlier) came around, I decided to change to only updating it every 6 days since my life was getting a bit busier then. And when I wasn’t automating, I would manually add the daily word as part of my MicrosoftRewards routine (sometimes, but only when I had the extra time for it)
Doing this isn’t as easy as going back to add all 365 words right before I published this. That is because there is a limit to how far back one can go in the daily words — after 7 days a word disappears from the end of the list and is lost forever. This meant that I had to stay on top of the word list, which I did do pretty consistently until I missed on day on June 30th. But that’s ok, as we all make mistakes.
While I was keeping track of the words that Bing offered every day, I learned some interesting things. Discovering a new word every day slowly strengthened my vocabulary to be more eclectic. I used these words in various things like stories, or just to confuse people that had never heard of the words. And with more words, what started as a hobby to collect the words became a project to archive the WOTD for an entire year.
A lot can happen in a single year. When I started, I didn't even have a Reddit account, and it was late May around the time where everyone gets out of school that I started making the list. Now it’s the end of another school year. I am completely different person.
So with that context and reflection, I would say that it is about time to show you the list that I’ve been collecting:*
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~2022~

[001] May 29 - tenacious - tending to keep a firm hold of something; clinging or adhering closely [002] May 30 - empathy - the ability to understand and share the feelings of another [003] May 31 - prate - talk foolishly or at tedious length about something [004] June 01 - cerulean - deep blue in color like a clear sky [005] June 02 - redolent - strongly reminiscent or suggestive of [006] June 03 - diaphanous - (especially of fabric) light, delicate, and translucent [007] June 04 - sillage - the degree to which a perfume's fragrance lingers in the air when worn [008] June 05 - desultory - lacking a plan, purpose, or enthusiasm [009] June 06 - mercurial - (of a person) subject to sudden or unpredictable changes of mood or mind; of or containing the element mercury [010] June 07 - fawn - a young deer in its first year; a light yellowish-brown color [011] June 08 - estuary - the tidal mouth of a large river, where the tide meets the stream [012] June 09 - mellifluous - (of a voice or words) sweet or musical; pleasant to hear: [013] June 10 - zippy - bright, fresh, or lively [014] June 11 - lush - (of vegetation) growing luxuriantly [015] June 12 - bucolic - relating to the pleasant aspects of the countryside and country life [016] June 13 - verdant - of the bright green color of lush grass [017] June 14 - regal - of, resembling, or fit for a monarch, especially in being magnificent or dignified [018] June 15 - pyrrhic - (of a victory) won at too great a cost to have been worthwhile for the victor [019] June 16 - picturesque - visually attractive, especially in a quaint or pretty style [020] June 17 - myriad - a countless or extremely great number [021] June 18 - gleaming - (of a smooth surface) reflecting light, typically because very clean or polished [022] June 19 - deafening - (of a noise) so loud as to make it impossible to hear anything else [023] June 20 - aberration - a departure from what is normal, usual, or expected, typically one that is unwelcome [024] June 21 - pleonasm - the use of more words than are necessary to convey meaning (e.g. see with one's eyes), either as a fault of style or for emphasis [025] June 22 - Instigate - bring about or initiate (an action or event) [026] June 23 - dubious - hesitating or doubting [027] June 24 - noxious - harmful, poisonous, or very unpleasant [028] June 25 - calumny - the making of false and defamatory statements about someone in order to damage their reputation; slander [029] June 26 - abscond - leave hurriedly and secretly, typically to avoid detection of or arrest for an unlawful action such as theft [030] June 27 - predilection - a preference or special liking for something; a bias in favor of something [031] June 28 - equivocal - open to more than one interpretation; ambiguous [032] June 29 - pernicious - having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual or subtle way [033] June 30 - ??? [034] July 01 - languor - the state or feeling, often pleasant, of tiredness or inertia [035] July 02 - obsolete - no longer produced or used; out of date [036] July 03 - ambiguous - (of language) open to more than one interpretation; having a double meaning [037] July 04 - patriotism - the quality of being patriotic; devotion to and vigorous support for one's country [038] July 05 - carouse - drink plentiful amounts of alcohol and enjoy oneself with others in a noisy, lively way [039] July 06 - insurgent - a rebel or revolutionary [040] July 07 - oligarchy - a small group of people having control of a country, organization, or institution [041] July 08 - loyalist - a person who remains loyal to the established ruler or government, especially in the face of a revolt [042] July 09 - veracity - conformity to facts; accuracy [043] July 10 - rescind - revoke, cancel, or repeal (a law, order, or agreement) [044] July 11 - malarkey - meaningless talk; nonsense [045] July 12 - epoch - a period of time in history or a person's life, typically one marked by notable events or particular characteristics [046] July 13 - abrogate - repeal or do away with (a law, right, or formal agreement) [047] July 14 - laconic - (of a person, speech, or style of writing) using very few words [048] July 15 - prepossessing - attractive or appealing in appearance [049] July 16 - sonorous - (of a voice) imposingly deep and full [recovered, assumed] [050] July 17 - bombinate - buzz; hum [051] July 18 - altruistic - showing a disinterested and selfless concern for the well-being of others; unselfish [052] July 19 - upbraid - find fault with (someone); scold [053] July 20 - maelstrom - a powerful whirlpool in the sea or a river [054] July 21 - illusory - based on illusion; not real [055] July 22 - lethargy - lack of energy and enthusiasm [056] July 23 - ethereal - extremely delicate and light in a way that seems too perfect for this world [057] July 24 - syzygy - a conjunction or opposition, especially of the moon with the sun [058] July 25 - phosphene - a ring or spot of light produced by pressure on the eyeball or direct stimulation of the visual system other than by light [059] July 26 - vacuous - having or showing a lack of thought or intelligence; mindless [060] July 27 - oleaginous - rich in, covered with, or producing oil; oily or greasy [061] July 28 - ignominious - deserving or causing public disgrace or shame [062] July 29 - parsimonious - unwilling to spend money or use resources; stingy or frugal [063] July 30 - treachery - betrayal of trust; deceptive action or nature [064] July 31 - verisimilitude - the appearance of being true or real [065] August 01 - luminescence - the emission of light by a substance that has not been heated, as in fluorescence and phosphorescence [066] August 02 - susurration - whispering, murmuring, or rustling [067] August 03 - accost - approach and address (someone) boldly or aggressively [068] August 04 - clamor - a loud and confused noise, especially that of people shouting vehemently. [069] August 05 - mendacious - not telling truth, lying [070] August 06 - dilly-dally - waste time through aimless wandering or indecision [071] August 07 - neophyte - a person who is new to a subject, skill, or belief [072] August 08 - purist - person who insists on absolute adherence to traditional rules or structures, especially in a language or style [073] August 09 - bellicose - demonstrating aggression and willingness to fight [074] August 10 - duplicity - deceitfulness; double-dealing [075] August 11 - deus ex machina - an unexpected power or event saving a seemingly hopeless situation, especially as a contrived plot device in a play or novel. [076] August 12 - supine - (of a person) lying face upward [077] August 13 - nebulous - in the form of a cloud or haze; hazy [078] August 14 - viscosity - the state of being thick, sticky, and semifluid in consistency, due to internal friction [079] August 15 - lampoon - publicly criticize (someone or something) by using ridicule, irony, or sarcasm [080] August 16 - fatuous - silly and pointless [081] August 17 - effervescence - bubbles in a liquid; fizz [082] August 18 - defenestration - the action of throwing someone out of a window [083] August 19 - acumen - the ability to make good judgments and quick decisions, typically in a particular domain [084] August 20 - tempest - a violent windy storm [085] August 21 - repartee - conversation or speech characterized by quick, witty comments or replies [086] August 22 - chuffed - very pleased [087] August 23 - iridescent - showing luminous colors that seem to change when seen from different angles [088] August 24 - archetypal - Very typical of a certain kind of person of thing [089] August 25 - forbearance - patient self-control; restraint and tolerance [090] August 26 - stoic - a person who can endure pain or hardship without showing their feelings or complaining [091] August 27 - officious - assertive of authority in an annoyingly domineering way, especially with regard to petty or trivial matters [092] August 28 - maudlin - self-pityingly or tearfully sentimental, often through drunkenness [093] August 29 - oblivion - the state of being unaware or unconscious of what is happening [094] August 30 - scintillating - sparkling or shining brightly [095] August 31 - lithe - (especially of a person's body) thin, supple, and graceful [096] September 01 - superfluous - unnecessary, especially through being more than enough [097] September 02 - zenith - the time at which something is most powerful or successful [098] September 03 - evocative - bringing strong images, memories, or feelings to mind [099] September 04 - cobbler - a person who mends shoes as a job [100] September 05 - vitriolic - filled with bitter criticism or malice [101] September 06 - stolid - (of a person) calm, dependable, and showing little emotion or animation [102] September 07 - eurhythmic - (especially of architecture or art) in or relating to harmonious proportion. [103] September 08 - fallacious - based on a mistaken belief [104] September 09 - multifarious - many and of various types [105] September 10 - rhapsody - an effusively enthusiastic or ecstatic expression of feeling [106] September 11 - cogent - (of an argument or case) clear, logical, and convincing [107] September 12 - gregarious - (of a person) fond of company; sociable [108] September 13 - vilify - speak or write about in an abusively disparaging manner [109] September 14 - toady - a person who behaves obsequiously to someone important [110] September 15 - deride - express contempt for; ridicule [111] September 16 - rapturous - characterized by, feeling, or expressing great pleasure or enthusiasm [112] September 17 - bibliophile - a person who collects or has a great love of books [113] September 18 - fugacious - tending to disappear; fleeting [114] September 19 - lollygag - spend time aimlessly; idle [115] September 20 - bae - a person's boyfriend or girlfriend (often as a form of address) [116] September 21 - jovial - cheerful and friendly [117] September 22 - sycophant - a person who acts obsequiously toward someone important in order to gain advantage [118] September 23 - wayward - difficult to control or predict because of unusual or perverse behavior [119] September 24 - maverick - an unorthodox or independent-minded person [120] September 25 - vociferous - (especially of a person or speech) vehement or clamorous [121] September 26 - eclectic - deriving ideas, style, or taste from a broad and diverse range of sources [122] September 27 - bane - a cause of great distress or annoyance [123] September 28 - pedant - a person who is excessively concerned with minor details and rules or with displaying academic learning [124] September 29 - writhe - make continual twisting, squirming movements or contortions of the body [125] September 30 - foliage - plant leaves collectively [126] October 01 - eerie - strange and frightening [127] October 02 - bogeyman - an imaginary evil spirit or being, used to frighten children [128] October 03 - catacomb - an underground cemetery consisting of a subterranean gallery with recesses for tombs, as constructed by the ancient Romans [129] October 04 - cryptozoology - the search for and study of animals whose existence or survival is disputed or unsubstantiated [130] October 05 - kafkaesque - characteristic or reminiscent of the oppressive or nightmarish qualities of Franz Kafka's fictional world [131] October 06 - cipher - a secret or disguised way of writing; a code [132] October 07 - morbid - characterized by an unusual interest in disturbing and unpleasant subjects, especially death and disease [133] October 08 - eldritch - weird and sinister or ghostly [134] October 09 - superstition - excessively credulous belief in and reverence for supernatural beings [135] October 10 - omen - an event regarded as a portent of good or evil [136] October 11 - miasma - a highly unpleasant or unhealthy smell or vapor [137] October 12 - poltergeist - a ghost or other supernatural being supposedly responsible for physical disturbances such as loud noises and objects thrown around [138] October 13 - harridan - a strict, bossy, or belligerent old woman [139] October 14 - serpentine - of or like a serpent or snake [140] October 15 - incarnadine - a bright crimson or pinkish-red color [141] October 16 - pallor - an unhealthy pale appearance [142] October 17 - apparition - a ghost or ghostlike image of a person [143] October 18 - abhorrent - inspiring disgust and loathing; repugnant [144] October 19 - banshee - (in Irish legend) a female spirit whose wailing warns of an impending death in a house [145] October 20 - dismal - depressing; dreary [146] October 21 - labyrinth - a complicated irregular network of passages or paths in which it is difficult to find one's way; a maze [147] October 22 - sarcophagus - a stone coffin, typically adorned with a sculpture or inscription and associated with the ancient civilizations of Egypt, Rome, and Greece [148] October 23 - twilight - the soft glowing light from the sky when the sun is below the horizon, caused by the refraction and scattering of the sun's rays from the atmosphere [149] October 24 - bizarre - very strange or unusual, especially so as to cause interest or amusement [150] October 25 - foreshadow - be a warning or indication of (a future event) [151] October 26 - fiend - an evil spirit or demon [152] October 27 - lycanthrope - a werewolf [153] October 28 - scythe - a tool used for cutting crops such as grass or wheat, with a long curved blade at the end of a long pole attached to which are one or two short handles [154] October 29 - lusus naturae - a freak of nature [155] October 30 - wraith - a ghost or ghostlike image of someone, especially one seen shortly before or after their death [156] October 31 - jack-o'-lantern - a lantern made from a hollowed-out pumpkin in which holes are cut to represent facial features, typically made at Halloween [157] November 01 - logophile - a lover of words [158] November 02 - eloquent - fluent or persuasive in speaking or writing [159] November 03 - sesquipedalian - (of a word) polysyllabic; long [160] November 04 - irony - the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect [161] November 05 - homophone - each of two or more words having the same pronunciation but different meanings, origins, or spelling [162] November 06 - homograph - each of two or more words spelled the same but not necessarily pronounced the same and having different meanings and origins. [163] November 07 - elegy - a poem of serious reflection, typically a lament for the dead [164] November 08 - palindrome - a word, phrase, or sequence that reads the same backward as forward [165] November 09 - antithesis - a person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else [166] November 10 - bookish - (of a person or way of life) devoted to reading and studying rather than worldly interests [167] November 11 - phenomenon - a fact or situation that is observed to exist or happen, especially one whose cause or explanation is in question [168] November 12 - denouement - the final part of a play, movie, or narrative in which the strands of the plot are drawn together and matters are explained or resolved [169] November 13 - woe - great sorrow or distress [170] November 14 - blithe - showing a casual and cheerful indifference considered to be callous or improper [171] November 15 - trouvaille - a lucky find [172] November 16 - empirical - based on, concerned with, or verifiable by observation or experience rather than theory or pure logic [173] November 17 - trite - (of a remark, opinion, or idea) overused and consequently of little import; lacking originality or freshness [174] November 18 - diction - the choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing [175] November 19 - hubris - excessive pride or self-confidence [176] November 20 - motif - a decorative image or design, especially a repeated one forming a pattern [177] November 21 - anachronism - a thing belonging or appropriate to a period other than that in which it exists, especially a thing that is conspicuously old-fashioned [178] November 22 - gourmand - a person who enjoys eating and often eats too much [179] November 23 - recant - say that one no longer holds an opinion or belief, especially one considered heretical [180] November 24 - erudite - having or showing great knowledge or learning [181] November 25 - omniscient - knowing everything [182] November 26 - novella - a short novel or long short story [183] November 27 - metaphor - a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable [184] November 28 - anagram - a word, phrase, or name formed by rearranging the letters of another [185] November 29 - expunge - obliterate or remove completely (something unwanted or unpleasant) [186] November 30 - sough - (of the wind in trees, the sea, etc.) make a moaning, whistling, or rushing sound [187] December 01 - advent - the arrival of a notable person or thing [188] December 02 - gelidity - the quality or condition of being extremely cold or icy [189] December 03 - niveous - snowy or resembling snow [190] December 04 - awe - a feeling of reverential respect mixed with fear or wonder [191] December 05 - Scrooge, Ebenezer - a miserly curmudgeon in Charles Dickens's novel A Christmas Carol (1843) [192] December 06 - levity - humor or frivolity, especially the treatment of a serious matter with humor or in a manner lacking due respect [193] December 07 - tranquility - the quality or state of being tranquil; calm [194] December 08 - ephemeral - lasting for a very short time [195] December 09 - surfeit - an excessive amount of something [196] December 10 - staid - sedate, respectable, and unadventurous [197] December 11 - ubiquitous - present, appearing, or found everywhere [198] December 12 - virtuoso - a person highly skilled in music or another artistic pursuit [199] December 13 - winsome - attractive or appealing in a fresh, innocent way [200] December 14 - Grinch - a mean-spirited person who spoils the enjoyment of others; a spoilsport or killjoy [201] December 15 - mirth - amusement, especially as expressed in laughter [202] December 16 - quirky - having or characterized by peculiar or unexpected traits or aspects: [203] December 17 - toboggan - a long, light, narrow vehicle, typically on runners, used for sliding downhill over snow or ice [204] December 18 - evanescent - soon passing out of sight, memory, or existence; quickly fading or disappearing [205] December 19 - zephyr - a soft gentle breeze [206] December 20 - hearth - the floor of a fireplace [207] December 21 - tidings - news; information [208] December 22 - garland - a wreath of flowers and leaves, worn on the head or hung as a decoration [209] December 23 - cornucopia - a symbol of plenty consisting of a goat's horn overflowing with flowers, fruit, and corn [210] December 24 - crackle - make a rapid succession of short sharp noises [211] December 25 - Yuletide - archaic term for Christmas [212] December 26 - fervor - intense and passionate feeling [213] December 27 - whimsy - playfully quaint or fanciful behavior or humor [214] December 28 - kith - one's friends, acquaintances, and relations [215] December 29 - equanimity - calmness and composure, especially in a difficult situation [216] December 30 - insidious - proceeding in a gradual, subtle way, but with very harmful effects [217] December 31 - revel - enjoy oneself in a lively and noisy way, especially with drinking and dancing

~2023~

[218] January 01 - clinquant - glittering with gold and silver; tinseled [219] January 02 - Elysian - relating to or characteristic of heaven or paradise [220] January 03 - coterie - a small group of people with shared interests or tastes, especially one that is exclusive of other people [221] January 04 - eke - make an amount or supply of something last longer by using or consuming it frugally [222] January 05 - vestibule - an antechamber, hall, or lobby next to the outer door of a building [223] January 06 - lucid - expressed clearly; easy to understand [224] January 07 - livid - furiously angry [225] January 08 - perspicuous - clearly expressed and easily understood; lucid [226] January 09 - vex - make (someone) feel annoyed, frustrated, or worried, especially with trivial matters [227] January 10 - puerile - childishly silly and immature [228] January 11 - splendour - magnificent and splendid appearance; grandeur [229] January 12 - wistful - having or showing a feeling of vague or regretful longing [230] January 13 - capybara - a South American mammal that resembles a giant long-legged guinea pig. [231] January 14 - martyr - a person who is killed because of their religious or other beliefs [232] January 15 - gimmick - a trick or device intended to attract attention, publicity, or trade [233] January 16 - brood - a family of birds or other young animals produced at one hatching or birth [234] January 17 - malady - a disease or ailment [235] January 18 - zeal - great energy or enthusiasm in pursuit of a cause or an objective [236] January 19 - hamartia - a fatal flaw leading to the downfall of a tragic hero or heroine [237] January 20 - supernova - a star that suddenly increases greatly in brightness because of a catastrophic explosion that ejects most of its mass. [238] January 21 - celestial - positioned in or relating to the sky, or outer space as observed in astronomy [239] January 22 - peart - lively; cheerful [240] January 23 - serendipity - the occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way [241] January 24 - blatherskite - a person who talks at great length without making much sense [242] January 25 - constellate - form or cause to form into a cluster or group; gather together [243] January 26 - recalcitrant - having an obstinately uncooperative attitude towards authority or discipline [244] January 27 - waif - a homeless, neglected, or abandoned person, especially a child [245] January 28 - moulder - slowly decay or disintegrate, especially because of neglect [246] January 29 - limpid - (of a liquid) completely clear and transparent [247] January 30 - travesty - a false, absurd, or distorted representation of something [248] January 31 - quixotic - extremely idealistic; unrealistic and impractical [249] February 01 - eidolon - an idealized person or thing [250] February 02 - desideratum - something that is needed or wanted [251] February 03 - ensorcell - enchant; fascinate [252] February 04 - aurora - a natural electrical phenomenon characterized by the appearance of streamers in the sky near the northern or southern magnetic pole. [253] February 05 - jaded - bored or lacking enthusiasm, typically after having had too much of something [254] February 06 - limerence - the state of being infatuated with another person, typically experienced involuntarily [255] February 07 - obfuscate - make obscure, unclear, or unintelligible [256] February 08 - idle - (of a person) avoiding work; lazy [257] February 09 - peart - lively; cheerful [258] February 10 - scintilla - a tiny trace or spark of a specified quality or feeling [259] February 11 - gangling - (of a person) tall, thin, and awkward in movements or bearing [260] February 12 - sublime - of very great excellence or beauty [261] February 13 - ineffable - too great or extreme to be expressed or described in words [262] February 14 - moonstruck - unable to think or act normally, especially as a result of being in love [263] February 15 - nostalgia - a sentimental longing or wistful affection for a period in the past [264] February 16 - panacea - a solution or remedy for all difficulties or diseases [265] February 17 - razz - tease (someone) playfully [266] February 18 - kin - one's family and relations [267] February 19 - melodious - relating to or characterized by melody [268] February 20 - fractious - (typically of children) irritable and quarrelsome [269] February 21 - idiosyncratic - relating to idiosyncrasy; peculiar or individual [270] February 22 - spurious - not being what it purports to be; false or fake [271] February 23 - quandary - a state of perplexity or uncertainty over what to do in a difficult situation [272] February 24 - pulchritude - beauty [273] February 25 - rhetoric - the art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing, especially the exploitation of figures of speech and other compositional techniques [274] February 26 - naturalism - (in art and literature) a style and theory of representation based on the accurate depiction of detail [275] February 27 - histrionic - excessively theatrical or dramatic in character or style [276] February 28 - onomatopoeia - the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named [277] March 01 - gawky - nervously awkward and ungainly [278] March 02 - akin - of similar character [279] March 03 - garrulous - excessively talkative, especially on trivial matters [280] March 04 - lofty - of imposing height [281] March 05 - pugnacious - eager or quick to argue, quarrel, or fight [282] March 06 - relative - considered in relation or in proportion to something else [283] March 07 - liminal - relating to a transitional or initial stage of a process. [284] March 08 - gratuitous - done without good reason; uncalled for [285] March 09 - solicitous - characterized by or showing interest or concern [286] March 10 - quaint - attractively unusual or old-fashioned [287] March 11 - inane - lacking sense or meaning; silly [288] March 12 - pert - (of a girl or young woman) attractively lively or cheeky [289] March 13 - esoteric - intended for or likely to be understood by only a small number of people with a specialized knowledge or interest [290] March 14 - schadenfreude - pleasure derived by someone from another person's misfortune [291] March 15 - odious - extremely unpleasant; repulsive [292] March 16 - numinous - having a strong religious or spiritual quality; indicating or suggesting the presence of a divinity [293] March 17 - loquacious - tending to talk a great deal; talkative [294] March 18 - impecunious - having little or no money [295] March 19 - sanguine - optimistic or positive, especially in an apparently bad or difficult situation [296] March 20 - pungent - having a sharply strong taste or smell [297] March 21 - charming - very pleasant or attractive [298] March 22 - soliloquy - an act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers, especially by a character in a play [299] March 23 - penurious - extremely poor; poverty-stricken [300] March 24 - jamboree - a large celebration or party, typically a lavish and boisterous one [301] March 25 - rapacious - aggressively greedy or grasping [302] March 26 - incontrovertible - not able to be denied or disputed [303] March 27 - promulgate - promote or make widely known (an idea or cause) [304] March 28 - opportunist - person who takes advantage of opportunities as and when they arise, regardless of planning or principle [305] March 29 - gallivant - go around from one place to another in the pursuit of pleasure or entertainment [306] March 30 - iconoclast - a person who attacks or criticizes cherished beliefs or institutions [307] March 31 - pinprick - a prick caused by a pin [308] April 01 - petrichor - a pleasant smell that frequently accompanies the first rain after a long period of warm, dry weather [309] April 02 - ungainly - (of a person or movement) awkward; clumsy [310] April 03 - abject - (of something bad) experienced or present to the maximum degree [311] April 04 - lurid - unpleasantly bright in colour, especially so as to create a harsh or unnatural effect: [312] April 05 - spire - a tapering conical or pyramidal structure on the top of a building, typically a church tower [313] April 06 - proclivity - a tendency to choose or do something regularly; an inclination or predisposition towards a particular thing [314] April 07 - convivial - (of an atmosphere or event) friendly, lively, and enjoyable [315] April 08 - unfeigned - genuine; sincere [316] April 09 - penchant - a strong or habitual liking for something or tendency to do something [317] April 10 - sanctimonious - making a show of being morally superior to other people [318] April 11 - inimical - tending to obstruct or harm [319] April 12 - taut - stretched or pulled tight; not slack [320] April 13 - rue - bitterly regret (something one has done or allowed to happen) and wish it undone [321] April 14 - pithy - (of a fruit or plant) containing much pith [322] April 15 - impetuous - acting or done quickly and without thought or care [323] April 16 - disperse - distribute or spread over a wide area [324] April 17 - sinuous - having many curves and turns [325] April 18 - plethora - a large or excessive amount of something [326] April 19 - meadow - a piece of grassland, especially one used for hay [327] April 20 - persnickety - placing too much emphasis on trivial or minor details [328] April 21 - rusticate - suspend (a student) from a university as a punishment [329] April 22 - dichotomy - a division or contrast between two things that are or are represented as being opposed or entirely different [330] April 23 - bardolatry - excessive admiration of Shakespeare [331] April 24 - halcyon - denoting a period of time in the past that was idyllically happy and peaceful [332] April 25 - gad - go from place to place in the pursuit of pleasure [333] April 26 - collusion -secret or illegal cooperation or conspiracy in order to deceive others [334] April 27 - ration - a fixed amount of a commodity officially allowed to each person during a time of shortage, as in wartime [335] April 28 - clergy - the body of all people ordained for religious duties, especially in the Christian Church [336] April 29 - mitigate - make (something bad) less severe, serious, or painful [337] April 30 - paradigm - a typical example or pattern of something; a pattern or mode [338] May 01 - May Day - 1 May, celebrated in many countries as a traditional springtime festival or as an international day honouring workers [339] May 02 - denouement - the final part of a play, film, or narrative in which the strands of the plot are drawn together and matters are explained or resolved [340] May 03 - voracious - wanting or devouring great quantities of food [341] May 04 - sciamachy - sham fighting for exercise or practice [342] May 05 - vindicate - clear (someone) of blame or suspicion [343] May 06 - panegyric - a public speech or published text in praise of someone or something [344] May 07 - indomitable - impossible to subdue or defeat [345] May 08 - sedulous - (of a person or action) showing dedication and diligence [346] May 09 - baby boomer - a person born in the years following the Second World War, when there was a temporary marked increase in the birth rate [347] May 10 - plaudit - an expression of praise or approval [348] May 11 - audacious - showing a willingness to take surprisingly bold risks [349] May 12 - intrepid - fearless; adventurous [350] May 13 - multifarious - many and of various types [351] May 14 - eclectic - deriving ideas, style, or taste from a broad and diverse range of sources [352] May 15 - evanescent - soon passing out of sight, memory, or existence; quickly fading or disappearing [353] May 16 - normative - establishing, relating to, or deriving from a standard or norm, especially of behaviour [354] May 17 - lucent - glowing with or giving off light [355] May 18 - erudite - having or showing great knowledge or learning [356] May 19 - encomium - a speech or piece of writing that praises someone or something highly. [357] May 20 - husbandry - the care, cultivation, and breeding of crops and animals [358] May 21 - meticulous - showing great attention to detail; very careful and precise [359] May 22 - niche - a comfortable or suitable position in life or employment: [360] May 23 - lugubrious - looking or sounding sad and dismal [361] May 24 - magnanimity - the fact or condition of being magnanimous; generosity [362] May 25 - cornucopia - a symbol of plenty consisting of a goat's horn overflowing with flowers, fruit, and corn. [363] May 26 - nascent - (especially of a process or organization) just coming into existence and beginning to display signs of future potential [364] May 27 - pulchritudinous - beautiful [365] May 28 - contingent - subject to chance
365 Days/Words
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I’m not in control of this list, you there might be some duplicates. Just enjoy the post, as I’m sure that this is something contrasting from the Bing Ai that a lot of people are posting about. I saw that the moderators commented on my post thinking that it was relating to Bing AI.
You can ask me a question about this project in the comments below:

Imagine this scenario:
You've started ranking well within your niche, but you're running out of topics.
What should you do next? How far should you niche down? Is this niche done?
The answer, as always is - It depends. First, you need to decide whether it's worthwhile to continue working on your niche site, or if you should start putting your energy into another site/topic.
What I'd like to discuss today is something I've been working on that's allowed me to grow a niche that I had thought was finished.
I call it Semantic Fuzz

Expanding your niche by targeting Semantic Fuzz.

This bolt from the blue came about on one of my YMYL websites which had gained great authority but was tapped out. It has links from Forbes, NYT, Vice, Washington Post, and more, but according to the name that I had stuck it with, it was done. I was number one in my niche, but there was nowhere else to go.
For this Case Study, we'll say my YMYL site is in the Financial Sector (it's not), and it's called Algo Stocks. I've niched down as far as I could and am currently the premier source of information about Algorithm Investing & Bot Trading.

What is Semantic Fuzz?

It's an SEO term for similarly spelled words with different meanings. These are homographs, homonyms, and even words with the same prefix.
Did I just make that term up right now? Yes. But at least I'll rank for it.
Although you will see benefits on Prefixes or Homographs that aren't related to your niche you will still have more success with posts that are more closely related to your niche. Here's a few separate examples of Semantic Fuzz using keywords you might find on the aforementioned example site Algo Stocks:
Stock(The investment vehicle) – Stockpile, Stocked (Resupply), Stocking (For your feet), Stocky, Stockade
Futures (The investment vehicle) – Future (Time)
Trading – Traditional, Tradesman, Trades
Crude (Oil) – Crude (Raw)
Closing Market – Closed (action)
Opening Market – Open (action)
Market (Stock Market) – Action word for affiliate reviews 'Are you in the market for?'
Dow (Jones) – Dowry (Wedding) – This one is a bit of a stretch, and would require you to move way outside your niche, although it does illustrate my point.

How far should you push this?

Really it depends on what you want to try; ideally you should be putting your users first. If you have a lot of subscribers, it would be best not to push unrelated content out to them, but if you're a pure SEO play, there's no harm in burying some content deep in your website to test it out.
The best part of this thought exercise is going through your backlinks/current content with an open mind to expand your niche and create new content.

Now on to the Data

My main backlinks to my YMYL site often involve a word ending with 'ING', so I created some content that has the same prefix, but different meaning. An example of this would be having backlinks for 'sampling' as it relates to music production and then using that link juice to rank for the term 'samples' as it relates to tester size items (food samples, perfume samples, trials, etc).
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Semantic Fuzz	H1 Keyword Difficulty	Traffic 3 Months	Traffic 6 Months	Traffic 1 Year
Exact Match	Easy	67	539	N/A
Semantic Fuzz	Medium	53	894	3576
None (Within my niche)	Easy	15	49	89

Exact match means that the term exactly matches my backlink profile both in meaning and spelling.
Fuzzy is a fuzzy semantic match (think music sampling vs free samples)
None broader niche - This is an article that is within my broader category but doesn't use any keywords that I have authority for (Think sampling music to orchestra)
One thing that should be noted is that in my example the Fuzzy match (sampling to samples) goes to an entirely unrelated YMYL niche. Think Financial to Medical. While the ones labelled None Broader Niche are decent articles that are written in the same (financial) niche but on unrelated topics that I have not ranked for.
I have some more articles in the pipeline to test out this theory more, but for this exact term, the data might not be as clear since I'm now ranking for this term with some backlinks coming in as well.
YMMV and remember your User Experience should come first.
It should also be noted that if Google becomes more adept at identifying this in the future, it won't matter because you'll have gained authority and will be ranking naturally for these terms.

Def. A monoid that is both cancellative and has no nontrivial invertible elements is a graphic space and an element is a graphic.
Prop. Let W be a graphic space. Then prefix, denoted w < v for w,v <- W is a partial order on W.
Def. Let W,X be graphic spaces. A map e: W -> X that is identity-preserving and non-decreasing in the prefix relation is a homography.
Prop. Let W,X be graphic spaces and e: W -> X a homography. For each w <- W, there exists a unique homography e^w : W -> X such that e(w)e^w (v) = e(wv) called the shift of e by w. W acts on e^W = {e^w : w <- W} on the right by e^w * v = e^wv.
Def. Let W,X be graphic spaces and e: W -> X a homography. The halting set of e is hal(e) = {w <- W: e(wv) = e(w) for all v <- W}. The cohalting set is coh(e) = {w <- W: hal(e^w) = {} }.
Example. Let W be the free monoid in the symbols {0,1,*} and X the free monoid in the set of configurations of the LR parser described in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LR_parser . Let e : W -> X be the homography that reads elements of w left to right and emits the stack, state, input read so far, and accept status configuration of the parser after every generator element of W has been read.
Def. Let W be a graphic space and G <= W minus {1} a nonempty subset of graphics. The set G is graphically independent if for all pairs of finite tuples bar x and bar y in G, Prod bar x = Prod bar y implies x and y have the same length and x_i = y_i for all i.
Prop. Let W be a graphic space and G <= W minus {1} a graphically independent set. Let H = G* be the monoid of finite tuples of elements of G with multiplication concatenation of tuples. The map p: H -> W given by h -> Prod h is an injective homomorphism.
Def. Let W be a graphic space and w,v <- W elements. The greatest common prefix of w and v exists if there is a prefix-least element of { u <- W : u <= w and u <= v }. If it exists, it is unique, and is denoted by gcp(w,v). The graphic space W has the greatest common prefix property if gcp(w,v) exists for all w,v <- W.
Def. Let W be a graphic space. A map . : W -> Re such that w>=0 for all w <- W, w = 0 iff w = 1, and wv = w + v for all w,v <- W is a norm for W, and (W,.) is a normed graphic space.
Prop. Let W be a normed graphic space. Then d(w,v) = inf_{ab = w, ac = v, abc <- W} b + c is a metric on W such that

• w = d(1,w),
• d(w,v) = d(uw,uv), and
• d(w,v) = d(1,w) + d(1,v) if gcp(w,v) = 1

for all u,v,w <- W.
Def. Let W be a graphic space. Two prefix non-decreasing infinite sequences bar w and bar v in W are mutually cofinal if for all n, there exists N such that w_n <= v_N and v_n <= w_N.
Exercise. Let W be a graphic space. Prove that the binary relation x ~ y for x,y mutually cofinal is an equivalence on the set of prefix non-decreasing infinite sequences of elements in W.
Def. Let W be as above. The projective space P(W) is the quotient of the collection of prefix non-decreasing sequences in W by x ~ y iff x and y are mutually cofinal.
Exercise. Let W be as above. Then W acts (left) on P(W) by w * (v0 ,v_1 ,v_2 ,...) = (w * v_0 ,w * v_1 ,w * v_2 ,...) and Na acts (right) on P(W) by (v_0 ,v_1 ,v_2 ,...) * n = (v_n ,v{n+1} , v_{n+2} ,...).
Let W be a graphic space. Two graphics w,v <- W are orthogonal, in symbols w ⟂ v, if gcp(w,v) = 1.
Def. Let W,V be graphic spaces and e,f : W -> V homographies. Then e and f are mutually cofinal if for all w <- W there exists u <- W such that

• e(w) <= f(u) and
• f(w) <= e(u).

Exercise. Let W,V be graphic spaces. Prove that the binary relation x ~ y iff x and y are mutually cofinal is an equivalence on the set of homographies e : W -> V. Prove that if x ~ y then x^w ~ y^w for all w <- W. Prove that W acts (right) on the set of equivalence classes by shift.
Def. Let W,V be graphic spaces. The Grassmanian Gr(W,V) is the collection of equivalence classes of mutually cofinal homographic maps e : W -> V.
Exercise. Let W be a graphic space. Prove that Gr(Na,W) and P(W) are canonically isomorphic.
Def. Let W be as above. A homographic functional is a homographic map f : W -> Na. The dual space of W, in symbols W*, is the monoid of homographic functionals endowed with the multiplication operation pointwise addition and identity element bold 0 where bold 0(w) = 0 for all w <- W.
Exercise. Let W be as above. Prove that the dual space W* is a graphic space
Example. Let W be the non-negative rationals. The projective space P(W) is a commutative monoid with multiplication pointwise addition.
Exercise. Prove that P(W) above is isomorphic to [0,infty) cup {infty}, the non-negative reals extended with a point at infinity, and is thus not cancellative.
Def. Let W be a normed graphic space. The inner product of two elements w,v <- W is = sup {t: t <- W and t <= w,v }.
Def. Let W,V be graphic spaces and suppose that W cap V = {}. The free product of W and V, in symbols W * V, is defined as follows. Let M_0 be the monoid of tuples in W \ {1_W } cup V \ {1_V } with multiplication concatenation of tuples and identity the empty tuple. For bar t in M_0, define the least terms of bar t to be the tuple obtained by removing adjacent pairs of items from the same factor monoid and replacing them with the product in the same position, until item factor membership alternates. Define multiplication of tuples in least terms to be concatenation followed by reduction to least terms. The free product is the submonoid M_1 = { m <- M_0 : m is in least terms }.
Def. Let W be a graphic space. The inverse of W, in symbols W^-1 , is the graphic space V = { w^-1 : w <- W } with multiplication w^-1 u^-1 = (uw)^-1 . Here w^-1 stands for the ordered pair (w,-1).
Suppose W is a graphic space. Is there a group G and an injective monoid homomorphism phi : W -> G such that for all groups H and all monoid homomorphisms psi : W -> H there exists a unique group homomorphism sigma : G -> H such that psi = sigma o phi?
Def. Let W be a graphic space. An affine function in k variables f : W^k -> W is a map such that f(x_1 ,..., x_k ) = Prod y_i where each y_i is an unknown x_j or a constant in W. Such a function is linear if all y_i are unknown variables. An affine equation is an equation of the form f(bar x) = g(bar x) for affine functions f and g. This equation is linear if f and g are linear.

The comrades at Riseup run a fantastic email service for the anti-capitalist community, and do so under great duress. While the funding crisis that occurred in September was averted, they are by no means out of the woods yet. What follows is the text of a recent mail (10/18/16) Riseup sent updating users on the situation:
[en] English - Crisis averted! [de] Deutsch - Krise abgewendet! [pt] Português - Crise evitada! [es] Castellano - ¡Crisis superada! [fr] Français - Une crise évitée [it] Italiano - Crisi evitata!

[en] English

Crisis averted!

Thanks again to all the people who contributed in September in response to our urgent appeal. Your generous response was overwhelming and inspiring.
Many people grew alarmed after reading our last newsletter, and wrote us to ask how serious our situation actually is. Yes, our financial situation has been dire. It is also true that Riseup has weathered lightning strikes, melting computers, internal conflict, illness, national borders, and a car crash. We cannot confirm the alien abduction. Riseup is a quixotic project: the thing we do is persevere, against all reason.
Somehow it works, but this is not a sustainable way to operate. What would it look like if Riseup was run properly? Help tickets would be answered in a timely manner, our services would be more reliable and more secure, and you would not need a different account for each different service. Most importantly, Riseup would be more accountable and more responsive to the needs of the communities we seek to serve. Although your generous support has averted our current crisis, Riseup does not yet generate the donations or the volunteer labor needed for Riseup to thrive.
This means we are going to keep asking for your support! If you missed out, it is never too late to donate. Please visit https://riseup.net/en/donate

Quota increased

Back in June, we said we would put all donations received that month toward increasing quota. We received enough money to double quota, and we will be increasing quota again as soon as we can. A few things to remember about quota:

• Riseup has a "default" starting quota, but you can also optionally double your quota by logging in at https://user.riseup.net
  
• If you changed your quota in the past, you do not automatically get higher quota now that the limit has been changed. You need to login to https://user.riseup.net to do this.
  
• If you would like increased security, and better control over your own data, we suggest that you consider using POP instead of IMAP or web-mail. With POP configured to remove messages from our servers, you will never need to worry about quota or Riseup storing your email. For more information, see https://riseup.net/en/email/clients.
  

Security practices for everyone

Computer security is hard, and even big corporations get it wrong most of the time. What is an activist to do? There are four easy first steps that you should take to get started:
(1) Do not open email attachments. Honestly, just don't do it, ever. Email attachments are the single most common cause of security problems. If you must open an email attachment, first contact the sender and confirm that they sent it. In general, you can never trust the identity of the sender [1].
(2) Use a password manager. Some password managers are better than others, but what really matters is that you start using one. Let your beautiful brain fill up with something better than passwords. Remember one long password, and let the computer remember everything else.
(3) Keep your software and operating system up to date. The sad reality is that technology is a never ending treadmill of doom. If you are running old software, you are probably exposing yourself to all sorts of known vulnerabilities that an attacker can take advantage of.
(4) Check out our Better Web Browsing tutorial: https://riseup.net/en/better-web-browsing
[1] Technical note: It is possible to verify the identity of the sender, if the message is signed with OpenPGP or S/MIME. Otherwise, even technically savvy people need to exercise extreme caution (for example, DKIM doesn't prevent domain name homograph attacks, a phishing method using similarly looking characters. Our help page on Phishing - https://riseup.net/en/phishing - has more info).

[de] Deutsch

Krise abgewendet!

Danke nochmal an alle, die im September auf unseren dringenden Spendenaufruf reagierten. Eure großzügige Antwort war überwältigend und ermutigend.
Viele waren nach unserem letzten Newsletter aufgeregt und fragten uns, wie ernst die Situation im Moment ist. Ja, unsere finanzielle Situation war ernst. Auch ist es wahr, dass Riseup unter mehren Blitzeinschlägen, geschmolzenen Computern, internen Konflikten, Krankheit, nationalen Grenzen und einem Autounfall zu leiden hatte. Die Alien-Entführung können wir allerdings nicht bestätigen. Riseup ist ein überwältigendes Projekt: wir halten durch, unter allen Umständen.
Irgendwie funktioniert es, aber es ist keine nachhaltige Arbeitsweise. Wie würde es aussehen, wenn Riseup richtig laufen würde? Hilfe-Tickets würden zeitnah bearbeitet werden, unsere Dienste wären verlässlicher und sicherer und es wäre nicht nötig, getrennte Konten für jeden einzelnen Dienst zu haben. Insbesondere wäre Riseup verantwortlicher und würde besser auf die Wünsche aus der Gemeinschaft reagieren, der wir zu dienen versuchen. Auch wenn eure schnelle Unterstützung unsere aktuelle Krise abgewendet hat, generiert Riseup nicht genügend Spenden, oder freiwillige Mitarbeit, die nötig ist, um Riseup erblühen zu lassen.
Das bedeutet, dass wir weiterhin um eure Untstützung betteln müssen. Es ist nie zu spät zu spenden, bitte schaut auf https://riseup.net/de/spenden

erhöhte Quota

Im Juni versprachen wir euch, alle Spenden in diesem Monat zur Erhöhung der Quota zu verwenden. Wir erhielten genug Geld, um euren Speicherplatz zu verdoppeln und sobald wir können, wird es mehr geben. Zur Erinnerung bezüglich Quota:

• Bei der Erstellung eines Riseup-Kontos gibt es eine voreingestellte Begrenzung, aber du kannst diese optional verdoppeln auf https://user.riseup.net
  
• Wenn du deinen Speicherplatz in der Vergangenheit verändert hast, bekommst du nicht automatisch eine höhere Quota.
  
• Wenn du die Sicherheit und Kontrolle über deine eigenen Daten erhöhen möchtest, solltest du POP an Stelle von IMAP oder Webmail benutzen. Mit POP brauchst du dir keine Gedanken über deine Riseup-Quota machen. Weitere Infos dazu gibt es im Kapitel Emailprogamme: https://riseup.net/en/email/clients
  

Sicherheitspraktiken für alle

Computersicherheit ist schwer und selbst große Unternehmen machen es die meiste Zeit falsch. Was gibt es für Aktivisti zu tun? Es gibt vier einfache Schritte um zu beginnen:
(1) Computersicherheit ist schwer und selbst große Unternehmen machen es die meiste Zeit falsch. Was ist für uns zu tun? Hier vier einfache Schritte um zu beginnen: [1].
(2) Benutze ein Passwortprogramm. Einige Passwort-Manager sind besser als andere, aber was wirklich zählt, ist dass du beginnst, einen zu benutzen. Fülle dein Gehirn mit wichtigeren Dingen als Passwörtern. Merke dir ein langes Passwort und lasse den Computer alles andere für dich merken.
(3) Halte dein System aktuell. Die traurige Wirklichkeit ist: Technologie bleibt eine verhängnisvolle Tretmühle. Wenn du alte Software benutzt, bist du vielen SIcherheitslücken ausgesetzt, von denen Angreifer profitieren können.
(4) Lest unsere Anleitung zu besserem Surfen: riseup.net/en/better-web-browsing: https://riseup.net/de/better-web-browsing
[1] Technische Anmerkung: Es ist möglich, die Authentizität eines Senders zu verifzieren, wenn die Nachricht mit OpenPGP oder S/MIME unterzeichnet ist. Andernfalls müssen auch technisch versierte Menschen sehr vorsichtig sein (DKIM schützt nicht vor homographischen Domainnamen-Angriffen, einer Form des Phishing mit ähnlich aussehenden Schriftzeichen, Unsere Hilfeseite zu Phishing - https://help.riseup.net/de/email/scams/phishing - enthält weitere Infos darüber).

[pt] Português

Crise evitada!

Gratidão novamente a todas as pessoas que contribuiram em setembro em resposta ao nosso apelo urgente. Sua resposta generosa foi impressionante e inspiradora.
Muitas pessoas ficaram alarmadas ao ler nosso último boletim, e nos escreveram para perguntar quão séria é de fato nossa situação. Sim, nossa situação financeira tem estado terrível. Também é verdade que Riseup resistiu a tempestades de relâmpagos, derretimento de computadores, conflitos internos, doenças, fronteiras nacionais, e uma batida de carro. Só não podemos confirmar mesmo a abdução alienígena. Riseup é um projeto quixotesco: o que fazemos é perseverar, contra o bom senso e a razão.
De alguma forma isso funciona, mas esta não é uma forma sustentável de operar. Como seria se Riseup fosse gerenciado de forma correta? Os tíquetes de ajuda seriam respondidos em tempo hábil, nossos serviços seriam mais confiáveis e mais seguros, e você não precisaria de uma conta diferente para cada serviço. Mais importante, Riseup seria mais responsável e teria melhor capacidade de resposta com relação às necessidades das comunidades que procuramos atender. Mesmo que sua ajuda generosa tenha evitado a crise atual, Riseup ainda não gera as doações ou o trabalho voluntário necessário para prosperar.
Isso significa que vamos continuar pedido sua ajuda! Se você ficou de fora, nunca é tarde demais para doar. Por favor visite https://riseup.net/pt/donate

Cota aumentada

Lá atrás, em Junho, dissemos que direcionaríamos todas as doações recebidas naquele mês para aumentar as cotas. Recebemos dinheiro suficiente para dobrar as cotas, e vamos aumentar as cotas novamente assim que pudermos. Algumas coisas para se lembrar sobre cotas:

• Riseup tem uma cota inicial "padrão", mas você também pode opcionalmente dobrar sua cota fazendo login em https://user.riseup.net
  
• Se você mudou sua cota no passado, você não obetará automaticamente uma cota maior agora que o limite foi alterado. Você precisa fazer login em https://user.riseup.net para aumentá-la.
  
• Se você quiser maior segurança e melhor controle sobre seus próprios dados, nós sugerimos que você use POP ao invés de IMAP ou webmail. Com POP configurado para remover as mensagens dos nossos servidores, você nunca vai precisar se preocupar com a cota ou com o fato de Riseup estar armazendo seu email. Para mais informações, veja https://riseup.net/pt/email/clients.
  

Práticas de segurança para tod@s

Segurança computacional é difícil, e mesmo grandes corporações erram na maioria das vezes. O que ativistas devem fazer? Existem quatro primeiros passos simples que você deve dar para começar:
(1) Não abra anexos de email. Sério mesmo, simplesmente não os abra, nunca. Anexos de email são a causa mais comum de problemas de segurança. Se você precisa abrir um anexo de email, primeiro entre em contato com quem enviou para confirmar que a pessoa realmente o enviou. Em geral, você não pode nunca confiar na identidade de quem enviou [1].
(2) Use um gerenciador de senhas. Alguns gerenciadores de senhas são melhores que outros, mas o que realmente importa é que você comece a usar um. Deixe seu cérebro encher com algo melhor do que senhas. Lembre de apenas uma grande senha e deixe o computador lembrar de todo o resto.
(3) Mantenha seus programas e sistema operacional atualizados. A realidade triste é que a tecnologia é uma esteira infinita cheia de desgraças. Se você estiver usando programas velhos, você provavelmente está se expondo a todo tipo de vulnerabilidades conhecidas as quais um atacante pode tirar vantagem.
(4) Verifique nosso tutorial para melhorar sua navegação na rede: https://riseup.net/pt/better-web-browsing
[1] Nota técnica: É possível verificar a identidade de quem enviou, se a mensagem estiver assinada com OpenPGP ou S/MIME. De outra forma, mesmo pessoas tecnicamente experientes precisam ter um cuidado extremo (por exemplo, DKIM não evita ataques homográficos em nomes de domínios, um método de phishing que usa caracteres similares para confundir. Nossa página de ajuda sobre Phishing - https://help.riseup.net/pt/email/scams/phishing - contém mais informações).

[es] Castellano

¡Crisis superada!

Gracias de nuevo a toda la gente que contribuyó en Septiembre en respuesta a nuestro llamada urgente. Vuestra generosa respuesta fue sobrecogedora e inspiradora.
Mucha gente se alarmó tras leer nuestro último boletín, y nos escribió para preguntarnos cómo de seria es nuestra situación. Es cierto, nuestra situación financiera ha sido desesperada. También es verdad que Riseup se ha curtido con rayos, ordenadores fundidos, conflictos internos, enfermedades, fronteras nacionales, y un accidente de coche. No podemos aún confirmar la abducción alienígena. Riseup es un proyecto quijotil: lo que hacemos es persistir, contra toda razón.
De alguna manera funciona, pero esta no es una forma sostenible de operar. ¿Cómo sería si Riseup funcionase adecuadamente? Los tickets de ayuda sería respondidos en buen tiempo, nuestros servicios serían más fiables y seguros, y no necesitarías una cuenta para cada diferente servicio. Más importante aún, Riseup sería más responsable y receptivo a las necesidades de las comunidades que buscamos servir. Aunque vuestro generoso apoyo ha evitado la crisis actual, Riseup no genera aún los donativos o el trabajo voluntario necesario para prosperar.
¡Eso significa que vamos a seguir pidiendo vuestro apoyo! Si perdiste la ocasión, nunca es demasiado tarde para donar. Por favor visita: https://riseup.net/es/donar

Aumento de cuota

En junio, anunciamos que invertiríamos todas las donaciones de ese mes en incrementar la cuota. Recibimos suficiente dinero para doblar la cuota, y volveremos a incrementar la cuota tan pronto como podamos. Algunas cosas para recordar sobre la cuota:

• Riseup tiene una cuota inicial “por defecto”, pero puedes también doblar tu cuota si entras en: https://user.riseup.net/
  
• Si cambiaste tu cuota en el pasado, no recibirás automáticamente una cuota más alta ahora que el límite ha cambiado. Debes entrar en https://user.riseup.net/ para hacerlo.
  
• Si te gustaría aumentar la seguridad, y tener un mejor control sobre tus datos, te recomendamos que utilices POP en lugar de IMAP o correo web. Con POP configurado para retirar mensajes de nuestros servidores, nunca tendrás que preocuparte de la cuota o de Riseup guardando tus correos. Para más información, ver https://riseup.net/es/email/clients.
  

Prácticas securitarias para todas

La seguridad digital es difícil, e incluso las grandes corporaciones cometen errores la mayor parte del tiempo. ¿Qué puede hacer una activista? Hay cuatro pasos fáciles que deberías tomar para empezar:
(1) No habrás adjuntos. Honestamente, simplemente no lo hagas, nunca. Los adjuntos son la causa única más común de problemas securitarios. Si tienes que abrir un adjunto, primero contacta la remitente y confirma que lo enviaron. En general, nunca puedes confiar la identidad de la destinataria [1].
(2) Utiliza un gestor de contraseñas. Algunos gestores de contraseñas son mejores que otros, pero lo que realmente importa es que empieces a usar uno. Deja que tu cerebro se llene de cosas más hermosas que contraseñas. Memoriza una contraseña larga y deja que el ordenador recuerde todo lo demás.
(3) Mantén tu software y sistema operativo al día. La triste realidad es que la tecnología es una maldición sin fin. Si utilizas software viejo, probablemente estás exponiéndote a todo tipo de vulnerabilidades conocidas que un atacante puede utilizar.
(4) Consulta nuestro tutorial para Una Mejor Navegación: https://riseup.net/en/better-web-browsing (sólo disponible en inglés por el momento)
[1] Nota técnica: es posible verificar la identidad de la remitente, si el mensaje está firmado con OpenPGP o S/MIME. Sino es así, incluso gente entrenada técnicamente tiene que tomar extremadas precauciones (por ejemplo, DKIM no evita ataques homográficos de nombre de dominio, un método phishing que utiliza caracteres de similar apariencia. Nuestra página en Phising – https://riseup.net/en/phishing - tiene más información)

[fr] Français

Une crise évitée

Merci à toutes les personnes qui ont contribué en septembre après notre urgent appel aux contributions. La générosité de vos dons est à la fois frappante et inspirante.
Beaucoup d'entre vous ont été apeuré-e-s à la lecture de notre dernière lettre d'information et nous avez écrit pour nous demander à quel point notre situation était mauvaise. Oui, il est vrai que nos finances étaient critiques. Il est également vrai que Riseup a survécu à la foudre, à la destruction d'ordinateurs, aux conflits internes, à la maladie, aux frontières étatiques et à un accident de voiture. Nous ne pouvons pas confirmer l'enlèvement d'un-e des notres par des aliens. Riseup est un projet à la Don Quichotte: contre toute attente, nous persévérons.
Cela fonctionne d'une certaine manière, mais ce n'est pas un façon pérenne de fonctionner. À quoi ressemblerait Riseup si les choses fonctionnaient correctement? Nous réponderions aux tickets d'aide rapidement, nos services seraient plus stables et plus sécuritaires et vous n'auriez pas besoin d'un compte différent pour chaque service. Plus particulièrement, Riseup serait plus redevable et plus à l'écoute des besoins des communautés que nous aidons. Même si votre généreux support nous a aidé à traverser cette crise, Riseup n'as pas encore les ressources financières ou le travail bénévole pour s'épanouir complètement.
Cela veut donc dire que nous allons continuer à vous demander de l'aide! Si vous n'avez pas eu l'occasion de faire un don, il n'est pas trop tard! Allez faire un tour au https://riseup.net/fdonate.

Des quotas plus grands

Nous vous avions annoncé que tous les dons reçus en juin allaient être utilisés pour augmenter les quotas. Nous avons reçu assez d'argent pour doubler les quotas et nous allons les augmenter encore dès que possible. Voici quelques trucs à se rappeler à propos des quotas:

• Riseup à un quota par défaut, mais vous pouvez également doubler votre quota en vous connectant au https://user.riseup.net.
  
• Si vous avez changé votre quota par le passé, votre quota n'a pas automatiquement été augmenté lorsque nous avons changé la limite. Vous devez vous connecter au https://user.riseup.net pour le faire.
  
• Si vous souhaitez augmenter votre sécurité et garder un meilleur contrôle sur vos données, nous vous suggérons d'utiliser le protocole POP au lieu d'IMAP ou de la messagerie web. Avec POP configuré pour enlever les messages de nos serveurs, vous ne devrez jamais vous préoccuper des quotas ou de comment Riseup garde vos courriels. Pour plus d'informations, allez au https://riseup.net/femail/clients.
  

Des pratiques sécuritaires pour tout le monde

La sécurité informatique est difficile et même les grandes compagnies se trompent la plupart du temps. Qu'est-ce qu'un-e activiste peut faire? Voici quatre étapes de base pour vous lancer:
(1) N'ouvrez pas les pièces-jointes dans les courriel. Pour de vrai, ne les ouvrez jamais. Les pièces-jointes sont la cause la plus importante de problèmes de sécurité informatique. Si vous devez ouvrir une pièce-jointe, prenez la peine de contacter la personne qui vous a envoyé le courriel en premier pour vérifier que c'est bien elle qui vous l'a envoyé. En général, vous ne pouvez jamais faire confiance en l'identité d'une personne qui vous envoie un courriel [1].
(2) Utilisez un gestionnaire de mots de passe. Certains gestionnaires sont meilleurs que d'autres, mais le plus important est d'en utiliser un. Laissez votre merveilleux cerveau se remplir d'autre choses que des mots de passe. Rappelez-vous d'un seul long mot de passe et laissez votre ordinateur se rappelez des autres.
(3) Gardez vos programmes et votre système d'exploitation à jour. La triste réalité est que la technologie est un tapis roulant de la mort sans fin. Si vous utilisez des vieux programmes, vous vous exposez à toutes sortes de vulnérabilités que des personnes malicieuses peuvent exploiter.
(4) Allez faire un tour sur notre tutoriel pour améliorer votre navigation sur le web: https://riseup.net/fbetter-web-browsing
[1] Note technique: Il est possible de vérifier l'identité d'une personne qui vous envoie un courriel si le message est signé par OpenPGP ou S/MIME. Sans cela, même les personnes qui s'y connaissent doivent faire preuve d'une grande précaution (par exemple, DKIM n'empêche pas les homographes de noms de domaines, une méthode qui utilise des caractères similaires. Plus d'infos sur notre page d'aide sur l'hameçonnage (phishing) - https://help.riseup.net/en/email/scam/phishing ).

[it] Italiano

Crisi evitata!

Grazie ancora a tutte le persone che hanno contribuito nel mese di settembre in risposta al nostro appello urgente. La vostra generosa risposta è stata travolgente e motivante.
Dopo aver letto l'ultima newsletter, molte persone si sono allarmate e ci hanno scritto chiedendoci quanto la situazione fosse effettivamente grave. Sì, la nostra situazione finanziaria è stata disastrosa. E' anche vero che Riseup è stata colpita da scioperi a sorpresa, computer che si sono fusi, conflitti interni, malattie, confini nazionali e un incidente d'auto. Non possiamo confermare un rapimento da parte degli alieni. Riseup è un progetto visionario, idealista e romantico: quello che facciamo è perseverare contro qualsiasi raziocinio.
In qualche modo funziona, ma questa non è una maniera sostenibile di operare. Come sarebbe Riseup se le cose funzionassero bene? I ticket di richiesta di supporto riceverebbero risposte in breve tempo, i nostri servizi sarebbero più affidabili e sicuri e voi non avreste bisogno di usare account differenti per i vari servizi. E ancora più importante, Riseup sarebbe più responsabile e reattivo alle necessità delle comunità alle quali cerchiamo di dare servizio. Sebbene il vostro generoso aiuto ha evitato la crisi attuale, Riseup non genera ancora le donazioni o il lavoro volontario necessari a per prosperare.
Questo significa che stiamo per chiedere di nuovo il tuo supporto! Se ti sei fatto sfuggire l'occasione, sappi non è mai troppo tardi per fare una donazione. Visita https://riseup.net/it/donare

Spazio per la posta aumentato

In giugno, dicemmo che avremmo voluto usare le donazioni ricevute nel corso di quel mese per aumentare il limite massimo di spazio per la posta elettronica. Abbiamo ricevuto abbastanza denaro per raddoppiare lo spazio e l'aumenteremo di nuovo appena possibile. Un po' di cose da ricordare riguardo lo spazio disponibile per la posta:

• Riseup ha un limite massimo iniziale di default, ma se vuoi lo puoi raddoppiare accedendo con il tuo account ad https://user.riseup.net
  
• Se hai cambiato il tuo limite massimo di spazio in passato, questo non verrà aumentato automaticamente ora che il limite è cambiato. Per farlo è necessario che tu acceda con il tuo account su https://user.riseup.net.
  
• Se vuoi aumentare la sicurezza e controllare meglio i tuoi dati, ti suggeriamo di usare il server POP al posto di quello IMAP o della web-mail. Con il POP impostato in modo da rimuovere i messaggi dai nostri server, non ti dovrai più preoccupare dello spazio a tua disposizione o del fatto che Riseup abbia la tua posta. Per maggiori informazioni visita https://riseup.net/en/email/clients.
  

Pratiche di sicurezza per tutti

La sicurezza informatica è un tema difficile ed anche le grandi aziende spesso sbagliano. Cosa può fare un attivista? Per iniziare ci sono quattro facili passi che devi fare:
(1) Non aprire gli allegati dei messaggi di posta elettronica. Davvero, non farlo, mai. Gli allegati delle email sono la causa più comune dei problemi di sicurezza. Se proprio devi aprire un allegato, prima contatta il mittente e chiedi conferma che l'abbia realmente mandato. In generale, non devi mai fidarti dell'identità del mittente [1].
(2) Usa un password manager. Alcuni sono migliori di altri, ma quello che è più importante è iniziare ad usarne uno. Lascia che il tuo splendido cervello si riempia di cose migliori delle password. Ricorda solo una password molto lunga e lascia che il computer si ricordi tutte le altre cose.
(3) Mantieni il software ed il sistema operativo aggiornato. La triste realtà è che la tecnologia è un tragico tran tran senza fine. Se usi software vecchio, ti stai probabilmente esponendo a tutte le possibili vulnerabilità conosciute delle quali si potrebbe servire un possibile aggressore.
(4) Dai un'occhiata al nostro tutorial Better Web Browsing: https://riseup.net/en/better-web-browsing
[1] Nota tecnica: è possibile verificare l'identità del mittente se il messaggio è firmato con OpenPGP o S/MIME. Diversamente, anche le persone più sagge dal punto di vista tecnico devono esercitare la massima cautela (per esempio, DKIM non impedisce gli attacchi omografici sui nomi dei domini, un metodo di phishing che viene fatto attraverso l'uso di caratteri simili nel costruire i nomi dei domini. La nostra pagina di help sul Phishing - https://riseup.net/en/phishing - ha ulteriori informazioni).

So, I guess everyone here knows what happens when you use an undefined variable in PHP.

php> echo $foo." bar"; PHP Notice: Undefined variable: foo in php shell code on line 1 bar 

Yeah... it inserts an empty string and emits a notice. Barewords (a.k.a. undefined constants) are even better, PHP will just use the name of the constant as a string.

php > echo foo." bar"; PHP Notice: Use of undefined constant foo - assumed 'foo' in php shell code on line 1 foo bar 

Let that sink in for a while.
I'd say that's insane enough as is, and opens up a lot of potential for both typos and more malicious actions.
But that's not it. PHP also allows Unicode (apparently any codepoint which isn't a reserved character or an ASCII control code) to appear in constant and variable names:

php > $你好 = "hi!"; php > echo $你好; hi! 

The combination of these two misfeatures allows for some truly diabolical backdoors (as well as inexplicable bugs in the fashion of 2+2 == 2). Essentially, you can replace variables with undefined (or different) ones which look exactly the same, and all you get is a notice. This can basically be done in two ways:

1. Homograph attacks: e.g. replacing a latin a with a cyrillic а:
   

   $path = "/vawww/foo"; echo $pаth."/usesupplied/path"; // prints /usesupplied/path, and emits a notice 

   Another interesting idea is using the alternative dollar signs in place of the normal $ variable prefix — suddenly, you have an undefined constant that looks like a variable, but will evaluate to a string containing its name...
   
2. Inserting invisible or almost-invisible characters. The worst of those is probably U+2060 word joiner, which is completely invisible, even in most editors which show whitespace.
   

   // let's write a secure random number generator $rnd = openssl_random_pseudo_bytes(100); // most likely secure $today = date('c'); // extra entropy can't hurt! $super_secure_rnd = hash("sha512", $r⁠nd.$today); // oops, that's actually $r\u2060nd, which is undefined, // i.e. NULL, and the result depends only on the current time... 

   Both the code and the results still look okay at a cursory glance.
   

Oh, and as I mentioned hash()... that's another one of those fail-never-thus-double-deadly functions (I'm sure this has been mentioned here previously):

php > var_dump(hash("lolphp", "foo")); PHP Warning: hash(): Unknown hashing algorithm: lolphp in php shell code on line 1 bool(false) 

Figuring out what the highly secure shа512 — with a cyrillic а — would do is left as an exercise for the reader. But hey, at least it's not a notice.
Bonus points in the code-review-dodging discipline are awarded to 2. given that I'd guess most diff tools will either not show this at all, or make it look like an innocent whitespace or linebreak style change.
Text-direction marks and such would most likely work as well, and certain diacritics might also be nice, especially if your IDE/console font can't display them.
I haven't tried invalid UTF-8 sequences yet — I don't think I even want to know.
However, I've noticed that the syntax highlighters in some editors (e.g. vim, as well as 3v4l.org) don't recognize any non-ascii variable names. Sometimes, two wrongs do make a right.
The safest thing to do would of course be to permit non-ASCII characters only in strings and comments. Or you could put some thought into it and do it properly, i.e. exclude non-printable characters:

Python 3.4.1 (default, May 19 2014, 17:23:49) >>> 你好 = "hi!" >>> print(你好) hi! >>> boobytrap⁠ped = "haxxor" File "", line 1 boobytrap⁠ped = "haxxor" ^ SyntaxError: invalid character in identifier 

(I didn't test if it does unicode normalization, but it's Python, it would just throw a NameError otherwise.)
In short, these unicode identifiers look like a typical PHP feature. Someone else has it, we need it too! (But don't you dare look at how they did it, or you might risk doing it properly.) Side effects? Unintended consequences? Unforseeable interactions with other... specifics... of our language and interpreter? Fuck that noise.
I can excuse falling victim to Unicode traps to some degree, but why the fuck would anyone think simply ignoring the use of undefined variables, and doing something completely insane for undeclared constants, could possibly be a good idea?
Granted, you still get a notice, but a) who reads those and b) as part of a backdoor, you could certainly hide an innocent error_reporting call somewhere (0xF7 — "make sure we catch all errors!")
Here's some working code.
TL;DR: var_dump($foo === $foо); // bool(false) *mic drop*

Everyone's welcome! Welcome to Jaabi's thread of fitness, daily, that is! :D
In order to remind myself and others of keeping up with the exercise and creating a space so the people of the Plounge can discuss their routines and other exercise related things.
Here are some useful workouts you can try, which have various settings that adapt to your fitness level.

• The famed C25K running plan, usually for beginners. (Thanks Xandrez192 for the Rainbow Dash version of this graph! And thanks porkbacon for an improved version of it, with text and even more pony!)
  
• A version of C25K plan for treadmill! It is quite similar to the normal C25K plan but if you wish to use this one, here it is.
  
• The bridge to 10k program, to those who have already finished C25k!
  
• Two hundred sit-ups.
  
• Two hundred squats.
  
• One fifty dips.
  
• One hundred push-ups.
  
• Starting Strength. (Thanks JIVEprinting !)
  

You may also want to check out:

• /mylittlegym which is a community specialized for people from the MLP community to discuss their workouts! (Thanks wtfhbk for the link!)
  
• The /running FAQ ! (Thanks to Seanachain )
  
• 30 Day Yoga Challenge! (Thanks wtfhbk !)
  

JIVEprinting made a fitness game centered around endurance. It's an interesting game, so I'd check it out and see if it's the kind of thing that would fit in my exercise goals, if I were you. If you're just starting up in your exercises, then I would not recommend you play this game. It's intense, but you can scale it down to whatever weight you need. This is just advertisement, of sorts, yes, but I think some of you would like it! Will update it when the full game is "released", so to speak. If you do end up playing it, have fun!
Also, there are three people who post these Daily Fitness Threads: unluckysonofagun , Zanorfgor , and myself, Jaabi , so keep on the lookout for these DFTs from these guys!
Remember to let your muscles cool down a bit between work outs, you can easily replace one for the other! Remember that rest is important!

Hello, everyone! How was your day thus far? Mine was alright. Got a short day at work, so I had some more time than usual to unwind! :D
My near-homograph for "strong burst of air" aside, now it's time for the topic! :D Because of the change in the header, footer, and filly AJ (all football- or soccer-themed now), what sport do you enjoy playing?
For me, it's football/soccer. Why? My family started me off there. Heck, I even joined a children's soccer team when I was a kid. I don't play it a lot anymore except for when my family invites me, but I do enjoy it, especially when people make awesome plays. I don't care who wins, actually. I just want to see awesome plays when I'm playing it or even if it's just on the TV.
Whether or not you use sports to exercise, keep up those exercises and being generally healthy, everybody! :D

ex1. The best use for the word is in a sentence.
ex2. However, when you use the word this way it sounds different...
I did a little research and this is something i found:

Heteronyms are a type of homograph that are also spelled the same and have different meanings, but sound different.

Sources: The definition I found and the example
EDIT: Thank you more_exercise for pointing out my typo and assuming i was copying Mr. THE_THE