Date: 8/20/26 8:49 am From: Douglas Santoni via Tweeters <tweeters...> Subject: [Tweeters] More on Posts Having No Visible Content
Hello Again Tweeters — To add more on the topic of Digest postings that are not easily viewable after the IT scrubbing process occurs, please see this note by Peter Relson:
FWIW, if you click on the URL shown for the scrubbed HTML attachment, you seem to get to the HTML source of the post. That HTML source is fairly readable when you ignore all the HTML-ese (and you can copy/paste from that if you want to use that to access a provided link).
Doug Santoni
Seattle, WA
> On Aug 19, 2026, at 9:58 PM, Douglas Santoni via Tweeters <tweeters...> wrote:
>
> Hello Tweeters —
>
> As one of your Tweeters administrators (along with Elaine Chuang), I am responding to a question posed by Rob Faucett and earlier by Peter Relson, wondering why some Tweeters Digest postings show up with no content. All that one can see is a cryptic message stating, An HTML attachment was scrubbed.
>
> This scrubbing process occurs because our listserv host, UW-IT, has an HTML / rich text-removing mechanism. Without going into detail, this mechanism is in place for security purposes.
>
> This issue is not new and still occurs with a few regular posters (including Dan Reiff).
>
> Although we administrators have spent considerable time over the past year or so trying to eliminate this scrubbing problem entirely, the solutions we’ve explored have actually been worse than the current situation.
>
> We have worked offline and on a one-on-one basis with some of the posters encountering this problem. We do encourage posters to post using plain text when possible; many e-mail systems allow you to format a message in plain text in the message composition window or as a toolbar option.
>
> Hopefully, this sheds some light on this topic! Thanks for your continued support for Tweeters.
>
> Doug Santoni
> One of Your Tweeters Administrators
> <tweeters-owner...>
> Seattle, WA
>
>> On Aug 19, 2026, at 5:11 PM, Rob Faucett via Tweeters <tweeters...> wrote:
>>
>> So curious. Thought this had been fixed.
>>
>> rcf
>> —
>> Rob Faucett
>> +1(206) 619-5569
>> <robfaucett...>
>> Seattle, WA 98105
>>
>>> On Aug 19, 2026, at 2:41 PM, Dan Reiff via Tweeters <tweeters...> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello Peter,
>>> Unfortunately, it’s one of the disadvantages of receiving a post by digest.
>>> I also included instructions for those who could not open an article from me or another person.
>>> It’s very easy.
>>> Copy the title of the article and then paste it into google for a search.
>>> You will then find one or many links to the same article.
>>> Try it and let me know if it works for you.
>>> So far, it seems to work for everyone else. And every time I’ve tried it, it works.
>>> I hope that helps.
>>> Dan Reiff
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>>> On Aug 19, 2026, at 2:24 PM, Peter Relson via Tweeters <tweeters...> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I read tweeters via the daily digest. Not to pick on Dan R, but sometimes his posts (and some others' posts) within the digest come across to me as having no content (yet, sometimes, when someone has replied to such a post, the replying post shows the entire original post)
>>>>
>>>> For example:
>>>>
>>>> <snip>
>>>>
>>>> Message: 1
>>>> Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2026 13:43:28 -0700
>>>> From: Dan Reiff via Tweeters <tweeters...>
>>>> To: Tweeters <tweeters...>
>>>> Subject: [Tweeters] BBC WILDLIFE MAGAZINE: Polar bear destroys almost
>>>> entire colony of seabird nests in Alaska. This is why it did it
>>>> Message-ID: <542ED0FE-F746-43D3-802A-1E59D1D3B804...>
>>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>>>>
>>>> An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
>>>> URL: <http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/pipermail/tweeters/attachments/20260817/283d1034/attachment-0001.html> >>>>
>>>> </snip>
>>>>
>>>> yet
>>>>
>>>> <snip>
>>>>
>>>> Message: 6
>>>> Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2026 20:49:42 -0700
>>>> From: Steve Hampton via Tweeters <tweeters...>
>>>> To: Dan Reiff <dan.owl.reiff...>
>>>> Cc: Tweeters <tweeters...>
>>>> Subject: Re: [Tweeters] BBC WILDLIFE MAGAZINE: Polar bear destroys
>>>> almost entire colony of seabird nests in Alaska. This is why it did it
>>>> Message-ID:
>>>> <CAM1wzcMhpjAgQBbProSKuYVazpZY-VUgiCu-JWdjiOVmY=<wE4w...>
>>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
>>>>
>>>> The article mentions Cooper Island, but it fails to mention George Divoky,
>>>> who spent 50 consecutive summers on this sandbar off Utqiagvik studying
>>>> climate change, though he wasn't really aware of it when he began. For more
>>>> on his work, check out his presentation here:
>>>>
>>>> The Birds of Cooper Island, with George Divoky
>>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBpN4qjPn4E >>>>
>>>> and this wonderful film:
>>>> The Birdman of Cooper Island
>>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DNPwb-aZsE >>>> The trailer is free, $3.99 to watch the film.
>>>>
>>>> George predicted this outcome wrt the polar bears. At one point, he had to
>>>> be evacuated due to them.
>>>> He lives in Seattle.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Aug 17, 2026 at 1:43?PM Dan Reiff via Tweeters <
>>>> <tweeters...> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> *Polar bear destroys almost entire colony of seabird nests in Alaska. This
>>>>> is why it did it*
>>>>> The feeding behaviour is on the rise along the state?s Arctic coast,
>>>>> driven by climate change. August 17, 2026 mlharing/Getty Images Hungry
>>>>> polar bears in northern Alaska are increasingly plundering seabird colonies
>>>>> for eggs. A new study, co-led by the Wildlife Conservation Society and
>>>>> published in the journal Polar Research, shows that the region?s most
>>>>> imposing land predator is adapting its age-old hunting practices. It?s a
>>>>> change borne from necessity. Polar bears have long depended on sea ice
>>>>>
>>>>> Read in BBC Wildlife Magazine: https://apple.news/AmlccmDeBTzGZn5naU_CiDA >>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Shared from Apple News <https://www.apple.com/news> >>>>>
>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
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>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> ?Steve Hampton?
>>>> Port Townsend, WA (qat?y)
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>>>> </snip>
>>>>
>>>> Might anyone know what could be causing this (including something I might have inadvertently done) that I could rectify?
>>>>
>>>> I looked in the archive and it shows the same thing. This lessens the likelihood that this is due to something I did or that my mail platform does.
>>>>
>>>> Thank you.
>>>>
>>>> Peter Relson
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