Microposts
Is Substack still the devil it was earlier this year? I can’t tell anymore because a lot of writers I follow are setting up on Substack as a possible new home in lieu of all the fun things happening here on Twitter. It’s certainly an enticing platform they’re building.
I hate how searching for things, like the origins of the phrase “if anyone is not hungry for justice, it may be because they are too full of privilege”, yields Amazon pop up items like this. Woof.
I really can’t tell you how thrilling it’s been to have a dude with no idea what’s he’s doing, or any ability to admit when he’s wrong, ruin my church community, and now getting to experience it again with Musk and my Twitter community.
Got the notification that our Apple One bundle pricing is going up from $33.95CAD to $37.95CAD starting end of November.
I get that it’s complicated, but as one of the world’s richest companies, I wish Apple would take a small hit on “services” to help the rest of us out.
Is anyone using custom email domain that Apple offers for iCloud+ users? Seems like a great way to break some of the Gmail dependency I’ve got.
A week after what we thought was the last kid to get the cold that ran through our family, youngest is out with something today. Is this a new thing? The same thing? Last fall with mostly masks at school was so much easier. 😷 🤒
Got boosted and flu-shot’d today and the nurse basically prepped me for 2-3 days of being down and out. 😳 “Hope you’ve got a lot of movies to watch or you can sleep!”
On days like today when the techbros try to ruin everything for profit, I like to reread @davatron5000’s excellent short story, The Mammoth.
Lots of great brain nuggets in Monday’s episode of ShopTalk Show with @samkap - but this section right here is particularly great. You’ll have to listen to find out! And you’ll have to buy the book to find out more about Inclusive Design Communities.
Not enjoying having to spend the day dealing with a dead minivan battery. On the upside, it died in our garage so we could charge it enough to be able to drive it to a mechanic and get a new battery swapped in. On the downside, that costs money.
I also agree in spirit with @gruber’s assessment of Musk’s letter to advertisers, but it seems naïve to think that Musk is suddenly going to be a responsible force for good, when he’s been a chaotic mess up to this point.
Co-signing @manton’s post Dear Elon Musk. I know there won’t be a mass exodus from Twitter until there’s a new place to land with enough people to make it all worthwhile. But I do encourage you to write & post elsewhere as well so you’re not locked in to any one platform.
TikTok has a Live Studio app (Windows only) for live streaming out to TikTok - enabling gamers to stream. You need to have 1,000 followers or more to use it. Privacy issues aside, it’s interesting to watch them iterate so much faster than Instagram / Meta in this space.
Found via @veronique - yet another really simple blogging site called Bear blog with a delightful tagline of “Publish something awesome with your bear hands.” Free to use, custom domain support, and just write.