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At the time of writing, the world looks pretty hopeless.

Because I wrecked my Xcode install for release builds by upgrading to macOS Tahoe, I’m switching over to Xcode Cloud. Probably should’ve done this earlier. By waiting a few years, at least Apple probably has gotten most of the kinks worked out.

In a year or two it will be possible to create a perfect TV version of any person. No longer can you say any person has to die eventually and go away. And we can have anyone back we want.

If you're a regular reader of my blog you know I put images in the right margins of pieces. I get an idea then I go scouting around using search to find the image that fits.

Today I was looking for an image of an army General.

• i'd like a painting style image of an american general in world war ii timeframe standing on a white background, full body from shoes to helmet, lots of medals, angry determination on his face. as if it were a portrait.

This is what I got, and it's perfect.

BTW, this piece in the NYT has a bit of wisdom that I had not considered because I don't listen to Joe Rogan it would never occur to me. He's relaxing white noise, chatting in the background while you play a game or write a blog post or text message on your phone, or just th...

I figured that yesterday's army march in DC would have caused clashes with the police in more places than it did, perhaps due to false flag attacks "from the left" at one of the many No King Day parades around the country. I thought this was the moment when it would all melt...

The left-aligned text for alerts in macOS Tahoe is such a welcome improvement. Apple just needs to center the icon and it’ll be good.

When Trump was on trial in NYC he begged for support from his base, no one showed up. The cops prepared for rallies that never showed up.

It’s a very warm morning on Sunday the 15th and I just got up from my meditation cushion that I never failed to meet once since I started this experimental June. The return to meditation is going wonderfully and that pleases me greatly. I missed meditation, I know it’s good ...

“We’ve stripped React out of our highest-traffic user flows and replaced it with vanilla JavaScript using small, focused libraries for specific needs,” said the CTO of a streaming service. “Our page load times dropped by 60% and our conversion rates improved by 14%.”

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It's not just the government that's afraid of small groups of people working together. Big tech companies also. And startups hoping to sell out to big companies.

If you think we need to find a way past the billionaires, then we have to find a way around the established media. They keep selling us out and we keep acting as if we show them that they're doing it in a way they understand they'll get on our side. But they can't. “It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it,” wrote Upton Sinclair in 1935. It's still true 90 years later. Another great philosopher, Les Moonves, said in 2016, "It may not be good for America, but it's damn good for CBS," referring to Trump's run for president. He was referring to increased viewership and resulting ad revenue. I'm sure it's still true today, though CBS stopped boasting about it in public.

I just updated the Micro.blog photoblogging page with the latest words for week 3! 📷

Today's song: Queen of the Roller Derby.

Stay safe everyone going to a No Kings protest. I like this:

A core principle behind all No Kings events is a commitment to nonviolent action. We expect all participants to seek to de-escalate any potential confrontation with those who disagree with our values and to act lawfully at these.

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Finalising the set list for Friday’s album launch gig with Salter Cane.

https://saltercane.com/tickets

Why the idealistic promise of collaborative software often falls short of its potential.