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First CSA haul from the second CSA!
• Baby Turnips with Greens
• Garlic Scapes
• Red Russian Kale
• Squash Leaves and Stems
• Summer Squash
Chris Aldrich
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• Chris Aldrich
A short 1-minute video on YouTube showing today’s update to Micro.blog for iOS. Android update coming later this week to match. I just wanted to highlight the different parts of the UI for publishing a draft blog post.
When I was a teenager working at HEB, someone came through the line wearing a Joshua Tree shirt. Or maybe I was wearing it? Anyway, he said all U2 albums starting with Achtung Baby were no good. Zooropa had just come out, and I loved it.
You can’t please everyone. Even if you’re a famous rock band.
After travel and work and family things that have pulled me away, I’m back to the Micro.blog photo challenge! Day 18, texture. Dusting off the microphone.

Wednesday session

Wednesday session
Joe Rogan of the left
If there were a Joe Rogan of the left, he would tell you to stfu and vote for Cuomo for mayor of NYC.
NYC is a special place, like the Knicks are a special NBA team.
And btw, Cuomo, like Trump, is from Queens.

PS: If there were a Joe Rogan of the left he would be from Queens too. :-)
PPS: Queens doesn't have an Empire State Building, and they tore down Shea Stadium. So the Unisphere from the last World's Fair will have to do. But Queens is probably the most ethnically diverse place in the world. Think about that for a minute and how the fight for the soul of the US will be fought in Queens.
PPPS: I come from Flushing.
Passkeys and ChatGPT
Making Greek salad for lunch pretty much every day now.

Making Greek salad for lunch pretty much every day now.
Reading Bear Head by Adrian Tchaikovsky.
Reading Bear Head by Adrian Tchaikovsky.
I said I was going to take a break from AI-related blogging, so I’ll just link to this mostly without comment: The Open AI Files. There is a lot in here that skeptics will welcome. Good attempts at unraveling the corporate structure too.
Tynan Purdy has released a Raycast extension for Micro.blog. If you use Raycast and want a quick way to blog, definitely check this out.
I wonder what kind of machines are running Xcode Cloud. We have to do some setup for each build, and it’s significantly slower than running on my own Mac. Anyway, gonna push out an iOS beta shortly and then submit to Apple today with a couple draft post fixes.
at Morrison Market

Trying out the new fediverse improvements in Threads. Haven’t launched the app in a while, so I’m happy to discover that following Micro.blog accounts from Threads appears to be working. Interesting choice for Meta to sort of relegate fediverse posts to their own timeline in the UI.
I remember thinking in Trump’s first term that he was a war president without a war, so he goes after political adversaries and immigrants with the same “we must destroy them” attitude usually reserved for an actual conflict. And now… Iran. Trump is unpredictable. Worst person to be in power. 🇺🇸
I recorded a quick video on YouTube of a new way to have photo accessibility descriptions generated for you. There are a lot of different ways to manage photos in Micro.blog, but this flow is working well for me on the Mac side. Of course if you have AI disabled, it’ll skip this.
Reflecting today on some kind words that were shared with me last week in San Jose. There’s nothing like talking face to face. When we’re only typing at each other online, we’re more quick to jump to the wrong conclusions, more likely even to dehumanize other people.