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Got all my geeky tech shirts packed for WWDC.

I wrote a blog post on Twitter this morning, sort of a version 0.4 of the talk I want to do at WCUS in August in Phoenix. I want to offer cross-posting to twitter in an upcoming product, but I think the user should pay for the service, not me, a one-person independent devel...

Is the day before WWDC a terrible time to release software that has a brand new on-device AI model, or the perfect time? No idea what Apple is going to release for developers tomorrow, but maybe it says something about my low expectations.

For the next Micro.blog for Mac, I also updated the movies pane a little, adding profile icons and the blog (or Letterboxd) domain name. Nice thing about a major new version is it’s an opportunity to go through the entire app looking for improvements to make.

All the news reports about AI tools repeat the same hallucination story they've been running for years. That's another huge bug in the news process. They only report on a small number of angles that might have been news a few years ago, and have no insights on what else is going on. They did this with the web too. They always pick an item that their narcissistic view of the world finds tasty. It's a huge bug in the system, and why "news" isn't valuable for news, it's mainly useful for a relaxing reassurance that nothing has changed, the world is fucked up in exactly the same way it was fucked last week, month, year, etc. It's a form of bedtime story.

Star City is very good. It's good enough that you have to watch each episode at least twice to get the idea of what's really going on. I stopped watching the show it is a sequel for, For All Mankind, because it got incredibly juvenile and sitcom-like. But Star City is serious, at least in the first three episodes.

Enjoyed this post from Cory Doctorow: Refining humanity:

Computers don’t just clarify what we know and how we organize our society: they also clarify what we are.

Today I attended my first Magic the Gathering (MtG) draft: a “secret draft,” where players did not know ahead of time what series of the trading card game would be played. The event was held in a breathtaking church building, now used as a community centre. The building is al...

Notus reporting:

Senior U.S. officials have held preliminary discussions with major artificial intelligence companies about the potential for the federal government to acquire some shares in their firms…

Sort of says something about the potential bipartisan response to AI that Trump, Bernie Sanders, and Sam Altman all generally agree that the public should own a piece of AI. Separately, I think there should be public AI just like there are public libraries. But maybe you do that and a system of dividends.

In prep for WWDC, reading up on some things I should’ve learned about Apple Foundation Models a year ago. I think I had dismissed it quickly because the on-device models are so small by frontier AI standards.

Walt Frazier: "The regular season is where you make your name, but the postseason is where you make your fame."

The Knicks won again last night. They're now up 2-0, both games on the road. This has blown my sense of reality. This Knicks team bears no resemblance to what I think of as the Knicks. Hard to concentrate. Will Trump try to put his name of Madison Square Garden.

Worked out some of my disappointment with that basketball loss by writing a bunch of new code. Always feels good to make progress on something.

Insane 4th quarter. Heartbreaking final 10 seconds. 🏀

Almost glad I’m not at the game because too many Knicks fans in San Antonio. Tough series so far. Spurs played better in game 1 but couldn’t get the win. Knicks playing better so far in game 2. One more quarter to go! 🏀

May 29 through June 5, 2026 Recent Events From events.indieweb.org/archive: Front End Study Hall #052 Thursday, June 4 at 10:00am Online! Zoom! Front End Study Hall is an HTML + CSS focused group meeting, held on Zoom to experiment and learn with the basic building blocks ...

I didn’t expect Google of all companies would need to rent server space from SpaceX. I wonder how they’re preparing to accommodate the new Gemini-powered Siri, too.

I don’t listen to Pivot regularly anymore, because I need a break from politics, but sometimes Scott Galloway captures an idea perfectly:

The ultimate luxury item isn’t a home in Aspen or a Gulfstream. It’s being 28 and figuring out a way to live in New York, and knowing that every time you leave your house, your life could change. You could find someone to fund your business. You could find a cofounder. You could find just some incredible inspiring piece of art or culture. You could find someone you end up marrying.

“No way,” I exclaim with wonder and glee and surprise. I look up and stare for a few moments, transfixed by the delicate wisps of cloud that rest side by side. The wisps move in tandem, as if woven together by an invisible bond. A pink hue is cast onto the periphery of a nea...

Cześć wszystkim, Kraków… I made the call not to fly to Poland for WordCamp Europe. I’m very sorry for the last-minute notice; I was really hoping to make it. I’m okay, but I want to stay close to loved ones going through difficult times. Seeing the pictures from Contributor Day warms my heart. Bardzo za … Continue reading WCEU →