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I like the proposed symbol for the fediverse: ⁂. It’s just unicode so doesn’t need anything special to use everywhere on the web. Part of me still thinks we should move toward “social web” as a phrase, though. The web should be the social network.

Sounds like we’re in for an interest rate cut next month. We sold our house last year, starting to explore what’s next, so this will be a welcome change.

From The Information, fascinating to see the different approaches in headset strategy. Meta: we can’t make this for $1000, so forget it. Apple: it must be the best, and the best costs $3500, ship it.

Apple may embrace JPEG XL, via Jade van Dörsten’s microblog. It feels better for XL to be the standard, because it’s backwards compatible and we can just call it JPEG, rather than using WebP or HEIC. Chrome is still a problem, though.

Between me and my kids, we share birthdays with Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and… Kamala Harris’s dad. I don’t know what this means but I like it.

Texans, our state nightmare of needing to take a wallet with us for groceries at HEB may be almost over… Central Market now has Apple Pay. No timeline yet for all HEBs, but I now believe. Never thought I’d live to see this day. 🤪

Kamala Harris, for the people. Great speech. What an amazing week for Democrats and America. 🇺🇸

Feeling good about the bug squashing today. Which probably means I’ve overlooked something. 🤪

As I work on contenteditable divs, having flashbacks to pre-CSS web development with browser layout differences. Rewrote a bunch of code today, works great in Safari. Chrome and Firefox, not quite.

Nice to see new Covid shots approved, will be out in the next week or so. A lot of people have caught the virus right now. Hoping we can stay healthy a little longer. 💉

Federico Viticci posting on Threads:

My realization in 2024 has been that the DMA fork of iOS is the best iPhone experience. We can finally use our phones like actual computers with more default apps and apps from external sources.

Good news for train fans: Amtrak route from New Orleans to Mobile should open next year. So many short segments like this need to be restored or built new across the country.

Did you know Iconfactory has a microblog on Micro.blog now? Love the new Totoro wallpaper for Wallaroo.

Feeling a bit of regret not making the trip to Portland for XOXO. Hope it’s a good one for folks.

“This is loud in our country’s call because while we all love freedom, it is love that frees us all. Empathy emancipates, making us greater than hate or vanity. That is the American promise, powerful and pure.” — Amanda Gorman at the DNC

I liked the change of pace with Bill Clinton just going with a printed copy of his speech or notes. Apparently he was way off script. Maybe a little more time to breathe when ignoring the teleprompter. 🇺🇸

Are ChatGPT notifications actually a thing? I’ve never seen this before, so can’t tell if it’s a real or hallucinated feature.

The LEGO interstitials in MKBHD’s Pixel 9 review video are a really nice touch.

Strongly agree with this post from John Gruber, responding to The New York Times (which I no longer read):

Very few presidents have ever been faced with such a clear decision between the good of the nation and the drive of their personal ambition. Biden’s ambition is legendary. Biden’s response to this moment was heroic.

There’s real appreciation at the DNC for Biden’s accomplishments and his integrity. He could’ve won. The election is easier now but not guaranteed. Also from Biden’s speech: “I gave my best to you.” 🇺🇸

Some people downplay the iMessage lock-in, but it’s real for me. Otherwise I’d switch to Android just to mix things up. Instead, I’ll likely drop $1k on a new iPhone this fall, rewarding Apple.

Working hard to fix issues in the new Micro.blog editor. I know it’s frustrating when things change out from under customers. I think it’s in good shape now, but not perfect, and I missed a couple things for the initial release. So many different ways that people blog.

ActivityPub and Mastodon API developers, any thoughts for the discussion on FEP-eb22 here? I want to move this forward. I think it’s a missing piece to help Mastodon clients adapt to more platforms.

I knew Netflix was doing games, but I didn’t realize they had good games. Monument Valley 3 looks really nice.

I’m with the folks who say we’re likely in an AI bubble similar to the dot-com boom. That is, it’s going to pop, but we’ll still be left with something great. But I can’t rule out that AI is so profound a change that there won’t be a pop. More a correction, trimming out the fluff that isn’t useful.

Finished reading: Heir of Fire by Sarah J. Maas. Felt a little muddled in the middle but solid closing, setting up more characters for the rest of the series. 📚

Really strong opening night at the DNC. Joe was good. So much love from the crowd. Special guests on abortion were compelling. There were some echos from 2008 in Hillary’s speech, and this after 2016:

​…we refused to give up on America. Millions marched. Many ran for office. We kept our eyes on the future. Well, my friends, the future is here.

​Looking forward to Obama tonight.​ 🇺🇸

Happy Tuesday, everyone. Fixing bugs. 🐞

Signed in to Facebook. It’s sort of a weird app if you haven’t used it in years. Wonder how long until the app is only Reels and Marketplaces.

For the Democratic convention this week, I’m looking forward to Hillary’s speech tonight. Her campaign in 2016 didn’t pan out, but it did matter. Totally normal now to have a woman as the nominee. This year we take the next step. 🇺🇸

Mayoral candidate in Cheyenne, Wyoming running with an AI bot that will make decisions for the city:

Standing behind a lectern with a sign that read “AI FOR MAYOR,” he gave a brief PowerPoint presentation on the history of AI. Then he stepped aside to give the floor to his Mac mini and iPad — which were propped on a table and connected to a hanging speaker at the front of the room — and told attendees to direct questions toward the screen.​

No doubt AI can be a helpful tool for local government, but not like this.