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Released Micro.blog 4.2.1 for Mac, improving several things. Choose “Check for Updates” to get the latest version. Full release notes are on the web here.

Looking over stats for the Mac app. 90% of users on macOS 26 or 27. 98% on Apple Silicon. Only thing I’d like to change going forward is to check for new versions a little more aggressively, so people don’t miss out on improvements. I’m not sure the 2006-era Sparkle UI is the best in 2026.

Black, Red and Black, 1968 #americanart #rothko

Markdown Web – Yes, you read that right.

I took this shot of the stars from Puget Sound a few days ago, then didn’t even look at the result on my phone because I just assumed it would be blurry. Actually it turned out pretty neat. If I had known, I’d have tried again and fiddled with the exposure.

Project of poster "The center of textile workers in Belgium", 1938 #surrealism #magritte

Miley Cyrus returned to the stage for the first time since 2022 at the Hollywood Bowl on Friday night (Oct. 16), and she paid an emotional tribute to her late godmother, Dolly Parton, in a powerful moment that left her in tears. How Did Miley Cyrus Pay Tribute to Dolly Parton at Her Hollywood Bowl Concert... Continue reading…

Mercedes-AMG has unveiled the GT SUV, an all-electric performance SUV with up to 1,153 hp from three axial-flux motors and DC fast charging at up to 710 kW.

It’s AMG’s answer to the Porsche Cayenne Electric, and on paper, it may be more impressive. The first units hit US dealerships in summer 2027.

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89-year-old Mickey from California has finally had a bellyful of Trump after he reversed sanctions on Russia this Friday. There's been a media blackout on the story over on Fox, with zero mentions of the Russian sanctions story that I could find as of this writing. Still, i...

No person claiming to be President of the United States is a king, whose diktats shall be obeyed. Trump cannot declare law shall be disregarded. This is an open thread.

The post Reject: Trump’s Latest Attempt to Be the King appeared first on emptywheel.

Thank you Grace Lovelace, Susan DRENNAN GABRIEL, Kathleen Hamlin, Sylvia Rivers, Sharon Russell, and many others for tuning into today’s edition of “Dead Air", brought to you by The Save America Movement.

Jackson Pollock, The Flame, c. 1934-38 #museumofmodernart #museumarchive

Their latest conspiracy theory backfired on them, so now they're back to trying to paint James Talarico as gay or trans, when they know full well he's straight. As we already discussed here, the right wing was out there pushing a conspiracy theory that Talarico wasn't actua...

sillygwailo added the program Master of None Reviews - Metacritic to the database.

sillygwailo added the program Master of None Reviews - Metacritic to the database.

Can Democrats still win the Senate if the polls overestimate them? And how ugly could the map get for Republicans if the polls are wrong in the other direction?

Russia is cooperating with Iran. So why is Trump cooperating with Russia?

Like the diesel deal, this decision is a gift to the very forces attacking our service members.

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Trump: I examined his ass. I never did that before. I never did that with a man. I examined his ass.

Meta has removed the word “train” from its upcoming terms of service for business accounts. The company revised its terms after Nieman Lab’s story on Thursday exposed that the new terms would permit broad scraping of websites “associated with” business accounts, and possibly allow Meta to use that scraped content to train its AI models....