Woo new project! Launching things is… uh, fun. 😅



Then I took a deep breath and went off-script…

Liz Marley, Next Conference

This is one of my favourite Micro.blog posts. Thanks for writing it, @liz.


I made a snarky comment about Twitter (I know, I’m super original) in the Micro.blog slack with regard to the pile of horseshit that is their “support”. Then, a few moments ago a tweet appeared in my tl linking to this from David Simon.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯


Today’s song:

Bloom by Troye Sivan

🎶


Fleas and Armpits

This is phenomenal.


We haven’t yet had the in depth sessions, but the even Platform State of the Union is ripe with half-truths + empty stats that serve them.

Meghän Kane, at WWDC

Huh, they didn’t include that in the keynote.



It is his business. He should have the opportunity to run his business the way he wants. If he wants to turn away people of color, then [that’s] his choice.

Michael Clark, a South Dakota state lawmaker

🇺🇸


But what really changed? Not much.

@danielpunkass pours cold water on the hype surrounding Apple’s support of free trials

Here’s my question: why doesn’t Apple (at least partially) justify their 30% cut by doing as Daniel suggests?


We want to be clear that while we are not developing AI for use in weapons, we will continue our work with governments and the military in many other areas.

Google published its AI ethics guidelines






Live stream of The Talk Show

This came out of nowhere.


Today’s song:

Emotion by Carly Rae Jepsen

🎶




I dislike Twitter threads as a replacement for blog posts and other longform web writing. However, information presented in shorter form can be more accessible, as pointed out by zhenotdelaney. Feels like the web is failing if Twitter is considered so good for this (it is).