Today’s piece:

Anakin’s Symphony, by Lucas King

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Get more done with the Google Assistant on Wear OS by Google

Oh look, Wear OS updates in the run-up to I/O. How about that, @mikedotfm. 🤔


On the 18th of May a city-wide free arts festival takes place in Liverpool. I love living here.



Verizon will force its struggling Oath products onto Galaxy S9s

Bloat with a capital ‘B’. Good job, Samsung. 👍


Today’s album:

Future Friends, by Superfruit

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Students at a high school in Dearborn will be evaluated by teachers before prom. If their dresses aren’t appropriate, they’ll be given a Modesty Poncho.

Jesus. Fucking. Christ.


A new @monday. Yay! Hi @Sergio_101 👋


… Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus owners have a variety of ways to keep their content close.

– Justin Denison announcing new 128GB and 256GB Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus models

Giving your early adopters a kick in the teeth is an interesting strategy. Nice work, Samsung.


Testing the improvements.


The United States has accepted only 11 Syrian refugees this year.

– Adrienne Mahsa Varkiani outlines the US contribution to the murder of the Syrian populace


Rising property prices have made it harder for millions of people to buy a home and the number of households renting privately has reached a 30-year high, according to the English Housing Survey.

– Rent in a rich country



I can plug it directly into my MacBook Pro, no dongle.

– Colin Devroe reviews the Pixel 2

I agree with a lot of this and have found a number of other delightful features. This is Android at its best on a phone.


at the very least, there will be a chronological timeline

– Dom Hofmann is building the successor to Vine and there are open forums for it.

A resurgence of chronological feeds would be awesome.


adding gender pronouns as a top level profile feature to everything i work on moving forward.

– Dom Hofmann




Another move is happening, whilst one is close to completion. Seriously, we should have a Micro.blog Movers pin. 🙃