Whenever there are big changes with Apple, if there’s anything as predictable as “hot takes about Apple” it is the repeated posts from people who are “tired of hot takes about Apple”.

Hot takes all the way down.

Yesterday I used a phone call to cancel my TV Licence.

Yep. Your highest chance for success is with a phone call.

Do By Friday: The Kill Zone

This was, as they say, a good one.

In my 22 years of doing visits with children in detention, I have never heard of this level of inhumanity.

– Holly Cooper, co-director of University of California, Davis’ Immigration Law Clinic.

Holly is talking about one of the concentration camps.

You can spec an iPad Pro up to £1869 but still can’t directly use web development tools on Safari. Madness.

There are a number of different third-party Micro.blog projects in development. Using Today I Learned (@til), you can find and keep up to date on their progress.

Here’s a starter pack:

The new community-based projects have made me think about one of my favourite things about Micro.blog; this is not an effort to “replace Twitter” or anything like that. Rather the community is proving that it is an effort to try something different with the social web.

Quick list of recent additions to the Micro.blog community:

Behind me, a filled room of 9/11 first responders, and in front of me, a nearly empty Congress. Sick and dying, they brought themselves down here to speak to no one. Shameful. It’s an embarrassment to the country and it is a stain on this institution.

– Jon Stewart

Starting my day with a combination of Life and Experience, from the master himself.

Looking forward to;

  • early morning writing;
  • a lot of @til work;
  • finally conquering some significant domestic tasks.

Let’s go! 💪🏻

I don’t have a recommendation for Micro Monday but I do have suggestions:

Enjoy! ⭐

They should isolate the Apple Music or News team and force them to go through App Review, pay 30%, etc to get a better feel for what it’a really like.

– David Barnard, via Twitter

An interesting idea, eh @manton. 🤔

Up to 3.7 million pensioners who previously received a free TV licence will now have to pay for it.

– The BBC

Perhaps they should all just die… and decrease the surplus population.

As I’ve just said in this conversation, think about it, those who are cynical with regard to AR technology:

Augmented Reality + Voice Control

For privacy-focused companies like Apple this is a part of the tech industry with great potential to do so much good for the world.

TIL there are people who think of Elon Musk as “real life Iron Man” and now I want to punch myself in the eye.

One of the changes to WWDC this year – at least I think it’s from this year since I don’t remember it being available last year – is that both the live keynote and the VOD have been accessible on Google Chrome via Apple’s site.

I would like to create cat sanctuaries all over the world for all of the strays and rescues, and maintain the sites until they are no longer needed. This would include access for therapeutic care and education.

Seriously just give me lots of money I’ll do it.

Gay couple beaten up for refusing to kiss for men’s entertainment

A news headline.

Go ahead and talk to me about “both sides” and “neutrality” and “civility”. I fucking dare you.

Here’s to all of the people genuinely complaining that Apple didn’t return to the Mac Pro with the same approach and energy they haven’t had in any serious capacity since before the iPhone. You do you and your special little version of reality. 🍻

I’ve got beta 4 of Android Q and immediately switched to the gesture based navigation. It’s been quite easy to get used to it, though this phone doesn’t have a hardware button and I think that might have helped.