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this pocket of wind resistance
– @bsag, Micro Monday: Episode 56
BSAG hit the nail directly on the head here and was great. Also, @macgenie, you and @manton both do a lot for lots of people. It’s probably not easy to see it right now but will become obvious over time.
If Apple are (rightfully) taking shit for broken keyboards, Samsung can also (rightfully) take shit for broken phones.
You fucking TEST internally, and then you SELL people an actual working product.
Spikes on trees in Oxford to ‘stop bird poo’
The height of English civilisation on display, that’s right, in Oxford.
Girls/Girls/Boys by Panic! At The Disco is great but my favourite thing is this:
Two years ago i came out to my sister by jumping out my room’s closet and throwing skittles at her while this song played in the back
Sometimes YouTube comments are brilliant. 😂
We always credit sources for news, tutorials, and other articles; we link to other websites profusely because the Open Web is a beauitful thing and because it’s the right thing to do;
– @viticci, 10 Years of MacStories
MacStories is one of the few sources of news I read.
My recent announcement regarding the non-cancellation of TIL was soon followed by a bout of flu-like symptoms. It’s safe to say that between my previous break and this illness I have well and truly realised just how much I do want to do this. So that’s nice.
I see the annual release of I Don’t Watch Game Of Thrones Aren’t I Special posts are well and truly in full motion.
Thank you, brave souls, for letting all of us know just how brave you are. Yas queen. Thank you for your service.
More than 141,000 girls in all Welsh primary and secondary schools will be given access to free sanitary products under Welsh Government plans.
– BBC News, All Welsh schools to get free sanitary products
It’s shameful that we’re only beginning to tackle period poverty.
The Swiss supreme court overturns referendum result due to “incomplete” information
Note: This is not Private Eye.
This is a fantastic update. Not only does it open up the possibility for a whole new type of blog, and site even, it also makes the subscription offerings much more valuable.
A microblog dedicated to maps? That’ll do nicely. Bonus; it is in fact a Hosted Micro.blog microblog and so comes with an accompanying account: @AJgloe. Thanks for making this, Andrew!
(h/t @JohnPhilpin)
Classic. 😂
Despite my reasons for returning to iPhone, there is one thing in particular I wish Apple would improve: photo storage. I haven’t had to think about it once with my Pixel and that should be the same experience for everybody. #ShotOniPhone is pointless without better storage.
But everything about the presentation of release notes in this sheet is obviously bad.
– John Gruber, Bad UI: MacOS 10.14’s Software Update Release Notes
Note: I am posting this from a browser extension that includes a resizeable text field.
It’ll be interesting to see if it’s worth dumping the Gmail app.
In good news:
- @til is not going to stop.
In better news:
- I am feeling much better.
Longer posts forthcoming.
That new iPad Air might become my Chromebook replacement. 🤔 I wonder if this is part of Apple becoming comfortable with the iPad cannibalising the lower end of the portable Mac.
I’m going to go ahead and break up my current blitz of replies on Micro.blog by saying: sorry!
Here are some kitty tracks to help smooth over the flood of posts:
