Anyone here tried #Beli? New invite-only #restaurant tracking app. Yelp: stuck in early 2010s Google: monopolistic, surveillance capitalism’s mascot, etc. Invite code below. FYI, helps me unlock reservations & premium features; expires in 24 hours: beliapp.co/1J7mLqWjPWb

Saw some coverage about Musk recently that was praising his work ethic: “12-hour days, sometimes weekends and nights,” justifying why his huge pay packages. … okay? So do doctors, PAs, nurses and several millions of other professionals. Are we all worth possibly >$1T? Where do we sign?

Finally! 🎉 No more having to manually, painstakingly recreate a playlist from #Spotify on #AppleMusic or rely on a fishy-looking 3rd party service with which you have to trust both accounts’ details (which is why I never went that route).

Lesson re-learned: never seek out the Internet’s opinion on a thing one likes (especially amongst gamers). #Pokémon games focus on mechanics, not stellar graphics. Yet, so many criticisms focus on the #LegendsZ-A demo’s “lackluster graphics” and chastise anyone who buys the game as being a sheep.

Not sure how, but even with more animations, #iOS26 feels snappier on my iPhone 13 Pro than iOS 18.6 did: color me surprised! Certainly an oddity with the history of #Apple performance-throttling older models. Glad to see they’re both supporting & enhancing (or so it feels) older products.

Ah, days before #Apple (thankfully) kills off #Launchpad... I spend around half an hour painstakingly organizing Launchpad. Of course. If I'd procrastinated another week, it would've been a non-issue. For 3 years, I procrastinated; what possessed me to stop today, of all days?

America: “We’re imperfect? Talk to us when you’ve landed a person on the freaking moon! 🦅🇺🇸” Also America: “Let’s hamstring the institution that made the moon landing possible!”

Best "contact me" website section I've seen in the wild yet.

Tmw Microsoft Authenticator wants to use Microsoft Authenticator to authenticate logging into Microsoft Authenticator…

Well, this is interesting... Used ChatGPT to help me bootstrap my #Zsh + Zinit config. o4-mini kept hallucinating; o3-pro got it right. I switched back to o4-mini in the chat to say thanks. o4-mini is confused since it thinks I'm still criticizing it. It seems to not "see" o3-pro's response.

So this is wild (in a good way): Since RFK's come into office, I've actually seen an *increase* in the number of patients coming to clinic and requesting vaccines. No hard data, just anecdotal. But a palpable increase. Refreshing compared to combating anti-vaxx misinformation. #MedSky

I expected that revelation from the last scene of #Andor Still hit so hard 💔

Aggressive pickup truck driver intimidating others by nearly rear-ending them, cutting them off, trying to overtake using bike lanes, and then flipping everyone else off as if we’re the problem… Tell me you’re entitled and compensating without telling me you’re entitled and compensating.

The DOJ is moving to deport a man they explicitly acknowledge has no criminal history. They’re dropping the charges without a trial, yet also deporting him without due process or reason for deportation, especially since the charges are dropped. (gift article) www.nytimes.com/live/2025/04...

It’s quite damning of our species that even after billions have seen/read media like Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, etc. about authoritarianism clearly being bad, they still gravitate towards it. We probably need explicit statements in the front matter: “The authoritarians are the bad ones, guys.”

Still frustrated at YouTube’s algo for ignoring preferences*, but I’m amused that it’s now showing cute bear vids in my feed… Maybe because I kept searching for “bear” market analyses? 🐻 * when I say “don’t recommend this channel,” I in fact don’t mean “recommend more of this channel,” YouTube

In the run up to “Liberation Day,” three countries with deep historical antipathy have strengthened a formerly tenuous alliance to unify against the U.S. “Liberation Day” indeed: liberate the world of American diplomacy, influence, & status. www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...

I’d say “unbelievable,” but this is on brand. The current admin is stonewalling 20k people already granted #refugee status, now only entertaining white South African refugees. Heartbreaking… and a clear signal of priorities. (Gift article) #politics #racism #news www.nytimes.com/2025/03/30/u...

Fun fact: security clearances are stored as 8-bit unsigned integers! So if we say @adamkinzinger.bsky.social had 1 security clearance, and he loses 4, this causes an integer underflow such that he actually has 253 security clearances.

Tmw anti-intellectualism, ignorance, & bigotry are so rampant that the freaking dictionary joins the fight ✊🏾

They’re going to vibe code it, aren’t they? … yeah, calling it now: they’re going to vibe code it.

Dentists of Utah… good luck 🫡 #MedSky www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/w...

Honestly darkly hilarious that just as markets start recovering early this week, he “capitalizes” by destabilizing it further. Far cry from “best economy ever.” Personally, I’m betting late ‘25 recession. Not investment advice ofc, but I’m glad I pulled my money out (called the top by luck 🤷🏾).

“New phone, Houthis?” Kudos, @briantylercohen.bsky.social, on the best Signal-gate joke so far! youtube.com/post/UgkxrYu...

Seriously, use Signal. Unfortunately, given the recent news, there are already a lot of uninformed opinions being parroted here and elsewhere, claiming Signal is insecure and unsafe. This administration is a mess (understatement, yes). Signal is secure. These two things are not mutually exclusive.

I’m really curious as to why my #YouTube suggested video feed has been promoting far-right, bigoted, ignorant content recently when all my actions (likes, watches, subs, etc.) indicate I abhor this kind of content. Is this happening to anyone else? Systemic or personal #algorithm issue here?

The power of comics: a comic strip made me rethink my relationship with myself... while providing a good laugh

Prior admin: Requests COVID & election misinformation be curtailed on social media. Furor ensues on the right. Current admin: Explicitly extorts the entire country for billions of dollars collectively based on people’s/institutions’ speech. Silence on the right.

Absolutely. I had someone cite their opinion as a fact to me once. Explicitly. “I haven’t read other ancient societies’ philosophic works, but it is a matter of fact, I think, that ancient Greek & Roman philosophy uniformly trumps them.” Ahh yes, the best of factual sources: uninformed belief!

> If you don’t know what you’re doing, you’ll just do it worse. But faster. AI tools can assist those with existing skills of foundational knowledge, critical thinking, & wisdom, but not supplement them wholesale.

“Mundus sine caesaribus” indeed! Great shirt, and buying it helps monetarily support the AT protocol ecosystem. Just around 6 days left before the sale ends! www.businessinsider.com/bluesky-ceo-...

Ordered! #Pebble kicked the bucket before I could order one of the initial ones. The #Rebble community has done wonderful work since in maintaining & building upon the initial devices. I can’t wait to see the fruits of open sourcing PebbleOS as well! 9to5google.com/2025/01/27/p...

Spent the last few days refurbishing (wiping data from, updating firmware for, and clean-installing the default OS on) 3 laptops, 2 tablets, 1 desktop, and an e-reader I have lying around so I can sell them. And now I’m just wondering… why did I ever keep any of these around for so long?

Medical school, learning about measles: "Interesting historical information. Good thing it's eliminated in the U.S.; file away as 'not needed IRL.'" Residency: Brushing up on measles & other "eliminated" diseases in preparation for what's to come. 😕 #MedSky news.uchicago.edu/big-brains-p...

The systematic dismantling of education in the U.S. by the right has been in the works for decades. “Thinking is the enemy of fascism.” www.salon.com/2021/12/02/r...

So the White House is a showroom for the highest bidder now? I forget: was the GOP in favor of government intervention?

Digital payments are so convoluted. So many instances of failed payments via Apple Pay, PayPal, etc. Hours of troubleshooting & headache but the benefits are too good to pass up (e.g., cash back). Literally trying to give companies my money & they make it so hard... oh well, more savings for me!

This is incredibly demoralizing… We study night & day for decades to pass several licensing exams to practice safe, effective, evidence-backed medicine. Yet, an utterly unqualified nepo-baby with Dunning-Kruger complex upends decades of progress in weeks. #MedSky www.nytimes.com/2025/03/04/h...

Thank you, David Shipley, for deciding not to play a role in promoting what seems to be blatant nationalist, hyper-capitalistic propaganda. The Post’s op-ed section will now, as ordained by Great Leader Bezos, narrow focus to “personal liberties and free markets.” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/b...

How a promising new Web browser's bug (spoiler: it's #ZenBrowser) will cost me hours of my life, a thread 🧵 TL;DR: 🚨 Zen is very much still beta software (as acknowledged by the devs, and not heeded by me), and should not be used under heavy load unless losing your open tabs is a negligible risk! ⚠️

Worst take I've heard in a while: "If we just act the model minority long enough, the White patriarchical system—in its eternal wisdom and benevolence—will find within itself the grace to grant us equal power, rights, respect, and status... eventually." Uttered with utter conviction, mind you!

Mission: Inbox Zero 📥0️⃣ Progress: After a few hours of diligent sorting over the past 2 days, ~2.2k emails purged! Work left: Only ~13.8k unread left to sort... let's goooo... 🥲

Wholesome moment just now: restaurant saw I was helping pay for someone else's meal, and they helped me help the other person by giving me a generous discount 🤗

Tupac's interview is as salient today as ever. Maybe even more so now with everything going on. youtu.be/GL-ZoNhUFmc?... A short thread about #culture and #politics set against the Super Bowl. 🧵 (1/4)

My laptop enforced my planned bedtime by crashing right on schedule. Thanks for looking out for my sleep schedule, laptop <3

After 2 hours (and perhaps 1-2 more expected) of fiddling with Windows drivers, I reiterate: Windows driver issues >>>>> Linux driver issues

Counting down the days to Apr. 2nd! youtu.be/itpcsQQvgAQ?...

“It’s like Steve Jobs invented the iPhone and now they’re just kind of sitting on it 20 years later.” Hmm… “It’s like Zuckerberg made (stole) Facebook and now they’re just kind of sitting on it 20 years later.”

Don’t let anyone headlines or talking points fool you into thinking Meta’s recent policy changes were about “free speech.” It was all political, through and through. “… purely insulting and dehumanizing rhetoric is now accepted.” Excellent read by @sambiddle.com: theintercept.com/2025/01/09/f...

@proton.me services are facing partial outages today over the past ~2 hours but have been incrementally coming back online. As of now, only Mail & Calendar are facing issues. Track the outage status here: status.proton.me