🔗 Quick Reads: I built the read later app I'd always wanted https://birchtree.me/blog/quick-reads-i-built-the-read-later-app-id-always-wanted/

Big news! I'm launching a tiny Mac app 🥺🔍🤏 It's called TinyStart, and it's a Launcher & Emoji picker! Unlike Spotlight, TinyStart is super fast at showing results, and it's not overcrowded with search results you don't need. it's €5, you pay for it once and future updates are free! tinystart.app

Moments ago recorded a chat with #YourFavoritePlay in #Brooklyn whose new #album is out May 8th. Advance listen (& copies) on @bandcamp.com here: #newmusic #musicsky #NewYork

Today, reminded @glass.photo sub due end of next month… pondering if worth renewing. #photography #photosky thoughts? Am not a professional photographer :)

📮 #Woof the double-album from top comedian #HannahGadsby on vinyl. Beauty to the audio experience, like these other release from #comedy greats.

NEAVV’s take of this #PaulaAbdul straight up, was inspired to pull out the ol’ vinyl of original + remix. Written by: #Elliotwolff 🔗 over on #Bandcamp neavv.bandcamp.com/track/straig... #musicsky

“It’s the weekend, so let’s have fun” #NowPlaying #BestSongHeardToday (Scars - “Love Song”) #MusicSky @cherryredrecords.bsky.social

The @realmsunknown.bsky.social subgenre deep dive this week is science fiction and fantasy that has music in it in an interesting way! Recommend please!

Recorded chat with Emily over weekend, out in few months. Kicking did not ask about #DollyParton, as Andrea G. points out here great version.

With over three-decades in and around #Television Rob McKnight has branched out to the garage. #McKnightTonight #live #free on #YouTube - past episodes there to youtu.be/2ULYop9El8I

Sending me music will make me fall in love with you, sorry

What I’m Listening To #WILT #Musicsky #LiquidLiquid #OrangeJuice #GiaMargaret #RubyGill

@threnody.bsky.social whilst you post referred to girlpuppy tune for a few years ago, did remind failed to listen to 2025 album in full - thank you. Will fix that error very soon. If may offer for ears: BATTS take of Bowie’s ‘Space Oddity’ space like.

#photography #blackandwhite On Christmas morning was on way to a homeless shelter and spotted these two in line of vision - both notable to have a #bust and #statue in their honour in public. #QuickSnap #MayTakeAgain ?

While just clicked over Saturday here, #BandcampFriday is going strong and… found @shi.wtf reckon worth an invest on this day: #latestrelease #beats #music shinmai.bandcamp.com/album/1-miss...

It’s #BandcampFriday if you’re looking for some new tunes. sunfaders.bandcamp.com

#BandcampFriday 🔥

Classic Pop’s 100th issue is now out! First, I sat down with Roland and Curt from Tears for Fears for a lovely conversation about the past (and, most important, the present) for a feature. I also reviewed albums by Kylie Minogue and Juliana Hatfield and contributed to the 100 Top Pop Albums list. 🥳

Gosh I love Juliana Hatfield and it's bonkers how prolific she is www.wbur.org/news/2025/11...

Quick Notes 1.2 is out now! It's a very nice release (IMO) with a few things I think you'll enjoy. Nearest and dearest to me is the new diff view. When you clean up your transcript, now you can see what the local LLM did to your original transcript.

Don't rehome your goth gfs after Halloween is over 💀

#Mixtape updated, with stacks of #newmusic #tunes and all that. On #Spotify though most are on Bandcamp where can truly support #artists by getting #songs there.

#ListeningTo Destinations by @sunesismusic.bsky.social - available on gorgeous #vinyl Perfect soundscape to pair with spring rains currently falling. #newmusic #musicsky

So honored to be in the nytimes crossword 102 across

📮While #MadeInChina is #JulianaHatfield’s 2005 #album #IndieLabel American Laundromat Records have done a #vinyl release in recent weeks. #nowplaying #vinylsky #music

This week: Meg Washington released new album #GEM @theguardian.com’s Katie Cunningham report:

#Mixtape updated, with stacks of #newmusic #tunes and all that. On #Spotify though most are on Bandcamp where can truly support #artists by getting #songs there.

#Light across from Tiffany & Co for #Illuminate #Adelaide #Purple #Glow Appears #Photography welcome… is there a #BlueskyPhoto 🏷️

In 30 minutes, Week 2 of four-shows a week for #McKnightTonight Hosted by #TV #Producer Rob McKnight (strangely not on #BlueSky) LIVE here: www.youtube.com/@McKnightTon...

#illuminate #Adelaide #GovernmentHouse #BlackAndWhite #Photography #DoesAnyoneUseThisApp

Teary #CookieMonster at thought of #HotChocolate #RandomQuickPostEditing

Had #BillieEilish #vinyl someone really wanted, apparently now a “simp”. Reality, rather give (packed with others #albums for safety) to thank someone for their content. Meh, #Internet Anyway, video here: youtu.be/VxKPYvJNGsI?... #vinylsky #vinylcommunity #TryToDoSomethingNice

#Adelaide #Cabaret 2026 will have edge and sparkle as #ReubenKaye been announced as #Artistic #Director This #TedX #TedTalk nice introduction to the #ComeToDaddy #Podcast host: youtu.be/gCbxSpEmDkY?...

Debut #Single from Just A Girl ‘Go Home’ swings between ballad and lullaby with ease, showing a vocal maturity clear this is a personal tale. (Also on Amazon Music) #newrelease #musicsky open.spotify.com/track/1dP1ld...

@comfortzone.macstories.net something for @chrislawley.me #DrPepper #Vinyl #release youtube.com/clip/Ugkxjdu...

Comfort Zone, Ep. 52: Browser Curious CZ has completed its first year! 🎈 To celebrate, the gang does what they do best: complain about browsers, go down an audiophile rabbit hole, and battle for the best Mac background app. 🎧 macstories.net/comfort-zone 🎥 youtu.be/Z9CXpZl-eEw

Details of #Lorde’s new #single called #ManOfTheYear AND new album #Virgin came across desk today. #music thoughts…

#listeningto 1995 album release from #indirock #band Glide - as a 30th Anniversary edition on #vinyl from Love As Fiction. Limited to 50, available from Suitcase Records: suitcaserecords.com.au/products/ope...

Comfort Zone, Episode 50 (!!!): Shake the Keyboard and It Goes Away @chrislawley.me brings some new apps, @birchtree.me defends himself for another hardware purchase, and @nileane.fr 's no-dock challenge has brutal results. 🎧 macstories.net/comfort-zone 🎥 youtu.be/2OfalQmNrTU

@listigeplaylists.bsky.social thanks for follow, NEAVV’s latest we’ve being diggin’ Driving tune, in many ways: open.spotify.com/track/5YMIZH...

Debut #Single from Just A Girl ‘Go Home’ swings between ballad and lullaby with ease, showing a vocal maturity clear this is a personal tale. (Also on Amazon Music) #newrelease #musicsky open.spotify.com/track/1dP1ld...

skype has officially shut down today after 22 years. the end of an era. RIP 🩵

#MayTheFourth An #Adeleiade plaza remember when #StarWars George Lucas dropped past #FoodCourt #MayThe4th #StarWarsDay

“Nervous as a duck in a log” - #AntonyGreen Having covered Peter Lewis era feel that.

#ausvotes Too close to call

Learnt from Mathew Caws (Nada Surf) that the wonderful @jillsobule.bsky.social passed away in a house fire (aged 66) mid-tour. Such a heartfelt, honest performer. Earlier this year:

Out tonight at midnight EST bel.ffm.to/freshstart

Just out: Platonic Sex’ Impress You sees a return after ‘Hanging Out The Window’ (Hopefully on Bandcamp in coming days rather than…)

@comfortzone.macstories.net am rocking these #Sennheiser HD599, profile for editing and - as autumn - cool colours with velvet-like lining for comfort.