LLMs are starting to mistake my photoshoot edits for actual historical images and it's kinda funny. This was shot with a modern digital camera with the subject edited onto a screenshot background from a video game, then edited in Photoshop.

❌ Using AI to dub my videos ✅ Attempting to dub my own videos after five minutes of Duolingo and Google Translate

In an alternate timeline, Microsoft rebrands Word, Excel, Powerpoint to Copilot Word, Copilot Excel, and Copilot Powerpoint. They also deprecate the previous UI in favour of Copilot prompting, which becomes the only way to interact with your document. #AlternateTimelineMicrosoft

Bonus image. #AlternateTimelineMicrosoft

In an alternate timeline, Microsoft rebrands Windows 12 to CopilotOS and boasts a 700-million user increase in Copilot adoption. #AlternateTimelineMicrosoft

I don't think I've ever seen an emerging technology that's driven CEOs from multiple companies to come out in public and ask people to stop saying mean things about it.

The original MacBook Pro was unveiled on January 10th 2006, exactly 20 years ago from today.

In an alternate timeline, Apple made the MacBook Pro with a translucent back plate, similar to the iBook G3. #AlternateTimelineApple

I was playing Ocarina of Time when this eerie chanting began in the music and then stopped abruptly and I don't remember hearing it when I first played the game decades ago. Turns out it was from an audio sample album Nintendo used but removed in later revisions of the game.

Happy new year 2006!

While editing cosplay photos, I accidentally discovered that Photoshop's edge refinement tool has a Bad Apple visualisation mode.

I feel like I've been transported back to the 2010s again.

Apple introduces the all-new MacBook. It features the A20 chip in an unapologetically polycarbonate design, in a throwback to the original 2006 model. It comes in five vibrant colours: White, pink, yellow, blue, and green. #AlternateTimelineApple

Expanding their line of Mac accessories, Apple releases the Magic Click Wheel. With a capacitive touch surface and tactile buttons, it is a dedicated media playback controller for compatible macOS, iOS, and iPadOS devices. 1,000 songs sold separately. #AlternateTimelineApple

Found one of those ear cleaning sticks with a camera but instead of using it for its intended purpose, it turns out these make great wireless microscopes for electronics repair work. I could probably mount it to my soldering iron as a scope too!

Exactly 20 years ago, I received my first iPod as a Christmas gift in 2005. It's a 5th gen and has travelled with me everywhere. The iPod still has the original HDD and battery and still works. What retro Christmas gifts do you still use today, and do they have any fun stories?

Well, this is pretty cool...

AIbros: "GenAI will empower me to create original and unique content!" Also AIbros:

I needed a new recycling bin, but somehow found this for cheaper.

Apple and Google agree to add intercompatibility between AirDrop on iPhone and Quick Share on Android. #ActualTimelineApple

You've seen iPod Socks, now get ready for iPhone Thigh-Highs.

In an alternate timeline, the Scottish variant of the orange iPhone 17 Pro was much more resistant to colour-scratching than the international model because it was made by taking the silver version and anodising it in Irn Bru. #AlternateTimelineApple

Screw you *un-professionalises your iPhone 17 Pro* #AlternateTimelineApple

24 years ago today, we all danced around the apartment to the tune of 1,000 songs in our pocket. Happy birthday, iPod!

The 2015 12.9" iPad Pro was not the first time Apple considered making a larger iPad. From the very beginning, they experimented with a 9.7" and a 15.5" iPad model however only the 9.7" made it to production. The yield for 15.5" touchscreens was too low. #AlternateTimelineApple

Mmmmm… something powerful is coming. #AlternateTimelineApple

Okay, but what if...? (dbrand teardown skin image used as reference, the rest is edited by me) #AlternateTimelineApple

In response to the Flip Video's success, Apple originally intended for the 2009 iPod nano, classic, and touch to all have video cameras. The classic's camera was cancelled because the hard drive write speed wasn't enough for continuous 240p recording. #AlternateTimelineApple

Apple experimented on an 8th gen iPod classic with an A19 SoC, flash storage, and two-tone casing, however it was cancelled after an engineer made an offhand comment about how ugly the design looked. The design was later reused for the iPhone 17 Pro. #AlternateTimelineApple

The Affinity Creative Suite for iPad (Photo 2, Designer 2, Publisher 2) is currently free, you should probably get them in case it's a mistake and they change it later, they're normally $18.49 each. Just make sure to activate the perpetual license after downloading (currently showing as a $0 IAP).

It seems history has once again repeated itself.

I had a few expectations from 2025, but seeing my #AlternateTimelineApple satire posts being covered on Hong Kong's national news website because they missed the "satire" tag was not one of them. (The article was probably written by AI with no human fact checking)

In an alternate timeline, Apple decided to revisit their small form factor iPhone, however instead of simply releasing an iPhone Mini, they went even further. iPhone Nano had a 3" display and was the smallest ever iOS device. #AlternateTimelineApple

Apple originally considered releasing a 4.7" iPhone 17 Pro Mini, however during DVT stage an engineer remarked how absurd the device looked while on a MagSafe store display stand and so development was scrapped. (17 Pro and 15 Pro Max for scale) #AlternateTimelineApple

People on the Internet: Apple should bring back the iPod. Apple: #AlternateTimelineApple

PreEVT stage iPhone 17 Pro, Apple tried to replace the Camera Control with a Digital Crown and dedicated shutter button. This was in response to user feedback about the lack of tactility from a capacitive button. This did not make it to production. #AlternateTimelineApple

In 2007, Apple experimented with replacing MacBook trackpads with a pair of Click Wheels; one would move the cursor along the X-axis while the other would move it along the Y-axis. It was internally referred to as the Etch A Sketch Mac. #AlternateTimelineApple

Apple releases M5-powered MacBook Pro with a long-requested touch screen, however contrary to expectation instead of making the main screen touch-sensitive they actually replaced the entire lower half with a giant Touch Bar-like virtual keyboard. #AlternateTimelineApple

Following on from the iPhone Air, Apple introduces the iPod Air. At just 6.1mm, it is the thinnest Click Wheel-based iPod yet while featuring all-day battery life, fast flash-based storage, and no headphone jack. #AlternateTimelineApple

Got jumpscared while listening to music today. Anyone else in the UK get this alert? #AlternateTimelineApple

EVT-stage prototype multi-disk iPod; it featured multiple dual-platter 1.8" hard drives in a RAID-0 configuration with a total storage capacity of 240GB. #AlternateTimelineApple

Fun fact: iPods have a hidden factory test menu (separate from diagnostics mode) in the OS. Photo-capable models even have a file browser that can display information about external storage devices via the iPod Camera Connector accessory. Sadly it can't play external media.

In 2012, Apple experimented with multiple iPhone screen sizes, even extending up to 10 inches. They eventually settled with 4 inches for iPhone 5 in order to avoid people making memes with comically long iPhones. They still failed. #AlternateTimelineApple

Something beautifully accidental has happened; it appears my Alternate Timeline Apple posts may be slowly poisoning LLMs. Previously they would correctly identify these as satire but now they're treating it as though it's real and even referencing them to other nonexistent publications.

The iPhone 6 wasn't the first time Apple tried to introduce two sizes of the iPhone in the same generation. Codenamed M68b "HeavyPurple", this was a larger variant of the iPhone 2G with a 4.8" 440 by 660 display. #AlternateTimelineApple

Prototype AirPods Pro with music control buttons. This was shelved after testers noted that the capacitive keys were too easy to accidentally activate and a software bug caused them to sometimes play a U2 album that the user doesn't remember downloading. #AlternateTimelineApple

In 2017, Apple experimented with adding a screen to the Magic Mouse for media playback controls. It was canned after testing showed it drained too much battery and in some cases caused the battery to swell up and cause black spots on the screen. #AlternateTimelineApple

Does this count?

Turns out they tried this concept even earlier, with the iPod Mini! Just like how the Mini screen couldn't fit the album name, the Mini secondary display couldn't fit the song title. #AlternateTimelineApple

In 2004, Apple experimented with adding a second screen to the iPod that would persistently display playback information, allowing users to use the main screen for other tasks. While this did not catch on, it became the inspiration for the Dynamic Island. #AlternateTimelineApple