Yesterday I attended a recording studio crawl hosted by the Audio Engineering Society. What an inspiring day! I saw spaces for recording podcasts, audiobooks, bands, and mixing film scores. Even a Foley pit and some high end Atmos setups. What a great day

Decided to update to iOS 26 and liquid glass makes notifications hard to read. Sure, there’s a reduce transparency accessibility setting, but that removes transparency throughout the OS. The default design is really a step in the wrong direction. Hopefully this is addressed in a future release.

Time spent scritching animals is not deducted from your lifespan

Dying, it took me 2:23 to solve today’s mini crossword and my friend got it in 0:17

This is a good and informative interview, both in describing AI’s limitations (“intuition” vs “calculation”) and its potential for harm.

Friends just sent me photos from a guacamole contest happening near them and it's the most wholesome thing I've seen in a while

I finally went and checked this out and it's an amazing resource for musicians. I love being able to isolate the instruments and vocals. I'm sure someone will end up sampling these stems, too.

Congratulations to @somafm.com on 25 years of music! www.sfexaminer.com/news/the-cit...

Finally got to bike the new closed section of the Great Highway near Ocean Beach. Gorgeous! I love the art and how inviting it is to pedestrians, bikers, roller skaters, kids, and adults…everyone.

Oh heck yeah, bluesky added bookmarks? :fireworks:

Beautiful moon tonight

Oh wow -- 21st Amendment brewery is shutting down. www.sfchronicle.com/food/article...

Do you lament the loss of an internet full of quirky websites? NPR’s Planet Money did, too, and tracked down @danfuzz.bsky.social, the owner of milk.com. They talk about the value of domains in 2025, domain speculation, and the fun of keeping bits of that old internet alive.

🚨LIVE🚨 5:30pm San Francisco Police Commission - I'm observing for @lwvsf.bsky.social. Agenda, docs, how to watch on @sfgovtv.sf.gov: www.sf.gov/httpswwwsfgo.... Highlights: 8) DGO 8.01 Community Policing, 9) Community Policing Manual, 10) DGO 10.11 Body Worn Camera, 11) DGO 11.02 Secondary Equipment

About this Florida vaccine story: When they were little - 1 yr and 3 1/2 - my two older boys, who’d had all their shots, got whooping cough. We asked their pediatrician what would’ve happened if they hadn’t been vaccinated. “Oh, they’d have died.”

One of the interesting uses I have for claude code is to just gut check my approach. I'll describe what I'm doing and ask for alternative methods, just to see what it comes up with. Even if I still go with my original plan, it's often a way of learning new things I hadn't thought of.

Years ago I hiked Mt. Washington, NH with friends. We encountered a massive lightning storm near the peak and took shelter under a rock for almost two hours. Thankfully not injured. Today a friend told me it's the most dangerous mountains in the US, having observed winds of 160mph. I had no idea!

An unfortunate and reportedly poorly implemented change from Anthropic. Existing users should have to opt in via the pop up, not opt out. A dark pattern.

SF people: did you know Muni has an online store? There’s some really cool stuff there! themunistore.com/collections/...

“You may have received a mailer from ‘Protect Voters First’ about the redistricting ballot initiative this November…we are not part of that coalition. The League of Women Voters of California did not authorize this action.”

of course i brought a coat expecting foggy SF weather and it’s actually gorgeous out

Hey everybody! @drjuliawester.bsky.social and I have a new paper! We surveyed over 800 scientists, science communicators, and science educators who use social media. Conclusion: Scientists no longer find Twitter useful or pleasant, and many have switched to Bluesky! 🧪🌎🦑 doi.org/10.1093/icb/...

this is such a good idea

I love this

SF people: did you know that the speed cameras throughout the city can start issuing tickets tomorrow? They've been issuing warnings for some time and tickets target 11+mph over the speed limit or more. The goal is to increase street safety. Read more here: www.sfmta.com/projects/spe...

On my way home from a fantastic Gen Con. I didn’t pick up many new games, but I got to demo a lot that seemed really good! And there were so many that were very creative.

whew! i can finally unmute all the tour de france keywords. what a great final stage of the race 🚴🇫🇷

I’m not surprised that they didn’t apply for permits. Hopefully these things will never get approved. Not long ago, I rode in a Tesla with FSD activated and it accelerated into oncoming traffic against a red light — no one should trust their software. hoodline.com/2025/07/tesl...

TIL that duolingo by default records your voice and is enabled to anonymously share these recordings (“anonymously…to help Duolingo improve.”) You can disable this. Go to: Profile -> gear -> Privacy settings and deselect Share speech

Buried in the article is that Samara Joy will be on the schedule, and she is absolutely worth going to see. So talented

👉 somafm.com 👈

any of you all mac gamers who want to play Blue Prince but the mac version isn’t out yet: it runs great under Crossover (and runs fine in Whisky with some hacking, so I hear)

thinking about how some of the best software projects I was on was with world class designers. When I joined Twitter I knew basically nothing about design and am fortunate to have gotten to collaborate with some of the best

This is a great article on the future of journalism and AI. You can sign up to 404 to read the whole thing for free, which also supports their independent journalism.

well this is a first for me: AI-related spam (spammy link removed)

It's like their soulmate dog came back to them! Please read and share this fascinating story... abc7news.com/post/muttvil...

A key vote was moved to next week, but the new proposed changes still don’t clearly address concerns that Prop C money should be used as the voters intended (also without dangerous precedent of changing the supermajority for any amount, any time period)

fixing bugs and playing guitar use totally different parts of my brain, but both are so satisfying

bluesky finally added the ability to be notified when an account posts?!?!?! I was just talking with someone the other day about how much I would love this feature!

i’m very surprised that there’s no way to mute words in Reddit’s iOS app (yet…?)

watching my friend’s band play tonight and there’s fireflies and giant outdoor jenga and dancing and it’s wonderful

want to go to NYC now to experience a music listening bar (similar to those in Japan) I heard about today. A friend went and said everyone inside was respectful, whispering so as not to get in the way of what was being played.

A friend’s book costs $26 here in the US and over $80 in Canada due to tariffs. The only person this seems to be hurting is my friend, the author.

So fun to catch up with @mergesort.me and learn about the ways AI tools are accelerating his software development! Excited to try out all kinds of ideas using his techniques

i love that in the Netherlands you can get “zakkenrollers” salty licorice — which translates to “pickpockets” — in the shapes of cell phones, keys, and watches

Maybe one of the most interesting new APIs in iOS 26 is BGContinuedProcessingTask, which gives devs more power to run tasks after an app has been backgrounded. Jobs (like uploads or image processing) getting killed by the system is a pain and I expect many apps will want to take advantage of this

Installed iOS 26 beta 2. I still don't understand how the default Mail app doesn't have the capability to view the raw message source. This is a key tool people can use to determine if a message is legit or a phishing scam.

Catching up on #wwdc25 content, since I was away for the conference. Reading about the new Accessibility Nutrition Labels, which will be voluntary at first. Interesting to see what kinds of accessibility features made the cut for inclusion. developer.apple.com/help/app-sto...

I don’t want ads in a messaging client, thanks

worked out with a friend’s trainer and was extremely humbled! but good stuff