Clockwise 657: Time to Check the Rhonda-grams! The apps we given up on, how often we go to the Apple Store, the first things we do on our phones every day, and our latest tech joys. http://relay.fm/clockwise/657

This Week in Apple: Silent consonants and partners (Member Post)

Share something good instead of sharing something to dunk on.

ARE YOU GONNA TAKE ME HOME TONIGHT? OH, DOWN BESIDE THAT RED FIRE LIGHT? ARE YOU GONNA LET IT ALL HANG OUT? FAT B-

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Introducing Indigo A beautiful new app for Bluesky and Mastodon and the best way to experience both social networks together. It's tough keeping up with everyone when they're split across networks but Indigo brings them together for a seamless social experience. apps.apple.com/us/app/indigo-...

i cannot remember the last time i purchased software more quickly lexfriedman.com/gnome/

This Week in Apple: The visible hand of the market (Member Post)

Happened to rewatch the Star Trek: TOS episode “The Cloud Minders” last night. It features a weird voiceover from Spock that was cut in syndication but contains this topical musing. (Also, in the age of AI, the episode title is oddly prophetic.)

This Week in Apple: No bad ideas (Member Post)

Grass-layin' season is upon us.

This Week in Apple: We’ll still have Tim Cook to kick around (Member Post)

Nation Fails Don't Repost Trump Challenge

Good morning! If you're just joining us, President Manbaby has posted about Tim Cook's transition to executive chairman and made it all about himself, as is his signature style. We've all seen it, so don't feel the need to repost it! Have a great day!

I got tired of Substack platforming Nazis, white supremacists, and convicted rapists, so I made a browser extension. Kill Yr Substack intercepts every Substack link and redirects it to `archive.is`. They never see your traffic. You still get to read the thing tho. jasoncosper.com/kill-yr-subs...

This Week in Apple: A day late and $2,000 short (Member Post)

How is this guy even possible?

Is me hitting refresh a lot helping? I think it's helping.

(•_•) <) )╯ GROK AND X / \ \(•_•) ( (> ARE STILL / \ (•_•) <) )> ON THE APP STORE / \

You don't say. techcrunch.com/2026/04/13/s...

If you're just joining us, the big idiot baby man who failed up to president said something again and, for SOME reason, everyone is repeating it.

Once you get the third crew member out that’s 75%, a solid C, you can just stop there, it’s a passing grade.

The boats are circling the capsule checking for any lunar vampires that may have attached themselves to the hull.

This Week in Apple: Known unknows (Member Post)

Everyone: Melania: [expressionless look with dead eyes] Everyone: Melania: [expressionless look with dead eyes] Everyone: Melania: [expressionless look with dead eyes] Everyone: Melania: [loudly into microphone] I DIDN'T KNOW EPSTEIN! Everyone: Jesus! What the...?!

My love language is no one else being in the kitchen when I'm cooking for the family. Sadly, no one else speaks it.

Happy Union Victory Day to all who celebrate: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_...

Looking for a recipe I accidentally came across a site with AI-generated recipes. The recipe for "Korean grilled peppers" said to grill peppers and onions, add olive oil, lemon and "herbs". That was it. "Korean". The AI-generated image showed cherry tomatoes on top. Who the fuck wants this? No one.

Here's hoping today's the most epic TACO Tuesday ever.

Hearing a lot about Integrity. But what about those of us who *lack* Integrity?!

Why not just make the whole spacecraft out of window?

You may notice that the Moon is getting larger on the screen. This is perfectly natural as it becomes more and more excited about the astronauts' approach.

When the music stops, the astronauts must find a station and it looks like Jeremy was left out this round! Too bad, Jeremy! Better luck next time.

This Week in Apple: Tim is the walrus, goo goo g’joob (Member Post)

Oh, the other thing? The spokesman for the oh-so-very grass roots Tea Party who insisted it was made up of regular people across the political spectrum was a former healthcare insurance company executive. The article -- which was from The New York Times -- did not point that out. I looked him up.

Researching for a podcast I'm on I found a story from years ago about the Tea Party complaining about a depiction of them in Captain America. Sam Wilson was Cap in that run and he runs into a Tea Party protest. The spokesman said the depiction of them was not valid and demanded a retraction.

I say it's not! Looking forward to my interview with the Times that will surely appear soon.

Sorry for not correctly capitalizing "Moon". I would have if the Moon was real.

Seems like as good a time as any to repost my "10 reasons I know the Apollo 11 moon landing was faked" I wrote years ago. johnmoltz.com/post/1464072...

Proud to sign the Millionaires' Tax earlier this week. As the Wall Street Journal reports, it will get money back in the pockets of working Washingtonians.

To celebrate Apple's 50th, I wrote about my ridiculous relationship with the company.

Venture capital is just Make-A-Wish for rich people who realized they're going to die someday.

Did I make a nerd sign for the #nokings rally? Well, I didn't *not* make a nerd sign for the #nokings rally.

This Week in Apple: Mac Pro, oh no! (Member Post)

What's this I'm hearing about a six movie deal for the Hot Ones guy to bring "Farmer Giles of Ham" to the big screen?

This took me so long to make I haven't even had time to see the movie yet. cottonbureau.com/p/95ABVH/shi...

Policy stuff aside, we can't have someone named Gavin be the president. We just can't.

It'd be swell if Star Trek was owned by people who liked Star Trek.

This Week in Apple: I went to the White House, but I didn’t inhale (Member Post)

We now go to the White House...