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• Post #4184216

  Preach it, Minister Freeland! (Gift link) https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/opinion/canada-trump-tariffs-south-park.html?unlocked_article_code=1.1VA.Oc-G.PvFa7cKcY3Nq&smid=url-share

• Post #4173078

  More people need to know that Canada’s biggest tech firm is run a fucking right wing kook whose brain is simmering in the X cesspool. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/shopify-ceo-appears-to-endorse-giving-more-votes-to-wealthy-canadians-9.7286688

• Post #3519104

  Today while troubleshooting the use of ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I learned these are called Kaomoji: Japanese emoticons made out of combinations of characters to represent facial expressions. Neat! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaomoji

• Post #1818264

  100 euro fines in Ireland; proposed 1,000 pound fines in the UK. Let's keep that momentum going! Phone sounds in public are my number one pet peeve. https://www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2025/1030/1540979-headphone-dodgers-bare-beating-sodcasting-people-not-using-headphones-on-public-transport/

• Post #1594603

  This looks like an interesting and useful book! https://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/electronics/

• Post #1594602

  Nonsensically pleased with the fruit and cheese tray I put out for our guests yesterday.

• Post #1594598

  TinyStart is the sort of thing that makes me want to drop everything and create a charming and cool little Mac app and just sell it to people who care about charming and cool things. 🥹 (Don’t worry, Indigo’s still VERY MUCH what I’m spending all my time on)

• Post #1594597

  And not for nothing, but the website for TinyStart is a real banger: nice layout, to-the-point, has a very personal touch. Like the app, just super-tasteful. https://tinystart.app

• Post #1594592

  I don’t like *everything* PM Carney’s doing, but i really do love the cut of his gib. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uk2TZwkhi4E

• Post #1594591

  Cook out ✊ https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/04/tim-cook-to-become-apple-executive-chairman-john-ternus-to-become-apple-ceo/

• Post #1594590

  Man, I go into therapy for the first time, and I come out and Tim Cook is stepping down. Therapy works, fam.

• Post #1594589

  Excuse us while we hold down this carpet

• Post #1594587

  Great piece in the Times about a sake producer in Japan that eschews industrial practices. Gift link. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/04/22/dining/terada-honke-japan-sake-brewery.html?unlocked_article_code=1.dFA.c2vY.2WKEIRSuwML8&smid=nytcore-ios-share

• Post #1445535

  I’ve never felt more jaded as a computer user, but @nileane has rekindled the joy I used to feel at seeing cool, thoughtful and beautiful software for the Mac: TinyStart is just terrific! Incredibly well done. I miss software like this, so I paid double for it: https://tinystart.app

• Post #959936

  I find myself quite warm to this idea. https://cosocial.ca/@dyckron/116358796511527028

• Post #675868

  This is #1 source of bugs.

• Post #675867

  Wow John, I DO NOT love that simile. 🥺

• Post #675866

  I feel like I would have no choice but to buy the shit out of this, even if (when!) the price is eye-watering. https://www.macrumors.com/2026/03/11/iphone-fold-ipad-style-multitasking/

• Post #675864

  Dearest winter: my spirit is already broken; this snow isn’t necessary. #kthxbai

• Post #675863

  The PC industry has been moribund for years. Apple choosing to strike with a high quality, low-cost laptop *now*, while component prices spike, is going to go down as one of the smartest things they’ve done in the 21st century. My enthusiasm for Apple has never been lower, but damn, you gotta admire it. https://mastodon.social/@stroughtonsmith/116222103150349999

• Post #675862

  Help me, I cannot work in these conditions.

• Post #675861

  Picked up a refurb ThinkPad for a side project. The listing didn’t specify it, but it has a French keyboard. *Tabarnac!*

• Post #675858

  Is it possible to punch Instruments’ Animation Hitches in the throat? It crashes about 60% of the time and I’m about to throw my computer in the ocean and join the lemurs of the forest

• Post #675857

  I’ve been working with a terrific young designer, Livia Rafaela, who did some great work for me, and is looking for more freelance work. Look at her portfolio! https://www.livrafaela.com

• Post #537966

  Really, @1password ? That’s the kind of price increase that has consumers running for the exits!

• Post #492055

  No reminder needed; never forgot. ✊ https://indieweb.social/@brentsimmons/116160868260804811

• Post #331464

  I need this to become the dominant in-joke in our little industry. MORGE CONTINVUOCLY https://mastodon.social/@mossmann/116086520011187648