I know this has been said many times, by many people, but the ads in Apple News are probably the very worst, stupidest, least-relevant, most AI-generated garbage of any ads I see all day long. And I *pay* for Apple News.
Rich Siegel
@siegel.bsky.social
I use Macs to turn caffeine into bugs. Occasional KitchenAid mixer content tagged #Mixerology. He/him.
Dolly Parton's passing is effortlessly proving that if you spend your life being nice and kind and generous instead of mean and cruel and selfish, then apologists for mean cruel selfish bullies won't have to go around scolding people for cheering when you die, because there will be no cheering.
There’s so much Dolly-discourse about the proper uses of wealth and fame and legacy, and some harsh comparisons to others who also have or had those advantages. See @clairewillett.bsky.social for a vivid example. But there something nicer going on, worth mentioning:
STOP IT!! NO!! THE USPS DID *NOT* PUT THE MAIL-IN BALLOT RULE INTO EFFECT!!! Several social media and even major news outlets, are reporting that, despite court injunctions, the USPS put into effect Trump's mail-in balloting rule. THIS IS NOT ACCURATE! IT IS NOT TRUE!
Literally no one in DC is saying this. Jesus fucking Christ, it's been a goddamn mess. It took me an hour to get to work down at the wharf on Tuesday because everything was fucked.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4d agoDoug Burgum claims the residents of DC are telling him of the Indycar race, "please, please, do this again next year"
Uline is terrible and I won’t buy from them, but I die a little inside when I get a supplier shipment in one of their boxes. This web site has a list of alternative suppliers: refuseuline.com#resources
Refuse Uline
Uline is a purposely political company aligned with extreme right-wing ideology. Despite their politics, millions of small businesses and artists still use ULINE completely unaware of what their dolla...
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ProPublica@propublica.org · 2w agoThat cardboard box in your home is fueling election denial... A boom in profits for the shipping supply giant Uline provided the funds for a deeply conservative Midwestern family to bankroll anti-democracy causes around the country. (Published 2022)
Undermining the Democratic process is in no way "conservative". These people are radicals, and it's time journalists start referring to them that way.
ProPublica@propublica.org · 2w agoThat cardboard box in your home is fueling election denial... A boom in profits for the shipping supply giant Uline provided the funds for a deeply conservative Midwestern family to bankroll anti-democracy causes around the country. (Published 2022)
New post at Shirt Pocket Watch - The New Zoo Reviews https://www.shirtpocket.com/blog/the_new_zoo_reviews
The New Zoo Reviews — Shirt Pocket Watch
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🧵I'm pleased to announce two big updates for the Mixerology app: ( #mixerology )
Suan La Chow Show from Mary Chunk's in Central Square, Cambridge. 🥹
Chloe N. Clark@pintsncupcakes.bsky.social · last yr.I don't want to hear about your lost loves, tell me about the restaurant food that haunts you because you'll never be able to taste it again
A few random coins (but never higher than a dime) encrusted with an unidentified substance.
darth™️@darthbluesky.bsky.social · 3w agofor a junk drawer to legally qualify as a real junk drawer, what is the ONE absolute mandatory item it must include? a mysterious key that does not unlock any thing
OH HEY I RECOGNIZE THAT ICON blog.iconfactory.com/2026/07/pro-... (The folks at @iconfactory.com are super nice and have been an absolute pleasure to work with. So if you're looking for someone to do this kind of work, I think they're absolutely worth talking to.)
Pro Icons. Indie Prices. • The Breakroom
Bringing an app to life is difficult. It’s a labor of love that’s the culmination of thousands of hours of hard work. A personal expression of yourself. After all that, your app’s icon might seem like...
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I think "quarter height nuclear fuel assembly" should replace "golf bag" as the UOM for trunk capacity.
Anna Biela@nuclearanna.bsky.social · 4w agoDid you know: the Hyundai Elantra is perfectly sized to fit one (1) quarter height nuclear fuel assembly in its trunk?
As good as many of you said. I really appreciate the unambiguous point that this primarily a racist moral panic before unpacking the nuanced second-order explanations. dannykatch.substack.com/p/we-used-to...
We used to be able to buy things in this country
Locking up toothpaste was a warning sign that our executive class was crazy
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#AvGeeks -- this Airbus A350 is currently the most tracked flight in the world. It's a test flight for the new QANTAS 'Project Sunrise' routes. This one is non-stop from Toulouse to Melbourne, covering about 42% of Earth's circumference size in one service. Currently over Saudi Arabia.
Flightradar24@flightradar24.com · last mo.The first non-stop flight from Toulouse to Melbourne is in the air. The nearly 17,000 km flight is part of the A350-1000ULR’s flight test campaign. Follow along at www.flightradar24.com/AIB35LR/40ce...
This is a *fantastic* video that explains exactly WTF is going on with Taylor Farms and how tracing works TLDR: - they are responsible - the false positive was only on one of several samples - it’s difficult to test parasites - there may still be other sources - Taylor Farms is being shady AF
How it started(*), OTD 20 years ago. (* Artist's conception)
You write your eulogy in life. If you want people to mourn, make your life something to celebrate. If you want people to celebrate, make your life something to mourn.
Sam Neil has so many great performances that it feels almost reductive to focus on one scene. Except it's one of the most iconic scenes in movie history and all of it, The groundbreaking CGI, the sweeping John Williams score *doesn't* work without the authentic joy and wonder of Neill's performance
Lindsey Graham was one of the main subjects of a @theatlantic.com cover story I wrote in 2020, on why people collaborate with regimes they know are immoral. Here's a gift link: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
History Will Judge the Complicit
Why have Republican leaders abandoned their principles in support of an immoral and dangerous president?
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I did a one-off build as a gift for a family member. Took a 1990s-era Ultra Power, and had a trusted friend do a custom powder coat. When the color parts came back I reassembled with a bunch of internal upgrades, 230V/50Hz conversion, and a new bowl with stainless accessories. #mixerology
We have a kitchen aid mixer that was purchased in the late 90’s. So 30 some years old. Still use it at least twice a week and it works perfectly so long as you push the pin back in place when you’re using it. It’s made cookies for both my kids their entire lives.
June marks the Iconfactory's 30th year in business. To help celebrate the occasion we're kicking things off with a sale of some of our most popular apps, plus other surprises. 🤓🎉 Thanks to all our fans, clients and supporters, we wouldn't be here without you. blog.iconfactory.com/2026/06/the-...
The Iconfactory Turns 30 – How Time Flies! • The Breakroom
Thirty years ago this month, three friends working at a small multimedia company in Greensboro, NC, decided to post a few fun sets of Mac desktop icons on an AOL webpage. Little did we know what we we...
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