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@manton Thanks! The newsletter went out fine this morning, for what it’s worth.

@manton Is that connected with the newsletter outage Sunday and delays sending on previous days?

@hawaiiboy I might want to give that another look. I dumped Arc because I found the company creepy.

@mitchw.bsky.social her up.”

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/20/ice-secretly-deported-grandfather

@mitchw.bsky.social those darn batteries on two wheels.”

https://electrek.co/2025/07/20/if-you-think-electric-bikes-are-bad-theres-a-much-bigger-menace-hitting-our-roads/

@canion Regarding the Steve Jobs comparison — exactly. However, Jobs was a legit genius in addition to his charisma, while Trump is, other than his undeniable charisma, an incomptent buffoon, and obviously so.

@Miraz I got a bunch of those from Facebook overnight. I wonder if there’s some sort of widespread attack going on?

@mitchw.bsky.social Ah, OK. Makes sense. I find I get more value from Mastodon nowadays but individual experiences are different.

And all my social media experiments are temporary. I don’t intend them that way when I do them, but I’m fickle when it comes to social media.

And I hate 300- & 500-character constraints

@mitchw.bsky.social Bluesky is toxic? I have not seen that. I don’t find it hugely interesting though.

The new account is a mirror of my Mastodon, so you can just follow me on Masto. mitch@hachyderm.io.

@ffmike It’s odd how midcentury depictions of AI become relevant today. Like the Hepburn/Tracy romcom “Desk Set.”

@mattstrabone.bsky.social Joe Walsh is a Democrat now?

@mitchw.bsky.social … that the economy, politics and society are now built on attention and virality, rather than things that matter — manufacturing, science, infrastructure, etc. It’s all about the retweets.

@mitchw.bsky.social We’re doing ok now, coasting on past accomplishments, like wealthy spendthrifts living off the wealth of past generations. But it’s coming apart fast.

@mitchw.bsky.social Donald Trump is, of course, the ringmaster of this circus.

@mitchw.bsky.social Crypto is the apotheosis of the U.S. economy built on social media virality. Gilded Age robber barons were monsters, but they built railroads, coal and steel mines and factories. They built urban infrastructure.

@mitchw.bsky.social The U.S economy and society today is built on conspiracy theories and digital beanie babies.

@mitchw.bsky.social This sounds dire — but we can stop this. People and societies have free will. It’ll take a while to dig out of the hole we’ve dug ourselves into. I probably won’t live to see the end of this process. But we need to get started.

@mitchw.bsky.social And get the report www.fierce-network.com/premium/rese…

@nitpicking I wonder if it’s a carrier feature (AT&T) rather than Apple. Apple is supposedly making it easier in iOS26.

@nitpicking It’s easy on the iPhone. One tap. I can’t imagine how it could be easier on Android.

@estherschindler Splendid!

@JohnPhilpin It’s like iced or coldbrew coffee, but it’s injected with nitrogen in some fashion, so it looks like Guinness beer (or some other stout), with a head. And it feels like stout beer in my mouth. But it’s coldbrew coffee.

On a warm day, sometimes it seems to me that it would be excellent but then I taste it and say to myself, “Nope, still don’t like it.”

I love a good stout tho.

@VulcanTourist rimshot.gif.

@ffmike I suspect they both were inspired by Hunter Thompson and “Hell’s Angels.” I think Zelazny explicitly said as much.

@ffmike I loved the shorter version of Damnation Alley. I wonder which came first: That or Escape From New York?