Nostr notes by BenRiceM

I hate having to say this, I hate having to turn my back on ...

2026-08-10T09:29:14Z

In reply to nevent1q…5ljp
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I hate having to say this, I hate having to turn my back on people whose work or posts I otherwise enjoy, but it keeps happening and it’s so fucking depressing.

It’s the lowest possible bar. and yet.

Engaging with Harry Potter books, movies, theme parks, etc and ...

2026-08-10T09:17:48Z

Engaging with Harry Potter books, movies, theme parks, etc and announcing it to social media is a bizarre thing to do in 2026.

We have been screaming from the rooftops for almost a decade about the harm this causes to trans people. You have no excuse.

If I see it, it’s an immediate unfollow.

Just spend 3 hours prepping a wood fired pizza oven then baking ...

2026-08-02T21:28:18Z

Just spend 3 hours prepping a wood fired pizza oven then baking ~15 pizzas

As a small addendum, there’s a fundraiser to help Daniel’s ...

2026-07-25T13:58:01Z

In reply to nevent1q…rnn2
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As a small addendum, there’s a fundraiser to help Daniel’s family with all the costs associated and I’m sure they’d be incredibly grateful for any donations

Not the point of the thread, I just wanted to share my experience, but if you’re feeling fired up and ready to help, here’s an easy way to do so

https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-daniels-family-attend-the-ulm-5-trial-in-germany

It feels reductive to draw comparison to what is essentially ...

2026-07-25T11:40:24Z

In reply to nevent1q…w0sh
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It feels reductive to draw comparison to what is essentially children’s entertainment, but if you’ve ever wondered “what would I do in this situation?” I hope you have even a fraction of the courage of the Ulm 5.

I’ve spent these past few days dancing between seething rage at ...

2026-07-25T11:40:24Z

In reply to nevent1q…zpst
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I’ve spent these past few days dancing between seething rage at the justice system, profound admiration for my friend their co-defendants, and intense gratitude for the community of activists and volunteers who are fight for justice.

More than anything else though, I just fucking miss my friend.

If at this point, you still believe that Israel is justified in ...

2026-07-25T11:40:24Z

In reply to nevent1q…z32c
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If at this point, you still believe that Israel is justified in killing civilians and children, denying aid and medicine, demolishing hospitals, murdering journalists, and raping activists, I really don’t know what to say. But if you find yourself on that side of history, I hope that you can still see that Daniel and the others acted purely in defence of vulnerable people in a situation beyond desperate.

If that’s not heroism, I don’t know what is.

It’s hard to capture the disposition of the judge but ...

2026-07-25T11:40:23Z

In reply to nevent1q…k8d8
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It’s hard to capture the disposition of the judge but “dismissive, belittling, and demonstrating a complete disregard for any semblance of a fair trial” start to come close.

The kind of person who would laugh at the hardship she has just caused, then roll her eyes and complain that she doesn’t get what all the fuss is about.

Repeatedly.

A delegation of Irish politicians also attended on Wednesday and ...

2026-07-25T11:40:23Z

In reply to nevent1q…ts2a
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A delegation of Irish politicians also attended on Wednesday and were outraged by the lack of records and themselves were not allowed to bring in pen and paper. I truly hope they can put pressure on the German government or the EU to do *something* about how this entire case is being handled.

I’m no lawyer but it seems blatantly obvious that multiple human rights have been violated here.

I grew up with a love of Star Wars and superheroes, the ...

2026-07-25T11:40:23Z

In reply to nevent1q…khnd
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I grew up with a love of Star Wars and superheroes, the contemporary morality plays that teach you when to stand up for the defenceless, when to resist oppressive regimes. Andor showed, to widespread acclaim, the impact that a brave few can achieve when they’re willing to sacrifice everything. I gather than religious texts occasionally covers similar themes.

They request access to phone calls while in prison, and are ...

2026-07-25T11:40:22Z

In reply to nevent1q…8q7t
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They request access to phone calls while in prison, and are denied.

They ask for handcuffs to be removed while in transit in police vehicles (and their ankles remain cuffed), for some of them up to three hours from their respective prisons to the court, and are denied.

They ask for an independent stenographer and a courtroom sketch artist, and are denied.

Daniel and their co-defendants (the Ulm 5) are separated from ...

2026-07-25T11:40:22Z

In reply to nevent1q…wza8
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Daniel and their co-defendants (the Ulm 5) are separated from their legal teams by a wall of bulletproof glass and they cannot communicate effectively. They have to use microphones, which seem to cut out frequently, or speak through a grill in the wall. And they must juggle listening to the lawyers, the judge, and translators simultaneously.

Every day in court, the 5 request that they be allowed sit with their lawyers and every day, the judge denies their requests.

Security requires you to go through a metal detector, a full ...

2026-07-25T11:40:21Z

In reply to nevent1q…xrg3
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Security requires you to go through a metal detector, a full pat-down, and your shoes and the soles of your feet are checked. I was verbally sexually harassed going through security on Wednesday and I’ve heard others have had even worse experiences previously.

While my own experience is pretty immaterial given.. everything else, it did feel like a microcosm of the whole situation. Needlessly cruel, dehumanising, and intended to delay and frustrate.

I also attended some of the trial in Stuttgart which is an ...

2026-07-25T11:40:21Z

In reply to nevent1q…mvhu
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I also attended some of the trial in Stuttgart which is an absolute farce.

There is no audio or video recording of the trail. Photographs are only permitted for two minutes before proceedings begin.

While journalists are allowed laptops, pen, and paper, public attendees (like myself) are not. Photos are allowed for two minutes at the start of each day. We cannot even bring water in. The only access to water is to cut your hands and drink from the taps in the bathrooms.

It’s hard to tell to how well Daniel is really holding up or ...

2026-07-25T11:40:20Z

In reply to nevent1q…tr96
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It’s hard to tell to how well Daniel is really holding up or whether they’re putting on a brave face for friends and family. I think I would be an empty shell of a human by this point in their shoes. That Daniel is still the same empathetic and enthusiastic goofball is nothing short of miraculous.

Daniel and the other defendants (the Ulm 5) broke into a building ...

2026-07-25T11:40:20Z

In reply to nevent1q…4f6s
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Daniel and the other defendants (the Ulm 5) broke into a building of Elbit Systems, an Israeli weapons manufacturer to destroy equipment there in the hopes of preventing some small amount of the genocide taking place in Palestine. Only property damage occurred, no people were harmed or threatened and the 5 voluntarily waited to be peacefully arrested.

I believe on Wednesday, Zo, one of the 5, said something to the effect of “this would all be worthwhile if we manage to save one child’s life”

Their only other communication is via letters which are, as you ...

2026-07-25T11:40:20Z

In reply to nevent1q…ywa9
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Their only other communication is via letters which are, as you might expect, opened and read by the justice system, which adds weeks of delay to any correspondence.

The only thing Daniel can do is read the limited books they have access to, exercise, or sleep. And access to the exercise equipment is dependent on specific guards being available. Daniel said they’ve recently had to go 6 weeks without access to the equipment.

Daniel loves long distance running outdoors.

I’m just back from a trip to Germany to visit one of my closest ...

2026-07-25T11:40:19Z

I’m just back from a trip to Germany to visit one of my closest friends, Daniel, who’s been held in solitary confinement 23h a day for the past ten months in a 2 × 5m cell.

They get one hour of visitation per month.

There’s a lot of outrage directed at data centres right now and ...

2026-07-25T08:50:26Z

There’s a lot of outrage directed at data centres right now and I wonder how many people consider how much less storage and bandwidth are required for audio vs video.

We’d need fewer data centres if they weren’t being filled with videos of two people sitting on Zoom with blurry living rooms

https://mastodon.social/@pxlnv/116977695735124645

you’re right, whether the number is above or below 69 is a much ...

2026-07-07T12:26:59Z

In reply to nevent1q…zs22
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you’re right, whether the number is above or below 69 is a much more sensible way of deciding whether it’s warm or not 😜

I thought @npub1avm…dsfh was just making fun of the non-zero ...

2026-07-07T12:19:56Z

In reply to nevent1q…e273
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I thought Kevin Patrick O’Ghoul 🍅🥫 (npub1avm…dsfh) was just making fun of the non-zero baseline chart

And that’s what I was actually getting at. Your scale is too far removed from zero at normal temperatures to use zero baseline, so you end up with stupid charts like above.

sigh

2026-07-07T11:03:08Z

In reply to nevent1q…058t
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*sigh*

Every time someone (@npub1vuf…klt8) says Fahrenheit is more ...

2026-07-07T10:50:26Z

Every time someone (Casey Liss (npub1vuf…klt8)) says Fahrenheit is more intuitive I’m gonna bring up this chart

https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:pqyqajvwhjfywv2tbq2sjxfz/post/3mpyft6x3ms26

That’s mostly true, but Apple could support publishing updates ...

2026-06-20T09:28:23Z

In reply to nevent1q…2sxp
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That’s mostly true, but Apple could support publishing updates to older versions of the app.

It can be a huge pain trying to support multiple operating systems, but imagine if you could have a “legacy” version of your app for iOS 18 and the current version on iOS 26/27 but still be able to publish bug fixes to the 18 version.

And if that were possible you could tie your paid updates to operating system versions.

(Does that make sense?)

I do wish Apple made it easier to support other pricing models ...

2026-06-19T22:17:45Z

In reply to nevent1q…7kxm
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I do wish Apple made it easier to support other pricing models like paying for 1 year of updates. But there’s no way for the App Store to serve different versions of the app so that’s kind of a non-starter.

And as you might imagine, I’m not a big fan of the advertising model

I know a lot of developers who say (or used to say) to avoid ...

2026-06-19T21:47:54Z

In reply to nevent1q…78gz
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I know a lot of developers who say (or used to say) to avoid lifetime options, for a variety of reasons.

So I try to price them high enough to discourage most users from considering it, while the people who are aggressively against subscriptions still have an option

Just doing a little #marketresearch.. if you’ve seen me mention ...

2026-06-19T18:57:58Z

Just doing a little #marketresearch.. if you’ve seen me mention Indigo over the last month or so but haven’t given it a try, I’d love to hear why?

Is it pricing? You’re happy with your current client? Any thoughts at all?

You can even resize the simulator, here’s what a widescreen ...

2026-06-08T18:13:05Z

You can even resize the simulator, here’s what a widescreen iPhone would look like NO REASON WHY YOU ASK

Hopes & Dreams #WWDC ...

2026-06-08T10:21:58Z

Hopes & Dreams #WWDC

https://benricemccarthy.ghost.io/last-minute-wwdc-26-hopes-dreams/

when will my husband return from the war ...

2026-05-29T23:04:21Z

when will my husband return from the war

if anything, this would alleviate localisation issues. If ...

2026-05-25T11:05:33Z

In reply to nevent1q…xalm
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if anything, this would alleviate localisation issues.

If “food” was a category you choose from a picker, the language wouldn’t matter and could be translated by the client app. Right now if someone writes a content warning in a non-Latin script, I have no idea what it means.

Hot take: I think Mastodon should have Content Warning ...

2026-05-25T10:49:55Z

Hot take: I think Mastodon should have Content Warning Categories.

Some people might be okay with nudity but not photos of food, etc. Being able to preemptively choose what to see would make CWs less interruptive

My job would be so much easier if doing any amount of self ...

2026-04-30T16:09:00Z

My job would be so much easier if doing any amount of self promotion didn’t feel incredibly cringe

It’s kinda weird that the news is just giant yellow text in the ...

2026-04-13T12:41:41Z

It’s kinda weird that the news is just giant yellow text in the night sky now, but I think it works

Since its Pokémon Day, I should probably remind you that I make ...

2026-02-27T15:03:41Z

Since its Pokémon Day, I should probably remind you that I make the nicest Pokédex app out there, Ketchup: https://apps.apple.com/ie/app/ketchup-for-pok%C3%A9mon/id6477297968

(Reposts appreciated)

Over the past year, @npub1f5v…kh4x and I have been working on ...

2026-02-09T15:00:09Z

Over the past year, Aaron Vegh (npub1f5v…kh4x) and I have been working on something very exciting!

We thought we’d give you a little teaser now and you can sign up to hear more very soon.

https://indigosocial.app/

This is fucking terrifying. It’s not a new concern, but good to ...

2025-12-13T09:39:22Z

This is fucking terrifying.

It’s not a new concern, but good to be reminded that your entire digital life can be annihilated in an instant with no recourse

https://cloudisland.nz/@parisba/115710491106723110

I guess all my design Feedbacks weren’t ignored 🤔 ...

2025-12-03T21:45:35Z

I guess all my design Feedbacks weren’t ignored 🤔

https://mastodon.social/@markgurman/115657311502006405

The Danish Foreign Minister gifted his Egyptian counterpart a ...

2025-11-01T21:17:25Z

The Danish Foreign Minister gifted his Egyptian counterpart a Lego set of the pyramids and I think all politics should just be some variation of this

Vision Pro (2025) is the most fun you can have with two straps ...

2025-10-15T13:46:07Z

Vision Pro (2025) is the most fun you can have with two straps and no lesbians
https://mastodon.social/@alexcox/115378420906483820

Congratulations to all the tech journalists who keep talking ...

2025-10-13T16:28:19Z

Congratulations to all the tech journalists who keep talking about how cool and exciting the Meta Ray-Bans are https://mastodon.social/@verge/115367411809310943

I see something like this pretty much every day (I think it ...

2025-09-05T13:00:45Z

In reply to nevent1q…w4su
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I see something like this pretty much every day (I think it happens when my phone is in the Sleep Focus Mode).

It’s embarrassing that this is going to ship in a week

This is the perfect demonstration of why Liquid Glass is a ...

2025-09-05T12:49:10Z

This is the perfect demonstration of why Liquid Glass is a mistake.

Sure it’s not always this bad, and sometimes it even looks cool. But the system UI should fundamentally just work.

Instead it’s in a constant state of flux trying to remain legible, in an attempt to solve the problem it created.
https://mastodon.social/@chbeer/115146363054220735

It is deeply and profoundly embarrassing to watch the head of a ...

2025-08-06T21:50:51Z

It is deeply and profoundly embarrassing to watch the head of a trillion dollar company debase himself like this
https://www.threads.com/@aaron.rupar/post/DNB0zymJDjS

Today I’m very excited to introduce Obscura Studio. Obscura ...

2025-06-30T14:06:27Z

In reply to nevent1q…fca6
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Today I’m very excited to introduce Obscura Studio.

Obscura Studio is a photo editing app designed to make editing your photos easy and intuitive.

I think it’s the perfect companion for Obscura

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/obscura-studio/id6744744794

On top of the (usually) glowing press coverage, Obscura has been ...

2025-06-30T14:06:26Z

In reply to nevent1q…6qw2
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On top of the (usually) glowing press coverage, Obscura has been featured as Editors’ Choice, App of the Day and more. It’s been shown in WWDC keynotes and installed on Apple Store demo units around the world.

It’s been a huge honour and I’m excited for the next decade.

There is one more thing…

10 years ago, I launched Obscura into the world because I wanted ...

2025-06-30T14:06:26Z

10 years ago, I launched Obscura into the world because I wanted to have more control over my iPhone’s camera.

I could not be more grateful to everyone who’s made it all possible

https://benricemccarthy.ghost.io/obscuras-10th-anniversary/

I finally caught up on Andor yesterday, pretty good stuff ...

2025-06-09T16:05:24Z

I finally caught up on Andor yesterday, pretty good stuff

Kinda bummed at the thought that Jony Ive spent decades building ...

2025-05-21T21:03:39Z

Kinda bummed at the thought that Jony Ive spent decades building tools for artists and creators to realise their visions and now he’s building tools to harvest all that work without compensation

$6.5 billion that could be going to those artists.

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2025-05-08T22:08:15Z

They chose a pope from Chicago so he could dish out deep thoughts

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2025-05-01T16:43:23Z

more like poly gone am I right

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2025-04-29T10:54:50Z

Is Bluesky down for anyone else?

If you visit CERN today they’re giving away neutrinos, free of ...

2025-04-25T09:37:05Z

If you visit CERN today they’re giving away neutrinos, free of charge

if you record Analogue and he records Analog, does that mean ...

2025-04-09T20:12:44Z

In reply to nevent1q…x9j5
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if you record Analogue and he records Analog, does that mean there’s a 25% deficit

Man I got my hopes up for a fraction of a second ...

2025-04-09T18:09:28Z

Man I got my hopes up for a fraction of a second https://infosec.exchange/@cyd/114306093787008999

I’m seeing a lot of “WWDC was announced!” And not a lot of ...

2025-03-25T18:55:27Z

I’m seeing a lot of “WWDC was announced!”

And not a lot of “Don’t come to the US because it’s incredibly unsafe for anyone who’s non-white or queer”

And absolutely zero “we understand the difficulties faced by developers overseas so we’re hosting events around the world so everyone can take part”

Pretty much daily, I’ll hear someone I like and respect mention ...

2025-03-14T08:09:50Z

Pretty much daily, I’ll hear someone I like and respect mention that they use ChatGPT and I desperately want to know what it would take for them to stop supporting this morally bankrupt, piece of shit company

I don’t care if you find replying to email to be tedious, take some god damn personal responsibility

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/03/openai-urges-trump-either-settle-ai-copyright-debate-or-lose-ai-race-to-china/

Stumbled across a corgi meet-up this morning, which was a brief ...

2025-03-02T14:04:53Z

Stumbled across a corgi meet-up this morning, which was a brief reminder that not everything is terrible all the time

It’s 2014 and Adobe announces Photoshop for iPhone It’s 2017 ...

2025-02-25T14:31:22Z

It’s 2014 and Adobe announces Photoshop for iPhone

It’s 2017 and Adobe announces Photoshop for iPhone

It’s 2025 and Adobe announces Photoshop for iPhone https://mstdn.social/@TechCrunch/114064892418710205

the real switch two was inside us all along

2025-01-16T14:08:46Z

In reply to nevent1q…wyln
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the real switch two was inside us all along

I don’t know how anyone survives the last decade of weaponised ...

2024-12-13T19:47:41Z

I don’t know how anyone survives the last decade of weaponised misinformation and then thinks filtering all their news through an LLM is good idea https://mastodon.online/@9to5Mac/113647127504397409

“There you go Zero you’ve got another box” Siri: Now ...

2024-12-12T10:36:44Z

“There you go Zero you’ve got another box”

Siri: Now playing Gimme Shelter (2006? Remix) by The Rolling Stones

okay that’s good to know, thanks for the testing

2024-11-27T17:27:39Z

In reply to nevent1q…3pp9
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okay that’s good to know, thanks for the testing

yeah I’ve had issues where the Threads OAuth flow just didn’t ...

2024-11-27T17:11:28Z

In reply to nevent1q…v0cq
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yeah I’ve had issues where the Threads OAuth flow just didn’t call back correctly

Sign In is the source of like 90% of our headaches 🥲

is a client app for seeing your all your social feeds, Croissant ...

2024-11-27T16:18:13Z

In reply to nevent1q…fvth
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is a client app for seeing your all your social feeds, Croissant is focused on being a really excellent experience for posting

We like what Openvibe (npub1nwk…dgjz) is doing, but we’re building very different tools from each other

Both @npub1f5v…kh4x and myself are very excited to announce ...

2024-11-27T15:00:36Z

Both Aaron Vegh (npub1f5v…kh4x) and myself are very excited to announce that Croissant is now available on Mac and iPad 🥳

https://apps.apple.com/ie/app/croissant-cross-posting/id6670288979

Today in ridiculous App Review rejections: Croissant was rejected ...

2024-11-26T13:59:02Z

Today in ridiculous App Review rejections:

Croissant was rejected because App Review thinks signing into Bluesky, Mastodon, and Threads is like “Sign in with Google”, and they want “Sign in with Apple” there too 🤦🏻

cc Rejected by App Review (npub1nn8…wvl6) #RejectedByAppReview

It’s truly horrible waking up to the news that millions of ...

2024-11-06T08:29:33Z

It’s truly horrible waking up to the news that millions of people are more full of hate that you could ever possibly understand

Introducing Croissant 🥐 Social media in 2024 can be a real ...

2024-10-01T14:00:08Z

In reply to nevent1q…um76
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Introducing Croissant 🥐

Social media in 2024 can be a real pain. But I’m happy to d’éclair that Croissant is here to help. It makes cross-posting to Bluesky, Mastodon and Threads feel buttery smooth.

Donut walk, run to the App Store and download it now:
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/croissant-cross-posting/id6670288979

Introducing Croissant on iPhone! Wait, no. Let’s try that ...

2024-10-01T14:00:06Z

Introducing Croissant on iPhone!

Wait, no. Let’s try that again…

Since it doesn’t come across in screenshots, the issue was in ...

2024-09-27T16:12:52Z

In reply to nevent1q…su0q
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Since it doesn’t come across in screenshots, the issue was in trying to use two UIWindows in Obscura, one to contain the camera UI, which was locked in portrait, and one for the library UI, which was free to rotate.

I could pass touches and gestures through the camera window to the library window below, which worked fine except for pinch gestures on the lower half of the screen ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

One of my single most validating moments as an iOS developer was ...

2024-09-27T16:12:37Z

One of my single most validating moments as an iOS developer was discovering a bug in UIKit, which I then showed to some UIKit engineers at a bar during WWDC, who then called over more UIKit engineers who all stood around debating how on earth this could be happening.

I’m pleased…? to say it still exists on iOS 18.

yeah we’re definitely open to other services, we just need to ...

2024-09-23T18:25:44Z

In reply to nevent1q…uvs3
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yeah we’re definitely open to other services, we just need to launch, see how it performs and then work out what to prioritise

I’ve never heard of it before now!

2024-09-23T18:15:31Z

In reply to nevent1q…egay
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I’ve never heard of it before now!

Lovely bloggers, vloggers, podcasters, and pastry connoisseurs: ...

2024-09-23T10:30:20Z

Lovely bloggers, vloggers, podcasters, and pastry connoisseurs:

Aaron Vegh (npub1f5v…kh4x) and I have been cooking up a new app, Croissant, an app for cross-posting to Bluesky, Mastodon, and Threads, launching later this week!

We’d love for you try it out and help *spread* the word

man, I miss Alamo Drafthouse so much

2024-09-20T17:22:55Z

In reply to nevent1q…re09
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man, I miss Alamo Drafthouse so much

it did 😅

2024-09-16T19:40:24Z

In reply to nevent1q…ss95
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it did 😅

I love that the mastodon ecosystem has so much variety in ...

2024-09-09T15:10:25Z

I love that the mastodon ecosystem has so much variety in clients, feels like the best days of Twitter all over again https://mastodon.social/@JPEGuin/113108133006563284

I agree with some of @npub1e0x…xqda’s points: - browser ...

2024-09-06T19:02:12Z

I agree with some of John Gruber (npub1e0x…xqda)’s points:
- browser ballot pages are likely confusing for many users; being informed of choice != being forced to make a choice
- the EU should more in conversation with Apple about what features are non-compliant

But it misses the forest for the trees:
Apple holds ungodly amount of power over many aspects of daily life. Banking, grocery shopping, dating, communication, art and culture are all mediated by our phones
https://mastodon.social/@daringfireball/113091446183508943

Pedro Pascal’s sister, Lux, is an actress, a model, an ...

2023-01-06T20:09:31Z

Pedro Pascal’s sister, Lux, is an actress, a model, an activist, and none of those things is as cool as being named after two units of measurement