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It's just a slice
Jay Van Bavel: Are a Few People Ruining the Internet for the Rest of Us?
In a paper I recently
Blog
Fake frames?
At the top of this post there is a screenshot I took from Doom The Dark Ages, which I played
Apple
How iPadOS can win me over
Apple's iPadOS 26 update was undoubtedly a significant upgrade for iPad power users. I've heard from
+ Quick Reviews 2.0 is coming along
Version 2 is ready for testing! More Birchtree subscribers get early access.
Links
You stay away from my F1 TV!
Dominic-Madori Davis writing for TechCrunch:
Formula 1 could have a new U.S. streaming service home soon. Apple is in
Apple
Liquid glass, now with frosted tips
As many now have commented on, today's OS 26 betas tone down the liquid glass effect quite a
My F1 movie review
Three of my main entertainment categories are Formula 1 racing, movies, and Apple, and the new F1 movie happen to
macOS still isn't as small as you think
2 years ago I wrote a piece about how the macOS UI isn't as small as you think
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Social media amplifies unpopular opinions
A couple weeks ago I linked to a conversation that discussed how social media services can make us think that
How to find a good quote for a bad movie
I was watching the Apple TV ads scrolling by on my Apple TV today and I saw Fountain of Youth
Politics
Redistribution of wealth via healthcare
Not-my-favorite-guy-in-the-world Matt Yglesias talking about what Republicans actually mean when they talk about cutting Medicaid:
I think you could see
Links
What Microsoft thinks about games
SkillUp discussing the Microsoft layoffs I wrote about as well:
I'm particularly sensitive to this topic because the
Liquid glass one month later
I've been using all of the "26" Apple operating system betas for about a month now,
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+ The endless era of deciding what we want to be human
What do we do when technology lets us offload human work?
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What is going on at Xbox Game Studios?
Microsoft is laying off over 9,000 people, including some entire game studios they have acquired. These studios were making
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+ Just the best-o-masto
What if you could just get the best of your Mastodon feed without scrolling forever?
Apple
In defense of the already-killed Tahoe beta 1 Finder icon
I’m old enough to remember when people in the Apple enthusiast crowd were disgusted by the new Finder icon.
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If you haven't played Monument Valley 3 on an iPad yet, do it now before it's gone
Ash Parrish: Netflix is letting go of some of its best indie games | The Verge
Several titles like Braid, Katana