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+ 5k on my birthday ✅
I committed to something at the start of the year, and I'm happy to say I was able to make it happen.
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I'm Matt Birchler, a designer, product manager, YouTuber, and developer who's been writing about tech since 2010.
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I was so close to saying something nice about Dia
Oh man, what remarkable timing. I had a blog post scheduled to go up later today, in which I said
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My favorite M5 iPad Pro review
Riley Hill is one of my favorite writers focused on the iPad, and he just reviewed the new M5 iPad
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+ Text files are eternal
Some simple adoration for the greatest file format of all time.
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Bluesky, Mastodon, and Threads after the hype
Casey Newton: The Bluesky Exodus, One Year Later
Bluesky's ingenuity in reimagining feeds and moderation tools has been
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+ 5 GTA games in 12 years, then 13 years to wait for the next one
The major game studios release one game every five to ten years at this point, when they used to release absolute classics every one or two years. I do not like this trend.
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If the KKK loves what you're saying, you might be the baddies
John Ganz writing in 2023: The Preppie in Decline
His father, Don Black, was a Klan wizard and the founder