🔗 ‘At $150 off, the new MacBook Air is now cheaper than last year’s model’ theverge.com

Simply incredible images coming from the Artemis II crew from their time going ‘round the moon. What a privilege for them to experience such a wonderful solar eclipse. Check out *The Verge*’s post for some history and metadata. 🚀🌕

An image of a total solar eclipse seen from space, with the moon completely covering the sun, creating a bright corona around the dark silhouette of the moon. The surrounding sky is filled with distant stars.

9to5Mac: ‘Apple faces supply chain problem as MacBook Neo demand exceeds expectations’

One option is to pay TSMC a premium to ramp up A18 Pro fabrication again, although it’s unclear how much that would cost on a per-unit basis. Apple may have to bump the price of the Neo to make the math work, preserving its preferred healthy profit margins. This could mean removing the base $599 configuration from sale, leaving only the $699 model.

A good problem, I s’pose. I think it’s unlikely that Apple would bump the price—it’s too central to its marketing. They’d restrict the $599 model, if anything.

Psyched for the next season of Dark Matter to come out in August! I loved both the book and the show.

Today, Apple TV revealed a first look at the second season of the acclaimed sci-fi series “Dark Matter,” which is set to make its global debut on Friday, August 28.

Season two will pick up where season one left off but where the book ended—so there’s no existing storyline to guide it this time. Not to worry though, author Blake Crouch serves as creator, executive producer, showrunner and writer—so it’s coming straight from the source.

The Verge has the pics without spoilers like Apple’s post.

Shoutout to @lexfri@hachyderm.io and his Your Daily Lex podcast. Man, that guy is busy! It sometimes makes one feel inadequate, but I really enjoy listening to little stories about his day and how he’s pursuing his goals and interests.

Been listening for many years, and hope to do so for many more. 🎧

I’ve been using On This Day in beta and it’s great! Ever need a quick hit of nostalgia? Just open it up. Particularly great on holidays and birthdays.

I launched my first iOS app! 🚀

On This Day Rewind shows you photos and videos from today's date in past years. Widgets, reminders, cleanup, and sharing features included - fully on device.

Props to the Artemis II crew for refusing to pander. You love to see it. 🚀 🇺🇸 🇨🇦

I’d love it if more blogging platforms built this flexibility in from the start. It’s a fun feature!

Jottit pages now have plain text and raw markdown versions.

Append .txt for stripped text or .md for the original markdown.

Example: jottit.org/@sbc/rebuilding-jottit.md jottit.org/@sbc/rebuilding-jottit.txt

Useful for reading, quoting, archiving, scraping, and CLI workflows.

Jessica Heck gets it:

There is something sobering about stepping onto a trailhead knowing you will not see your car again for days. Everything you need is on your back. Shelter. Food. Water filtration. Layers. Light.

You either have it or you do not. […]

I walked into the woods with three days of gear and realized I am good. I can problem-solve. I can manage discomfort. I can be alone without feeling isolated. I can wake up sore, make coffee in the quiet, and move forward anyway. […]

You learn quickly that self-reliance is not bravado. It is a responsibility.

And strangely, it is freedom.

Dan Moren: ‘The Back Page: Dispatches from the Apple multiverse’ 🔒

All of these worlds are like ours, but ever so slightly different. And just in case you think the grass is always greener on the other side of the quantum fence, well, be careful what you wish for. As much as some people might deride Liquid Glass, be glad you don’t live on Earth 9w4598-Ω, where Apple really ran with that whole “lickable” interface thing. Computing has never been so sticky.

😂

The speed, reliability, and flexibility of Drafts is truly something special. It’s been in my iPhone’s Dock for about a decade now and is at the center of my blogging and idea capturing workflows.

On this day 14 years ago, at about this time, I was pressing “Release this Version” button in iTunes Connect on Drafts 1.0.

— Greg Pierce
mastodon.social/@agiletortoise/116359522172916100

[Composed in Drafts]

I was about to mark-as-read and move on until I stopped and reread this takeaway from David Sparks:

I’m not saying throw out your task manager. But I’ve started asking myself a different question when I plan my week. Instead of “how much can I get done?”, I’m asking “what deserves slow work this week?” Usually, it’s one thing. And giving that one thing the bonsai treatment, patient attention without rushing to a result, has made the work better.

Striking, isn’t it? When I ask myself that question, one thing does immediately spring to mind. Great framing that I’m going to continue to use.

Lou Plummer replaced Apple Music with some apps and an iPod:

Using a big old iPod Classic forces a certain discipline.

  1. Everything must be local. No cloud placeholders. Availability becomes certain instead of the streamer’s gamble of “is this still licensed?”
  2. Metadata has to be correct. Artist, Album, Genre, Composer, and Year matter because that’s how the device navigates.
  3. Portability means independence. The device doesn’t call home to verify a subscription.

It’s a surprisingly healthy constraint.

I’m probably not going to do it, but there is something appealing about the iPod days of yore.

Congrats to us humans on our new distance record! It was a really touching moment in Integrity as they marked the achievement by honoring Commander Reid Wiseman’s late wife, Carroll. 🚀

I really like this infographic on Instagram that puts the real distance of the moon from Earth into perspective. 🌕

To return home, able to climb another day — that’s the goal! To summit some peaks along the way, we can feel extra thankful for that. 🏔️

Man smiling in snowy forest standing beside tree holding trail sign. Sign reads: Foot Trail. MT. COLVIN 1.8 miles NIPPLETOP MT 2.4 miles. 5-star review text by Donald Fella: Safety is the top priority, which is why I highly recommend Jarrod and Onward Mountain Guides. His professionalism and extensive knowledge of the High Peaks are unmatched. As a 46er who has completed most hikes solo, my wife insisted I not attempt winter solo ascents. Jarrod partnered with me and helped me reach my winter halfway point. We discussed our target peaks and planned our route ahead of time. I trusted Jarrod’s guidance throughout the journey and never regretted it for a moment. It was reassuring to have someone carry all the necessary safety gear and keep us on course. I look forward to continuing my winter peak bagging adventures with him this December.

Happy spring, everybody! 🌱

Snow covers a wooden deck, surrounded by a forest of tall trees, creating a serene winter scene.

I’ve been coming to this same realization.

My fellow people of the United States, if I have anything to teach from what Minneapolis just lived through, it is this:

Nobody is coming to save us. 


Not Congress. Not the courts. Not the ICC or the EU or NATO. Not the generals or the rank and file. Not the press. Not the markets. Not the elections. Not some mythical version of “The People” that materializes out of nowhere as some messianic external force. 

We’re it. We’re all we’ve got. If we don’t stop fascism from completely engulfing the US, then nobody stops it.

Manton Reece: ‘OpenAI got its name right’

How do we reconcile all of this? There is a feeling in the developer community that the Anthropic folks are the good guys. They’re the ones who care about safety. They’re the ones who don’t want ads. They’re the ones fighting the Pentagon.

If you look closer, though, it’s mostly a feeling. Anthropic is an enterprise software company with expensive models. I like Dario Amodei, but he has built a closed company that seems afraid of its own shadow.

Mac vs. PC. iPhone vs. Android. Claude vs. ChatGPT. Closed vs. Open is a never-ending story.

🆕📝 The difference between a company that makes money and a company that makes something worth caring about

Jobs had it. Will Ternus?

Myke Hurley reflects on his first year of parenthood:

Sophia will take whatever energy I can give her. If I have a little, she’ll take that; if I have a lot, she’ll take that too. I actually find this very helpful.

🆕📝 7 Things (Which Are Songs I’ve Been Obsessed With) This Week [#185]

Some of these are definitely making it onto my Rewind 2026 playlist.

Great weekend with the pals. Twas soggy but good sends anyway. Gonna be a solid rock season. 👍

A climber ascends a steep rock face secured by a blue rope wearing a harness with climbing gear in a foggy environment surrounded by bare trees and sparse vegetation. A climber ascending a rocky cliff using a rope surrounded by sparse trees on a misty day with rugged terrain forming the background. A climber ascends a large rocky cliff while another person stands below on a rocky path. The surrounding area is filled with bare trees and fog creates a misty atmosphere. A climber ascends a rugged rock face, using climbing gear, surrounded by misty tree branches and autumn leaves. A climber wearing a pink helmet ascends a gray, rocky cliff face, secured by a pink rope in a wooded outdoor setting. Sparse trees and a cloudy sky surround the scene. Two climbers wearing helmets secure ropes to a rocky cliff face outdoors one smiling at the camera amidst harnesses and climbing gear. Person rock climbing on a vertical cliff face gripping holds with both hands wearing a helmet and harness amidst a rocky outdoor setting with sparse trees and a clear sky. Climber ascends steep rocky cliff wearing helmet and harness carrying gear against a rugged outdoor backdrop with sparse vegetation. People hiking on a rocky forest trail at dusk carrying backpacks and a coiled rope with a dog walking beside them surrounded by bare trees against a twilight sky. Several people wearing backpacks walk along a leaf-covered trail in a forested area with bare trees during early evening or morning light.

I just love the Irish diction for the word girls. 🇮🇪

This week’s episode of Clockwise — their 650th! — which pitted hosts @jsnell@zeppelin.flights (emeritus), @mikahsargent@mastodon.social, and @dmoren@zeppelin.flights against each other vying for @philipmichaels.bsky.social’s approval was a real treat. Congrats on the long-lasting excellence, guys! 🎧

Cloudflare: ‘Introducing EmDash — the spiritual successor to WordPress that solves plugin security’

It is serverless, but you can run it on your own hardware or any platform you choose. Plugins are securely sandboxed and can run in their own isolate, via Dynamic Workers, solving the fundamental security problem with the WordPress plugin architecture. And under the hood, EmDash is powered by Astro, the fastest web framework for content-driven websites.

The technicalities go over my head. But a more free, secure, and modern WordPress with a great name by Cloudflare? This seems like a big deal.