🆕📝 Two bits of good Apple TV+ news
New seasons are coming for two great shows
We wrapped up April and kicked off May with 3 more summits on Tom’s tick list! Dial and Nippletop provided challenge and beauty with the miles and elevation gain. Tabletop’s approach was more pleasant, but the last half mile proved particularly dicey with a shark’s fin of snow taking up the narrow trail. Tom crushed it both days, always with a smile and a chuckle at the hard bits, reveling at the payoff views of the high peaks. 25 miles and 6000 feet of elevation gain over two days is not for the feint of heart this time of year, but Tom proved himself!
@newyorkoutdoorguides @lakeplacidadk #Adirondacks #PerfectDayADK #HireAGuide
Last weekend, I escaped the rainy ADK to climb with some friends in the rainy Red River Gorge in KY! Miguel’s and RRG was our usual weekend getaway back in the CMU days, but it’s a longer haul from NY now! Still, mega fun weekend ticking off some classic routes that I hadn’t done in years, and trying hard on new ones.
Apple’s got a new ‘Snapshot’ page (tool?) on their site. Curious. (Via 9to5Mac)
Finished reading: Frightful’s Mountain by Jean Craighead George 📚
Another solid entry in the series. One more to go.
This new Maggie Rogers single rules! 🎵
🆕📝 HeyDingus Now Runs on iCloud
It's been a long time coming.
🆕📝 HeyDingus Now Runs on iCloud
It's been a long time coming
Welcome @kyleford@hachyderm.io, his site houseofkyle.com is a new member site of the One a Month Club!
When the weather’s warm and sunny down south while it’s wet and dreary up north, you go to the Gunks! A perfect weekend spent with good friends from @adkclimb.club! Finally tagged Ken’s Crack (5.7+) on this trip — what a great little route.
This cabinet is full of clowns. But dangerous, dangerous clowns. 🤡
Let’s nerd out on some anchors I used this weekend at the Gunks! Let me know your favorite one and any questions. 🤘
A: I use this for the top out whenever possible because it sets us up for an efficient rap back down, and using the rope makes for a strong-yet-stretchy anchor.
B: When the anchor’s gear is close together, this classic setup is quick and clear. And getting the rack ready for your second to easily grab is just polite, plus reduces the chance of a dropped piece during a handover.
C: Make your master points high and tight! But then don’t be afraid to extend it to better position the rope and yourself to give an effective belay. Your tether being part of the anchor can complicate things if leading in blocks, but this was the top out so it was ideal.
@newyorkoutdoorguides @lakeplacidadk #gunks #climbing #HireAGuide
All of the fun today with @adkclimb.club friends at Jewels & Gems! Dustin’ off the cobwebs for a glorious rock season. Come climb with us! (Link to book a trip in bio)
It won’t be for a long while, but the Subaru Solterra EV will probably be my next vehicle.
Finished reading: My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George 📚
This book was formative for me back in my middle school years and is precisely why Peregrine Falcons are my favorite bird. A quick read, but certainly makes me want to run away to the woods. I’d forgotten the disappointing ending, though.
Pratik writing about a curiosity with his workplace’s X account:
Today, during our check-in, she mentioned a very curious thing about the site. Our account hardly follows anyone out there so the timeline when she logs in is all Musk. Naturally, she prefers not to read his tweets either so she muted him.
Curiously after that, she wasn’t able to post any tweets. No error but just that random “Something didn’t work. Please try again.” message. She tried logging out and logging back in, tried it from her phone and then from a private browser window but nothing worked.
She even thought, muting Musk wouldn’t be the issue, right? Right? But just to test it out, she umuted him and suddenly everything started working just fine and she was able to post.
Super duper gross.
Apple is making its trove of demo devices at its stores charge a little greener. Here’s Joe Rossignol:
In its 2025 Environmental Progress Report released today, Apple revealed that it plans to expand its Clean Energy Charging feature to iPhone and iPad demo units on display at Apple Stores and other retail stores across the United States.
This feature makes the device wait to charge until the time of day that the grid’s power is comparatively cleaner.
These little changes don’t make the biggest difference, but they do add up. I’m surprised it’s not already been on, but this is a good change.
Come on, U.K., not you too. 👎 People can be whoever they want to be, and it’s not up to anyone else to tell them otherwise. The world seems to have forgotten the golden rule, and — to vastly understate it — that’s a huge bummer. 🏳️⚧️
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I’m a big ol' fan of usernames that are actually website domains. It started with my Instagram and Bluesky profiles at heyjb.me, and now I’ve whipped up adkclimb.club for a new meetup group I started!
A little solo hike up Saddleback from The Garden yesterday. Trailhead says spring, but the peak’s still in winter with fresh snow. 14.3 miles, 3157 ft elevation gain, 9.5 hours.
We’re psyched to support @vanhoevenberg’s bouldering comp today (2pm) with prizes in the pool for competitors. You could win 50% off a guided climbing experience with us! Hope to see you there climbing or cheering on! 🤘
