Bluesky’s notification settings are notably lacking over a year into their service. Even Threads has pretty good granular control. I want to trim down to notifications for replies only, Micro.blog-style.
And while he’s at it, President Biden should also pardon himself, for every act he’s ever committed — or may commit up until January 20, 2025.
One way or another, the question of whether the President can pardon himself is going to be tested in front of the Supreme Court this decade. It might as well be decided based on the case of an innocent man — and it will force the Trump Justice Department to argue that a President can’t pardon himself.
It’s beyond disappointing that “strike first” is where we are with our judicial system. But it might work.
Well, shit. There goes my automatic Instagram → Micro.blog (& Threads & Bluesky) cross-poster. I can’t be too mad—I knew Meta was a fickle, closed-web-loving beast when I made it. But it let me post to Instagram (where my friends are) and my microblog (where I wish they were) without any hassle. 🙁
🆕📝 A new Dia for web browsing?
The Browser Company is taking another big swing. I admire their creativity and think their vision is mostly on-point. I just don't know if it's going to revolve around the web browser.
Ben Lovejoy: ‘Future iPhones could get multiple Action buttons; iPad and Mac too’
An Apple patent has revealed that future iPhones could effectively get multiple Action buttons, as all three buttons on the left side of the phone become user-configurable.
Yes, please! Let’s user-configurable all the things. The Action Button is one of my favorite features of my new phone. It would be doubly cool if I could configure multiple actions with double- and triple-click actions.
The Whiteface Veterans Memorial Highway was in great shape today! It’s an awesome spot to work on your uphill skinning skills and transitions in a low-risk environment before hitting the real backcountry trails.
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Nick Heer: ‘Google’s iOS App Inserts Its Own Links Into Webpages – Pixel Envy’
For Google to believe it has the right to inject itself into third-party websites is pure arrogance, yet it is nothing new for the company. It has long approached the web as its own platform over which it has control and ownership. It overlays dialogs without permission; it invented a proprietary fork of HTML and it pushed its adoption for years. It can only do these things because it has control over how people use the web.
Not a fan. Hyperlinking is an art, and this is Google splashing paint onto my canvas.
I’ve done 160 of these things? Jeeze!
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Final No-Shave November check-in. 🥸 Tomorrow you get to see baby face. 👶
🔗 Discover Wallace & Gromit. Shot on iPhone:
Wallace and Gromit star in a festive stop-motion animation, shot on iPhone 16 Pro. Discover how Academy Award-winning creators Aardman used the powerful camera system to turn their 23-centimetre characters into a 101-metre projection for Battersea Power Station.
What a delightfully neat treat. I hope they make a recording of the projection available for everyone to watch.
A new (Black Friday-themed) Very Good Tweet™ has landed:
In case you’re feeling trigger-happy on shopping sites today, I do have some fun designs for sale. Free shipping through Monday, Dec. 2 with code: EXTRAGRAVY
I spy something new in Micro.blog’s Mentions 👀
Great hack.
It's pretty simple and evident who cares about people in the US.
Andrew Bosworth: ‘Inbox ten’
For those who are curious, my system is Inbox Ten. That means I aim to end every day with fewer than ten emails in my inbox. I also have fewer than ten open chat threads across all interfaces. I’ve also read all relevant notifications in internal tools, read all relevant posts in internal groups I care about, and started rough drafts of any relevant proactive communications I intend to produce.
Email is the backbone of my system and I treat every email I receive as an action to be taken.
I prefer Inbox Zero, but reality these days is Inbox Ten, and it works well.
Some intriguing advice from Derek Sivers: Write one sentence per line
It helps you see first and last words.
First words punch. Last words linger. Seeing your sentences vertically helps you notice your beginnings and endings. Chop the weak beginnings, like “I think” and “Whether or not”. Start with powerful subjects and verbs.
He lists a bunch of other benefits too, including the ease of varying sentence length, judging each one on its own, and physically moving them around. And since Markdown will combine separate lines into a paragraph, it’s a breeze to do. I’m trying it now!
Derek Sivers, in his People & Blogs interview:
Do you have an ideal creative environment? Also do you believe the physical space influences your creativity?
Space matters, but when you’re really inspired and driven, it’s almost like going into a trance. You don’t care where you are or how comfortable the chair.
This is so true. Most of my best writing happens in wildly uncomfortable places and positions, with the least ergonomics. It doesn’t matter if the words are flowing.
I was listening to a podcast episode the other day while I was driving and in there there was a thought that stuck with me: the idea that the web is moving from a creator economy to a curator economy. […]
Anyway, now more than ever, if you find value in curated blogs, newsletters, zines, or any other type of curated material, consider supporting the people who create and maintain them, because the vast majority of the time they don’t do it for the money, they do it because they think it’s important.
My list of Very Good Tweets™ was already starting to be degraded by linkrot, so I’ve rescued them with screenshots. Eliminates a bunch of gross embed code on the page too!
A Very Good Tweet™
So you’re telling me season 2 isn’t called Silos? Missed opportunity.
Manu Moreale: ‘Small scale is the best scale’
Scale matters. Send 1$ to a very small creator and you’ll make their day. Send 50$ to a famous YouTuber and they’ll barely notice it. Send an email to someone who wrote a post that resonated with you on their small personal site and you might start a friendship. Send a message to a famous celebrity and there’s a high chance they won’t even see it.
Firmin DeBrabander: ‘The Freedom of an Armed Society’
But furthermore, guns pose a monumental challenge to freedom, and particular, the liberty that is the hallmark of any democracy worthy of the name — that is, freedom of speech. Guns do communicate, after all, but in a way that is contrary to free speech aspirations: for, guns chasten speech.
This becomes clear if only you pry a little more deeply into the N.R.A.’s logic behind an armed society. An armed society is polite, by their thinking, precisely because guns would compel everyone to tamp down eccentric behavior, and refrain from actions that might seem threatening. The suggestion is that guns liberally interspersed throughout society would cause us all to walk gingerly — not make any sudden, unexpected moves — and watch what we say, how we act, whom we might offend.
This is how I’ve felt for a long time. Guns = fear. And fear does not promote healthy conversation, debate, or civility. The freedom of speech and expression can only go so far when you know someone who doesn’t like what you’re saying can extinguish you with the pull of a trigger.
(Via Jason Kottke in a post I recommend you read in full.)
Om Malik, in an old post, on a massive transition that I hadn’t ever considered:
These days, we want to carry the contents of our homes with us wherever we go. Photos, once housed in beautiful frames and curated in albums, are now stuffed into our iPhones, and our relationships are nurtured on social networks via electronic address books from anywhere on the planet. I know Coltrane, Miles, Dizzy, Ella and Thievery all come for a walk with me whenever I pull the door behind me. Thanks to the rise of place-shifting and devices such as Sling Media’s SlingBox, even my television travels with me.
Jan-Lukas Else, jlelse.blog:
Aren’t starter packs also just a new form of blogrolls?
Hmmm. Yeah, I suppose they are! Maybe more like public Twitter lists (RIP) or an OPML file you can subscribe to. But a good observation.