@nickheer I’ve been seeing that elsewhere in regular 26.0 as well.

@nickheer Yay! That was bothering me too.

@birming Maybe! I still get nervous and scared while climbing, but the rampant palm sweat isn’t as common for me.

@birming Thanks! I get those same sweaty palms when looking at photos; not so much when I’m actually climbing, weirdly enough. 🤷‍♂️

@numericcitizen I’m still subscribed. I paid for a year.

@numericcitizen I jumped aboard at launch. The ad-free, full content RSS feed was worth it to me. Getting all their new newsletters (also via RSS) has been nice.

@jarrod Alex’s time in the gym has paid off, even with it being a year since his last time on real rock. Smooth and strong! 💪 Can’t wait till next time.

@jarrod Want to level up through climbing mentorship? I’d love to be part of that journey with you. 🫶

@jarrod Personally, I feel like the traverse is hardest section, the beginning of The Lonely only slightly easier, and then the third pitch just pure fun — but they’re not rated that way! 😆

Thanks for getting after it with me today, Shane! (And to Chris Sarkis for the encouragement and photos from the road! 📸)

@jarrod (And we definitely need to talk about how the iTunes Store app looks like it hasn’t been touched since about 2013. It still has the sharp-cornered Share icon for crying out loud! They rounded that bad boy out years ago. iTunes earned more respect than this.)

@jarrod I’m liking the album so far! It has more immediate appeal than Poets, and some true bangers. 😉 Hard to imagine something more in my wheelhouse than folklore and evermore though.

@manton Looks great! Thanks!

@ChrisLawley Mine is missing too… Haven’t tried all the steps you did, but I couldn’t find the option either.

@manton It ends great too. The final song might be my favorite!

@bapsi let’s hope so!

@mathyousee Woohoo!

@jarrod A final quote, the conclusion that I agree with wholeheartedly:

Highlighted text in an article discussing operating systems and design consistency. The highlighted portion reads: “Quite simply, not only is it not ready, I am concerned about what it implies about Apple’s standards.” The article critiques MacOS and iOS visual changes, expressing hope for future cohesion but current dissatisfaction.

@jarrod The appleOS idea lives on:

A screenshot of text discussing Apple’s decision to unify iOS 26 and macOS 26 with a consistent visual interface. It questions the rationale behind using the same version number for different operating systems and mentions a dedicated “operating system” section on Apple’s website. The author speculates on the possibility of unifying under an “Apple OS” branding, noting Apple’s approach to consistent user experience across devices.

@jarrod And the sidebar/window control madness:

Image of a text discussing window controls in applications. It explains that the sidebar appears in a floating state, reflecting ambient colors, making it look translucent. The sidebar reflects surrounding colors even with “Reduce Transparency” enabled. Window controls within the sidebar appear to affect the sidebar rather than the application window. This design allows content to be displayed underneath the floating sidebar. The text highlights how this is seen in the Music app and questions the purpose of placing content under the sidebar.

@jarrod More on the fallacy of focusing on content as the end-all:

> Even if I bought that argument, I do not understand why it makes sense to make an application’s tools visually recede. While I am sometimes merely viewing a document, I am very often trying to do something to it. I want the most common actions I can take to be immediately obvious. For longtime Mac users, the structure of most apps has not changed and one can rely on muscle memory in familiar apps. But that is more like an excuse for why this redesign is not as bad as it could be, not justification for why it is an improvement.

@caseyliss yikes 😬

@Kalena Also audiobooks 😁

@Kalena Truth!

@amerpie I s’pose, for me, it depends on the discussion that teachers facilitate around the book. I read ‘Atlas Shrugged’, and liked it, but it didn’t (I hope) turn me into an inconsiderate monster, and I can easily point out its flaws.

@matt_birchler Whoa!