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Apple introduces the new iPad Air, powered by M4 Apple announced the new iPad Air featuring M4 and more memory, giving users a big jump in performance and making it more versatile than ever.

... Is Apple just trolling Intel at this point? This is a $599 tablet that runs rings around expensive Intel / AMD kit (12GB RAM permitting).

02.03.2026 22:04 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
ApostropheCMS 4.27.0 Floating widget editor preview
ApostropheCMS 4.27.0 Floating widget editor preview YouTube video by ApostropheCMS

ApostropheCMS 4.27.0 is out now. The latest release introduces a redesigned widget editing experience with a flexible interface, graduates the Styles Editor from beta to stable, and adds support for right-to-left languages. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ax7g...

19.02.2026 14:38 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

There really are important, verifiable things going on that are very "replace X with Y quickly & well" shaped.

I mean I know you were mostly going after the very dumb idea of companies replacing every SaaS they use with AI. It still makes sense to focus on your competencies.

28.02.2026 14:35 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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How we rebuilt Next.js with AI in one week One engineer used AI to rebuild Next.js on Vite in a week. vinext builds up to 4x faster, produces 57% smaller bundles, and deploys to Cloudflare Workers with a single command.

@edzitron.com I think you may have gone a little too hard on the "AI doesn't replace software" thing in your latest email.

Here is a genuine, verifiable instance from a company that isn't selling you AI. It matches my own recent experience.

blog.cloudflare.com/vinext/

28.02.2026 14:34 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

An HTTP server in raw sockets... that tracks with the study I read this morning showing that Claude tends to recommend "from scratch" development first and foremost, but oh and by the way here are the frameworks it does recommend when it doesn't just throw them all out

27.02.2026 18:29 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

"Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's Name Legally Changed a Second Time to That Fucking Guy"

20.02.2026 11:14 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I'm just worried he can do the appeal to the middle thing while simultaneously being a creepy ass card carrying Curtis Yarvin loving royalist.

20.02.2026 11:13 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I dunno. He's said and done many unpleasant things. But this is also true: I've heard him on podcasts without knowing it was him at first, and thought, "that guy is making his case really well, great NPR voice." Then really tuned in and said ohhhhh that's not good

19.02.2026 12:50 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Such a story re: the 1820 royal divorce controversy! Thank you for sending me to Wikipedia. Would be curious to see more of the graphic satire now that I'm read in

31.01.2026 13:28 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A summary of what is included in ApostropheCMS's 4.26.0 release

A summary of what is included in ApostropheCMS's 4.26.0 release

โ˜ƒ๏ธ ApostropheCMS 4.26.0 lands today! This release we've moved Palette into the open source core and renamed it Styles, added similar styling control for widgets, added structured data to support the SEO module, and provided a new OpenAPI spec generator for custom API docs.

26.01.2026 19:42 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

There's no ship like a no-ship, like no-ship that I know

19.01.2026 18:10 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I'm concerned about the Ed Zitron bubble in which only the early adopters will get their $10 worth before the AI bubble pops

16.01.2026 03:48 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Philadelphia Police Department A Statement from Philadelphia Police Commissioner Kevin J. Bethel

Point of information: I live in Philadelphia. The statement is real and I agree with it โ€” but the sheriff does not police the streets. She handles sheriff sales and serves warrants.

Here is a statement on it from the Police Commissioner. Very different position

www.facebook.com/phillypolice...

14.01.2026 15:03 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I love @atlasobscura.com! But the JavaScript on the page is so resource-intensive, it all but freezes my browser. I actually went so far as to disable JavaScript on the site. Which makes it a little broken, but mostly great. Am I the only one?

14.01.2026 14:58 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

"Alpha-gal syndrome has migrated to the Mid-Atlantic states with climate change. How is it affecting dining? And what can we learn from folks who have experienced allergies to red meat? Continue reading ..."

This disease sounds like a plot for a subversive feminist vampire B-movie

05.01.2026 12:40 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I don't know, the Obamas were pretty fetching. So were the Kennedys. But they are right up there in that rarefied company.

02.01.2026 18:44 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yeah that ain't workin'
That's the way you do it
You sever your innie and They work for free #severance

31.12.2025 02:23 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It sounds like, at least officially, this is going to be a thing where flock can ask individual users' permission to share videos to "help with investigations." While this does sound like opt-in, I get that their track record sucks.

03.12.2025 23:01 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

And here I thought you were talking about smartphones.

03.12.2025 22:57 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Waldorf education has its flaws, but this sure seems like a good time for saving hard truths for age appropriate stages and focusing on handwork

03.12.2025 22:50 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This year we needed some help to make Thanksgiving happen and we were coming from far away, so we enlisted Whole foods catering and picked up all the sides in the morning. Worked out great. Just a minor suggestion, I'm with Chris on the big strategic points.

28.11.2025 17:13 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Okay, someone has finally trumped Washington Governor Gary Locke's appearance with the Presidents of the United States

23.11.2025 13:56 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I must say I'm impressed with the John Quincy Adams joke. That's some research.

18.11.2025 12:13 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This is our most exciting release in a while, and that's part of the plan. Layout is cool, but we're building up to "layout++" โ€” a combination of user-friendly layout and styling tools we haven't seen in a modern open source CMS before.

30.10.2025 20:04 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The coolest retrocomputing project possible: a Scheme interpreter for my TRS-80.

This would involve:

* Learning to love Z-80 Assembly Language
* "Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs"
* A year of free time

... That last one is tricky #scheme #programming #trs80 #retrocomputing

28.10.2025 14:36 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Somebody found a way to one-up Peter Thiel, who straight-up called Greta Thunberg the antichrist

28.10.2025 14:35 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
White cat sleeping on a bed with a paw over his face

White cat sleeping on a bed with a paw over his face

Happy Sunday. Day late for Caturday

This kitty named Spike just sleeps the cutest!

#cat #caturday #catsofmastodon #cuteanimal #sleepingcat #sleeptober

26.10.2025 13:04 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

"I'll be in a very bad place 15 minutes from now when I steal your wallet," said Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner. "But that's not representative of who I am right now." #politics

23.10.2025 00:56 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

While my mother has always been liberal, she doesn't approve of f-bombs. So I knew something special was going on when she insisted I immediately watch South Park.

15.10.2025 11:13 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A white cat with spots like a cow lying on a white comforter in a curled up position resembling a larval insect

A white cat with spots like a cow lying on a white comforter in a curled up position resembling a larval insect

A cow in larval form. #caturday

11.10.2025 16:18 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0