I don’t get why people keep saying that Mastodon is hard to set up. Other than choosing a server, isn’t it the same as Twitter?
Funny how nobody was calling him a sociopath before the crash. Wunderkind. Yup. Genius. Visionary… But never a sociopath… And some other pretty derogatory descriptions. But only AFTER the fall do the knives come out.
And no.. this is not about Trump.
🎥 The Batman, 2022 - ★★★½
I'm a sucker for Batman. Not the best and so DARK ... not the storyline, the cinematography. At times just watching a black screen. Probably more a commentary on the TV than the movie, but still...
I guess if they are trying to get us back to the movie houses... It makes sense?
🎥 Enola Holmes 2, 2022 - ★★★½
Having watched ‘round 1’ … I knew what to expect and I wasn’t disappointed.
How to Disable Auto-Brightness in iOS 16 / 15 and iPadOS 16 / 15
I didn’t even know this setting existed!
1 in 20 workers will quit if transparency laws reveal they are paid less than co-workers.
I think they might me underestimating - by a lot.
Not saying that the other 19 will immediately leave - but it would surely motivate them to start looking?
Every single one is a mastodon account. If I spot a higher count will record accordingly.
Day 13: adjust
‘Do Not Adjust Your Set’ was short lived as a UK TV program but definitely punched above it’s weight if you measure impact on a British comedy.
Four ‘FTW’ Headlines that hit my feeds today.
French Court: Refusing to disclose mobile passcode to law enforcement is criminal offence
Leah Remini: Rape Allegation Against Paul Haggis Is Scientology Scheme
Judge Who Said ‘the Left’ Tried to ‘Cancel’ Him After Rape Conviction Reversal Wins Reelection
Man Who Egged King Charles Banned From Publicly Carrying Eggs
“Sam Bankman-Fried, whom my son now calls Bank Man Fried, as in French fries.”
💬 Dana Blankenhorn
Day 12: suspicion
Just for a short while I had this suspicion that @jean had forgotten to generate today’s prompt because it came later in the day than I have been used to.
“Could a rebranded MAGA movement continue by just replacing the frontman? Is it still Journey without Steve Perry, or the Grateful Dead without Jerry Garcia? In a way, yes. MAGA could Jefferson Starship itself indefinitely as long as the crowds keep vibing. But without the original magic the venues tend to shrink, the fans get old, and it all starts to seem a little pathetic.”
💬 The Bulwark
I wonder if spell check is one of them?
Bluetooth Mouse VERY sluggish.
So I disconnected it. Stopped Bluetooth. Rebooted Mac and reconnected … and fixed.
That was yesterday.
This morning, Bluetooth Mouse VERY sluggish.
Repeated process.
Bluetooth Mouse remains VERY sluggish.
Any more ideas?
Don’t Judge Me.
I didn’t count, but I think I just unsubscribed from around 50 newsletters.
That is the downside of StoopInbox and Substack - the subscribe is so easy!
Do you remember Rod McKuen?
He was the bestselling poet in American history. What happened?
Was never a fan - and hadn’t thought of him for decades - but there is no doubt that at the time he was big.
Just one paragraph that opened my eyes …
In the mid-1960s McKuen discovered the Belgian singer Jacques Brel and his fellow chansonniers, performers in the story-song tradition who were popular in the cabarets of Europe but hadn’t yet made inroads in the U.S. market. McKuen translated and sang a number of Brel’s songs, and fully rewrote Brel’s song “Le Moribond” as “Seasons in the Sun,” which was recorded by the Kingston Trio. (It would later be a No. 1 hit for the singer Terry Jacks.)
… in my mind, Scott Walker and more recently Marc Almond were the two ‘Walker Channelers’. Never had any idea that Rod was another.
Amazon Shake Out
Amazon’s devices unit had operating losses of more than $5 billion annually in recent years. Amazon’s Echo smart speakers appear to be mostly used for playing music and setting timers, not online shopping, as Amazon had hoped.
💬 The Information