Also Paula Poundstone was at #nokings in Colorado Springs today

Flag trucks from today’s #nokings in Colorado Springs today

Or maybe the battery is toast, since this one was supposed to do USB too

I thought it might be fun to resurrect my old iPod, but it looks like lack of FireWire support in recent macOS updates is going to prevent that

My age verification is that I remember when mail servers didn't need to require authentication.

Been doing some game dev lately.

I'm sorry, what kind of cottage now?

Cthulhu help me, tomorrow I'm going to another city council meeting where they will have a final vote on whether to screw over people with solar panels in my city. I'll make yet another public comment but I think the battle may be lost. The proposal would add so much in new monthly fees that it might be cheaper to disconnect my panels.

If X is “resurgent in popularity”, as Gruber says, it’s because fascism is becoming normalized. It’s still run by a fascist and people using it are still supporting him.

The President of the USA, urging his supporters to "cheat like hell" in the upcoming election. But yes, please tell me about how the SAVE act would protect the process.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/11/donald-trump-republican-midterm-convention

Apple Watch will now tell you when you're going to die

Are we in the singularity yet? AI users, help me out here, is this it?

Is there any way to buy an iPad with iPadOS 18? Neither I nor the elderly person who would use it would want me to have to explain 26 or 27 to them.

“Please consume alcoholic beverages before boarding”. I wasn’t going to have a drink but I guess it’s a rule now.

“Trump signs order to rename Lake Ontario to ‘Lake America’”

Apple, do not fucking change Maps to say this. Just don’t.

I should clarify, the city owns the power company so the council is hearing new plans from the company. We’ll see how they vote.

Something like 40 public comments against the proposal and only one conspiracy nut so I think it went well.

Spending my day at a city council meeting trying to stop them screwing over people with solar panels.

Today is the 40th anniversary of Paul Simon’s “Graceland” album https://youtu.be/0VTcBO4q5kY

"US threatens severe sanctions against countries with economic ties to Iran". Except China, I expect. Iran's largest trading partner. More bluster that will mean nothing.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/24/us-severe-sanctions-economic-ties-iran