🤩 oooh maybe new ebike time soon! 😅

(Even if I ordered it today I wouldn’t get it for months. But still exciting. This thing is *really* interesting.)

As a Mac user who is still on MacOS 15, I am **not thrilled** that Apple has just released a MacOS 26 update that addresses 29 vulnerabilities — 3 in the kernel — and has not released a corresponding update for MacOS 15.

https://mjtsai.com/blog/2026/07/01/macos-26-5-2/

I seem to have injured myself playing Hades. Oh, the ignominy.

Hell yeah!

Solar overtakes coal in US electricity for the first month on record

https://ember-energy.org/latest-updates/solar-overtakes-coal-in-us-electricity-for-the-first-month-on-record/

Cities aren’t loud, combustion engines are loud.

I finally read A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers. A beautiful book!

@soapboxsoftware thought y’all might get a kick out of this. When I want to launch Croissant I have to think about which one for a moment. (Not a complaint! These things happen.)

If you’re into functional programming, or interested in learning about it, this book bundle is an excellent deal and apparently supports a charity as well:

https://www.humblebundle.com/books/ultimate-functional-programming-pragmatic-programmers-books

And of course, a user mechanism for reporting abusive or miscategorised notifications.

I also blame Apple for not adding a flag or something to the API so app makers could designate a notification as “a helpful tip” or some such nonsense and then giving us users a switch to suppress or at least “quiet” such notifications.

I’m sick and tired of apps abusing push notifications to boost engagement. It’s incredibly obnoxious.

Speaking of great apps, check out the response latency on this bug report email I sent to the creators of Croissant — very impressive!

https://apps.apple.com/app/id6670288979

I love this app! Weather Strip by Robin Stewart.

https://apps.apple.com/app/id1528594026

🌈 Chance of rainbows! 🌈

So apparently I need to block off a 2 hour window for this phone call!

The second try: I was on hold for 90 minutes before someone picked up. Once again I was in a video call. Same outcome.

My call was on hold for an hour before someone picked up. But I was in a video call, so I wasn’t able to join the call and the agent hung up after a few seconds.

Perfect time to try an iPhone feature I’ve never used, wherein it monitors the hold music for me and notifies me when someone picks up.

So there’s something I need to arrange with the IRS, and it can only be arranged by phone.

So I called the IRS.

The IVR told me that my wait would be 30 to 60 minutes. No callback option! Seriously!

https://c.org/WPJNpNHyQW