#packidge is waiting at parcel locker! 👀

must… not… open… new… shiny…! 🥺

must… finish… reviewing… talks… for… #EverythingOpen2027… 😮‍💨

I’m going to go back to #Toot! for a bit to see if it's even vaguely viable after 10 months without an update… 🤞

all my favourite, more whimsical / customisable masto clients seem to be going the way of the dodo 😕

this arbitrary #UI change in the latest release of #IceCubes on #iOS completely fucks over your muscle memory 😠

https://infosec.exchange/@itgrrl/117408464524702402

the #Dropbox sync client on #macOS is seriously broken / wildly inefficient ^ 😕
 
 
 
^ I can't tell whether it's one or the other or both of these options, all I know is that if I delete a 5GB file on both Dropbox via the web client and on a desktop while the desktop client isn't running, when I re-enable the desktop client it will still try to do… ⚹something⚹ for several days and counting… 🤦‍♀️

#TIL about the dumbest, hackiest #kludge I’ve ever seen, but I’ve tested it & it still works on #iOS27 in 2026 so ¯⧹(ツ)⧸¯

https://ios.gadgethacks.com/how-to/trick-disabling-link-previews-for-urls-your-iphones-messages-app-0385002/

🤦‍♀️

I'm gonna have to start compiling my own #iOS apps from the most recent not-shit-version source code & side-loading them via #TestFlight aren't I… 😮‍💨

maybe we're about to be in #Linux-like #BizarroWorld where people just #YOLO stuff onto their devices from private PPAs that #InternetRandos maintain for stuff like builds for not-officially-supported target OSes 😱

#IAmSoTired 😩

if you're an #IceCubes user on #iOS and see the update to v2.1.4 pop up in your app updates, I strongly suggest that you don't let it update^

it's a point-release 8 months after the previous minor bug-fix release but it has breaking changes in #UI / #UX & has a #showstopper #bug where it hangs when you attempt to attach a photo to a toot 🤦‍♀️

for details: https://infosec.exchange/@itgrrl/117408072301507191

I’m annoyed that I got these issues but I’m hoping that others don't have to. it's seems like this release was pushed out quickly to address some issues with #iOS27 breaking some features for some users (I didn't experience this but ¯⧹(ツ)⧸¯) but it really should have been a genuine point-release #bugfix without introducing the breaking changes – and clearly more thorough testing was required as the "cure" seems much worse than the "disease" 😕
 
 
 
^ yes, I know this means turning off automatic updates & a painful process of manually updating every other app except this one. Apple could make this better by allowing users to pin specific apps to specific versions (at least for a period of time / number of releases) but that is not The Apple Way™ so we get the crappy process instead 💁‍♀️

and (hopefully) it goes without saying that "my threat model is not your threat model" so you do you, YMMV, etc.

@IceCubesApp I just installed v2.1.4. all display setting were reset on install, and I can no longer set a custom font 😕

are these known issues? (I didn't see any mention in the release notes or github)
 
 
OK, third bug: I tried adding a screenshot to this toot to show the font issue above – attempting to add a photo makes the app hang. first attempt I got as far as the being able to select an image after swiping up to the full-screen picker but couldn't actually attach it. the ✔️ button & cancel button did nothing, but the app hadn't hung (but I couldn't swipe the full-screen image picker down so I had to kill the app to recover

second & all subsequent attempts it just hangs immediately on displaying the small photo picker, before you can swipe it up for a full-screen view. killing the app is the only way to recover

I’ve cleared the media cache & rebooted the phone, issue still persists. I’m on iOS 27.0.1

let me know if you want me to open issues on github

we’re having a lazy indoors cold(ish) public holiday here and I was half-watching old episodes of #Columbo with @astrochicky while poodling around on the laptop when both our brains parsed the audio from this scene a couple of seconds after hearing it & we both burst out laughing 😆 so I had to roll back the DVD & grab a vid of the TV with my phone…
 
 
um, I guess “oh, well I imagine that’s unfortunate for you, my dude” is the correct response…? 🙃

before the rise of the orange Grifter In Chief and his winged monkey circus, I never had to have so many tags in my Zotero database that include the word “shitfuckery” 😩 😮‍💨

just look at this janky-arse shit 🙄 🤮
 
 
 
#PeopleAreShitAtTheirJobs 💁‍♀️
#shitUI #shitUX #UI #UX  

#eBay likes to shove little “inspired by your watchlist” sections into the search results I’m scrolling & without fail 1-2 of the 3 items shown that are “inspired” by my watchlist are… ⚹checks notes⚹ …ON my watchlist… 🤪

#PeopleAreShitAtTheirJobs 💁‍♀️

Scorptech has introduced purchasing limits on (already insanely expensive) RAM, graphics cards, SSDs, & even HDDs because of the “AI” (🙄) hype bubble…

thanks, you bunch of billionaire techbro douchecanoes, I hate it 😡🤬

I’ll be at #BSides #Canberra this week & since this year’s theme is extremely #TRON-inspired you can def expect me to bust out a lot of “Greetings, programs!” and “I fight for the users!” as I ~stealthily~ do the rounds in my #FLYNN’S ARCADE & #ENCOM morale patches & my ✨flashing LED sneakers✨ & my illuminated c y b e r - v i s o r… 🤪

if you’re there, come say hi 🖖

https://bsidescbr.com.au/
 
 
#FLYNNlives
#GreetingsPrograms
#IFightForTheUsers
#BSidesCBR2026 🔓👩‍💻🔒

they did not fix the thing they broke, claiming that sometimes things just break & it’s completely a coincidence that it only broke when they worked on it…

…but they’re happy to fix it for $130 in parts & ~1 hour in labour (so maybe $310-$350+) 😡🤬
 
 
perhaps needless to say, I will not be paying them to fix the thing they broke – I’ll be paying someone else to fix the thing they broke & looking for another mechanic longer term 😩

it’s not like I need my… ⚹checks notes⚹ …front fucking airbag to deploy if I’m in a collision anyway, right…? 😕
 
 
#ShitTradies  

current status: sitting in a café that’s attached to a car wash while waiting for the local car mechanic to take a look at my car & decide whether or not they’ll fix the thing they broke when I had it serviced on Friday… 🙃

I had not realised that such cafés are Old People™ hangouts, but the music (significantly louder than necessary) is straight outta… ⚹checks notes⚹ …the most mainstream, over-played “hits” of the 1960s, 70s, & maybe the first couple of years of the 80s and this is the one day in a thousand that I have neither noise-cancelling headphones nor my (quite good) ear plugs on me 😩😩😩

KMN
 
 
 
^ or maybe not, given the apparent dominant demographic 🙉

what an absolute wanker 🤡🤡🤡 🤪

** Trump orders AI^ rebrand as "super intelligence"**

https://www.axios.com/2026/09/22/trump-ai-super-intelligence-rebrand
 
 
tbh I’d settle for “average intelligence” from anyone in the current US administration
 
 
#USpol
#SpicyAutocarrot
#AIpsychosis
 
 
 
^ 🙄

there’s an #AusGov call for submissions on “AI” (🙄) at the moment, y’all know what to do… 👇

Getting it right: Building AI infrastructure that works for Australia

https://www.pmc.gov.au/domestic-policy/office-ai/getting-it-right-building-ai-infrastructure-works-australia
 
 
the consultation paper is at https://www.pmc.gov.au/resources/getting-it-right-building-ai-infrastructure-works-australia

#AusPol  

**whew!* I got my #EverythingOpen talk proposal in! 🎉

whether it gets selected or not, I'll see y'all in #Meanjin / #Brisbane in January

https://2027.everythingopen.au/
 
 
#EO2027  

well that’s a bold assumption