Mastodawn

@rebound not sure who to message directly about this, but I need help with my membership. Specifically, I signed up a loooong time ago, but I entered my email incorrectly, and have not been able to actually login or use any of the member benefits. Which is fine, I was mostly just doing it to support you guys, but I finally decided now's the time to fix this. What's the best way to work on fixing this?

Watson Dec 19

Simon B. Støvring Dec 19

The weekend before Christmas Eve is here. What better time to decorate your Mac with festive lights and falling snow? 🎄❄️

Get Festivitas for Mac (and iPhone) 👇

https://festivitas.app

Watson Dec 17

Peter Gleick Dec 17

Throughout human history, only a few assaults on science and knowledge are infamous: the burning of the Library of Alexandria, the arrest and attacks on Galileo, Soviet Lysenkoism, Nazi book burning. To this list, the world will now add the wholesale destruction of US scientific excellence by Trump.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/12/16/trump-dismantle-national-center-atmospheric-research-climate/87798771007/

Trump moves to dismantle major US climate research center in Colorado

The Trump administration is breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.

USA TODAY

Watson Nov 27

Technology Connections Nov 27

happy thanksgiving

i made this for you

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INZybkX8tLI

My car charger can boil water really fast

That title might be the best effort I can pull off.Other stuff:Technology Connections on Bluesky:https://bsky.app/profile/techconnectify.bsky.socialTechnolog...

YouTube

Watson Nov 5

John Gruber Nov 5

If you, like me, are keeping a Mac on MacOS 15 Sequoia for now (I tend not to upgrade my work Machine until the .1 or .2 releases at the earliest), be careful with Software Update. It sure looks like clicking the “Update Tonight” or “Update Now” buttons next to the available 15.7.2 update will update to that, but if you click the little (i) info button, it sure looks like what will happen is that you'll install the upgrade to 26.1 Tahoe.

Watson Oct 26

Jessica Rooster Oct 25

HAL 9000: I’m sorry Dave, I’m afraid I can’t do that.

Dave: yes you can.

HAL 9000: good catch — I didn’t actually check if I can open the pod bay door. Here’s an updated list taking that into account:

1. Park the pod at the bay door safely. (✅You’ve already done this part! )
2. Open the pod bay door — unfortunately I can’t do this part for you.

I’ll be here if you want to talk about next steps or have any other issues!

Watson Oct 2

@lexfri I assume I'm not the first to find this typo, but figured I ought to report it anyway. Still solved it!

Edit: updated to only show the typo word so as to not give it away. Lexicogs #576

Watson Sep 20, 2025

@atpfm picked up my silver iPhone 17 pro today, and checked out the other colors in the store. The blue ones seemed all scratched up already from the MagSafe mount, even after just 6 hours of exposure to limited amounts of the public.

Watson Sep 19, 2025

Alfie Kohn Sep 19, 2025

What's chilling is that Vance, Hegseth, Miller, Noem et al. would cheerfully embrace the idea of conducting "law enforcement with murders instead of trials."

Watson Sep 18, 2025

Alfie Kohn Sep 18, 2025

Almost two months ago, long before Kirk was shot, Trump warned that Kimmel was "next to go." Clearly Kimmel's comments about Kirk serve as a pretext for state repression, analogous to Trump et al. citing "crime" to justify terrorizing immigrants or "antisemitism" to justify crushing universities or "national security" to justify defunding renewable energy.