chrisheinonen

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I used to work at Wirecutter and other AV places, and even before that I wrote software, now I work at Apple doing cool things. Dad, runner, reasonable Magic: The Gathering player.
Far-right Twitter influencers first on Elon Musk’s monetization scheme

The first beneficiaries appear to be high-profile influencers like Andrew Tate, DC Draino, Ian Miles Cheong, Benny Johnson and Ashley St. Clair.

The Washington Post
Featuring: the Mountain Goats

John Darnielle of the Mountain Goats loves Magic. For years, his pinned tweet has been “I want to play Magic: The Gathering,&r...

Featuring: the Mountain Goats
Homicide was a fantastic TV show, and one that I'd even stay in on Friday nights in High School and College to watch (along with X-Files). Tempted to pick up the DVD box set to rip it since you can't stream it anywhere still. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/11/arts/television/homicide-life-on-the-street.html
When ‘Homicide’ Hit Its Stride

The influential crime drama debuted 30 years ago. Here, the creators and stars reflect on its legacy and on an early episode that served notice that it was a different sort of cop show.

The New York Times
Magic Arena Opens are so damn good. You get to play high-stakes Magic at home, and sometimes you get paired against the reigning World Champ and manage to beat them to make Day 2 and feel great.

While other states are rushing to pass stupid anti-drag laws, when the long time drag queen of Portland, Darcelle XV, passed away this year there was a full on celebration of them at the main theater venue in town. Nearly 3,000 people, current and former governors, and more. Just good to see how many people were positively impacted by someone that others are trying to ban.

https://www.oregonlive.com/living/2023/04/thousands-gather-in-portland-to-remember-iconic-drag-queen-darcelle-xv.html

Thousands gather in Portland to remember iconic drag queen Darcelle XV

“She’s not just a person. She’s a whole mood. She’s an atmosphere. She’s an icon.”

oregonlive
Accomplished my weekend plans, mainly catching up on Succession. But lots of other actually productive things as well.
I know some people told me I should go, so the whole family went, and the Computer History Museum was fantastic.
Watching Twitter just to see how much abuse people will take without quitting.

Her: What is it? Your fetish. Your deepest, darkest fantasy. You don’t have to be afraid to . . .

Me: THE WORST PEOPLE IN THE WORLD FIGHTING

https://www.mediaite.com/tech/twitter-files-journo-matt-taibbi-ditches-twitter-over-latest-musk-move-and-expects-it-will-come-with-a-price/

Twitter Files Journo Matt Taibbi Ditches Twitter Over Latest Musk Move – But Leaving ‘Will Come With a Price’

The latest decision by Elon Musk's company has driven away one of its biggest defenders and the face of the Twitter Files reporting.

Mediaite
@kimberstreams Max finally building his gift as the caps arrived.