Mastodawn

It turns out I had a bit to say about Ben Thompson’s no good, very bad post.

https://birchtree.me/blog/what-are-you-going-to-do-stop-me-ive-got-the-guns-is-a-wild-govargument-for-tech-pundits-to-support/

"What are you going to do, stop me? I've got the guns," is a wild government argument for tech pundits to support

Over the last couple weeks, Anthropic and the Department of War have been engaged in a war of words over something very exciting: terms of use. Anthropic, as a private company, has created a product and reasonably established terms of use for it. However, the Department of War doesn't want

Birchtree

Dan Katri Feb 3

Matt Birchler Feb 3

Readme continues to have my favorite login page out there.

Dan Katri Nov 19

@johnvoorhees are you still using the Kuxiu 3-in-1 charger that you posted about on the MacStories YT channel? Any good?

Dan Katri Oct 10

@viticci heads up, the form for the giveaway in this week's newsletter is set to private

Dan Katri Feb 7, 2025

@viticci Solid recommendation this week on Unwind. Heard your description of Slowly Slowly, immediately gave the album a listen, checked when they're touring, and now I'm seeing them next month.

Dan Katri Feb 5, 2025

@matt I’ve been liking Quick Reviews so far! I would love to be able to change the date/month that items appear under. Like I just added some books that I read last month, but they’re all under Feb. Also, if I don’t subscribe, are things lost forever after 30 days, or will they come back when I subscribe?

Dan Katri Feb 16, 2024

rands Feb 16, 2024

Unclear to me why you are shocked: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/16/world/europe/aleksei-navalny-reactions-eu.html

Zelensky and Other EU Leaders React to Word of Aleksei Navalny’s Death

President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine said that Aleksei Navalny, the Russian dissident, “was killed by Putin, like thousands of others.”

The New York Times

Dan Katri Feb 11, 2024

Steven Frank Feb 9, 2024

Exquisite. No notes.

Dan Katri Jul 23, 2023

Christopher Lawley Jul 23, 2023

Could you imagine being on a design team and the owner of a company comes to you and says “Go ahead and rebrand the entire company today.” Oh, and it’s a Sunday.

Dan Katri Jul 17, 2023

The process of booking a driving test in the UK is so broken.
- Log on and spend ages wresting the DVLA website
- Book a test 6 months from now at a random place
- Pay the DVLA £62
- Pay a 3rd party £20 so you can try and get a cancellation