Jeff Watson

@jeffwatson
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376 Posts
Oh no, I just dialed in from my Newton, and you would not believe the fax Apple sent me.

Definitely true. In my tired, non-glasses state when I'm hitting that new Snooze button, I'm terrified that I'm going to accidentally hit Stop instead. It's SO close.

I never had that fear with the old layout.

https://www.macrumors.com/2025/06/24/new-alarm-design-ios-26-make-you-oversleep/

This is a core system app interrupting you, promoting a sale by a movie-ticketing company, to push you to go see the platform vendor’s new movie.

Why not just pop up random ads all the time, always creating new channels that everyone’s opted-into by default so you can never keep up with opting out of them all?

Oh wait, that’s already what happens.

Apple’s as bad as everyone else. They don’t respect their customers — we’re fodder.

They truly have no standards anymore.
https://mastodon.social/@caseyliss/114738626109660386

"each individual kid is now hooked into a Nonsense Machine"
Edit: I got those screenshots from imgur. It might be from Xitter, with the account deleted or maybe threads with the account not visible without login? 🤷
2nd Edit: @edgeofeurope found this https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1809325125159825649.html
#school #AI #KI #meme #misinformation #desinformation

Two years today I came out to everyone as #trans right here on Mastodon. The reaction was incredible and I continue to receive so much affirmation and support here. I'm not sure that would have happened anywhere else.

I don't write original posts here or on my own website very often, but today I thought I would let you know what I've been struggling with since November:

https://lisamelton.net/2025/06/22/no-im-not-okay/

Thank you, again, awesome people. 😊🥰💖🏳️‍⚧️

#pride

No, I’m not okay

But thanks for asking. My post here should be a celebration of my coming out publicly. On Mastodon, no less. Two years ago today. Yay! I'm still so surprised at and so grateful for the positive reaction I received there. Those are good people. But this is more than an anniversary party. It's a vulgar [...]

Lisa Melton

It's 1991, and a republican president is embroiling us in a bullshit war in the Middle East.

It's 2003, and a republican president is embroiling us in a bullshit war in the Middle East.

It's 2025, and a republican president is embroiling us in a bullshit war in the Middle East.

PSA Neck gaiters are not masks. Neck gaiters are not effective at stopping the spread of airborne viruses. Masks, especially well-fitting ones are effective at preventing infection. Conflating the two is bad because it can encourage politicians to ban masks for the general public.
@stroughtonsmith it didn’t help that Apple’s own apps were all over the place and just copying their patterns hasn’t been an option for quite some time.

Reminder of a thing I’ve learned empirically — covid still exists, and people are still getting it, and it really, really, really sucks!

(I don’t actually have it myself. Yet. That could change any minute.)

Due to circumstances beyond my control, I’ve been made redundant at my job. If you want to hire an excellent Apple platforms developer (iOS, etc.) with 17 years of experience, time at Apple, and lots of SwiftUI experience, or a great Ruby on Rails developer, reach out.

Full-time or freelance. Ready to go immediately. Please spread the word. #Swift #RubyOnRails #GetFediHired