I am ridiculously oversubscribed to newsletters and RSS feeds. Calmed down a lot in recent years— no more furious glut, no more trying to drink the ocean. Happy to skim, spend time with what sticks, let the rest sink back beneath the waves.

With that said, @kaib's Dense Discovery is a publication I look forward to reading each week. Drawn in by the app recommendations, I've come to cherish everything else about it. Salute, Kai.

#380: Self-optimising into oblivion https://www.densediscovery.com/issues/380

A few notes about the MacBook Neo | Riccardo Mori https://morrick.me/archives/10286

Riccardo on macOS Tahoe:
> There are moments when I feel as if the MacBook Neo is Apple’s hardware distraction and eye-candy to make people forget about the Mac’s worsened software quality. And too many reviewers seem to have happily taken the bait.

Shots fired!

Struggling to escalate an issue via an Evri support chatbot. Even in this (possibly short?) stretch during which AI isn't yet(!) mainstream ubiquitous and vibe-coding is still emergent, it feels indecent that a chatbot this dysfunctional is the first line support for a global logistics firm. Like seriously. WTH.

Adding this one to the mounting pile of evidence that modern life is squarely leveraged against most efforts to remain sane...

Okay... so BlueSky warrants more attention? Some of the projects being developed on AT Protocol are looking very interesting...

Standard.site - One schema. Every platform. https://standard.site/

But really, what are we doing?

(Reflecting on the instinct to occasionally surface little thought-nuggets here and there. I'm in an interrogative mood... and also: meta...)

Lost track of the #DraftsApp actions I've shared (not that I've shared all that many...) and wanted to archive/delete a few action groups. So...

...built an action to create a registry of shared actions (based on a list copied from the Actions Directory). Then another action that scans the group I want to delete and logs the names of shared actions in the group.

Works, but the one flaw is unlisted actions... 🤔

Actual email I received:

> Happy Sunday, I hope you’re having a great day!

> I really admire the work you do as an author. Even without knowing your latest book, it’s clear that creating stories and sharing them takes talent and dedication
> I specialize in helping authors reach more readers and grow sales quickly. Your work deserves the spotlight it deserves, and I’d love to help you connect with the right audience.
...

Just... no.