Mike McAuley

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Father of two • Husband • Web developer • Blogger • App connoisseur • Sci-fi lover • All-around nerd • North Carolinian
bloghttp://foolishsyntax.blog

Photo Credit: the L.A. Times

Social media users have long expressed consternation about shared helplessness via the "this is fine" meme.  But I realize now that this was us looking in. Now, I fear we are in the fire, looking out.

(This picture was taken at a rapidly evacuated wine bar in California.)

Seeing all the recent Meta drama makes having a personal website even more attractive.

Get yourself a domain & create your personal corner of the internet! You don't even need coding skills with tools like https://micro.blog/ or https://bearblog.dev/.

#indieweb #personalwebsite

Micro.blog

Post short thoughts or long essays, share photos, all on your own blog. Micro.blog makes it easy, and provides a friendly community where you can share and engage with others.

Hello Mastodon!... time to try something new.

First an introduction - I'm a photographer based in Western Canada with a primary focus on capturing #Nature and #LandscapePhotography with a focus on natural and real editing. I shoot both digital and film.

If you want to see more - give me a follow here I guess!

#photography #RealPhotosofRealPlaces #canada #nature #naturephotography #believeinfilm

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Coming soon to the App Store ✨

@jarrod @matt @jsnell I loved this one, too. Favorite book I read last year.
Does this lazy shit work on ANYBODY? And how does iMessage itself not recognize scams this obvious?
@jarrod @matt it’s the one thing that tempts me to switch to Apple Podcasts…
@brentsimmons that’s ridiculous! Also, adding AI more than *doubles* the price?!

Remember when I wrote “LGBT and Marginalized Voices Are Not Welcome on Threads” last summer on @macstories? https://www.macstories.net/stories/lgbt-and-marginalized-voices-are-not-welcome-on-threads/

Funny how that headline is now more accurate than ever. https://social.coop/@cwebber/113788266953239523

LGBT and Marginalized Voices Are Not Welcome on Threads

<p>As Twitter was crumbling under Elon Musk’s new leadership in 2023, various online circles found themselves flocking to alternative platforms. While some may have kept using Twitter (now known as… X), a non-negligible number of communities migrated over to Mastodon and other smaller platforms. Meanwhile, Meta shipped its own textual social media platform, Threads. The...</p>