Notices by Miguel de Icaza ᯅ🍉 (migueldeicaza@mastodon.social)

GodotCon Boston sold out, but if someone cancels there is a waitlist:

https://tickets.godotengine.org/foundation/godotcon-us-2025/

I think I am pretty much done with Godot for iPad, after some 500 bugs and features closed during the TestFlight preview.

I am going to submit Godot for the iPad to AppStore review to get a sense of how screwed I am.

Will report my findings!

We are watching it in real time, but nice to have a roadmap:

“The Path to American Authoritarianism: What Comes After Democratic Breakdown”

Or “Why google and Apple renamed their maps”

https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/path-american-authoritarianism-trump

The EU should demand that American Big Tech sell their assets to European companies. They can’t be trusted to not manipulate the data for propaganda reasons.

Not doing so is a national security risk.

Am I doing this right?

Michael Moore’s response to be mentioned by Luigi is going to carry me through the day:

https://www.michaelmoore.com/p/a-manifesto-against-for-profit-health

The gofundmes have shifted from “help me cross into Egypt”, to “help me get food”, to “help me survive with one limb” to “I need surgery to remove my rotting left lung”

Meanwhile our politicians line up to have their picture taken with the criminals.

This is America’s legacy.

“Python tool for converting files and office documents to Markdown”

https://github.com/microsoft/markitdown

@lzg oh next door. We also got a thin layer this morning

@lzg where are you?

A year old, but I only discovered it now.

https://buttondown.com/monteiro/archive/its-easy-not-to-talk-about-it/

A delightful post on developing on the iPad by @SalvagedTechnic -

https://mutatingfunc.github.io/blog/2024-10-12-app-development-on-ipad/

The good news to power us through the day:

Jamie is going to roast me for this, but this is amazing:

https://bsky.app/profile/anildash.com/post/3lbffpo3kxk2g

No person of authority deserves the benefit of the doubt.

Ever.

https://scholarworks.umass.edu/entities/publication/c7155aaf-40b6-4da4-8d36-15556100ee7e

@jwz :-)

@jwz that is a fabulous piece of Jwz writing - thanks for sharing

@jwz I enjoy it :-)

Dan offered to kindly answer questions on Bluesky architecture, and I was wondering, could it be hijacked by a billionaire?

His fascinating answer is here (see the post this was in reply to for a bunch of other great insights):

https://bsky.app/profile/migueldeicaza.bsky.social/post/3la3gfn7wi22p

@evan only saw this thread now, but ready to join you. Hugs Evan.