Notices by Warner Crocker (warnercrocker@mastodon.social)

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@GottaLaff Travel safe

@podomunro See you there as well.

Apple’s trajectory makes me sad: I used to root for the company because they are doing a lot of things right: tech as something that has to be useful, focus on accessibility, etc.

But it’s become clear how cut-throat, greedy and anti-user they are. Their devices could be much more repairable (incl. fewer design changes over the years) and be supported much longer. They treat developers awfully too.

And I’m not anti-corporate. Companies are not evil per se. Linux has its own set of issues!

I'm all in for "Do not obey in advance."

Certainly would like to know, (beyond tooting, threading, skeeting, tweeting that out) what folks are planning to do when the moment(s) we all know are coming.

Thoughts?
#politics

@SimplySarah I'm a fan of complexity, both in story, story telling, and character.. I occasionally dip into things that look like just fun. Topping my list of the best film of 2024 currently is Ghostlight.

Putin’s Assassination Targets Revealed in Declassified Memo https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-11-22/putin-s-assassination-targets-revealed-in-declassified-memo

Check Out Buy Now! The Shopping Conspiracy

Worth a watch even without many surprises.

http://warnercrocker.com/2024/11/23/check-out-buy-now-the-shopping-conspiracy/

Good morning. This week’s Chicago snow is gone, but the Fall leaves remain. #Photography #Fall #Today #leaves #Chicago

Emerging Details of Chinese Hack Leave U.S. Officials Increasingly Concerned https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/22/us/politics/chinese-hack-telecom-white-house.html

@SimplySarah I’ll answer later. About to head out for the evening. Not to a movie.

Who’d a thunk it?

Citadel's Ken Griffin says Trump's tariffs could lead to crony capitalism https://www.cnbc.com/2024/11/21/citadels-ken-griffin-says-trumps-tariffs-could-lead-to-crony-capitalism.html

Started to review the list of movies I watched in 2024 before the holiday/awards rush kicks into high gear.

It was actually a really bad year for movies that grabbed my attention. Lots of good streaming TV, or whatever we call it, though.
#movies #entertainment

@davidtoddmccarty Yeah, I know. But it takes too long for it to gain back the light.

We’re not even in Winter yet and I am already tired of it being dark so early in the afternoon. #Chicago

@GottaLaff

NO ONE IS ABOVE THE... oh...never mind.

@jeffjarvis Betting on cabinet nominees.

Yeah, we're so advancing as a society.

There's a theory that post election results are one of the big reasons folks are abandoning Twitter.

Begs the question:

Had the election results been different would those folks still be hanging in on Twitter?
#SocialMedia #Twitter

@briankrebs News and other content has become interstitial to ads. Fill the "column inches" to have enough space for the ad inventory.

@davidtoddmccarty That's certainly true.