I really am glad to read these posts and particularly like how she called out so many of the arguments I hear not just about Substack but from those still on Twitter as well. Doing the right thing is rarely easy but always worth it. https://citationneeded.news/citation-needed-has-a-new-home/
@neil Your link 500'd for me so my apologies if you addressed this but have you tried SearX? I keep meaning to set something up after having similar experiences to your toot.
One thing I confess I’ve had really good luck with this year: Apple Pay. Family and friends have started using it over Venmo and others and it’s worked pretty much flawlessly for us so far.
American football is just boring to watch to me anymore. This bowl game has been on for 2 hours and they’re still in the 1st half! I don’t have the patience for the 2nd half. I only made it this far as my wife’s Alma mater is playing.
I'm currently an Engineering Manager for a #WordPress host and have spent most of my #tech career in WordPress. Before that I've been a teacher, airline captain and even made money with my #trumpet for a little while.
I'm a recent transplant back to #Chicago but we do hope to continue our move to #Portugal in the coming years.
@feld Oh wow! I don't know what the intended temp is here but it's higher than that. Even coming from Florida I've been comfortable and even too warm at night.
It's 18C/64F in my living room this morning. We're on central heat for the building so there is no thermostat to turn up or anything. During the last cold spell it never dropped below 20C/68F. It seems our windows struggle a bit when the wind is out of the North.
@pch Honestly, 13 does seem to bad these days. I'm on my 4th fridge in 9 years and I really don't expect any appliance to make it more than 10 anymore.
One thing I've really enjoyed in almost 6 years with Mastodon is the people I interact with regularly and the blogs I've found to follow are so much more authentic than so many other places I used to find folks on.
I don't want blogs designed to make you a personal brand or an influencer. I don't much care to follow folks to whom all interaction is just one-way.
iMessage sync has gotten so bad that I literally never know what combination of messages I “permanently” deleted months ago and messages I saved are actually going to show up in the app on any given device.