The most confounding thing about this whole “Texas State Parks” kerfuffle (don’t ask) is that the State of Texas, in the midst of Trumpism gone wild, is actually ADDING two state parks.

In summary, while without any other insights, I would assume that social.lol and omg.lol are cool, inclusive, indie sites that everybody should support, I know that because the founder/owner is a serial abusive troll, I would never recommend anybody use them. I would further advise steering clear.

I have been mostly sitting by while Manton suffers this fool, for more than 6 months now. It has included allegations that Manton is anti-trans, a “big AI” shill, etc. It’s all just so hateful and such unfortunate venom to see being spewn from one ostensibly upstanding indie towards another.

My rant against Adam Newbold wasn’t justified with direct links, and now he has deleted posts. For example, he alluded to Manton being a fascist because of his goal of visiting “all 88 Texas state parks.” 88 is a number that fascists like, I guess. One of many harmful implications against Manton.

I have been (mostly) quietly enduring Adam Newbold’s ridiculous antagonism against @manton, but I blew a fuse today. We can’t just sit here and let ridiculous allegations go unanswered. I pity anybody on social.lol. mastodon.social/@danielpu…

They DO make it pretty easy to score an even cheaper deal than you already have, if you threaten to unsubscribe. Will be paying $52/year for everything, for the next year.

The NYT is raising my Games subscription from $30 to $50? A 66% hike for a service that is already, by most accounts, printing money? While crosswords in general and the NYT in particular gets ever-more popular, they should be making it accessible to more people, not fewer.

Democratic Socialism is the crazy idea that everybody should have it as least as easy as you did when you were born.

As a relatively rich person, and a democratic socialist, let me assure you that we rich people can give so little to ensure that poor people gain so much.

Mamdani winning the NYC Democratic primary is the most heartwarming political outcome I can recall since Obama.

Pro tip: add the local fire department’s number to your phone BEFORE the power lines outside your home explode in flames in the middle of the night.

Pee Wee Herman Voice What if XMLRPC isn’t bad at all?

Donald Trump has just brought the USA into a potentially catastrophic war. I hope the dipshits who had some misplaced faith in him bringing “peace” are happy now. For fuck’s sake. Worst President ever. Worst constituency ever. Basket of deplorables.

A chilling response from Claude when I challenged its claim of being “curious” about something.

I’m a Dodgers fan again. www.nytimes.com/athletic/…

We retired Core Intuition a few months ago, after 16 years. I hope you didn’t unsubscribe. coreint.org/2025/06/e…

My oldest open bug in Feedback Assistant is old enough to drink. My oldest open bug in internal Radar is probably old enough to retire …

The Beach Boys were the first band I ever loved. I begged my mom to buy me a 4-LP vinyl set when I was 7. As an adult, I came to appreciate “Pet Sounds”, which was a real Brian Wilson masterpiece. So many faves, but “In My Room” haunts me: www.youtube.com/watch

WWDC week is always such a blur, I miss so much. I didn’t realize Brian Wilson died, and I didn’t notice that Bille Joe (from Green Day) posted an unpublished cover of “I Get Around”: www.instagram.com/reel/DKxz… Remarkably faithful but with some Billie Joe signatures…

Like any fussy (nearly) lifetime Mac user, I have some quibbles with “Liquid Glass”, but I think Apple has pulled off a remarkably successful unification. As a user, I’ll get used to it (already on my way), and as an investor, I think I’ll make bank on it.

I’m hanging at the Signia downtown San Jose until close to 7pm when I’ll zip over to the Breakpoints show. Stop in, say hi, have a drink, if you’re close!

If you don’t want to miss tonight’s Breakpoints concert, and you shouldn’t miss it, there are still a few “VIP” level tickets available: livenearwwdc.com. Proceeds go to Techtonica, an organization working to advance women and non-binary people in tech. See you there!

I’m sitting next to my good friend, Apple Vision Pro.

Reminder: the “We’ll be back soon” page is static. So you could just reload it all day … gotta go back each time to the original URL that led you there. developer.apple.com/download/ #WWDC25

Haha! The musical app reviews are very reminiscent of my TwitPop efforts. #WWDC25 www.punkitup.com/twitpop/