Good morning fellow coffee and tea drinkers! Grab a cup, sit back, relax, and enjoy the show.☕️
CNN: “Robbie Coltrane, the actor who brought to life the lovable gamekeeper Hagrid in the Harry Potter film franchise, died on Friday, according to his agent, Scott Henderson. He was 72.”
This is so heartbreaking. Our beloved Hagrid is gone. Mr. Coletrane, of course, appeared in many other films but he will always be Hagrid to me.
RIP 💔
Sketch - Via LinkedIn: “Today is a very tough day for everyone at Sketch. In response to challenging market conditions and with a desire to keep our product-first strategy, we’ve taken the difficult decision to reduce our team by just over 80 people. This will mostly impact Operations and Marketing, who have done great work in the recent weeks and months. Our Product team remains well-equipped, with a core team continuing to drive things forward.”
This is a real bummer to see. In my mind Sketch is a prime example of a modern Mac application done right. I know many designers who use it daily. To see such a reduction in workforce makes your heart sink. All those people looking for work toward the end of the year.
On the flip side there are now many very qualified Mac and iOS developers on the market. Go find one and hire them.
Also, why in the world wouldn’t you put this on the company blog or as a standalone news announcement on your own website?
Fortune: “Every day, we are confronted with the knowledge of further destruction of Earth at our hands: the extinction of animal species, of flora and fauna…things that took five billion years to evolve, and suddenly we will never see them again because of the interference of mankind. It filled me with dread. My trip to space was supposed to be a celebration; instead, it felt like a funeral.”
William Shatner is a Canadian Treasure, I originally said American Treasure but a friend corrected me. He’s still an American Treasure if you ask me. 😁 I don’t know what more say, other thank this: We must protect our planet. It’s the only place that can sustain life we’re aware of. Even if we found another planet it would be impossible to reach.
BREAKING:
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) October 12, 2022
WATERBURY, Conn. (AP) -- Jury says Alex Jones should pay $965 million to people who suffered from his lies about the Sandy Hook school massacre.
It couldn’t have happened to a better man. Now, get this jerk off the airwaves.
Yahoo! News: “The House select committee held its 10th and possibly final public hearing on Thursday, presenting new evidence stemming from its 15-month investigation into the events surrounding the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.”
Well, well, well, TFG will finally get his subpoena. Of course he’ll worm his way out of it, like he always does. Here’s hoping the Justice Department gets him.
Welp… that 5-minute montage the Jan 6 committee just played leads me to the conclusion that America did have a president on January 6th. Her name was Nancy Pelosi.
— Joy-Ann (Pro-Democracy) Reid 😷 (@JoyAnnReid) October 13, 2022
CNN: “Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd delighted “Back to the Future” fans when they were reunited at the weekend, 37 years after the release of the sci-fi comedy.”
I love this film series. My favorite episode is the third and final installment. They’re all very good of course but the third one is best.
Axios: “Google has approved Donald Trump’s Twitter-like social media app Truth Social for distribution in the Google Play Store, Axios has learned.”
This company is doomed to failure. Besides, if Musk gets his hands on Twitter, which is highly likely, TFG will be allowed back on to continue his reign of terror unabated. That sucks.
Fast Company: “With 15,000 locations across the U.S., the coffee chain is betting it can convince electric vehicle owners that it’s the perfect place to charge up. (Literally!)”
Starbucks has some much bigger fish to fry with workers form unions and their attempts to bust those unions but this is an interesting idea.
I was going to question why a company like McDonalds wasn’t interested in doing something like this but Starbucks is definitely a more high end brand. It’s a place folks spend “disposable” income.
With one or two exceptions, I simply don't care about web sites that don't publish RSS feeds. RSS via the indispensible [@NetNewsWire](https://micro.blog/NetNewsWire) is how I stay abreast of the \*vast\* majority of web sites with content I care about. https://t.co/sluWtnoB3J
— Peter Cohen (@flargh) October 14, 2022
That’s right Peter! You tell ‘em!
Hey! Did you know I developed a feed reader for iOS called Stream? That’s right, I did, no, really, I did! It’s free in the App Store but you’re welcome to leave a tip. 😄
