Good morning from Charlottesville, Virginia! ☕️
This week has had its ups and downs. We managed to package up a build of the app I’m working on when we promised it.
It’s also Daytona 500 time! I watched the Duels on Thursday night and the Truck race last night. Today we have the Xfinity Series race and tomorrow the Cup teams race. It’s gonna be amazing.
The work week ended on a sour note. I won’t get into it here, just yet.
I had so many stories to share this week, this is about half of what I had.
Anywho, I hope you enjoy the links.
David K. Li and Rebecca Cohen • NBC News
The Chiefs defeated the 49ers 25-22, cementing head coach Andy Reid and Mahomes’ team as the new NFL dynasty to beat with their third title in last five seasons.
The Chiefs look like the Patriots or Cowboys or 9’ers dynasties before them. Four Super Bowl trips in five years, winning three. That’s incredible.
Congratulations Mr. Swift and the entire Chiefs Kingdom! 🥳
Philip Bump • The Washington Post
Remember the ‘Biden bribe’ allegation? DOJ now says it was made up.
Gee, imagine that, a Joe Biden hater lying to the FBI.
The only criminal running for President is The Orange Menace.
Apple confirms it’s breaking iPhone web apps in the EU on purpose
I’m totally unclear what is the real cause behind this decision. Is it really because it makes the OS less safe or is Apple doing another of its passive aggressive things?
I would think they could introduce a new framework for browser engines as well as strict rules and certificates that keep browsers in line, but I may be completely wrong.
As a result EU users of iOS get a much worse user experience. If it’s intentional, shame on Apple, if it’s not, shame on the EU.
Thanks so so much to everybody who’s supported the app over the years!🎩🎉 Let’s do 21 more!
The granddaddy of Mac Feed Readers is old enough to have a beer!
Congratulations to Brent and the entire NetNewsWire team! 🍻
In her new memoir, Burn Book, Kara Swisher cites a 2014 profile that dubbed her “Silicon Valley’s Most Feared and Well-Liked Journalist.” She might prefer to downplay the first and emphasize the second. Some people would switch that around. But there is no dispute about Swisher’s impact: When it comes to tech punditry, she’s at the top of the heap.
I’m a Kara Swisher fan. She’s a great reporter and I think she can ask tough questions when it’s necessary.
I’m looking forward to getting the book.
By George Kelly, Julie Makinen, and Josh Koehn • The San Francisco Standard
Waymo robotaxi goes up in flames in Chinatown after crowd attacks vehicle
Note to self. Don’t drive your car into a crowd of folks enjoying their Chinese New Year celebration.
Why this robot thought that was a good idea is beyond me. 🤖
Donald Trump: Taylor Swift Is A Traitor If She Endorses President Biden
Big baby Donnie Boy wants to be loved so badly. You can’t buy Taylor’s love Mr. Orange Menace.
But many workers at Allegiant Stadium, in Las Vegas, make barely more than minimum wage. A San Francisco Chronicle article tells the story of one such employee, Chayasura Walker, who makes $14.25 an hour, without benefits, as she pours $18 beers
I don’t know what to say about this other than it’s tragic people have to work themselves to death just to survive.
My Mom had to do this. She busted her ass to keep food on our table. She’s the bravest, strongest, person I’ve ever known and she deserved better.
The least we as a nation can do is make sure folks have a livable wage.
Bluesky is now open to anyone without an invite. And a bunch of other exciting things are coming soon.
Bluesky seems to be the alternative to Twitter for folks who think Mastodon is too difficult to use. It definitely captured a lot of the same early techie Twitter crowd.
I wish they’d federate with Mastodon servers but they have to do their own thing. It’s why they were founded.
Threads, however, still seems committed to Mastodon/ActivityPub integration.
Founder Eugen Rochko on helping Threads federate, dodging venture capital, and why he hopes Bluesky abandons its protocol
I can’t see Bluesky abandoning their protocol. I can however see Mastodon adopting the Bluesky protocol.
I just want a single place to follow and interact with folks. Mastodon has been that place for me. I’ve had much better conversations and interactions on Masrodon than I ever had on Twitter. 🧡
Today we’re launching a major new feature for Micro.blog Premium subscribers. Micro.blog notes are a new way to save content in Micro.blog when you don’t want to use a blog post or draft.
Congratulations Micro.blog team! 🥳
Frederic Lardinois • TechCrunch
Specifically, Mozilla plans to scale back its investment in a number of products, including its VPN, Relay and, somewhat remarkably, its Online Footprint Scrubber, which launched only a week ago. Mozilla will also shut down Hubs, the 3D virtual world it launched back in 2018, and scale back its investment in its mozilla.social Mastodon instance. The layoffs will affect roughly 60 employees. Bloomberg previously reported the layoffs.
It’s all about AI these days. Gotta hop on that wagon and ride it.
It’s not going away so we have to adapt our software to use it in some way or it will go away. E.G. I could add machine learning to Stream to make suggestions for feeds to follow. I could, if I had the time. All I can do now is try to finish the Mac version. 🤣
Emily Shapiro and Meredith Deliso
One person has died and at least 21 others were injured by gunfire when a shooting broke out in Kansas City, Missouri, following the parade and rally for the Chiefs' Super Bowl win, officials said Wednesday.
Yay, more deaths due to guns, said no one ever. 🤬
Unbelievable. We Murican’s love our guns and mass carnage.
Recently, I’ve seen a lot of talk around enabling Swift’s complete concurrency checking. I think this is a really good discussion to have. I have opinions! But, I’d prefer to try to give you enough information to understand the trade-offs, because they are significant.
I haven’t checked into this at all but I should. Apparently the move to Swift 6 will require it? Better to figure out what’s wrong now and fix it before it becomes a problem.
Beard Motorsports will compete in Sunday’s Daytona 500 (2:30 p.m. ET on Fox), continuing a trend of the one-employee team taking on juggernauts with incalculable resources.
I’m very happy for Beard Motorsports. Hopefully he’s able to finish the race. That in itself would be a victory for an Indie shop. Let’s go! 🚙
