Thursday, September 26, 2024 →
Adams indicted today. Giuliani disbarred in D.C. today. When is the last time NYC has had a good mayor?
Thursday, September 26, 2024 →
Granted it’s only been a few days, but I agree with this article iPhone 16 Pro not being new, but everything is better.
I likely should have gotten the non-pro iPhone 16, but I did want the other lens since I have no other camera. My only criticism of the iPhone 16 Pro is size and weight, but I’m coming from the best iPhone ever, the 13 mini.
Wednesday, September 25, 2024 →
I’ve decided to combine more of my streaming services into bundles to save a little money. So I had to cancel Disney+, Hulu, and HBO Now HBO Max Max. Only Max was subscribed via Apple’s services and cancelling was, as promised, a simple two-click operation. The other services? I swear it was 5 clicks each along with pleas to stay and small buttons to click.
Of course, I have to wait for the billing cycles to complete in order to really set this all up properly, but here’s hoping!
I am glad to read the iPhone 16 now has the highest repairability rating of any iPhone ever. I wrote in 2019 that I hoped it would be easier to replace batteries, and I’m glad to see Apple has done it. Finally.
Let’s hope this is a better design trend not a one-off design.
I so wish Apple would abandon the Image Playground feature it’s working on for iOS 18. This kind of creation is what people are best at so let it alone. Have the machines do some analysis or whateverthehell, but leave image creation to people. It’s more likely to go poorly than not, anyway.
I would like to propose an amendment that allows Tim Walz, once he’s elected to be vice president, to also be my governor and mayor because Hochul and Adams are both terrible at it.
I got the new COVID shot (2024-2025 MODERNA, SPIKEVAX), and wow is it still kicking my butt. I’m about 50 hours since the shot and I am still feeling pretty low-energy, Heck, last night I woke up covered in sweat from the low fever I was feeling before I went to bed.
Even if you never experienced side effects from COVID vaccines before (that was me, mostly), be prepared to feel something. So, on the way back from when you get the shot, stop at the store and get those treats that make you feel better no matter your mood. You deserve it.
If Apple is going to make the Mac minier, now’s a good time to use that hydraulic press.
Each week I read Mike Monteiro’s Good News newsletter. And each week I’m better off for it. I bet you’d like it, too.
Now that Harris is going to be the Dem nominee, I think she should pick Gretchen Whitmer. She is the best choice and so that ticket would be a hell of a contrast to the GOP.
Well, the rich got what they wanted, right? The NYTimes made this happen and the Washington Post was a super-close second.
My rebellion against Prime Day is to use public transportation to visit a friend I haven’t seen in years. We might buy sandwiches, but not from a chain store.
I am willing to bet a lot of this “Joe Biden must drop out” nonsense if because of this: IRS reports collecting $1 billion from rich households’ back taxes.
The IRS reported Wednesday that it has collected $1 billion in taxes and penalties owed by hundreds of wealthy households who accumulated past-due tax debts for years while IRS enforcement dwindled.
“The tax bill wasn’t even in dispute — the taxes were clearly owed by these people,” IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel said in a call with reporters. “But we didn’t have the people or the resources. … It takes time and staffing to work through these cases.” Get a curated selection of 10 of our best stories in your inbox every weekend.
The tax agency, boosted by $60 billion in additional funding from the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act, has hired hundreds of skilled accountants over the past year and a half after years of shrinking staffing.
Is Biden old? Yes. Really old? Yes. But Biden has been far better than I expected and he’s doing the job (gaffes and all). Should we have a younger person in there? Assuming as qualified, 100%. But it’s Joe. Dems need to push the DNC to embrace the younger folks rather than fight them.
The problem, I assume, is the youngs want it all to be better and that costs money which means higher taxes (for the rich). The rich do not want that. At all.
I’d love to see a Harris/AOC ticket. Or Whitmer/AOC ticket. I hope one day to be able to vote for AOC for president. By the way, it’s a damn shame the Dems aren’t not 100% backing her impeachment movement against Thomas and Alito.
I just watched Perfect Days. It was simply excellent. I can’t recommend it enough.🍿
Supreme Court essentially killing regulation is bad, NY Times saying Biden should resign because of one bad debate while saying nothing about Trump and his convictions is insane, and Martin Mull was great on VEEP.
I can’t recall the last time we had a Spring this pleasant in NYC.
Kathy Hochul’s decision to “pause” congestion pricing in NYC is cowardly, disingenuous, and wrong.
It reminds me of the decision Michael Bloomberg (of whom I am no fan) made banning smoking in bars and restaurants. The critics all came out saying it would hurt those businesses. Of course, the opposite happened.
It’s the same with congestion pricing: It won’t harm business, it will ultimately help them. A lot. There are many examples of that kind of article if you look around.
It’s extra frustrating as we see more and more European cities ban cars to simply wonderful results.
I would bet money the people who influenced Hochul don’t even come into the city.
Feels like Blogrolls could be the solution to bad search engines.* “Here are some vetted, trusted sources even if they are deindexed from the search engines.”
- Especially the ones telling you to eat rocks.
The battery alone in this new Chevy must weigh more than non-EV cars in total.
Paul Waldman’s post on The New York Times is right on the money. The Times has an outsized amount of influence and I really wonder why it wields it the way it does.