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My takes are half the reason you used to log on to Twitter dot com. Professional Photographer based in Seattle. Cinephile. Shakespearean. Eclecticist.

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If there was any justice in this world John Goodman would have at least 6 Oscars

02.08.2025 17:38 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Lately I got re-hooked, all these years after it launched on Gran Turismo 7.

Like contemplating buying a sim rig level of hooked.

31.07.2025 15:40 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I thought Silverstone was fascinating drama, and even today’s rather boring race was still a decent watch just because Spa is fun to look at.

Still trying to figure out who I should support. I feel I have a natural inclination towards McLaren, but feels bandwagony?

27.07.2025 20:04 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

So I thought the F1 movie (while like a 7/10) made a really compelling case to me, someone who’d never watched 1 minute of Formula One, for what makes the sport interesting.

So I decided to watch the last two races and I’m totally hooked. #f1

27.07.2025 20:02 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Life as a House

12.07.2025 03:45 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Selena

12.07.2025 03:44 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I loved Superman. It’s big and beautiful and very messy and wears its heart on its sleeves. Nitpicks a plenty, but I don’t think it matters when you have this much of a soul.

11.07.2025 23:39 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Idk 1995 looked pretty different?

05.07.2025 20:49 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Honestly yeah fuck this. At this point if someone is reading any book it's a win.

05.07.2025 16:04 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Ultimately I don't want algorithmic content in my life in any way, whether that's advertising or youtube videos or instagram posts. When I do use Instagram, it's mostly the following tab.

My one weak spot remains reddit, but I'm trying to stay off the popular tab and only look at the subs I want.

05.07.2025 16:03 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

At this point the only place I see clearly targeted ads is Instagram, which I would delete right now if I felt I didn't need it for work.

And even those ads are clearly confused or working off an old data set.

05.07.2025 16:01 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Just thinking this morning about how one of the best things I've done recently is a) move myself off Safari and onto Brave across all my devices, and then b) subscribe to Kagi.

No AI slop search responses. Almost no ads. And when I do see them they aren't creepy targeted ads.

05.07.2025 15:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Can’t recommend the scribe enough. I got one a couple of months back and I love it.

03.07.2025 20:09 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Anyone mad about the 28 Years Later ending who also fetishized Marvel post credits scenes for 15 years should STFU

27.06.2025 20:28 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Who at Disney does Nintendo need to talk to in order to get Rogue Squadron into Switch online?

27.06.2025 14:37 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
26.06.2025 20:43 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

LETS FUCKING GO

25.06.2025 20:34 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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For what it’s worth

24.06.2025 03:05 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Biggest asterisk title I can remember in my lifetime.

23.06.2025 02:53 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

What's so maddening is that the iPad pro would be an incredible portable travel editing device. But both Adobe and Capture One has so severely limited their ipad versions. I thought Apple were going to be the last people to realize the potential of the iPad pro but guess I was wrong.

14.06.2025 15:03 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

. @adobe.com 's continued bastardization of the iPad Lightroom app is infuriating.

Still no keyboard shortcuts when docked.

Removed the camera profile manager.

Removed the preset manager.

Added "AI credits" though.

14.06.2025 14:59 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

This feels like a game 7, both teams know deep down this is the series

14.06.2025 03:10 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The OG switch had Breath of the Wild and not much else for like six months. The Switch 2 has a much deeper library ready to go, as well as a signature launch title that is a sequel to the 5th best selling game of all-time. Like it's fine.

11.06.2025 20:54 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Hot take:

The Nintendo Switch 2 launch lineup it totally fine.

Everyone saying "but there's no breath of the wild" like yeah of course, one system ever had a Breath of the Wild quality game as a launch title, because Breath of the Wild was a once ever event.

11.06.2025 20:52 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Hello I would like to speak to Rick Carlisle. This is the Knicks. Ok. [crosses out name]

11.06.2025 16:29 πŸ‘ 343 πŸ” 23 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 3
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Apple Intelligence shifts gears Shortcuts for Mac adds support for LLM actions. So last year’s WWDC was too bold, too loud, too defensive. And, as it turned out, too aggressive in promising features Apple couldn’t del…

I've been pretty disillusioned with Apple (intelligence) the last year or so but I think @snell.zone hits it right on here, and I came away from the keynote way more excited about where Apple is going. Less appeasing pundits, more back to things they can do well.

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11.06.2025 16:25 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Raycast Sherlocked

09.06.2025 18:02 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Apple: we’ve revolutionized our user experience

Me: how? By fixing the bugs? Making Apple Music navigable? Making Siri usable?

Apple: two words: β€œSpecular Highlights”

09.06.2025 17:56 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Fair

07.06.2025 02:39 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0