Was in a retail store the other day. As I was leaving, I noticed that the salesperson who had been helping me was wearing Meta Ray-Ban glasses (I saw the cameras). Not sure how I feel about that.

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Peloton Fall Refresh: New Equipment + AI Innovation Coming Soon - The Clip Out The Peloton fall refresh will deliver new equipment, AI features, and integrated upgrades designed to expand the brand’s reach in wellness.

Great to see some good news coming out of Peloton. And new products in the roadmap! theclipout.com/peloton-fall...

U.S. Alcohol Consumption Hits New Low, Poll Finds - The New York Times The results signal a shift after a recent uptick in drinking among middle-aged adults in particular.

“This is the lowest percentage in Gallup’s 90 years of collecting data on drinking behavior.” www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/w...

I take Caltrain to Palo Alto now whenever I go down there. It’s like riding on trains in Europe. Fast, quiet, smooth. It’s an enormous improvement!

What I've learned from 17 years as a dog sitter - The Washington Post Hundreds of dogs have been in my care, and I’ve realized I like to live at their pace.

“I came to see that routines built by two halves often change when one of the halves is replaced.” wapo.st/4mzjN74

The Hunt for a Lost Microscopic Art World - The New York Times Decades ago, designers etched microscopic doodles onto silicon chips to leave their marks. Now, techno-archaeologists search for the tiny fossils.

Hardware Easter eggs. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/12/t...

After America’s biggest dam removal, 15 teens journey down a sacred river - Washington Post The removal of four dams finally made a descent of the Klamath possible. These Indigenous kayakers became the first to attempt it.

Beautiful. wapo.st/4m81PJf

Read This Before You Trust Any AI-Written Code The Tea app is a warning.

“About half of all AI-generated code contains security flaws.” gizmodo.com/read-this-be...

Return of wolves to Yellowstone has led to a surge in aspen trees unseen for 80 years Gray wolves were reintroduced in Yellowstone National Park in 1995 to help control the numbers of elk that were eating young trees, and it is finally paying off for quaking aspen.

It’s all connected. www.livescience.com/animals/land...

Wind theft. archive.today/2025.04.04-2...

New Apple Watch Software Includes Serious Fitness Upgrades - Athletech News The public beta of watchOS 26 introduces new features like Workout Buddy and a significantly redesigned Workout app.

Some cool stuff coming here: athletechnews.com/apple-watcho...

The Tooth Fairy Is Real. She’s a Dentist in Seattle. - The New York Times For 20 years, Dr. Purva Merchant has been answering letters from gaptoothed children and their parents — roughly 6,000 in all. “Happy growing up,” she typically replies.

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/14/p...

Husband and wife clean Los Gatos Creek Trail on daily walks – The Mercury News The couple say they collect one or two bags of trash most days.

Love this. www.mercurynews.com/2025/06/10/h...

Tonal upgrades its smart weightlifting machine with heavier weights and a better camera - The Verge The new Tonal 2 offers up to 250 pounds of resistance, new HIIT exercises, and more camera features.

I still wish Peloton would acquire Tonal.

www.theverge.com/2025/1/8/24339367/tonal-...

#Health #Fitness #Peloton

iOS 18.3 hints at new 'Invites' app from Apple to manage events Apple this week released the second beta of iOS 18.3, which isn’t exactly an exciting update as it doesn’t add...

Peeve: When people use “invite” as a noun. It’s an “invitation.”

9to5mac.com/2025/01/08/ios-18-3-invi...

Merry Christmas! https://wapo.st/4grjtVi

Elvis Costello's best songs, as chosen by him | Interview | The Line of Best Fit One of England's most prolific songwriters, Elvis Costello talks Best Fit through the five songs he considers his personal best.

“As one of England's most prolific songwriters, Elvis Costello has a harder job than many picking out the songs he's most proud of.”

www.thelineofbestfit.com/features/interviews/elvi...

‎Birdhouse In Your Soul - Song by They Might Be Giants - Apple Music Song · 1990 · Duration 3:18

I’ve had “Birdhouse In Your Soul” by They Might Be Giants stuck in my head for a week. Exceptionally clever wordplay—especially the bit about Jason and the Argonauts. Still, I’d prefer it stuck in your brain instead.

music.apple.com/us/album/birdhouse-in-yo...

I scored 10/10! 🇺🇸🏛️📜 https://wapo.st/3VduYam

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Earnest post, but: a thing I like here is it’s okay to have moments of happiness in public without being broadly scolded, and I believe that sustaining this kind of humanity will be very important as we resist fascism.

We have to sustain each other. Making joy isn’t denial, it’s how we will survive

I love a good tracker. I create spreadsheets for myself to track exercise, repetitive tasks, habits, etc. Would love to see more of what you create and use!

Bluesky’s captured tech twitter because it appeals to our innate desire to buy a new domain name.

Openvibe seems pretty great so far. I definitely miss some features from Ivory, but I presume they will add some of them over time. Sticking with it for a while as an experiment…

apps.apple.com/us/app/openvibe-mastodon...

Generated graphic from Bluesky that shows I was user number 3,341 and that I joined on March 8, 2023. Bluesky now has over ten million users.

Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #3,341!

Fully agree with this. I also hope someone who is not me build an omni-Fediverse client for all the different protocols so we can have a unified experience if we so choose. Also I wish the name IndieWeb had won over Fediverse but whatever.

It's time to bring FriendFeed back.

Screenshot of an iPhone running the old Peach social network app, with posts from 7 years ago, and this morning—none with any responses.

Remember Peach? I still have it!

Having fun experimenting over here. Are there any #BlueSky client apps that support iPad? Most of my social stuff is done on iPad and the tiny iPhone size app window is making me sad!

#app #iPad