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Lou Plummer 💖
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mastodon 4.7.3+glitch#Mac #Obsidian #AppalachianTrail Retired from educational IT after 31 years (K-12 and Higher Ed). Creator of AppAddict. Left of Liberal. North Carolina native. Friendly member of the Woke Mob™. 🏳️🌈 Ally. Sworn enemy of billionaires. Nazi puncher.
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Master troll tells officials they are under Flock-like surveillance We monitor “where government officials go, where they stop, who they meet with, and when they return home...already started compiling profiles on their vehicles, spouses vehicles, children's vehicles”
https://www.404media.co/casa-grande-arizona-flock-city-council/
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If you catch anyone fawning over Tim Cook now that he's announced his retirement, send them this.
Yeah, I feel this so much.
It’s the 10th anniversary of this cop’s finest moment, pepper spraying non-violent student climate change activists. I worked in a prison and we didn’t treat convicted murders like this. No wonder Gen Z is #ACAB
Well, this is a bit unnerving. This page explains exactly what a website can know about you, milliseconds after you arrive. @assaf@mas.to
OTD, 10 years ago. Me and Jolene hanging out at Hanging Rock State Park. Being a grandfather makes me want to live forever.
#Apple #Mac #AppAddict is an independent Mac software review blog. I launched it in April 2024 where I've published over 500 reviews covering mostly Mac apps across every category (with a few universal and iOS apps). I emphasize honest, practical reviews from my perspective as a power user and productivity enthusiast - not a marketer. I have a particular fondness for indie Mac developers, privacy-respecting software, open-source tools, and workflow automation. I also cover self-hosting, the de-Googling/de-Apple-ification of digital life, and the art of building efficient Mac workflows with the right combination of small, focused apps. My posts range from single-app deep dives to multi-app roundups, workflow walkthroughs, and developer spotlights.
Good morning good people. Tell someone you love them. Punch Nazis. Resist.
So, like every straight person who’s ever had something to say about someone else’s sexuality or gender. amirite?
Pro Life Tip - For years, every time I get an email that makes me feel good, I attach a label (NICE) to it and file it away. Whenever I feel down or lonely, I can go to that mailbox and read a few letters from kind Internet strangers, friends and family and it invariable cheers me up.
Frequent backyard visitor. Accepts bribes. Fearless.
Historically, the most terrible things - war, genocide, and slavery - have resulted not from disobedience, but from obedience. - Howard Zinn
#quote
If you’ve ever wanted a companion bird, you can’t go wrong with a Sun Conure. They’re, smart, friendly and affectionate. Not loud at all. #birds
I would rather write the government a check every April than let those bomb-buying, baby starving assholes use my money to fund their atrocities with an interest free loan. I learned how to save money in elementary school. I don't need the IRS to do it for me.
Introduce yourself with 10 bands you’ve seen live (in no particular order):
1. Heart
2. The Guess Who
3. James Taylor
4. Paul Simon
5. The Allman Brothers
6. Elvis Costello
7. Old Crow Medicine Show
8. Doc Watson
9. Gillian Welch
10. The Crash Test Dummies
This weirdo keeps making direct eye contact while munching on his wee leaf, despite the fact that I’ve laid out a whole tree-rat smorgasbord for him and his mates.
Me too! Me too!
I love SW Virginia in the spring. I hope your day is full of grace and beauty. Punch Nazis.
Highlight of the day; listening to my daughter arguing with her kids about who is the most bougie.
Granddaughter: Your order your coffee from a farm in Costa Rica!
Daughter: You had passport stamps from four continents before you were 10 years old!
The kids were in a state of panic because their school banned metal bottles and they might be subjected to having to consume room temperature water.
I think he was on to something here. #quote
"Lunatic Fringe" by Red Rider
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A song from the 1980s that you like or means something to you. - Lunatic Fringe by Red Rider
The 80s encompassed ages 15-25 for me. It was the decade when I listened to the radio more than any other. it was the last thing I did at night and the first thing I did in the morning. Lunatic Fringe got a lot of airplay during my high school days. It's a good tune and one I still add to playlists to this day.
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Today on AppAddict - 10 Ways to Get More Out of Apple Shortcuts - I like using Apple Shortcuts when it fits my workflow, but advanced features can be confusing. I manage simple loops and variables, but it’s slow and tricky. That’s why I was happy to see MacStories release Shortcuts Playground, a free plugin for Codex and Claude Code. It lets you describe... - https://appaddict.app/post/10-ways-to-get-more-out-of-apple-shortcuts - #Mac #macOS #Apple #AppAddict
World's Greatest Grandparents - All four of my grandparents lived into my adulthood. Now I'm the one setting the standard, and figuring out what it means to actually be on the same team as my wife. - https://louplummer.lol/worlds-greatest-grandparents/
Why can’t they use their words? Why say “price update” when you mean “price increase”. They’re insulting their customers. I’m going to be a former customer before the next bill because torrents exist.
The aspen trees in the mountains, north of Santa Fe. Despite the snow, the temps were pleasant. Definitely a place for your bucket list.
It’s been a million years since I was in the Army, but evidently things haven’t changed. The one thing not included here is the mandatory purchase of a used Dodge Charger at 24% interest.
"Suicide Is Painless (From the 20th Century-Fox film ""M*A*S*H")" by Johnny Mandel
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What song did you discover in a tv show or movie? - Suicide is Painless (Theme from MASH)*
It's funny that in my formtive years, the shows with the most social impact were the thirt minute situation comedies like MASH with its strident antiwar message and All in the Family with a theme of equality on many fronts including race and gender.
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I struck gold at the flea market
I have a lot of books. A lot. But, this might be the best title that any of them have.
100% Fits
As someone who once lived on a minimum wage job - with a wife and child, my mind remains perpetually boggled at the politicians who refuse to raise it just to protect profits for billionaires.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/economists-warned-california-not-raise-110500084.html?guccounter=1
Happy Monday. Call in sick. Take a hike. Tell someone you love them. Punch Nazis.
@sleepless@social.lol It's good to see you pop back up on my timeline!
"Fields of Gold" by Eva Cassidy
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Pick a song that reminds you of a color. What color? - Fields of Gold by Eva Cassidy
I'll keep going back to the Eva Cassidy well as long as I can. This photo captures what I see in my mind's eye when I hear this song.
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"Thunder Road" by Bruce Springsteen
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Post a song that mentions another recording artist or artists. - Thunder Road by Bruce Springsteen
"Roy Orbison singing for the lonely, that's me and I want you only,. Don't turn me home again. I just can't face myself alone again."
“In 1975, when I went into the studio to record ‘Born to Run,’ ” Bruce Springsteen once said, “I wanted to make a record with words like Bob Dylan, that sounded like Phil Spector’s productions, but most of all I wanted to sing like Roy Orbison.”
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@mjibrower Squirrels sound like they use the same logic as long-distance hikers. I walked from Georgia to Maine on honey buns, Nutella, Snickers and gas station jars of peanut butter. I never had to fight off any squirrels but mice were a constant problem in the shelters where we sometimes slept. They eat more hiker supplies every year than all the black bears on the east coast combined.
Bob Dylan in the backyard of the SNCC office in Greenwood, Mississippi prior to Freedom Summer in the spring of 1964.
"I Saw Her Standing There" by The Beatles
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Which artist were you a fan of first? Write the story of the song that made you a fan. - I Saw Her Standing There by the Beatles
Say what you want about Boomers, they had the best music. I was lucky to grow up in a house where my Mom would stack LPs on the record player and we'd listen to The Beatles, James Taylor, Pete Seeger, Cat Stephens, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and so many more all day long on the weekends. I wish I had a classier Beatles song to share , but this is the one I remember as the first.
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I don't really have that much maniac energy on the regular, but every once in a while, it still pops up.
"The Big Chill" by Various
What is your favorite soundtrack? - The Big Chill (1983)
01 - 0:00 - I Heard It Through The Grapevine - Marvin Gaye 02 - 05:02 - My Girl - The Temptations 03 - 08:02 - Good Lovin' - The Rascals 04 - 10:32 - The Tracks Of My Tears - Smokey Robinson and The Miracles 05 - 13:29 - Joy To The World - Three Dog Night 06 - 17:06 - Ain’t Too Proud To Beg - The Temptations 07 - 19:39 - Natural Woman - Aretha Franklin 08 - 22:48 - I Second That Emotion - Smokey Robinson And The Miracles 09 - 25:36 - A Whiter Shade Of Pale - Procol Harum 10 - 29:39 - Tell Him - The Exciters 11 - 32:11 - Bad Moon Rising - Creedence Clearwater Revival 12 - 34:33 - When A Man Loves A Woman - Percy Sledge 13 - 37:31 - In The Midnight Hour - The Rascals 14 - 41:33 - Gimme Some Lovin’ - The Spencer Davis Group 15 - 44:32 - The Weight - The Band 16 - 49:07 - Wouldn’t It Be Nice - The Beach Boys 17 - 51:31 - Strangers In The Night - Bert Kaempfert 18 - 54:53 - You Can’t Always Get What You Want - Church Version 19 - 56:17 - J.T. Lancer Theme - Theme 20 - 57:47 - It’s the Same Old Song - Four Tops 21 - 01:00:34 - Dancing in the Street - Martha and The Vandellas 22 - 01:03:15 - What’s Going On - Marvin Gaye 23 - 01:07:09 - Too Many Fish in the Sea - The Marvelettes 24 - 01:09:40 - Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing - Marvin Gaye & Tammy Terrell 25 - 01:11:57 - What Becomes of the Brokenhearted - Jimmy Ruffin 26 - 01:14:58 - Shotgun - Jr. Walker & The All Stars 27 - 01:17:42 - Take Me in Your Arms (Rock Me a Little While) - The Isley Brothers 28 - 01:20:22 - Ask Any Girl - The Supremes 29 - 01:23:09 - You Don’t Own Me - Lesley Gore 30 - 01:25:42 - Like to Get to Know You - Spanky & Our Gang 31 - 01:29:00 - Monday, Monday - The Mamas & the Papas 32 - 01:32:28 - Nights in White Satin - The Moody Blues 33 - 01:40:01 - Feelin’ Alright - Joe Cocker 34 - 01:44:15 - Game of Love - Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders 35 - 01:46:23 - I Got You (I Feel Good) - James Brown 36 - 01:49:13 - (We Ain’t Got) Nothin’ Yet - The Blues Magoos 37 - 01:51:32 - Time of the Season - The Zombies 38 - 01:55:06 - Get It While You Can - Howard Tate
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Memorial Day - It really would be great if we only sacrificed our young people for the sake of freedom, but that's not the case. That doesn't detract from their commitment and it should only deepen our sorrow
"That's Right (You're Not from Texas) (Live)" by Lyle Lovett
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Which song do you associate with your favourite city? - That's Right (You're Not from Texas) by Lyle Lovett
My son has lived in Texas longer than he ever did in our home state (NC). His kids are pure Texans, having grown up in Austin, one of the coolest cities in the country. I love my visits there, visiting Torchy's Tacos, Zilker Park, 6th Street and, of course, the Chile's at 45th and Lamar.
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Adam Engst on the latest wealth redistribution from Cupertino, “ Apple is in business to make money, so if licensing costs are threatening the 77% gross margins enjoyed by Services (iCloud, App Store, Music etc.), clearly prices must go up.”
I use some sort of AI daily, but that doesn’t mean I think any company should get a free pass when it causes harm. (ChatGPT refused to write alt-text for this photo)
"Whipping Post (Live at the Fillmore East: Second Show, 1971)" by The Allman Brothers Band
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A song from the 1970s that you like or means something to you. - Whipping Post by The Allman Brothers Band
I could go the rest of my life and only listen to songs from a single year, 1971.
- Led Zeppelin IV - Led Zeppelin
- Who's Next - The Who
- Sticky Fingers - The Rolling Stones
- L.A. Woman - The Doors
- At Fillmore East - The Allman Brothers Band
- Meddle - Pink Floyd
- Hunky Dory - David Bowie
- Electric Warrior - T. Rex
- Aqualung - Jethro Tull
- Master of Reality - Black Sabbath
- Fragile - Yes
- The Yes Album - Yes
- Every Picture Tells a Story - Rod Stewart
- Imagine - John Lennon
- Blue - Joni Mitchell
- Tapestry - Carole King
- Pearl - Janis Joplin
- There's a Riot Goin' On - Sly and the Family Stone
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Today on AppAddict - Seeking Feedback from Mac Power Users - I’m looking for feedback on a few apps.
I’m looking for the answers to the following questions:
1. Did this app solve a problem you had? If so, what was the issue and the solution.
2. Who do you think is the target audience for the app
3. What’s your... - https://appaddict.app/post/seeking-feedback-from-mac-power-users - #Mac #macOS #Apple #AppAddict