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I keep forgetting to mention something I liked about the latest Apple keynote: They showed Siri dictation using the Oxford comma. 😀

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Richard S. Crawford @underpope.com · 29/09/2026

Here to promote Mur Lafferty's "Lonesome October Club". Write a chapter of a novel each day in October, just like Zelazny did in "A Night in the Lonesome October". Maybe. To sign up, go to Mur's Patreon page (you don't have to be a patron of hers to participate): www.patreon.com/mightymur/po...

A drawing of a raven atop a gravestone which reads "The Lonesome October Club", a hand reaching from the grave gripping a fountain pen.

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Angela Brett @angelastic.com · 26/09/2026

I upgraded to an iPad that has FaceID (instead of Touch ID) late last year and the only issue is FaceID needs the device to be farther away from my face than my eyes do. This is fine for a phone; I’m holding it with one hand so I just move it farther away for a second. But it’s a pain with an iPad.

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Angela Brett @angelastic.com · 26/09/2026

Really cute robots should be called computie pies.

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Angela Brett @angelastic.com · 25/09/2026

Richard Ayoade on Taskmaster has real “no and” energy.

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Angela Brett @angelastic.com · 20/09/2026

Watching the ‘Context is King’ episode of Star Trek: Discovery with audio description because the regular audio track doesn’t work for some reason. It’s interesting to hear what gets described, and another weird way that accessibility helps everyone.

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Angela Brett @angelastic.com · 20/09/2026

Even though mornings technically have nothing to do with lunar rovers, it’s somehow a useful mnemonic for me that the kanji for morning 朝 is a combination of the ones for car 車 and moon/month. 月

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Angela Brett @angelastic.com · 19/09/2026

We’re binging Widow’s Bay and I was excited to notice K Callan in the credits! I don’t typically follow or recognise actors, but I was a big fan of Lois & Clark, so that’s a name I know well.

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Angela Brett @angelastic.com · 18/09/2026

In the spirit of Apple Watch vs Macintosh Classic startup race youtu.be/Ug3Rv8zep30 I hope someone compares the startup times or other specs of the iPhone Duo and PowerBook Duo.

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Apple Watch vs Macintosh Classic startup race

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Tairāwhiti Doc @tairawhitidoc.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

A chonki kererū snarfing down some kōwhai flowers in our front garden today. #spring

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Angela Brett @angelastic.com · 09/09/2026

Live Translation on the new foldable iPhone: Duo lingo

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Angela Brett @angelastic.com · 09/09/2026

Apple event in 4 minutes! 😁

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Angela Brett @angelastic.com · 09/09/2026

What if we misunderstood, and actually dragons have hordes, and zombies have hoards? What do you think zombies would hoard?

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Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Every mathematician right now

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Angela Brett @angelastic.com · 08/09/2026

Our Road Trip from New York City to Seattle Hey, remember when I shared a video in which I took down my poster wall in Vienna to prepare for moving to the US, and then another one as a summary of the trip to New York City aboard the Queen Mary 2? Well, in case you're wondering how we got from…

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Our Road Trip from New York City to Seattle

Hey, remember when I shared a video in which I took down my poster wall in Vienna to prepare for moving to the US, and then another one as a summary of the trip to New York City aboard the Queen Mary 2? Well, in case you're wondering how we got from there to where I now live in the Seattle area, I've just finished a summary video of that.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 03/09/2026

A clip of me commenting on @jococruise.bsky.social about being banned in a school library went up and I thought I'd share. The first 90 seconds are on me, but it's the rest I think is important, where I talk about the real harms book bans inflict on authors who are not like me. youtu.be/ya1ylFb9E_k

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Why was Lock In banned? — John Scalzi Q&A on JoCo Cruise 2026

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 13/08/2026

You didn't know you needed to see me perform a karaoke version of "Take On Me" (with critical audience participation on a particular note) on the @jococruise.bsky.social, but you do and here it is: youtu.be/BLY7_vVhbxo

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Take On Me — John Scalzi — Celebrity Karaoke on JoCo Cruise 2026

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Angela Brett @angelastic.com · 02/09/2026

I just finished reading one friend’s book series and then read a book by a different friend. Also, depending on the weather, sometimes I wear a hoodie with one friend’s art on it and sometimes I wear a thinner outer top with a different friend’s art on it. I have such cool friends!

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Angela Brett @angelastic.com · 31/08/2026

Today I finally finished uploading my JoCo cruise footage! About 24 hours, 24 minutes thereof (not counting stuff we couldn’t share). Usually I finish this by May 1, but this year the cruise was later, and I had a job, a commute, and a cutie to watch Star Trek with. youtube.com/playlist?lis...

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JoCo Cruise 2026 - YouTube

All the footage I took on JoCo Cruise 2026. See the descriptions of full-show videos for links to playlists of individual songs.

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Angela Brett @angelastic.com · 26/08/2026

Not to brag, but Duolingo thinks my phrasing of the statement that there were no slippers in the restroom was beautifully written.

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Angela Brett @angelastic.com · 25/08/2026

I don’t know a whole lot about Dolly Parton but I know she was on an episode of The Orville, so if you didn’t know that and wish you could see more of her, that’s an option.

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Antijen @antijen.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Oooh, take advantage of this deal and read something great!

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Angela Brett @angelastic.com · 25/08/2026

“I think this is pretty mid. I’d give it a five,” said Tom, often.

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Angela Brett @angelastic.com · 25/08/2026

“I don’t know what groceries to buy,” said Tom, listlessly.

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Angela Brett @angelastic.com · 25/08/2026

It would be kind of fun for a small group to start singing The Wheels on the Bus on a regular city bus to see who joins in.

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Angela Brett @angelastic.com · 23/08/2026

Yesterday I heard that the Apple Polishing Cloth is actually way better than just a microfibre cloth, and while its extensive compatible devices list does not include glasses, it's really great for cleaning them. So I just ordered one for $19 and Apple will give $10 to the National Park Foundation.

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Angela Brett @angelastic.com · 20/08/2026

Tonight will be my fourth time seeing James Dempsey live since I moved to the US! Before that I only saw him once in 2004. Come join, if you like fun songs about code! xcoders.org/2026/08/14/j...

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James Dempsey and the Breakpoints Jam — More Details!

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Angela Brett @angelastic.com · 17/08/2026

I woke up from a dream about a cool etymological dictionary to realise that etymonline is called that because of the word ‘etymon’.

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Peek @peek.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

yeah of course the goats are taking the bus. they can't take the max because there's predators

picture of a coyote on the max circa 2007

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Angela Brett @angelastic.com · 12/08/2026

I've had 'use trackpad for dragging' turned on on my Mac since before it was hidden under Accessibility, but I've never needed Drag Lock until recently. It used to let you lift your finger to quickly reposition it in the middle of a drag, without Drag Lock. Now it doesn't. When did that change?

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Angela Brett @angelastic.com · 02/08/2026

Some silly songs we sing around the house a lot We recorded Baby Shark sung to the tune of Edelweiss, and Garbanzo Beans (a.k.a. Chickpeas) sung in English and French to the tune of O Tannenbaum. You know, the usual.

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Some silly songs we sing around the house a lot

We recorded Baby Shark sung to the tune of Edelweiss, and Garbanzo Beans (a.k.a. Chickpeas) sung in English and French to the tune of O Tannenbaum. You know, the usual.

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Angela Brett @angelastic.com · 26/07/2026

If Elizabeth Gilbert had been a praying mantis, she would have called that book Pray, Love, Eat.

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Angela Brett @angelastic.com · 12/07/2026

I got my first iPhone 17 years ago today! Not an iPhone 17 that I got years ago, just an iPhone IIIgs that I got 17 years ago. I didn’t have the right residence permit to get an iPhone sooner, but my Newton MessagePads sufficed. 😁

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Angela Brett @angelastic.com · 21/06/2026

Dumb Parody Ideas at MarsCon 2026 I just noticed that in my last post, I promised to post about the dumb parody ideas Joey and I performed at MarsCon. And wouldn't you know, I also have a long-overdue recurring to-do-list item to write a blog post or something! So here's my blog post or something,…

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Dumb Parody Ideas at MarsCon 2026

I just noticed that in my last post, I promised to post about the dumb parody ideas Joey and I performed at MarsCon. And wouldn't you know, I also have a long-overdue recurring to-do-list item to write a blog post or something! So here's my blog post or something, about the dumb parody ideas Joey and I performed at MarsCon.

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Angela Brett @angelastic.com · 20/06/2026

I was just thinking last night that as a teenager, before I had the tools to use, say, databases, I wrote several HyperCard stacks using the ASV data format — that's Apple-separated values, where I'd delimit items with "" (the Apple logo character). 🤣 Very unlikely to clash with the actual data!

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Angela Brett @angelastic.com · 17/06/2026

A few days ago Joey pointed out a sex joke I hadn't noticed in Paul and Storm's "Happy Birthday, Kristi", a song that I've had in my music library since 2007 and listened to 17 times (which seems low, considering.) I'm so innocent. 😇

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Angela Brett @angelastic.com · 12/06/2026

There should be a dating app for non-rhotic fans of Lil Finder Guy called Lil Find a Guy

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Angela Brett @angelastic.com · 08/06/2026

Wait, does Craig Federighi always wear blue shirts for keynotes? Who is it I’m remembering wearing pink shirts? I thought maybe it was Bertrand Serlet but it seems he always wears blue too.

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Angela Brett @angelastic.com · 01/06/2026

Me the other day, after one of the eggs didn’t separate properly and I had to get another one out of the fridge and hold it to warm it up: 🎶 I’m like a bird; I’m warming up an egg. ‘Cause I’m making pavlova; Need room-temperature ova. 🎵 (To the tune of youtu.be/roPQ_M3yJTA?...)

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Nelly Furtado - I'm Like A Bird (Official Music Video)

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Angela Brett @angelastic.com · 11/05/2026

I watched youtu.be/NIGbQ9NHFEg?... earlier and decided that the place where you find people to hire for your breakins should be called SlinkedIn.

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The Genius of the Louvre Heist

YouTube video by Hank Green

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Angela Brett @angelastic.com · 04/05/2026

I’m sure they’re different in some way, but it’s funny to me that in the context of chocolate and chocolate-flavoured things, the approximate US translation of the Austrian ‘Mozart’ is ‘Dubai’.

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Angela Brett @angelastic.com · 29/04/2026

Just noticed after six months that I neglected to turn on the code folding ribbon in Xcode at work. I thought I used that feature all the time, but I guess not! 😮

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Angela Brett @angelastic.com · 24/04/2026

One thing that technology has made less intuitive over the years is using public toilets. You need to flush, get water, get soap, and dry your hands, and for each of these steps you have to work out whether you need to touch something, or wave a body part in front of or under something.

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Angela Brett @angelastic.com · 23/04/2026

In order to feel like an astronaut in my everyday life, I’m rebranding tidying up as ‘stowage activities’.

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Angela Brett @angelastic.com · 21/04/2026

Just an iPhone video of the Earth setting behind the Moon 🥹 (I hope this link works; instagram links seem to be very finicky. Probably best to open it in a browser rather than the app) www.instagram.com/reel/DXVMcEq...

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silas denver 🍎 @sweatermuppet.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

"irreversible side effects of HRT" all of life is irreversible. i cannot go back a single second in time

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Angela Brett @angelastic.com · 14/04/2026

It's the last day of #deepDishSwift, and thanks to tips, encouragement, and having some downtime where this was the logical thing to work on, I've released an update to Seddit which doesn't crash on launch (it's a low bar 😆) and I think the iCloud synching works now. apps.apple.com/us/app/seddi...

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Seddit App - App Store

Download Seddit by Angela Brett on the App Store. See screenshots, ratings and reviews, user tips, and more apps like Seddit.

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Angela Brett @angelastic.com · 13/04/2026

🤔 If I had an idea for a talk, I could theme it for #deepDishSwift by mentioning the common practice of putting canned spaghetti on homemade pizzas in NZ, and relating it to spaghetti code. And the pizza theming is the most important thing about a Deep Dish talk, so I’m 80% of the way there…

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