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Jay 🆘 @ap.jay.xyz · 26/09/2026

RE: mastodon.social/@daringfireball/117… The scourge of modern UI design is “Dribbble Brain.” Clarity and the psychology of human-computer interaction is being rejected in favor of things that just kinda “look cool.” There is a whole demographic of influential people who […]

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Jay 🆘 @ap.jay.xyz · 26/09/2026

I miss Aquarius Records so much

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Jay 🆘 @ap.jay.xyz · 23/09/2026

Why do sneakers look like facehuggers now

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Jay 🆘 @ap.jay.xyz · 25/09/2026

Muse truly is like BonziBuddy because it’s cute and will absolutely fuck up your computer

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Jay 🆘 @ap.jay.xyz · 25/09/2026

Is there a good side-by-side before/after photograph/rendering of the previous and new locations of the Citgo sign? #Boston @universalhub

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Jay 🆘 @ap.jay.xyz · 24/09/2026

I'm so bummed that #Apple stopped putting any effort into Dynamic Wallpapers in #macOS. Such a cool thing

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Jay 🆘 @ap.jay.xyz · 24/09/2026

Wow, Apple removed "Get album artwork" from Apple Music in #macOS Golden Gate

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Jay 🆘 @ap.jay.xyz · 24/09/2026

Media Log: Exit Party (Emily St. John Mandel) Started: Sep 23, 2026 #NowReading #books #MediaLog

"Exit Party" (Emily St. John Mandel) book cover

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Jay 🆘 @ap.jay.xyz · 24/09/2026

Media Log: Stillwatch (Mary Higgins Clark) Started: Sep 5, 2026 Finished: Sep 19, 2026 #NowReading #books #MediaLog

"Stillwatch" (Mary Higgins Clark) book cover

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Jay 🆘 @ap.jay.xyz · 24/09/2026

As streaming prices increase, remember that there is nothing stopping you from buying a Blu-ray player: www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/…

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Jay 🆘 @ap.jay.xyz · 24/09/2026

Media Log: Batman (Tim Burton, 1989) Watched: Sep 18, 2026 On 70mm! #NowWatching #movies #MediaLog

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Jay 🆘 @ap.jay.xyz · 24/09/2026

Media Log: Possession (1981) Watched: Sep 19, 2026 #NowWatching #movies #MediaLog

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Jay 🆘 @ap.jay.xyz · 24/09/2026

Media Log: Dead Calm (1989) Watched: Sep 22, 2026 #NowWatching #movies #MediaLog

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Jay 🆘 @ap.jay.xyz · 24/09/2026

Media Log: In the Mouth of Madness (John Carpenter, 1995) Watched: Sep 23, 2026 On 35mm! As part of a double feature with Event Horizon. #NowWatching #movies #MediaLog

"In the Mouth of Madness" (1995) movie poster

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Jay 🆘 @ap.jay.xyz · 24/09/2026

Media Log: Event Horizon (1997) Watched: Sep 23, 2026 On 35mm! I love this movie. #NowWatching #movies #MediaLog

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Jay 🆘 @ap.jay.xyz · 23/09/2026

Why do sneakers look like facehuggers now

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Jay 🆘 @ap.jay.xyz · 17/09/2026

Gerudo Town feels like a Tony Hawk level

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Jay 🆘 @ap.jay.xyz · 16/09/2026

I still think the bold is too bold, but mostly, Georgia really holds up. It just looks great.

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Jay 🆘 @ap.jay.xyz · 15/09/2026

I *prefer* the UI of #macOS Golden Gate to Tahoe. But I'm kind of disappointed in Apple for merely backtracking on some of the Liquid Glass ideas rather than trying to refine them. Toolbars and sidebars in particular feel like they're running away with their tail between their legs.

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Jay 🆘 @ap.jay.xyz · 12/09/2026

This weekend I learned that Gen Alpha (as young as 4) is using "POV" in spoken language. At the beginning of an utterance, it translates roughly to, "This is what it looks like when," e.g., "POV, Dad trying to carry ten plates at once [exaggerated pantomime and giggling]." Earlier generations […]

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Jay 🆘 @ap.jay.xyz · 11/09/2026

The 1985 song “Oh Yeah” by Swiss band Yello is about a guy repeatedly remembering or realizing something: “…ohhhhh, yeah!”

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Jay 🆘 @ap.jay.xyz · 09/09/2026

So the #iPhoneDuo aspect ratio is √2?

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Jay 🆘 @ap.jay.xyz · 09/09/2026

In first with the #Hingegate hashtag

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Jay 🆘 @ap.jay.xyz · 09/09/2026

RE: social.panic.com/@playdate/11723662… #Playdate having a live stream event at the same time as #Apple’s is like Animal Planet’s Puppy Bowl

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Jay 🆘 @ap.jay.xyz · 05/09/2026

I can imagine a really great Apple TV YouTube app —- browsing playlists in a sidebar, picture-in-picture, queues, etc. But what they deliver makes it clear that they don’t even really want to try.

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Jay 🆘 @ap.jay.xyz · 04/09/2026

Indispensable Mac app Hazel is 35% off for its 20th anniversary store.noodlesoft.com/store

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Noodlesoft Store

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Jay 🆘 @ap.jay.xyz · 27/08/2026

People who don’t look up from their phones when the Red Line crosses the Longfellow are dead #Boston

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Jay 🆘 @ap.jay.xyz · 26/08/2026

This is an appropriate time to reiterate my impossible dream of seeing Rocky Horror in a theater without a throng of cackling dweebs

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Jay 🆘 @ap.jay.xyz · 26/08/2026

500 characters was a mistake

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Jay 🆘 @ap.jay.xyz · 25/08/2026

It’s called a “grapefruit” because it looks just like a grape, but, unlike a grape, is a fruit

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The Iconfactory @iconfactory.iconfactory.world.ap.brid.gy · 21/08/2026

RE: mastodon.social/@heliographe_studio… Did someone say free retro pixels?! What are you waiting for! So glad BitCam found a new home. 🫶

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Jay 🆘 @ap.jay.xyz · 22/08/2026

Gen Alpha is gonna be so into the Shaggs, I'm happy for them m.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ssi-9wS1so

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Jay 🆘 @ap.jay.xyz · 17/08/2026

I wish there were a subreddit where you could post AI art you found and get recommendations for human artists who have the same style.

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Jay 🆘 @ap.jay.xyz · 13/08/2026

I started reading Riley Sager, and here's my impression of him: "It was a dark and stormy night, giving the impression that something bad was about to happen. Which it was."

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Jay 🆘 @ap.jay.xyz · 11/08/2026

“There must be something I’m forgetting or that I’m supposed to be doing or paying attention to right now. “Whatever it is, I can probably find it by poking around at my phone.”

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Jay 🆘 @ap.jay.xyz · 07/08/2026

What are your current favorite dumb mobile games, in the same vein as Flappy Bird? Just super casual stuff

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Jay 🆘 @ap.jay.xyz · 05/08/2026

Sorry, Apple, no time for Ted Lasso — got a couple box sets I just picked up on iTunes

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Jay 🆘 @ap.jay.xyz · 05/08/2026

Media Log: Love & Other Monsters (Emily Franklin) Started: May 24, 2026 Finished: Aug 4, 2026 #NowReading #books #MediaLog

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