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Fred Haineux @haineux.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 12h

My valuable opinion of Major League Baseball: MOOKIE BETTS is the platonic ideal baseball player name

Fred Haineux @haineux.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/10/2026

@ceej.online There's a AI-manipulated picture of him with worms for his face. If they made a rubber mask of that, I could scare everyone, ever, to actual death.

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Fred Haineux @haineux.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/10/2026

The most positive thing: she went from being standoffish to being a downright cuddle-bug. We're much closer than before, and she routinely taps me on the elbow to demand attention (or, truthfully, treats). (2/2)

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Fred Haineux @haineux.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/10/2026

Meanwhile, Elon Musk spent a billion to buy into a major media company, effectively preventing people from seeing an unflattering biopic. And that is literally 0.1% of his net worth. We're so damn cooked.

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Fred Haineux @haineux.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/10/2026

I was damn lucky to be able to retire early. Literally. If I hadn't made an investing “blunder," I'd be unemployed, probably unable to find new employment, after 30 years at Apple.

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Fred Haineux @haineux.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/10/2026

So now iPhone Mirroring and Image Playground are not working on my Mac. They were working a while ago and just stopped. SIgh.

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Fred Haineux @haineux.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/10/2026

Wish Apple would have some kind of marketing for old-faithful software. (2/2)

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Fred Haineux @haineux.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/10/2026

Remember iMovie? (I did I think all of the iLife installers back in the day, but that's beside the point!) I've finished a 15 second “bumper" movie for a silly event -- recorded the video in Photo Booth (although I wish someone would add “Blur Background" to it so I didn't have to clean) […]

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Fred Haineux @haineux.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/10/2026

@ceej.online I have blocked like 300 numbers. Makes me RUE THE DAY I decided to give them money!

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Fred Haineux @haineux.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/10/2026

@nonelvis I wonder if kitties would like the ocean. It seems like a splendid place to live.

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Fred Haineux @haineux.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/10/2026

Also: My tiki mug collection newly featuring a Mr Lobo mug. And some 3D-related stuff. Mr Lobo is a horror host who has been at it for 25 years, somehow, and now runs his show several nights a week on Twitch.

Wooden shelves hold five tiki mugs, 3D glasses, a cone, a blue pineapple, and a glowing blue device.

Very good, Siri. The “glowing blue device” is an Aurora clock. Also the “blue pineapple” is a 3D-printed fidget called a Dragon Egg, and it is holding a Lobo-related “hypnotic umbrella” (cocktail edition).

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Fred Haineux @haineux.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/10/2026

snack haul from Walgreens; previous snack haul (partial) from Exotic Blvd.

A kitchen counter holds three Moon Pie boxes (salted caramel, blueberry, strawberry), Andy Capp’s cheddar fries, and a wide assortment of chips from China including Durian-flavor Lay’s.

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Fred Haineux @haineux.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/10/2026

Courtesy @personalbest I know I am not the fastest out there, but I’m getting to be the fastest I've ever been. And this app is right up there with Apple's “Workout Buddy" at being super-encouraging! Also, the developer is quite responsive. Always a good reason to toss some ducats in the bucket.

Notification from Personal Best iOS app, congratulating me on having:
• Longest walk in last 30 days
• Furthest in 90 days
• Most calories in a walk, 90 days
• Fastest walk in 7 days

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Fred Haineux @haineux.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/10/2026

Recently, this detritus from past employment floated to the surface #vintageApple

A turquoise mug with three cartoon figures and text, “Always dress for the occasion. Apple Security. Because what we know is our business. ®”

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Fred Haineux @haineux.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/10/2026

I remember this well. I was on a major street in Berkeley, CA, and reaching for one of those “free job listings" newsboxes when it began swaying! In a few seconds it stopped, and I looked around nervously, and everyone else was also looking around nervously, and we all giggled a little bit […]

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Fred Haineux @haineux.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

@sundogplanets Calling John Cage to the White Courtesy Phone.

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Fred Haineux @haineux.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

And in more mundane kinds of outrage, here's a company making you pay to sync your own data: support.withings.com/hc/en-us/commu… They've been sliding into suck over the course of […]

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Fred Haineux @haineux.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

[I hate waking up and being ambushed into outrage, but this is the world today and it's getting worse. POLITICS] The company I spent 30 years helping paid $25 MILLION to Trump for his fucking BALLROOM […]

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Fred Haineux @haineux.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/10/2026

Also of SPECIAL INTEREST to MANY READERS: State Superintendent of Instruction: Richard Barrera is running against Sonja Shaw. The most decisive issue is LGBTQ+ support. Barrera is PRO LGBTQ+ protections. Say no more.

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Fred Haineux @haineux.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/10/2026

Prop 42, also funded by the same billionaires is more brazen: It bans new property taxes. It's there for one reason: nullifying Prop 40. So if 40 passes, and either 41 or 42 passes, HORRAY FOR BILLIONAIRES. I’m a bleeding-heart liberal. You can see my bias. (2/2)

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Fred Haineux @haineux.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/10/2026

Voting, San Jose, CA edition. Resources, unbiased: calmatters.org/california-voter-gui… HIGHLY RECOMMENDED -- has quizzes to help you figure it out for yourself without a lot of boring reading Resources, my bias: www.aclunorcal.org/vote […]

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Fred Haineux @haineux.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/10/2026

#vivis So I found this in my 50,000 photos. VOILÀ! A Felafel Pizza Sandwich. (And yes, it was hella good and I'd eat it again any old day) This was at the venerated and sadly gone Vivi's — an Apple traditional lunch spot, which was famous for delicious food […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

A Felafel Pizza Sandwich — Split French bread roll with pizza sauce, cheese, and crumbled felafel balls. A delicacy that might never again happen!

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Fred Haineux @haineux.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/10/2026

New AppleTV: More Expensive, Now AI-Powered™. But I guess you can finally yell at the TV and get a reaction, so there is that.

A glowing sticker reading “NOW AI POWERED!” with a smiling speech bubble, stars, and “Talk to me. Ask me to do things!”

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Fred Haineux @haineux.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026

[Why I Just Quit Twitter] Remember the Douglas Adams INFOCOM (text adventure) game BUREAUCRACY? In it the most important thing to watch was your “blood pressure" -- do too many stressful things, like arguing with bank clerks -- and you died. That's how I feel about Twitter. I don't need the […]

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Fred Haineux @haineux.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026

[Why I Just Quit Twitter] I am not sticking my head in the sand. I vote, send money to the ACLU and EFF and Sierra Club and Trans Continental Pipeline (look ‘em up if you aren't hip) and and and. I go to City Council meetings and protest stuff. I just don't need to be inundated with outrage […]

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Fred Haineux @haineux.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026

[Why I Just Quit Twitter] @ceej.online @gruber told me it was safe to go back to twitter. “The culture on X today is remarkably friendly and inclusive. It is a cheerful place.” So I checked it out. After a half-hour of telling twitter I was not interested in MAGA stuff (pro- or anti-), I hit […]

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Fred Haineux @haineux.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2026

@nonelvis So I am so brainwashed by cats that I seriously thought of suggesting you could get one of those plug-in radiators, you know, for the cats.

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Fred Haineux @haineux.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026

My alma mater, I hate thee so, only made sour by the fact that I grew into a person there.

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Fred Haineux @haineux.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026

[AI slogan-mongering, neutral] AI is the Hypercard of this decade. "Apps only a mother could love” I used to hear. Terrible-quality games, but fun for the creators and their immediate friends. Then again, Hypercard begat Cosmic Osmo, which begat MYST, which changed the world.

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Fred Haineux @haineux.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026

And here is a little compilation of The Hardest-Working Man in Show Business doing the rarely-attempted, never-surpassed, James Brown dance, featuring the Good Foot Glide and the James Brown Split www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ke34BuxR6_w How good was JB? Prince and Michael Jackson both pay […]

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Fred Haineux @haineux.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026

And here is a slightly modified version on the Flip Wilson Show www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwAZxXItjUM (2/2)

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Fred Haineux @haineux.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026

[AI Content, critical of AI] So this dropped: www.niemanlab.org/2026/10/chatgpt-i… I have a lot to say about this. I have said it to some people, will say it to others. Suffice it to say: In my not-a-lawyer opinion […]

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Fred Haineux @haineux.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026

THE SAUCE TARTARE DOME HYPOTHESIS — cuisine reviews in the style of Achewood, man.

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