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NBC with their anti-web, anti-user, self-serving bullshit enshittification approach to video on their mobile site. It’s all just so shortsighted.

Screenshot of a Saturday Night Live promo on NBC.com that forces you to download their native iOS app to watch the video instead of in the browser, which they used to allow.

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Jon Henshaw @henshaw.social · 2h

Instant regret after eating Schlotzsky’s Jalapeño potato chips and then reading the ingredients on the back of the bag. Imitation colored bits! Bioengineered food!!

Ingredients: Potatoes, Vegetable Oil (Contains One or More of the Following: Corn, Sunflower, or Canola Oil), Dextrose, Salt, Maltodextrin, Jalapeno Pepper, Denydrated Onion & Garlic, Torula Yeast, Monosodi-um Glutamate, Imitation Colored Bits (Corn Meal, Red 40 Lake, Yellow 5 Lake, Blue 1 Lake), Green Bell Pepper, Artificial Flavor, and Extractives of Paprika (Color).
MANUFACTURED FOR:
SCHLOTZSKY'S FRANCHISE LLC
5620 Glenridge Drive NE
Atlanta, GA 30342
CONTAINS A BIOENGINEERED FOOD INGREDIENT

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Jon Henshaw @henshaw.social · 06/10/2026

I moved coywolf.com from WordPress to @cloudflare's EmDash CMS this weekend, and with my Coywolf Pack plugin, it's now absurdly fast. The plugin now also adds cache warming to every page. The plugin is feature-packed, open-source, and free. github.com/coywolf-llc/coywolf-pack

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Jon Henshaw @henshaw.social · 03/10/2026

I never tire of seeing these two brothers sleeping in the cat tree. #Caturday

A two-level cat tree with natural wood posts and woven seagrass platforms. An orange tabby cat lounges in the upper hammock-style bed, while a dark tabby cat rests in the lower platform. White pom-pom toys dangle from the structure by strings, and rope wrapping reinforces the central post. The entire piece sits on a light beige carpet against a cream-colored wall.

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Jon Henshaw @henshaw.social · 02/10/2026

This is too good not to share, but it needs alt text, so I'm resharing from my account. henshaw.social/@samim@mastodon.soci…

Four-panel hand-drawn comic. Panel 1: A cat lying down says "It all seems very mundane." Panel 2: A ceiling fan with pull cords hanging down, labeled "IIIII iii". Panel 3: The cat sits on a windowsill looking out, saying "You'll miss it." Panel 4: A view through windows showing what appears to be photos or images on a wall or surface outside.

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Jon Henshaw @henshaw.social · 01/10/2026

I've been getting referrers from the American Osteopathic College of Radiology site to my tech related site, which to me, clearly suggests the site has been hacked for nefarious purposes. Based on what I'm seeing, I'm guessing a combo of referral spam and some sort of linking scheme.

Screenshot of Fathom Analytics data showing referral sources and page visitors, with www.aocr.org listed as the top referrer with 6 visitors and 6 views.

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Jon Henshaw @henshaw.social · 27/09/2026

For a second there, I thought China shipped their Pandas to the U.S. in TV boxes. 😅 www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/se…

A person in a white full-body protective suit with blue straps stands facing a large cage that looks like a TV box showing a giant panda walking through grass. The image on the cage displays logos for Zoo Atlanta and a panda icon in the upper left, with text reading "Ping Ping" at the bottom right. The person appears to be viewing or working with the cage in an indoor facility.

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Jon Henshaw @henshaw.social · 25/09/2026

You can now easily find and remove duplicate notes in @recollect. I added this because I ended up with a lot of duplicates after importing bookmarks and notes from various app. #PWA #IndieDev

Screenshot of a Settings panel in Recollect showing the Notes section, with options to remove unused tags, manage duplicate notes (currently moving 50 of 150 copies to trash), and download all content as a zip file.

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Jon Henshaw @henshaw.social · 24/09/2026

A subtle but welcome change in macOS 27 is that the menu bar network icon now defaults to the primary connection. Before, it was always the Wi-Fi icon, even though my primary connection was Ethernet. If you didn't know this already, you can specify which […] [Original post on henshaw.social]

Screenshot of a Network settings screen showing three connection options: Fiber, 2.5G LAN, and Wi-Fi, all marked as connected.

Screenshot of a Wi-Fi settings panel showing the toggle switched on, with two ethernet connection options listed below.

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Jon Henshaw @henshaw.social · 24/09/2026

I really love the entire concept of @inkwell and am enjoying watching @stanton refine it.

Screenshot of the Letterbox app's letterbox interface showing a letter from Stanton thanking the user for support, sent 6 days ago.

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Jon Henshaw @henshaw.social · 17/09/2026

You can now connect @recollect to your @Mastodon account, and when you bookmark a post, it saves it to Recollect as a bookmark note. It also embeds the post, and the post content is searchable. #PWA #IndieDev

Screenshot of the Bookmarks settings panel in Recollect, showing a connected Mastodon account for Jon Henshaw with options to sync posts, import existing bookmarks, and add additional accounts.

Screenshot of Recollect with bookmark notes made from bookmarks on Mastodon

Screenshot of a Recollect bookmark note created by a bookmark on Mastodon

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Jon Henshaw @henshaw.social · 15/09/2026

The eligible hiring pool at the FBI must be getting really small...or freaky. #USPol

Screenshot of a bearded man in a dark suit and pink tie speaking at a microphone with both hands raised, with headline text reading "Kash Patel defends changes in FBI hiring policy regarding bestiality – video."

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Jon Henshaw @henshaw.social · 15/09/2026

Apple found a new way to sabotage and ruin PWAs. When you add a PWA to the Home Screen, it forces this fade onto it, and you can't remove it. Unbelievable. #Apple #iOS27 #PWA

Apples forced a fade over the top of PWAs on iOS 27

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Jon Henshaw @henshaw.social · 14/09/2026

Yet, somehow still much faster than dialup.

Screenshot of a macOS software update dialog showing macOS 27 downloading at 3.71 GB of 32.43 GB with approximately 10 hours remaining, upgrading from macOS Tahoe 26.6.2.

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Jon Henshaw @henshaw.social · 08/09/2026

Zero complaints about my office today. I'm on the back porch at my parents' overlooking Pikes Peak in Colorado. It's a long stay dealing with family stuff, and I still need to get work done, so I'm making the best of it.

A laptop displaying code sits on a stone table outdoors, surrounded by a keyboard, trackpad, and charging cables, with a pastoral valley landscape visible beyond a decorative black railing.

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Jon Henshaw @henshaw.social · 08/09/2026

1/6 As @recollect gets closer to being feature complete, I've added "getting started" notes for new accounts to help in onboarding. And since any note can be shared as a public read-only note, I'm sharing them here in this thread...

Screenshot of Recollect's note-taking interface showing a list of five instructional notes with titles like "Start with this note," "Add images, files, and videos," and "Use Recollect to manage bookmarks," each with preview text and some accompanied by thumbnail images or previews on the right side.

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Jon Henshaw @henshaw.social · 05/09/2026

Added <kbd> styles to @recollect to better highlight and make keyboard shortcuts look better in notes. #PWA #IndieDev

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Jon Henshaw @henshaw.social · 03/09/2026

Apparently, my dad has been using his phone in this condition for quite a while. He told me today he might need to get a new one.

Damaged iPhone held in someone's hand, showing the back panel with severe cracks and damage, the camera array, and internal components including the SIM card tray and circuitry visible through an opening on the right side.

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Jon Henshaw @henshaw.social · 02/09/2026

@recollect Also, it’s fun integrating my different apps with each other. This is a note in a contact record from my contact manager, Contact Garden, that automatically syncs with Recollect. When you add anything to a contact note, it creates a special […] [Original post on henshaw.social]

Synced note from Recollect in a Contact Garden contact record.

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Jon Henshaw @henshaw.social · 02/09/2026

I just made @recollect's checklists a little smarter. recollect.fyi #PWA #IndieDev

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Jon Henshaw @henshaw.social · 22/08/2026

I just added two ways to create bookmark notes in @recollect from @feedbin 1. ⭐️ Starring articles (via API) 2. Sharing menu (via special URL) The options are available in the Bookmarks section of Settings. The preferred and recommended method is connecting […] [Original post on henshaw.social]

Feedbin settings in Recollect's Bookmark settings

Recollect notes app with bookmark notes that were starred on Feedbin

Share menu in Feedbin with Recollect as an option to share and save as a bookmark note

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Jon Henshaw @henshaw.social · 20/08/2026

The next time you’re caught out in a storm, be grateful you’re not a giraffe. #Nature

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Jon Henshaw @henshaw.social · 16/08/2026

This is pretty cute. Frogs hanging out in dahlia petals. #Nature

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Jon Henshaw @henshaw.social · 14/08/2026

I'm pleased with how the automated "Table of Contents" feature turned out for @recollect. It automatically updates based on the headings you add or remove, and it also updates when you edit the heading text. And those jump links...so smooth! recollect.fyi #PWA #IndieDev

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Jon Henshaw @henshaw.social · 12/08/2026

Current state of LinkedIn at the moment. It's so bad, they had to add this option to the post option menu.

Screenshot of a LinkedIn post menu with three options: "Not interested," "Seems like AI slop," and "Report post."

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Jon Henshaw @henshaw.social · 11/08/2026

Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope…

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Jon Henshaw @henshaw.social · 07/08/2026

I gotta say, this looks pretty cool. It's not for me, but I'm still impressed. www.kickstarter.com/projects/rubenc…

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Jon Henshaw @henshaw.social · 06/08/2026

I finally found an excellent use for the View Transition API for my recollect.fyi notes app! #PWA #IndieDev

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Jon Henshaw @henshaw.social · 29/07/2026

The best part of my day thus far has been my watch sleep-shaming me.

Screenshot of a sleep tracking notification showing "Low Sleep Score" with the message "It wasn't a very good night's sleep. Try to get to bed on time t…"

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Jon Henshaw @henshaw.social · 24/07/2026

What do you get when you combine the real-time typeahead and sophisticated search capabilities of MiniSearch with WordPress? You get the Coywolf Search plugin, which is open-source, free, privacy-first, and replaces the very basic native WordPress search. You […] [Original post on henshaw.social]

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Jon Henshaw @henshaw.social · 22/07/2026

This is heading my way, and I'm interpreting the radar view from @CARROT that if I go outside, I instantly die. #Weather

Weather radar map of Tennessee showing thunderstorms with lightning symbols concentrated across the central region including Nashville, Springfield, and Gallatin, with lighter precipitation to the north and west.

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Jon Henshaw @henshaw.social · 21/07/2026

Oh, I know this one. Don’t 💩 in the pool.

Post on Reddit that says “The Biggest Hygiene Mistakes People Make in the Pool”

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Jon Henshaw @henshaw.social · 15/07/2026

At first glance on @theverge, I thought this was a futuristic carrier for Mac minis that nobody needed. 😆 www.theverge.com/tech/965611/xgimi-…

A person in beige trousers holds a portable projector by its carry handle, displaying the device's metallic silver casing and dark top panel.

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Jon Henshaw @henshaw.social · 13/07/2026

I quietly published the AI Alt Text for the Fediverse Chrome extension weeks ago. I have to say, I'm surprised that it already has over 2K active installs. Especially since it only works on Mastodon. I guess I can't be the only person who wants something like […] [Original post on henshaw.social]

Screenshot of the Chrome Web Store Developer Dashboard. A single published extension titled "AI Alt Text for the Fediverse" version 1.3.6 is listed with 2,219 users.

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Jon Henshaw @henshaw.social · 12/07/2026

I know #AI is controversial, especially on @Mastodon, but I think it's possible to have #AIforGood I wanted to remove the friction of adding good alt text to images on Mastodon and also to help people write better alt text, especially since the built-in "Add […] [Original post on henshaw.social]

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Jon Henshaw @henshaw.social · 09/07/2026

Dusk on the Fourth of July at my neighborhood before the fireworks went off.

A large outdoor gathering at dusk with hundreds of people seated on grass and standing among bicycles, illuminated by gathering darkness and distant lights as the sky transitions from blue to twilight.

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Jon Henshaw @henshaw.social · 08/07/2026

And now we wait... For how long? Nobody knows. All three are #Safari extensions that go along with their Chrome and Firefox counterparts, and were all accepted and published quickly. #Apple #AppStore #Developer

Screenshot of App Store Connect showing three macOS apps awaiting review.

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Jon Henshaw @henshaw.social · 07/07/2026

And this "Save to Recollect" browser extension makes my replacement of Raindrop complete! chromewebstore.google.com/detail/sa… I used the importer to bulk add from Raindrop into @recollect and it worked […] [Original post on henshaw.social]

Screenshot of the Recollect.fyi note-taking application showing a list of bookmarked notes. The search bar at the top displays the active filter "#Bookmark" with an X button to clear it. Below, it shows "2,447 Notes" and displays four bookmarked entries: "Free DMARC Record Generator and DMARC Reporting – DMARC, SPF, DKIM tools" linking to easydmarc.com; "Maximally optimizing image loading for the web in 2021" from industrialempathy.com; "SPF, DKIM & DMARC: email anti-spoofing technology history and future" from fastmail.com; and "Let's talk AVIF – and why we're not adding support just yet" from bunnycdn.com. Each entry includes a thumbnail image and is tagged with "#Bookmark" in an orange label.

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Jon Henshaw @henshaw.social · 05/07/2026

I'll be doing a full write-up soon, but sharing now because I'm so excited. @WordPress just approved my #SEO plugin 🎉 wordpress.org/plugins/coywolf-seo Gone are Yoast SEO, subscriptions, bloated add-ons, and 3rd party services nobody wants. Mine […] [Original post on henshaw.social]

Screenshot of the Coywolf SEO WordPress plugin page showing the Details tab. The plugin description states: "Coywolf SEO is built on a simple idea: an SEO plugin should give you exactly what you need, and nothing more. No upsells, no nags, no bloat, no features you have to turn off — just the essentials, done right, with the plugin doing the heavy lifting in the background." Key details displayed include version 1.0.128, last updated 3 hours ago, fewer than 10 active installations, requiring WordPress 7.0 or higher and PHP 7.4 or higher.

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Jon Henshaw @henshaw.social · 05/07/2026

Celebrating the independence of gas from our butts.

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Jon Henshaw @henshaw.social · 04/07/2026

I'm pretty happy with how bookmarks turned out in @recollect. Next up, getting the Chrome, Safari, and Firefox extensions submitted and approved for one-click bookmark note creation.

Screenshot of the Recollect.fyi note-taking application showing 162 notes filtered by the "#Bookmark" tag. Three bookmarked items are visible: "No Upload Tools," a curated directory of browser-based tools tagged with #WebDev and #Bookmark; "Introducing the HTML element," an article from Chrome Developers tagged with #Coywolf, #News, and #Bookmark; and "Component Library for React," a link to an infinite component library tagged with #WebDesign, #WebDev, and #Bookmark. Each item displays a title, URL, tags, and a thumbnail preview image.

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Jon Henshaw @henshaw.social · 04/07/2026

Adding files to notes in @recollect is now live! Now I'm adding bulk editing. So many new features. I can't wait to write about them.

Screenshot of the Files preferences page in Recollect. The main section shows that Recollect is connected to Backblaze B2 cloud storage with key "recollect" and bucket "recollect-notes", connected since 7/3/2026. Below that, the Automated backups section shows a toggle switch that is turned on for "Automatically back up my notes." The backup frequency is set to "Weekly" on "Sunday" at "02:00 AM" in the America/Chicago timezone. A "Back up now" button is displayed, with the last backup timestamp shown as 7/3/2026 at 9:14:54 PM.

Screenshot of a note titled "Note with files?!" containing the text "Heck yeah!" followed by three attached files: ev-etiquette-card.pdf (PDF, 384.8 kilobytes, uploaded July 3, 2026), ev-etiquette-card.ai (AI vector file with description "The vector file that started it all", 390.0 kilobytes, uploaded July 3, 2026), and greatest-of-docs.docx (DOCX, 20.9 kilobytes, uploaded July 3, 2026). Each file has download and link buttons.

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