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Greg B @iamgregb.io · 28/09/2026
My most controversial take as of late iamgregb.io/blog/61e6308c
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Greg B @iamgregb.io · 25/09/2026
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Little Charlie, 1Picture1000Words - @iamgregb
Little Charlie was born under an unlucky star, and though he wasn’t so little anymore, he did indeed come into the world at night. The moon was surprisingly...
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Greg B @iamgregb.io · 18/09/2026
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AI is still about us - @iamgregb
Before Denis Villeneuve brought the world of Dune to the big screen, before Frank Herbert wrote his famous book, there was another book called Erewhon,...
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Greg B @iamgregb.io · 17/09/2026
Why can’t we have a better way to read threads? iamgregb.io/blog/reading...
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Reading threads - @iamgregb
Every app that lets you post to the various twitters these days has useful tools for composing threads: you know, those chains of posts linked to one...
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Greg B @iamgregb.io · 15/09/2026
iOS and macOS 27 updates in the EU
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Nathan Fielder's 'Hungry For Nothing' Prank
ALT: Nathan Fielder's 'Hungry For Nothing' Prank
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Greg B @iamgregb.io · 15/09/2026
It doesn't seem to be that simple and involves Italian law enforcement departments, apparently www.reddit.com/r/Revolut/co...
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From the Revolut community on Reddit
Explore this post and more from the Revolut community
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Greg B @iamgregb.io · 15/09/2026
The absolute state of Siri AI in Europe
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Greg B @iamgregb.io · 14/09/2026
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Audio Intelligence - @iamgregb
The Audio Intelligence part of Apple’s latest presentation gave me the ick. Apple has published a privacy overview, but privacy isn’t really what rubs me the...
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Greg B @iamgregb.io · 02/09/2026
Can the floss dataset be used for military drones, though? arstechnica.com/ai/2026/06/p...
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Pokémon Go players unwittingly contributed to tech with military drone uses
The repurposing of Pokémon Go data for AI training continues to draw scrutiny.
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Greg B @iamgregb.io · 01/09/2026
iamgregb.io/tally
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Tally - @iamgregb
I’ve always been a folder guy, not a tag guy. Tag-based organization has never stuck with me, not in Bear, Obsidian, or iA Writer. I understand the appeal,...
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Greg B @iamgregb.io · 26/08/2026
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Excited Baby Yelling 'YESSSSSSS!!'
ALT: Excited Baby Yelling 'YESSSSSSS!!'
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Greg B @iamgregb.io · 25/08/2026
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The Privilege of Being Picky - @iamgregb
I wonder what came first: did social media algorithms train us to become more radical in our opinions, or are they simply reflecting something that was...
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John Gruber @gruber.foo · 22/08/2026
A screenshot should capture what you see on your screen.
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How Bluesky and Threads Sneak Their Logos Into iOS Screenshots
Link to: https://timmarinin.net/2026/bluesky-screenshots/
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Greg B @iamgregb.io · 22/08/2026
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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
I just read this post from one of the 200+ people laid off from Apple. 37 years at the company. Led features like Handoff and “Add to Dock”. Apple has 166K employees and so this is a tiny layoff relative to thousands across big tech. Yet it’s still sad to not let people leave on their own terms.
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Greg B @iamgregb.io · 21/08/2026
I wrote about why Reacher is more enjoyable than super heroes, in my opinion iamgregb.io/reaching-for...
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Reaching for Lower Stakes - @iamgregb
The box-office performance of Spider-Man: Brand New Day shows that I miscalculated: spandex is still as trendy as it was a decade ago. The disinterest in...
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Greg B @iamgregb.io · 21/08/2026
Big Walk (2026)
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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 20/08/2026
So I get that there's (yet again) a big debate going on about AI on Bluesky. I am turning off replies to this post because I don't want to have notifications flooded one way or the other on this one. I just want to share what I've heard multiple times in just the past two weeks.
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Greg B @iamgregb.io · 20/08/2026
Aha, password-protected, got it. I keep my local daily journal for this. People don’t need to know what I think 😅
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Greg B @iamgregb.io · 20/08/2026
Daymark is now available as Obsidian plugin: iamgregb.io/daymark-in-o...
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Daymark in Obsidian - @iamgregb
I vibeported Daymark to Obsidian, and it's live in the community directory now: If you use daily notes in Obsidian and think that the calendar plugin for...
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Greg B @iamgregb.io · 20/08/2026
Is there a difference between a private blog and a journal? 🤔
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Greg B @iamgregb.io · 19/08/2026
Interesting. Apple changes its rules for personalised advertising in apps www.bundeskartellamt.de/SharedDocs/M...
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Apple changes its rules for personalised advertising in apps
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Greg B @iamgregb.io · 18/08/2026
I wonder how hard the AI upselling will be on a free plan. Good luck with these prices, TBCNY. www.diabrowser.com/plans
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Dia Browser | Plans
Get work done without constraints.
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Greg B @iamgregb.io · 17/08/2026
The privacy and compliance theatre is getting exhausting. iamgregb.io/for-privacy-...
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For Privacy Reasons - @iamgregb
Privacy and compliance theatre, with its endless acts and elaborate productions, is getting exhausting, to be honest. The latest performance comes courtesy...
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Greg B @iamgregb.io · 17/08/2026
What’s the NetNewsWire of podcast apps?
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Greg B @iamgregb.io · 15/08/2026
Protocol is not a product.
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Greg B @iamgregb.io · 15/08/2026
I don’t get why everyone is angry at Anthropic for text watermarking, if everyone else, including OpenAI, signed the same EU AI Act Code of Practice? 🤔
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Greg B @iamgregb.io · 13/08/2026
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We Should All Know Less About Each Other - @iamgregb
I remember how it all started. Adding friends as connections on a new social network felt great in a disconnected world. Getting life updates and photos and...
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Greg B @iamgregb.io · 13/08/2026
The answer is always money, isn’t it
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Greg B @iamgregb.io · 13/08/2026
WTF happened to MtG
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Greg B @iamgregb.io · 11/08/2026
Super interesting thread.
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Greg B @iamgregb.io · 11/08/2026
I spent my whole life learning English, only for it to produce this sentence in 2026.
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Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
gets incredible air here
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Greg B @iamgregb.io · 04/08/2026
If you read one thing today, let it be this. "There will come soft rains" by Ray Bradbury, which takes place on August 4, 2026 - users.wpi.edu/~zrbutzke/Do...
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ceej @ceej.online · 31/07/2026
ANTHROPIC: Our son loves humanity and for the low price of trillions and trillions of dollars will usher in an era of unprecedented peace and prosperity! OPENAI: Our horrible oafish son is hacking web sites without our permission. ANTHROPIC: (eyes narrowing) Our son is also evil
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Greg B @iamgregb.io · 31/07/2026
EA CEO after getting his Battlefield 6 bonus and laying off all the devs
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Somebody Get These Beggars Out Of Here
ALT: Somebody Get These Beggars Out Of Here
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Greg B @iamgregb.io · 30/07/2026
I vibe coded the daily note app for the Glaze Awards from @raycast.com www.glaze.app/app/MX1yNN
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Glaze: Daymark
A daily note for every day
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Greg B @iamgregb.io · 30/07/2026
1. What www.pcgamer.com/games/an-inn...
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An innocent man spent 18 months in prison because police misread his Skyrim user name
The error came to light while lawyers were working on his appeal.
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Greg B @iamgregb.io · 29/07/2026
RIP, Glen. Terrible loss. www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8mt...
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Glen Hansard, Marketa Irglova - Falling Slowly (Official Video)
YouTube video by GlenHansardVEVO
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Greg B @iamgregb.io · 28/07/2026
Here is why there is no sidebar in Daymark: iamgregb.io/designed-aro...
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Designed Around the Day, Not a Sidebar - @iamgregb
When you vibe-code an app, you constantly ask yourself (or at least I do) - if all the code is written by machines, what exactly do I bring to the table?...
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Greg B @iamgregb.io · 27/07/2026
Pushed the final update out just in time for the Glade Awards. It should actually work now, lol. I also updated the icon. www.glaze.app/app/MX1yNN
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Glaze: Daymark
A daily note for every day
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Greg B @iamgregb.io · 27/07/2026
Welp, I guess Neuromancer won’t be available to watch in the EU ‘cause this ain’t USB-C…
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Greg B @iamgregb.io · 25/07/2026
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Glaze: Daymark
A daily note for every day
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Greg B @iamgregb.io · 25/07/2026
I built an app using Glaze by @raycast.com. It's a macOS app for your today - iamgregb.io/day-marked
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Day - marked - @iamgregb
Building plugins and extensions for your application is a slippery slope that can easily lead to feature creep (looking at you, Notion). So instead of trying...
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Greg B @iamgregb.io · 20/07/2026
I didn't make it to the second round (again), but I earned honorable mention. Here is my entry for the Flash Fiction challenge from @nycmidnight.bsky.social - iamgregb.io/a-haunted-pi...
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A Haunted Picnic - @iamgregb
Earlier this year, I also took part in a flash fiction challenge. Just like with the 100-word challenge, I didn’t make it to the second round. But this time,...
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Greg B @iamgregb.io · 19/07/2026
Yay, congrats! 🎉
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Greg B @iamgregb.io · 13/07/2026
Good news. martechseries.com/content/emai...
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Fastmail Launches EU-Hosted Email Infrastructure, Giving Customers Control Over Where Their Data Lives
Fastmail, the leading independent email provider, has announced the launch of a dedicated European data centre in Amsterdam, giving customers the option to have the primary copy of their data stored w...
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Mallorie Malcontent ✨ @sweetbeanscomix.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Reboots are growing stale. How about a double reboot?
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Greg B @iamgregb.io · 13/07/2026
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Greg B @iamgregb.io · 13/07/2026
Thanks! Hopefully, I’ll get there when the temperature drops in November 😅
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