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Nick Foster @njf.social.lol.ap.brid.gy · 21/10/2026

Huh. So I 3D printed the #iPhoneDuo mockup and it’s… basically the same height as the pro max when unfolded. And the same width when folded. I imagined it was bigger 🤷

A 3D printed mockup of an unfolded iPhone Duo next to an iPhone 16 Pro Max. The Duo is the same height and about 50% wider than the Pro Max

A 3D printed mockup of a folded iPhone Duo next to an iPhone 16 Pro Max. The Duo is the same width as the Pro Max and about 2/3 of the height

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Nick Foster @njf.social.lol.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026

Devastated to find this in my drafts just now, I thought for sure I had posted this

A draft toot, unposted, that reads:

*WWDC*

Cook: I'm very excited to hand over the
reigns to someone you've all met
before...

Loudspeaker: AND HIS NAME IS JOHN
TERNUS

*Ternus bursts through a paper wall,
does the "you can't see me" move,
music plays, pyrotechnics go off
everywhere*

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Nick Foster @njf.social.lol.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026

*me reorganizing my task management system*

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Nick Foster @njf.social.lol.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026

Alan Cumming looks like he’s been here the whole time #TheTraitorsUS #GameChanger

A photo of a TV, Alan Cumming is on screen wearing a pinstriped suit covered with brooches, hosting The Traitors

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Nick Foster @njf.social.lol.ap.brid.gy · 07/09/2026

When I open it is actually the time I least want it to update

A meme of Bernie Sanders saying “I am once again asking Firefox to update when I close my last window, not when I open a new one”

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Nick Foster @njf.social.lol.ap.brid.gy · 01/09/2026

Whoa just found out this album turns 25 today. The first #RelientK album I ever bought and listened to. "Pressing On" is still one of the best songs ever written

The album artwork for "The Anatomy of the Tongue in Cheek" by Relient K. A greyscale photo of four young men standing against a wall

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Nick Foster @njf.social.lol.ap.brid.gy · 26/08/2026

Spending this morning listening to America's Favorite EP within an EP and it still goes so hard #RelientK

The album artwork for "The Nashville Tennis EP", a collection of songs contained with the EP "The Bird and the Bee Sides" by Relient K. The artwork has a colored pencil drawing of a tennis ball with the band name and title written above it

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Nick Foster @njf.social.lol.ap.brid.gy · 23/07/2026

@caseyliss I heard you talking about old ThinkPads on a recent episode of @atpfm and thought you would appreciate this. I’m a Mac user, but I wanted a Windows laptop to play Minecraft with my niece and nephew (they play on Switch, so it’s not compatible with the […] [Original post on social.lol]

A photo of a ThinkPad T420S laptop, running Minecraft

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Nick Foster @njf.social.lol.ap.brid.gy · 07/07/2026

Right around the lock button of the old case you can see a tiny peek of the original color

A photo of the side of an iPhone case. The leather is dark brown, except for right around the lock button, where the raised button has prevented the leather from darkening. It is a light tan around the button

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Nick Foster @njf.social.lol.ap.brid.gy · 07/07/2026

I knew my leather iPhone case had darkened some over time, but I bought a new one today (same color) and holy cow look at the difference

On the left, a tan leather iPhone case. On the right, a leather iPhone case that’s a dark brown patina. They were originally the same color!

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Nick Foster @njf.social.lol.ap.brid.gy · 06/07/2026

I have decided that Norway has the best #WorldCup kit

A photo of a Norway soccer jersey. The jersey is red with a horizontal blue line and a vertical blue line, looking like the Norwegian flag. Additionally, the name on the back is in a Viking-esque font

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Nick Foster @njf.social.lol.ap.brid.gy · 01/07/2026

Currently at the England v. Congo DR match in Atlanta, and it looks like Ted Lasso might be here too #FIFA #WorldCup

A photo of someone who brought a recreation of the yellow and blue “Believe” sign from the show Ted Lasso to the match

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Nick Foster @njf.social.lol.ap.brid.gy · 29/06/2026

@siracusa have you seen the setting in Photos.app on iPadOS 27? I don’t know if it’s on the Mac as well, and it’s still not facial recognition, but it’s the first time I’ve ever seen Apple put any button in photos for “do the thing NOW” so hopefully that comes to more places in the future

A screenshot of the settings of the iPadOS 27 Photos app. There is a setting called “sync immediately” which is set to “for today”

Another screenshot of the settings for iPadOS 27 photos. This is the expansion of the previous setting, it says “sync to iCloud immediately” with two options “for today” and “off“.

Below that, it says, “iCloud photos will prioritize syncing as soon as new items enter your Photos library. Sync immediately may affect battery and cellular usage and will pause a low power mode or low data mode are enabled“

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Nick Foster @njf.social.lol.ap.brid.gy · 27/05/2026

Carrying it like Steve would’ve wanted

An iPod nano being placed in the little change pocket of a pair of jeans

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Nick Foster @njf.social.lol.ap.brid.gy · 26/05/2026

Searched “baby rain poncho” and was not prepared for this absolute gem

A photo of a baby being carried in a chest baby carrier, except there is a tent-like rain covering around the whole baby, showing only its face

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Nick Foster @njf.social.lol.ap.brid.gy · 25/05/2026

Fun fact: In “Mickey Mouse Clubhouse+”(2025), Mickey’s ears *always* form a classic Mickey silhouette, even when his head turns sideways

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Nick Foster @njf.social.lol.ap.brid.gy · 19/05/2026

Today for meal prep I bought a giant chicken pot pie from Sam’s Club and I felt exactly like this pulling it out of the oven

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Nick Foster @njf.social.lol.ap.brid.gy · 16/05/2026

We don’t even write code on our computers anymore… we write it on our PHONE??

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Nick Foster @njf.social.lol.ap.brid.gy · 11/05/2026

@mathowie +1 for churches full of people who have never actually read the Bible (I say this as a believer who’s saddened every day by what mainstream Christianity has become in this country)

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Nick Foster @njf.social.lol.ap.brid.gy · 06/05/2026

I am printing little rollers so that some of my 500g spools of filament fit in my AMS. Normally, this would require two separate prints, but I was able to cut them in half and fit four halves on a single plate. I think the pattern is quite elegant actually

Four half circles arranged inside of a square. They form two pairs that sort of nest within each other, just barely fitting within the allowed space

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Nick Foster @njf.social.lol.ap.brid.gy · 04/05/2026

This is happening every few seconds on my Mac. Is this an iMessage effect applied accidentally? If not, wtf is it??

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Nick Foster @njf.social.lol.ap.brid.gy · 30/04/2026

This album still rules. Perfect quiet morning work album

A screenshot of the Apple Music page for Folklore, by Taylor Swift

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Nick Foster @njf.social.lol.ap.brid.gy · 29/04/2026

Here is pretty much the final form of my homelab rack. I have some ideas to clean up the cables, but I think I’m done 3D printing at this point. From top to bottom: - ASUS access point - Mac Mini - NUC (main server) - Phillips Hue Hub + Hubitat Zigbee Hub - […] [Original post on social.lol]

An 8 inch server rack style 3-D print containing various computers and smart home hubs

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Nick Foster @njf.social.lol.ap.brid.gy · 16/04/2026

Last weekend I went backpacking for the first time in forever with some old friends. By pure coincidence we took a different trail (Benton MacKaye) that happens to intersect with the one from our last trip (Appalachian Trail) and got to recreate this photo 11 […] [Original post on social.lol]

Two photos of four people standing in front of a waterfall. The photos are dated April 12, 2015 and April 13, 2026

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Nick Foster @njf.social.lol.ap.brid.gy · 06/04/2026

I do NOT appreciate the existential crisis that this Jackbox game threw in my face last night

A screenshot from a Jackbox game, the question on screen is “Do you think you're a good person?” with the possible answers of:
I'm very good.
I'm mostly good.
I'm not the best person.
I'm a bad person.

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Nick Foster @njf.social.lol.ap.brid.gy · 03/04/2026

iOS spotlight is infuriating because it decides per-query which of these other apps to show. I wanted to search the App Store for this, but for whatever reason that option is not available to me here 🙃

A screenshot of the bottom of an iOS spotlight search screen. The search field contains the word “surf”, and the section titled “Search in Apps” has options for Mail, Notes, Messages, and Maps

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Nick Foster @njf.social.lol.ap.brid.gy · 20/03/2026

Resumed successfully! 9 hours to go!

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Nick Foster @njf.social.lol.ap.brid.gy · 19/03/2026

@ismh86 update: Stuck while I’m at work 😭 should resume okay when I get home

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Nick Foster @njf.social.lol.ap.brid.gy · 21/01/2026

This subject line is either hilarious or it spells the doom of mankind 😜

A screenshot of a spam email with the subject line "AI agents are multiplying - can you still control them?"

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Nick Foster @njf.social.lol.ap.brid.gy · 07/01/2026

A new low for Siri. Notice these are not going to trigger when I arrive at home and the very concept of work has been erased Bring back text adventure mode please, I liked it better when my computers were predictable

A Siri command that says “Remind me when I get home bring ketchup and BBQ sauce to work”

Two separate reminders have been created: “Bring ketchup” and “BBQ sauce”

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Nick Foster @njf.social.lol.ap.brid.gy · 29/12/2025

Finally starting #AppleInChina, very excited for this book

A screenshot of an audiobook player with Apple In China by Patrick McGee

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Nick Foster @njf.social.lol.ap.brid.gy · 23/12/2025

Me, rocking a 2019 Intel MBP that has zero Liquid Glass because it isn’t compatible with macOS 26

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Nick Foster @njf.social.lol.ap.brid.gy · 15/12/2025

I just said “hey cutie” to my kid and Siri said “mmhmm?”

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Nick Foster @njf.social.lol.ap.brid.gy · 10/12/2025

@zachweinersmith.bsky.social the line breaks In the way this rendered gave me a bit of whiplash, not going to lie

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Nick Foster @njf.social.lol.ap.brid.gy · 07/12/2025

Actually, there are no gifts. And this is not an airport.

A photo of a store in an airport called “Gaslight Gifts“

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Nick Foster @njf.social.lol.ap.brid.gy · 28/11/2025

Who is writing movie descriptions for Disney+? The one for Toy Story 3 isn’t technically wrong, but it’s not very descriptive. The one for Toy Story 4 means literally nothing. Super weird

A screenshot of the Disney+ listing for the movie Toy Story 3. The official description is “Woody, Buzz and the gang return for more adventures with new friends.”

A screenshot of the Disney+ listing for the movie Toy Story 4. The official description says “Pixar Animation Studios probably presents the adventure of a lifetime!”

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Nick Foster @njf.social.lol.ap.brid.gy · 28/11/2025

Apropo of nothing, here’s a thing I made tonight #GameChanger

A screenshot of a Plex playlist called “The Road to Samalamadingdong”, containing all episodes of Game Changer referenced by Samalamadingdong, as a minimum required knowledge to get all the references and jokes from that episode

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Nick Foster @njf.social.lol.ap.brid.gy · 23/11/2025

The Dunkin’ Donuts -> Dunkin’ rebrand is going great

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