Programmer, tech writer, and co-host of Accidental Tech Podcast, Reconcilable Differences, and Robot or Not. https://hypercritical.co
I have not.

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Programmer, tech writer, and co-host of Accidental Tech Podcast, Reconcilable Differences, and Robot or Not. https://hypercritical.co
I have not.
When I started writing about Supreme Court expansion, you couldn’t get the question *asked* in a poll. The first time I saw it actually polled, it was 8%. Now, we here.
Kind of a buried lede in the results of this Supreme Court approval rating poll from Marquette: Overall support for Supreme Court expansion, which even Democratic politicians were dismissing as "radical" just a few years ago, is now at 53 percent today.marquette.edu/2026/09/marq...
297: Bison William relay.fm/rd/297
712: Mildly Technologically Traumatized
atp.fm/712
Ominous rumors and announcements from our favorite company.
That blue Houghton Mifflin copy is my favorite.
Just posted on Six Colors: Spotify opens new front in war on fair use
I haven’t personally experienced it, but I’ve sure experienced it in non-EVs. It makes perfect sense: some people are not smooth drivers, and EVs enable that tendency to an even higher degree due to their massive low-end torque.
Squatting?! I’m using it!
Anyway, here you go: hypercritical.co/2020/08/31/g...
LG G6 or Sony Bravia 8 II. For a cheaper option, try the LG C6.
I keep seeing this Semafor graph that seems to show the Trump administration’s effect on international visits is comparable to the pandemic. My first thought was “that can’t be true” and indeed it is not. This is monthly data. We only have to Jun/Aug 2026. The lines are over-fitted to the months.
Hot Dog on an Actuator
atp.fm/711
The Apple Watch's upcoming Live Rewind and Siri Recap features, some (strong) feelings about CarPlay, and the solutions to all of John's problems.
Maybe 6% when you catch up to my cycle count!
Play this, and learn about a whole new level: https://paulandstorm.bandcamp.com/album/opening-band
296: The Bird’s Bedroom relay.fm/rd/296
710: That New Mouse Pad Feeling
atp.fm/710
Impressions of our new Apple hardware so far, plans for iPhone Duo development, and an update on the Mac Mini fleet.
Putting magnets near electrical cables seems like a really bad idea to me.
Sports cars do the same thing. (Or so I’m told.)
…and my recommendation is to subscribe and then stay subscribed forever 🙃
Just don’t log in to one of your covered Macs with an Apple ID that is not part of your covered family of Apple IDs, because then Apple will very likely boot that Mac off the plan.
At this point, I’d take “John’s iPhone 16 (2)”