If you say Stupid MAGAts, you are being redundant

I've only been using an iPhone for 16 years, so it's not surprising that I just found out about all the cool screens you can get if you prop it up sideways while charging - clock, calendar, reminders, weather or a photo slide show. #iPhone #iOS18 #Apple https://social.lol/tags/iPhone https://social.lol/tags/iOS18 https://social.lol/tags/Apple

Celebrating the Decade - I've enjoyed the hell out of my 50s which are coming to a screeching halt this week. - https://louplummer.lol/celebrating-the-decade/ https://media.social.lol/media_attachments/files/113/998/613/559/649/047/original/9be9e4d3e7576d65.webp https://louplummer.lol/celebrating-the-decade/

💀 Trying as hard as I can to avoid a pending work order for the anatomy lab at work in my last few days. Every table has a computer mounted about a foot away from where the cadavers are positioned while the students operate on them.

Today is not the day for any self appointed Internet cops to try and lecture me on DRM, an immoral anti-consumer practice that I'm not dealing with on books I purchased.

Today on AppAddict - Use Calibre to Back Up Your Kindle Books Before February 26 - Amazon just announced that you have until February 26, 2025, to download your Kindle content. After that date, you will no longer be able to access the books you've paid for if you have a legacy device or a Kindle that has e... social.lol https://social.lol/@amerpie/113997514953364766

Obsidian task management with Things 3 - One of my favorite features of the Obsidian plugin for Things 3 is how it retroactively went back and added all my completed tasks to my daily notes - complete with nested tags. #Obsidian #ObsidianMD #PKMhttps://github.com/liamcain/obsidian-things-logbook https://social.lol/tags/Obsidian https://social.lol/tags/ObsidianMD https://social.lol/tags/PKM https://github.com/liamcain/obsidian-things-logbook

I'm not one to hate on journalists because we certainly do need them these days, but shit like this makes me nuts. Most Democrats do not want a more moderate party. The numbers are in the article. But look at that headline.

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Textbook.enshittification. I canceled so fast.

If you don't hate hate these people, you aren't paying attention.

The tulips in the spring in Central Park, New York City - https://amerpie.lol/2025/02/13/the-tulips-in-the-spring.html - #Photography https://amerpie.lol/2025/02/13/the-tulips-in-the-spring.html https://social.lol/tags/Photography

If there's anyone besides me still using Launch Center Pro on their iPhone - make a shortcut to send the image on your iOS clipboard to ChatGPT or Gemini and instruct it to compose alt-text for the photos you post on social media. Easy to set up. Easy to use! #Apple #iOS #iPhone https://social.lol/tags/Apple https://social.lol/tags/iOS https://social.lol/tags/iPhone

An AppAddict Review for your Mac - Between photos, music and documents, not to mention automatically created files, it can become difficult to locate what you need on your hard drive. This roundup of search apps will point you in the right direction.

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Researching Retirement - With only five working days left, I am working on creating a home office, making a schedule, planning dinners and taking on a tech project to kick off retirement. - https://linkage.lol/researching-retirement/ #linkage https://media.social.lol/media_attachments/files/113/993/818/947/270/642/original/f4ae99e005e0db4f.webp https://linkage.lol/researching-retirement/ https://social.lol/tags/linkage

The state of journalism in 2025.

Working in a Village - Some reflections on being a part of the process that helps create educated citizens. - https://louplummer.lol/working-in-a-village/ #Education #Work https://media.social.lol/media_attachments/files/113/993/166/225/584/012/original/c8669f644b5d9a63.webp https://louplummer.lol/working-in-a-village/ https://social.lol/tags/Education https://social.lol/tags/Work

I keep telling Wonder Woman that I have multiple talents.

Today on AppAddict - Metadata Lab - Exif Editor - Modern DSLR cameras and cell phones add extensive data to every photo they take. The information recorded includes camera settings like ISO speed, shutter speed, focal length, and other details. Including GPS location. After a photo is taken, and you've dow... social.lol https://social.lol/@amerpie/113992757158643111

I looked into this. It's true. Google outsources its caledar content from timeanddateDOTcom and says that all of a sudden, it is now too cumbersome to add country specific days to calendars. Just a coincidence.

Remember in the olden days when things like this still happened? Today you don't get fired, you get to be Secretary of Defense.