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Gadfly. Flying through life as a gadget geek and theatre artist...commenting along the way. Every day I learn something new is a good day. Boosts offered without endorsement. Comments on the other hand… 
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Chrome for Mac will soon let you access iCloud Keychain passkeys

#Mac #Chrome

https://9to5google.com/2023/09/14/chrome-118-icloud-passkey/

Good idea. Might want to import it.

French grocery chain adds 'shrinkflation' labels to products in bid to shame supplier pricing

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/09/15/french-grocery-chain-adds-shrinkflation-labels-to-products.html

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nostr:npub1ahqj3ek7s7lrt4ygsthymx0j0vqunam8vc6ejhn9qn7037prm0pq83wjwd *Doc Brown voice* Byron Allen? The comedian?!

*regular voice* Seriously, wow. I had no idea he was that successful off-stage.

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nostr:npub1ahqj3ek7s7lrt4ygsthymx0j0vqunam8vc6ejhn9qn7037prm0pq83wjwd “For those who pay attention” — there you’ve hit it. There are passages in our lives when we don’t have the luxury of paying attn b/c we are so busy. The young and the old are often the ones who have that luxury or regain it.

nostr:npub1l3tn680rdlnzp9m58k4c94ul34gktsy8e6vuqrefnmae4uxq82wssccal9 You’re correct. It’s up to those who do have the luxury to make sure things are seen as broadly as is possible for what they are.

Otherwise others who pay attention find it far too easy to push past those who aren’t.

If there’s a wolf sitting on your porch in the morning, I’d hope my neighbor who saw it would let me know right away and not just talk to me later about the facts that there are wolves in the area.

As you can tell, I think we have wolves at the door.

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nostr:npub1ahqj3ek7s7lrt4ygsthymx0j0vqunam8vc6ejhn9qn7037prm0pq83wjwd Well, would you prefer these articles not be published, then? The Atlantic has been around since the late 1850’s; somebody is reading it. It also gets circulation beyond its actual subscriber numbers. Educators use it in classrooms, for instance.

nostr:npub1l3tn680rdlnzp9m58k4c94ul34gktsy8e6vuqrefnmae4uxq82wssccal9 Of course I don’t prefer that. They have their well deserved place and the Atlantic is one of the best. The point I’m making (obviously not clearly) is this: For those who pay attention what’s happening currently is painfully and dangerously obvious.

But for those in that smaller circle who recognize the danger for what it is and use moments like this one with Romney as a revelation it belies both the danger and their own potential for influence.

nostr:npub1l3tn680rdlnzp9m58k4c94ul34gktsy8e6vuqrefnmae4uxq82wssccal9 I’d like to believe you’re correct. But I don’t think they read these articles either.

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Mitt Romney built THIS Republican Party. Institutionalized racism, misogyny, homophobia, and white Christian separatism as party platform. No matter how "conservative" Republicans claimed to be, The Southern Strategy was the core value and singular driving force for the past 60 years. MAGA isn't a symptom, it's result

nostr:npub1pkts3ha9uujcqy2at4dvyql5dffxraqpqrtfq9fy6l2nh3u9qgqsqh6lwy nostr:npub1px9prtjuza0vmqe57uy7hkhu8j8fl3kjygn9vcfq3ffjkcjc2tws4uv9r5 Agree on the strategy. Don’t agree that he built it. That foundation was laid long ago and Romney just went along for the ride.

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nostr:npub1ahqj3ek7s7lrt4ygsthymx0j0vqunam8vc6ejhn9qn7037prm0pq83wjwd What a shame that the boldest comments about the dysfunctional state of American politics are always from politicians who are retiring and can no longer do a damned thing about it.

nostr:npub1w5vpr5y9ky9juusa3cawd6cqsz70y5escn7yfqnzfjpjpkwjgurssn79f9 Yup. Always pisses me off. Cowardly comes to my mind as a description.

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nostr:npub1ahqj3ek7s7lrt4ygsthymx0j0vqunam8vc6ejhn9qn7037prm0pq83wjwd It’s not so much surprise, as confirmation of what we have observed w/ our own eyes and ears. Those in power works SO HARD to keep facts at bay, and sometimes, you want EVIDENCE beyond your own gut instinct.

nostr:npub1l3tn680rdlnzp9m58k4c94ul34gktsy8e6vuqrefnmae4uxq82wssccal9 I get that. But for goodness sakes, some of these folks (including one with a very big mouth) have been saying this for awhile now. Frankly, the evidence has been in plain sight for awhile. I’m thinking as I type this that most are just afraid to admit it’s real, because if it is, the problem and any possible solution is far bigger than we want to contemplate

This shitshow is going to just get shittier.

How Donald Trump’s DOJ gave Biden a major assist in the coming impeachment probe

#Politics #USPol

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/09/12/how-donald-trumps-doj-gave-biden-a-major-assist-in-the-coming-impeachment-probe-00115393

For some reason on this past weekend trip it was all about shirts for shows we liked.

I was happy to sport the “Original Berf” shirt from The Bear.

I wasn’t buying the Barbie flavored apparel my wife tried to push though.

#TheBear #Barbie #shirts

Echoing Federal Theater Project, 18 Towns Plan Simultaneous Events

#theatre #arts

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/12/theater/arts-for-everybody.html

Lots of Chicagoans schadenfreude-ing away about the Aaron Rodgers injury situation after all the hype. #Chicago #NFL