Brian

"They don't see red or blue, they see green" is a great line.

@gruber.foo Have you used the Sports app UI for browsing the World Cup bracket? It's sublime. They're going to get so much use out of it across every sport.

@rebeccamakkai.bsky.social For those who saw Night at the Museum and said, "Hold my Pinot."

"More of us must stop treating the Trumpian chaos as political theater that can be sat out. It’s time for all of us to do and say more." — Reid Hoffman sfstandard.com/opinion/2026...

"So the United States, once the world’s exemplary liberal democracy, is now a hybrid state combining a fascist leader and a liberal Constitution; but no, it has not fallen to fascism. And it will not." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

I would love to see this happen www.axios.com/2025/11/24/d...

Love this

Getting my AI swag store going

Gotta enjoy the good days

@nbsp1618.bsky.social Cross Bronx Expressway sounds fantastic. What a worthwhile project. It sounds like it may play best at 3 players, followed by solitaire. Does that align with the play testing? It's often just 2 of us when we play, so I'm curious how good of a fit it is for that number.

Amidst the barrage of “Democrats have to…” articles, this one resonated. “To win elections, Democrats have to win back at least some voters who have no interest in becoming more politically engaged.” www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

I have a lot of respect for @chrismurphyct.bsky.social, but this quote shocks me. The entire focus of the Harris campaign and its ads was that a second term would be different, no guardrails, no one to stand in his way. How could the party not have been prepared?

@gelliottmorris.com Thanks for making the case and spreading the word. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

Progress.

A helpful look at the past and future www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

Excellent new album from Myra Melford music.apple.com/us/album/179... "...The three artists show their seriously expansive sonic palettes in a cohesive whole that is as probing and expressionistic as Twombly’s art." jazztrail.net/blog/myra-me... Great jazz + Cy Twombly 💙

The next great campaign platform is a campaign to limit presidential power. A weak, ineffective, dysfunctional Congress has helped bring us to this point.

The Albums app is one of a handful that I rely on every single day. I love it so much that everyone I know knows how much I love it 😆 Now it has real support for playlists, too. And the announcements are great reads as well. albumstheapp.substack.com/p/albums-61-...

I'm not sure why this solo guitar track by Brad Barr is called "BASEBALL", but it's terrific and now I want it as bumper music during every game. music.apple.com/us/album/bas...

How I found my way into jazz after years of distant appreciation, featuring two blogs, a Finish jazz magazine, a concert in New Orleans ❤️, and a jazz community in Western Massachusetts modeled after farm shares. bb.place/finding-my-w...

You don't want to miss an E-blast!

@rebeccamakkai.bsky.social Thank you for the postcard! Wishing you a fabulous 2025!

This year, we moved 2,000 miles from Austin, TX (population 1M) to Northampton, MA (population 20K). Here's how it's going so far. bb.place/150-days-in-...

There’s a great Bob’s Burgers episode this season about nostalgia and drive-in theatres that reminded me of one of my favorite jokes as a kid. Did you hear about the guy who died at a drive-in movie? He went to see Closed for the Winter. 🥁 That would be a quality short story title, too.

Thanks to @benfb.bsky.social I know about these fabulous wallpapers that are now decorating all of my devices. basicappleguy.com/basicapplebl...

Whenever I read that something is "not for the faint of heart", I know I won't be interested, which I guess means that I'm faint of heart?

Whenever a noteworthy person joins and there's a buzz about the place, I think of Arrested Development. This was a big get for God.

As I experience a true fall for the first time in decades and the holidays near, I'm reminded that Fantastic Mr. Fox is the perfect Thanksgiving movie. bb.place/fantastic-mr...