Matthew Brewer 🎃👻

Matthew Brewer 🎃👻

@mbrewer.org

Happy October and Happy Halloween! 🍂🎃👻

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Yesterday, The Browser Company of New York announced that it will sunset the Arc browser on December 22, 2026. Read what the sunset means for your browser data if you're still using Arc in my first @coffeencode.cc post. Read the post now: coffeencode.cc/post/3myl27z...

coffeencode.ccThe Browser Company Announces the Sunset of ArcTransfer any data you might have to another browser soon, because on December 22, they're deleting all Arc accounts.

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It's always amusing to see the post date before its scheduled release.

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Though Halloween is still coming, my second annual birthday blog post is ready. Come back on December 4 at 12:00 AM CST to read my final release of the year.

Matthew Brewer 🎃👻

Though Halloween is still coming, my second annual birthday blog post is ready. Come back on December 4 at 12:00 AM CST to read my final release of the year.

Matthew Brewer 🎃👻

I'm a couple of days late, but happy October, everybody! 🍂🎃👻

Matthew Brewer 🎃👻

You may remember my announcement that I was uninstalling the social media apps from my phone to spend less time online. I said I would publish a new blog post with more on my efforts and why, and now it's out and includes how it's been going. Read now → mbrewer.org/phone-as-a-utility

mbrewer.orgPhone as a UtilityIf you follow me on the social media platforms X or Bluesky, you may have noticed I haven't been as active in recent months as I used to. In May, I announced that I would uninstall their mobile...

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See you Friday?

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Most of them survived the first major revision, so that's a great sign. I don't want to jinx myself because I've done it before, but I think the post is basically ready to be released, pending a few more small rounds of revisions.

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New post on X! It's nice to see we've reached the part of Elon's acquisition and corporate restructuring where these undismissible timeline ads appear. Mind you, every other time a big pop-up like this appears on the timeline, you have the option to select "See less often," but not this time.

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It's even nicer that it stays there permanently under the first post in the timeline until I click "Order now," which takes me to the Starlink homepage.

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Today is once again my Bluesky anniversary! My account officially turns two years old, and I'm happy to say I was actually here the entire last year this time. Here's to another fun-filled year ahead! 🥂

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You can also find my first post (pictured at the beginning of this thread and in last year's anniversary post) here: bsky.app/profile/did:...

Matthew Brewer 🎃👻@mbrewer.org

Howdy Bluesky! I'm Matthew. I would tell you a little about myself here, but I've already got an excellent summary of everything I'm into over on my website, so allow me to redirect you there! It's the same as my handle: thebrewergame.com (For feed purposes: #introductions)

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Just for fun, here's a snapshot of my profile from today. I'll be interested to see how it compares to this time next year!

Matthew Brewer 🎃👻

Today is once again my Bluesky anniversary! My account officially turns two years old, and I'm happy to say I was actually here the entire last year this time. Here's to another fun-filled year ahead! 🥂

Matthew Brewer 🎃👻

As always, thanks to @j4ck.xyz for getting me here (relentlessly), and if you'd like to see last year's birthday post, you can find it here: bsky.app/profile/did:...

Matthew Brewer 🎃👻@mbrewer.org

It turns out that today is my Bluesky birthday! I certainly haven't been here all year long, but I'm hoping by next year I can say different. Here's to more! 🥂

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Welcome back, 1000+ word blog posts. I missed you.

Matthew Brewer 🎃👻@mbrewer.org

As part of my efforts to reduce the time I spend online, I'm moving to accessing Bluesky and X only from my desktop computer, rather than from my phone. More on what this means and how you can continue to reach me (including by my new Signal username!) in the thread ⤵️

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I just finished the first major revision, and I don't want to jinx myself, but the post is looking pretty good... bsky.app/profile/did:...

Matthew Brewer 🎃👻@mbrewer.org

Most of them survived the first major revision, so that's a great sign. I don't want to jinx myself because I've done it before, but I think the post is basically ready to be released, pending a few more small rounds of revisions.

Matthew Brewer 🎃👻

Most of them survived the first major revision, so that's a great sign. I don't want to jinx myself because I've done it before, but I think the post is basically ready to be released, pending a few more small rounds of revisions.

Matthew Brewer 🎃👻@mbrewer.org

Welcome back, 1000+ word blog posts. I missed you.

Matthew Brewer 🎃👻

Now that's an announcement. This is the first time that I've had the category line be longer than the headline since the Writings of days.

Matthew Brewer 🎃👻@mbrewer.org

I'm excited to announce several changes to my online presence today, regarding my blog, website, and Bluesky account. In summary, my blog and website are on new domain names, and my Bluesky handle is, too, among other small changes. More → mbrewer.org/evolving-for-the-future

mbrewer.orgEvolving for the FutureToday, I'm excited to announce a few large changes to my online presence moving forward, regarding this blog, my website, the public email address that anyone can use to contact me, and how these...

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Coming this week: an all-new update to my website and more.

Matthew Brewer 🎃👻

The update is out now! Read about it and the other changes to my online presence today in my new blog post: bsky.app/profile/did:...

Matthew Brewer 🎃👻@mbrewer.org

I'm excited to announce several changes to my online presence today, regarding my blog, website, and Bluesky account. In summary, my blog and website are on new domain names, and my Bluesky handle is, too, among other small changes. More → mbrewer.org/evolving-for-the-future

mbrewer.orgEvolving for the FutureToday, I'm excited to announce a few large changes to my online presence moving forward, regarding this blog, my website, the public email address that anyone can use to contact me, and how these...

Matthew Brewer 🎃👻

I'm excited to announce several changes to my online presence today, regarding my blog, website, and Bluesky account. In summary, my blog and website are on new domain names, and my Bluesky handle is, too, among other small changes. More → mbrewer.org/evolving-for-the-future

mbrewer.orgEvolving for the FutureToday, I'm excited to announce a few large changes to my online presence moving forward, regarding this blog, my website, the public email address that anyone can use to contact me, and how these...

Matthew Brewer 🎃👻

Welcome back, 1000+ word blog posts. I missed you.

Matthew Brewer 🎃👻@mbrewer.org

As part of my efforts to reduce the time I spend online, I'm moving to accessing Bluesky and X only from my desktop computer, rather than from my phone. More on what this means and how you can continue to reach me (including by my new Signal username!) in the thread ⤵️

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Here's an interesting statistic from my writing app about this post, which I started at 12:25 AM and have been working on continuously until now, at 5:34 AM: I wrote at 481 words per hour, or 8 words per minute.

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How come, while I've been looking at the same post of mine here in the web app in the background while I write, all of my words have suddenly gone bold, and now every post I see and compose is in bold font, too? Did they seriously make this change? Because I really don't like it; it severely...

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Wait. Now that I look at all these posts again, they're back in the regular font weight! What is going on?!

Matthew Brewer 🎃👻

It keeps going back and forth between bold and not bold. Seriously, what is going on?!

Matthew Brewer 🎃👻

How come, while I've been looking at the same post of mine here in the web app in the background while I write, all of my words have suddenly gone bold, and now every post I see and compose is in bold font, too? Did they seriously make this change? Because I really don't like it; it severely...

Matthew Brewer 🎃👻

...messes with my ability to parse what I'm looking at, since the content of posts and display names now have the same visual weight. Why did Bluesky do this?!

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New post on X! I downloaded a copy of all my account data, and it's much smaller than I expected, given my account's size and age.

Matthew Brewer 🎃👻

Wishing all of my fellow Americans a great and happy 250th Fourth of July today! 🎇🎆