John Siracusa

John Siracusa

@siracusa.social

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

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ElieNYC
@elienyc.bsky.social

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.

Jay Willis@jaywillis.net

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...

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Jason Snell
@snell.zone

Just posted on Six Colors: Spotify opens new front in war on fair use

sixcolors.comSpotify opens new front in war on fair useLate last month I got several emails from Spotify, all pretty much the same: Hello, Our automatic review tools determined that this podcast may contain content that infringes the rights of a third party. Due to this, we’ve removed: Title: 14: Ribsy Detected Content: “Ribsy” by Beverly Cleary Why did this happen? Spotify for Creators supports the distribution of audio and video podcasts. Our automated review process may remove any content that appears to be distributing third-party literary material. What’s next? If you think your episode does not infringe the intellectual property rights of a third party, or is subject to […]

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Kieran Healy
@kjhealy.co

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.

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Aniline Applications
@anilineapps.bsky.social

Indigo 1.3 is available now! We've got a bunch of great new features I'll get to in a sec, but first up is a new pricing option. Indigo was great value if you used both Bluesky and Mastodon, but a little pricy if you just used one. Now there's a $19.99 plan for single-network use 😀

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Ricky Mondello
@rmondello.com

New post on my blog about switching password managers in 2026! It covers: - why your iPhone or iPad, and not your Mac, might be the place to start your switch - the recent controversy in password management and some thoughts on values - and more! rmondello.com/2026/09/07/s...

rmondello.comSwitching Password Managers in 2026Important Note: Although I work at Apple in the password management and app/website authentication spaces, in this post I am speaking only for myself, personally. There is no “news” in this post or any kind of “inside scoop”. Please do share this post, but if I see “Apple’s Ricky Mondello” anywhere, I’ll be sad. My [...]

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Allen Pike
@allenpike.com

With macOS 27, we’ve refined the experience from top to bottom, while still making sure to keep classic experiences that users have come to expect from their Mac

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alexvonwitzleben.bsky.social
@alexvonwitzleben.bsky.social

Within two years, Australia has managed to drastically reduce its use of fossil fuels because #batteries supply the electricity at peak times. We need much more #energystorage for the energy transition! #ActOnClimate #ClimateActionNow

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Todd Vaziri
@tvaziri.com

Replying to @tvaziri.com

“The Simpsons” s06e04, first aired October 2, 1994 “Pulp Fiction” released wide in theaters October 14, 1994.

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Fatbobman (东坡肘子)
@fatbobman.com

Why is SwiftUI so much faster to compile in Xcode 27? The new `ContentBuilder` splits view construction from validation with parameter packs. In tests, an 11-level nested layout went from a 10.9s timeout to 5.38ms. fatbobman.com/en/posts/co...

fatbobman.comContentBuilder Explained - The Secret Behind SwiftUI's Type-Checking SpeedupDeep dive into SwiftUI's ContentBuilder. Learn how decoupling construction and validation improves compiler type-checking performance, backed by benchmarks.