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: mb.appaddict.appToday on AppAddict - Using Orbit to manage the Google accounts I didn't want - TL;DR: Orbit runs each of your Google accounts in its own isolated WebKit session inside one native Mac window, for $89 one time instead of the $50 to $200 a year the alternatives want. It exists because you can de-Google yourself...
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I’ve been sober for 17 years, but if I ever relapse, it will be with a beer from this brewery
https://people.com/brewery-losing-alcohol-permit-after-promising-free-beer-trump-death-12030969
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","summary":"","url":"https://social.lol/@amerpie/117010359225521334","date_published":"2026-07-30T18:33:09+00:00","author":{"name":"Lou Plummer","url":"https://amerpie.lol","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F09%2F1544290.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"amerpie"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-30 18:33","date_timestamp":1785436389,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"94913050","content_html":"Highlight of the day; listening to my daughter arguing with her kids about who is the most bougie.
Granddaughter: Your order your coffee from a farm in Costa Rica!
Daughter: You had passport stamps from four continents before you were 10 years old!
The kids were in a state of panic because their school banned...
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","summary":"","url":"https://mb.appaddict.app/2026/07/30/blankie-a-free-and-open.html","date_published":"2026-07-30T11:28:31+00:00","author":{"name":"Lou Plummer","url":"https://amerpie.lol","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F09%2F1544290.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"amerpie"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-30 11:28","date_timestamp":1785410911,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"94902242","content_html":"Good morning from the shore of Lake Waccamaw, the inland alligator capitol of North Carolina. Seriously. Tell someone you love them today and punch every Nazi you see.
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One of the most useful websites I've encountered in a long time. It exposes the enshittification of non-tech industries with insane markups (mattresses, eye glasses etc) and gives you alternatives- https://ledger.worseonpurpose.com
","summary":"","url":"https://social.lol/@amerpie/117008104606923798","date_published":"2026-07-30T08:59:46+00:00","author":{"name":"Lou Plummer","url":"https://amerpie.lol","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F09%2F1544290.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"amerpie"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-30 08:59","date_timestamp":1785401986,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"94867646","content_html":"Today on AppAddict - RetroMac is a Free Time Machine for Your Computer - Mac users tend to be nostalgic about the hardware and software they used in their earliest exposure to tech. That doesn't mean anyone wants to try to get real work done on a late-90s PowerPC Mac clone, or go back to 14-inch monitors....
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Master troll tells officials they are under Flock-like surveillance We monitor “where government officials go, where they stop, who they meet with, and when they return home...already started compiling profiles on their vehicles, spouses vehicles, children's vehicles”
https://www.404media.co/casa-grande-ariz...
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\"Jack and Diane\" by John Cougar
Listen on Apple Music (https://music.apple.com/us/album/jack-and-diane/1440918606?i=1440918946)
Share a song that captures the feeling of being seventeen. - Jack and Diane by John Cougar
I grew up fast. I was desperate for adulthood and freedom, but the good stuff already felt...
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@ttscoff If I wasn’t on that list, I’m going to be pissed. I want “influential Mac blogger” inscribed on my cremation urn.
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Can anyone defend the practice of playing cell phone videos with no headphones while in a public place?
Today on AppAddict - Daily Skips the Timer Problem Entirely — Now It Talks to Your Other Apps Too - If you bill clients by the hour, it might be time to reevaluate your workflow. Daily, a Mac time tracker from independent developer Niels Mouthaan, continuously supported since 2013, just got a substantial...
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@markstoneman I just started on 404’s paid plan. They join Wired and The Atlantic in my MSM portfolio and Democracy Now and ProPublica on the left.
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The guy who preached about forgiveness, mercy and helping the poor has somehow become associated with the meanest and most selfish Americans.
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\"Sexual Healing\" by Marvin Gaye
Listen on Apple Music (https://music.apple.com/us/album/sexual-healing/205881652?i=205881936)
Share a song that feels like it has healing powers - Sexual Healing by Marvin Gaye
\"Sexual Healing\" works because the arrangement carries the argument: the drum machine's pulse against...
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\n","url":"https://micro.blog/amerpie/94334880","date_published":"2026-07-20T16:01:44+00:00","author":{"name":"Lou Plummer","url":"https://amerpie.lol","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F09%2F1544290.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"amerpie"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-20 16:01","date_timestamp":1784563304,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"93366264","content_html":"@jtr It has several site wide RSS feeds and each user account has its own feed.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/amerpie/93366264","date_published":"2026-07-03T11:26:29+00:00","author":{"name":"Lou Plummer","url":"https://amerpie.lol","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F09%2F1544290.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"amerpie"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-03 11:26","date_timestamp":1783077989,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"91385170","content_html":"@markstoneman The people in that area were really friendly. A couple saw us crossing a road about five miles north of there. They offered to meet us at the end of the day and buy us dinner - which they did.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/amerpie/91385170","date_published":"2026-06-02T10:54:36+00:00","author":{"name":"Lou Plummer","url":"https://amerpie.lol","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F09%2F1544290.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"amerpie"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-02 10:54","date_timestamp":1780397676,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"90995767","content_html":"@WiredDifferently I will find it today!
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/amerpie/90995767","date_published":"2026-05-27T08:31:21+00:00","author":{"name":"Lou Plummer","url":"https://amerpie.lol","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F09%2F1544290.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"amerpie"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-27 08:31","date_timestamp":1779870681,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"90293448","content_html":"@numericcitizen I agree. I gave Claude 170 URLs this morning and told it to scrape them and create Markdown notes in my Obsidian vault. Not only did it do that, it volunteered to get copies from The Internet Archive for the pay walled sites.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/amerpie/90293448","date_published":"2026-05-16T13:23:20+00:00","author":{"name":"Lou Plummer","url":"https://amerpie.lol","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F09%2F1544290.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"amerpie"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-16 13:23","date_timestamp":1778937800,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"90160190","content_html":"@WiredDifferently no apology needed I’m always happy to help. I’m certainly not a developer myself. I just have a lot of extra time on my hand lol
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/amerpie/90160190","date_published":"2026-05-14T14:41:22+00:00","author":{"name":"Lou Plummer","url":"https://amerpie.lol","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F09%2F1544290.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"amerpie"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-14 14:41","date_timestamp":1778769682,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"89799977","content_html":"@antonzuiker I love random animal encounters. I met a lady hiking with a llama in Connecticut beside the Housatonic River. There’s a house in Fayetteville I walk by sometimesthat has a chimp living in their garage. He has his own TV.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/amerpie/89799977","date_published":"2026-05-08T09:52:55+00:00","author":{"name":"Lou Plummer","url":"https://amerpie.lol","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F09%2F1544290.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"amerpie"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-08 09:52","date_timestamp":1778233975,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"89760149","content_html":"@WiredDifferently I use EchoFeed to automatically post my Crucial Tracks on Micro.blog. Happy to provide more details if it helps.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/amerpie/89760149","date_published":"2026-05-07T11:46:44+00:00","author":{"name":"Lou Plummer","url":"https://amerpie.lol","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F09%2F1544290.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"amerpie"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-07 11:46","date_timestamp":1778154404,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"88364087","content_html":"@JohnPhilpin The albums survived stacking. It’s so funny how my Mom, Dad, siblings and I have passed vinyl records around for decades now. Everybody wanted to give theirs away when CDs came out and then everyone wanted them back when vinyl became cool again.
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\n","url":"https://micro.blog/amerpie/87523910","date_published":"2026-04-03T10:51:07+00:00","author":{"name":"Lou Plummer","url":"https://amerpie.lol","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F09%2F1544290.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"amerpie"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-03 10:51","date_timestamp":1775213467,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"87471148","content_html":"@JohnPhilpin What section would that be?
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/amerpie/87471148","date_published":"2026-04-02T15:28:14+00:00","author":{"name":"Lou Plummer","url":"https://amerpie.lol","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F09%2F1544290.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"amerpie"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-02 15:28","date_timestamp":1775143694,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"87270979","content_html":"@jtr A bike is a great way to see the world, for sure. I hope you are doing well!
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\n","url":"https://micro.blog/amerpie/87172635","date_published":"2026-03-29T01:52:01+00:00","author":{"name":"Lou Plummer","url":"https://amerpie.lol","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F09%2F1544290.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"amerpie"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-29 01:52","date_timestamp":1774749121,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"86743360","content_html":"@JohnPhilpin You can literally open workspaces created in one app – in the other app. Obsidian holds my canonical set of notes. If i want to save something forever, that’s where it’s going.
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\n","url":"https://micro.blog/amerpie/86743311","date_published":"2026-03-22T20:35:36+00:00","author":{"name":"Lou Plummer","url":"https://amerpie.lol","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F09%2F1544290.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"amerpie"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-22 20:35","date_timestamp":1774211736,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"86522653","content_html":"@JohnPhilpin I will definitely give that a listen. Thanks for the recommendation!
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/amerpie/86522653","date_published":"2026-03-19T10:44:29+00:00","author":{"name":"Lou Plummer","url":"https://amerpie.lol","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F09%2F1544290.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"amerpie"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-19 10:44","date_timestamp":1773917069,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"86213647","content_html":"@JohnPhilpin I always love your takes, John. You’re something of a music savant.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/amerpie/86213647","date_published":"2026-03-14T21:08:20+00:00","author":{"name":"Lou Plummer","url":"https://amerpie.lol","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F09%2F1544290.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"amerpie"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-14 21:08","date_timestamp":1773522500,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"85968087","content_html":"@amerpie Probably “My Sweet Neocon” by the Rolling Stones
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/amerpie/85968087","date_published":"2026-03-11T12:03:18+00:00","author":{"name":"Lou Plummer","url":"https://amerpie.lol","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F09%2F1544290.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"amerpie"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-11 12:03","date_timestamp":1773230598,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"85377029","content_html":"@artlung I can just imagine what the ATX music scene was like when LL, Nanci Griffith and Robert Earle Keene and all the erst were coming of age.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/amerpie/85377029","date_published":"2026-03-03T00:37:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Lou Plummer","url":"https://amerpie.lol","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F09%2F1544290.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"amerpie"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-03 00:37","date_timestamp":1772498220,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"85376934","content_html":"@JohnPhilpin Ride the snake
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/amerpie/85376934","date_published":"2026-03-03T00:35:26+00:00","author":{"name":"Lou Plummer","url":"https://amerpie.lol","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F09%2F1544290.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"amerpie"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-03 00:35","date_timestamp":1772498126,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"85106359","content_html":"@WiredDifferently I’ll give that a listen. It is reminiscent of Woody Guthrie - If Jesus were to preach what he preached in Galilee, They would lay Jesus Christ in his grave”
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/amerpie/85106359","date_published":"2026-02-26T22:43:09+00:00","author":{"name":"Lou Plummer","url":"https://amerpie.lol","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F09%2F1544290.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"amerpie"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-26 22:43","date_timestamp":1772145789,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"84760415","content_html":"@JohnPhilpin Sure, I can do that. Thanks for the prompt.
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