Apple insisting on approving beta versions of iOS apps that are going to just a handful of people remains one of the dumbest possible things about the App Store. A waste of time for everyone. Likely makes apps worse because it discourages beta testing.
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\n","url":"https://micro.blog/manton/90883610","date_published":"2026-05-25T16:21:29+00:00","author":{"name":"Manton Reece","url":"https://manton.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F22%2F3.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"manton"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-25 16:21","date_timestamp":1779726089,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"90880783","content_html":"@jsonbecker That would be great. I wish we could have a Silicon Valley + Mythic Quest crossover about AI.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/manton/90880783","date_published":"2026-05-25T15:02:37+00:00","author":{"name":"Manton Reece","url":"https://manton.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F22%2F3.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"manton"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-25 15:02","date_timestamp":1779721357,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"90860412","content_html":"He blocks among us. 🏀
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\n\n\nIn a world where the average person is beset from all sides by constant digital surveillance, I appreciate any opportunity I can get to not be recorded. Therefore, the idea of walking around with an eavesdropping gizmo strapped to my wrist 24/7 was not particularly appealing.
\n
None of these devices are quite right yet. Recording everything is too creepy. Recording too little (because of extra button clicks) isn’t as useful. I want something in between, that makes dictating thoughts effortless when I’m by myself. Maybe it shuts off when there are other voices.
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\n","summary":"","url":"https://www.manton.org/2026/05/23/i-know-its-a-temporary.html","date_published":"2026-05-24T01:44:03+00:00","author":{"name":"Manton Reece","url":"https://manton.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F22%2F3.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"manton"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-24 01:44","date_timestamp":1779587043,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:pko7wbcggok753hnvndxh3ni/post/3mmktp2si7s2r"]}},{"id":"90795708","content_html":"@incanus Amazing!
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/manton/90795708","date_published":"2026-05-23T23:19:23+00:00","author":{"name":"Manton Reece","url":"https://manton.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F22%2F3.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"manton"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-23 23:19","date_timestamp":1779578363,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"90794875","content_html":"I’m too slow finishing a book I checked out on Libby, so had to put the Kindle in airplane mode so it doesn’t expire. I do this a lot. But then there’ll be another book I’d like to get into at the same time and now can’t sync it. I hate to DNF books I’m 3/4 of the way through, just losing steam. 📚
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\n","url":"https://micro.blog/manton/90793195","date_published":"2026-05-23T21:42:04+00:00","author":{"name":"Manton Reece","url":"https://manton.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F22%2F3.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"manton"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-23 21:42","date_timestamp":1779572524,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"90791500","content_html":"Only just learned about Null Island. Love the name. There’s a CNN article today about cruise ships stopping there:
\n\n\nJust a few weeks ago, Holland America announced plans to include Null Island as a stop on its 129-day round-the-world voyage in 2028, following an earlier stop on its 2024 trip.
\n
Amazing and fitting considering how GPS has changed so many things. 🗺️
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\n","url":"https://micro.blog/manton/90785190","date_published":"2026-05-23T18:35:17+00:00","author":{"name":"Manton Reece","url":"https://manton.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F22%2F3.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"manton"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-23 18:35","date_timestamp":1779561317,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"90784282","content_html":"I don’t use Plex, but I’ve seen a couple people mention this lifetime plan pricing increase. Mike Rockwell blogs:
\n\n\nBut $750 feels insane. That’s more than ten times the price of the annual subscription. That feels like too high of a multiple to me.
\n
That’s a lot to pay all at once. I’m not sure lifetime plans are workable for some types of hosted software anyway. I have plenty of server costs each month to run Micro.blog, and the subscriptions sustain that. If I want to keep running Micro.blog for let’s say 20 more years, it’s risky to have too much revenue upfront instead of later.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://www.manton.org/2026/05/23/i-dont-use-plex-but.html","date_published":"2026-05-23T18:15:22+00:00","author":{"name":"Manton Reece","url":"https://manton.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F22%2F3.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"manton"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-23 18:15","date_timestamp":1779560122,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:pko7wbcggok753hnvndxh3ni/post/3mmk2lkq34r2c"]}},{"id":"90778998","content_html":"@jomalo Good point. You can start a new post from a note, but it doesn’t “move” it. That would be better.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/manton/90778998","date_published":"2026-05-23T16:23:32+00:00","author":{"name":"Manton Reece","url":"https://manton.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F22%2F3.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"manton"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-23 16:23","date_timestamp":1779553412,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"90778730","content_html":"@petebrown Sure, that’s why I don’t call out anyone personally even when I read something that goes beyond “less than temperate”, which is what inspired my own post.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/manton/90778730","date_published":"2026-05-23T16:17:56+00:00","author":{"name":"Manton Reece","url":"https://manton.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F22%2F3.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"manton"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-23 16:17","date_timestamp":1779553076,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"90771269","content_html":"@bokehdilla.bsky.social I blogged about it in the second half of this blog post. It actually predates the Apple Pencil by many years! Back from 2002.
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\n","summary":"","url":"https://www.manton.org/2026/05/22/i-was-feeling-good-with.html","date_published":"2026-05-23T02:49:32+00:00","author":{"name":"Manton Reece","url":"https://manton.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F22%2F3.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"manton"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-23 02:49","date_timestamp":1779504572,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:pko7wbcggok753hnvndxh3ni/post/3mmigv3nb6v2e"]}},{"id":"90744220","content_html":"Watched the first part of the Starship v3 launch live, then the final minutes later. Never gets old. Extraordinary views. 🚀
\n","summary":"","url":"https://www.manton.org/2026/05/22/watched-the-first-part-of.html","date_published":"2026-05-23T00:34:11+00:00","author":{"name":"Manton Reece","url":"https://manton.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F22%2F3.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"manton"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-23 00:34","date_timestamp":1779496451,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:pko7wbcggok753hnvndxh3ni/post/3mmi7d2o7z52h"]}},{"id":"90741786","content_html":"@lmika Whoops, thanks! Fixing.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/manton/90741786","date_published":"2026-05-22T23:42:01+00:00","author":{"name":"Manton Reece","url":"https://manton.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F22%2F3.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"manton"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-22 23:42","date_timestamp":1779493321,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"90734375","content_html":"Okay. đź“·
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\n","summary":"","url":"https://www.manton.org/2026/05/22/most-users-probably-dont-use.html","date_published":"2026-05-22T19:28:35+00:00","author":{"name":"Manton Reece","url":"https://manton.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F22%2F3.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"manton"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-22 19:28","date_timestamp":1779478115,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:pko7wbcggok753hnvndxh3ni/post/3mmhob4xirt2c"]}},{"id":"90728825","content_html":"@apoorplayer Absolutely. I try to find a nice blank card when I can too.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/manton/90728825","date_published":"2026-05-22T19:19:42+00:00","author":{"name":"Manton Reece","url":"https://manton.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F22%2F3.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"manton"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-22 19:19","date_timestamp":1779477582,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"90718033","content_html":"@dave That’s a good use. I also edited my post to be more clear I was thinking about blog post drafts.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/manton/90718033","date_published":"2026-05-22T16:51:10+00:00","author":{"name":"Manton Reece","url":"https://manton.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F22%2F3.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"manton"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-22 16:51","date_timestamp":1779468670,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"90717490","content_html":"I don’t have AI start a draft of blog posts for me except for photo accessibility text. But I do often have it check posts for grammar problems or confusing phrases. Super useful. I think my writing is at least slightly better because of it, but it’s still mine.
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\n","url":"https://micro.blog/manton/90715594","date_published":"2026-05-22T16:12:35+00:00","author":{"name":"Manton Reece","url":"https://manton.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F22%2F3.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"manton"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-22 16:12","date_timestamp":1779466355,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"90709273","content_html":"@numericcitizen Just curious, at that size would you like to keep multiple weekly backups, or only the most recent one?
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/manton/90709273","date_published":"2026-05-22T14:15:53+00:00","author":{"name":"Manton Reece","url":"https://manton.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F22%2F3.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"manton"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-22 14:15","date_timestamp":1779459353,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"90709394","content_html":"Clunky rollout for Inkwell iOS: manton.org
","summary":"","url":"https://www.manton.org/2026/05/22/clunky-rollout-for-inkwell-ios.html","date_published":"2026-05-22T14:15:12+00:00","author":{"name":"Manton Reece","url":"https://manton.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F22%2F3.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"manton"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-22 14:15","date_timestamp":1779459312,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:pko7wbcggok753hnvndxh3ni/post/3mmh4tspkle2q"]}},{"id":"90704076","content_html":"Loved the way they wrapped up the last episode of The Late Show. Nicely done. Heck of a run and good way to go out on top. đź“ş
\n","summary":"","url":"https://www.manton.org/2026/05/22/loved-the-way-they-wrapped.html","date_published":"2026-05-22T13:00:15+00:00","author":{"name":"Manton Reece","url":"https://manton.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F22%2F3.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"manton"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-22 13:00","date_timestamp":1779454815,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:pko7wbcggok753hnvndxh3ni/post/3mmgyk3v6od2p"]}},{"id":"90681632","content_html":"The automatic backups introduced in Micro.blog for Mac earlier this month are working pretty well for me. But I’m going to adjust how many backups are stored from 5 to 3, or maybe configurable, because for blogs with thousands of photos the backup files can get pretty big.
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\n","url":"https://micro.blog/manton/90676623","date_published":"2026-05-22T01:15:17+00:00","author":{"name":"Manton Reece","url":"https://manton.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F22%2F3.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"manton"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-22 01:15","date_timestamp":1779412517,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"90665448","content_html":"@vincent macOS and iOS have to go next to each other just because they look so similar. Not quite ready to push Android all the way before the Mac! 🙂
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/manton/90665448","date_published":"2026-05-21T21:26:52+00:00","author":{"name":"Manton Reece","url":"https://manton.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F22%2F3.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"manton"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-21 21:26","date_timestamp":1779398812,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"90658036","content_html":"Om Malik with a little late-night reading of the SpaceX prospectus:
\n\n\n","summary":"","url":"https://www.manton.org/2026/05/21/om-malik-with-a-little.html","date_published":"2026-05-21T19:34:50+00:00","author":{"name":"Manton Reece","url":"https://manton.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F22%2F3.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"manton"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-21 19:34","date_timestamp":1779392090,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:pko7wbcggok753hnvndxh3ni/post/3mmf64b5a752c"]}},{"id":"90654590","content_html":"The SpaceX IPO is a masterpiece of financial engineering. The prospectus is a perfect blend of reality, sci-fi, and skullduggery.
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Along with other improvements today, I updated the home page for Inkwell so it’s a little less plain. Now includes a screenshot and download links for all the platforms. For iOS, still linking to the TestFlight version while we wait for Apple.
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\n","summary":"","url":"https://www.manton.org/2026/05/21/along-with-other-improvements-today.html","date_published":"2026-05-21T18:42:18+00:00","author":{"name":"Manton Reece","url":"https://manton.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F22%2F3.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"manton"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-21 18:42","date_timestamp":1779388938,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:pko7wbcggok753hnvndxh3ni/post/3mmf3bsymau2t"]}},{"id":"90639588","content_html":"“No servitude is more disgraceful than that which is self-imposed.”
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\n","url":"https://micro.blog/manton/90603111","date_published":"2026-05-21T01:09:06+00:00","author":{"name":"Manton Reece","url":"https://manton.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F22%2F3.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"manton"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-21 01:09","date_timestamp":1779325746,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"90589812","content_html":"@drwalt Just a little! 🙂
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