Working on stuff 👨‍💻 Check out Firesky to watch the Bluesky firehose: 👉 https://firesky.tv 🐦 https://twitter.com/johnspurlock 🐘 https://podcastindex.social/@jshttps://bsky.app/profile/johnspurlock.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnspurlock.com/post/3mvo2qnixa22tchanges to the Apple Podcasts app in 27.2 beta 1:16 Sep 2026 21:16 +0000at://did:plc:mceyt3qjswifxtikqqwvnnge/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvo2qnixa22thttps://bsky.app/profile/johnspurlock.com/post/3mvnwlkxcfc2tlet's see what's changed between 27.0 rc and 27.2 beta 1: #wwdc - AppIntents: lots of churn (this framework must be auto-generated) but this is a 27.2-only item: CaseDisplayRepresentable.caseDisplayRepresentations Beta https://developer.apple.com/documentation/appintents/casedisplayrepresentable/casedisplayrepresentations-ael816 Sep 2026 20:01 +0000at://did:plc:mceyt3qjswifxtikqqwvnnge/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvnwlkxcfc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/johnspurlock.com/post/3mvnvcyms4c2siOS 27.2 beta 1 released! #wwdc (27.1 considered bad luck?) https://developer.apple.com/news/releases/?id=09162026a16 Sep 2026 19:39 +0000at://did:plc:mceyt3qjswifxtikqqwvnnge/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvnvcyms4c2shttps://bsky.app/profile/johnspurlock.com/post/3mvgcwhdsfk2qclod, on the aws console agi achieved13 Sep 2026 19:21 +0000at://did:plc:mceyt3qjswifxtikqqwvnnge/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvgcwhdsfk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnspurlock.com/post/3mvdjj5zmec2n‘The future may not be a few huge apps running on a few huge platforms, generating tons of revenue; it could instead be tons of little ones, purpose-built for the church, mutual aid group, company department or softball league.’ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/opinion/ai-software-coding-apps.html?unlocked_article_code=1.AlE.C9EE.H2j5a1eHFUbQ&smid=nytcore-ios-share12 Sep 2026 16:41 +0000at://did:plc:mceyt3qjswifxtikqqwvnnge/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvdjj5zmec2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnspurlock.com/post/3mvbk3wsw2s2zone thing I haven't heard anyone mention, but noticed yesterday when upgrading the new apple watch back side went from sapphire crystal to zirconia on both the series 12 and the ultra 4 alert r/shrinkflation11 Sep 2026 21:46 +0000at://did:plc:mceyt3qjswifxtikqqwvnnge/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvbk3wsw2s2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnspurlock.com/post/3mvarhpkvo22n‘Someday soon every home will have a weblog, and we'll have great aggregation tools that allow us to quickly assemble lists of loved ones who survived. A new button on cellphones that says "I made it" and it flows the fact to all your concerned friends.’ http://scripting.com/2001/09/11.html11 Sep 2026 14:25 +0000at://did:plc:mceyt3qjswifxtikqqwvnnge/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvarhpkvo22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnspurlock.com/post/3mvaqmvsqts2ajazz trio in madison square park on Monday beautiful day in nyc11 Sep 2026 14:10 +0000at://did:plc:mceyt3qjswifxtikqqwvnnge/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvaqmvsqts2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/johnspurlock.com/post/3mv7boyyuc22k‘These actors carried out a sustained effort to develop guided weapons, using Claude to design guidance software. They did test-fire a guided rocket. This field test appears to have failed: within hours, the actors returned to Claude to work out why it failed.’ https://www.anthropic.com/threat-intelligence-report-september-202611 Sep 2026 00:10 +0000at://did:plc:mceyt3qjswifxtikqqwvnnge/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv7boyyuc22khttps://bsky.app/profile/johnspurlock.com/post/3mv6jxhkwo22oamanda peet keeps track of her playback position in podcasts by taking screenshots ‘You can probably do it in an easier way.’ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/amanda-peet/id1521578868?i=100075909923710 Sep 2026 17:05 +0000at://did:plc:mceyt3qjswifxtikqqwvnnge/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv6jxhkwo22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/johnspurlock.com/post/3mv6ifigxqc2gnice visualizations in this ft article https://ig.ft.com/golden-dome/?accessToken=zwAAAaCMJ3elkc9Zzx1mIAZBV9O1hzB63Gz9vA.MEYCIQDfJuHs7DU35uXK68d7iwOOCTinQn_WkPLeVaMdRXDrbgIhAN3motP2ezDOhGwIb4-t1r9T5hd6Exup0d9UgF6qBEpN&segmentId=e95a9ae7-622c-6235-5f87-51e412b47e97&shareId=605ecbf4-0a95-4c38-a67d-742613296b48&shareType=enterprise&syn-25a6b1a6=110 Sep 2026 16:37 +0000at://did:plc:mceyt3qjswifxtikqqwvnnge/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv6ifigxqc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/johnspurlock.com/post/3mv6aw3v6kk27can you _imagine_ what stunts anthropic has planned for around the IPO timeline in a few months? gonna be great10 Sep 2026 14:24 +0000at://did:plc:mceyt3qjswifxtikqqwvnnge/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv6aw3v6kk27https://bsky.app/profile/johnspurlock.com/post/3mv4ky4dwu22gonly thing that really surprised me from today's apple thing was the new "audio intelligence" features on the watches, specifically "rewind" and "recap" it's some low percentage creep-factor of facebook glasses, but certainly non-zero https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/audio-intelligence-apple-watch/09 Sep 2026 22:18 +0000at://did:plc:mceyt3qjswifxtikqqwvnnge/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv4ky4dwu22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/johnspurlock.com/post/3mv4k4fcsn22yimagining the new iphone duo section in the new york philharmonic https://www.swiftjectivec.com/iphone-duo-first-developer-good-to-knows/09 Sep 2026 22:03 +0000at://did:plc:mceyt3qjswifxtikqqwvnnge/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv4k4fcsn22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnspurlock.com/post/3mv4juy2ijs22‘"As you have seen from Matt's previous messages, Automattic's board has decided to ask Matt to step away from his CEO role and take a leave of absence,” Schneider wrote. “We have asked Mark Davies to assume the interim CEO role while Matt is out.”’ https://www.404media.co/wordpress-automattic-ceo-matt-mullenweg-put-on-leave-of-absence/09 Sep 2026 21:59 +0000at://did:plc:mceyt3qjswifxtikqqwvnnge/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv4juy2ijs22https://bsky.app/profile/johnspurlock.com/post/3mv4i7bpkis2yalright, already seeing a number of iOS 27 API things in rc held back from previous betas: #wwdc - AVFoundation: ancillaryDataEncoder The AVCaptureAncillaryDataEncoder that sends per-frame lens/camera/user-defined acquisition data along with the video buffer. https://developer.apple.com/documentation/avfoundation/avcapturebroadcastvideooutput/ancillarydataencoder09 Sep 2026 21:29 +0000at://did:plc:mceyt3qjswifxtikqqwvnnge/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv4i7bpkis2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnspurlock.com/post/3mv43lr3gbk2guh oh "for a clear call" someone used clod for their apple event segment09 Sep 2026 17:43 +0000at://did:plc:mceyt3qjswifxtikqqwvnnge/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv43lr3gbk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/johnspurlock.com/post/3mv425mt5sc2gwas hoping they would try live again instead, apple apparently doubling down on hostage-video speaking style09 Sep 2026 17:17 +0000at://did:plc:mceyt3qjswifxtikqqwvnnge/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv425mt5sc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/johnspurlock.com/post/3mv3qbu64u22w‘You live a mindful life full of meditative, self-reflective bragging in public. You are followed by young hustle porn fiends thinking mistakenly that munching your ego-waffle is exactly the inspiration they need to make something of themselves.’ max.engineer/human-slop https://max.engineer/human-slop09 Sep 2026 14:21 +0000at://did:plc:mceyt3qjswifxtikqqwvnnge/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv3qbu64u22whttps://bsky.app/profile/johnspurlock.com/post/3muzkefac7k2m‘“Artificial intelligence is not bad for newsrooms,” Quinn wrote in the letter. “It’s the future of them.”’ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/journalist-accuses-local-newspaper-ai-article08 Sep 2026 17:29 +0000at://did:plc:mceyt3qjswifxtikqqwvnnge/app.bsky.feed.post/3muzkefac7k2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnspurlock.com/post/3muyxcsfm622b‘I used to read Ed Zitron’08 Sep 2026 11:48 +0000at://did:plc:mceyt3qjswifxtikqqwvnnge/app.bsky.feed.post/3muyxcsfm622bhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnspurlock.com/post/3muucafxwa22h06 Sep 2026 15:21 +0000at://did:plc:mceyt3qjswifxtikqqwvnnge/app.bsky.feed.post/3muucafxwa22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnspurlock.com/post/3muptk2ludk23‘convexity play’04 Sep 2026 20:47 +0000at://did:plc:mceyt3qjswifxtikqqwvnnge/app.bsky.feed.post/3muptk2ludk23https://bsky.app/profile/johnspurlock.com/post/3mupl2c62tc2w‘From story to stream — without the friction.’ these ai-make-me-a-site all look the same to me, but I admit I probably see more than most localpod.co https://localpod.co/04 Sep 2026 18:15 +0000at://did:plc:mceyt3qjswifxtikqqwvnnge/app.bsky.feed.post/3mupl2c62tc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/johnspurlock.com/post/3mup7zlx6ts2p‘elevated degradation’04 Sep 2026 14:58 +0000at://did:plc:mceyt3qjswifxtikqqwvnnge/app.bsky.feed.post/3mup7zlx6ts2phttps://bsky.app/profile/johnspurlock.com/post/3mup6anl2n22z‘Our current structure was built for a different media landscape.’ https://x.com/benmullin/status/209546866056748248004 Sep 2026 14:26 +0000at://did:plc:mceyt3qjswifxtikqqwvnnge/app.bsky.feed.post/3mup6anl2n22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnspurlock.com/post/3mup4midtjk26‘We deserve better A.I. criticism in popular media.’ true, but also not how media works https://pxlnv.com/linklog/luu-zitron-predictions/04 Sep 2026 13:57 +0000at://did:plc:mceyt3qjswifxtikqqwvnnge/app.bsky.feed.post/3mup4midtjk26https://bsky.app/profile/johnspurlock.com/post/3mumwacjy4s2ttotally normal domain name, zero point zero red flags03 Sep 2026 16:57 +0000at://did:plc:mceyt3qjswifxtikqqwvnnge/app.bsky.feed.post/3mumwacjy4s2t