I spent some time last night writing a Python script to pull down recent posts from WordPress in Dr. Drang’s WP-MD format. This is a test post from the Micro.blog macOS app; hopefully it gets pulled down into my local source folder.

In case you’re looking for any additional reasons to dump Facebook:

Zuckerberg […] seemed to give Facebook “systems” credit for finding and stopping […] messages inciting ethnic violence in Myanmar. […] those messages were discovered by [NGOs] that tried in vain for days to get Facebook to address the problem.

NGOs Complain They’re Doing Facebook’s Work For Them

Looks like iOS 11.3 fixes one of my Music.app gripes — opening a playlist, playing a song, and tapping on the song’s album name to see the album would take you back to the playlist view. Now you have a choice of Artist, Album, or Playlist view.

This is a great primer on iOS privacy from the team behind Halide. I didn’t realize you could use the Share Extension to publish to Instagram without granting them access to your photos!
A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Cookies

I just ran into this macOS Apple Pay bug. It’s getting tedious to keep hitting edge cases:

Unable to add Apple Pay wallet after restoring a Time Machine Backup

I knew we got a lot of snow, but I didn’t realize it was 21”!

Worcester snowfall — 21.8 inches — sets record for date

Finally giving Taskmator a try — I’ve been meaning to download this forever.

I bought my iMac in 2013 and sprung for a Thunderbolt cable so I could use Target Display Mode. Today, with a forecast of 12-18” of snow, is the first day I’ve worked from home and gotten Target Display Mode working. It’s glorious.

A literal garbage truck fire in Auburn, MA.

This is a great essay on climate change by my friend Mike Campbell:

In The Age Of Climate Change, It’s The Magnolia Blossoms I’ll Miss