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“Would you like to play a very, very popular word game in an emulated Apple II in your browser?”

“the presence of cops is always about a show of force. it’s standard tactics from the playbook of counter-insurgency warfare, and everyone i know who has been to Iraq told me they see cops doing the same things they did over there”

“https://t.co/qVJCRTpTGs”

Automation April is well underway: we’ve entered the second week of our month-long special event about automation on Apple platforms, and – in case you haven’t noticed – things are happening everywhere. We’ve published Shortcuts-focused articles on MacStories; interviewed developers of Shortcuts-compatible apps on AppStories; we’ve hosted a Town Hall Workshop on our Discord along

In its attempt to celebrate Chinese Canadian culture and destigmatize menstruation, the Pixar film manages to be both hyper-specific and alienating.

“https://t.co/u1ytCg3Mlc”

“@NeoYokel I’m shocked there are only 105 dcom’s”

“😌”

“open mouth coughing just hits different”

“I want to see mainstream media start to use the analogy in a good landing page for the kids to ttrpgs.”

Plus, why his VC firm Andreessen Horowitz has spent $3 billion on web3 startups.

Which ones were actually good, and which just make you nostalgic?

Screenwriters Patrick J. Clifton and Beth Rigazio share secrets from their two DCOMs, Read It and Weep and Go Figure

“MIGHTY BOY ALERT”

“NEW HAT DROPPED ITS GOT BUG REPELLENT AND A HIDDEN NECK FLAP AOUUU (WOLF HOWL)”

“VHS tapes are getting weird.”

I am incredibly excited to announce the relaunch of my Shortcuts Library in its expanded form, including over 600 custom shortcuts! What’s new The Shortcuts Library is updated from last year’s release, in which I consolidated my original larger library into 50+ shortcuts that each covered large areas of what’s possible with Shortcuts. With the […]

Twitter is acquiring mobile engagement platform OpenBack, whose team will join Twitter's Bluebird product team and focus on enhancing notifications on Twitter.

Every year we like to take a fresh look at the different shortcut options that are available to use with the Shortcuts app on iOS devices and Mac,...

A new way for writers on Substack to recommend each other and discover more great work

“Explain to me in what scenario a fucking square can intuitively mean anything game related”

Helpful, illustrated list of shortcuts for an external keyboard connected to an iPad.

“Flexible Shortcuts actions from multiple apps can lead to some powerful combinations. With Play by @mactanaka, Downie from @charlieMonroe, and @getchannels’ virtual channels, I created myTunes, an automated 24/7 music video channel for @AutomationApril. https://t.co/qupWgnnlv4”

One of the delights of Shortcuts is the potential of simple individual actions. By themselves, they might not do much, but combined with simple actions from other apps, they create shortcuts that are greater than the sum of their parts. Two of my favorite recent examples are a pair of actions from the apps Play