foresmac
@foresmac.bsky.social
Software engineer at PayPal, former writer at Ars Technica, father, bourbon drinker, record collector. Hoosier living in East Tennessee.
My review of Tiny Vinyl is up on @arstechnica.com! Let me know what you think! arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025...
We put the new pocket-size vinyl format to the test—with mixed results
It’s a fun new format, but finding a place in the market may be challenging.
arstechnica.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:57 PM
My review of Tiny Vinyl is up on @arstechnica.com! Let me know what you think! arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025...
Battle doomscrolling by posting 5 small pleasures in life:
1. @tacobell.bsky.social Decades Menu
2. Instax mini prints
3. Thrift store finds
4. 30-year band reunions
5. Honda manual transmissions
1. @tacobell.bsky.social Decades Menu
2. Instax mini prints
3. Thrift store finds
4. 30-year band reunions
5. Honda manual transmissions
Battle doomscrolling by posting 5 small pleasures in life:
1. Beethoven's 3rd Piano Concerto
2. The smell of the woods when leaves fall in the autumn
3. Blueberry season
4. Cleaning 500 miles of gunk out of your rear derailleur
5. French roast coffee
1. Beethoven's 3rd Piano Concerto
2. The smell of the woods when leaves fall in the autumn
3. Blueberry season
4. Cleaning 500 miles of gunk out of your rear derailleur
5. French roast coffee
Battle doomscrolling by posting 5 small pleasures in life:
1. The first cup of coffee.
2. A hot shower w/ good water pressure.
3. Kenny Burrell’s guitar tone.
4. Good fried chicken.
5. The transition the world makes during morning twilight (astro -> nautical -> civil).
1. The first cup of coffee.
2. A hot shower w/ good water pressure.
3. Kenny Burrell’s guitar tone.
4. Good fried chicken.
5. The transition the world makes during morning twilight (astro -> nautical -> civil).
September 23, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Battle doomscrolling by posting 5 small pleasures in life:
1. @tacobell.bsky.social Decades Menu
2. Instax mini prints
3. Thrift store finds
4. 30-year band reunions
5. Honda manual transmissions
1. @tacobell.bsky.social Decades Menu
2. Instax mini prints
3. Thrift store finds
4. 30-year band reunions
5. Honda manual transmissions
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As People Mag Points out, a treatment for autism Dr. Oz just announced Trump’s FDA is approving is sold by a supplement company owned by… Dr. Oz.
people.com/what-is-leuc...
people.com/what-is-leuc...
September 23, 2025 at 3:37 AM
As People Mag Points out, a treatment for autism Dr. Oz just announced Trump’s FDA is approving is sold by a supplement company owned by… Dr. Oz.
people.com/what-is-leuc...
people.com/what-is-leuc...
Bro you helped make things broken.
UTAH GOVERNOR: “Nothing I say can unite us as a country… we mourn for his family. I don’t care what his politics were. I care that he was an American.”
September 12, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Bro you helped make things broken.
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Citing concerns about DEI, the Department of Education has halted funding for programs that support students with combined hearing and vision loss in eight states.
“How low can you go?” one advocate asked. “How can you do this to children?”
By @jodiscohen.bsky.social @jsmithrichards.bsky.social
“How low can you go?” one advocate asked. “How can you do this to children?”
By @jodiscohen.bsky.social @jsmithrichards.bsky.social
Programs for Students With Hearing and Vision Loss Harmed by Trump’s Anti-Diversity Push
Citing concerns about DEI, the U.S. Department of Education has halted funding for programs that support students with combined hearing and vision loss in eight states. “How low can you go?” one advoc...
www.propublica.org
September 12, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Citing concerns about DEI, the Department of Education has halted funding for programs that support students with combined hearing and vision loss in eight states.
“How low can you go?” one advocate asked. “How can you do this to children?”
By @jodiscohen.bsky.social @jsmithrichards.bsky.social
“How low can you go?” one advocate asked. “How can you do this to children?”
By @jodiscohen.bsky.social @jsmithrichards.bsky.social
I’m extremely skeptical about the claims Apple made about the iPhone cameras today. I don’t think 8x is optical zoom; I think it’s a 12MP crop of the 4x lens. There’s no images of the internals like there were last year.
September 9, 2025 at 9:11 PM
I’m extremely skeptical about the claims Apple made about the iPhone cameras today. I don’t think 8x is optical zoom; I think it’s a 12MP crop of the 4x lens. There’s no images of the internals like there were last year.
I have a call I recorded via iPhone today and the transcription is completely terrible; It leaves out most of the call. Is there a way to force iOS to regenerate it?
August 10, 2025 at 9:41 PM
I have a call I recorded via iPhone today and the transcription is completely terrible; It leaves out most of the call. Is there a way to force iOS to regenerate it?
Time to get out the pitchforks and guillotines, folks (if you haven’t already).
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
RIP Corporation for Public Broadcasting: 1967–2026
NPR: Every community will be hurt by Corporation for Public Broadcasting closing.
arstechnica.com
August 1, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Time to get out the pitchforks and guillotines, folks (if you haven’t already).
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
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“Cuomo is part of a legal team representing B. Netanyahu against ICC charges of war crimes. The team was assembled by A. Dershowitz, a close associate of J. Epstein. Rich people who liked Epstein also like Cuomo, a fellow predator & death merchant. They need Cuomo to hold office & keep secrets.”
New article! I wrote about Zohran Mamdani and NYC's transnational organized crime problem: sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/heat-exhau...
Heat Exhaustion
A spark of hope in a limbo that feels like hell.
sarahkendzior.substack.com
June 27, 2025 at 8:31 PM
“Cuomo is part of a legal team representing B. Netanyahu against ICC charges of war crimes. The team was assembled by A. Dershowitz, a close associate of J. Epstein. Rich people who liked Epstein also like Cuomo, a fellow predator & death merchant. They need Cuomo to hold office & keep secrets.”
@gruber.foo Re using ®️ in the title of F1 The Movie, “F1” is a registered trademark that Apple had to license for the movie and is almost certainly contractually obligated to mark as such whenever they use it.
June 27, 2025 at 9:20 PM
@gruber.foo Re using ®️ in the title of F1 The Movie, “F1” is a registered trademark that Apple had to license for the movie and is almost certainly contractually obligated to mark as such whenever they use it.
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WATCH: Rep. @brotherjones.bsky.social says Dems are here at the Casada Corruption trial to shine a light on the fact that it isn’t about ex Republican speaker Casada, or current speaker Sexton testifying against him — it’s about a system that empowers Republican to run TN “like a circus”
April 28, 2025 at 6:12 PM
WATCH: Rep. @brotherjones.bsky.social says Dems are here at the Casada Corruption trial to shine a light on the fact that it isn’t about ex Republican speaker Casada, or current speaker Sexton testifying against him — it’s about a system that empowers Republican to run TN “like a circus”
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A colleague at Stanford’s business school used The Stanford Daily to argue—poorly—against DEI. The piece was riddled with historical errors and left one searching for fact, so I broke my public writing hiatus to respond.
I hope you’ll read and share the piece.
stanforddaily.com/2025/04/22/w...
I hope you’ll read and share the piece.
stanforddaily.com/2025/04/22/w...
What DEI threatens isn’t merit. It’s monopoly.
Political science professor Hakeem Jefferson argues for DEI's importance to de-monopolizing universities.
stanforddaily.com
April 23, 2025 at 12:23 AM
A colleague at Stanford’s business school used The Stanford Daily to argue—poorly—against DEI. The piece was riddled with historical errors and left one searching for fact, so I broke my public writing hiatus to respond.
I hope you’ll read and share the piece.
stanforddaily.com/2025/04/22/w...
I hope you’ll read and share the piece.
stanforddaily.com/2025/04/22/w...
@pxlnv.bsky.social On the one hand, I agree that RSD is a little out of control. At the same time, it feels a little like snobbery to dunk in the Rock-afire Explosion.
April 19, 2025 at 3:26 PM
@pxlnv.bsky.social On the one hand, I agree that RSD is a little out of control. At the same time, it feels a little like snobbery to dunk in the Rock-afire Explosion.
I just had to replace all three wiper blades on my not-quite-2-year-old Civic and the OEM parts were $100. Tried getting replacements at Autozone and Advance Auto Parts and the recommended replacements didn’t actually work. 😵
March 10, 2025 at 3:44 PM
I just had to replace all three wiper blades on my not-quite-2-year-old Civic and the OEM parts were $100. Tried getting replacements at Autozone and Advance Auto Parts and the recommended replacements didn’t actually work. 😵
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just wanna remind people that the person who snitched on luigi got none of the promised reward because of random technicalities. you have nothing to gain by being a rat.
Reward offered for info on suspicious fire at Tesla Superchargers in Littleton, Mass.
Snitches get stiches and end up in ditches.
www.yahoo.com/news/reward-...
Snitches get stiches and end up in ditches.
www.yahoo.com/news/reward-...
Reward offered for info on suspicious fire at Tesla Superchargers in Littleton, Mass.
Police and fire investigators are looking into an overnight fire that damaged a Tesla Supercharger location in Littleton, Massachusetts.
www.yahoo.com
March 4, 2025 at 2:12 AM
just wanna remind people that the person who snitched on luigi got none of the promised reward because of random technicalities. you have nothing to gain by being a rat.
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So weird how everything Trump is doing seems to benefit the rich and powerful (and corrupt) www.icij.org/inside-icij/...
March 4, 2025 at 4:53 AM
So weird how everything Trump is doing seems to benefit the rich and powerful (and corrupt) www.icij.org/inside-icij/...
I went ahead and cancelled my @washingtonpost.com and @nytimes.com subscriptions. The Times is far too up it’s own both-sides-ism ass and Bezos can get wrecked like he did dirty to the Post.
March 4, 2025 at 6:25 AM
I went ahead and cancelled my @washingtonpost.com and @nytimes.com subscriptions. The Times is far too up it’s own both-sides-ism ass and Bezos can get wrecked like he did dirty to the Post.
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The DOGE team does NOT have the time, skills, or resources to do any kind of actual “audit” of federal data or to “modernize” the information systems to which they have gained access—which are the lies being asserted to give them cover.
So what are they really doing in these systems?
So what are they really doing in these systems?
February 17, 2025 at 5:59 PM
The DOGE team does NOT have the time, skills, or resources to do any kind of actual “audit” of federal data or to “modernize” the information systems to which they have gained access—which are the lies being asserted to give them cover.
So what are they really doing in these systems?
So what are they really doing in these systems?
Not gonna lie: I really dislike stuffed crust pizza. On paper it sounds great, but in practice you get semi-melted mozzarella cheese stick wrapped in underdone pizza crust—the worst of all worlds.
February 17, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Not gonna lie: I really dislike stuffed crust pizza. On paper it sounds great, but in practice you get semi-melted mozzarella cheese stick wrapped in underdone pizza crust—the worst of all worlds.
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The men carrying out Musk's coup are Akash Bobba, Edward Coristine, Luke Farritor, Gautier Cole Killian, Gavin Kliger, and Ethan Shaotran.
Make them famous. And, eventually, when possible, arrest them and charge them with multiple felonies. www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
Make them famous. And, eventually, when possible, arrest them and charge them with multiple felonies. www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk's Government Takeover
Engineers between 19 and 24, most linked to Musk’s companies, are playing a key role as he seizes control of federal infrastructure.
www.wired.com
February 2, 2025 at 7:08 PM
The men carrying out Musk's coup are Akash Bobba, Edward Coristine, Luke Farritor, Gautier Cole Killian, Gavin Kliger, and Ethan Shaotran.
Make them famous. And, eventually, when possible, arrest them and charge them with multiple felonies. www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
Make them famous. And, eventually, when possible, arrest them and charge them with multiple felonies. www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
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Elon’s response to a post simply naming the 6 people he has working for him inside our government. Apparently, it is a crime for the American people to know who they are.
February 3, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Elon’s response to a post simply naming the 6 people he has working for him inside our government. Apparently, it is a crime for the American people to know who they are.