Jim Luther
@jimluther.techhub.social.ap.brid.gy
Retired Apple software engineer. I used to polish, refine and fix things, and sometimes I created completely new things.
(I made the IIgs Finder icon. It was […]
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(I made the IIgs Finder icon. It was […]
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Help my friend Becky fight her recent cancer diagnosis. Like many, I played games Becky helped create on the Apple II/IIgs, Macintosh, and other personal computing platforms.
https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@burgerbecky/115316833728680548
https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@burgerbecky/115316833728680548
burgerbecky (@burgerbecky@mastodon.gamedev.place)
I’ve started a GoFundMe to help with my cancer battle https://gofund.me/6850175a3
mastodon.gamedev.place
October 4, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Help my friend Becky fight her recent cancer diagnosis. Like many, I played games Becky helped create on the Apple II/IIgs, Macintosh, and other personal computing platforms.
https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@burgerbecky/115316833728680548
https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@burgerbecky/115316833728680548
How close we are to repeating history. https://www.foreignaffairs.com/germany/warnings-weimar
Warnings From Weimar
Why bargaining with authoritarians fails.
www.foreignaffairs.com
August 28, 2025 at 8:56 PM
How close we are to repeating history. https://www.foreignaffairs.com/germany/warnings-weimar
Donald J. Trump looked in a mirror today and said, "In light of your deceitful and potentially criminal conduct in a financial matter, they cannot and I do not have such confidence in your integrity."
August 26, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Donald J. Trump looked in a mirror today and said, "In light of your deceitful and potentially criminal conduct in a financial matter, they cannot and I do not have such confidence in your integrity."
Gary Larson predicted this in The Far Side years ago. https://www.npr.org/2025/08/09/g-s1-81907/texas-big-game-hunter-killed-african-buffalo
August 11, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Gary Larson predicted this in The Far Side years ago. https://www.npr.org/2025/08/09/g-s1-81907/texas-big-game-hunter-killed-african-buffalo
Reposted by Jim Luther
For those of you who have my boosts muted, a thread worth reading.
https://mastodon.social/@JuliusGoat/114924938624931474
https://mastodon.social/@JuliusGoat/114924938624931474
A.R. Moxon, Verified Duck 🦆 (@JuliusGoat@mastodon.social)
Say we're working at the top of a tall building. If I burst into your office and say "the building is on fire!" you'll be thinking of evacuation, of raising the alarm, calling the fire department—and understandably so. A building on fire is very bad news. https://www.the-reframe.com/impeachment-is-a-duty/
mastodon.social
July 27, 2025 at 6:13 PM
For those of you who have my boosts muted, a thread worth reading.
https://mastodon.social/@JuliusGoat/114924938624931474
https://mastodon.social/@JuliusGoat/114924938624931474
Reposted by Jim Luther
kinda wonky, but extremely relevant to what's been going on in tech the past couple of years: a change to the tax code in 2017 (which was engineered to fall outside the window of CBO scoring) fundamentally shifted how large companies calculate R&D, which has in turn led to a *lot* of layoffs. If […]
Original post on infosec.exchange
infosec.exchange
June 6, 2025 at 9:38 PM
kinda wonky, but extremely relevant to what's been going on in tech the past couple of years: a change to the tax code in 2017 (which was engineered to fall outside the window of CBO scoring) fundamentally shifted how large companies calculate R&D, which has in turn led to a *lot* of layoffs. If […]
very fun to read frederick douglass accurately describe the problem with the pardon power in 1867
June 5, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Happy 36th Birthday Apple WWDC!
On this day in 1989, I’d been at Apple for about 3-1/2 months working in Apple II Developer Technical Support. I worked at all of the WWDCs through 2019.
On this day in 1989, I’d been at Apple for about 3-1/2 months working in Apple II Developer Technical Support. I worked at all of the WWDCs through 2019.
May 8, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Happy 36th Birthday Apple WWDC!
On this day in 1989, I’d been at Apple for about 3-1/2 months working in Apple II Developer Technical Support. I worked at all of the WWDCs through 2019.
On this day in 1989, I’d been at Apple for about 3-1/2 months working in Apple II Developer Technical Support. I worked at all of the WWDCs through 2019.
To those who hate it when someone posts a news article as an Apple News link, stop posting Flipboard links.
Instead, please take the extra few seconds to get the link to the source article and post it.
Flipboard doesn’t need the clicks; Apple News doesn’t need the clicks.
Instead, please take the extra few seconds to get the link to the source article and post it.
Flipboard doesn’t need the clicks; Apple News doesn’t need the clicks.
April 22, 2025 at 4:33 PM
To those who hate it when someone posts a news article as an Apple News link, stop posting Flipboard links.
Instead, please take the extra few seconds to get the link to the source article and post it.
Flipboard doesn’t need the clicks; Apple News doesn’t need the clicks.
Instead, please take the extra few seconds to get the link to the source article and post it.
Flipboard doesn’t need the clicks; Apple News doesn’t need the clicks.
Reposted by Jim Luther
Terry Pratchett wrote the only text that matters on sin:
"And sin, young man, is when you treat people as things. Including yourself. That’s what sin is.”
“It’s a lot more complicated than that—”
“No. It ain’t. When people say things are a lot more complicated than that, they means they’re […]
"And sin, young man, is when you treat people as things. Including yourself. That’s what sin is.”
“It’s a lot more complicated than that—”
“No. It ain’t. When people say things are a lot more complicated than that, they means they’re […]
Original post on wandering.shop
wandering.shop
April 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Terry Pratchett wrote the only text that matters on sin:
"And sin, young man, is when you treat people as things. Including yourself. That’s what sin is.”
“It’s a lot more complicated than that—”
“No. It ain’t. When people say things are a lot more complicated than that, they means they’re […]
"And sin, young man, is when you treat people as things. Including yourself. That’s what sin is.”
“It’s a lot more complicated than that—”
“No. It ain’t. When people say things are a lot more complicated than that, they means they’re […]
Reposted by Jim Luther
History shows what happens to countries that trod the path the US is on now.
https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/make-america-healthy-again-the-new-lysenkoism/
https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/make-america-healthy-again-the-new-lysenkoism/
“Make America Healthy Again”: The new Lysenkoism
sciencebasedmedicine.org
April 2, 2025 at 2:44 PM
History shows what happens to countries that trod the path the US is on now.
https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/make-america-healthy-again-the-new-lysenkoism/
https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/make-america-healthy-again-the-new-lysenkoism/
This has happened before. Those responsible in the past were punished. https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:s6j27rxb3ic2rxw73ixgqv2p/post/3llexs4hmkk2z
Domestic Enemy Hat (@kenwhite.bsky.social)
bsky.app
March 27, 2025 at 7:40 PM
This has happened before. Those responsible in the past were punished. https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:s6j27rxb3ic2rxw73ixgqv2p/post/3llexs4hmkk2z
Great thread.
https://bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:s6j27rxb3ic2rxw73ixgqv2p/post/3llejosohv22s
https://bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:s6j27rxb3ic2rxw73ixgqv2p/post/3llejosohv22s
Domestic Enemy Hat (@kenwhite.bsky.social)
This is the op-ed Rumeysa Ozturk co-wrote in 2024 criticizing the Tufts administration’s response to student demands for action regarding Gaza and Israel. It is unquestionably speech protected by the First Amendment. /1 https://www.tuftsdaily.com/article/2024/03/4ftk27sm6jkj
bsky.app
March 27, 2025 at 5:07 PM
I noticed the retro Mac community was working on #globaltalk and although I'm not working on anything, I thought I'd contribute this suggestion: If you're using AppleShare on Mac OS 7.6 or later, you might want to use the AppleShare client extension that shipped with Mac OS 9.2.2. That's […]
Original post on techhub.social
techhub.social
March 27, 2025 at 4:36 AM
I noticed the retro Mac community was working on #globaltalk and although I'm not working on anything, I thought I'd contribute this suggestion: If you're using AppleShare on Mac OS 7.6 or later, you might want to use the AppleShare client extension that shipped with Mac OS 9.2.2. That's […]
@bitsavers I emailed this picture to you. Can you guess what this tool is for?
March 24, 2025 at 10:28 PM
@bitsavers I emailed this picture to you. Can you guess what this tool is for?
Reposted by Jim Luther
PSA: if you get a phishing email and you don't know the right place to send it for the organization the phisher is pretending to be, just forward it as an attachment to reportphishing@apwg.org (the Anti-Phishing Working Group). It will make its way into the block lists for most browsers.
March 19, 2025 at 5:16 PM
PSA: if you get a phishing email and you don't know the right place to send it for the organization the phisher is pretending to be, just forward it as an attachment to reportphishing@apwg.org (the Anti-Phishing Working Group). It will make its way into the block lists for most browsers.
@atomicbird my wife wants to know where you got your video birdhouse.
February 19, 2025 at 4:57 PM
@atomicbird my wife wants to know where you got your video birdhouse.
@mjtsai I know this may be outside your goals for SpamSieve, but it’s something it could probably do.
I’d like software to notice mail from mailing lists that often is not read, and then offer to unsubscribe, add a rule to move to a new mailbox or delete, etc.
I often get added to a […]
I’d like software to notice mail from mailing lists that often is not read, and then offer to unsubscribe, add a rule to move to a new mailbox or delete, etc.
I often get added to a […]
Original post on techhub.social
techhub.social
February 18, 2025 at 3:17 PM
@mjtsai I know this may be outside your goals for SpamSieve, but it’s something it could probably do.
I’d like software to notice mail from mailing lists that often is not read, and then offer to unsubscribe, add a rule to move to a new mailbox or delete, etc.
I often get added to a […]
I’d like software to notice mail from mailing lists that often is not read, and then offer to unsubscribe, add a rule to move to a new mailbox or delete, etc.
I often get added to a […]
Did I miss anything g important? I fell behind by 300+ posts and skipped them.
December 13, 2024 at 11:20 PM
Did I miss anything g important? I fell behind by 300+ posts and skipped them.
Reposted by Jim Luther
Between mainstream media captured and neutered by the oligarchy and social media infecting people's minds with conspiracy theories, what mechanism could there be for getting back to something approximating a shared reality that's aligned with... reality? Is anyone studying this? Without a […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
November 28, 2024 at 11:41 PM
Between mainstream media captured and neutered by the oligarchy and social media infecting people's minds with conspiracy theories, what mechanism could there be for getting back to something approximating a shared reality that's aligned with... reality? Is anyone studying this? Without a […]
I like the reply feature in iOS Messages which lets me reply to specific messages from someone. However, I have no idea how you get out of reply mode and back to seeing the entire message thread. There’s no button or other visual indication of what I should do. I always end up killing Messages […]
Original post on techhub.social
techhub.social
November 28, 2024 at 4:43 PM
I like the reply feature in iOS Messages which lets me reply to specific messages from someone. However, I have no idea how you get out of reply mode and back to seeing the entire message thread. There’s no button or other visual indication of what I should do. I always end up killing Messages […]
@ivory I might be missing something but
Is there a way to get to the last unread toot in my home feed? If I search for something, I don’t know how to get back to where I left off before the search.
Is there a way to get to the last unread toot in my home feed? If I search for something, I don’t know how to get back to where I left off before the search.
November 5, 2024 at 11:16 PM
@ivory I might be missing something but
Is there a way to get to the last unread toot in my home feed? If I search for something, I don’t know how to get back to where I left off before the search.
Is there a way to get to the last unread toot in my home feed? If I search for something, I don’t know how to get back to where I left off before the search.
A story better heard than read.
What are Trump’s final rally speeches like? Lower energy, less focused and running late
https://www.npr.org/2024/10/28/nx-s1-5164570/trump-rally-speech-2024-election
What are Trump’s final rally speeches like? Lower energy, less focused and running late
https://www.npr.org/2024/10/28/nx-s1-5164570/trump-rally-speech-2024-election
October 29, 2024 at 2:08 PM
A story better heard than read.
What are Trump’s final rally speeches like? Lower energy, less focused and running late
https://www.npr.org/2024/10/28/nx-s1-5164570/trump-rally-speech-2024-election
What are Trump’s final rally speeches like? Lower energy, less focused and running late
https://www.npr.org/2024/10/28/nx-s1-5164570/trump-rally-speech-2024-election