From last night, the Zilker tree at the Trail of Lights. 🎄

Strongly agree with this reaction from Ben Werdmuller on Joe Biden commuting many death row sentences: "The death penalty is a barbaric practice that has no place in the 21st century, just as it had no place in the 20th century. It needs to be abolished everywhere, for any reason." Life in prison is enough. And it allows a reversal when we get a conviction wrong. Justice, not revenge.

Ben Werdmuller

Biden Commutes 37 Death Sentences Ahead of Trump’s Plan to Resume Federal Executions

[Aishvarya Kavi] President Biden commuted the sentences of all but three prisoners on federal death row. (He doesn't have the power to pardon or c...

We should all give people space to be wrong a few times before we lose our shit. Outrage is a last resort.

I’m falling well short of my reading goals this year. My currently reading list keeps getting bigger, but I’m not finishing anything. For the rest of 2024, just want to finish Wind and Truth. 📚

Manton Reece - Reading

I don’t usually work so much during the holidays. I don’t recommend it for others. But sometimes I get a sense that there is an opportunity now and I can’t let it slip away. January is going to be full of distractions I haven’t blogged about yet: moving to a new house, if everything goes well. 🎄

Rolling out a few improvements today, including some tweaks to categories. One small change that I like is showing recent blog posts for a category underneath it when editing. Just shows the truncated preview of each post.

Part of a large abandoned lot on 51st that rumor has it will eventually be a new Whole Foods. <img src=“https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/10/2024/5f2a9d2101.jpg" alt=“Buildings with plywood covering the windows and some trees in the background with a blue sky.> https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/10/2024/5f2a9d2101.jpg%22

Great stop by the Longhorns. I’m enjoying this game. It’s had everything and there’s still some time left. 🏈

Micro.blog folks, I’m planning to move the Categories link out of the web sidebar and put it in the header that’s used when managing posts. Cleans up the sidebar a little and I don’t think it’s clicked on that often. If this messes up anyone’s workflow, let me know. Screenshot preview:

This “154 versions” link is hilarious to me. I wrote my last post in Micro.blog for Mac and whenever you hit ⌘S it saves another version to the server just in case you need to revert. Other obsessive ⌘S people may be able to relate.

I support the mad king

Manton Reece - I support the mad king

Previewing a tiny part of an upcoming blog post… When choosing a blog hosting platform, consider whether the company’s CEO even uses it themselves. Why would I use a product that the leadership doesn’t believe in? It would be like Steve Jobs introducing the iPod but he never listened to music.

Love what I’m seeing from the upcoming Mimi Uploader with support for Micro.blog photo collections. Nice work, Sam!

samgrover.com

A new Mimi Uploader beta is out with initial support for Photo Collections!

For more details and to join the beta please follow the instructions in the previous post. Please try it and let me know what you think 😊 (Link ...

The rebuild of I-35 continues. This rubble is where Star Seeds Cafe used to be.

Started working on a blog post today and had to actually go do some research to make sure I was right. This is a benefit of occasional long-form writing. It’s a way to refine how you feel about something, learning a bunch in the process.

Everyone thinks they can build their own blogging engine. And they’re right! It’s easy! But there’s a reason why there are only a few very successful platforms and tools. Micro.blog is built on top of Hugo so we have a portable format and the performance of static servers. It’s robust and proven.

This morning I got three green lights in a row that are never all green, then I parallel parked perfectly in a tight space, so pretty sure everything today is going to be amazing.

Skimming Steve Troughton-Smith’s thread and commentary on the EU’s requirements for Apple. Even though I’ve been frustrated by the App Store and calling for sideloading longer than most developers, I’m feeling burned out on the drama. Huge computing platforms need to be more open. We’ll get there.

Mastodon

Steve Troughton-Smith (@stroughtonsmith@mastodon.social)

Attached: 4 images The European Commission is going through Apple’s OSes feature by feature, with the help of interested parties and industry co...

Added the snow falling plug-in to micro.christmas. ❄️

Happy Holidays! 🎄⛄️

I created Micro.blog. I also have two podcasts: Core Intuition and Timetable.

New plug-in! Snow fall adds falling snow to your blog. Check it out on manton.org. Looks best in dark mode or with a darker default blog background. One-click install for Micro.blog folks. ❄️

Manton Reece