Like similar entries, I have spent a lot of time this year on planes and will spend more time before the year is over and so I’ve read things from my growing Instapaper library that are marked “to blog” and here we are finally linking to them. You all know I’m not a breaking-news lover …
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Linked: “Instagram responds to criticism with shocking revelation that it will ‘continue to support photos’”
Via TechCrunch: Instagram head Adam Mosseri posted a video this morning addressing mounting concerns about changes to the app’s feed and its increasing emphasis on video. Is it lost on these folks that all of the criticisms of Instagram referenced by TechCrunch are videos? Like you’re going to make a video chastising Instagram for losing …
Linked: Apple’s Mac Studio & 27″ iMac
Via Michael Tsai: I’ve been happy with my 27-inch iMac, after many years of laptops-as-desktops before that, so I had kind of been assuming I would either get anew iMac or a desktop Mac with an external display (to go along with the non-Retina Dell that’s attached to my iMac). There’s no more big-screen iMac, …
Linked: “Remarks of President Joe Biden – State of the Union Address As Prepared for Delivery”
Via Whitehouse.gov: Let me be clear, our forces are not engaged and will not engage in conflict with Russian forces in Ukraine. Our forces are not going to Europe to fight in Ukraine, but to defend our NATO Allies – in the event that Putin decides to keep moving west. + Now our infrastructure is ranked …
Linked: “Musings on Modern Mapping”
Via TidBITS (and Michael Tsai) Unfortunately, it’s all too common for mapping services to rely on obsolete or incorrect data. In the On The Go Map map at the top of the article, you’ll see Plantations Rd in the lower-left corner. When I sent a map proposing a running course to my contact at Cornell, …