LoriHC @lorihc@social.cleverlibre.org

Somebody asked me recently if I feel like I'm pouring out a million thoughts in a rush when I'm writing. No, I said, it's more like when you're squeezing really thick frosting out of a piping bag and you're slooooooowly pushing it out and trying to make designs that look half-decent on your cake but the frosting keeps getting stuck and you have to constantly squash it while also attempting to be artful.

The IRA provided funding to the IRS, & it's paying off for law-abiding taxpayers:

-Cleared backlog of 2022 returns

-Took 3M more calls & cut wait times

-Recovered $38M from 175 delinquent millionaires

-Working on direct file pilot

*Reminder, Republicans want to defund the IRS: Clawing back these new resources is a 1st-order priority for some Republicans, who've already successfully pushed to take back a 1/4 of these funds in the debt ceiling deal. #GOPCorruption
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/08/17/irs-funding-tax-season-wait-times/

Hi California peeps, some advice from someone living in an area where flash floods are common!

DO NOT DRIVE INTO ANY FLOODED AREA, EVEN IF IT'S JUST "A FEW INCHES". JUST DO NOT DO IT.

EVEN IF YOU "KNOW THE ROAD".
EVEN IF YOU HAVE A SUV OR PICKUP TRUCK.

DON'T.

I love* how much #disaster preparedness starts with "have money."

I also love* how many people who give disaster advice completely ignore how much money they are actually talking about.

I _really_ love* all of the people with no experience in disasters confidently talking about this as if it were something they had done a thousand times.

* not actually

I remember the 2000 Election. There were enough votes for Ralph Nader to hand the election to George W. Bush.

I remember the 2016 Election. There were enough votes for Jill Stein to hand the election to Donald Trump.

In 2024 the Green Party is running Cornell West. Let’s not repeat this history, friends

Your vote is not a marriage. You’re not choosing a life partner. It’s a chess move for what’s best for the country and the world.

3. If you want your app intent to always run in your app, you can:
- implement openAppWhenRun, in which case it'll foreground your app OR
- implement AudioIntent, LiveActivityIntent or ForegroundContinuableIntent in which case it'll run in your app, but run in the background.

#OnThisDay, 18 Aug 1920, women in the US gain the right to vote when the 19th amendment is ratified by Tennessee, the 36th state to ratify it.

#WomenInHistory #Histodons #AmericanHistory #VotesForWomen #FlashbackFriday

Zenitizer, an excellent meditiation app from Manuel Kehl was recently updated with iCloud sync support. The app's design is impeccable and a great example of the strengths of SwiftUI when it's scaled from watchOS to larger screen sizes.

My review on @macstories: https://www.macstories.net/reviews/zenitizer-an-simple-elegant-way-to-practice-and-track-meditation-sessions/

There are a lot of steps involved in preparing an iOS project for remote push notifications. I thought it would be nice to have everything summarized in one place, so I just published a blog post that describes all the necessary setup: https://nilcoalescing.com/blog/RemotePushSetup

It includes the app capability configuration, requesting user permission, getting the device token and testing the push with the new Push Notifications Console from Apple.

#iOSDev #iOSDevelopment #Swift

Kim Berly @berly3kim
Still haven't heard from my Dad...lives in Lahaina and is known as "Shadow" to the locals. If anyone has any information please reach out.
😪💚🤙
#MauiFires #Maui

#Shadow is missing if anyone is near #Lahaina & see him could you contact his daughter up above please?

#MauiFires #Lahaina #lahainafire

My immediate team is hiring! If you love working on API that is used on both iOS and visionOS this might be the role for you!

DM if you have any questions.

https://jobs.apple.com/en-us/details/200491786/platform-binary-compatibility-engineer-apple-vision-pro

It is possible and easy to recognize the limitations and insufficiency of electoral politics and still use voting as one action among many to facilitate change.

Listen to what black people and queer people are saying.

I roll my eyes when the *only* response people have to injustice is "Vote!1!" I roll my eyes more at the idea that not voting is some big brain 5D chess radical move that lets you operate outside the system.

Use every lever of power you can reach. Every single one.

@petealexharris

The GOP hates that voting has real consequences, that it's small form of power and that "just anyone" even those who they see as unAmerican and non-persons can vote. It's intolerable to them.

Democratic leadership is also somewhat uncomfortable with widespread suffrage. (Fans of the party will argue with me about this. But, from what I've seen they will cheerlead for more people to vote right up until they have *just enough* to win.)

I want everyone to vote. EVERYONE.

🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲

Before Vs. After of a Cycling Lane transformation in Melbourne 🇦🇺

This👇👇 is a great video that shows why paint is no infrastructure.

It is very important when driving long distance to acknowledge cows, sheep and other domestic herds by saying "cows" etc when you see them. I don't make the rules.

Most productive day I've had in weeks, and it feels good!

Rebuilt my Budget Summary Widget using the new Widget style, and added lots of interactivity, including the ability to enter Budget Review, and iterate through the list of visible Expenses, if the list is longer than what's shown (added this to the Bills Due Widget as well 😉)

Only thing left for my iOS 17 Widget work is to bring back the green 'theme' from the current version.

Updated Test Flight coming tomorrow!

#IndieDev