LoriHC @lorihc@social.cleverlibre.org

For the first time, some of Apple's Swift Student Challenge winners get their travel to Cupertino and accommodation paid for by Apple – this opens up the competition to a huge range more people! Definitely check it out with fresh eyes. https://developer.apple.com/swift-student-challenge/

Pizza. #comics #cartoon #funny

“In sum, there is no denying that women’s path to leadership positions is paved with many barriers including a very thick glass ceiling. But a much bigger problem is the lack of career obstacles for incompetent men [..] The result is a pathological system that rewards men for their incompetence while punishing women for their competence, to everybody’s detriment.”
https://hbr.org/2013/08/why-do-so-many-incompetent-men

From @ErinInTheMorn:

Fascists don't care about what their constituents want. They only care about hurting the people they hate.

After Election Day Defeats, Ohio Begins Hearings On Drag Ban, Bathroom Ban, And Trans Care https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/after-election-day-defeats-ohio-begins

#transphobia #fascism #persecution #ProtectTransKids

Ohio Republicans are claiming a constitutional amendment protecting abortion rights, which was approved by voters in Tuesday’s election, doesn’t actually do that — and they’re promising to take steps to prevent the legal protection of reproductive freedom in the state. https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/ohio-republicans-stop-issue-1-abortion-rights-1234875333/

Much has changed after 10 releases of watchOS! Check out this new Tech Note which describes the history of the watchOS SDK and how to evolve an existing project for our latest and greatest technologies like SwiftUI and WidgetKit. https://developer.apple.com/documentation/technotes/tn3157-updating-your-watchos-project-for-swiftui-and-widgetkit

I usually love @verge but this is a bad take. Of course Apple used professional lighting and equipment when taking the video. That doesn't at all diminish the result or achievement here.

> Norway offers a warning about the dangers of promoting EVs at the expense of modes that are more beneficial to the environment as well as urban life. The national government’s decision to subsidize electric cars but not e-bikes makes no sense from a climate perspective.

https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/23939076/norway-electric-vehicle-cars-evs-tesla-oslo

my 7-year-old daughter decided she wanted to be Siri for Halloween

It took a bit longer than usual, but our @alex has once again published his annual review of watchOS on @macstories.

watchOS 10 is a massive update for the Apple Watch platform, and Alex has been following its evolution for several years at this point.

This review covers everything you need to know, and it comes with an EPUB version for @club members: https://www.macstories.net/stories/watchos-10-the-macstories-review/

The road to the Handmaid’s Tale world is lined with smiling people telling you to stop overreacting.

With Mike Johnson elected House Speaker, our long national nightmare is over and a new one is just beginning.

Mastodon should have a list of people you've blocked along with a saved copy of the post that made you block them.

The field could be called "Final Straw".

The Notifications & Focus team is looking for world-class, customer focused engineers. If you’re interested we’d love to hear from you. https://jobs.apple.com/en-us/details/200482858/system-experience-notifications-and-focus-engineer?team=SFTWR