If you had told me a year ago that I’d be a person who enjoys a morning run to start my day, I would have laughed at you.

This is ridiculous. Running sucks. Why do I like it?!

“Oh! My hometown of Springfield, IL is in the news!”

“Oh… My hometown of Springfield, IL is in the news….”

I really like the word “glockenspiel.” Makes me feel warm and fuzzy inside.

@vmstan I’ve always wanted to be the head of a religion! I’d be a dope Pope! But I guess I’d be more like a deity here.

I haven’t checked on my Neopets in a few….decades. They’re probably fine, right?

@nixCraft I could’ve easily gone back to custom ROM flashing or 3rd party OSes but I’m not that same young tinkerer with all the time and no money anymore. I want something that just works where I don’t need to spend an hour explaining to my friends “yeah, you need to download this app to talk to just me.” It sucks to have to do all this just to be social but I’m too tired to fight it now.

But also imagine my surprise when Apple announced RCS a month or so after I got an iPhone.

@nixCraft I had already stopped using Chrome years prior so when I heard that feature was going to be in Chrome, I gave it no mind. Then I updated my Pixel and saw it was integrated into my phone…

I felt pretty done then. A bit silly to have a phone controlled by a company with a financial incentive to take everything they know about you and sell it to the highest bidder. Not that everyone isn’t doing that already but it’s hard to beat Google.

@nixCraft What kept me for a long time was a general distaste of how Apple locks things down plus wanting more control over my phone. I used to be a real sticker for system wide EQ, and having rooted apps.

As time went on, I cared less about those things and more about just using my phone to communicate with others, and sadly here in the US, you cannot beat an iPhone for that.

But the main thing that pushed me over the edge was Google’s “ad topics” feature.

Even Staten Island is somewhat interestingly named. What’s a staten?! I don’t know!

But really? Long Island? C’mon, try harder.

I don’t understand how every borough in New York has such an interesting name and then there’s Long Island which is just….a long island.

If you're an Android or iOS developer looking for a #FediHire, go to https://careers.squareup.com/us/en/jobs and look for either of those terms (text search, Ctrl-F or ⌘-F in your browser). Block, including Square, is a remote first company, and continues to prize open source work.

I've been here more than thirteen years, and it's entirely because I love who I work with. This is a good crew.

“1 person is still a family”, I say to myself while purchasing the largest bag of Doritos I can find.

Kinda wanna go back to using Reddit, honestly. Lemmy is nice but I miss the niche communities on Reddit. Even though I love the Fediverse.

@BayesForDays

having adhd is saying to yourself, "I'm going to drop this for now" and then spending three more hours on it

I’m just 20 quotes I learned as a teenager wrapped up in a trench coat pretending like I’m an adult.

@saket Are you both moonlighting as a car commercial actor because these photos are looking professional! 😂

“Might catch the Holy Ghost and start speaking in Nas records” is a line I’m in love with.

Otherwise, this song is a love letter to Chicago. It’s weird, being born there and living there for my first decade of life, it’s such a vital part of me in a way I don’t think many other people feel about their birthplace. Maybe that’s why this resonates with me so much.

Maybe it’s just nostalgia for simpler times.

A great pick!

I have to say, I was absolutely shocked at how much I like this song. I was generally aware of Reneé Rapp before hearing it, but do you know how rare it is to be a talented singer on Broadway AND in the studio?!

This one was another friend recommendation as well, and it HIT me right where it hurts. It’s got a way of making you sad regardless of how you were feeling before you started it.

I’m also still torn on if I prefer this or the remix more. Reneé, drop the supercut please!