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🔗 A unified theory of fucks | A Working Library

This is one of my answers to the question of, why give a fuck about work? Why love your work? It won’t, of course, love you back. It can’t. Work isn’t a thing that can love. It isn’t alive, it isn’t and won’t ever be living. And my answer is: don’t. Don’t give a fuck about your work. Give all your fucks to the living. Give a fuck about the people you work with, and the people who receive your work—the people who use the tools and products and systems or, more often than not, are used by them. Give a fuck about the land and the sea, all the living things that are used or used up by the work, that are abandoned or displaced by it, or—if we’re lucky, if we’re persistent and brave and willing—are cared for through the work. Give a fuck about yourself, about your own wild and tender spirit, about your peace and especially about your art. Give every last fuck you have to living things with beating hearts and breathing lungs and open eyes, with chloroplasts and mycelia and water-seeking roots, with wings and hands and leaves. Give like every fuck might be your last.

I’m really thankful to [@patrickrhone](https://micro.blog/patrickrhone) for introducing me to Mandy Brown. What a wonderful discovery.

I just unfollowed a beloved developer cause he writes almost everything in all caps. I understand why he does it and it’s meant to be humorous, but the thing is that the constant caps still startle me. I’m getting old.

I tried to learn a little about Nostr and the first three web apps I looked into where all about cryptostuff and “earning” while sharing. I need a shower.

It might have always been there. I thought it was only a Reader View button. Only a few weeks ago did I find that this button fetches the whole article from truncated RSS items. And every time I click on it and I see the article show up in a couple of seconds, it makes me giggle. It makes me happy. Thanks @brentsimmons and team.

Could I opine about the US Presidential Election (believe me, there’s no MSNBC clip I haven’t seen on YouTube) or would it be an improper foreign intervention? Gruber patronizes us about the DMA, so I don’t see why not.

I find the verb “to opine” both delightful and pedantic. “Opinar” is the verb in Spanish, so the first time I heard it it sounded familiar to me. Lately, though, when I hear someone “opining” (it’s usually Neil deGrasse Tyson) instead of giving or expressing an opinion, I just laugh at the pedantry.

🔗 FreeTube - Maybe the Most Underrated App | AppAddict

FreeTube is a privacy lover's dream, using no trackers and allowing you to subscribe to your favorite channels without an account. All user data is stored on your machine and is never sent to or stored on the Internet. The data for videos is either scraped or obtained through the Invidious API. The interface is similar to YouTube and easy enough for a child to use. FreeTube is open source and THERE ARE NO ADS. You can even download videos using a one-button interface. You can create playlists and lists of favorites. I honestly do not know why this app isn't more well known.

I had saved this article by [@amerpie](https://micro.blog/amerpie) about MacTube but the real gem was at the bottom of his post, where he mentions another app called FreeTube.

I am enjoying FreeTube so much. It’s like the dream YouTube come true. No ads, no registration, no algorithm messing my subscription’s timeline, a customizable interface…

Thank you, Lou, thank you so much.

The first post from Threads has shown up in my Micro.blog timeline. A couple of days ago I followed @snazzyq@threads.net and @mkbhd@threads.net and today I have seen this from Mr. Quinn Nelson. I follow a few Mastodon accounts from Micro.blog and now I see that I can follow Threads accounts too. I love that ActivityPub allows this kind of cross-platform interactions.

The same amount of time has passed between the iPhone 16 and iPhone X as the iPhone X and iPhone 4.

I’ve been using iOS and iPadOS 18 for a couple of months now (the public betas have worked perfectly for me) and now it’s like I’m missing the novelty feeling of it all.

OK, so iPhone Mirroring is not working in the EU because potatoes (“porque patatas” is a coloquial expression in Spanish that means something like “because whatever”; I hope you get it).

At 50, I’m afraid that my natural battery has gone through too many cycles and that is already topped at somewhere around 80%. It hardly makes through the day. It’s 22:30 and I have fallen asleep on my couch twice already. Good night.

The first Threads account I have followed from micro.blog is that of Marques Brownlee @mkbhd@threads.net. Thanks to @jarrod for the heads up..

🔗 Thoughts on symbols – Manu

This, to me, means absolutely nothing. But also, I think trying to unify people behind a silly symbol is the wrong move. And it’s also a misguided effort. A new symbol doesn’t solve anything and doesn’t help your cause. Also, "A single symbol to represent that belonging can often be more relevant than individual icons for each service" belonging to what? I am no fediverse citizen but I do consider myself a good citizen of the web. I try my best to make it a better place and I try to encourage people to own their corners of the web. Am I excluded from your fancy club because I don’t “federate”? Are you saying I don’t belong? I’m asking this rhetorically, because frankly speaking, I couldn’t give less of a fuck about belonging to some arbitrary definition.

Manuel Is growing old and grouchy 😂. But so am I, and I kinda agree with him on this one.

I happily joined @jarrod at the fundraising for St. Jude Hospital. You should take a look into it too: tilt.fyi/vfHM1rw7r…

🔗 Keyboard Cowboy - Free and Open-Source Automation Software | AppAddict

If you'd like to take a crack at setting up some Mac automations without spending the money that Keyboard Maestro ($36) or Better Touch Tool ($24) will run you, then you should download and try Keyboard Cowboy, a free and open-source automation tool available from the dev's Github site. It doesn't come close to having all of the features of the more advanced apps, but it has plenty of functionality, nonetheless.

There’s nothing like one too many automation tools.

🔗 Try PDF Gear, It’s Good, It’s Free | AppAddict

PDF Gear offers a plethora of features for the average and power user:

• View and Print
  • Annotate
  • Stamp
  • Signature
  • Bookmark
  • Converter
  • Page Editor
  • Compress
  • Form Fill
  • OCR

I have to try this.

I’m sticking to my iPhone 14 Pro. Till I’m not.

🔗 Five Free Single Purpose Apps | AppAddict

Cleanup Buddy- Trying to clean the keyboard on my M2 MacBook Air is a pain. With the computer off, touching any key turns it back on. In order to clean the keyboard, I need an app to lock the keys and touchpad and that's where this gem steps in. When I am done cleaning, I just press both command keys at the same time for three seconds and it unlocks the keyboard.

I wholeheartedly endorse this recommendation. CleanUp Buddy is the answer to this annoying MacBook “feature”, waking up with the stroke of any key. I’ve been cleaning up my computer thanks to this app for long and I love it.

Two of my favorite developers of all time (Yoink, ScreenFloat, Marked, Bunch…) in my micro.blog timeline. The fediverse works! @eternalstorms@mastodon.social @ttscoff@nojack.easydns.ca