LoriHC @lorihc@qoto.org

This should be an easy case to make in an election year: this court stripped away women’s rights that were “settled law” for 50 years. This court literally redefined the word “bribery” amidst an ongoing bribery scandal. This court has members who have monetarily and publicly supported the January 6th insurrection, yet won’t recuse from cases about it. They are so clearly corrupt, but unlike Trump, there’s no showmanship to mask the lies or the corruption. Target them, blame Trump for giving them power, and use that mandate to strip them of their power.

Yes.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/06/29/i-approve-of-this-opinion/

Philadelphia. The home turf of belligerent and fun America. Where when they tell you to get fucked they either mean it or just want you to know that’s the shopping cart they’d been eying and perhaps the one next to it would suit you just as well. That’s a good attitude to have when you’re facing a conundrum.

https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/editorials/first-presidential-debate-joe-biden-donald-trump-withdraw-20240629.html

It is intellectually dishonest to refer to people undecided in this (US) election as being in the center.

Both of these men have been POTUS, with wildly different results. One of them has done a much better job by every measure.

Do I wish he was young and charismatic? Of course. Do I always agree with him? Of course not.

But don’t pretend that being a bad speaker, being old, or being too centrist on some issues makes Joe Biden no better than Donald Trump.

They are not the same.

If you think the Supreme Court is out of control now, imagine if Trump appoints two, three, or four more justices.

The next version of Seasons will give you access to some core functionalities directly via shortcuts!

Siri will also be able to pick up these commands, and I’m adding more around the suggestions.

Anything you’d like to see in there?

I wrote about some edge cases of converting intents definition files to AppIntents for widgets in iOS 17+

https://crunchybagel.com/migrating-widget-configurations-to-use-appintent/

Apple Watch Is Becoming Doctors’ Favorite Medical Device

Some doctors are telling patients to get the watch to manage their conditions. Researchers study how it could be used for heart disease, post-surgery recovery and other conditions.

https://apple.news/AfLcgHEmESVuP4qI2R7Co4Q

Seems notable that on the two abortion cases -- the two most likely to cause political backlash in November -- the court dismissed on standing, a result that quells the anger, but doesn't stop it from taking a more extremist position later.

We Just Witnessed the Biggest Supreme Court Power Grab Since 1803

https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/chevron-deference-supreme-court-power-grab/

Why should we care about the Supreme Court killing the Chevron doctrine?

When the next pandemic comes, and the FDA approves a lifesaving vaccine — ANTI-VAXX MAGA JUDGES will be able to overrule the FDA’s doctors and scientists.

That’s why.

@lorihc they’re claiming power for themselves. We are no longer three co-equal branches.

Introducing Adjustable!

Adjustable is a property wrapper that I built to aid in adjusting values at runtime instead of constantly waiting for Xcode to rebuild and launch after changing a constant.

Simply annotate any value with `@adjustable(0.0...1.0)` with any supported range, and you'll automatically get a UISlider onscreen to adjust values.

This is perfect for adjusting interactions (e.g. springs) or layouts in real-time, so you can make apps feel great.

https://github.com/b3ll/Adjustable

I don’t glory in “no sleep til dub dub,” but also, for some of us, it’s definitely real. The amount of work at this time of year is truly staggering. It’s one of the things that brought me back to this company. It reminds me of putting on a show (and I guess in some ways it is)…everyone is coming together to create something bigger than the sum of us. It’s exiting! And exhausting! 💜

A must-read.

Texas isn't the only state pushing for an end to no-fault divorce--Nebraska, Mississippi, & Louisiana are, too, & many more will follow. Red states want to trap women in pregnancy & in marriage, & they don't care how many of us die as a result. They're misogynists & abusers, & they want to take us back to a time when white men had all the power & we had none. #GOP #WarOnWomen #NoFaultDivorce https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/09/no-fault-divorce-texas-republican-gop-crowder/?ref=shedissents.us

“Light trucks” and SUVs need to be taxed way harder. There’s way too many people driving around in fucking massive cars for no reason. They pollute more, they wear our roads more, they are more dangerous to others, there needs to be fewer of them. There needs to be fewer cars in general but there really needs to be fewer large cars