Aaron Parecki

sad that IndieWeb summit isn't happening this year, but enjoying catching up on all the recordings from the online event over the weekend! Thanks to everyone for the great discussions and the organisers for making the content available.

That period in lockdown when there was no food in the supermarkets & people were fighting for tissue doesn’t even seem real

Excellent depiction of how hacking your online accounts isn’t just about stealing old emails. Here hackers made off with $3MM from someone who probably didn’t think of themselves as “high risk” (via @jstarmy and @anna_haifisch https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2020-perfect-art-heist/

People out there being all "but if we defund the police how will we solve murders" like podcasters don't exist.

Why AnyList Won’t Be Supporting Sign In with Apple - AnyList Blog - per my predictions https://medium.com/@dickhardt/sign-in-with-apple-the-unintended-consequences-598d993780b4 https://blog.anylist.com/2020/06/sign-in-with-apple

A reminder that after he returned from destroying the ring, Frodo temporarily served as Deputy Mayor of the Shire, and his sole act was to defund the police

I woke up this morning to learn that the Today Show aired my Maskalike face masks (without a heads up). Then NBC news. Then it spread through the internet for the 4th time. I got several emails per minute. Now I have >25,100 people on the waitlist and 1,225 unanswered emails.🤯 https://twitter.com/djbaskin/status/1271590209151352833

GREGOR SAMSA: So… Notice anything different about me?
ME [NOT LOOKING UP FROM MY PHONE]: oh yeah I think I saw your post about having bedbugs or something?

Remember in grade school when the teacher stopped class & would keep adding time on until the asshole kids stopped talking?

Except the teacher is coronavirus & the kids who won’t shut up are now the adults not taking proper precautions, forcing everyone else to lock down longer.