On my blog: Toots 🦣 from 05/19 to 05/23 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2025/05/23/week.html #linkdump #socialmedia #quotes #week
Over the past few weeks I’ve been experimenting with and doing some deep learning and researching into neutral networks and evolutionary adaptation of them. The thing is I haven’t gotten very far. I’ve been able to build two different approaches so far with limited results. The frustrating part is that these things are so “random” it isn’t even funny. Like I can’t even get a basic ANN + GA to evolve a network that solves the XOR pattern every time with high levels of accuracy. 😞
One week after abandonment vs after we took him home ⌘ Read more
Hey y’all 👋 I am told my “participation” is drastically down of ,ate So sorry 😞 Busy quite a busy few weeks at work with a reorg and lots of complex things happening in real live too 😅 – Hope everything is doing well 🤗
[$] LWN.net Weekly Edition for May 22, 2025
Inside this week’s LWN.net Weekly Edition:
Front: Home Assistant; Setuptools; Debian AI GR; DMA-mapping API; BPF CI; OSPM 2025
Briefs: Go audit; Oniux; Asahi progress; Rust in FreeBSD; RHEL 10; Rust 1.87.0; RIP John L. Young; Quote; …
Announcements: Newsletters, conferences, security updates, patches, and more. ⌘ Read more
Apple Stops Signing iOS 18.4.1
Apple today stopped signing iOS 18.4.1, a week after releasing the iOS 18.5 update. Because iOS 18.4.1 is no longer being signed, iPhone users who upgraded to iOS 18.5 are no longer able to downgrade to the previous version of iOS.
“Signing” is a server-side verification chec … ⌘ Read more
Kernel prepatch 6.15-rc7
The 6.15-rc7 kernel prepatch is out for
testing. “So while I wish we hadn’t had some of the excitement of last
week, on the whole it all still looks pretty solid, and unless something
strange happens I’ll do the final 6.15 release next weekend.” ⌘ Read more
@kat@yarn.girlonthemoon.xyz Haha I did that for a couple of days last week 🤣 What was I doing you ask?! 😅 Studying and learning how Artificial Neural Networks with Evolutionary Adaptation work 🤣
Top Stories: CarPlay Ultra Debuts, iOS 18.5 Released, and More
Apple surprised us this week with the official launch of its more advanced “CarPlay Ultra” feature to provide greatly expanded functionality in cars, while the company also released iOS 18.5 and related operating system updates.
This week also saw Apple’s annual announcement of upcoming accessibility features for its products while we looked ahead to wha … ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Toots 🦣 from 05/12 to 05/16 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2025/05/16/week.html #linkdump #socialmedia #quotes #week
Even More iPhone Safety Tips You Should Know
Last week, we shared a list of iPhone safety tools that every iPhone owner should know about, from Emergency SOS and Medical ID to Safety Check and Check In. MacRumors readers had more suggestions on safety information we should highlight, so we have a follow-up … ⌘ Read more
Update of the injured kid i found last week. Looks like he’s gonna be a handsome boy ⌘ Read more
Poptarts’ birthday is sometime this week but idk the exact date. So happy 11th you old fart ⌘ Read more
Apple Stops Signing iPadOS 17.7.7 After Reports of App Login Issues
Apple has stopped signing the iPadOS 17.7.7 update that was released earlier this week for devices unable to run versions of iPadOS 18, meaning that users will not be able to install the update even if they see it available in Software Update. Affected devices include the sixth-generation iPad, the 10.5-inch [iPad Pro](https://www.macrumors … ⌘ Read more
10 weeks -> 10 months -> 10 years ⌘ Read more
Get the iPad Mini 7 for $399.99 at Amazon This Week ($99 Off)
Amazon this week is providing record low prices on multiple models of the iPad mini 7, starting at $399.99 for the 128GB Wi-Fi tablet, down from $499.00. Colors on sale at this price include Purple, Space Gray, and Blue.
 has matured into a pretty cute tyrant. ⌘ Read more
Shazam’s New Viral Chart Tracks Hit Songs Across TikTok, TV, and More
Shazam today announced the launch of its Viral Chart, which lists the fastest-growing songs of the week that were “discovered on screens and socials.”
“Shazam’s new Viral Chart playlist doesn’t just track TikTok hits—it captures the full spectrum of songs blowing up right now, whether through streaming, socials, TV placements, or that random 2004 banger s … ⌘ Read more
Release Candidate of iOS 18.5, MacOS Sequoia 15.5, iPadOS 18.5 Available, Public Release Coming Soon
A release candidate build for iOS 18.5, iPadOS 18.5, and MacOS Sequoia 15.5 is now available for users enrolled in the beta testing programs. For users not in the beta testing programs, what this basically means is that the final versions of these system software releases is coming soon, perhaps even next week. macOS Sequoia … [Read More … ⌘ Read more
Apple Seeds iOS 18.5 and iPadOS 18.5 Release Candidates
Apple today seeded the release candidate versions of upcoming iOS 18.5 and iPadOS 18.5 updates to developers and public beta testers, with the software coming a week after Apple released the fourth betas. The release candidate represents the final version of iOS 18.5 and iPadOS 18.5 that will be released to the public should no bugs be found.
iOS 18.5 … ⌘ Read more
@andros@twtxt.andros.dev @eapl.me@eapl.me Still lots of bugs in my client. 🥴 I’ll try to fix it next week.
And yes, using the same timestamp twice will very likely break threads.
@arne@uplegger.eu cool! I’ll try to integrate next week. Can I ping you if I get stuck? 😅
Top Stories: Epic Games Victory Over Apple, iPhone 17 Rumors, and More
There’s a major shakeup for the App Store in the U.S. this week, with Epic Games winning a major victory that is forcing Apple to make immediate changes in how it works with developers seeking to offer alternative methods for purchasing in-app content and subscriptions.
This week also saw fresh rumors about the iPhone 17 lineup, while Dan and Hartl … ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Toots 🦣 from 04/28 to 05/02 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2025/05/02/week.html #linkdump #socialmedia #quotes #week
saved this guy (beef wellington) off the streets of NYC this week. he just got neutered and is going to a shelter! ⌘ Read more
Google Rolling Out New AI Mode Tab for Search
Google today announced that it is starting to roll out a dedicated AI Mode tab for Google Search. A “small percentage” of people in the United States will start seeing the AI Mode option “in the coming weeks.”
AI Mode is a feature that Google has been testing with its Labs feature. It is a dedicated search option like New … ⌘ Read more
[$] LWN.net Weekly Edition for May 1, 2025
Inside this week’s LWN.net Weekly Edition:
Front: Mailman 2 vulnerabilities; AI in Debian; __nonstring__; Cache-aware scheduling; Freezing filesystems; Socket-level storage; Debugging information; LWN in 2025.
Briefs: Debian election; Kali Linux key; OpenBSD 7.7; Firefox 138.0; GCC 15.1; Meson 1.8.0; Valgrind 3.25.0; FSF review; OSI retrospective; Mastodon; Quotes; …
[Announcements](https://lwn.net/Arti … ⌘ Read more
@prologic@twtxt.net exciting!!!!!! i’m SO SORRY i didn’t get to doing the migration for my instance though - i’ve been really busy! T__T but i hope to get to it sometime this week i really wanna upgrade i think i’m just a bit nervous for whatever reason lol
New Record Low Prices Arrive for M3 iPad Air on Amazon at $100 Off Nearly Every Model
Amazon is kicking off the week with discounts across the entire M3 iPad Air lineup, offering $100 off these tablets. Prices start at $499.00 for the 128GB Wi-Fi 11-inch M3 iPad Air, down from $599.00. Across the board, these are all new all-time low prices on the M3 … ⌘ Read more
Kernel prepatch 6.15-rc4
The 6.15-rc4 kernel prepatch is out for
testing. “So let’s see if this rc ends up avoiding any silly issues -
things certainly look pretty normal, and there were no hurried last-minute
changes this week due to system upgrades”. ⌘ Read more
@prologic@twtxt.net In few weeks for sure, I have a couple of features in mind that I would like to implement (DM extension for example but I’ll ask for permission to @arne@uplegger.eu to use his PoC or ask him to contribute to twtxtory directly)
Top Stories: iPhone 17 Air Rumors, Apple Watch Turns 10, and More
We’ve known for quite some time about Apple’s plans for a thinner “iPhone 17 Air” coming later this year, but wow, the latest dummy models give us our best look yet at just how thin this phone is going to be.
Other Apple news and rumors this week included another iOS 18.5 beta, the 10th anniversary of the Apple Watch launch, and more … ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Toots 🦣 from 04/21 to 04/25 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2025/04/25/week.html #linkdump #socialmedia #quotes #week
4 weeks after adoption and she finally felt safe enough to get on the couch with me! ⌘ Read more
The MacRumors Show: Latest iPadOS 19 and iPhone 17 Air Rumors
On this week’s episode of The MacRumors Show, we discuss the rumored look of the iPhone 17 “Air” and iPadOS 19’s major productivity update.
_Subscribe to The MacRumors Show YouTube channel for … ⌘ Read more
It was fairly gray all day. Just before I went on a stroll, a rain shower paid us a visit. Then, the sun took over. Great timing. It’s crazy how rapidly the greenery grows. No comparison to only two weeks ago.
@abucci@anthony.buc.ci Haha you’ll have to forgive me, this thread is over a week old now and I’m a bit lost now 🤣 even though I can now see the entire thread, what are we saying was messed up and is garbled? 🤔
[$] LWN.net Weekly Edition for April 24, 2025
Inside this week’s LWN.net Weekly Edition:
Front: Owen Le Blanc and MCC; UID/GID drift; DMA for UIO; More LSFMM+BPF 2025 coverage.
Briefs: EU OS; RISC-V Fedora; Ubuntu 25.04; NLnet funding; Template strings; Tor Browser 14.5; Quotes; …
Announcements: Newsletters, conferences, security updates, patches, and more. ⌘ Read more
Saved a pregnant cat 3 weeks ago. ⌘ Read more
@prologic@twtxt.net meanwhile we have all Korean shamans busy asking for rain. We haven’t had rain for over a month, and the next possibility is at week’s end, this week. Keeping fingers crossed!
And yes, UPS everything! We even have UPSes on TVs.
Get Apple’s M3 iPad Air for Up to $70 Off on Amazon
Amazon is kicking off the week with multiple discounts on Apple’s M3 iPad Air, offering as much as $70 off these tablets. Prices start at $569.00 for the 128GB Wi-Fi 11-inch M3 iPad Air, down from $599.00.
@kingdomcome@yarn.girlonthemoon.xyz i got it a couple weeks ago when i saw it was available i LOST MY MIND lmao
Lost my buddy of 14 years last week. Wanted to share my favorite photo of him. ⌘ Read more
** Something something something, week notes **
I’ve finished my little exploratory jaunt through the writings of Sally Rooney this week. I’ve left aside one of her novels for some other time, Beautiful World, Where Are You. Some authors have clear habits, or“projects.” Rooney strikes me as such an author. Naming either seems a bit trickier, though. Something something something, what do normative friendships between people entail, something something something how is morality constructed by other peoples’ percep … ⌘ Read more
Top Stories: iPhone 17 Pro Rumors, CarPlay Bug Fix, and More
This week saw rumor updates on the iPhone 17 Pro and next-generation Vision Pro, while a minor iOS 18.4.1 update delivered not just security fixes but also a fix for some CarPlay issues.
We also looked ahead at what else is in Apple’s pipeline for the rest of 2025 and even the 20th-anniversary iPhone coming in 2027, so read on belo … ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Toots 🦣 from 04/14 to 04/18 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2025/04/18/week.html #linkdump #socialmedia #quotes #week
@bender@twtxt.net NOOOO i self host an XMPP server and also revolt but as much as i love XMPP (gajim client reminds me of using skype as a kid highkey) i don’t use it much and revolt is a bitch to maintain. like i broke revolt file uploads and it stayed that way for months until literally last week lmao. i never bothered with matrix tbh maybe i should’ve but it seems not worth it
my cat watches me make my coffee every morning. here’s a few snippets from this week. ⌘ Read more
[$] LWN.net Weekly Edition for April 17, 2025
Inside this week’s LWN.net Weekly Edition:
Front: APT 3.0; Fedora 42; Lots more LSFMM+BPF coverage.
Briefs: CVE funding; Yelp vulnerability; Fedora 42; Manjaro 25.0; GCC 15; Pinta 3.0; Quotes; …
Announcements: Newsletters, conferences, security updates, patches, and more. ⌘ Read more
Tribute to Brooks the shelter cat. I posted about him here two weeks ago. He passed on Sunday from complications from FeLV. ⌘ Read more
Catanzaro: Dangerous arbitrary file read vulnerability in Yelp
GNOME contributor Michael Catanzaro has written a blog\
post about a noteworthy vulnerability in GNOME’s help browser, Yelp.
I don’t normally blog about particular CVEs, but Yelp CVE-2025-3155 is
noteworthy because it is quite severe, public for several weeks now,
and not yet fixed upstream. In short, help files can rea … ⌘ Read more
Apple Releases iOS 18.4.1 With Bug Fixes
Apple today released iOS 18.4.1 and iPadOS 18.4.1, minor updates to the iOS 18 and iPadOS 18 operating systems that came out last September. iOS 18.4.1 and iPadOS 18.4.1 come two weeks after the launch of iOS 18.4 and iPadOS 18.4.

Security Week is one of several outlets reporting
that the funding for the CVE program at MITRE disappears as of
April 16.
Maintained by MITRE Corporation, a not-for-profit organization that
operates federal R&D centers, the CVE program is funded through
multiple channels, including the U.S. government, industry
partnerships, and international organizations.
… ⌘ Read more
Amazon Discounts USB-C AirPods Max to $479.99 ($69 Off)
Amazon today has the USB-C AirPods Max on sale for $479.99 in every color, down from $549.00. This beats the price we tracked last week by about $20, and it’s an overall second-best price on the headphones.
Top Stories: iOS 19 and iPhone 17 Pro Rumors, Siri Revamp Turmoil, and More
It was a big week for leaks and rumors in the Apple world, with fresh claims about iOS 19, the iPhone 17 Pro, and even the 20th anniversary iPhone coming a couple of years from now.
Sources also spilled the tea on the inner turmoil at Apple around the Apple Intelligence-driven Siri revamp that has seen significant delays, so read on b … ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Toots 🦣 from 04/07 to 04/11 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2025/04/11/week.html #linkdump #socialmedia #quotes #week
When you’re four weeks old but already running a spa. ⌘ Read more
[$] LWN.net Weekly Edition for April 10, 2025
Inside this week’s LWN.net Weekly Edition:
Front: Debian project leader election; 6.15 Merge window; Lots of LSFMM coverage; Joplin.
Briefs: Firefox hardening; OpenSSH 10.0; Supply chain security; FreeDOS 1.4; OpenSSL 3.5.0; Rust 1.86.0; Quotes; …
Announcements: Newsletters, conferences, security updates, patches, and more. ⌘ Read more
twtxt.net
's home page doesn't load more than 13 twts, no more pagination/infinite scrolling...
@aelaraji@aelaraji.com Yeah I’m in the process of rewriting (incrementally) the cache storage backend. It’s now been live for at least a week now and pagination and peering are the last things left to do 🤞
iOS 18.4.1 Update Coming Soon for iPhones
Apple employees are testing iOS 18.4.1 for iPhones, according to the MacRumors visitor logs, which have been a reliable indicator of upcoming iOS versions. The software update will likely be released in a week or two, if not sooner.
As the version number implies, iOS 18.4.1 will obviously be a minor update that addresses software bugs and/or security vulnerabilities.
There ar … ⌘ Read more
Apple Releases iPhone 16e Parts for Do-It-Yourself Repairs
Apple this week made iPhone 16e parts available to order through its self-service repair store in the U.S. and many European countries.
There are parts and tools available for repairing an iPhone 16e’s display, battery, cameras, back glass, speakers, and more. Apple also allows customers to rent an iPhone toolkit for seven … ⌘ Read more
Another nice stroll in nature last week: https://lyse.isobeef.org/waldspaziergang-2025-04-03/
I had a day like that just today, in fact I’ve had one of those weeks, actually no wait, I’ve had one of those months! 🤯
** Muddy weeknotes **
Some RSS exclusive week notes:
- I finished reading Emily St. James’ Woodworking
- I started reading Sally Rooney’s Intermezzo
- I took a break from re-watching Frieren for the third time
- I used that break to start watching The Apothecary Diaries, which isn’t at all what I assumed it was. It is more a detective show than anything else, so far, and I dig it
- I started to play Citizen Sleeper
- I cleaned so much, yet the house remains not clean
- It has stopped snowing (for now), we are now solidly in … ⌘ Read more
I’ve been using GIMP 3.0 for a few weeks now and it’s great. New features and I got rid of two custom plugins because they’re in core now. Literally nothing broke for me. And I really appreciate that they kept the familiar UI (instead of changing things just for the sake of change).
Thank you! 🥳
My BIL was recently in the process of moving so we got to watch this absolute sweetheart, Missy, for a few weeks. She’s 18, diabetic, and sassy as hell ⌘ Read more
@kat@yarn.girlonthemoon.xyz the site i mentioned last week that got flooded by teens? yeah it’s this site, based on the retrospring codebase, it’s a social Q&A site. ask me stuff on there!!!!!!!!
Top Stories: iOS 18.4 Released, New AirPods Max Features, and More
We’re just two months away from WWDC where we’ll get our first glimpses of iOS 19 and related updates, but this week saw the public release of iOS 18.4 with a number of changes and improvements including some audio improvements for the USB-C AirPods Max.
This week also saw the first beta of iOS 18.5, a new rumor about iOS 19 compatibility, and Apple’s w … ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Toots 🦣 from 03/31 to 04/04 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2025/04/04/week.html #linkdump #socialmedia #quotes #week
MacRumors Giveaway: Win Custom Retro AirPods From ColorWare
For this week’s giveaway, we’ve teamed up with ColorWare to offer MacRumors readers a chance to win a set of AirPods Pro 2 or AirPods 4 that have been custom designed with a classic Mac aesthetic.
a week without you. it hurts so much. today we got her ashes and paw print back. i miss you i wish you were here😢 ⌘ Read more
[$] LWN.net Weekly Edition for April 3, 2025
Inside this week’s LWN.net Weekly Edition:
Front: Calibre 8.0; Fedora reproducibility; OpenWrt One; 6.15 Merge Window; LSFMM+BPF coverage including BPF in GCC, Rust merging process, and more.
Briefs: Ubuntu namespaces; New FPL; PorteuX 2.0; Firefox 137.0; GCC Rust; Rockbox 4.0; Rust specification; Thundermail; Dave Täht RIP; Quotes; …
Announcements: Newsletters, confer … ⌘ Read more
Sick, chewed up by dogs, lungs destroyed and given only a week to live when he was a kitten to being healthy and loved, meet my little fighter Kiki ⌘ Read more
There’s a secret art easter egg thing, hidden on my website ( https://thecanine.ueuo.com ), for this years April fools event - it’s been there for a few weeks, but now I can finally give hints.
Apple Begins Testing iOS 18.6 Update for iPhones
Apple this week began testing iOS 18.6, according to our website’s visitor logs, which have been a reliable indicator of upcoming iOS versions. The update is currently limited to Apple’s software engineers, with no developer or public beta available yet.
The first iOS 18.6 beta will likely be made available in May or June, and the update should be released to the gen … ⌘ Read more
For anyone following the proposals to improve replies and threads in twtxt
, the voting period has started and will be open for a week.
https://eapl.me/rfc0001/
Please share the link with the twtxt community, and leave your vote on your preferred proposals, which will be used to gauge the perceived benefits.
Also, the conversation is open to discuss implementation concerns or anything aimed at making twtxt better.
Second Release Candidate of iOS 18.4 and iPadOS 18.4 Available for Testing
Apple has issued a second release candidate (RC) build of iOS 18.4 and ipadOS 18.4, a day after releasing a 2nd RC build of MacOS Seqouia 15.4. Earlier in the week Apple introduced the first RC builds of these system software versions. iOS 18.4 and iPadOS 18.4 gain some new features and improvements to Apple … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2025/03/28/second-release-candidate-of-ios- … ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Toots 🦣 from 03/24 to 03/28 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2025/03/28/week.html #linkdump #socialmedia #quotes #week
iOS 18.4 Expected Next Week - Here Are the Release Notes
With the second release candidate of iOS 18.4 that Apple seeded out today, the company finally provided us with release notes that give a full rundown on what to expect.
There’s an Apple Vision Pro app, new Apple Intelligence featur … ⌘ Read more
My coworker’s cat passed tragically last week, I decided to paint a memorial for him ⌘ Read more
‘iPhone Fold’ to Feature Metallic Glass Hinge That Resists Deformation
Last week, we covered a report claiming that Apple’s book-style foldable iPhone (or “iPhone Fold,” as we are provisionally calling it here) will use liquid metal hinges to improve durability and help minimize screen creasing. Today, a Chinese leaker provided more details on the properties of this hinge material that help to clarify why Apple chose it for its first foldable device.
[$] LWN.net Weekly Edition for March 27, 2025
Inside this week’s LWN.net Weekly Edition:
Front: Open source in government; OSI election; Memory-management medley; Address-space isolation; CMA; 6.14 Development stats; State of the page.
Briefs: Asahi Linux progress; Reproducible Debian; rpi-image-gen; Neovim 0.11; OpenH264; Quotes; …
Announcements: Newsletters, conferences, security updates, patches, and more. ⌘ Read more
if it hasn’t updated in a while so i put the request rate to once a week it will take some time before i see an update if it happens today.
Adopted this little monster two weeks ago ⌘ Read more
My girlfriend and our two girls brought this little girl home after finding her abandoned on a walking trail , she was pretty traumatized but after a few weeks she is starting to come around. This is Kitty . ⌘ Read more
my beautiful girl Anna i’ve adopted 2 weeks ago has the weirdest ears i’ve seen but they’re kinda cute ;)) ⌘ Read more
Software Engineer Runs Generative AI on 20-Year-Old PowerBook G4
In a blog post this week, software engineer Andrew Rossignol (my brother!) detailed how he managed to run generative AI on an old PowerBook G4.
While hardware requirements for large language models (LLMs) are typically high, this particular PowerBook G4 model from 2005 is equ … ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Toots 🦣 from 03/17 to 03/21 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2025/03/21/week.html #linkdump #socialmedia #quotes #week
After two weeks of almost non-stop hiding, my sweet rescue cat Ophelia (FiFi) has bravely stepped out to explore! ⌘ Read more