John Gruber

a fun game to play with BLS numbers is to go “that’s stupid, why do they do it that way” and then go find the paper explaining why they do it that way to see if you still think it’s stupid, and if you do, you win

I am like 0 for 19 lifetime at this game

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To Trust ICEBlock’s Anonymity, You Have to Trust Apple Link to: https://www.theverge.com/cyber-security/707116/iceblock-data-privacy-security-android-version

Just posted about that:

daringfireball.net/linked/2025/...

Incredible.

ICEBlock, an iOS Exclusive To maintain anonymity and store zero user data, there is and can be no web app version of ICEBlock. There is and can be no Android version. Only iOS supports the security and privacy features for ICEBlock to offer what it does, the way it does.

★ICEBlock, an iOS Exclusive
https://daringfireball.net/2025/07/iceblock

Just this week, the 79-year-old president hallucinated a lie about the Unabomber, forgot he appointed the Fed Chair he hates, blanked on names of officials, fell asleep at a rally, threatened to strip Rosie O'Donnell of her citizenship and spun wild theories about his good friend the pedophile.

Baseball fans like to debate who the GOAT is, and to me the GOAT is John Smoltz, because he managed to make the Hall of Fame despite not knowing a single thing about the game of baseball.

I'm about to do it. I'm about to say "imagine if Biden did this." I don't want to but I must, because it'd be very funny. Imagine if Biden said his uncle told him how brilliant the Unabomber was a decade before he was identified. Imagine the very funny NYT push notification you'd get on your phone.

I’m out of touch on that front, sorry. (Me, I’d just go back to Hop Sing.)

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Dune.

Jiminy.

Alright ramblers let’s get rambling.

K-Billy Supersounds of the 70s

Drexel President Antonio Merlo

U.S. President Merkin Muffley

I love Drexel and I hope this guy is a great president and he's there for a few decades of growth and success. But damn if he isn't a dead ringer for Merkin Muffley.

Try again?

Right. The vast majority of PC users use Windows and just go about their days without thinking about it. Apple’s entire reason for being is to create computers and experiences for people who do notice and think about such things.

I think the promo in Sports is excusable, especially given that it’s not just a sports movie, but one of the sports Apple Sports follows.

They’re using those apps too!

Explain this then:

More on Apple’s Trust-Eroding ‘F1 The Movie’ Wallet Ad Sending this ad is completely destructive to all the hard work other teams at Apple have done to make Apple Wallet actually private — and, more importantly, *to get users to believe that it’s private*.

★ More on Apple's Trust-Eroding 'F1 The Movie' Wallet Ad

https://daringfireball.net/2025/06/more_on_apples_trust-eroding_f1_the_movie_wallet_ad

The Talk Show: ‘Through the Wall Like Kool-Aid Man’ Link to: https://daringfireball.net/thetalkshow/2025/06/26/ep-425

Many thanks to @gruber.foo for having me back on The Talk Show this week: daringfireball.net/linked/2025/...

Do you think “Star Wars” is a registered trademark?

Nobody included those marks. Here are IMDb and TMDB’s pages for that movie:

Not the biggest issue right now, but Dutch continues to not be a serious language

‎Retrospecs ‎A retro computing / pixel art camera app. Retrospecs lets you convert images and video clips so they appear as they would on a wide variety of home computers and consoles from the 70's, 80's and 90's. Simply take a picture (or select one from your photo library) and you can display it as it would…

Retrospecs, a superb iPhone and iPad app that can make any image look like it's from a classic game system, is having a ridiculous barg sale: $0.99/99p for full unlock. If you don't already have it, buy it! https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/retrospecs/id887031094

That is very weird and random! Judging by the phone I’d guess that was around 10 years ago?

Slim to none.

Trump Mobile — The President Launches a Mobile Carrier and a $500 ‘T1’ Android Phone Link to: https://variety.com/2025/biz/news/trump-mobile-wireless-phone-service-launch-1236431690/?ref=platformer.news

I don't know will be funnier — if Trump himself starts using one of these, or if he doesn't.

https://daringfireball.net/linked/2025/06/16/trump-mobile

Whether it's Democrats putting flyers on Chris Cillizza’s Tesla or Republicans assassinating Democratic lawmakers, it's time for both sides to turn down the temperature.

Recorded in front of a live audience at The California Theatre in San Jose Tuesday evening, special guests Joanna Stern and Nilay Patel join John Gruber to discuss Apple’s announcements at WWDC 2025. Presented by: iMazing — The world’s most trusted software to transfer and save your messages, music, files and data from your iPhone or iPad to your Mac or PC. https://imazing.com/thetalkshow DetailsPro — Design with SwiftUI anytime, anywhere -- on iPhone, iPad, Mac, or Apple Vision Pro. https://detailspro.app?utm_campaign=dfwwdc25 Ooni — Next-gen pizza power. The Koda 2 Pro oven features smarter heat, more room, and easier control. Save 10% with code "thetalkshow". https://ooni.com/thetalkshow Time stamps: 00:00:00 – Welcome and sponsors. 00:07:23 – What happened with Moltz? 00:12:27 – Apple Intelligence and Siri 00:44:29 – Visual Intelligence 01:11:01 – Liquid Glass 01:25:18 – VisionOS 26 01:30:25 – iOS and iPadOS 26 01:59:43 – Spotlight and MacOS 26 The Talk Show Live From WWDC 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqwPUHTFEkg