Aaron Vegh

So that's one way to do it.

Every day I become more convinced that Silicon Valley's long-term viability depends on instilling a culture similar to the U.S. government in one respect: Whereas the government relies on civilian control over the military, the tech industry should rely on humanities control over the technology.

Tigana - Guy Gavriel Kay Signed by Guy Kay and illustrated by Julien Delval, this edition is inspired by the spirit of Renaissance Italy and draws on Italian typography, materials, and craftsmanship to honour the novel’s richly Italianate world.

So I was super excited to see a Canadian press launch this set of preposterously expensive, limited edition 2-book sets of Tigana for its 35th anniversary. Suffice to say, I couldn't resist snapping one up. Shipping in Q1 2026…

When I met my wife in the late 90s, one of the first things we bonded over was our shared love of the writing of Guy Gavriel Kay. She was long on The Fionavar Tapestry; I adored Tigana.

Hammer on nail... this man is going viral.

The Legitimacy Barrier How American reluctance to accept China's political system shapes the relationship

This was a really good read: “The legitimacy barrier”.

This is like a 9-course tasting menu, lots of nutritional content coming at you from every angle.

Loved it.

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That's it. I just canceled my subscription to Alex. This LLM nonsense has destroyed my code for the last time. Maybe I'll check on this again next year.

Movie and note-taking apps, to calendar and AI tools, here’s every app subscription I currently pay for—and the few I canceled while filming. Plus, I share a handy Shortcut to instantly view your Apple subscriptions and some underrated picks you might want to try. ⚡️ Check Apple Subscriptions Shortcut https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/44a020b6f901478ca0ff4972d48d985f 🎙️ My tech podcast, Primary Technology: https://www.youtube.com/@PrimaryTechShow 📺 Videos Mentioned https://youtu.be/g49ersTUXGI?si=7WpD72zLLHcCGhSu https://youtu.be/XC2lsDCa_04?si=OCUlymzdZDtZd1NY https://youtu.be/6pQJ3ZyqKBw?si=N3OQ_F9zGUKYyHHp https://youtu.be/imMegl52Ku0?si=g5MGVRl6zWqrjtJ1 https://youtu.be/RQg-2tbCFqY?si=64m8EcHO_sIby78Z https://youtu.be/uGyY2PFN8o0?si=qXkyTOPFNpnj3p5W https://youtu.be/3MZV04H-dRQ?si=OGU1trVTuw_PltY9 📱Apps Mentioned Callsheet https://apps.apple.com/us/app/callsheet-find-cast-crew/id1672356376 Crossaint https://apps.apple.com/us/app/croissant-cross-posting/id6670288979?uo=4 Sofa https://apple.co/4lmO3lJ Shareshot https://apple.co/4jtesgc Bear https://apple.co/4cq9oXD Transcriptionist https://apps.apple.com/us/app/transcriptionist/id6447059405?uo=4 forScore https://apps.apple.com/us/app/forscore/id363738376 Showcase https://apps.apple.com/app/id1576840648 Fantastical https://apps.apple.com/us/app/fantastical-calendar/id975937182?mt=12&uo=4 Screens 5 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/screens-5-vnc-remote-desktop/id1663047912?uo=4 Pushcuts https://apple.co/4iUevAY ChatGPT https://apple.co/47rEZWh Perplexity https://apple.co/40ewevJ Flighty https://apps.apple.com/us/app/flighty-live-flight-tracker/id1358823008 Magic Lasso https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ad-blocker-magic-lasso/id1198047227?mt=12&uo=4 Reeder https://apps.apple.com/us/app/reeder-classic/id1529448980?mt=12 Ivory https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ivory-for-mastodon-by-tapbots/id6444602274 VidAngel https://apps.apple.com/us/app/vidangel/id999547807 Watchsmith https://apps.apple.com/us/app/watchsmith/id1483088503 NYT Games https://apps.apple.com/app/id307569751 📲 My Favorite iPhone Accessories AirPods Pro 2 (on Sale!) https://geni.us/R8s79dB Best MagSafe Battery | Anker Qi2 https://geni.us/AhPC Favorite 3-in-1 MagSafe Charger https://geni.us/4PBW1w My 2-in-1 Travel Charger https://geni.us/twyK AirPods 4 with ANC https://geni.us/f5xhUl0 Multi USB-C Charger with Find My https://geni.us/qHAMwS Favorite Power Bank with Built-In Cable https://geni.us/KcDLzl Car Charger with Retractable Cable https://geni.us/DUeO MagSafe Car Charger https://geni.us/g7jgja Best HomeKit Lock with Home Key https://geni.us/kI9o2kl 🏠 Full List of My Smart Home Devices https://beard.fm/homekit ⭐️ Join the Shortcuts community and support this channel! https://create.beard.fm 🎙️ Try Riverside today, it's what I use to record all my podcasts! https://beard.fm/riverside 💻 Final Cut Plugins and Effects from MotionVFX https://mvfx.co/StephenRobles 🌎 Follow me on: Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/stephenrobles.com Threads: https://threads.net/@stephenrobles Instagram: https://instagram.com/stephenrobles Chapters ➡ 00:00 Introduction 00:30 Subscriptions Shortcut 00:46 Apple Care 01:00 Apple One 01:17 Apple Podcasts Connect 01:50 Bear Notes 02:04 Callsheet 02:52 ChatGPT 03:30 Clic for Sonos 03:55 Croissant 04:29 Fantastical 05:10 Flighty 05:25 forScore 05:47 Shareshot 06:16 Goodnotes 06:27 iCloud Storage 06:48 Meta Verified 07:04 iTunes Match 08:01 Ivory 08:15 Magic Lasso 08:27 Peacock 08:38 Perplexity 08:50 Pushcuts 09:20 1Password 09:31 Reeder 09:51 Screens 10:12 Showcase 10:37 Sofa 11:18 Transcriptionist 12:01 VidAngel 12:27 Watchsmith 🛒 My Film Gear: Sony A7 IV (Main Camera) https://geni.us/PA1Qd (Amazon) Sigma 35mm (Main Lens) https://geni.us/YqQpgtx (Amazon) Sennhesier MKH416 (Video Mic) https://geni.us/VxF1g (Amazon) Aputure Amaran 200x (Key Light) https://geni.us/2KY3GV (Amazon) Light Dome III (Soft Box) https://geni.us/Rt08x (Amazon) Earthworks Ethos (Podcast Mic) https://geni.us/X7xC (Amazon) Podcast Mic Arm https://geni.us/5ydF0HM (Amazon) Sony a6400 (Top Down Camera) https://geni.us/VOyRX (Amazon) Sigma 24-70mm F2.8 (Top Down Lens) https://geni.us/lkuYqbH (Amazon) Elgato Key Light Air (Fill and Hair Lights) https://geni.us/UetzsS (Amazon) ATEM Mini Pro (My Switcher) https://geni.us/Dgiymx2 (Amazon) Rodecaster PRO II (Powers All Mics) https://geni.us/uMHZGgi (Amazon) Sound Devices MixPre-3 (Travel Sound Gear) https://geni.us/Nb6A4zo (Amazon) DISCLAIMER: I participate in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for me to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites. Other links to third-party products and services may also be affiliate links. Every iPhone App Subscription I Pay For (and If They're Worth It)

How cool is this? Stephen Robles still loves Croissant! 🙌 youtu.be/AVAMV3m2PIM?t=235&si...

Superman fucking slapped. What a terrific story. I get why the fascis hate it.

My dad passed away five years ago today. After all this time, yeah, I still miss the hell out of him.

Against Illegal Immigration, but Married to Someone Here Illegally Chris Allred’s views were shaped by economic changes. Now, facing an immigration crackdown, where do he and his wife go from here?

Mind absolutely blown by this story: Trump-voting racist asshole somehow marries this Ecuadorian babe and still thinks immigrants are "parasites". Now his wife is being deported, and he's going back to Ecuador with her. He'll be a parasite. 🤯 (gift link). www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/us...

Against Illegal Immigration, but Married to Someone Here Illegally

Even now, he opposes illegal immigrants. "They're parasites," he says. But his wife is an illegal immigrant. "I'm a walking contradiction." Gripping piece by the amazing Sabrina Tavernise on the complicated reality of immigration in one northwest Arkansas family. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/u...

I don't know wtf y'all are talking about with this vibe coding bullshit. I use Alex and it sprays shit all over my code, blowing away unrelated functions, deleting braces, and being completely unable to repair it with a brisk "this should be perfect now!". Eat shit, you chipper motherfucker.

Congrats, you absolute buffoons, I'll be up here clapping and laughing while you all burn in hell

Yes, AI is faster. But I just spent five minutes thinking about ghost food, and specifically whether the ghosts in my MG WIP would have access to ghost bananas, and if so, would they slip on the peels? Which, sure, maybe AI could have come up with. But I like to think I had more fun with it.

GET OUT OF MY MIND
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How to Fight Back — Maclean’s To resist U.S. aggression, Canada needs some big ideas. Here are eight of the boldest.

OMG yes, all of this! What a great set of essays for spurring Canadian growth.

@designatednerd.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy are you about to become rich? 🥂🙌🎉

I'm both unsurprised and full of disgust at this cynical pack of thieves

Happy Canada Day, from Donald Trump — The Globe and Mail Mark Carney abandoned the digital services tax after Trump said he was ending all trade talks until Canada scrapped it

This piece has a lovely ending for Canada Day that I really appreciate: ça va bien aller.

@manton.org If you love what you're doing, you never work a day in your life.

Obscura’s 10th Anniversary I don’t think anyone is more shocked than I am that it’s been 10 years since Obscura launched.  I went to college to study graphic design, and while our course covered a broad range of design skills and applications, I always new that user interface design was what

10 years ago, I launched Obscura into the world because I wanted to have more control over my iPhone's camera.

I could not be more grateful to everyone who's made it all possible

I wish I could go back in time and prevent structured concurrency from entering the Swift language. I just hate pretty much everything about it.

Just a reminder that this post exists, lives rent-free in my mind, and captures perfectly what's been happening in the last ten years. As the first comment reads, "put this in the Louvre". www.reddit.com/r/thebulwark/c...

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Is This America’s Golden Age? A Debate. — The Ezra Klein Show Kevin Roberts, Kellyanne Conway, Ben Rhodes and I battled it out a few weeks ago on a stage in Toronto. This was for a Munk Debate on the motion: “Be it resolved, this is America’s Golden Age.” It might not surprise you that I was arguing the negative, alongside Rhodes, a former senior adviser to Barack Obama and the co-host of “Pod Save the World.” Roberts and Conway were on the other side. Roberts is the president of the Heritage Foundation and an architect of Project 2025. Conway was Donald Trump’s senior counselor in his first term. The Munk Debates organization has kindly let us share the audio of that debate with you. If you haven’t heard of the Munk Debates, you should really check it out. It’s a Canadian nonprofit that, for more than 15 years, has been hosting discussions on contentious, thought-provoking topics. If you go to its site and become a supporter, you can watch the entire video archive. A classic I recommend: “Be it resolved, religion is a force for good in the world” with Tony Blair…

A debate on the question of "Is America entering a golden age?" With Kellyann Conway and Project 2025 guy vs EK. The bad guys are rhetorically outclassed… their defense is pure vibes. It's embarrassing and enraging at the same time.

U.S. warplanes strike three Iranian nuclear sites in sweeping attack — The Washington Post The bombing is a major escalation by President Donald Trump, tethering the United States to a conflict with no clear end in sight.

Take me to all the Arab Americans in Michigan who famously vowed not to support Harris. I want to see their faces tonight.

Meanwhile folks be like "let's have conferences in the US, and the World Cup, like nothing's happening!" Sure y'all, keep covering your ears and going la la la la
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Makes me wonder if they'll expose an API for this or naaaahhh.
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