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independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime/july-4-mass-shootings-gun-violence-b2369953.html
It's getting the point where the only viable option I have to keep my family safe is to figure out how to leave the USA. Last night as the (illegal) fireworks near my neighborhood went on well past midnight, they were interspersed with automatic gunfire. I was waiting for a bullet to come through the roof or a wall.
Potentially unpopular opinion: I don't like Apple's emoji designs. I prefer whatever I get on Ubuntu. Don't use Windows enough to know or care about those.
Reason: they're a little over-designed and shiny, and conflict with the current design trend of flat and more monochrome. They feel left over from Apple's skeuomorphic design days.
In general, I dislike the fact that any software maker can implement their own emoji designs. It's unwanted cognitive load. I dislike Discord's as well.
Tuesday is a weird day for a holiday (especially if, like me, you had to work yesterday). No mental continuity. Went on a 36 mile group bike ride, been rehydrating ever since. About to swim and cook out. I'd like to work on personal projects at some point but preparing to hit a wall after the swim/lunch.
'The [2015!] op-ed said Reddit "made critical changes" to the site "without any apparent care for how those changes might affect their biggest resource: the community and the moderators that help tend the subreddits that constitute the site."'
I miss Reddit. Hoping to figure out the Feddit soon. I tried subbing to one from here but that did not work as expected.
Today's Tour de France stage win by Victor Lafay marks the French professional cycling team Cofidis' first stage win in 15 years. It was the first French rider to win a stage for a French team since 2020. The French commentary is great:
@superball there's so much going on in this photo. Mind if I repost it? substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1bfebf0d-1f41-4b88-bd2c-2ef84fc23e61_4032x3024.jpeg
@garrettdimon you got top billing in this week's SWLW!
