Chris Adamson
@invalidname.me
I write, stream, and code stuff. I also raise children and sometimes clean things. Working on docs for 🍏. He/Him/His.
Also https://mastodon.social/@invalidname (follow via BridgyFed for BlueSky: @invalidname.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy)
Also https://mastodon.social/@invalidname (follow via BridgyFed for BlueSky: @invalidname.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy)
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Chris Adamson
@invalidname.me
· Oct 19
Reintro:
• I was invalidname on Twitter, left 2 yrs ago.
• People followed me there b/c I wrote tech books for macOS/iOS. I work @ 🍏 now, so I can’t post about secret work stuff.
• Seems like I’m mostly engaging with anime people here. Tech on Mastodon, and replies only on Threads.
• I was invalidname on Twitter, left 2 yrs ago.
• People followed me there b/c I wrote tech books for macOS/iOS. I work @ 🍏 now, so I can’t post about secret work stuff.
• Seems like I’m mostly engaging with anime people here. Tech on Mastodon, and replies only on Threads.
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it’s so weird to look around and realize like, tech and media are materially worse than a decade ago
November 30, 2025 at 5:30 AM
it’s so weird to look around and realize like, tech and media are materially worse than a decade ago
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One can always stand up for the truth, even on a #cutiesaturday
November 29, 2025 at 5:03 PM
One can always stand up for the truth, even on a #cutiesaturday
Selecting and translating JP text in images has gotten really good in iOS.
November 29, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Selecting and translating JP text in images has gotten really good in iOS.
How can it already have been six years? Also, if you haven’t played #13Sentinels yet, what are you waiting for?
November 28, 2025 at 9:17 PM
How can it already have been six years? Also, if you haven’t played #13Sentinels yet, what are you waiting for?
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This is in the running for my favorite lecture slide ever
November 28, 2025 at 7:47 PM
This is in the running for my favorite lecture slide ever
This is freakin brilliant. www.youtube.com/watch?v=WR2r...
DID WE WATCH THE SAME MOVIE?
YouTube video by act.tv
www.youtube.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:49 AM
This is freakin brilliant. www.youtube.com/watch?v=WR2r...
Re previous repost: it’s not too late to celebrate a traditional Thanksgiving in Reno: music.apple.com/us/album/tha...
Thanksgiving In Reno by Too Much Joy on Apple Music
Song · 1991 · Duration 2:39
music.apple.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Re previous repost: it’s not too late to celebrate a traditional Thanksgiving in Reno: music.apple.com/us/album/tha...
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One day each year this old TMJ song gets some love. Based on a true story!
While reading a book in a nursing home parking lot earlier today, waiting for my SO to finish a visit, this came up in my 50 gb playlist organically. Perfect timing, no notes.
(cc: @tbquirk.bsky.social )
(cc: @tbquirk.bsky.social )
November 28, 2025 at 12:05 AM
One day each year this old TMJ song gets some love. Based on a true story!
Squares with something I’ve been thinking for a while: conspiracy theories in movies and TV are a big part of why our society has become as stupid as it is, and it is professional malpractice (and maybe a touch sociopathic) to keep using them as a plot device.
Zootopia 2 is just the latest film to valorize characters that are more likely trying to sell you fear (and supplements) in real life
www.avclub.com/zootopia-2-c...
www.avclub.com/zootopia-2-c...
Home
The A.V. Club digs deep into film, TV, music, games, books and more.
www.avclub.com
November 27, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Squares with something I’ve been thinking for a while: conspiracy theories in movies and TV are a big part of why our society has become as stupid as it is, and it is professional malpractice (and maybe a touch sociopathic) to keep using them as a plot device.
We need a list like this, but as one-sentence refutations of Fox News bullshit that our parents will bring up.
November 27, 2025 at 3:55 PM
We need a list like this, but as one-sentence refutations of Fox News bullshit that our parents will bring up.
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Black Friday is proceeded by Unsubscribe Wednesday, as your inbox starts flooding with sales emails from companies you had no idea had your email address.
November 27, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Black Friday is proceeded by Unsubscribe Wednesday, as your inbox starts flooding with sales emails from companies you had no idea had your email address.
You've been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who's coming to save you?
Guess I’d better plan on saving myself.
Guess I’d better plan on saving myself.
November 26, 2025 at 2:48 PM
You've been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who's coming to save you?
Guess I’d better plan on saving myself.
Guess I’d better plan on saving myself.
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I spent a little over an hour this morning filing my claim for Anthropic ripping off the books I've authored or co-authored for their AI training. www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/claim-form
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 PM
I spent a little over an hour this morning filing my claim for Anthropic ripping off the books I've authored or co-authored for their AI training. www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/claim-form
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you know what I loved about growing up in the 80s? While we did get a lot of sequels, they were largely spawned from new works on a regular basis.
there is no future anymore, just an ever-repeating present
Next ‘Rush Hour’ Sequel From Brett Ratner Is Getting Distributed By Paramount deadline.com/2025/11/rush...
November 25, 2025 at 5:40 PM
you know what I loved about growing up in the 80s? While we did get a lot of sequels, they were largely spawned from new works on a regular basis.
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Need something to watch this week? In this keynote I discuss:
1. The thinking behind passkeys; _why_ my team at Apple worked with others to evolve FIDO authentication
2. Using passkeys to replace passwords + traditional 2FA
3. Passkey data export/interoperability (putting "vendor lock-in" to rest)
1. The thinking behind passkeys; _why_ my team at Apple worked with others to evolve FIDO authentication
2. Using passkeys to replace passwords + traditional 2FA
3. Passkey data export/interoperability (putting "vendor lock-in" to rest)
📹 [Video] Watch this #Authenticate2025 Keynote “Get the Most out of Passkeys” with @rmondello.com, Apple
→ youtu.be/otObbUSxcqs
#passkeys
→ youtu.be/otObbUSxcqs
#passkeys
Authenticate 2025 Keynote | Ricky Mondello, Apple | Get the Most Out of Passkeys
YouTube video by FIDO Alliance
youtu.be
November 25, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Need something to watch this week? In this keynote I discuss:
1. The thinking behind passkeys; _why_ my team at Apple worked with others to evolve FIDO authentication
2. Using passkeys to replace passwords + traditional 2FA
3. Passkey data export/interoperability (putting "vendor lock-in" to rest)
1. The thinking behind passkeys; _why_ my team at Apple worked with others to evolve FIDO authentication
2. Using passkeys to replace passwords + traditional 2FA
3. Passkey data export/interoperability (putting "vendor lock-in" to rest)
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what was it that you did here exactly?
A DOGE Exit Interview
It’s the agency’s turn to send a pointless, time-consuming email explaining its accomplishments.
www.theatlantic.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:08 AM
what was it that you did here exactly?
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There's so much I love about this speech and I hope you read the full text when you can - it's worth it.
But I love how it paints imagination as an act of service to others and a way to resist domination.
It helped me articulate some of why I think stories are so powerful and why we NEED them.
But I love how it paints imagination as an act of service to others and a way to resist domination.
It helped me articulate some of why I think stories are so powerful and why we NEED them.
So I was invited to accept an award for "imagination in service to society." This forced me to think a bit about what "imagination," "service" and "society" mean to me.
Here's the speech I delivered last night:
buttondown.com/charliejane/...
Here's the speech I delivered last night:
buttondown.com/charliejane/...
"The Enemy of Imagination": Here's the Speech I Gave Last Night
I had such an incredible day yesterday, y’all. First I was at the Trans Day of Literature at George Mason University, talking with incredible authors...
buttondown.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:25 AM
There's so much I love about this speech and I hope you read the full text when you can - it's worth it.
But I love how it paints imagination as an act of service to others and a way to resist domination.
It helped me articulate some of why I think stories are so powerful and why we NEED them.
But I love how it paints imagination as an act of service to others and a way to resist domination.
It helped me articulate some of why I think stories are so powerful and why we NEED them.
I’m old enough to have heard the urban legend of, but not actually seen, the billboard that read “Cattleman’s: The Shortest Skirts on I-5”.
(I know, two different things. But the name was close.)
(I know, two different things. But the name was close.)
can’t wait to see the rest of you at the Kettleman City In-n-Out!
November 25, 2025 at 3:08 AM
I’m old enough to have heard the urban legend of, but not actually seen, the billboard that read “Cattleman’s: The Shortest Skirts on I-5”.
(I know, two different things. But the name was close.)
(I know, two different things. But the name was close.)
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13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim (PS4/Switch) is $17.73/$21.28 US Dollars at VGP buff.ly/PnPcyvw
$14.99 US PSN buff.ly/i4lPHBQ
$14.99 US PSN buff.ly/i4lPHBQ
November 24, 2025 at 10:27 PM
13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim (PS4/Switch) is $17.73/$21.28 US Dollars at VGP buff.ly/PnPcyvw
$14.99 US PSN buff.ly/i4lPHBQ
$14.99 US PSN buff.ly/i4lPHBQ
Carpet cleaning day. Here are the before and afters. Did it work?
November 24, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Carpet cleaning day. Here are the before and afters. Did it work?
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will never get old
November 24, 2025 at 7:32 PM
will never get old
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I see the book pirating discourse is going around again, and I’m just so tired, y’all.
If you want books to continue to exist, do not steal books. Period. The end.
“But but but…”
No.
There are so many free options out there: fanfiction, libraries, etc. You don’t need to steal books to read.
If you want books to continue to exist, do not steal books. Period. The end.
“But but but…”
No.
There are so many free options out there: fanfiction, libraries, etc. You don’t need to steal books to read.
November 24, 2025 at 6:51 PM
I see the book pirating discourse is going around again, and I’m just so tired, y’all.
If you want books to continue to exist, do not steal books. Period. The end.
“But but but…”
No.
There are so many free options out there: fanfiction, libraries, etc. You don’t need to steal books to read.
If you want books to continue to exist, do not steal books. Period. The end.
“But but but…”
No.
There are so many free options out there: fanfiction, libraries, etc. You don’t need to steal books to read.
Periodic reminder that everyone who voted for Trump is a piece of shit and should never be forgiven for what they’ve done to us and our country.
The Pentagon says it is investigating Sen. Mark Kelly and threatens potential court martial in wake of illegal orders video.
https://cnn.it/4oiTK4y
https://cnn.it/4oiTK4y
November 24, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Periodic reminder that everyone who voted for Trump is a piece of shit and should never be forgiven for what they’ve done to us and our country.
The review itself gives you a pretty thorough idea of what we’re up against.
“The best researched and most comprehensive account of the New Right that has appeared—or is likely to.”
From William Galston’s reflections on @lkatfield.bsky.social’s superb new book.
From William Galston’s reflections on @lkatfield.bsky.social’s superb new book.
The Neo-Right's Multi-Front Revolt Against America
A political theorist traces the intellectual history of the various strains of a movement gone rogue
www.theunpopulist.net
November 24, 2025 at 2:24 PM
The review itself gives you a pretty thorough idea of what we’re up against.