2025-12-05 22:25:51
Ghost founder John O’Nolan is working on a new RSS reader called Alcove:
I wish it were just all in one place. Without all the noise and engagement farming. Just a quiet little spot where I could catch up with things I care about.
I wonder which existing RSS reader he’s using that has noise and engagement farming? Anyhoo, we should probably accelerate our plans for a Micro.blog-based RSS reader. You can follow blogs in Micro.blog, but a full reader outside the social timeline has been a missing piece.
2025-12-05 22:19:00
Huge deal with Netflix buying Warner Bros. for $83 billion including HBO Max. If it goes through, will be in the top 10 largest acquisitions of all time. From The Verge, no immediate hope of combining subscriptions:
In its announcement Netflix suggests it has no immediate plans for drastic change at Warner Bros., describing HBO and HBO Max as a “compelling, complementary offering” alongside its own streaming service, and saying it will maintain the studio’s current operations “including theatrical releases for films.”
I assume they’ll have a bundle, similar to early Disney+ and Hulu.
2025-12-05 11:37:52
Watching some of the Nexus livestream. Brandon and Emily Sanderson are announcing a free coin for people struggling with depression, as a physical reminder to keep going and get help. Seems really well thought out, with resources and a letter from Brandon:
I challenge you to recognize that the experience you have gained through your struggles with mental health is also a strength. The stronger person is not the one who has never struggled; it is the person who has developed, step by step, the power to keep walking.
2025-12-05 08:56:41
I watched Train Dreams last week and I’m still forming an opinion about it. I like this review in The New Yorker:
This is craftsmanship of an undeniably majestic order, and it has a way of both dropping your jaw and raising an eyebrow; you begin to wonder, at a certain point, if the film’s visual splendor has begun to outstrip its meaning.
I have the novella on hold.
2025-12-05 07:45:21
Louie Mantia blogging about Alan Dye leaving Apple, and more generally the trend away from user-centered design:
Not to put too fine a point on it, but they started making products that appealed to themselves. Because since Steve Jobs died, Apple, its executives, and its corporate employees got significantly wealthier. It wasn’t just Jony who took an interest in luxury.
