Tim Cook Attends Screening of Propaganda for Authoritarian's Wife

[usonian]

Nicely stated.

https://pxlnv.com/linklog/cook-melania/

Regular readers may have observed I have tried to be careful with how much I write about the rise of fascism in the United States. It is not because I do not notice or care — quite the opposite — but because I think the correct viewpoint for me is of an outside observer: what is most relevant about this administration from a Canadian perspective. And, also, because I assume many of you are already getting your fill of truly awful news. Some things are just so obviously bad that it seems almost perfunctory for me, of all people, to say anything. However.

Tessa Stuart, Rolling Stone:
On Saturday, the same day that an ICE agent shot and killed ICU nurse Alex Pretti as he was restrained, face first on ground in Minneapolis, a few dozen VIPs — including Apple CEO Tim Cook, Queen Rania of Jordan, and former heavy-weight champion Mike Tyson — gathered at the White House for a lavish party, complete with custom-made popcorn buckets and gift boxes emblazoned with the first lady’s portrait, to celebrate the forthcoming documentary Melania: Twenty Days to History.

Andy Jassy and Mike Hopkins, both of Amazon, were also in attendance, but that is partly explained by the company’s $40 million bid for the rights to film part of the brief period between the election and inauguration. $28 million of that went straight into Melania Trump’s bank account. Apparently, this is not a bribe or unduly coercive in any way. Imagine that.

Cook, though? He was there because he wanted to be. This was on the same day that, as Stuart writes, agents of the U.S. government murdered a second citizen in Minneapolis in three weeks, and then lied about it. Renée Good and Alex Pretti both embodied courage. Cook chose fealty and, ultimately, cowardice.

no more at the link.

Awwwwwwwwww

[niyad]

1. Well, so much for getting a mac, or indeed any apple product.

I am extremely disappointed in the Jordanian queen. What was she doing there? Nothing in her bio indicates she is aligned with the orange thing. Her parents arre Palestinians, apparently.

[wcmagumba]

2. No new Apple for me, unfortunately I have an older Iphone as my only phone...can't afford a new phone right now...

I had been thinking of subscribing to Apple TV but no longer...

[usonian]

3. Even I am ready to put a halt on Apple stuff.

I have a long history with Solaris and Linux, so it's no big deal for most of what I do, to go back to Linux. I just worked

To install all the really good stuff on Apple, I need to go the Command Line Utilities route and then use port and/or homebrew, which I don't to because I have to check them with every unwanted MacOS upgrade.

All of a sudden, GIMP dialogs required a click in order for even the default "enter" to work. I just installed "AutoFocus" to save me hundreds of clicks. I looked all over the internet for this. Like, when a file dialog comes up, it should grab focus. Nahhhh. What changed? Who knows.

I just want my GraphicsMagick and other fun stuff already installed. "Lazy person wants Linux back"

I got an iPhone SE third generation when the 8 started flaking nastily. It can't run "Apple Intellgence".

And this is funny. I got a door-buster iPad just to play music. Normally, the volume buttons work so that the button closest to the "top" or short side of an ipad always increases the volume. It changes (ios 26). On its side, the right button increases the volume. On edge, the same button lowers the volume. 'll go look this up in the non-manual!

I had Yellow Dog Linux running on a G3 laptop way back in 1999 or so. I find ways.