Here is a minute of total bliss. https://t.co/tXHJX2lEhD

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Bandcamped successfully. Got me some @wumeworld and some @deerhoof and some @blackbramusic on @yewknee and some @kyshona You still have 4 hours to do some shopping that will help the NAACP! DO IT UP.

Rather than digging up old gems, I made a playlist of some contemporary artists you can support on @Bandcamp tomorrow: https://t.co/1KksjKf2vf

If Jim Carrey could undergo 8+ hrs of makeup per day and also never break character during the entire 12 week shoot to bring us his captivating take on the legendary Grinch from Dr. Seuss’s How The Grinch Stole Christmas then you can wear a fucking mask for 15 minutes in a store.

ready for heavy rotation

... this is the correct way to use hellsite. https://t.co/qtKGhnUZey

This timeline graphic by @zerflin helps us see that we are only at the beginning of a collective effort to dismantle race/ism. Let’s strengthen our resolve to go the distance in undoing centuries of inhumanity and creating a more just society for our des… https://t.co/l4ZnYrfhuR https://t.co/O9ufaQ9Iao

I went to a McDonalds once where I was told they were out of everything except for the Filet-O-Fish. I didn’t vlog about how it means they’re trying to kill movie producers.

demented Groundhog's Day with Andy Samberg and Cristin Milioti. Into it.

My good buddy Mac Burrus was recently profiled over at Spotify Insider for his work on Jimmy Kimmel Live!. If you've seen the Kimmel musical performances where Beck works a dayjob or Pusha T oscillates in 3D or Half Alive performs some insane choreography, Mac was likely involved.

Late Night TV doesn't get much credit for trying something different outside of its general format but I love that the Kimmel show pushes those boundaries and gets creative with it.

The interview is great read and just a tiny bit of acknowledgment for the creative work going on over there.

Pretty entertaining thread from David Hansson over on Twitter about being held hostage by Apple's App Store.

Hansson is the creator of Ruby on Rails and Basecamp and several other successful products. He recently launched Hey, a new email application that tries to re-invent the whole paradigm. It's an interesting approach that's only slightly cut off at the knees by offering a 14-day trial, $99 price and calling the Inbox the Imbox because it's for Important Emails. Those are small complaints; I think it's admirable they're trying to tackle the email problem.

That's just the background info tho. They submitted the Hey app to the Apple App Store, got approved and then submitted some bug fixes. At that time, an Apple reviewer caught on to the fact that they aren't offering In-App Subscriptions. This may seem like No Big Deal but Apple has a pretty strict guideline in their terms of service that stipulates if you offer Subscriptions somewhere, you must also offer native Subscriptions via Apple... where they get 15%-30% of each transaction.

Lots of folks get upset in the same way Hansson is because they don't want to share their revenue with Apple; despite agreeing to the Terms of Service. If you want access to Apple's massive audience, you gotta pay the piper. Complaining about it - especially in the way @dhh does, comparing Apple to the mob - is a bit absurd.

Except for the fact that Apple is wildly inconsistent with this guideline. Netflix didn't offer In-App Subscriptions for a long time; neither did Amazon Prime and lots of other big names. In fact, Basecamp - one of Hansson's other products - has been in the App Store for years without IAP and it's never been a problem. These exceptions are made because of politics, partnerships and human error.

I don't have any grand statement to make about all this, I just find it interesting to watch. Android doesn't have this issue and they have, arguably, a larger market share (and a similar Guideline). Apple is allowed to make these decisions and exceptions, it's their App Store. They're in plenty of hot water for Antitrust violations but as a company with nearly a trillion dollar market value, I doubt they're intimidated by much.

This Adam Schlesinger tribute/benefit record on @father_daughter is an amazing collection of Fountains of Wayne covers from an absolutely insane list of artists. Listen and support the project with your dollars if you are able! All proceeds to COVID relief https://t.co/WHnxlzHZ4w

this is beyond clever

@yewknee @voxdotcom The Union won the war but the south absolutely won the PR. It’s so upsetting

what in the world kind of pig cat eats like this https://t.co/q1LojIN6bY

@yewknee https://t.co/GVvKlT942J

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tw: Black death Y’all were LOUD last week for George Floyd but I hear and see almost nothing about Dominique Fells and Riah Minton, two Black trans women that were murdered this week. Your anti-racism is performative if it doesn’t include trans folks. Petitions/gfm below

Reveal trailer from the folks that made Sword & Sworcery. Looks interesting albeit vague.