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Tim Cook had an extraordinary run and impeccable timing in stepping down, with Apple in a better place than it has ever been as AI becomes its next big test (Ben Thompson/Stratechery)
https://stratechery.com/2026/tim-cooks-impeccable-timing/

Tim Cook’s Impeccable Timing
Tim Cook had an extraordinary run — and impeccable timing, both in terms of when he became CEO, and when he is stepping down.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MiddayShow
The Monkees:
🎵 Someday Man
#TheMonkees
https://open.spotify.com/track/5JDbqSNMXTRQgf2oCyPHWJ

“By reconstructing the coordination and timing around the approved ambulance mission, it shows that there is substantial evidence of a deliberate ‘double-tap’ tactic – an initial military strike followed with a deliberately timed second strike targeting emergency responders and medical personnel who arrive to help,” Avaaz says
This, alone, should surely be enough for any civilised nation to terminate diplomatic links with

‘Substantial evidence’ of double-tap strike in killing of Gaza’s Hind Rajab
Avaaz analyses the timeline of events to conclude that violations show Israel systematically kills first responders.

🚨Cool chord alert🚨
#guitar
https://www.guitarworld.com/lessons/chords/5-chords-that-sound-like-theyr…

“Reminiscent of Joni Mitchell’s jazzier moments… but no strings were retuned to create it!” 5 chords that sound like they’re in an open tuning (but aren’t)
Because sometimes retuning your guitar is, well, a pain in the backside – and there are workarounds

RE: https://mastodon.social/@BundestagPetitionenNewsbot/116255079603041134
🤓 🤭

RE: https://mastodon.nl/@vosje62/116456022666823567
Laat dit even doordringen: concerns als eem Schwarz Groep* , DNB verlaten de VS cloud en wij stallen er DigiD en onze btw berekeningen.
Gelukkig dat de NLse overheid nu daar nu tenminste een raamovereenkomst mee maakt.
* 600 000 werkn, $175 miljard omzet

wonder if he would even burn https://www.themonastery.org/blog/why-some-catholics-want-peter-thiel-burned-at-the-stake

I’m pondering whether it’s de-Santafication time. An annual event of random Spring timing.

Through all 7 types of coffee bean I can buy green here and roasted all manually (with a heatgun) and Ethiopia is the best.
Now to figure out some better way to get insights into timing and heat over time.
Don’t want to buy expensive roaster - cos then I need to buy 3 so have to get good with cheap methods.

'In the words of Ciaran Martin, former director of GCHQ’s National Cyber Security Centre, “Not only is there no duty to disclose details of the vetting case” [to, for instance, the prime minister, but that] “there is a duty not to disclose them”. It is clear that this current convention is a recipe for disaster.'
https://…

BEST OF BYLINES: Why has Sir Olly Robbins been thrown under the bus?
After a week of revelations and chaos in Westminster, John Cole explains why the removal of a senior civil servant highlights much deeper failures in vetting, timing, and political accountability