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it’s absolutely incredible that Twitter managed to make its first paid subscription service – something a lot of us have been begging for as long as Twitter, Inc. has been around – not worth it almost objectively even for someone like me: a decade+ *every day* user who’s entire adult social life grew and (unfortunately) remains on Twitter.

I know you hate all my posts, Imgur, but I spent my month of Twitter Blue writing what is still the only *feature-by-feature* review of it as a product that I’ve come across.

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𝔄ℭℭ𝔘ℜ𝔖𝔈𝔇 𝔒𝔅𝔍𝔈ℭ𝔗

elaboration:

this is the $349 “Magic Keyboard for iPad Pro” which

– is not actually a full-sized keyboard

– doesn’t feel all that great

– can ONLY be used with an iPad Pro

compared to a $149 “Magic Keyboard:”

– can be used with iPad and EVERYTHING ELSE (with Bluetooth.)

the first version of this product was unveiled alongside the first generation iPad Pro – as if Apple could not consciously sell a “professional”-ish computer without a physical keyboard.

it also symbolizes iPadOS’ split off of iOS – which took all the Bluetooth keyboard support docs with it.

so… basically, this object represents everything I have been working against this year lol.

HOWEVER… I could not honestly look my mother in the face and tell her I could come up with a more succinct keyboarding solution… especially in the midst of an already big shift (MacOS/MBP-iPad Pro as primary work machine.)

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Liberating UNIIQU3‘s “TECHNO IS BLACK” Playlist from Spotify

By the end of next year, I no doubt will be a card-carrying festival bro. If you need explanation for why I’ve been listening to Resident Advisor’s main podcast feed with relative frequency, that’s it.

I’d been catching up this afternoon when I came across the big round number 800 and found it immediately so compelling that I actually sought out the associated interview, which I needed only skim for less than half a second a before spotting the words “Techno Is Black.” (Stylistically, I believe the Advisor is in error here. TECHNO IS BLACK doesn’t seem to be in question.)

Within the same second, I’m sure, I saw the words “Spotify playlist” in the vicinity of this profound, but unacceptably undercovered truth, and concluded that I was obligated to take action.

Using a free web tool to associate some metadata across databases is not activism, mind you, but here’s what I can do: I will be diligently minding the origin playlist (on Spotify) for changes and assuring that they are reflected accurately in the target playlist (on Apple Music.) I will not be removing any music. I can do this, at the very least.

I have also created handy shortlinks for both the original and the parallel playlist hosted on my Apple Music profile.

ORIGIN: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6GXo3G4M0wrOVI7yTkYviz

UNIIQU3’S FAVORITE BLACK TECHNO ARTISTS.. GET INTO IT . NEW MUSIC ADDED MONTHLY. FOLLOW THESE CREATIVES IF YOU ENJOY THE UNTZ UNTZ – @UNIIQU3MUSIC

I also made a shortlink to the original despite its unfortunate choice of platform:

⇨⇨https://bit.ly/technoisblack⇦⇦

TECHNO IS BLACK by David Blue

TARGET – https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/techno-is-black/pl.u-oZylyLpFpbBNgA

Shortlink:

⇨⇨ https://bit.ly/technoisblackam ⇦⇦