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@kevindbartlett.bsky.social

created September 11, 2024

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Profile picture kevindbartlett.bsky.social (@kevindbartlett.bsky.social) reply parent

Yes safari on an M3 iPad Air.

27/6/2025, 10:34:37 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture kevindbartlett.bsky.social (@kevindbartlett.bsky.social)

@theverge.com Your website is broken. 3rd story I tried to read that it locked up, I’m guessing to tell me about the subscription I need (they I already have). On my iPad, where I like to relax and read. Was hoping your paywall would work better CC @davidpierce.xyz , @reckless.bsky.social

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26/6/2025, 12:32:09 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture kevindbartlett.bsky.social (@kevindbartlett.bsky.social) reply parent

Embattled? Nah. Term limited in her current position is her biggest problem. I have like her a lot as governor.

30/4/2025, 1:09:38 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture kevindbartlett.bsky.social (@kevindbartlett.bsky.social) reply parent

Thank god Michigan won it last year.

14/4/2025, 11:41:16 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture kevindbartlett.bsky.social (@kevindbartlett.bsky.social)

@theverge.com cc @reckless.bsky.social - unhappy subscriber here. Click on a story, get challenged to subscribe (I already do) the Sign In link doesn’t work nor does the Let’s Go button and I’m forced to close the tab as there’s nothing else working. Please fix this Thanks!

12/2/2025, 1:20:37 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture kevindbartlett.bsky.social (@kevindbartlett.bsky.social)

@theverge.com cc @reckless.bsky.social how can I make my subscription work when accessing articles through Tapestry. I love using the app but losing subbed articles is a big sacrifice. Hope there is a solution.

6/2/2025, 1:15:47 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture kevindbartlett.bsky.social (@kevindbartlett.bsky.social)

“Extralegal”. @reckless.bsky.social @theverge.com you have expanded my vocabulary today. It’s an unfortunate circumstance for this expansion but an expansion nonetheless.

3/2/2025, 5:21:23 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture T. Greg Doucette (@gregdoucette.bsky.social) reposted

➡️ January 20: FAA director fired ➡️ January 21: Air Traffic Controller hiring frozen ➡️ January 22: Aviation Safety Advisory Committee disbanded ➡️ January 28: Buyout/retirement demand sent to existing employees ➡️ January 29: First American mid-air collision in 16 years Making America Great Again!

30/1/2025, 3:37:17 PM | 59035 26631 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture kevindbartlett.bsky.social (@kevindbartlett.bsky.social) reply parent

Also the distinct lack of qualifications for the job at hand. But that seems to be of little consequence, and sadly the history of the position has many head scratching appointments.

25/1/2025, 5:05:54 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture kevindbartlett.bsky.social (@kevindbartlett.bsky.social) reply parent

This might be true but if it is we are in trouble. Interactive media replacing just the written word I understand but there is no depth in 10 second clips. Ronny Chieng is right you have to do the reading there is a book behind the hashtag.

23/1/2025, 5:28:49 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture kevindbartlett.bsky.social (@kevindbartlett.bsky.social)

I think I should’ve stayed off all social media a little longer, like oh I don’t know 3.5 to 4 years from now.

21/1/2025, 2:38:31 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture kevindbartlett.bsky.social (@kevindbartlett.bsky.social) reply parent

Isn’t that just communism or at least socialism?

20/1/2025, 1:01:00 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture kevindbartlett.bsky.social (@kevindbartlett.bsky.social) reply parent

Is that a bad reason? Someone has to do “god’s work”. I get the newsletters with a sub? I’ve never read any because well how many things can I subscribe to really?

6/1/2025, 4:07:29 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture kevindbartlett.bsky.social (@kevindbartlett.bsky.social) reply parent

Thank you! Though I am strongly considering a subscription (for all the wrong reasons).

6/1/2025, 3:34:23 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture kevindbartlett.bsky.social (@kevindbartlett.bsky.social) reply parent

With ads, that were well done like yours mostly were, I knew what I was going to get. I know ads probably aren’t enough. I hope this is constructive feedback. I want to go to the verge every morning (and again throughout the day) while listening to the vergecast.

30/12/2024, 2:48:14 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture kevindbartlett.bsky.social (@kevindbartlett.bsky.social) reply parent

I love both you and nilay, there’s never been a site as good as the verge, well except OG Engadget and thisismynext of course. I cringed when I saw the post about a subscription, I know it’s a tough landscape and never used an ad blocker because it was the price of admission and I accepted that.

30/12/2024, 2:42:44 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture kevindbartlett.bsky.social (@kevindbartlett.bsky.social) reply parent

If I wanted to share something I really couldn’t. I had similar experiences with Wired, NYT and WSJ. I use Apple News+ ,it’s not without frustration either but within the app I get a smoother experience.

30/12/2024, 2:38:17 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture kevindbartlett.bsky.social (@kevindbartlett.bsky.social) reply parent

Fair question. I’m not sure honestly. I’m averse to subscription websites because my experience is they work poorly. I tried the Athletic for example and it was always clunky and hard to use place to place. There was always friction in the experience.

30/12/2024, 2:34:38 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture kevindbartlett.bsky.social (@kevindbartlett.bsky.social) reply parent

I also don’t know why they think a limited edition magazine is something I want. But I’d love to hear is it’s something others do want. Maybe I’m out of touch. It seems like something writers would like to make but it would have limited appeal.

29/12/2024, 9:57:36 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture kevindbartlett.bsky.social (@kevindbartlett.bsky.social)

My use of the theverge.com gets less and less as I run into their paywall. They said that wouldn’t be the case yet like half the time the story is behind it. Cc @theverge.com ; @reckless.bsky.social ; @davidpierce.xyz I’m sad about it but don’t think a subscription is in my future.

29/12/2024, 9:53:09 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture kevindbartlett.bsky.social (@kevindbartlett.bsky.social) reply parent

I get it, but I also think change is inevitable even if we as humans aren’t built to be ready for it. I do think AI is progression. Every craftsman has protested the coming next thing. I’m sorry change impacts people negatively but I’m not willing to limit progress from moving forward.

24/12/2024, 5:17:51 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture kevindbartlett.bsky.social (@kevindbartlett.bsky.social)

@gruber.foo got my shirts! Well 2 out of 3. Shorted me a T-shirt. Sizing seems different but buttery soft!

21/12/2024, 9:02:57 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture kevindbartlett.bsky.social (@kevindbartlett.bsky.social) reply parent

Private equity kills yet another business.

20/12/2024, 11:17:14 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture kevindbartlett.bsky.social (@kevindbartlett.bsky.social) reply parent

Many sites with paywalls function poorly.

14/12/2024, 6:22:05 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture kevindbartlett.bsky.social (@kevindbartlett.bsky.social) reply parent

I think it’s the verge doing it regardless. Their statement that most users would never see a paywall seems clearly inaccurate.

14/12/2024, 1:24:20 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture kevindbartlett.bsky.social (@kevindbartlett.bsky.social) reply parent

It pops into Safari on my phone from Bluesky. It’s not an in app browser is it?

14/12/2024, 1:16:45 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture kevindbartlett.bsky.social (@kevindbartlett.bsky.social) reply parent

I guess I should unfollow the verge unless I’m going to subscribe.

14/12/2024, 12:47:53 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture kevindbartlett.bsky.social (@kevindbartlett.bsky.social)

@gruber.foo An accurate use of Finally! My favorite T-shirt and my favorite hoodie finally return! store.daringfireball.net

10/12/2024, 1:55:57 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture kevindbartlett.bsky.social (@kevindbartlett.bsky.social) reply parent

I bet many Germans couldn’t see that coming either, and it might not. But why encourage the improbable?

8/12/2024, 10:58:02 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ciara Torres-Spelliscy (@profciara.bsky.social) reposted

👀⚖️👇🏾

8/12/2024, 10:29:13 PM | 63 28 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dan Cassino (@dancassino.bsky.social) reposted

This is really damning. NJ State Troopers, unhappy with a report on racial bias incidents, just stopped doing traffic enforcement, and seemingly weren’t on the roads (as evidenced by a vehicle from a fatal hit and run being abandoned for hours before anyone noticed).

8/12/2024, 5:04:21 PM | 2265 737 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture kevindbartlett.bsky.social (@kevindbartlett.bsky.social) reply parent

How dare there be reports of their wrong doings.

8/12/2024, 10:36:15 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture kevindbartlett.bsky.social (@kevindbartlett.bsky.social) reply parent

Love Mina. Not sure I want to follow big corp accounts here.

6/12/2024, 11:47:35 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture kevindbartlett.bsky.social (@kevindbartlett.bsky.social) reply parent

The great part is many people from “both sides“ will assume you voted with them, because they assume their side is the sane side.

30/11/2024, 1:30:45 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture kevindbartlett.bsky.social (@kevindbartlett.bsky.social) reply parent

That’s how you are supposed to feel watching football in late November.

29/11/2024, 2:41:56 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture kevindbartlett.bsky.social (@kevindbartlett.bsky.social) reply parent

They could also turn a blind eye. It’s unlikely a large number of customers would try to mod it like this. Im impressed with what I saw in the video of it though. Sad that it might be the best implementation and it’s not official.

29/11/2024, 2:03:30 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture kevindbartlett.bsky.social (@kevindbartlett.bsky.social) reply parent

I used an unofficial software update to a MINI Clubman to add CarPlay the hardware was already there. $129 I think and well worth it. MINI/BMW could’ve charged me double and I would’ve paid it. Nope they wouldn’t so I took the risk and it paid off.

29/11/2024, 2:00:54 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture kevindbartlett.bsky.social (@kevindbartlett.bsky.social) reply parent

Yeah it should be interesting. Lafontaine is a very large dealer, that is one of many many locations in Metro Detroit. But once it’s hacked by one it will be hacked by many. There will be solutions I think outside of official dealers. It’s kind of inevitable I think.

29/11/2024, 1:58:58 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture kevindbartlett.bsky.social (@kevindbartlett.bsky.social) reply parent

I did. I mean if one Chevy dealer can then they all can BUT Chevy/GM could also tell them NOT to. The warranty comes from GM not the dealer. Based on GM’s stance I can’t believe they would be okay with that being undermined. I also think other 3rd parties will figure this type of workaround out.

29/11/2024, 1:52:55 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture kevindbartlett.bsky.social (@kevindbartlett.bsky.social) reply parent

I’m glad to see this, it was only a matter of time. But now will GM try to void your warranty for modding your car? That’s the kind of punitive response I expect. Now @reckless.bsky.social can ask someone at GM what they think of this development in an interview.

27/11/2024, 11:59:31 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture kevindbartlett.bsky.social (@kevindbartlett.bsky.social) reply parent

Yeah, I have a place in rural Michigan. I could make phone calls on 3G, 4G made it possible to get moderately good Internet speeds I even patched servers remotely. Then 5G came out, 3G got turned off and I can’t make a call, send a text, or load a simple webpage. So 6G can’t likely make it worse

26/11/2024, 3:15:57 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture kevindbartlett.bsky.social (@kevindbartlett.bsky.social) reply parent

A Fascist regime IS Scary! that’s why it feels scary. I think the way you state it frames why we are in the situation we are in. Respect the fear.

25/11/2024, 11:14:04 PM | 5 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture kevindbartlett.bsky.social (@kevindbartlett.bsky.social) reply parent

Hate to break it to them but MOST doctors, ya know people who study disease, know vaccines are good.

23/11/2024, 4:58:23 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture kevindbartlett.bsky.social (@kevindbartlett.bsky.social) reply parent

Good for you. I understand you might feel like your leaving something behind, I think and hope your moving forward.

22/11/2024, 7:23:25 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture kevindbartlett.bsky.social (@kevindbartlett.bsky.social) reply parent

I just blocked my first account. We will see how it works. Twitter is dead to me, it was as soon as it switched to X.

21/11/2024, 3:37:29 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture kevindbartlett.bsky.social (@kevindbartlett.bsky.social)

Hotel tv has motion smoothing on. I can’t unsee it no matter how I try. I blame @reckless.bsky.social

21/11/2024, 2:12:51 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture kevindbartlett.bsky.social (@kevindbartlett.bsky.social) reply parent

I really would like the game to only have one type of control scheme. Level the playing field. The kick meter options are even worse.

15/11/2024, 2:22:26 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture kevindbartlett.bsky.social (@kevindbartlett.bsky.social) reply parent

My boys all swap to those. I’m still trying revamped. Most of the time I don’t see a difference which I’m afraid is worse.

14/11/2024, 2:49:08 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture kevindbartlett.bsky.social (@kevindbartlett.bsky.social) reply parent

I think I’m over worrying about CCS vs NACS. So long as there is an adapter and I can utilize a Tesla Supercharger it’s fine. Remember all of Europe (maybe the whole rest of the world) is using CCS (even Tesla outside of the US and Canada). So I don’t think there is ever just one standard

12/11/2024, 6:31:13 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view