Hi friends! It's Thursday, I'm cold, it's time: I'm putting together this week's Installer and want to know everything you're into right now. What are you reading / watching / playing / building / doomscrolling on / taking outdoors this week? Tell me so I can tell everyone! - ThreadSky

davidpierce.xyz • 35 days ago

Hi friends! It's Thursday, I'm cold, it's time: I'm putting together this week's Installer and want to know everything you're into right now. What are you reading / watching / playing / building / doomscrolling on / taking outdoors this week? Tell me so I can tell everyone!

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batatica.bsky.social•35 days ago

Learning about what higher tariffs will mean for Canadians

reliabletoast.bsky.social•35 days ago

If you do Accessibility > Accessibility Shortcut > Reduce White Point on iPhone, a triple click of the side button will dim your screen even more than the lowest brightness setting available.

Game changer for when I reading articles at night before bed to reduce eye strain.

reliabletoast.bsky.social•35 days ago

Edit: Read*

Wish I could edit my posts but oh well

jellycoat.bsky.social•33 days ago

super excited about this, ty for sharing!

chopstick2u.bsky.social•35 days ago

The threat of impending tariffs lowered my resistance to impulse buying Chinese tech. Bought a Hiby R4 Digital Audio Player because I wanted to be able to wear my big Sennheiser headphones while I fold laundry, and phone dongles suck. DAP life is grand! But now I've started buying Chinese IEMs...

quillmatiq.com•35 days ago

I started using a BOOX Color Go 7 and I think I finally understand @cranz.bsky.social's obsession with eink tablets

cranz.bsky.social•35 days ago

Like they’re not great but they hit such a good sweet spot in the brain and the potential is there!!!

blackavar.bsky.social•35 days ago

This playlist of old school Weather Channel songs my brother sent me has been my soundtrack for the last few days. Just sit back and let the nostalgia of trying to get a forecast over basic cable wash over you.

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/077NLoQFbj4TbvLMiymhPW?si=g_pQsedmQE6ha6XB9ES4fw&pi=u-EAsL93R0QAS9

davidpierce.xyz•35 days ago

This is like an A+++ playlist idea

glap.me•35 days ago

This is so good

loudlysubtle.com•35 days ago

I got a Kindle for Christmas (because apps are too much of a distraction when reading on my phone) and I can barely put it down! I’m currently reading Star Wars: Alphabet Squadron by Alexander Freed

loudlysubtle.com•35 days ago

For anyone wondering, it’s the base 2024 Kindle. Loving the size and weight of it

cpsc.gov•35 days ago

Looking forward to letting you know we are super into recalls right now on a whole new platform.

luckie-reubs.bsky.social•35 days ago

Following the crossover with Abbott Elementary, I've decided to watch "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" for the first time. So, my suggestion is to go back and watch/listen to old things you initially missed.

bwagstaff.bsky.social•35 days ago

Maybe this is fit for an Installer two decades ago, but I’m rewatching Lost with my wife on Netflix. That show catches a lot of flack but it absolutely slaps

leahreich.com•35 days ago

hi David! Long time no chat, hope you are well. Is it gauche to say my own newsletter?

beingbrad.bsky.social•35 days ago

It's been out a while, but it's beautiful, addictive and a wonderful way to distract from the crumbling world around me.

I Love Hue Too

prodigious.bsky.social•35 days ago

Watching the new season of Solo Leveling and Castlevania Nocturne! Also seeing even more people on BlueSky, so that's nice. Especially with many Subreddits blocking Twitter

rowbradley.bsky.social•35 days ago

Doomscrolling is so BACK!

but in more productive areas, @v0.dev is awesome. Think ChatGPT but for building websites.

4nd3rs.dk•35 days ago

I've just started a part-time fellowship and am getting back into scholarly research after 26 years(!) – and I'm really getting a lot of great tips for tools from the wonderfully bearded and engaging Dr. Andy Stapleton: https://www.youtube.com/@DrAndyStapleton

better-endings.com•35 days ago

If you have 4 hours to spare, seeing The Brutalist on the biggest screen possible is a worthy experience.

(There is an intermission.)

bagelnyc.bsky.social•35 days ago

I’m using Bluesky a lot. Enjoy I can have more control over what I see. Also playing the Pokémon tcg on iPhone

sophies.games•35 days ago

I've been playing a whole lot of Dragonsweeper, which is like minesweeper crossed with a dungeon crawler. It's tricky at first, but it's sick.

https://danielben.itch.io/dragonsweeper

sophies.games•35 days ago

Also this video from the internet's Harp Lady trying out YouTuber music gear was very fun.

https://youtu.be/LXgUEwQJ5sQ

ammartin.bsky.social•35 days ago

Last week's Silo season finale was incredible and I've also started Wool (the first in the book series) and it is a really fun read. Crazy how much faster the book is paced – it's only like 40% through the story that [REDACTED] happens!!

heatherlarson.bsky.social•35 days ago

Nostr and @wavlake.bsky.social 🤙

keblaster.bsky.social•35 days ago

Doom scrolling? We are living it... Installing and suggesting 🍊🤡 web filters and app/platform alternatives all week for friends and family not brainwashed by maga.

jameaterblues.bsky.social•34 days ago

Revisited animal crossing for the first time since the pandemic.

altonos.bsky.social•35 days ago

Just been listening to EPIC the musical on loop.

schlage.town•35 days ago

I've been building @leaflet.pub — a new collaborative document tool! goal: make docs more fun & social

It's a fast web app, no account needed, easy to share, w/ themes & multiple pages…

Just added custom domains (see linked thread) & exploring some fun things like comments integration w/ Bluesky!

kerhaamor.bsky.social•35 days ago

been spending a bunch of time on @graze.social building feeds for BlueSky! they're really doing some great work for the community, and have made setting up custom feeds super quick, fun and available to pretty much anyone, techie or not

danieledc.bsky.social•35 days ago

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth for PC comes out today, and I am making a huge gamble on the ‘Steam Deck Verified’ badge, hoping it’s actually playable.

jellycoat.bsky.social•35 days ago

🛸 ufo 50!! 🛸

truly incredible compilation of 50 new retro-style indie games, built around a fictional game company in the 80s.

it's all I've been playing and I've only played about 15 games so far

https://kotaku.com/ufo-50-review-retro-games-steam-1851649865

jjund27.bsky.social•35 days ago

After almost a year, Oversimplified released his Part 3 video on the Second Punic War.
https://youtu.be/1BVJzaXv3rk?si=QbWLiaNaLvO6F3TH

samfishman16.bsky.social•35 days ago

I’m watching the films of Parker Posey, most of them for the first time, and finding them fascinating. Rachel Sennott seems to be the closest analogue to Posey at the moment, but she’s truly one of a kind.

johnvoorhees.macstories.net•35 days ago

My Ayn Odin2 Portal arrived this week and the 7" 1080p 120Hz bright OLED screen makes this Android-based handheld perfect for emulation, Android games, and local and cloud streaming. https://www.ayntec.com/products/odin2-portal

htmmel.bsky.social•35 days ago

I'm watching Twin Peaks for the first time! Very very good stuff

rndl.ph•35 days ago

first few days on bluesky after leaving instagram behind. watching the pitt—unexpectedly watchable. playing wind waker with a custom 4k texture pack, (always amazed with the nintendo modding community.) and minimal doomscrolling on my unihertz jelly star, which i wasn’t expecting to love so much.

cruftbox.com•35 days ago

I wrote about using AI to code as a non-coder:

https://cruftbox.com/2025/01/20/a-non-coders-take-on-ai-coding/

cowboyxboombap.bsky.social•35 days ago

Just finished up Kevin Can F**k Himself on Netflix. I think it's a few years old, but man it was so good. I love the story telling device they employ where any time Kevin is around, it's filmed as a All In the Family style sitcom, and the rest of the time it's filmed like a dark comedy.

davidpierce.xyz•34 days ago

I LOVE this show so much, but it feels like zero other people have seen it

cowboyxboombap.bsky.social•34 days ago

Bro it was so good. The story arc for Neil was absolutely crushing

cowboyxboombap.bsky.social•35 days ago

Lots of laughs, lots of silly moments but also some striking character moments and heartbreaks. It's two seasons of 8 episodes with a clear narrative start and end and it's just great.

tynanpurdy.com•35 days ago

Severance S2! Set up Reeder (the new one) for my fiance. Thinking up some projects to do on my new Cricut machine. Staying generally psyched about the open social web

robbie-lebeau.bsky.social•35 days ago

Like many friends avoiding a deactivating meta accounts to come here. Bluesky is better with friends.

thomasnovaro.com•35 days ago

https://bsky.app/profile/thomasnovaro.com/post/3lggdrafjvs2d

laszlovad.com•35 days ago

I'm playing Persona 3 Reload on the Steam Deck and it's a blast. And by blast, I mean it's a sometimes wacky, but often poignant story of loss, found families, and growing up. With a kick-ass soundtrack, of course.

kiddblur.me•35 days ago

Intentionally avoiding doomscrolling. Deleted all social media but this one. Been playing Like a Dragon Gaiden, watching and reading DanDaDan and MASHLE, working on my home media server, and zwifting!

johnvoorhees.macstories.net•35 days ago

DanDaDan is soooo good

robotzed.bsky.social•35 days ago

Can’t read this without the OP playing in my head

kiddblur.me•35 days ago

Literally my favorite song I’ve heard in the last 6 months

beekselectric.bsky.social•35 days ago

I got a Miyoo A30 this week, installed Spruce (a custom firmware) on it, and now I’m playing through the ROM hack Pokémon Yellow Legacy because I needed some nostalgic comfort food to deal with everything going on right now.

johnvoorhees.macstories.net•35 days ago

The A30 is great but Spruce makes it the chef's kiss

beekselectric.bsky.social•35 days ago

It’s really a fantastic firmware, the overlay/shader presets are basically perfect (just had to turn the DMG opacity down a bit), and using SyncThing to sling my saves around between the A30 and my Legion Go feels like magic.

bbgossip.bsky.social•35 days ago

Noticed a lot of people in the last week here mention they're 'deleting' facebook (& other apps) - not saying it will have much of an impact but its interesting to see the 'leave Twitter' for BlueSky movement crossing to other platforms owned by Billionaires that may have been at a thing on Monday.

bbgossip.bsky.social•35 days ago

Meanwhile in my little niche of 'reality tv' - the US version of "The Traitors" seems to be catching a bit of notice (UK version is better imho) and "Joe Schmo" season 4 is back after a 10 year absence. Season 1 from 2003 is a must watch for any true 'reality' tv fan.

Lastly, Severance Ep2 tonight!

filipiova.bsky.social•35 days ago

Going all in on Bluesky and avoiding Threads as much as possible. Bluesky is now a great product so it's not a huje jump.

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