@manton
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Finished watching Hacks season 5 this week. Great series. Each season had its own theme and arc, and they knew when to call it, not drag on past the story they set out to tell. đź“ş https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/124101/season/5
Federico Viticci blogs about RemCTL, a command-line tool he built for Reminders:
"So I decided to take matters into my own hands and build the Reminders CLI of my dreams with Codex. After about two months of work and everyday tests, the result is RemCTL (short for “Reminders Control”): to the best of my knowledge, it’s the only Reminders CLI that can read and write any kind of reminder and Reminders metadata…"
Really impressive. I installed it to play with, even though I don’t really use Reminders. Works well. https://www.macstories.net/stories/introducing-remctl-the-power-user-reminders-cli-for-macos-and-ai-agents/
"So I decided to take matters into my own hands and build the Reminders CLI of my dreams with Codex. After about two months of work and everyday tests, the result is RemCTL (short for “Reminders Control”): to the best of my knowledge, it’s the only Reminders CLI that can read and write any kind of reminder and Reminders metadata…"
Really impressive. I installed it to play with, even though I don’t really use Reminders. Works well. https://www.macstories.net/stories/introducing-remctl-the-power-user-reminders-cli-for-macos-and-ai-agents/
Feels like a great, tight series even with a couple blowouts like tonight. As a Spurs fan, that run in the 3rd quarter was fun to watch. Expecting game 7 to be close, though, maybe more like OT in game 1. 🏀
Anthropic released Opus 4.8 today. GPT-5.6 is probably soon. Which is better seems increasingly subjective. It’s hard to notice small steps forward when you’re already at really good.
People will stick to the tools they are comfortable with. The next big advance will be a new app, not a new model. https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-opus-4-8
People will stick to the tools they are comfortable with. The next big advance will be a new app, not a new model. https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-opus-4-8
Jill Biden says she wondered if Joe Biden was having a stroke during the presidential debate. One of the great what ifs to think what would’ve happened if the debate had been a week earlier or a week later. 🇺🇸 https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/27/politics/jill-biden-joe-biden-debate-stroke
Bluesky is now showing Standard.site info in the timeline:
"Starting today, Standard.site links will have an enhanced render in the Bluesky app, with extra, actionable metadata about the post, including the publication and author."
Very cool. Support for Standard.site in Micro.blog coming soon. https://atproto.com/blog/standard-site-bluesky-timeline
"Starting today, Standard.site links will have an enhanced render in the Bluesky app, with extra, actionable metadata about the post, including the publication and author."
Very cool. Support for Standard.site in Micro.blog coming soon. https://atproto.com/blog/standard-site-bluesky-timeline
Making good progress on Micro.blog 3.7 for iOS. You can follow along with the beta version on TestFlight. The blog post text editor has been rewritten. Getting rid of Obj-C hacks that I bolted on in previous versions. https://testflight.apple.com/join/lWxM21hn
AI's hand in creativity https://www.manton.org/2026/05/28/ais-hand-in-creativity.html
More details from Mark Gurman about the upcoming Siri redesign:
"Apple has redesigned Siri for modern iPhone hardware, making it live inside the Dynamic Island as an always-on agent that can help users get things done across the operating system and within apps. […] Apple plans to let users swipe down from the top center of the iPhone anywhere in the system to launch a new Search or Ask interface."
So close to WWDC, I assume these leaks are accurate. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2026-05-28/apple-ios-27-photos-screenshots-revamped-siri-pro-camera-app-new-ai-features
"Apple has redesigned Siri for modern iPhone hardware, making it live inside the Dynamic Island as an always-on agent that can help users get things done across the operating system and within apps. […] Apple plans to let users swipe down from the top center of the iPhone anywhere in the system to launch a new Search or Ask interface."
So close to WWDC, I assume these leaks are accurate. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2026-05-28/apple-ios-27-photos-screenshots-revamped-siri-pro-camera-app-new-ai-features
Spurs vs. Thunder tonight, game 6. It has taken all my restraint not to buy tickets. Feeling really lucky that I’ve been able to go to a couple playoffs games this year. And just in case this is the last game of the season, what an amazing season it has been, even if we want more. 🏀
Looking forward to resuming my Texas state parks visits, including eventually the new Silver Lake State Park under development. It will be the state’s second-largest park at 54k acres:
"The new park has limestone cliffs rising above rolling hills covered in live oak and juniper, with miles of river frontage along the West Nueces River, along with spring-fed Silver Lake and two water holes."
Amazing that Texas just has these huge areas that are basically unknown to everyone. https://www.texastribune.org/2026/05/27/texas-new-state-park-silver-lake-hill-country/
"The new park has limestone cliffs rising above rolling hills covered in live oak and juniper, with miles of river frontage along the West Nueces River, along with spring-fed Silver Lake and two water holes."
Amazing that Texas just has these huge areas that are basically unknown to everyone. https://www.texastribune.org/2026/05/27/texas-new-state-park-silver-lake-hill-country/
Now that Jony Ive is done with the Ferrari, I hope he and OpenAI get to shipping the AI assistant hardware. I don’t think it’s a distracting side quest like Sora was. A new device could be one of their most important products. Few companies have the design talent and infrastructure to pull it off.