Anyone heard whether AirTags will have Shortcuts integration? Hoping to use them as a trigger.
Made a shortcut to quickly show your vaccine card photo.
The first time you run the shortcut, you’ll want to have it open in Shortcuts so you can paste in the base64 encode that it makes of your vaccine card photo.
The first time you run the shortcut it will ask you to pick the photo of your card from the camera roll. It then converts it to jpeg, sizes it, and base64 encodes it.
Once you’ve pasted the base64 encoded image into the text holder in the shortcut, you can run the shortcut to instantly show your vaccine card on your phone.
I added mine to my Today view for super fast access.
https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/3f2916a794464fd9b9a18016b6efe1c6
In the demo video I used a photo of my cat for obvious reasons.
Edit: I did this using base64 because after thinking about pulling it from the camera roll I realized that I wasn’t comfortable having this information just sitting on my camera roll/in iCloud. Once you run the shortcut to generate the base64 code …
I believe it is Titled - “the midnight miracle”
Just found this morning, this fellow is genius, and his latest video highlights the kinds of cliche True Crime podcast tropes that have driven me away from much of the genre now. I feel like the majority of TC podcasts now are people jumping on to the bandwagon in an attempt to made some money, but I guess that’s capitalism.
I hope others enjoy the video as well, and can commiserate with the cliches.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13UVN1CP-08&ab_channel=AlasdairBeckett-King
So, I’ve recently started hearing to QAnonymous and Knowledge Fight, and I’m enjoying hearing people cover all of the ridiculous craziness of QAnon and Alex Jones and having a laugh. Are there other podcasts that do the same to, say, Flat Earthers or Anti-vaxers?
This is a very hard podcast to describe, but I’m going to try.
Put simply, a man podcasts about the goings on in his neighbourhood and though mostly no fault of his own, gets consistently dragged into increasing situations that spiral out if control. The podcast expertly transports your into surreal situations before you can realise what’s happening. Imagine if heavyweight was run by Larry David.
The show has NO ADS! well, not real ones anyway, but some of Doug’s neighbors frequently buy as space to sell a questionable item or service, or passive aggressively irritate a rival. It’s patreon supported, which I’ll talk about later. The ads are usually accompanied by totally original full length songs. If you like triple kick drum solos this could be one for you.
This is a fictional podcast, kind of in the style of curb your enthusiasm and trailer park boys. Like the latter in that the host stays in character outside of the show (more on that later).
If …
This was an absolutely amazing podcast. I’d give it 4 thumbs up if I could. If anyone needs to binge a series, I highly recommend this one! It involves deception, con artistry, real life storytelling, and just some good old fashioned sleuth journalism. If anyone has other podcasts that are like this series, please feel free to share!
In the podcasting world this might be common, but I realized that I don’t know what most people who make my favorite podcasts even look like. Because In person I probably recognize people better by seeing their face, compared to hearing their voice.
Is this the case with you as well, or do Google the person once you start regularly listening to the show?
What are books that have saved your life? I want to explore mortality. A book that would help me explore the meaning of life. Why shouldn’t I die despite all this suffering? What are books that explore suicide?
I watch bojack horseman in my lows and I would love to find a book that explores existence just as well as it did.
Yes I am in therapy and under medication. I just need a book that I can relate to.
Edit: Immense gratitude to everyone who commented and reached out. I’ll make a reading list with all your suggestions. I feel incredibly touched by your kindness.
I’ve been looking for some new horror/thriller books and per usual I have to sift through all the mounds of books where girls/women/wives (for some reason a very popular theme) are abused/killed for shock value because it sells and I’m tired of it and looking for something different.
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Edit: Wow, I had no idea how much this would blow up! Thanks so much to everyone, I was just looking for 1-3 books for this upcoming week but now it looks like I’ll be set for the next few years! 😊
Just thought id take a moment to gush about one of my very favorite genres. Im 23 and a Children’s Librarian. Am I the target audience? Absolutely not. Not so long ago, (as a self conscious teenager with terrible social anxiety) I was actually pretty embarrassed to admit to my love for middle grade, and went to great lengths to avoid being seen carrying something like Wonder or Echo in public. Now, interacting with kids eager for recommendations on a daily basis, its become one of my greatest job strengths! My love for middle grade has only gotten deeper, as I’ve gotten older. Middle grade is touching, humorous, and covers so many harder subjects than many people realize. Im currently working my way through reading the last of the Newbery 2020 nominees and would love to hear from anyone about your favorite middle grade book and why you love it. (and hopefully walk away with this with more added to my reading list!)
EDIT: thank you for all the recommendations! If its popular, ive read …
Yes, I just finished A Little Life today, I am destroyed, and I need something to read that is the complete opposite! Help!
[EDIT] Thank y’all so much! ❤ Many many more recommendations than I expected. Some of these books I have read and love, some are already on my to-read list, and some are totally new to me, so I’ve got some googling to do.
I ended up reading ‘Piranesi’ by Susanna Clark over the past couple days, and thoroughly enjoyed it. It was an odd and fascinating mystery, with a rather original concept, and a pleasantly gradual reveal, and it had some really simple but gorgeous imagery. I may have to read ‘Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell’ now.
I also ordered ‘The House in the Cerulean Sea’ by TJ Klune since it was on my to-read list for a while and several people mentioned it here. It should arrive today, pretty excited for that now. (Also realized it was published on my birthday!)
And today I randomly started ‘The …