Micayla Sortland interview about new local Repair Cafe where many domestic appliances and gadgets can be fixed by volunteers– It’s an International Organization

Login item Mysteries on MAC! – Also it’s Applications.. Utilities… Activity Monitor

new Call Screening options on newer iPhones

AI Music composition with Lyrics from a Domestic Bliss Text Thread..!

‘drive Cycle’ after replacing car battery & complexities of Oil Change- Varies By Car.
I will speak of the 2019 Honda-CRV

iPhone: tap power 5 times it brings up “Emergecy Service”
Try it but don’t worry onenore action is required to dial out…
NOW
Click cancel you will find FACEID is Cancelled. UNTIL you log in again with
you PIN number. Strangers, muggers etc  can unlock your phone by using your face-
But a PIN is much more onerous…

5G Uc means ultra capacity

https://www.howtogeek.com/758203/what-does-5g-uc-mean-on-an-iphone/

Google Deepmind A.!. workers unuinise to strike over what they perceive as unethical use of their AI
(Early May 2026 not ‘yesterday’)

If we have time try to wrap your head around this ‘real’ Drum Solo with Kudos to Skip Alan Smith

BOGUS STORES! Learn to Spot Them!
Do Not use: Useful to see what AI can do to generate More Slop
https://goods-shop.shop/ also https://www.fastenerstools.com/

lemonade.Com Per Mile Car Insurance…!

the Time Capsule for MAC is DEAD– OR IS IT??!?!?!

Excellent Periodic Table Demo- Never mind boring school charts!
https://zperiod.app/

Polymarket ‘betting’ site ALSO full of Fraud and Insider Dealing!

BBC

Fairlight CMI Emulator- a piece of 1980s history! Quasar Beach

Etags fraud. It’s not the DMV.

“laptop macihines” is an  anagram of “apple Macintosh” !

Android phone settlement from Google’s use of your cellular data:

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/google-android-135-million-settlement-how-to-claim/

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Energy Consumption By A.I.

Tax Day– Tomorrow! April-15-2026

explain this!

• Anthropic plans to offer Mythos to only a few dozen companies to limit exposure, but critics say AI labs profit from selling solutions to the very threats their own models create.
  

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  digikam.org photos: free image management software Mac pn and linux

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5th Tuesday of March!

Glen has been Busy with Gemini!
SUNO the previously reviewed music::
AI doing Legal Deal:::

Engine DJ-– Interesting.

Timezone Support for MAC CALENDAR for Flights between time zones…
It Works (after you turn on “Time Zone Support”) in preferences
on the IOS /iPad /iPhone etc. but NOT on the MACOS! /MacBook etc..

Block Windows 11 Update forced by Microsoft until YOU are ready.
You have until October 2026 IF you have ‘Enrolled” under Windows Update
(Given them AN Email address– Not Necessarily Yours mind you)
but you do NOT want Windows 11 — yet
Also, your machine May Not be Eligible if its 5+ years old anyway
Consider Linux! More on this Later…
https://www.grc.com/incontrol.htm

Trivia: This is Steve Gibson of Gibson Research that produced one of the VERY FIRST DOS Utilites I was aware of 20+ years ago to fix damaged floppy disks called “SpinRight”!
https://www.grc.com/sr/spinrite.htm
Been Evolving Ever Since!

COBOL IS NOT DEAD and is still in major use— here is why