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Introduction – Acme Weather

Fifteen years ago, we started work on the Dark Sky weather app.

Over the years it went through numerous iterations — including more than one major redesign — as we worked our way through the process of learning what makes a great weather app. Eventually, in time, it was acquired by Apple, where the forecast and some core features were incorporated into Apple Weather.

We enjoyed our time at Apple. So why did we leave to start another weather company?

I’m not a weather app guy but there’s some very thoughtful work happening here.

Because They’re Kids

We’re six weeks into 2026, and there have already been six campus shootings this year, with five dead and three injured. I don’t want my daughter’s school on this list — but then, I don’t want ANY more schools on this list. It’s time to stop pretending this is ok.

What I Saw at the Battle of Minneapolis

I understand that spending three days on the ground in Minneapolis is not real perspective. But it brought home something that may not be obvious from afar: Minnesota, especially the Twin Cities, has been—and still is—under a paramilitary occupation in which the federal government is at war with the population.

“War” is the operative word here.

I need people not here to understand… There has been no “drawdown”, that was a ruse to get the news cycle to move along. This describes the conditions we are living under now.

Current | Terry Godier

I was not looking for a new RSS reader, and I have not downloaded and tried this one yet. Linking because I’m impressed with the thoughtfulness that was put into and the design with which it is presented. Good job.

Pursued by federal agents, suburban ICE observers remain resolved | MPR News

If I am killed doing this, throw my body at the White House, martyr the shit out of me and raise hell. Do not be sad. Do not think I would do anything differently. I would do it over and over again — this is too important to sit down and shut up and not do anything.

Big Minnesota energy.

Dara, inside the economic blockade

What do you know about cities inside economic blockades? I know about the Prussian siege of Paris, when the trapped Parisians had to eat their zoo elephants. I know about the Dutch Hunger Winter, when the Nazis were, as ever, acting like Nazis and starving babies and everyone.

But here’s what an economic blockade looks like in a 21st century American city.

Another must read if you want to know what life is (still) like here.

Opinion | This Is Not a Drill – The New York Times

A president who doesn’t care about the law, who commands an obedient Congress and is supported by a radicalized base of tens of millions of people who believe his lies, represents a threat to the next election. I fear that millions of citizens are still too complacent. They aren’t aware of the peril we face.

I’ve been beating this drum for a while now.

Minnesota in January

We may be tough, but there’s an enormous cost.

How Minnesotans Faced Down MAGA – The Atlantic

No matter how many more armed men Trump sends to impose his will on the people of Minnesota, all he can do is accentuate their valor. No application of armed violence can make the men with guns as heroic as the people who choose to stand in their path with empty hands in defense of their neighbors.

This. So much this.

Release it Clean | Hunter Gatherer 21C

Regular readers of this blog will know that I am a fan of self-publishing (for two main reasons: control over your MS and short time to market). Such readers will also know that I believe your book needs to be delivered with perfect text i.e. error free. Many readers have written to ask about my approach to ensuring errors are close to zero. Tomorrow we’ll look at that but first it’s useful to understand a little terminology as there are different levels of editing or preparation

Useful.