On my work MacBook this morning I got a system message that SharePoint is being added as a login item. I don’t see a matching app in my Applications folder, so I am intrigued by this.

UPDATE: I learned this is a component of OneDrive, which is surprisingly honest—as OneDrive sits atop SharePoint technology. I can only hope it truly auto-launches and auto-syncs my folders, as in the past I have needed to specifically launch OneDrive to have access to items in the cloud.

If my mac has an indicator on the setting icon that there is an update, and I click on the item in System Settings that shows there is an operating system update, why does the settings app then need to check for updates?

I’ve decided it’s not loyalty points that companies offer, it’s urgency. When you have “points” that “expire,” that’s not loyalty. That’s a trick. Shame on me for trusting you.

Challenges to installing the most recent Apple public OS beta release 3. Watch took a reset before it would get past an error message. A laptop today took four checks before it noticed there was an update. Homepods didn’t notice a beta was available last night. Phones, iPad were mixed.

Coming face-to-face with the idea that I am the same age as old people. AC/DC in the foreground, Kinks in the background.

Groove for your Friday:

“The Way You Dream” by 1 Giant Leap

I’m one of those people who opted to follow all the accounts on Threads that I follow on Instagram. It’s not a small number. Notifications of those accounts coming online is becoming much more frequent.

Not saying. Just saying.

Groove for your Thursday:

“I Am You” from Nightmares on Wax

I just learned that Sinéad has died. It took me a long time to understand all of the things she was trying to accomplish and what she was fighting against. I have long admired her courage.

Screenwriter’s Blues lyrics hit a little different this year, though maybe not if you’re actually from Los Angeles:

It is 5 am
And the sun has charred
The other side of
The world and come
Back to us
And painted the smoke
Over our heads
An imperial violet

It’s still my favorite Soul Coughing song