Nostr notes by Glenn Fleishman

“Trans people are fleeing red states for Seattle. The city ...

2026-07-08T21:03:35Z

“Trans people are fleeing red states for Seattle. The city can't keep up.”

Donate to Traction! On the ground help for trans people coming to my fair city! https://givebutter.com/traction2026 They have desperate need of funding to keep this help going! I gave—please consider helping these vulnerable human beings.

https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/trans-people-are-fleeing-red-states-for-seattle-the-city-cant-keep-up/

Nobody in history has ever written in this way about keyboards, ...

2026-06-20T21:07:34Z

Nobody in history has ever written in this way about keyboards, interfaces, and interactions. Marcin is pioneering a new way of investigating these issues for a general readership, if a geeky one!

https://mastodon.online/@mwichary/116777844194133079

Google: ”We’re updating our settings to give you even more ...

2026-06-11T05:13:23Z

Google: ”We’re updating our settings to give you even more control over saved history and personalized recommendations across Google Search services…"

Me: They’re turning on features I disabled, so they can reduce my privacy.

RE: https://mastodon.scot/@LaChasseuse/116692474272148212 This is ...

2026-06-08T05:43:21Z

RE: https://mastodon.scot/@LaChasseuse/116692474272148212

This is honestly something I never thought about.
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RE: https://zeppelin.flights/@glennf/116615052012294888 Now down ...

2026-06-06T18:20:12Z

RE: https://zeppelin.flights/@glennf/116615052012294888

Now down to five days and counting and still need a boost to hit our target and make a book celebrating Matt and memes and nonsense and serious things.

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I have tried to not make my feed an infinite scroll of this, but here is a reminder: That One Matt Bors Comic is an anthology of Matt, writers and cartoonists, and randos from the internet who are/have riffed on “we should improve society somewhat.” https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/glennf/that-one-matt-bors-comic

Legitimate irs.gov site—jobs.irs.gov. ...

2026-06-01T22:58:31Z

Legitimate irs.gov site—jobs.irs.gov.

Never have I screamed aloud YES YES and pumped my fist in ...

2026-05-30T21:59:13Z

Never have I screamed aloud YES YES and pumped my fist in agreement more at something John Siracusa (npub1z98…le0l) has written than this https://hypercritical.co/2026/05/29/ev-stupidity-checklist

I was writing a column suggesting people switch to SSDs for Time ...

2026-05-23T15:42:10Z

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I was writing a column suggesting people switch to SSDs for Time Machine, then did a quick price check and nearly did a spit take. I should resell all my SSDs from a couple years ago and net a couple grand! (But then I still need SSDs.)

I have tried to not make my feed an infinite scroll of this, but ...

2026-05-21T23:01:20Z

I have tried to not make my feed an infinite scroll of this, but here is a reminder: That One Matt Bors Comic is an anthology of Matt, writers and cartoonists, and randos from the internet who are/have riffed on “we should improve society somewhat.” https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/glennf/that-one-matt-bors-comic

I am pretty sure there’s a mode in paid Adobe Acrobat software ...

2026-05-19T00:10:54Z

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I am pretty sure there’s a mode in paid Adobe Acrobat software that gives access to this deconstructed document. However, the easiest thing is often to use OCR (like Live Text with Apple Preview) to copy the text out and screenshot or copy the image from a PDF editor, and recompose in free software, Pages, Word, Affinity Publisher, or other tools.

Absolutely. Some of it, however, depends on how locked down the ...

2026-05-19T00:08:45Z

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Absolutely. Some of it, however, depends on how locked down the PDF is. PDFs store data in a structure manner that it often horrible when revealed. So instead of a column of type (as it appears), in the PDF, it is 50 single lines of type. You can edit each of them! Images are usually easier.

I forgot that I forgot about RSS, which has once again become ...

2026-05-12T21:48:31Z

I forgot that I forgot about RSS, which has once again become part of my daily life. https://sixcolors.com/post/2026/05/how-i-restarted-using-rss-and-actually-noticed/

Here’s the column at @sixcolors.com that revealed the need for ...

2026-05-04T19:33:35Z

Here’s the column at @sixcolors.com that revealed the need for Mister Plimsoll, my new (free) app: https://sixcolors.com/post/2026/05/dont-let-your-macs-storage-fill-up/ How to deal with your Mac drives filling up before your computer becomes unusable!

My greatest parenting moment was when flying with our young kids ...

2026-05-03T16:43:13Z

My greatest parenting moment was when flying with our young kids to Hawaii years ago the flight attendants found them so well-behaved that they brought them warm cookies from first class. Our secret? Very little screen time at home and we let them use iPads on the trip. Back when that was unusual (around 2012). I think I had two for testing.

RE: https://zeppelin.flights/@glennf/116262656954198856 97%! ...

2026-03-21T17:47:20Z

RE: https://zeppelin.flights/@glennf/116262656954198856

97%! $24,000 of the $25,000 goal!

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I am nearly 95% funded for my new book, Flong Time, No See, a collection of what (I think) are charming and quirky essays that weave together the history of obscure printing practices and working people’s lives. The campaign ends Tuesday! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/glennf/flong-time-no-see?ref=aj65aw

I am nearly 95% funded for my new book, Flong Time, No See, a ...

2026-03-20T17:22:38Z

I am nearly 95% funded for my new book, Flong Time, No See, a collection of what (I think) are charming and quirky essays that weave together the history of obscure printing practices and working people’s lives. The campaign ends Tuesday! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/glennf/flong-time-no-see?ref=aj65aw

Just launched on Kickstarter! “Flong Time, No See,” my ...

2026-02-24T19:07:42Z

Just launched on Kickstarter! “Flong Time, No See,” my collection of essays and reported work on printing history and people’s labor. Not academic—it’s a lot of fun, as you learn about a wildcat typesetter strike, “bogus” copy, type lice,” and much more! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/glennf/flong-time-no-see?ref=cbf9r2

Maybe the best @npub1fnw…rzvu post ever ...

2026-02-24T02:43:34Z

Maybe the best Daring Fireball (npub1fnw…rzvu) post ever https://daringfireball.net/linked/2026/02/23/trader-joes-dark-chocolate-peanut-butter-cups

@npub1478…y4ag Take a look at shared Apple Notes revision ...

2026-02-19T23:49:10Z

Marcin Wichary (npub1478…y4ag) Take a look at shared Apple Notes revision history. No deletions shown! It's astonishing. I am still not sure how to interpret it when multiple people edit over time. It's like a construtive-only version history.

I fondly remember coding in assembly on that beast.

2025-12-30T20:05:14Z

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I fondly remember coding in assembly on that beast.

I owned one of these and loved it but have zero interest in ...

2025-12-30T16:22:04Z

I owned one of these and loved it but have zero interest in buying this fantastic recreation. Very impressive!
https://mastodon.social/@WarnerCrocker/115809145023727004

Hey, so tomorrow my aortic valve is being replaced. I’m ...

2025-11-12T23:32:51Z

Hey, so tomorrow my aortic valve is being replaced. I’m excited! The odds are very low anything will go wrong. However, I do want to say how much I have appreciated getting to know so many of you, and how it’s enriched my life. Thank you. Stating it means that I’ll be around to be embarassed later.

The other good news is that I have a team of people at a ...

2025-10-14T20:45:08Z

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The other good news is that I have a team of people at a university hospital who I've consulted with, a very experienced heart valve specialist (he only does open heart and TAVR valves), and every lab and imaging procedure at the hospital has been superbly handled by kind people. So our costs and access might suck in the U.S., but really wonderful people still provide care.

I’ve been very open about it! Partly because of American health ...

2025-10-14T20:43:54Z

In reply to nevent1q…42py
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I’ve been very open about it! Partly because of American health insurance/healthcare/social support—I revealed my condition last week and surgery date (mid-November) because I need to sell books to cover the cost and my lost income! (Fortunately, we have a very good insurer, so I am having none of the issue of uncovered costs or rejected procedures.)

Thank you very much! I’m so glad this is working for you—and that you have a supportive healthcare system!

That’s great! I’m about to get a new valve—I am opting for ...

2025-10-14T19:47:59Z

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That’s great! I’m about to get a new valve—I am opting for bio-prosthetic, despite my “young” age as a cardiac patient, partly because of clot management. I’ll need a new valve (via TAVR) in the future, but this feels like the best course. However, having a tool like yours—that would change the equation for a lot of people!

I hope this an invasive question, but is that for managing data ...

2025-10-14T19:39:08Z

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I hope this an invasive question, but is that for managing data for a mechanical heart valve?

That's so nice of you! Thank you!

2025-10-08T02:39:36Z

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That's so nice of you! Thank you!

Thanks, Lisa! I am excited to get past this, but it will honestly ...

2025-10-07T18:47:17Z

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Thanks, Lisa! I am excited to get past this, but it will honestly make my life better!

But I do write and publish books that make great birthday and ...

2025-10-07T16:10:03Z

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But I do write and publish books that make great birthday and holiday gifts—for yourself and others.

Consider Six Centuries of Type & Printing, a beautiful, compact volume, great for typophiles and others interested in design and printing? https://sixcent.info Available signed; ships worldwide. Audiobook and ebook versions and bundles are available.

We have a reliable insurer who approved all testing and ...

2025-10-07T16:08:26Z

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We have a reliable insurer who approved all testing and procedures. However, the substantial out-of-pocket cost after insurance and the lack of earnings during recovery are the crux. My wife and I work for ourselves. Like most freelancers, we don't make money when we're not working.

I’ll be unable to work at all for a few weeks, then at reduced capability for several weeks. I would never ask for charity when so many people are desperately in need of aid in the world.

Hi, folks, a little personal news. In mid-November, I'm ...

2025-10-07T16:08:00Z

Hi, folks, a little personal news. In mid-November, I'm getting my aortic valve replaced via open-heart surgery. As scary as that sounds, my prognosis is excellent. This is fairly personal health news, and I'm posting publicly for two reasons.

First, I am so grateful for the friendships and collegial connections formed here. In the unlikely event that something goes wrong, I wanted to say thank you. Second, of course, is the sad issue of money and American healthcare and disability support.

My convoluted path to streaming Jeopardy! to my child in London. ...

2025-09-22T20:43:53Z

My convoluted path to streaming Jeopardy! to my child in London. https://sixcolors.com/post/2025/09/solution-to-a-jeopardy-streaming-conundrum-what-is-tailscale/ Six Colors (npub1kyy…8sng)

Really, an excuse to talk about Jeopardy! streaming rights, NAT traversal, and Tailscale, my favorite new company/product of the last few years for solving a particularly irritating problem with such aplomb and elan.

AOL is shutting down dial-up. I wrote an article for The ...

2025-08-11T17:31:17Z

AOL is shutting down dial-up. I wrote an article for The Economist, “The slow death of dial-up”—in 2007! https://www.economist.com/sites/default/files/special-reports-pdfs/8765935_0.pdf I think the “slow” part was correct.

Fresh from the press, my new book, Six Centuries of Type & ...

2025-07-30T17:01:48Z

Fresh from the press, my new book, Six Centuries of Type & Printing: a brisk and thorough history of how we put ink on paper! It’s a cloth-bound hardcover and comes with an expanded ebook. You can add letterpress bookmarks or an audiobook, or just buy the ebook or audiobook! https://sixcent.info

Apple doesn’t let you access iCloud storage using third-party ...

2025-07-14T17:00:22Z

Apple doesn’t let you access iCloud storage using third-party sync or backup tools. How do you handle creating your own backup of iCloud Drive and iCloud Photos? Some thoughts Six Colors (npub1kyy…8sng) in my “Help Me, Glenn!” column: https://sixcolors.com/post/2025/07/keep-an-active-copy-of-your-icloud-drive-and-icloud-synced-photos-library/

Women typesetting in Germany in 1894 (illustration). Caption ...

2025-06-12T22:56:06Z

Women typesetting in Germany in 1894 (illustration). Caption reads (translated from German): “A modern profession for women—typesetter. Original drawing by Colanus.”

Just acquired an original printed version of this after seeing various lower-res versions online.

My book Six Centuries of Type & Printing is on track to ship ...

2025-06-11T23:07:33Z

My book Six Centuries of Type & Printing is on track to ship late this month. You can still pledge and get all the stretch-goal extras for a few days longer: an audiobook, an extra ebook, and (for print books) letterpress-printed bookmarks! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/glennf/six-centuries-of-type-and-printing After that, a la carte.

Bill Atkinson had a unique vision. Someone else just as unusual ...

2025-06-07T20:22:00Z

Bill Atkinson had a unique vision. Someone else just as unusual would have had to come along to encode the ideas he had into graphical expressions. They were not there for the taking, obvious in retrospect. Apple had several such people, unique in their realms, who somehow were able to align what they created into singular products.

How Comics Are Made is out TODAY in bookstores! Tracing the steps ...

2025-06-03T17:25:25Z

How Comics Are Made is out TODAY in bookstores! Tracing the steps and telling the stories between a cartoonist’s pen and the newsprint page, my book travels across over 130 years of artistic and technological development. https://howcomicsaremade.com/#preorder

Lovely to get coverage in The Seattle Times, my hometown paper, ...

2025-05-30T20:23:08Z

Lovely to get coverage in The Seattle Times, my hometown paper, of How Comics Are Made, which hits bookstores June 3: https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/books/seattle-writers-new-book-shares-how-comics-are-made/ I’m doing a (free) book-release event at Ada’s in Capitol Hill at 6 pm that night! https://adasbooks.com/event/2025-06-03/author-talk-how-comics-are-made-glenn-fleishman Books for sale & signing!

Junior faculty, family of lesser legatees, rusticated students ...

2025-05-27T17:44:56Z

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Junior faculty, family of lesser legatees, rusticated students permitted a day pass, low-dollar donors being taught a lesson

The latest “Help Me, Glenn!” covers prioritizing multiple ...

2025-05-26T16:47:26Z

The latest “Help Me, Glenn!” covers prioritizing multiple network interfaces on your Mac, such as Ethernet and Wi-Fi, over at Six Colors (npub1kyy…8sng) https://sixcolors.com/post/2025/05/service-please-manage-multiple-mac-network-interfaces-priority/

Curious about this body cam video from the officer’s ...

2025-05-09T15:17:00Z

Curious about this body cam video from the officer’s perspective. It likely means he filed a complaint or she did because then the body cam video would have been retrieved for evidence. The cameras aren’t always on: he had to have enabled it to capture the encounter. https://mstdn.social/@stux/114478512632177572

Data point for folks who do crowdfunding: 4+ days out from ...

2025-04-22T03:47:28Z

Data point for folks who do crowdfunding: 4+ days out from finishing this campaign, another $10,000 or +15% has come in via Late Pledges. This tapered off a lot after the campaign, but clearly tapped into a vein of folks who otherwise I'd have had to direct to another site to pre-order. I plan to keep Late Pledges open for about another month—until I have a rough shipping date scheduled.
https://zeppelin.flights/@glennf/114371547173403815

does retooting count

2025-03-24T00:15:54Z

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does retooting count

This is a good time to note that I’m available for crowdfunding ...

2025-03-03T20:37:18Z

This is a good time to note that I’m available for crowdfunding consulting, particularly on books and print projects. I’ve raised and helped raise millions on Kickstarter and in post-campaign sales. I’m also an editor for hire. See https://glog.glennf.com/editing-services

I’ve written four books in the last few years that (I think) ...

2025-02-16T23:19:17Z

I’ve written four books in the last few years that (I think) are entertaining and in-depth looks at type and printing history crossed with themes like language, preservation, and newspaper comics. I now have a GLENN EBOOK SUPER-PACK: $35 for all 4 ($50 separately)! https://glog.glennf.com/general-shop/glenn-ebook-super-pack-on-type-printing

I’ve been trying to figure out: they’re poised to lose ...

2025-01-21T03:28:35Z

In reply to nevent1q…9s5p
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I’ve been trying to figure out: they’re poised to lose collectively $100s of billions under Trump’s plans. Maybe > $1 trillion. Tesla could completely collapse, losing access to world markets, raw materials from China, etc.

• Do they think they will be able to carve out business-specific exemptions?
• Are they cool with it because they are trading absolute power?
• Do they think really that Trump will never turn on them?

I have to believe they have gamed this out (not Musk, but others)

Solo or Silo?

2025-01-20T00:56:32Z

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Solo or Silo?

Cryogenics likely won’t work in the foreseeable future. If you ...

2025-01-20T00:28:24Z

Cryogenics likely won’t work in the foreseeable future. If you wanted a live backup running of humanity to restart it in the event of a catastrophe and had no ethics (or believed the survival of humanity should exceed all moral considerations), how would you do it?

Have made the decision to delete my Instagram account soon. I ...

2025-01-15T23:30:46Z

Have made the decision to delete my Instagram account soon. I already ditched Facebook and Threads (both of which I was using minimally, really for promotion). Instagram hurts, because of all the Meta products, it remained a bright spot in connecting with friends of 40 years and friends of 4 months. But Big Tech ruins everything and I don’t want to be personally connected to Meta or Zuckerberg.