Day: December 20, 2021

Joe Manchin Has Wrecked the Biden Presidency—Perhaps He’ll Also Liberate It | The New Yorker

Joe Manchin Has Wrecked the Biden Presidency—Perhaps He’ll Also Liberate It | The New Yorker:

If you’re the President, there’s no need to prove to Manchin that you’re going to be “tough on spending,” so why not call off your plan to start collecting student debts again? Why not use every power still at your disposal to do what you can for the country while you’ve got some power? Acting boldly carries risks. With the Senate split fifty-fifty, if you give Manchin reason to switch parties you lose your ability to appoint more judges, for instance; the power that comes with even a tenuous majority is very real. But using executive authority—and boldly—may be the only way that Biden will get anything done, as long as Manchin (and, perhaps, Kyrsten Sinema) block effective legislative action, alongside a solid phalanx of fifty Republicans. Points to Biden for trying, but, at some point, even in Washington, no really does mean no, and you need to move on as best you can.

[What a mess. 🤦‍♂️]

A Keyboard Maestro Plugin for Apple Shortcuts | ThoughtAsylum

A Keyboard Maestro Plugin for Apple Shortcuts | ThoughtAsylum:

With the public release of macOS Monterey, I have been trying out a few ways of interacting with Shortcuts from a number of automation tools. Shortcuts can be triggered on macOS using AppleScript or shell script, both of which are relatively easy to do with the Swiss Army knife of Mac automation, Keyboard Maestro. However, I thought it would be fun to create a convenience plugin to make it even easier to integrate Keyboard Maestro with Shortcuts.

[Great stuff!]

5 Signs It’s Time to Quit Your Job – Accidentally in Code

5 Signs It’s Time to Quit Your Job – Accidentally in Code:

Regardless, your current job is just a moment in your overall career, and it’s worth thinking critically about whether it’s serving your longer term career goals. So, here are five reasons why you might want to think about quitting.

[I’m not suggesting that you quit your job. I’m suggesting that you consider what’s important to you, and whether your life, as currently set up, is serving those goals and desires. If so, cool. If not… start taking the steps that will get you where you want to go. This is, after all, your responsibility.]