The pizzagate projection

Neanderthals and humans

up a tree

K . I . S . S . I . N . G .

No that’s a type of blind. Cortana is a fictional character from the Halo video game franchise.

Dick was sexier and less dour

I would agree as a customer, but as a shareholder?

Apple has been increasing user hostility, investing in questionable hype stock market hardware/software, pumping services profits, padding their war chest, and pushing prices to their absolute limit, literally to favour their shareholders. For a long time.

All the rich at Apple are shareholders first, users second. That’s the conflict of interest.

My partner and I found the second one unwatchable, utterly drowned in toxic machismo

Frankly astonished he’s alive although

Sorry also wasn’t the smartest guy, really smart, but mostly a good writer

Look no offence but there’s certainly some arrogance in thinking that what you think of as “can’t think” or “[ability] to think” in any way correlates with reality, or is based on anything but shallow subjectivity.

Every single day I give off so many “hints of stupid[ity]”, and it’s the people who subsequently put me in an idiot box in their head that I simply can’t stand. Honestly I couldn’t revile anyone more.

Poor robo! But the guy. With the sheet. I died.

We’ve seen everything. We’ve seen it all.

I think I see this as more of a capitalism problem than an art problem. Capitalism attracts a problem crowd. The art bit is fun, I love this spaghetti man story

It feels like “snaked” to “snook” but you haven’t book a cake. I say that but now I’m imagining it arriving right on time

Yeah it’s the framing it and putting it up that’s the “art”, in this context, I reckon. Which is why he wanted to reframe “vandalism” as “participation”.

Probably like other accessories it’s the manufacturer who sets the RRP, but yeah, as usual, they’re going to be happy to get their cut.

Tim Cook has turned Apple into the company it is today through that (clearly revolting) ethos.

That is what I said, but sorry I used too many words to say greed as a motive is too simplistic

I forgot to put industrial weaving machine into the LLM, and well top result is now:

1 The “Woven Loop” — Sculptural Woven Bag

Concept:

A minimalist woven shoulder bag or clutch, created entirely from a single continuous industrial weave, without seams or hardware — a textile “unibody,” echoing Apple’s aluminum unibody design.

Made using Issey Miyake’s three-dimensional weaving technology, creating form and volume directly from the loom.

Followed by a pouch and a sash… so really I have to wonder if actually this was just a lazily AI generated idea all along.

First off, yes, this is a pretentious sock bag for rich people… or “aspirational” or design-focussed people, let’s say.

But it makes perfect sense.

1. Apple does collabs on accessories all the time, from Hermes to Belkin and Logitech. They’ll sell them in their stores if they’ve have input, generally.
2. If anyone needs some background on [Issey Miyake](https://mds.isseymiyake.com/im/en/), this is a good read. People are mentioning the “A piece of cloth” line, but this goes back to the founding principle of that design company, there’s even a series of industrial weaving machines started in the 90s named A-POC (yes), one of which lives in MoMA.
3. Designers at both companies probably adore each other’s work, they’re all pretentious types who turn function into fashion, but won’t say as much. They’ve probably been champing at the bit to collaborate for years, but like, what could we make?
4. A piece of cloth(ing) for an iPhone. Obviously. Because for people outside the Apple bubble, they’re basically the iPhone company. Use a weaving machine. This was literally the only way to fulfill all their remits. If you asked AI to come up with a collaboration between the two, it would most likely… well let’s check.

The “iFold” Tote - A structured pleated tote bag that embodies Apple’s material minimalism and Miyake’s textile innovation.

The “AirPleats” Scarf - A sculptural pleated scarf inspired by airflow and minimal form — an homage to both the “Air” line and Miyake’s signature pleats.

The “iLine” Pouch - A small, sculptural accessory pouch or sleeve—Philosophy: “Soft engineering.”

I mean tbh some of these are more whimsical and interesting, but probably don’t hold as broad appeal, so the bag sock it is. This is actually pretty boring news now I’ve read a lot more about Issey Miyake. Potentially that’s on Apple, they spent most of their collaborative time shitting on whimsy? Maybe? Probably just the broadest, cheapest (to produce!), most marketingest thing they could excrete. It’s a bit sad really.

The pattern on the inside is weirdly a lot nicer.

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No chemicals are necessary, home made jam can last for ages too. More sugar is better, for the jam, as a preservative. Not for oneself but like just eat less jam