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4 Jun, 7 tweets, 2 min read
You know how each browser used to have totally different technologies for making add-ons or extensions. (They weren’t even called the same thing.) And how more recently, several browsers totally changed their extensions to use a similar set of APIs as the others? Yeah. That.
Now it’s official. There’s now a WebExtensions Community Group, initiated by Apple, Google, Microsoft and Mozilla, for aligning on a common vision for browser extensions and to work towards future standardization. w3.org/community/webe…

Web standards. For extensions.
If you’ve been considering an idea for an extension but hadn’t made it yet, now is a great time. It’s easier than it’s ever been to make one extension, one code base & ship it to all the browsers. And it will just keep getting easier over the next year / going forward.
If you have an extension that runs in some browsers (maybe just one), and not the others — this is a fantastic year to start figuring out how to ship it to all users on all browsers.
And if you’re a web developer, who knows HTML, CSS, JavaScript… and kinda wishes you had an opportunity to make software that’s not a website — learning to create a web extensions could be a great way to scratch that itch. They are made from web technology!
And if an extension you love doesn’t work in your favorite browser — ping them, and ask them to release it for all browsers!

We are getting closer to a day when all web extensions should just work in all browsers. Just like all web sites and web apps.
In response to this thread, there’ve been a lot of great questions about Safari & the future.

Two things: at Apple we don’t talk about the far future — we wait until it’s ready…

And that’s next week! Watch #WWDC21 Keynote Monday, 10am PDT. Plus sessions all week for much more!

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15 Feb
Remember a year ago when they kept telling us COVID was under control in NYC, & would stay under control — that we only had a few cases. Later research would show there were 100s of thousands of cases by then, soon 2 million.

We KNOW extra contagious variants are already here…
My advice, do not for one moment reassure yourself that “there are only a few cases of the variants”. Have you looked up how often they test samples for which variety of SARS2 it is? tl;dr: almost never. Instead assume there are 100s of thousands of cases *now*, doubling often.
If this assumption is wrong, oh, you stayed home. You wore 2 masks, as experts advise.

If this assumption is right, you might prevent yourself & your loved one from getting sick (possibly for months) by doing everything you can to not get it. You might save someone’s life. 🦸
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14 Feb
It’s hard to watch people not take strict precautions against COVID, despite raging case loads all around them. All while claiming they are being careful — when it's clear they are NOT.

Then, it’s even harder when they get COVID to know what to say besides “I fucking told you.”
I‘m not proud of my reaction. At all. But I have no empathy, no kindness, no caring left.

You’ve been running around, traveling, visiting, putting other people in danger — acting from of selfishness & delusion. And *now* you want other people to care about you?

Uh. I’m done.
Honestly, this is one of the hardest thing about COVID — watching myself have absolutely no more empathy for many people anymore. Have I really become this person?

I expect that other hard thing will be being able to stand being around such people in person again in the future.
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4 Apr 20
Day 30.
Still sick.
Still well-enough to avoid the hospital, thankfully.

What does still-sick look like lately? 99.X°F Fever. No appetite. General feeling of deeply unwell. Pressure in chest, ill lungs. Oxygen saturation of 95% often. Sometimes faster breathing. Exhausted.
I’ve talked to ER docs via video twice now, including recently. They say hang in there. As long as oxygen is above 91%, I’m ok. Rest. Take care. Drink fluids. Keep an eye on vitals.

“Just a flu.”
“7-10 days.”
“Mild.”
Bullshit.

I wish the news had more truth about the reality.
What do I wish people knew? This is a very up & down disease. For many of us (I have several sick friends), it gets better… and then worse.

Maybe this is the end of it?
Oh, actually no, now I’m more sick than ever.
Shit, this is scary.
Oh, actually I’m fine.
Maybe…
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14 Mar 20
I’m pretty sure I have COVID-19. I’ve had symptoms for a week, and got more sick about 3 days ago. I cannot get a test in NYC, so there’s no way to know for sure, but this presents as described by international medical professionals.
I haven’t left my apartment for days. Realized I need to quarantine my dog as well (she won’t get it, but could carry virus on her fur). This is why I spent two solid weeks in Feb preparing — so I can lock myself away and protect my neighbors. Especially my super & his wife.
I wish I could know for sure if this is COVID. But the U.S. Government won’t let me. I might never know. Sadly some people don’t believe me without a test. I keep asking myself, what else could this be? It’s nothing like a cold or typical flu. It’s quite different.
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13 Mar 20
Right now, responsible news sources & medical pros are pleading with us to avoid getting or spreading COVID-19. Asking us to stay home, cancel events, change how we live. Yes. We *must* do these things to help each other & lessen the overall impact. Collective action & benefit.
And yet, this pleading with us to avoid, avoid, avoid also leaves each of us with a lot of fear & stress. What if we can't avoid it? What if it gets me?

I always find it helpful to face such fears straight on. What am I afraid of exactly? What if that happens? What's the worst?
In this case, what happens if I, or people I care about, get COVID-19? Ok. So, what should I do if that happens? How will I know? What decisions will have to be made when? What is likely to happen? How can I prepare, mentally, if nothing else.
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27 Feb 20
As COVID-19 spreads in the U.S., don’t assume new cases happened because other people known to have it or be exposed (Diamond Princess passengers for example) being brought back to quarantine here. Of all cases, those are the ones that are handled quite skillfully by experts.
I learned from @NYCMayor yesterday NYC is only testing people with flu symptoms who’ve travelled to China or had family/similar who did. We’ve tested 7 people total. We don’t have the ability to test in NYC.

We are not testing other patients. Not checking airport passengers.
Potentially hundreds of infected people have traveled to the U.S. already. Science from China shows tells us this virus spreads via asymptomatic people, and it spreads through the air.
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