<description>&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Pre-show: 

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;🗣️ New &lt;a href="https://atp.fm/join"&gt;ATP Member&lt;/a&gt;&amp;#8217;s Special: &lt;a href="https://atp.fm/atp-movie-club-her"&gt;ATP Movie Club: Her&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Immersive Inlet: &lt;a href="https://tv.apple.com/us/movie/real-madrid-the-weight-of-greatness/umc.cmc.59n2yrotl8j6izhn13cj15kz9"&gt;Real Madrid: The Weight of Greatness&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Follow-up:

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Cut/copy/paste in Finder&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Terminal

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;John&amp;#8217;s Terminal.app state restoration woes

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tcsh"&gt;&lt;code&gt;tcsh&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://cdn.atp.fm/images/20260515-johns-terminal-settings-window.png"&gt;John&amp;#8217;s Terminal settings &lt;code&gt;Window&lt;/code&gt; tab&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://cdn.atp.fm/images/20260515-johns-terminal-settings-tab.png"&gt;John&amp;#8217;s Terminal settings &lt;code&gt;Tab&lt;/code&gt; tab&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://cdn.atp.fm/images/20260515-johns-terminal-settings-tooltip.png"&gt;Escape sequence extended tooltip&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://cdn.atp.fm/images/20260515-johns-terminal-cshrc.png"&gt;&lt;code&gt;.cshrc&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Terminal apps for macOS with text-based config files&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Fancy shell prompts like &lt;a href="https://starship.rs/"&gt;Starship&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KornShell"&gt;KornShell&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Some other terminal resources

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://lfg.popovicu.com/about/"&gt;The Linux Field Guide&lt;/a&gt; by Uros Popovic (via &lt;a href="https://hachyderm.io/@deach/116588984623741402"&gt;Derek&lt;/a&gt;)

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://lfg.popovicu.com/series/the-shell-as-a-language/terminal-tty-and-shell/"&gt;The terminal, the TTY, and the shell&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://wizardzines.com/zines/terminal/"&gt;The Secret Rules of the Terminal&lt;/a&gt; by Julia Evans

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://wizardzines.com/"&gt;Wizard Zines&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Ignoring &lt;code&gt;node_modules&lt;/code&gt; and the like

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;In Dropbox

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://help.dropbox.com/sync/how-to-prevent-files-from-syncing"&gt;Dropbox documentation&lt;/a&gt; (via &lt;a href="https://copland.social/@hunter/116573251299476653"&gt;Hunter Hillegas&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;…or use &lt;code&gt;xattr&lt;/code&gt;s

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://help.dropbox.com/sync/ignored-files#mac2"&gt;Dropbox documentation on ignoring files&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://medium.com/@bozzified/dropbox-ignore-solving-ignoring-node-modules-and-other-folders-from-syncing-on-a-mac-ae5fa44543e8"&gt;Automator example from Boz Bundalo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;In Time Machine

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://pnpm.io/"&gt;&lt;code&gt;pnpm&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/a&gt; as an alternative to &lt;code&gt;npm&lt;/code&gt; (via Paul Galow)

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://pnpm.io/motivation#saving-disk-space"&gt;Technical explanation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://socket.dev/blog/pnpm-11-adds-new-supply-chain-protection-defaults"&gt;Supply chain protection&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;20th Anniversary iPhone curved display &lt;a href="https://www.macrumors.com/2026/05/14/2027-curved-display-iphone-two-stage-rollout/"&gt;will improve a year later&lt;/a&gt;? 🤨&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Reminders

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Has Marco tried &lt;a href="https://www.macrumors.com/how-to/set-alarm-style-iphone-reminders-in-ios-26-2/"&gt;&amp;#8220;alarm&amp;#8221; reminders&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Reminders snoozing (via &lt;a href="https://techhub.social/@RobHoward/116141333040240207"&gt;Rob Howard&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://9to5mac.com/2026/05/05/ios-26-5-makes-reminders-app-better-by-improving-one-of-my-top-features/"&gt;Updates in 26.5&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://flexibits.com"&gt;Flexibits&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Why does everyone hate AI?

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.pewresearch.org/science/2025/09/17/how-americans-view-ai-and-its-impact-on-people-and-society/"&gt;Pew Research&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.pewresearch.org/science/2025/09/17/views-of-ais-impact-on-society-and-human-abilities/ps_2024-9-15_ai-and-its-impact_2-01/"&gt;Concern vs. excitement&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.pewresearch.org/science/2025/09/17/how-americans-view-ai-and-its-impact-on-people-and-society/ps_2024-9-15_ai-and-its-impact_00-01/"&gt;Ability to think &amp;amp; form meaningful relationships&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.pewresearch.org/science/2025/09/17/how-americans-view-ai-and-its-impact-on-people-and-society/ps_2024-9-15_ai-and-its-impact_00-03/"&gt;Ability to tell the ∆ between AI &amp;amp; human-generated content&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.pewresearch.org/science/2025/09/17/views-of-ais-impact-on-society-and-human-abilities/ps_2024-9-15_ai-and-its-impact_2-04/"&gt;Retaining the ability to be self-sufficient&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.pewresearch.org/science/2025/09/17/americans-on-the-risks-benefits-of-ai-in-their-own-words/ps_2024-9-15_ai-and-its-impact_3-01/"&gt;Risk vs. reward&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.pewresearch.org/science/2025/09/17/how-americans-view-ai-and-its-impact-on-people-and-society/ps_2024-9-15_ai-and-its-impact_00-05/"&gt;Young adults are using it&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/920401/gen-z-ai"&gt;The more young people use AI, the more they hate it&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Commencement speakers aren&amp;#8217;t getting the hint

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.404media.co/ucf-ai-commencement-speaker-booed/"&gt;University of Central Florida&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://bsky.app/profile/404media.co/post/3mm2ivguvq22x"&gt;University of Arizona&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://thenewthings.com/p/why-this-college-grad-booed-ai"&gt;Joanna Stern interviews a recent UCF journalism grad&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/shorts/b3zdPERXkuM"&gt;On YouTube&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VViY5rm-Y1Y"&gt;Wearable AI friend&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://friend.com"&gt;&lt;code&gt;friend.com&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.omi.me"&gt;&lt;code&gt;omi.me&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://news.gallup.com/poll/709772/americans-oppose-data-centers-area.aspx"&gt;Americans &lt;em&gt;really&lt;/em&gt; don&amp;#8217;t want data centers in their backyards&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://stratechery.com/2026/data-center-discontent-understanding-the-opposition-fixing-the-problem/"&gt;Stratechery&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.powermag.com/phantom-data-centers-didnt-break-the-power-grid-they-proved-it-was-already-broken/"&gt;Phantom data centers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://cdn.atp.fm/images/20260525-us-nuclear-power.png?v1"&gt;US nuclear power: 1970-2023 (Chart)&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=57280"&gt;Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ssi-9wS1so&amp;amp;t=531s&amp;amp;pp=ygUEa2V4cA%3D%3D"&gt;Angine de Poitrine on KEXP&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Post-show: Marco gets &lt;em&gt;geeky&lt;/em&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://nilcoalescing.com/blog/ModernSwiftUIAPIsForProgrammaticScrolling/"&gt;Modern SwiftUI APIs for Programmatic Scrolling&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://justsitandgrin.im/posts/native-all-the-way-until-you-need-text/"&gt;Native all the way… until you need text&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.paintcodeapp.com/"&gt;PaintCode&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://xkcd.com/974/"&gt;XKCD&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://atp.fm/join"&gt;Members-only&lt;/a&gt; ATP Overtime: &lt;a href="https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/platforms/android/meet-googlebook/"&gt;Googlebook&lt;/a&gt; &amp;amp; Aluminum OS

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.theverge.com/report/929374/google-googlebook-laptops-aluminium-os-questions-concerns-ai-gemini"&gt;Why does the Googlebook exist?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Sponsored by:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://cotypist.app/atp"&gt;Cotypist&lt;/a&gt;: Type as fast as you can think.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://claude.ai/atp"&gt;Claude&lt;/a&gt;: Ready to tackle bigger problems? Get started with Claude today.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://joindeleteme.com/ATP"&gt;DeleteMe&lt;/a&gt;: Making it quick, easy and safe to remove your personal data online.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://atp.fm/join"&gt;Become a member&lt;/a&gt; for ATP Overtime, ad-free episodes, member specials, and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!&lt;/p&gt;
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Accidental Tech Podcast

Marco Arment, Casey Liss, John Siracusa

692: A Thinking Hitch

MAY 21, 2026126 MIN
Accidental Tech Podcast

692: A Thinking Hitch

MAY 21, 2026126 MIN

Description

<ul> <li>Pre-show: <ul> <li>🗣️ New <a href="https://atp.fm/join">ATP Member</a>&#8217;s Special: <a href="https://atp.fm/atp-movie-club-her">ATP Movie Club: Her</a></li> <li>Immersive Inlet: <a href="https://tv.apple.com/us/movie/real-madrid-the-weight-of-greatness/umc.cmc.59n2yrotl8j6izhn13cj15kz9">Real Madrid: The Weight of Greatness</a></li> </ul></li> <li>Follow-up: <ul> <li>Cut/copy/paste in Finder</li> <li>Terminal <ul> <li>John&#8217;s Terminal.app state restoration woes <ul> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tcsh"><code>tcsh</code></a></li> <li><a href="https://cdn.atp.fm/images/20260515-johns-terminal-settings-window.png">John&#8217;s Terminal settings <code>Window</code> tab</a></li> <li><a href="https://cdn.atp.fm/images/20260515-johns-terminal-settings-tab.png">John&#8217;s Terminal settings <code>Tab</code> tab</a></li> <li><a href="https://cdn.atp.fm/images/20260515-johns-terminal-settings-tooltip.png">Escape sequence extended tooltip</a></li> <li><a href="https://cdn.atp.fm/images/20260515-johns-terminal-cshrc.png"><code>.cshrc</code></a></li> </ul></li> <li>Terminal apps for macOS with text-based config files</li> <li>Fancy shell prompts like <a href="https://starship.rs/">Starship</a> <ul> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KornShell">KornShell</a></li> </ul></li> <li>Some other terminal resources <ul> <li><a href="https://lfg.popovicu.com/about/">The Linux Field Guide</a> by Uros Popovic (via <a href="https://hachyderm.io/@deach/116588984623741402">Derek</a>) <ul> <li><a href="https://lfg.popovicu.com/series/the-shell-as-a-language/terminal-tty-and-shell/">The terminal, the TTY, and the shell</a></li> </ul></li> <li><a href="https://wizardzines.com/zines/terminal/">The Secret Rules of the Terminal</a> by Julia Evans <ul> <li><a href="https://wizardzines.com/">Wizard Zines</a></li> </ul></li> </ul></li> </ul></li> <li>Ignoring <code>node_modules</code> and the like <ul> <li>In Dropbox <ul> <li><a href="https://help.dropbox.com/sync/how-to-prevent-files-from-syncing">Dropbox documentation</a> (via <a href="https://copland.social/@hunter/116573251299476653">Hunter Hillegas</a>)</li> <li>…or use <code>xattr</code>s <ul> <li><a href="https://help.dropbox.com/sync/ignored-files#mac2">Dropbox documentation on ignoring files</a></li> <li><a href="https://medium.com/@bozzified/dropbox-ignore-solving-ignoring-node-modules-and-other-folders-from-syncing-on-a-mac-ae5fa44543e8">Automator example from Boz Bundalo</a></li> </ul></li> </ul></li> <li>In Time Machine <ul> <li><a href="https://pnpm.io/"><code>pnpm</code></a> as an alternative to <code>npm</code> (via Paul Galow) <ul> <li><a href="https://pnpm.io/motivation#saving-disk-space">Technical explanation</a></li> <li><a href="https://socket.dev/blog/pnpm-11-adds-new-supply-chain-protection-defaults">Supply chain protection</a></li> </ul></li> </ul></li> </ul></li> <li>20th Anniversary iPhone curved display <a href="https://www.macrumors.com/2026/05/14/2027-curved-display-iphone-two-stage-rollout/">will improve a year later</a>? 🤨</li> <li>Reminders <ul> <li>Has Marco tried <a href="https://www.macrumors.com/how-to/set-alarm-style-iphone-reminders-in-ios-26-2/">&#8220;alarm&#8221; reminders</a>?</li> <li>Reminders snoozing (via <a href="https://techhub.social/@RobHoward/116141333040240207">Rob Howard</a>)</li> <li><a href="https://9to5mac.com/2026/05/05/ios-26-5-makes-reminders-app-better-by-improving-one-of-my-top-features/">Updates in 26.5</a></li> <li><a href="https://flexibits.com">Flexibits</a></li> </ul></li> </ul></li> <li>Why does everyone hate AI? <ul> <li><a href="https://www.pewresearch.org/science/2025/09/17/how-americans-view-ai-and-its-impact-on-people-and-society/">Pew Research</a> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.pewresearch.org/science/2025/09/17/views-of-ais-impact-on-society-and-human-abilities/ps_2024-9-15_ai-and-its-impact_2-01/">Concern vs. excitement</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.pewresearch.org/science/2025/09/17/how-americans-view-ai-and-its-impact-on-people-and-society/ps_2024-9-15_ai-and-its-impact_00-01/">Ability to think &amp; form meaningful relationships</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.pewresearch.org/science/2025/09/17/how-americans-view-ai-and-its-impact-on-people-and-society/ps_2024-9-15_ai-and-its-impact_00-03/">Ability to tell the ∆ between AI &amp; human-generated content</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.pewresearch.org/science/2025/09/17/views-of-ais-impact-on-society-and-human-abilities/ps_2024-9-15_ai-and-its-impact_2-04/">Retaining the ability to be self-sufficient</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.pewresearch.org/science/2025/09/17/americans-on-the-risks-benefits-of-ai-in-their-own-words/ps_2024-9-15_ai-and-its-impact_3-01/">Risk vs. reward</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.pewresearch.org/science/2025/09/17/how-americans-view-ai-and-its-impact-on-people-and-society/ps_2024-9-15_ai-and-its-impact_00-05/">Young adults are using it</a></li> </ul></li> <li><a href="https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/920401/gen-z-ai">The more young people use AI, the more they hate it</a></li> <li>Commencement speakers aren&#8217;t getting the hint <ul> <li><a href="https://www.404media.co/ucf-ai-commencement-speaker-booed/">University of Central Florida</a></li> <li><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/404media.co/post/3mm2ivguvq22x">University of Arizona</a></li> <li><a href="https://thenewthings.com/p/why-this-college-grad-booed-ai">Joanna Stern interviews a recent UCF journalism grad</a> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/shorts/b3zdPERXkuM">On YouTube</a></li> </ul></li> </ul></li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VViY5rm-Y1Y">Wearable AI friend</a> <ul> <li><a href="https://friend.com"><code>friend.com</code></a></li> <li><a href="https://www.omi.me"><code>omi.me</code></a></li> </ul></li> <li><a href="https://news.gallup.com/poll/709772/americans-oppose-data-centers-area.aspx">Americans <em>really</em> don&#8217;t want data centers in their backyards</a> <ul> <li><a href="https://stratechery.com/2026/data-center-discontent-understanding-the-opposition-fixing-the-problem/">Stratechery</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.powermag.com/phantom-data-centers-didnt-break-the-power-grid-they-proved-it-was-already-broken/">Phantom data centers</a></li> <li><a href="https://cdn.atp.fm/images/20260525-us-nuclear-power.png?v1">US nuclear power: 1970-2023 (Chart)</a> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=57280">Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration</a></li> </ul></li> </ul></li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ssi-9wS1so&amp;t=531s&amp;pp=ygUEa2V4cA%3D%3D">Angine de Poitrine on KEXP</a></li> </ul></li> <li>Post-show: Marco gets <em>geeky</em> <ul> <li><a href="https://nilcoalescing.com/blog/ModernSwiftUIAPIsForProgrammaticScrolling/">Modern SwiftUI APIs for Programmatic Scrolling</a></li> <li><a href="https://justsitandgrin.im/posts/native-all-the-way-until-you-need-text/">Native all the way… until you need text</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.paintcodeapp.com/">PaintCode</a></li> <li><a href="https://xkcd.com/974/">XKCD</a></li> </ul></li> <li><a href="https://atp.fm/join">Members-only</a> ATP Overtime: <a href="https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/platforms/android/meet-googlebook/">Googlebook</a> &amp; Aluminum OS <ul> <li><a href="https://www.theverge.com/report/929374/google-googlebook-laptops-aluminium-os-questions-concerns-ai-gemini">Why does the Googlebook exist?</a></li> </ul></li> </ul> <p>Sponsored by:</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://cotypist.app/atp">Cotypist</a>: Type as fast as you can think.</li> <li><a href="https://claude.ai/atp">Claude</a>: Ready to tackle bigger problems? Get started with Claude today.</li> <li><a href="https://joindeleteme.com/ATP">DeleteMe</a>: Making it quick, easy and safe to remove your personal data online.</li> </ul> <p><a href="https://atp.fm/join">Become a member</a> for ATP Overtime, ad-free episodes, member specials, and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!</p>