Avery Vine

Looking at spending a week in #Scotland in mid-June. I'm planning on a 3-day tour to and around the Isle of Skye, and basing myself out of Edinburgh the rest of the time. Would love to hear people's recommendations about hikes, things to do, (vegetarian-friendly) restaurants to visit, etc!

A 3x3 grid of photos from February, featuring multiple attempts at homemade latte art, a Happy Lemon bubble tea, a Formula 1 car, me and Megan holding up paintings we made that combine to form a constellation in the shape of a heart, a couple photos of me and Megan skating on Ottawa’s Rideau Canal and in front of the Beavertails shack on the ice, a peach cocktail, and a screenshot of my return to Animal Crossing after nearly 4 years.

February

(A little bit of a quieter month)

You’re telling me it’s not even 8am and I have to live with this loss the whole day #hockey

Not sure how I feel about the Americans taking advantage of the fact that their white uniforms apparently make them invisible to the referees

Gonna need heart medication after this one #hockey

Not many things will get me to wake up at 5:00am but the Canada vs US gold medal #hockey game is one

Swift Student Challenge submissions are now open - Latest News - Apple Developer The Swift Student Challenge is here! Submissions are now open through February 28, and students from all over the world are invited to submit their app playgrounds.Learn more about the ChallengeKey things to know No prior experience is needed. The Challenge is open to students of all levels who meet the eligibility requirements. The Challenge is free to enter — all you need is access to a Mac or iPad with Xcode or Swift Playground. Your app playground can be on any topic of your choice. The best app ideas come from subjects or experiences that you're passionate about. Your app playground should be experienced within 3 minutes or less. The Swift Student Challenge is a great opportunity for students to build their skills and create something great. Learn more Watch a new video to learn from past winners and Apple experts. Explore learning resources.

This was such a seminal experience for me. If you're eligible, I highly recommend giving it a shot!

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Collage of various January activities: my girlfriend with a camera, a winter sunset from the train, various warm drinks, Château Frontenac, afternoon tea, festive streets, Québécois poutine, colourful lights from a night walk, winter tubing on a hill, cats at a cat cafe, several ramens, my cat Alfred under towels, and homemade pasta.

January

Moved from Reeder Classic to GoodLinks this week for my read-it-later app and yeah it was definitely time

Folks, she brought a whole plate of spaghetti to the broadcast center to do her headshot. She then houses that spaghetti.

Mattia sips on an espresso during his.

Truly the heroes we need during these times.

Hey @bsky.app ! Are you planning on implementing authenticator app or passkey support? Either would be really amazing!

Congratulations!!

A collage of 20 photos including my cat Alfred in a box, coffee in a pink Christmas tree mug, sake in a wooden box, an Alien Robot Museum sign, tons of landscapes and starry night shots from Joshua Tree, fancy plated dinners (including several pizzas), Alcatraz from a distance, an SF street car, and a couple of selfies.

November

“Scheduled” and “Actual” departure and arrival times for an Alaska Airlines flight, stacked vertically. Both “Actual” times have “ETA” to the left of the time

Alaska Airlines, you keep using that word "ETA". I do not think it means what you think it means.

MUPPET KNIVES OUT

Yeah I didn’t think I’d be finishing last night until suddenly I found myself on my 5th hour straight of gameplay lol, the story hooked me

Dispatch is a phenomenal game

Really easy to digest too at ~9 hours, finished it over the course of two evenings

Exactly what it says on the label: The Pope in 1982. He's wearing a black hat, dark RayBans, and looks like he's a member of the Blues Brothers.

What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?

It's the Pope in 1982.

2️⃣ Swift Student Challenge returns

Calling all student developers! Submissions open February 2026. Start preparing now with code-along sessions and new tutorials. 🧑‍🎓https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2025/11/developers-decode-their-journeys-from-app-ideas-to-app-store/

Light Up The Town on Steam Light Up The Town is a cozy, casual holiday game for all ages. Play as Bean, a precocious young ferret, and explore the town of Bellflower, Colorado as you hang up festive string lights around to spread holiday cheer. Click to throw a light or decoration; the only limit is your imagination.

This game is extremely cozy store.steampowered.com/app/34...

Safari 26.1 comes with many, many bug fixes! :)

A 4x5 grid of photos representing my October activities: my dad’s cat after a trip to the vet with a silly haircut, apple picking, the largest ice cream cone I’ve ever eaten, pumpkin spice cinnamon rolls before baking, a giant Labubu mascot, takeout dumplings, sunflowers I bought, homemade pesto pasta, my new espresso machine, my cat Alfred sniffing my coffee, various pictures of my performance with the Stanford Medicine Orchestra, homemade garlic-sesame tofu, shakshuka from a restaurant, a candle with cheese and crackers assembled to look like pumpkin pie slices, and Alfred in his blue Batman-style Halloween costume.

October

Rooting not just for a Game 7 of the World Series, but another 18 inning game that goes so long on Saturday night that the clocks fall back at 2am before it’s ended and everyone gets tremendously confused about what time it is.

me wearing the scarf ✌️

scarf side A

scarf side B

i knitted an over the garden wall scarf!!! heheh 🎃🍂🐸💗

Bluesky needs to support the new multi-layer icon format on iOS so this new logo can work well with Liquid Glass and tint or dark modes. Right now it stands out like a sore thumb

At the point where this baseball has gone on so long I'm finding new and exciting bugs to file against the Apple Sports app

Also new in v1.109: custom feed operators now receive more interaction events.

If you run a custom feed, now you'll know when people like, quote, repost, reply, and see posts in your feed. All valuable signals that can help you drive higher-quality recommendations in your feeds.

can someone explain to me why toronto is even allowed to play in the world series? since when is canada in the world

Lol I’ll see what I can do