diff --git a/.aliases b/.aliases
index 04255f1b7..cb1688763 100644
--- a/.aliases
+++ b/.aliases
@@ -81,15 +81,14 @@ alias ungz="gunzip -k"
 # File size
 alias fs="stat -f \"%z bytes\""
 
-# Empty the Trash on all mounted volumes and the main HDD. then clear the useless sleepimage
-alias emptytrash=" \
-    sudo rm -rfv /Volumes/*/.Trashes; \
-    rm -rfv ~/.Trash/*; \
-    sudo rm -v /private/var/vm/sleepimage; \
-    rm -rv \"/Users/paulirish/Library/Application Support/stremio/Cache\";  \
-    rm -rv \"/Users/paulirish/Library/Application Support/stremio/stremio-cache\" \
-"
 
 # Update installed Ruby gems, Homebrew, npm, and their installed packages
 alias brew_update="brew -v update; brew upgrade --force-bottle --cleanup; brew cleanup; brew cask cleanup; brew prune; brew doctor; npm-check -g -u"
 alias update_brew_npm_gem='brew_update; npm install npm -g; npm update -g; sudo gem update --system; sudo gem update --no-document'
+
+
+alias xpraserver='xpra start --printing=no --systemd-run=no --daemon=no :110'
+
+# weird ass behavior without this.
+alias watchexec="watchexec --project-origin ."
+
diff --git a/.exports b/.exports
index 25e42da09..1a3d5a52b 100644
--- a/.exports
+++ b/.exports
@@ -30,3 +30,4 @@ export LESS_TERMCAP_us=$(printf '\e[04;36m')													# enter underline mode
 export FZF_DEFAULT_COMMAND='fd'
 export FZF_CTRL_T_COMMAND='fd'
 export FZF_CTRL_T_OPTS="--preview 'bat -n --color=always {} 2>/dev/null || tree -C {}'"
+
diff --git a/.functions b/.functions
index 16763ac2c..06523b1bb 100644
--- a/.functions
+++ b/.functions
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ todatauri () {
 # * https://asdf-vm.com/ has lots of fans. i want to try it.
 function nvm {
 	unset -f nvm
-	export NVM_DIR="/Users/paulirish/.nvm"
+	export NVM_DIR="$HOME/.nvm"
 	. "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" --no-use
 	nvm "${@}"
 }
diff --git a/.gitconfig b/.gitconfig
index c26bcfe1b..1c1d75527 100644
--- a/.gitconfig
+++ b/.gitconfig
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 	mergeorigin = !"git merge origin/$(git mainormaster)"
 
 	# Essentially GitHub's compare view: show all 'ahead' changes (incl working tree) vs the merge-base
-	diffbranch = !"git diff $(git diffbase)"
+	diffbranch = !"git diff -w $(git diffbase)"
 	# Diff of branch that's not checked out. Doesn't include working tree (but obv doesnt need to)
 	diffbranch-that = !"git diff origin/$(git mainormaster)...\"$1\" #"
 	# Show commit log of unique commits of this branch (not on main)
diff --git a/bin/diff-image b/bin/diff-image
index 9e12768de..4ee80f57e 100755
--- a/bin/diff-image
+++ b/bin/diff-image
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ usage()
     echo
 }
 
+# https://gist.github.com/egmontkob/eb114294efbcd5adb1944c9f3cb5feda
+hyperlink(){ printf '\e]8;;%s\e\\%s\e]8;;\e\\' "$1" "${2:-$1}";}
+
 
 backgroundcolor=
 color=
@@ -138,19 +141,21 @@ diff_clean_names()
 }
 
 
-exifdiff=
-if which exiftool > /dev/null
-then
-  d1="$(exif "$f1")"
-  d2="$(exif "$f2")"
-  diff_clean_names "$d1" "$d2"
-  set +e
-  diff -q "$d1" "$d2" >/dev/null
-  exifdiff=$?
-  set -e
-else
-  diff_clean_names "$f1" "$f2"
-fi
+# EHHHHHHHHHhhh.. it's probably interesting somtimes but generally just noise to get this metadata diff
+# exifdiff=
+# if which exiftool > /dev/null
+# then
+#   d1="$(exif "$f1")"
+#   d2="$(exif "$f2")"
+#   diff_clean_names "$d1" "$d2"
+#   set +e
+#   diff -q "$d1" "$d2" >/dev/null
+#   exifdiff=$?
+#   echo ""
+#   set -e
+# else
+#   diff_clean_names "$f1" "$f2"
+# fi
 
 if $exif_only
 then
@@ -174,10 +179,10 @@ then
     exit 1
 fi
 
-if [[ $exifdiff = 0 ]] && compare "$f1" "$f2" /dev/null
-then
-    exit 0
-fi
+# if [[ $exifdiff = 0 ]] && compare "$f1" "$f2" /dev/null
+# then
+#     exit 0
+# fi
 
 bn="$(basename "$f1")"
 destfile="$(mktemp -t "$bn.XXXXXX").png"
@@ -187,12 +192,6 @@ then
     fuzz='5'
 fi
 
-backgroundcolor_flag=
-if [ -n "$backgroundcolor" ]
-then
-    backgroundcolor_flag="-background $backgroundcolor"
-fi
-
 color_flag=
 if [ -n "$color" ]
 then
@@ -208,15 +207,20 @@ fi
 density_flag=
 do_compare()
 {
-  if which gm > /dev/null
-  then
-    echo "NOTICE: GraphicsMagick does not support 'compare -fuzz', so omitting it"
-    compare $density_flag $color_flag $backgroundcolor_flag -file png:- "$f1" "$f2" | \
-        montage $density_flag -geometry +4+4 $backgroundcolor_flag "$f1" - "$f2" png:- >"$destfile" 2>/dev/null || true
+
+  printf "Computing image diff for: $(basename $f1) …"
+    
+  # choose horiz or vertical stacking based on whats closer to ideal 16:9 of output image.
+  read -r image1_width image1_height <<< $(identify -format "%w %h" "$f1")
+  # …At this point i'm not sure this is the math i wanted, but the results seem ok so far.
+  if ((($image1_width / ($image1_height * 3)) < 16/9)); then
+      tilearg=3x1
   else
-    compare $density_flag $color_flag $fuzz_flag $backgroundcolor_flag "$f1" "$f2" png:- | \
-        montage $density_flag -geometry +4+4 $backgroundcolor_flag "$f1" - "$f2" png:- >"$destfile" 2>/dev/null || true
+      tilearg=1x3
   fi
+
+  compare $color_flag $fuzz_flag "$f1" "$f2" png:- | \
+      montage -gravity North -geometry +5+5 -background transparent -tile $tilearg "$f1" - "$f2" png:- >"$destfile" 2>/dev/null || true
 }
 
 if which xdg-open > /dev/null
@@ -257,6 +261,7 @@ then
         density_flag="-density $density"
     fi
 
+
     do_compare
     if [ -n "$outputPath" ]
     then
@@ -278,7 +283,9 @@ else
           echo "Copy diff image to $outputPath"
           cp "$destfile" "$outputPath"
         else
-          echo "Showing " "$destfile"
+          #cho "Computing image diff for: $(basename $f1) …"
+
+          echo  "   …" $(hyperlink "file://$destfile" "diff image")
           exec open "$destfile"
           # imgcat < "$destfile"  # i wish this worked but nah. some weird thing where iterm doesnt show it forreal and instaed prints the base64.  cant find a bug
         fi
diff --git a/bin/git_diff_image b/bin/git_diff_image
index fe387235c..a9794ae3c 100755
--- a/bin/git_diff_image
+++ b/bin/git_diff_image
@@ -2,6 +2,17 @@
 
 set -euo pipefail
 
+# this is installed by way of ~/.gitattributes
+
+
+
+# if we're running within fzf dont do this
+if [ -n "${FZF_COLUMNS-}" ] 
+then
+     exit 0
+fi
+
+
 name="$1"
 f1="${2-/dev/null}"
 f2="${5-/dev/null}"
@@ -78,4 +89,5 @@ then
 fi
 
 
-exec "$thisdir/diff-image" $e_flag $o_flag -n "$name1" -N "$name2" "$f1" "$f2"
+# echo "$thisdir/diff-image" $e_flag $o_flag -n "$name1" -N "$name2" "$f1" "$f2"
+"$thisdir/diff-image" $e_flag $o_flag -n "$name1" -N "$name2" "$f1" "$f2"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/bin/imgdiff b/bin/imgdiff
deleted file mode 100755
index e54ff8e9f..000000000
--- a/bin/imgdiff
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-# https://til.hashrocket.com/posts/n44hnf0z99-show-better-image-diff-on-git
-
-echo "HII $2 $1"
-
-if [[ -f "$1" ]] && [[ -f "$2" ]]; then
-  compare "$2" "$1" png:- | montage -geometry +4+4 "$2" - "$1" png:- | imgcat
-else
-  if [[ -f "$1" ]]; then
-    echo "+ Image Added"
-    imgcat "$1"
-  else
-    echo "- Image Removed"
-    imgcat "$2"
-  fi
-fi
-
-exit 0
diff --git a/brew.sh b/brew.sh
index b3b1a2638..a66bca84b 100755
--- a/brew.sh
+++ b/brew.sh
@@ -49,14 +49,7 @@ brew install shellcheck # linting for .sh files
 
 # mtr - ping & traceroute. best.
 brew install mtr
-
-    # allow mtr to run without sudo
-    # https://github.com/traviscross/mtr/issues/204#issuecomment-487325796
-    sudo chmod 4755 $location_of_mtr-packet
-    # on my machine i have a `/usr/local/sbin/mtr-packet` and root owns local/sbin. (thx google!?)
-    # thus, i dont use the homebrew mtr.
-
-
+   # `abbr mtr "sudo mtr"` to avoid forgetting.
 
 # Install other useful binaries
 brew install the_silver_searcher # ack is an alternative, tbh i forget which i like more.
diff --git a/docs/clearing-disk-space.sh b/docs/clearing-disk-space.sh
index 181153121..549fd87f7 100644
--- a/docs/clearing-disk-space.sh
+++ b/docs/clearing-disk-space.sh
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ cask cleanup
 
 ~/Library/Caches/Google/Chrome Canary/Default
 ~/Library/Caches/Google/Chrome/Default
-~/Library/Application Support/stremio/stremio-cache
+
 
 # diskexplorer X is good for big files
 # daisy disk is good for big folders
diff --git a/fish/aliases.fish b/fish/aliases.fish
index 5212ca8f8..cd464fa83 100644
--- a/fish/aliases.fish
+++ b/fish/aliases.fish
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ subcommand_abbr git dbt "diffbranch-that"
 subcommand_abbr npm i "install"
 #subcommand_abbr pnpm i "install"
 
+abbr mtr "sudo mtr"
 
 
 # is it a `main` or a `master` repo?
@@ -147,7 +148,10 @@ alias reportunit 'yarn jest (find report -iname "*-test.js" | grep -v axe)'
 # pretty sure watchexec has just won my heart after years of using `entr`
 alias reportwatch 'watchexec "node build/build-report-components.js && node build/build-report.js --psi && node build/build-sample-reports.js && echo \$(date) && yarn eslint --fix report/renderer/components.js" && bash core/scripts/copy-util-commonjs.sh'
 
+# dt. rpp
+alias rppunit 'npm run unittest -- --expanded-reporting --mocha-fgrep=Processor\|Timeline\|trace\|Trace\|Appender\|Handler\|Performance'
+alias rppinter 'npm run interactionstest -- --test-file-pattern="*/performance/**"'
+alias rppscreen 'third_party/node/node.py --output scripts/test/run_test_suite.js --config test/interactions/test-runner-config.json --mocha-fgrep "[screenshot]" --test-file-pattern="*/performance/**"'
 
-alias rppunit 'npm run auto-unittest -- --expanded-reporting --mocha-fgrep=Processor\|Timeline\|trace\|Appender\|Handler\|Performance'
-alias rppinter 'HTML_OUTPUT_FILE=rppscreenshots.html npm run interactionstest -- --test-file-pattern="*/performance/**"'
-alias rppscreen 'HTML_OUTPUT_FILE=rppscreenshots.html third_party/node/node.py --output scripts/test/run_test_suite.js --config test/interactions/test-runner-config.json --mocha-fgrep "[screenshot]" --test-file-pattern="*/performance/**"'
\ No newline at end of file
+
+abbr xpraclient "xpra attach --video-scaling=off --desktop-scaling=off --dpi=96  --ssh=/usr/bin/ssh 'ssh://glurp/:110'"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/fish/chromium.fish b/fish/chromium.fish
index 9de12e30e..752cd4fb5 100644
--- a/fish/chromium.fish
+++ b/fish/chromium.fish
@@ -58,6 +58,13 @@ function dtb --description "build devtools with a watch loop"
     eval $cmd
 end
 
+function dtbw --description "use watch_build.js"
+    cd ./(git rev-parse --show-cdup)
+
+    # dont let vpython use a 2.7.. seems to only affect this dude
+    VPYTHON_BYPASS="manually managed python not supported by chrome operations" node scripts/watch_build.js
+end
+
 # https://github.com/GoogleChrome/chrome-launcher/blob/main/docs/chrome-flags-for-tools.md
 #                          # Avoid the startup dialog for 'Chromium wants to use your confidential information stored in "Chromium Safe Storage" in your keychain'
 #                                                               # Avoid the startup dialog for 'Do you want the application “Chromium.app” to accept incoming network connections?'
@@ -150,7 +157,7 @@ end
 function glurpgrab --description "dl mac-cross build from glurp"
     glurpgrab0
 
-    maccr
+    maccr-flagged
 end
 
 function maccr
@@ -174,7 +181,7 @@ function crflags
         --disable-extensions --disable-component-extensions-with-background-pages --disable-background-networking --disable-component-update \
         --disable-client-side-phishing-detection --disable-sync --metrics-recording-only --disable-default-apps --mute-audio --no-default-browser-check \
         --no-first-run --disable-backgrounding-occluded-windows --disable-renderer-backgrounding --disable-background-timer-throttling --disable-ipc-flooding-protection \
-        --disable-hang-monitor  --enable-logging=stderr $clutch_chrome_flags --user-data-dir=\(mktemp -d "$TMPDIR/chrome-profile-XXXXX"\)
+        --disable-hang-monitor  $clutch_chrome_flags --user-data-dir=/tmp/glurp-mac-cross   --enable-logging=stderr
     # these two are also good, but tricky to escape for inclusion here: --vmodule='device_event_log*=1' --force-fieldtrials='*BackgroundTracing/default/' 
 end
 
diff --git a/fish/config.fish b/fish/config.fish
index c87b32db8..152b01ade 100644
--- a/fish/config.fish
+++ b/fish/config.fish
@@ -96,6 +96,12 @@ set -g fish_pager_color_progress cyan
 # pull in all shared `export …` aka `set -gx …`
 source ~/.exports
 
+# ctrl-b invokes the fancy boi. but this doesnt really work right.
+bind \cb git-recent-with-fzf-and-diff
+if bind -M insert > /dev/null 2>&1
+    bind -M insert \cb git-recent-with-fzf-and-diff
+end
+
 # TODO debug this
 # this currently messes with newlines in my prompt. lets debug it later.
 # test -e {$HOME}/.iterm2_shell_integration.fish ; and source {$HOME}/.iterm2_shell_integration.fish
diff --git a/fish/functions.fish b/fish/functions.fish
index 6d1e06547..4ad87e48e 100644
--- a/fish/functions.fish
+++ b/fish/functions.fish
@@ -149,12 +149,11 @@ function server -d 'Start a HTTP server in the current dir, optionally specifyin
     # arg can either be port number or extra args to statikk
     if test $argv[1]
       if string match -qr '^-?[0-9]+(\.?[0-9]*)?$' -- "$argv[1]"
-        echo $argv[1] is a number
         set port $argv[1]
-        statikk --open --port "$port"
+        # fancy argv thing to pass all remaining args. eg `server --cors --jsprof`
+        statikk --open --port $argv[1..-1]
       else
-        echo "not a number"
-        statikk --open $argv[1]
+        statikk --open $argv[1..-1]
       end
 
     else
@@ -163,15 +162,6 @@ function server -d 'Start a HTTP server in the current dir, optionally specifyin
 end
 
 
-function emptytrash -d 'Empty the Trash on all mounted volumes and the main HDD. then clear the useless sleepimage'
-    sudo rm -rfv "/Volumes/*/.Trashes"
-    grm -rf "~/.Trash/*"
-    rm -rfv "/Users/paulirish/Library/Application Support/stremio/Cache"
-    rm -rfv "/Users/paulirish/Library/Application Support/stremio/stremio-cache"
-    rm -rfv "~/Library/Application Support/Spotify/PersistentCache/Update/*.tbz"
-    rm -rfv ~/Library/Caches/com.spotify.client/Data
-    rm -rfv ~/Library/Caches/Firefox/Profiles/98ne80k7.dev-edition-default/cache2
-end
 
 function conda -d 'lazy initialize conda'
   functions --erase conda