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2026-03-27 00:55:21 UTC

🔗 The end of the content shortage
"The ennui of infinite content is reversing our spiraling desire for more of it."
💬 Seth Godin
Here’s willing it to be so. https://seths.blog/2026/03/the-end-of-the-content-shortage/

2026-03-27 00:54:52 UTC

🔗 Brad Enslen
"Headlines: ICE is starting to check ID’s in airport security lines. Be warned." https://ramblinggit.com/2026/03/26/good-morning-i-went-to.html

2026-03-26 03:06:14 UTC

Wet. Wet. Very very wet.

2026-03-25 20:14:36 UTC

🔗 Daring Fireball: iOS 26.4
"I like reading release notes from developers who take the time to document changes, and I also like reading “Bug fixes and performance improvements” over and over and over again from developers who do not."
😂 https://daringfireball.net/linked/2026/03/24/ios-264

2026-03-25 20:14:33 UTC

🔗 Daring Fireball: Claude Can Now Take Control of Your Mac
"The Claude Mac client itself remains a lazy Electron clunker. If Claude Code is so good I don’t get why they don’t prove it by using it to make an even halfway decent native Mac app." https://daringfireball.net/linked/2026/03/24/claude-control-mac

2026-03-25 20:13:28 UTC

🔗 Too complicated for people to understand.
"Our first job is to do work that matters for people who care. It helps to follow that up with the scaffolding needed to cause cultural change, so the idea spreads.
But don’t dumb it down to reach people who don’t want to be reached in the first place." https://seths.blog/2026/03/too-complicated-for-people-to-understand/

2026-03-25 03:13:09 UTC

It's Fractal https://john.philpin.com/2026/03/25/its-fractal.html

2026-03-23 23:28:08 UTC

Claude - please rewrite {my copy} in the style of {choose author} - gets {output}.
Chat GPT - please read {output} and tell me who the author is likely to be.
Output = variations of;
"‘this seems to be your voice and tone’"

2026-03-23 23:28:03 UTC

Sad that I would believe Iran before POTUS on this topic. https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2529/2026/9e3841a264.jpg

2026-03-22 22:24:56 UTC

Inspired by @derekpeden I recently started to rate movies, shows and books on a consistent scale - with real rules and bit by bit visiting the archives and updating accordingly.
Posted my 🎬🖇️ Peaky Blinders review this morning and even I was shocked how low it came out - in the old days it would have hit 3... john.philpin.com https://micro.blog/derekpeden https://john.philpin.com/2026/03/23/peaky-blinders-the-immortal-man.html https://john.philpin.com/2026/03/23/inspired-by-derekpeden-i-recently.html

2026-03-22 22:05:49 UTC

I think AUT Marketing need to think things through more … https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2529/2026/1a33016e31.jpg

2026-03-22 20:34:12 UTC

Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man, 2026 - ★★★ https://john.philpin.com/2026/03/23/peaky-blinders-the-immortal-man.html

2026-03-22 19:22:39 UTC

🪦 97 is a hell of a run Len. You can stop now.

2026-03-22 07:29:19 UTC

🎵 Angine de Poitrine
.. right then.

2026-03-22 06:45:32 UTC

Days End https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2529/2026/202d17e68f.jpg

2026-03-21 22:07:29 UTC

🔗 Mike Johnson: Trust us, this war totally had to happen.
Trust you Mike? Are you serious? https://boingboing.net/2026/03/17/mike-johnson-trust-us-this-war-totally-had-to-happen.html

2026-03-21 21:53:24 UTC

🔗 Your AI Remembers Everything. You Own None of It. – Regionally Famous
"Your AI Remembers Everything. You Own None of It."
It’s worse than that … it might remember everything for them … but have you noticed that it never seems to remember everything for you❓ https://regionallyfamous.com/your-ai-remembers-everything-you-own-none-of-it/

2026-03-21 18:17:03 UTC

🔗 Conventional Comments
I get what he’s trying to do … but we seem to be a long way from this working. I think we also are missing a couple or more.
Joke … Rhetorical … Sarcasm … Irony … all spring to mind as concepts that too many people miss as they attempt to ‘finish the internet’. https://weidok.al/2026/03/20/conventional-comments.html

2026-03-21 18:06:16 UTC

🪦 Any regrets Chuck❓

2026-03-21 18:03:41 UTC

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2026-03-21 18:03:33 UTC

… as Doug wrote … https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2529/2026/161adbc2eb.png https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2529/2026/888fb5cc8b.png

2026-03-19 22:03:49 UTC

[@Adactio: These assholes www.openui.com did not do any due diligence before choosing a name.](https://adactio.com/notes/22476)
.. or maybe they did and are just doubling down on their ‘ass-hole-ness’❓ https://www.openui.com/ https://adactio.com/notes/22476

2026-03-19 22:03:45 UTC

🔗 Pejac Transforms Basic Graph Paper into Detailed, Trompe-L’œil Tableaux
Had to share just one of them …
Forever amazed how someone can pick up something like an empty ‘graph book’ and turn it into stunning art. https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2529/2026/bd5b3e3e07.jpg https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2026/03/pejac-graph-paper-graphite-drawings/

2026-03-19 22:03:41 UTC

🔗 Adobe Pays Early Termination Fee, or ‘Settlement’, in U.S. Lawsuit Over Hidden Fees.
I am about to attempt to extract myself from one of Adobe’s products. I wasn’t looking forward to it before I read this. Now? https://pxlnv.com/linklog/adobe-ftc-settlement/

2026-03-19 22:03:41 UTC

🔗 Marc Andreessen is wrong about introspection
… Joan - not just about introspection. https://www.joanwestenberg.com/marc-andreessen-is-wrong-about-introspection/

2026-03-19 22:01:22 UTC

🔗 Nostalgia and Decay Meet Theatricality in Andrew Moore’s Dramatic Photos
Eclipsed by neglect. Beautiful in their fading obscurity.
Bernie and Elton came to mind - though they weren’t talking buildings ….
"It’s sad, so sad, it’s a sad, sad situation
And it’s getting more and more absurd" https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2026/03/andrew-moore-theater-architecture-nostalgia-photographs/

2026-03-19 03:15:16 UTC

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2026-03-19 02:58:49 UTC

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2026-03-18 02:39:41 UTC

delete the entire public directory from the web - and upload this new directory - hell … why not❓

2026-03-17 23:31:39 UTC

📸 What Victoria Market was before it was Victoria Market - where that 🖇️ Indian Restaurant is. https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2529/2026/b4498ecf83.jpg https://john.philpin.com/2026/03/18/just-parked-outside-one-of.html

2026-03-17 23:30:35 UTC

📸 Aerial view of Herne Bay - exactly 100 years ago. The big white buildings in the middle? The Tram Barns. Long gone. To give you a clue of how long ago that is - a number of the buildings built after the barns were demolished are of the Art Deco persuasion and are now ‘listed’ buildings. https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2529/2026/124d94dba2.jpg

2026-03-17 23:21:46 UTC

📸 Just parked outside one of the better Indian Restaurants in Auckland … https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2529/2026/c7c0f0cc00.jpg

2026-03-17 23:20:54 UTC

🖇️ When I wrote this earlier today - i hadn’t received my daily Readwise … that somehow seems to connect …. https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2529/2026/img-3157.png https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2529/2026/img-3158.png https://john.philpin.com/2026/03/18/steve-blank-your-startup-is.html

2026-03-17 23:16:16 UTC

🔗 Ranked: Americans' Favorite News Sites
Key Takeaways
BBC News has the highest approval rating among Americans at 51%.
No other news website reaches 50% positive opinion among respondents.
Yahoo News (48%) ranks second and is the top U.S.-based brand
My key takeaway is actually not called out …
ESPN...
john.philpin.com https://www.visualcapitalist.com/ranked-americans-favorite-news-sites/ https://john.philpin.com/2026/03/18/ranked-americans-favorite-news-sites.html

2026-03-17 23:12:56 UTC

Brilliant and Lovely all at the same time.
“This Is Not The Computer For You” · Sam Henri Gold
"The kid who tries to run Blender on a Chromebook doesn’t learn that his machine can’t handle it. He learns that Google decided he’s not allowed to. Those are completely different lessons."
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"The reviews can tell you what a computer is for. They have very little interest in what you might become because of one." https://samhenri.gold/blog/20260312-this-is-not-the-computer-for-you/?ref=birchtree.me

2026-03-17 22:53:55 UTC

🔗 Daring Fireball: PC Makers Are Not Ready for the MacBook Neo
"This idea that because it’s “an iPhone chip” the Neo is not capable of, say, editing 4K video is utterly ignorant. You know what computers are fully capable of editing 4K video? iPhones." https://daringfireball.net/linked/2026/03/14/pc-makers-are-not-ready-for-the-macbook-neo

2026-03-17 22:48:06 UTC

🔗😂🤓 One of the best Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal’s ‘EVA’ https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2529/2026/img-3159.png https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/philosophy-5

2026-03-17 22:45:05 UTC

🔗 Steve Blank - Your Startup Is Probably Dead On Arrival
"If you started a company more than two years ago, it’s likely that many of your assumptions are no longer true."
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"The bottleneck is no longer engineering. It’s moving up the stack to judgment, customer insight for desired outcomes and distribution."
Both true - and in the apps we are building there is heavy reliance on AI to do the ‘heavy’ lifting - I mean - we humans aren’t designed to lift heavy things (speaking from personal experience some 30 years ago) - BUT we are awfully good at being human - which our apps definitely lean into.
And... john.philpin.com https://steveblank.com/2026/03/17/your-startup-is-probably-dead-on-arrival/ https://john.philpin.com/2026/03/18/steve-blank-your-startup-is.html

2026-03-17 22:35:28 UTC

🔗 Apple’s real intelligence? Winning the waiting game | The Macalope
"We’ve gone from “AI does everything so we can now lay off all our staff!” to “We have to lay off all our staff because AI is sucking all our resources.” It’s almost as if AI is being as an excuse for layoffs."
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"Ha-ha! That would be silly! Because, in reality, we know that there really is no problem that cannot be solved by laying off vast swaths of the people who have devoted their careers to you. It’s just math." https://www.macworld.com/article/3090472/apples-not-exactly-missing-it.html

2026-03-17 22:20:09 UTC

🔗📸 Waffle Shop 1950 From Shorpy
Just a wonderful image from the folks at Shorpy. https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2529/2026/6dedc548aa.jpg https://www.shorpy.com/node/80

2026-03-17 21:56:24 UTC

🔗📼 Makes sense even today https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0SM3pLcl_c_

2026-03-16 18:10:42 UTC

🔗 The Last Quiet Thing | Terry Godier
Absolutely wonderful opening … superb and engaging layout .. do kept going .. and have to say the end was just as great … but there is a middle bit … quite a large middle bit - that is stuff I’ve read before .. we all (should) know .. that I found uninteresting and... john.philpin.com https://www.terrygodier.com/the-last-quiet-thing https://john.philpin.com/2026/03/17/the-last-quiet-thing-terry.html

2026-03-16 18:02:23 UTC

🔗 Reuters tries to out Banksy: … | Alan Jacobs
.. what Alan said. https://social.ayjay.org/2026/03/16/reuters-tries-to-out-banksy.html

2026-03-15 20:21:02 UTC

#I F

2026-03-15 08:36:41 UTC

🔗Paperwork - Futility Closet
"Meek young men grow up in libraries, believing it their duty to accept the views, which Cicero, which Locke, which Bacon, have given, forgetful that Cicero, Locke, and Bacon were only young men in libraries when they wrote these books."
💬 Ralph Waldo Emerson https://www.futilitycloset.com/2026/03/11/paperwork-6/

2026-03-15 08:18:22 UTC

🔗 Apple Music launches AI transparency tags — but only if labels and distributors declare them.
.. and thats the rub. https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/apple-music-launches-ai-transparency-tags-but-only-if-labels-and-distributors-choose-to-declare-them

2026-03-15 05:40:31 UTC

Just discovered Brockmire and love it - but cannot shake out of my head that he’s a non PC precursor to Ted Lasso.

2026-03-15 02:02:34 UTC

🔗 The Return of Travis Kalanick: Fact & Fluff!
"I’ll be damned if I am not interested. And I’ll be damned if I don’t want to see what he does next. That doesn’t mean I need to gulp his MBA-speak as wisdom. I will call the game as I see it being played."
💬 Om https://om.co/2026/03/14/the-fact-fluff-of-return-of-travis-kalanick/

2026-03-13 23:06:20 UTC

🔗🎵😂 Africa by Toto with the lyrics switched out for the countries. https://flowingdata.com/2026/03/13/africa-by-toto-with-the-lyrics-switched-out-for-the-countries/

2026-03-13 02:07:03 UTC

📺 Godless ★★★ https://john.philpin.com/2026/03/13/godless.html

2026-03-13 01:53:00 UTC

📺 His & Hers ★★ https://john.philpin.com/2026/03/13/his-hers.html

2026-03-13 00:55:53 UTC

📺 The Wives ★★ https://john.philpin.com/2026/03/13/the-wives.html

2026-03-12 22:58:21 UTC

🔗 WordPress Everywhere | Matt Mullenweg
… still not sure I understand this - but added to the ‘explore more’ list. https://ma.tt/2026/03/wordpress-everywhere/

2026-03-12 22:58:00 UTC

🔗 ROOTS - Return Old Online Things to your own site.
I like this. It is what I have been doing as I consolidate all the various properties I have got in too many places.
Which reminds me - time to get back on the Instagram import - which is currently a #FAIL - because the import seems to be pulling all the... john.philpin.com https://macwright.com/2026/03/12/roots.html https://john.philpin.com/2026/03/13/roots-return-old-online-things.html

2026-03-12 22:57:59 UTC

🔗 Historic Architecture Emerges from Stone in Matthew Simmonds Ethereal Sculptures
.. oh my … gorgeous - and the detail! https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2026/03/matthew-simmonds-architecture-marble-stone-carving-sculptures/

2026-03-12 01:02:38 UTC

💬 Lettres Décoratives: Is a Celebration of Fin de Siècle Sign Painters and Vibrant Letterforms
I have gotten through the last 15 years or so not even coming across the expression ‘Fin de Siècle’ - much less using it in anger - and now three times in less than a week!
I blame @mitchwagner https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2026/03/lettres-decoratives-book-french-sign-painting/ https://micro.blog/mitchwagner

2026-03-12 00:56:56 UTC

💬 Stewart Brand on Musk, Bezos and his extraordinary life: ‘We don’t need to passively accept our fate’. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/feb/25/tech-legend-stewart-brand-on-musk-bezos-and-his-extraordinary-life-we-dont-need-to-passively-accept-our-fate

2026-03-12 00:55:49 UTC

🔗 Fleeting
"I think everything we do is fleeting, which is not a reason to give up on it all, but sometimes the sheer scope of what fleets away gives me pause." http://williamgallagher.com/selfdistract/2026/03/06/fleeting/

2026-03-12 00:43:05 UTC

🔗 Scripting News: ChatGPT-the-Movie … I must have missed this on Bluesky when @dave first posted it 9 months ago - and no idea how it now got resurfaced. 🤷🏻‍♂️ http://scripting.com/2025/07/14/115101.html https://micro.blog/dave

2026-03-12 00:37:49 UTC

💬 The Essence of a Machine - Om
"I can’t remember when I used the words “cute” and “want” about a computer in the same breath." https://om.co/2026/03/10/the-essence-of-a-machine/

2026-03-12 00:35:45 UTC

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2026-03-12 00:35:14 UTC

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2026-03-12 00:35:00 UTC

💬 Experian and TransUnion Are Leaving More Mistakes on Credit Reports
I will never understand how these companies became so powerful. Yes - I have read explanations. No - I don’t understand how they were allowed. https://www.propublica.org/article/credit-report-mistakes-cfpb-experian-transunion

2026-03-12 00:31:21 UTC

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2026-03-11 01:17:08 UTC

🔗 Dave Winer on Manton’s Inkwell
"I could import my feeds into Inkwell, it supports OPML import, but the subs would not stay in sync. Something for Manton to worry about in a few months."
IMHO - something for the world of RSS to think about. Like mail clients - there is not even a ‘one size fits one’ - thats why I have multiple apps - but as more recently appeared importing and exporting OPML is very tedious.
And don’t even get me started on where I put new discoveries. http://scripting.com/2026/03/09/222320.html

2026-03-11 01:16:02 UTC

🔗 Don’t worry, Apple isn’t going all practical.
"For years, Apple was told it absolutely had to make a netbook, and the company looked at netbooks and said, “Ew, David,”, which is weird because “Schitt’s Creek” would not come out for like six more years."
The Macalope does have a way with words. https://www.macworld.com/article/3083225/apples-not-cheapening-out.html

2026-03-11 01:10:24 UTC

🔗 The most brilliant move in corporate history? – Asymco
"Apple didn’t miss the AI revolution. It just bet that the winners won’t be the ones who build the infrastructure. They’ll be the ones who own the customer and no one else on Earth owns the best customers."
And to keep it all balanced …
🔗 Apple is Writing Product Checks That Siri Can’t Cash - Siegler
"Because Apple so badly bungled their AI strategy in 2023 and 2024, they’re missing shipping targets for actual products in 2025 and 2026." https://asymco.com/2026/03/10/the-most-brilliant-move-in-corporate-history/ https://spyglass.org/apple-homepad-delay-siri/

2026-03-11 01:07:33 UTC

Seth: 🔗 Small changes to big systems
"What doesn’t scale? Trust, attention and belonging."
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"AI is making relatively small changes to very big systems, everywhere we look. But if those systems are built on the desires of humans, we will need to earn trust, attention and belonging more than ever before." https://seths.blog/2026/03/small-changes-to-big-systems/

2026-03-10 21:13:39 UTC

Text Expander unilaterally cancelled my account after god knows how many years.
I wrote and asked why. No reply.
I went to SetApp and found Rocket Typist - a Text Expander replacement.
So far so good (iOS aside) - but for the 4 shortcuts I use there, it shouldn’t be hard.

2026-03-09 21:22:47 UTC

You seek to effect regime change by kidnapping the President of the country - turns out there’s a new leader - but the regime is still in place.
You seek to effect regime change by bombing the shit out of a country and assassinating the leader - turns out there’s a new leader - but the regime is still in... john.philpin.com https://john.philpin.com/2026/03/10/you-seek-to-effect-regime.html

2026-03-09 00:27:20 UTC

Uou know that thing that Dario had about Claude not being allowed to control bombs and stuff?
I agree. This morning has been a total waste due to ‘Claude farts’ - it is definitely not ready for bombs. Had I known I would have modified the CSS myself!

2026-03-08 21:45:58 UTC

I think Claude got ‘upgraded’ over the weekend

2026-03-08 19:52:08 UTC

Seriously - ‘compacting’ again - twice in as many minutes❗️

2026-03-07 23:05:23 UTC

"You’re right to call me out."
💬 Claude
… too right buster❗️

2026-03-07 19:38:30 UTC

"“Vladimir Putin reaffirmed Russia’s principled stance in favour of an immediate cessation of hostilities, the rejection of force as a method to solve any issues surrounding Iran or ‌arising ⁠in the Middle East, and a swift return to the path of diplomatic resolution," the Kremlin said."
… got it.

2026-03-07 00:51:16 UTC

‘They’ (there ‘they’ are again) always say that “we should look for the things that we have in common” …. https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2529/2026/6ba12babd3.jpg

2026-03-07 00:49:18 UTC

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2026-03-06 23:45:11 UTC

🔗 Just in from Scott Brinker
"I’ve been hypothesizing that the next iteration of great SaaS platforms could evolve toward context-as-a-service (CaaS)"
… on this we differ
Meanwhile - one of my ‘graphics under development’ .. this one talking about ‘forgetting’ the 4Ps and start thinking 4Es - that I most recently talked about 🖇️ here.
Bottom line - we keep talking about change - radical change - and yet for some reason - our thinking is not radical - witness that we keep building ‘systems of experience’ on ‘systems of record’ infrastructure.
… and we wonder why it’s not working? https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2529/2026/the-loyalty-loop-1200px.png https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2529/2026/750fd6fa2a.jpg https://newsletter.chiefmartec.com/p/could-loyalty-systems-be-killer-context-as-a-service-caas-platforms https://john.philpin.com/2026/02/07/i-agree-with-the-call.html https://substack.philpin.com/p/marketing-in-2025

2026-03-06 19:04:11 UTC

Do Nazis and White Supremacists use MS Word?
Asking for a friend. (Who is wondering if it is ok to continue to use Word … even if they are.)

2026-03-06 04:19:55 UTC

My Wiki is Really Coming Together https://john.philpin.com/2026/03/06/my-wiki-is-really-coming.html

2026-03-05 22:32:29 UTC

🔗 How far back in time can you understand English?
F A S C I A T I N G https://www.deadlanguagesociety.com/p/how-far-back-in-time-understand-english

2026-03-05 22:30:26 UTC

🔗 Nicholas Carr: What is it … | Alan Jacobs
"What fills the pattern at any given instant –what we call content– is fungible and disposable. It’s not important. It’s the pattern, the form the content fits and replicates, that’s important."
“fungible and disposable” - 🖇️ been writing about this for years - eventually the term will disappear - once all the juice has been extracted. https://social.ayjay.org/2026/03/05/nicholas-carr-what-is-it.html https://john.philpin.com/2019/07/27/friends-dont-let.html

2026-03-05 22:30:20 UTC

🔗 Explore Financial Disclosures From President Trump and 1,500 of His Appointees - ProPublica
… another public service. https://projects.propublica.org/trump-team-financial-disclosures/

2026-03-05 22:27:37 UTC

🔗 Apple’s strategy is actually genius if you think about it …
Horace replays a post from 3 years ago.
One question - intentional or accidental? https://asymco.com/2026/03/05/apples-strategy-is-actually-genius-if-you-think-about-it/

2026-03-05 22:22:17 UTC

🔗 MacBook Neo: Apple Makes A Bacon, Egg And Cheese Sandwich
"To explain it in breakfast terms: Apple can’t get itself excited about making and selling a $6 takeout bacon, egg, and cheese sandwich on an English muffin. But it’ll apply an almost terrifying amount of institutional energy towards the development of a $60 hotel restaurant breakfast."
💬 Andy Ihnatko
In amongst the endless posts about Apple this week - quite simply the best post and even includees the Apple video - which is the only other standout piece of media this week. https://ihnatko.com/macbook-neo-apple-makes-a-bacon-egg-and-cheese-sandwich/

2026-03-05 21:14:51 UTC

Just leaving this here .. noting that if the US was buying at the same per capita rate as New Zealand they’d be up around the Israel level .. a country that the The Tяump Аппаратчик most self identifies with .. so would seem more appropriate❓ https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2529/2026/b2835c44f3.png

2026-03-05 21:01:38 UTC

So long, farewell, auf wiedersehen, goodbye
So long, farewell, auf wiedersehen, adieu
So long, farewell, auf wiedersehen, good night
I leave and heave a sigh and say goodbye - goodbye!
Adieu, adieu, to yieu and yieu and yieu
Take your pick and good riddance

2026-03-04 01:46:21 UTC

🔗 Ryan Barrett
"It’s VCs’ job to predict the future in all sorts of directions, and be extremely confident about those predictions, and also be wrong 9 out of 10 times. Remember that next time you hear a VC say…anything."
Not choosing any particular VC over any other - but you know who I am talking about. Right❓ https://snarfed.org/2026-03-02_56650

2026-03-04 01:46:20 UTC

🔗 I’ve never had the experience of parenting a 6-year-old child. But I’ve dealt with MacOS system.
Tpjust choose one from the post …
Oh, your USB devices stopped working? Huh. Isn’t that strange? Seeing as your Mac is under-performing – for some odd reason that Software Update has no knowledge of, honestly – perhaps this period of limited productivity would be a good time to install that System Software Update that’s been loitering in the Notifications tray, like an untipped bellhop?
💬 Andy Ihnatko https://ihnatko.com/ive-never-had-the-experience-of-parenting-a-6-year-old-child-but-ive-dealt-with-macos-system-updates/

2026-03-02 17:12:22 UTC

Day Two
Reuters Headline speaks to the chaos in The Middle East
"Kuwait mistakenly shot down three American F-15E fighter jets"

2026-03-01 23:17:23 UTC

Behind the firewall - so not read - but beyond the headline - what else do you need❓ https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2529/2026/paste-e6bcd927.png

2026-03-01 23:09:07 UTC

🔗 Terry Godier on his new … | Alan Jacobs
"(and I have that disabled in NetNewsWire anyway). "
Thank you. I get complaints about bad tech - valid.
It is also time to start complaining about how bad people are in even understanding the tech that they spend so much money on. Notifications is one - but the list could be pretty endless …
One that keeps pushing through on my feeds …
"On ’Notion’ it was easy - why can’t Craft …."
… because this is Craft - not Notion. Pretty simple really. https://social.ayjay.org/2026/03/01/terry-godier-on-his-new.html

2026-03-01 20:36:04 UTC

Which ‘claw’ should I install?

2026-02-28 23:42:31 UTC

He might be right - no idea - but certainly not taking his word for it.

2026-02-27 08:10:04 UTC

I will share the links tomorrow - but in the meantime you can do no worse than jumping on your podcast player of choice looking up the latest release of Ed Zitron and Douglas Rushkoff. Totally seperate - not connected - other than I loved them both. Go. See you tomorrow.

2026-02-27 04:50:22 UTC

🔗 LLMs Generate Predictable Passwords - Schneier on Security
"Password generation seems precisely the thing that LLMs shouldn’t be good at. But if AI agents are doing things autonomously, they will be creating accounts. So this is a problem."
We’re screwed aren’t we? https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/02/llms-generate-predictable-passwords.html

2026-02-26 20:20:32 UTC

"This is the end, beautiful friend
This is the end, my only friend, the end" https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2529/2026/b4de0b5159.jpg

2026-02-26 20:12:13 UTC

Spring is sprung
The grass is Riz
I wonder where the boidies iz
Some say the boid is on da wing
But that’s absoid
It’s clear - the wing is on the boid
.. a little dirty my dad used to recite when I was a lad .. came to mind this morning as I saw comments that ‘spring is springin’.

2026-02-26 19:51:47 UTC

I like current … but I get annoyed that it doesn’t share its repository with my other reader … s (it’s a sickness) … I think I might have to split my rss sources into two.

2026-02-26 19:49:56 UTC

I think Veroni ar doubl counting … isn’t X and Pornhub the same thing❓ https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2529/2026/77d41d73f1.jpg