I think this is pretty much the only thing I came across today which is worth reading …
🔗 Sometimes powerful people just do dumb shit
"There’s a particular kind of person who can’t accept that story at face value, and you’ve met th... john.philpin.com/2026/04/14/i-think-this-...
Do people still use ‘N.B.’ and if not - what has replaced it❓
slow news day = or just repetitive news day❓
"Pope Leo is WEAK on Crime, and terrible for Foreign Policy."
💬 you know who …
Pots and kettles spring to mind.
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🔗 Khaled Abou Alfa
"Talking with my mother about the US/Iran negotiations and she dropped a gem, ‘It takes Iranians 12 years to make a rug. You can’t expect them to negotiate peace in 1 day.’"
Fantastic
🔗 Asymco Bulletin 008 – Apr 12, 2026
"The Motley Fool asks: Where Will Apple Stock Be in 5 Years? → Not reading this article is probably a wise decision."
Horace is definitely not ‘up’ on the punditry of ‘The Fool’.
I did not expect to see (I wont say ‘read’) an article called 🔗 Jimi Hendrix’s Analog Wizardry Explained in an IEEE site when I ‘feed perused’ this morning - but it does connect.
"Hendrix didn’t speak in decibels and ohm values, but ... john.philpin.com/2026/04/13/i-did-not-exp...
After 16,000 words it would seem that the answer whether Sam can be trusted sepends on who you ask. Caveat … not read it .. but listened to the Hard Fork interview.
💬 One of the original artists in the history of Structured Thought. Flatland was published in 1884.
Not one - not two - not even three - but FOUR - count them - FOUR definitions of .card-photo in the CSS fighting with each other - and none of them are winning. No wonder the file is so big …😬
📸 Tonight’s sunset is very different to 🖇️ last night’s - probably a lot to do with the cyclone hitting tomorrow.
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The whole piece is so funny - but I have set it start at the point where he is talking about a problem that I guarantee has affected you dear reader.
🔗 When The WIFI Doesn’t Work
🔗 MacOS Seemingly Crashes After 49 Days of Uptime – a ‘Feature’ Perhaps Exclusive to Tahoe
"And if I’m wrong about the post being AI slop and a human at Photon actually wrote this, I would suggest taking it easy with the cocaine."
💬 John Gruber
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I do watch Jason - he’s another Liam in many ways - same character - same principles - same story - but make it entertaining. He usually delivers. But this little piece of knowledge I did not know.
🔗 Shelter (2026) | Brandon’s Journal... john.philpin.com/2026/04/11/i-do-watch-ja...
🔗 Creating the conditions for magic | Seth’s Blog
"We hire architects to design expensive buildings, but we design expensive human interactions as an afterthought."
🔗 Adobe Is Mucking With Users’ /etc/hosts Files – Pixel Envy
I have precisely ONE product installed from Adobe - essentially using their equivalent of Documentum. I need to move to something else that is not Adobe or Documentum... john.philpin.com/2026/04/11/adobe-is-muck...
Morning Claude
"Can you look through all of our conversations and across all projects and give me an action list of projects that we have started but are not yet complete. In a seperate list - and reading between the lines - ar... john.philpin.com/2026/04/11/morning-claud...
A vibrant sunset sky with rich orange and red hues is silhouetted by the outlines of trees.
A vibrant sunset with orange and pink hues illuminates the sky above a silhouette of trees and hills.
A vibrant sunset sky glows in shades of orange and red above silhouetted trees and a distant coastline.
Silhouetted palm trees stand against a vivid red and orange sunset sky.
📸 Got to say we do see some good sunsets from time to time - but this one …🤯 … never seen anything like it from this balcony.
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🔗 Attention and effort
"Attention and trust continue their dance, and our choices determine how we’ll show up in the marketplace. Burning trust to get attention rarely pays off."
💬 Seth Godin
🔗 Banksy, Satoshi & The Unmasking Impulse – On my Om
"Unmasking either one isn’t just invasive. It is destructive to what they built."
it takes almost the same amount of time and energy to manage tiny projects as it does to manage massive projects
🔗 The Moon was Never the Point - Gapingvoid
Like for like I would argue that there is some kind of normal distribution curve at play here … where Gapingvoid’s conclusion is correct in the center - but wrong at the extremes.
5 - 50... john.philpin.com/2026/04/10/the-moon-was-...
🔗 Steve Blank Nowhere Is Safe
"The problem is a lack of urgency and imagination."
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"Oceans on both sides and friendly nations on our borders have lulled America into a false sense of security. After all, the U.S. has not fought a foreign force on American soil since 1812."
Problem Solved …
