John Philpin Ⓜ️

Co Founder | The Future Found ... if you don’t find that too many 'founds'.

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2024-08-27 03:58:38

I don’t THINK I shared this already … ‘Mercenary versus Missionary’ - 💬 Christopher Lockhead
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2024-08-27 03:57:53

💬 Stowe Boyd - Pace Layers Applied To Work
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2024-08-15 07:55:34

Series 1 is being made into a Spielberg movie. Great series because it opened my ears to a US political history that I knew nothing about.
Just finished Series 2 - and certainly knew some of the McCarthy story - though the bits I knew about were hardly touched, in turn revealing a whole backstory I knew nothing about.
A large number of characters in Series 2 made appearances in Series 1. In other words a clear arc … that goes on ... https://john.philpin.com/2024/08/15/series-is-being.html

2024-08-13 01:54:16

🔗 📼 🎵 📸 Matchstalk men and matchstalk cats and dogs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmopSVOMSsU
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2024-08-08 05:27:50

They who are being parodied are apparently seeking this ‘lol’ site to ‘cease and desist’ - because really - there is nothing more important … right?
🔗 Failing What Matters Most - Your Premier EDR (Endpoint Destruction and Razing) Partner Since 2024! https://clownstrike.lol/

2024-08-07 00:00:26

"We can’t wait to see what you will come up with …"
My gut says that phrase emerged from Apple and now everyone uses it … Today’s Craft announcement for example.
It’s use is as ubiquitous as
"Let’s get to it"
The English language is vast - and the ‘vastnesss’ affords occasional variation.

2024-08-06 22:42:01

I am boycotting Twitter .. sorry, that other name is just stupid. Wondering if I too am going to to be sued .. like Mars et al ..

2024-08-06 22:17:59

Filed in the #ThingsYouShouldntDoubleDownOnBucket
"JD Vance’s Wife: My Husband Only Meant to Insult People Who Actively Choose Not to Have Kids, Not People Who Are Trying but Are Unsuccessful"

2024-08-05 04:45:14

‘Riots and Protests’ - all bundled together as one .. shouldn’t we expect better from The Grauniad. They are substantially different.
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2024-08-05 04:28:03

What incentive is there for a business to focus on process, quality and ‘getting it right’ if even something as big as this has zero financial impact?
"Notably, both analysts aren’t predicting a big loss from irate customers asking for compensation, in part because many likely have insurance against these risks. J.P. Morgan guessed CrowdStrike might have to put aside $500 million for potential legal action and related costs. As a ... https://john.philpin.com/2024/08/05/what-incentive-is.html

2024-08-05 04:20:25

"She is the first female vice president in U.S. history and also the first Black woman to hold the office.
If you are the first female vice president, aren’t you by definition the first black woman to hold the office?"

2024-08-04 21:54:12

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@npub1tch…uhta
DREAM .. DERAM their old record company
THRESHOLD .. their new ( and own ) record company

2024-08-03 22:32:17

Trying out a second mechanism for newsletter, blog, podcast and YouTube follows. It’s not binary … more like three strikes you’re out ..
The first I introduced a few months ago … centering around introductions … “blah blah blah, I really don’t care what you are saying, and more often than not … when that opener ends with …
"ok .. let’s get too it."
Strike 1.
The new one is that somewhere in the body, there is a ramble of context ... https://john.philpin.com/2024/08/04/trying-out-a.html

2024-08-02 00:34:49

Just in case you think that all VCs are like Thiel and Andreesen … no … no they are not - they are just the loudest voices with the quietest money.
🔗 VCs for Kamala https://www.vcsforkamala.org/

2024-07-29 04:44:50

Youngsters probably don’t remember Autonomy. I do.
No time to write too much about it, so look it up and then don’t believe everything you read. Like this …
"Federal prosecutors on Monday painted one-time British tech star Mike Lynch as the ruthless mastermind of an $11 billion deal that defrauded Silicon Valley pioneer Hewlett Packard."
Prompted to post this now because I just listened to 🔗🎙️ Mike Lynch (Founder and CEO ... https://john.philpin.com/2024/07/29/youngsters-probably-dont.html

2024-07-29 03:32:42

Weird.

2024-07-29 01:44:09

I have been with 🍎🗺️ since the start and definitely felt the pain. But. BUT - thanks to Google I stuck with it.
🔗 Delighted to see this.
"Apple Maps is one of the best examples of the power of persistence I can think of. It started as a laughing stock, but now, for people in many countries, it’s arguably the best maps service."
💬 John Gruber https://beta.maps.apple.com

2024-07-28 22:36:35

"🔗 Some have speculated that the reason Trump picked somebody arguably more odious and evil than himself for a running mate is for assassination insurance - i.e. to discourage would-be assassins from making their move so they don’t unwittingly make a bigger piece of shit president in his place."
😂😂😂 https://open.substack.com/pub/poolish/p/the-poolish-coconut-elegy-edition

2024-07-28 22:35:35

The image is a little out of focus. Sorry.
Night sky was black, the ‘little boats’ left yesterday.
A couple of lights usually bobbing on the water. Not last night.
Today you can’t even see some of the cliffs on the island, much less the Coromandel.
Somehow the Sun is forcing itself through.
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2024-07-28 22:35:33

The Seine passed tests for levels of pollution a few days ago.
Then there were heavy rains.
Now the Seine is too polluted to swim in.
So the rain is polluted?
More pollutants were forced into the Paris part of the Seine because of the extra water?
What?

2024-07-28 07:23:57

Why are foreign language shows dubbed with one version of English and subtitled with a different version. I mean TOTALLY DIFFERENT.

2024-07-28 00:19:12

Maybe I am not following this kind of news tightly enough, but my suspicion is outside of the specific affected geographies it isn’t being written about too much. But it should be.
Let me translate. The Park Fire in California is the 7th largest in Recorded Californian History. It is 2 days old.
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2024-07-28 00:10:54

Over The Space of 45 Minutes: https://john.philpin.com/2024/07/28/over-the-space.html

2024-07-27 07:06:45

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Where I ask
> … If the machine is so good at finding and recommending the best people for your organization - why are they so bad at finding and recommending a good movie, book or shirt for you when you are trying to buy something?
https://substack.philpin.com/p/is-average-our-new-aspiration

2024-07-27 06:48:42

In case you were wondering about 🖇️that last post, 🖇️ I just dispatched this on t Substack, which links back.
Thinking about performance. https://john.philpin.com/2024/07/27/what-is-a.html

2024-07-27 06:44:49

Find Me Falling, 2024 - ★★★: https://john.philpin.com/2024/07/27/find-me-falling.html

2024-07-27 01:00:06

What Is A High-performing System?: https://john.philpin.com/2024/07/27/what-is-a.html

2024-07-27 00:11:43

In New Zealand I run my phone on SparkNZ, who sent me an email that included this line;
"It looks like the device you’re using relies on 3G for some functions, so it’s important you use our device checker to confirm whether you need to replace your device to stay connected."
As far as I know, the only function 3G has on my phone is when there isn’t a 4G network - which is surely a Spark issue, not a phone issue?
Or am I missing ... https://john.philpin.com/2024/07/27/in-new-zealand.html

2024-07-26 06:59:34

🪦 Bob - I only just realized. I hadn’t seen the news - but it does explain why my YouTube feed was full of some of your classics. Thank you. I have laughed with you for years. So did my Mum and Dad. You were THAT good.

2024-07-26 05:34:50

I have no idea why I hadn’t seen this already - I mean - it is 6 years old. But now I have - I am sharing.
🔗 📼 Ray Dalio - Radical Transparency and Algorithmic Decision-making https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXbsVbFAczg

2024-07-24 23:30:21

If you want any proof that facts no longer matter ….
Since April based on the rumor of one man, shares rose 73%.
Those same shares dropped 8% over night on the facts that revenue only grew 2%, profit dropped 45%, a second quarter of reduced deliveries of product, missed Wall Street Forecasts of the FOURTH quarter and delivery of that very rumor is delayed.

2024-07-24 21:53:12

🪦 A force of nature. A musician’s musician. A great ride and a phenomenal catalogue. You gave us you .. and everyone else. Farewell John and thank you.

2024-07-22 05:13:22

Kier Starmer Talks Our Language
Kier Starmer opened last week’s European Political Community Meeting. He talked for a little over 10 minutes and a full 25% of that speech was devoted to the exact problem we are working on at The Future Found. I think this clip might find itself on the new site we are currently building. (The Full Introduction - including Zelenskyy)
Your browser does not support ... https://john.philpin.com/2024/07/22/kier-starmer-talks.html

2024-07-21 20:51:39

Noting that Google have taken it upon themselves to destroy even more of the internet.
They know no bounds do they?

2024-07-20 00:08:19

I had nearly 100 podcasts in my queue … so purge time - again. Down to four and at the same time unfollowed a number of streams - mainly ‘tech’ ones where the host(s) are wandering off topic into subject areas that they clearly do not understand. #LifeIsToShort
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2024-07-20 00:02:34

💬 🎵
I find a lot ogf Andrew Hickey’s observations quite insightful. Like this one ….
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2024-07-19 23:02:28

😂😂😂😂😂
"Guilfoyle, who has not yet learned to speak, but has perfected the art of shouting, was in typically understated mode. (James Poniewozik, The New York Times’ chief TV critic, wrote that her speech had threatened to “Make America Deaf Again.”)"

2024-07-18 02:59:59

Four Dweebs who are on record with their douchiness does not constitute ‘all’ ‘VCs’ or ‘Silicon Valley’ who are the others racing towards a love affair with ‘Trance’ ?
I think they have confused their mushrooms with ‘the ticket’.

2024-07-18 02:47:01

A new bank card for me involves a ceremony that includes cutting the old card into bits and distributing the bits into various places .. today I got my new 🍎💳, the ceremony needs a tweak .. replace scissors with hacksaw?

2024-07-15 22:53:43

"Your ancestors survived centuries of floods, wars, famine, slavery, and plagues for you to sit on the toilet and compare your life to people on the internet you’ve never met.
Be grateful."
💬 Mark Manson

2024-07-15 22:33:58

Pretty Easy Task …
"Please put the newspaper back in the right order, Se that the next customer can enjoy it like you.
Thank you"
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2024-07-15 22:01:38

One of these headlines is not likely to the other two .. and I do not understand why it isn’t at the top in capital letters.
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2024-07-15 05:57:12

One of my great friends in the world - John from the UK, lives in Oregon with his wife and are visiting Ann’s home county … Maui and right now are at Oceans Vodka waiting for the seats to fill up to hear another great friend - Randall Rospond perform with even more friends - Tom Conway and Rand Coon.
"The World Is Small."
// @crossingthetheshold
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2024-07-15 02:46:34

"“At this time, we have no reason to believe that there is any other existing threat out there,” said state police Lt. Col. George Bivens."
Doesn’t sound right to me.

2024-07-15 01:08:04

🔗 Stepping Back From the Precipice - Sam Harris
Judging by how much you can read of this before the paywall - I would argue that Sam should make this free for all to read. https://open.substack.com/pub/samharris/p/stepping-back-from-the-precipice

2024-07-14 05:23:41

Three quick Instas …. that I saved during the week …
🔗 😵‍💫 Pen Tapping - one day he might have hi own drum set.
🔗 😂 Dave Allen - teaching you how to tell the time.
🔗 🚘 A GPS for your car - circa 1971www.instagram.com/reel/C8qR…) - holy mackarel. https://www.instagram.com/reel/C9IwsJTvWFT

2024-07-13 01:11:41

On the flip side I have lost count of the movies and shows that I have started and stopped this past week. Have I seen them all?

2024-07-11 03:54:22

🔗 Margaret Sullivan on how the media normalizes Trump .. article by Aaron Rupar - just reiterating my comment over on Substack …
"We need more Margarets." https://open.substack.com/pub/aaronrupar/p/margaret-sullivan-interview-media-trump-biden-24

2024-07-11 03:51:22

"Many of Trump’s most ardent fans and foes alike believe he is the leader of a political movement with a clear and defined set of principles and goals. They disagree only on whether that agenda is good or bad."
💬 Jonah Goldberg
🔗 Source https://www.aei.org/op-eds/what-too-many-republicans-still-dont-understand-about-donald-trumps-agenda

2024-07-10 03:31:12

🎵 Nothing Absent At The Supermartket: https://john.philpin.com/2024/07/10/nothing-absent-at.html

2024-07-09 06:15:22

"Microsoft has told employees in China that starting in September they can use only iPhones for work, not Android phones, as part of a new security effort."
Via The Information.

2024-07-06 03:34:34

📺 The Lincoln Lawyer
One of those shows that was originally a movie .. so you don’t bother. On this one, I eventually gave in and just finished the second series, so I guess good .. right? Right.
The Lincoln Lawyer on 🔗 Reelgood
’All’ My TV Show Reviews
https://reelgood.com/show/the-lincoln-lawyer-2022
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2024-07-05 07:45:05

A quiet beer - with the ‘usual’ background music .. and all good … and then Chumbawhumba .. I am convinced that my friend at the bar turned it up all the way to ‘eleven’ .. just for those opening lines from Pete …
"Truth is, I THOUGHT it mattered. I thought that MUSIC mattered. But does it bollocks."
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2024-07-03 21:30:07

🔗 📼 The King Must Die
Bob makes the connection 🔗 here
Elton might have written the music, performed it, made it famous - but it was Bernie who wrote ….
No man’s a jester playing Shakespeare
Round your throne room floor
While the juggler’s act is danced upon
The crown that you once wore
And sooner or later
Everybody’s kingdom must end
And I’m so afraid your courtiers
Cannot be called best friends
Caesar’s had your troubles
Widows ... https://john.philpin.com/2024/07/04/the-king-must.html

2024-07-02 23:37:39

Meanwhile, over on Redditt, I would argue that there is no need to answer question 1 .. just jump to question 2. #Effiicency
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2024-06-30 21:27:57

The Foreigner, 2017 - ★★★½: https://john.philpin.com/2024/07/01/the-foreigner.html

2024-06-30 03:15:05

🔗 💬 The Whole Thing
Don’t know about you - but it definitely resonates for this bear. https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2024/02/01/the-bartleby-trough/
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2024-06-30 03:03:43

📸 I love the little boats bouncing in the bay during the day - but at night - magical.
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2024-06-30 01:03:07

The Monkees Predicting ATS software THIRTY YEARS before it appeared.: https://john.philpin.com/2024/06/30/the-monkees-predicting.html

2024-06-29 09:56:41

📸 🌊
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2024-06-28 05:30:43

My goodness - Apple really do not want you to embed an HTML signature into Mail - do they?
🔗 How to do just that - just 23 steps - but very thorough instructions. https://matt.coneybeare.me/how-to-make-an-html-signature-in-apple-mail-for-macos-sonoma-14/

2024-06-27 12:00:12

Spotted - seemed fun - and as accurate as a tongue in your cheek might allow … shared
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2024-06-26 07:04:51

📺 3 Body Problem
I didn’t dislike it .. I just didn’t care about the people. I mean .. ok and all that, but I think the title is the most interesting thing.
3 Body Problem on 🔗 Reelgood
‘All’ My TV Show Reviews
https://reelgood.com/show/3-body-problem-2023
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2024-06-26 06:55:33

📺 Blackbird
Why it took me so long to watch Blackbird I have no idea. But oh so good.
Blackbird on 🔗 Reelgood
‘All’ My TV Show Reviews
https://reelgood.com/show/in-with-the-devil-2022
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2024-06-24 09:42:16

🔗 😂 Classic Victor Borge (Insta) https://www.instagram.com/reel/C6y9hqHxGoS/?igsh=MWJvNzVpbnBpZm1odA%3D%3D

2024-06-24 05:30:26

Found on a US Govt Site
Online passport renewal
If you need to renew your US passport there is a pilot program to renew it online, but you’ll need 8 weeks to process it. Mailing it in is currently faster.
Your Tax Dollars At Work - Leading The Way In Global Efficiency.

2024-06-20 05:17:43

I know it’s my fault - it always is .. but nevertheless having seen this before can’t help wondering what I did.
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2024-06-20 00:51:56

💬
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2024-06-19 07:36:09

📸 🌊 Been waiting for a better shot all day - but other than different levels of light - this is has been ‘it’ for the day. All day.
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2024-06-16 05:08:41

Listening to Scott Galloway on the show with Kara .. essentially defending ‘work based’ sexual predators. Yes he qualifies … but no.

2024-06-16 01:34:37

🔗 I’ve done mine. .. have you done yours?
🔗 Thanks for the the link Joe/
(This is why my 🖇️ Guestbook blog roll is useful.) https://www.politicalcompass.org/analysis2

2024-06-16 00:06:20

Safe House, 2012 - ★★★½: https://john.philpin.com/2024/06/16/safe-house.html

2024-06-15 23:46:21

"When asked how I juggle so many different roles, I explain that each time I add a new one, I do all the others a bit worse. …"
💬 Agnes Callard, Aspiration: The Agency of Becoming

2024-06-15 07:17:54

I kid you not, so frustrated earlier today that I have had to calm down. All my iOS stuff not currently in use is kept in a single place. Yesterday the pile was - shall we say - ‘organised’. All stuff in same place - just a neater pile than usual.
Today, I went to pick up pad and pencil - and pencil was missing. Nowhere. Seperated all devices out - and checked off one by one. Still nothing. I went to the places I usually use it - nada. ... https://john.philpin.com/2024/06/15/i-kid-you.html

2024-06-14 22:33:04

📸🌊 The storm continues to move out.
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2024-06-14 20:53:27

A six - three SCOTUS decision against something that with this court you would assume would be a six - three in favour is pretty seismic.

2024-06-10 05:51:46

There’s A Thought. I wonder if, come November 6th, America will come out and agree? ‘France’ didn’t seem to. (Yes different - not sure how those rules work - but it seems to have unnerved Macron.)
"Fareed says Indian voters rejected Modi’s strongman ways. Some sophisticated international observers praise strongmen who can get things done, Fareed says. But Indian voters seem to have recognized that “pluralism, cooperation and ... https://john.philpin.com/2024/06/10/theres-a-thought.html

2024-06-08 04:28:49

Two must reads … that came through (to me at least) just this morning.
Enjoy.
🔗 Crisis in the Culture: An Update - by Ted Gioia
🔗End of the Cloud Era - by Dana F. Blankenhorn https://open.substack.com/pub/tedgioia/p/crisis-in-the-culture-an-update

2024-06-03 08:17:41

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@npub1s7y…u8ak well that’s just plain cheetin’

2024-06-03 03:35:19

I just listened to Steven Hackett and David Sparks talking about Arc. Been a while, because though I am subscribed - I tend to listen to podcasts based on the topic per episode - not the podcast or host(s) of same.
Topic - Arc? Im in.
Nice summary - and a couple of things that I will try out - but most disappointed that no discussion on STILL WHY NO IPAD APP. I (don’t) get it - run the iPhone App. Yeah …. No. Have you seen how ... https://john.philpin.com/2024/06/03/i-just-listened.html

2024-06-02 22:48:28

Today I Learned that ‘A Boy Named Sue’ was written by Shel Silverstein …
… I’m also thinking that today most of you will be asking ‘ what’s ‘A Boy Named Sue’ ‘

2024-06-02 22:35:18

Magnet Fishing.
Had you heard of the term before now?

2024-06-02 21:34:36

Sounds like a grand plan. If memory serves he’s on a sticky wicket when it comes to his coalition, If they go - the whole house o/ card is at risk - he loses power and will then have to face courts for other crimes - or something like that - I need to check. BUT. It sure smells like another example of a very small extreme minority holding sway over the vastly larger majority.
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2024-06-02 07:15:44

Just to say after writing that last post I suddenly realized that Reminders has become my Task Manger of choice.
For years it’s been Things … which still lurks .. but Reminders has always been there because ‘family sharing’ .. and then a few weeks ago I asked Siri to remind me to buy something and Siri dropped it into Reminders - not Notes where the shared shopping lists live … I know I know … sorry … because ‘sharing’.
Not only that .. ... https://john.philpin.com/2024/06/02/just-to-say.html

2024-06-02 03:53:17

The post 🔗 Slashes by Manu got me to thinking …
If
foo.com/contact
takes you to ‘contact’ - but by using a ‘redirect’ and the actual URL is more like
**‘stuff.weirdandcrazy.jcaourincag79q8i6iasicnAYT.com’ **
… is it still a slash page?
Asking for a friend. https://manuelmoreale.com/@/page/hhm2chyyE0IwYUyA

2024-05-30 06:44:40

💬 They just accumulate and then you purge saving a few that aren’t particularly the best but do very much resonate at that moment in time.
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2024-05-30 00:50:12

🔗📼 Updating Airtable records with advanced Fillout forms - YouTube
Had you heard of Fillout? Marvelous stuff. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvDQBif-sbE

2024-05-27 02:05:29

🔗 George Conway predicts Trump won’t be unanimously acquitted in hush money trial (🍎🗞️)
.. been thinking that myself - and when it happens how THAT will get spun into puke and bile. https://apple.news/ATzIXRAHjRVOj7VNbYVAnfw

2024-05-27 01:24:15

Talking about ‘series’ .. as we are in the process of closing out ‘May’ - I finally got round to updating my 🖇️ 🔎 366 series https://john.philpin.com/categories/366/

2024-05-26 21:59:39

It’s neither here nor there there really when you add up what a holiday to New Zealand is going to cost you .. but still …
"“(‘The Govt’) is also considering nearly tripling an entry tax on tourists to almost $100 a visit."
.. aren’t there more pressing problems?

2024-05-26 21:52:13

Today I ‘Learned’ that Baron is a time traveller who is here to cement the Trump dynasty … or something like that … and people wonder why I like living under my rock.

2024-05-26 03:17:48

📸 🌊 🚧 Definitely a choice today … this one, because it is a little different the the others to date.
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2024-05-25 22:58:12

🔗 Behold - The Tiny Pod - for those of you that have a watch but don’t want to wear it on your wrist? https://thetinypod.com/

2024-05-25 00:52:31

In no particular order (except for perhaps the first two) …
🔗 🎵 📼 Nina Simone
🔗 🎵 📼 The Animals
🔗 🎵 📼 Jac Ross
🔗 🎵 📼 Cat Stevens
🔗 🎵 📼 Elvis Costello
🔗 🎵 📼 Joe Cocker
🔗 🎵 📼 Cyndi Lauper
🔗 🎵 📼 Santa Esmeralda https://youtube.com/watch?v=EcKHuvkAEDM&si=aVe4jFcaROfZsjsa

2024-05-24 07:18:29

About content.
🔗 📼 😂 Stewart Lee on Social Media (Content Provider)
Don’t worry, it’s not my usual rant. Just a very funny piece of standup that needs to be watched more than it has. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dz9Nad0bxDU

2024-05-24 06:41:47

Back Of The Boat
Mesmerizing.
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2024-05-22 23:03:55

Public Service Announcement
🔗 Daring Fireball: How to Make Google’s ‘Web’ View Your Search Default
Not tried this yet … but I will be . and I know it will be of interest to most people in my world. https://daringfireball.net/linked/2024/05/22/google-web-tedium

2024-05-22 22:36:07

Advice from a pro
If you are wondering if the croissant that is heating in the oven. Is done .. don’t use your finger tip to test. 🤦‍♂️

2024-05-22 22:00:53

📸 🌊 🚧A particularly stunning one this morning ….
.. in fact, with stepping back from today.
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2024-05-22 05:18:31

I have to say, being English and all that - well, I don’t usually do this kind of thing - but he gave me permission to use his name, so …
🤯
Honored? Without a doubt.
Speechless? Definitely. Apparently not.
GOBSMACKED? Totally.
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