Tim Ferriss, the author of self-help classics such as The Four Hour Work Week, noted a very sharp drop in his book sales since the arrival of AI back in late 2022. He viewed this as a real turning point for the ‘self-help’ genre of writing.
🔗📼 My position on Self Help missives is not out of synch with Billy Bob’s.
🔗 Bogus Producer Gets Life In Italy For Murder Of Partner and Daughter
Blinked. Shook head. How did I miss this story. Checked.
Not ‘THAT’ Charlie Kauffman.
thank god we can start infighting again, by Paul Ford (Ftrain)
😂 Truth in humour .. FFS dudes … FOCUS.
💬 Trying. Trying very hard.
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So much to say .. so little time for me to say it .. so for now let’s just say …
Congratulations America
And Chuck … if you are listening … don’t fuck this up. Life has changed … and it keeps changing … the genie is out of the bottle … if you can’t handle it … please for the love of god … get out of the freakin' way. The world is watching.
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If i read this write 51 seats in the Senate with 10 still to be called. Is that right?
Steven Wilson’s campaign leading up to his latest album 🔗🎵 continues to impress.
👁️ The ‘Grauniad’ gets it.
👁️ She’s not running this time - because she lost. If she ever runs again, I trust Michigan voters will remember who she is. Honestly, with people like this around, you do not need enemies.
If you’re interested in listening to a couple of micro bloggers talking about micro.blog - 🔗🎙️this might just be for you … also available wherever - as they say - 🔗🎙️ you get your podcasts.
Many thanks to @AndySylvester for talking to me - and the people on Micro.Blog and in the Indie Web community at large - who inspire us every day.
Next time you are in London and feel like a curry …
🔗 I Tried Gymkhana, a Michelin-Starred Indian Restaurant; Worth the Splurge - Business Insider
This made me sad
This made me happy
This made me realise how unloved they must feel
Anyone Feel Old❓
Credit to @MitchW who found it.
📸👁️ Icy wind is never done justice in photographs.
👁️ Happy to report that the Social Spec by @manton is working as advertised. The bit that’s not is down to me.
The Bluestocking: On Writing - by Helen Lewis
… for those that enjoy writing reminders / rules / guidance / advice …
440: Michael Lewis, parrot racists and Trump’s ballroom
Look, said Bale eventually, he breathes in the wrong places.
.. It’s the little things you notice that deliver the big things.
Once again I’m reminded that I, and we all, have only one shot at this life. That striving to achieve all that we love, value, and fills our hearts and our time with joy, is the only battle truly worth fighting. And that living with regret and fear, simply isn’t living at all. … Thankyou @pjmoore
🏗️👁️ Fixed - and a prime example why I shouldn’t have access to my server code. On the 26th i streamlined my htaccess file - completely forgetting that my 🖇️ philpin.com home page is not at root and actually in its own folder - all its glory is once more revealed.
(I use ‘glory’ in the loosest possible sense.)