I have no idea if I’m neurodivergent. I don’t think I’ve got ADHD, and all men are probably on the spectrum somewhere. Who’d want to be neuro_typical_ anyway?
My bold - but would surely explain a lot in this household 😂
Just pulling some history to day after reading 🔗 Room temperature from Seth.
Stable systems regress to the mean. Things level out on their way to average, which maintains the stability of the system. The same pressures are put on any individual in our culture. Sooner or later, unless you push back, you’ll end up at room temperature.
🖇️ Me - July 2024 - We Are Being Forced To Conform
[🖇️ Me - March 2025 - A post responding to @manton / @devilgate](https://john.philpin.com/2025/03/05/the-butterfly-effect-is-real.html)
Just thinking about Masto again - which took me to Tapestry - and I see a familiar icon and so I think … closer look? Again ?
Still To Do
On the Blog
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Categories: Remove category ‘LongForm’ from Film Review Posts
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CSS: Simple Recent Posts - finish styling
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CSS: On a phone close up ‘spaces’ on home …
Today’s Surprise From History - 🔗 From 8 years ago - you say complacent - I say complicit
[🔗 My morning’s peruse of my RSS feeds was ‘chokka’ with great @gruber words](https://john.philpin.com/2026/01/10/john-gruber-at-daring-fireball.html) … and then ‘other people’ writing about ‘great @gruber’
This is the latter from 🔗 Anil Dash
Not about Gruber per se - all about Markdown - but in so many ways written as a dedication to JG and a really great primer/history on it. Well worth a read.
Final paragraph
The trillion-dollar AI industry’s system for controlling their most advanced platforms is a plain text format one guy made up for his blog and then bounced off of a 17-year-old kid before sharing it with the world for free.
🔗 The Genius Whose Simple Invention Saved Us From Shame at the Gas Station - WSJ Paywall … but am sure it is on Apple News … if you have that access.
Sharing because I was driving with my friend Cliff a few months ago - stopping for gas - and couldn’t recall what side my filler cap was.
What does the arrow say
.. asked Cliff … 🤯
In all my years of driving I had never known this.
John @gruber (at Daring Fireball) seems to have taken over my RSS this morning ….
🔗 How to Temporarily Disable Face ID or Touch (another increasingly important PSA)
🔗 The New York Times Profiles John Ternus
Regifting the Nobel Peace Prize
