Every nobody is a somebody to somebody



No decision is a decision



🔗📼 The Unsolved Mystery of Lorem Ipsum has been circulating around a number of places I tend to go, so gave it a whirl. So should you.

Of course it is about curiosity, discovery, history, inaccuracies, putting things right, timelines, typesetting, layout, design .. and more .. and you might think ‘l’m not that interested - yeah nah’. Which would be sad because it would be your loss and you would never know what a lovely man 🔗 Richard McClintock is.

Not only that, but you’d miss out on how just one dedicated person can have impact, no matter how seemingly small.

(Stick to the end to discover the deets.)


👁️🏗️ One step forward - two steps back. I hope the design will be back soon.


🔗 Welcome, IBM. Seriously.

I’ve decided that it’s time to end the “Soft Opening” era of my new site/blog. Lots of folks discovered it on their own. I incorrectly supposed that by hiding it behind a mysterious URL identical to my last name, I’d be able to live-test the CMS and my customizations in secrecy.

💬 Andy Ihnatko

I have zero expectations that this is going to be my story - other than - ‘developing in plain site’ - now that I have been 🔗🔎 doing off and on for a while (recategorisation on going) - it’s just nobody notices because only I am there!


👁️ So with him.

🔗 The Enification of Enification

When there’s a change to a thing and you don’t like it or approve of it, you need to consider a frightening alternative possibility. Maybe it isn’t enshittification. Maybe it’s just change.

💬 Andy Ihnatko


🔗 Scott Pelley Accuses CBS News Boss of ‘Murdering’ ‘60 Minutes’

A lot of stuff covering the ongoing CBS dumpster fire - I think this @gruber post is a good summary - with links - so you don’t need to go anywhere else.


🔗🏢 Unprecedented

Nailed❗️


Crucial Track 🎵 June 4, 2026

"The End" by The Doors

Listen on Apple Music

This just keeps playing in my ears.

Scene from Apocalypse Now

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👁️ 🔗 We need a social web for nobodies. writes @dave

1] Every nobody is a somebody to somebody.

2] That is what we have … it’s just spoiled by tech bros, algorithms and loud mouths.

3] People typically have more pride in that which they own versus rent. I think this a core tenant of why ‘global town squares’ are not the future and instead an ever growing network of interconnected micro communities is.