Crucial Track 🎵 June 2, 2026

"Everybody's Talkin' (1971 Mix)" by Harry Nilsson

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Interesting that his two biggest hits were other people's songs. #JustSayin

Scene from Midnight Cowboy

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🖋️ Just One Story From The Aftermath Of Maui

This is a repost from August 2023. Life has moved on for the world - but for those caught up in it all it is their new reality. Just a reminder that whilst the news moves on at speed - reality takes time.


🔗 Scripting News: Is Bluesky on the web?

But it doesn’t work the other way. They love it when you send people to their site, but not so much if you want to send them away. Sending people away is a sensitive concept to Bluesky’s investors. Why would you do that? This is not a new point where the web and silos disagree. The web says “let them go” and the silos ask “do we look like idiots?”

💬 Dave Winer

I am clearly missing the nuance here.

I syndicate to BlueSky - and in Bluesky I see …

a bluesky post

a post on philpin.com

Question

What is not happening?


🖋️ Caveat - Not My Words ...

… but there for the grace of whatever power you hold true - do we all go. Sometime sooner. Sometimes very much later. But go we do. Few have the power to control ‘when’.


In case you were wondering where 🖇️ this quote came from …. the answer is 🔗🎵📼 Ren - he is just so good. This one is a kind of 🔗📼 Musical Gary

If you are reading this post on my site, the inline video might me giving an 'error'. That is generally because the creator wants you to go to YouTube to watch it. To do that - click on the link above.

👁️ I read this once - and then twice - and now three times.


🖋️ The Myth of Maslow

I’ve always taken the 5 levels to be more a series of ongoing processes .. not necessarily that you achieve them … more to reflect the focus at a moment in time .. also the triangle pinnacle is misleading in that the work going on in there is likely inversely proportional to the shape’s area … and finally you are almost constantly working on multiple levels at the same time.

But that’s my take - might not be what Abraham meant?

🔗The Gaping Void Piece


🖋️ They Buried Smiths. Now They Might Have To Bury TG Jones

The rebranding of WH Smith to TG Jones led to large and rapid declines in revenue - which means that the buyer of the brand did not actually undersatand what they were buying.


Meanwhile - over on 🔗 Blusky

Before ATmosphere

Example Post Before AT


After ATmosphere

Example Post After AT

No doubt the old one is too overpowering and ‘all logo’ - no message. BUT - not a fan of the new one either.

🏗️ Need to find where that layout can be changed.


Unclear if for the long haul - but while I am rebuilding my blog - before I finish rebuilding my site - before I revamp my wiki, I have been adding occasional comments about the ’trials and tribulations’ of same.

🖇️🔎 🏗️BlogBuild category is live.

Will retrospectively update over time.