🖋️ My Pronouns. Not Yours. Mine.
Just saw someone proclaiming “no pronouns” in that person’s bio. I guess that’s ok, too, of course. I just wonder: is it meant as I took it, as an attempt to be referred to more directly, or is it a passive aggressive “silly pronouns” thing?
I have no (public) pronouns. I don’t declare ‘no pronouns’ - but that doesn’t change that I have no (public) pronouns. And no, it is not passive-aggressive. It’s declaring that my pronouns are mine - and nothing to do with you - because that’s what I choose.
Much in the same way that I may or may not choose to tell you a whole range of other things about me, including - but not exclusively:
- whether I am (or am not) pregnant
- my religious beliefs (or lack thereof)
- my political affiliations
- my relationship status
- my mental or physical health
- my financial circumstances
- my educational background
- my family structure
- my neurodiversity
- my trauma history
- my vaccination status
- my work history
- where I’m actually from
- whether I have children
- my disability status
One question.
When did my refusal to perform my identity become your issue?
My pronouns are mine. My story is mine. You get what I choose to share. Nothing more, nothing less.
That all said - if you want to declare your pronouns - all for it. You should.
Too aggressive? Not ‘passive’ enough?
Vive la différence.
Not just clever - but 🤯.
Hidden gems like these provide a portal into what I think of as ‘The Apple Way’.
NEW PAINTINGS BY DAN ROAM
RITUAL CAFE, 1026 VALENCIA ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA
OCTOBER 2026 (OPENING EVENT OCT 2, 6-8PM)
I know Dan through his visual storytelling work - one of the ‘originals’ and very much connected to Structured Thought as a ‘foundational thinker’
I did not know about the painting side of his world - though stop and think for two seconds - it makes total sense.
But not just painting. When I read a bit about the background of the show, the art struck me as a living example of what I have come to call ‘🔎 Differalities’.
👁️ Oh - he thinks it’s a comedy …
If I was 🔗 Ed I would tell Clarkson to back off - this is akin to a Rethuglican campaigning and having Tяump turn up to stump for you.
I can help you find information, answer questions, and complete tasks across many apps on your Mac. However, I can’t analyze or summarize your past conversations with me.
💬 Siri
.. well thats not very useful is it?
I kinda like Galloway’s thinking, business analysis and his work around young men - BUT his style and side threads just leave me cold so the Kara and Scott show has taken a back seat .. well .. not so much a back seat .. as thrown out of the car.
Today I thought I might just check if I should go back for a while.
Also today was his first day back on the show after taking 4 weeks off.
Seriously❓and nobody told me?
Apple’s on device Foundation model accessed via Terminal is my new ‘safe place’
I asked:
who is the president of the United States?
I was told ‘Joe Biden’.
🏗️ The ‘Forty’ Template in Blot is very very opinionated. It provided a good foundation to my 🖇️ wiki - but ‘I’ have now over written so much of it that I am no longer sure that ‘using Forty’ is entirely accurate.
Big fan of Nilay’s podcast. Gave the latest ten minutes before I closed and deleted. I don’t always get to the end of his episodes but generally do get through the first 50%. A First.
GAH - not been adding ratings to the movie reviews. 🖇️ Fixed
🎥 Been a while since I have visited the Star Wars Universe - but I watched 🔗 The Mandalorian and Grogu last night … lovely.
★★★★
👁️ I just used Siri to create a new shortcut and 💥 - years of frustration out of the window.
🎥 Watched: 🔗 Wildcat - better than expected and fun. It lost the plot in the final 15 to 20 minutes - but don’t they all? Definitely take a watch if you are looking and into the ‘all action’ genre.
★★★
Want to read: 📚 Seven Rules of Trust by Jimmy Wales and Dan Gardner
🔗 Futility Closet - An idler’s miscellany of compendious amusements
It was given to him deliberately to set the record
.. doesn’t seem to be in the spirit?
Revisited this morning and Siri happily reduced the 30,000 into a more manageable set of docs that I was actually after.
In the 30,000 we found some 2,367 Markdown files that had meaningful information that MIGHT be useful in my newly emerging 🖇️wiki.
Analysis seemed out of Siri reach - so zipped it up and sent to ChatGPT.
The accompanying analysis now sits in the Obsidian Notes vault.
As highlighted:
The objective was not to tidy the Vault. It is to make the thinking inside it visible.
💬 ChatGPT
Claude will likely take over now.
🔗 Siri, not a companion, by design - Asymco
We’re building Siri not to be a companion. It was a very big deal. It’s an advisor, but not a companion. Siri is there as a concierge, a professional persona. It is not an amiable person, because they want to maintain an emotional distance. That was by design.
Have to say that’s what is particularly working for me. More on this later when I get round to it.