The appointment is reminiscent of Meta Platforms’ hiring of former British Prime Minister Nick Clegg as a global affairs executive in 2018 …

💬 Martin Peers - The Information - talking about Osborne and OpenAI

No he wasn’t. He was ‘Deputy’ PM - a bit like ‘Winnie’ and ‘Seymour’ in New Zealand at the moment (a thank you from the dominant party that still couldn’t get a majority on its own - so formed a coalition.)

Nick was so good at his job that in 5 short years as Deputy he took the LibDems from 57 seats to just 8. After which he lost his position, resigned from party leader and a year later lost his local election. After that the Brits made him a ‘Knight’ in the UK and Zuck made him whatever it was called for Meta.

Imagine how far he could have gone if he was a success.

( 🔗 The Link

Say goodbye to ‘SuperJohn’ - say hello to …

📸A Different Way Of Looking At Things - #MBPhotoChallenge Day 3 : Evergreen 

You know how you wake up in the middle of the night - and the 💡 goes off❓

Of course using ‘titles’ and ‘roles’ is the wrong approach - it ’s what they do - how they do it that is important … 🤦 …

Let the next iteration of The Business Equation commence.

🔗 Literal Enshittification: ‘Smart’ Toilets Play Fast And Loose With Your Pooping Data | Techdirt

… I’m glad someone is reporting on the important shit. (Pun intended).

Remember when we so concerned that all our ‘house data’ from Roomba was being sent over to Google - without so much as a ‘by-your-leave’.

🖇️ Me - 2018

… and then onto 2022 when Amazon got involved …

Fast Forward to 2025 - and …

🔗 Roomba Maker iRobot Declares Bankruptcy, but Tries to Ease ‘Bricking’ Fears

Turns out all your data is now all wrapped up and safe and over in China.

The Amazon acquisition wasn’t anti-competitive — it was iRobot’s last chance to remain competitive.

💬 [Gruber](https://daringfireball.net/linked/2025/12/15/roomba-maker-irobot-declares-bankruptcy)

📸A Different Way Of Looking At Things - #MBPhotoChallenge Day 2 : Cozy

🪦 We often read ‘too soon’ .. but hell fire Rob … too soon and most certainly not like this. One of the greats.

16,000 … and counting - this should be fun!

First Stupid Question Of The Day …

Didn’t there used to be a JSON option?