I just watched 🎥 The Gentlemen 🖇️ again - and it is still worth★★★★
🔗 Substack Changed. Most Creators Haven’t Noticed Yet.
In January 2026, Substack launched Substack TV, an app for Apple TV and Google TV, so people can watch creator videos and livestreams on their actual television.
New news - at least to this bear.
The opposite of mass is special.
Good reminder. App development at PHI⑊PIN keeps getting distracted with ‘mass’ - but ‘special’ is what we are trying to do.
👁️ I mused on muse this morning - and no thanks. Unlike the rest of the world - I do have a memory so I don’t care what he and his acolytes say … I care about what they do - and they don’t do good things.
Karpe - 📼🎵🔗 this from 2022 - in Norway have been around for twenty years apparently. Love it.
Some of the choreography reminds me of Peter Gabriel - 📼🎵🔗 specifically this, though there are many others from different tours.
Life is a remix - and I love it.
🔗 Gut Feel Decision Making cartoon - Marketoonist | Tom Fishburne
I did not know that Jim had ‘Barksdales’:
One of the Barksdaleisms that I always liked: “If we have data, let’s look at data. If all we have are opinions, let’s go with mine."
Have you met my 🖇️ Johnisms? Unique ones 🖇️ pop up all over this domain.
Still “Alive and Well” … and happy to “BE”
💬 Johnny Winter
OOHH - this is exciting ..
Sending a webmention to:
Watched it a while back and just watched it 🎥🔗 Crazy Rich Asians again. Because it was so good? No. Because I was over-ruled by others on this wet Wellington afternoon so in all honesty just kept an eye on it while I got on with tweaking My Wiki. It remains at ★★
★★★★ for 🎥 Mayday that I watched last night. Excellent - as I typically expect when ‘Ryan’ plays ‘Ryan’. This time round we had Sir Kenneth Branagh playing the part of Hugh Jackman.
🔗 Has the IndieWeb Become Irrelevant? | starbreaker.org
Certainly hope not - but then most people I talk to don’t even recognise the term.
.. from Seth. Interesting experiment.
🔗 App Store Scam of the Week: ‘Update My Phone & Apps: Guide’ by Tair Olzhasev
Cupertino should really do a better job.
👁️ I have been wrestling with why Claude was suddenly making so many mistakes. Solved. For whatever reason it decided to ‘remind me’ that I can use Haiku - though when I say ‘remind’ - it did so very quietly - like not all. for some reason it just decided to start that way.
🖋️ 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’.