Every ‘Differality’ I have ๐Ÿ–‡๏ธ๐Ÿ”Ž ever posted (these just on Micro.Blog) - and more - all put together in ๐Ÿ”—๐Ÿ“ผ a single SNL sketch - brilliant. ๐Ÿ˜‚

.. Also via ๐Ÿ”—Matt



Some commentary for a change. Just spotted a version of this on LinkedIN and tracked it back to the source - Rosie Hatton. Like us all - I do spot a lot of frameworks that I look at move on and never go back to. This one is different. So sharing. Nicely done - and very appropriate for 2026. Thank you Rosie.

๐Ÿ”— More On The Framework Here



๐Ÿ“บ I just finished watching ๐Ÿ”— Shining Girls. Most excellent and no idea how I have not seen this before given that it dates back to 2022.

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๐Ÿ–‡๏ธ You Can’t Scale Conviction

Business is still trying to prove Newton works everywhere.

For 300 years, Newton’s rules worked perfectly. Then Einstein broke physics in half. Your marketing systems just hit the same wall.


๐Ÿ“บ Watched ๐Ÿ”— I Will Find You. Said it before, say it again - Harlan does bad, good and great shows based on his books. This one easily sits in a ‘3’ and at times hit ‘4’. All the usual twists and turns - including the big one at the end. Like he does.

โ˜…โ˜…โ˜… in the end.

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๐ŸŽฅ I touched on this in an ๐Ÿ–‡๏ธ earlier post. ๐Ÿ”— Outcome โ€ฆ Yeah โ€ฆ Nah Nah Nah.

I have tried it. Final effort was earlier tonight. Sorry Keanu โ€ฆ โ˜…

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Earlier I wrote ๐Ÿ–‡๏ธ this - after reading ๐Ÿ”— this from Alex Hyett who in turn referenced ๐Ÿ”— this from Brennan Day. It all came after seeing a post in my feeds from ๐Ÿ”— Ton Zylstra

๐Ÿ’ก**I was Inspired. **

If you are keeping up, you will know that I have been wrestling with Web Mentions off and on for nigh on 8โ“years.

Q - can that really be right?

A - apparently yes according to Mars Edit ….

As of today - no longer. I am ready and able to receive web mentions.

Now - a little like Alex - I need proof - so here I am.

I’m also just a guy, standing in front of the internet, asking it to show him.


๐Ÿ–‹๏ธ A One Man Army

Terry Godier is his name and he seems to be assuming the role of helping us all be purposeful as we seek to slow ourselves down in the the accelerating world of tech that we all live in. I am guilty of that speed. I LOVE slowing down. And it is entertaining at the same time as being informative. Thank you Terry.


๐Ÿ“บ I watched the first 1 1/2 episodes of ๐Ÿ”— Cold Call a long while back and forgot all about it. This weekend as I was poking around - redesicovered and finished it. (The whole thing is only 4 episodes - so an easy piece of homework) - and my goodness - maybe they spent a little bit too much time setting it all up - but somewhere in the middle - it just turns … you might know the lead - Sally Lindsay from ๐Ÿ–‡๏ธThe Madame Blanc Mysteries that she created, co wrote and stars in. Nice gentle little show with a ๐Ÿ–‡๏ธ๐ŸŽต great theme song.

Cold Call is nothing like that.

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๐Ÿ“บ๐Ÿ”— Dublin Murders over on Acorn is a few years old now (2019) but really rather good. Going to give it โ˜…โ˜…โ˜… - but - no spoilers now - that last episode might be require me to come back and knock it up to 4.

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๐Ÿ“บ (Not) watched Widow’s Bay and have been holding off on the final opinion.

No more.

This morning I read Bob Lefsetz on ๐Ÿ”—๐Ÿ“บ Widowโ€™s Bay.

So totally with them and him.

I too restarted a couple of times - and have plodded along whenever i think - ‘well it cant get much worse’. And then it does. Which is why

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One of many similar comments.

I tried 3 viewings and it just seemed dumb.

LATER: ๐Ÿ–‡๏ธ Apparently I gave it one star when I did the first review last weekend. At least I am consistent.

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๐Ÿ“บ Watched Killing Eve (Seasons 1, 2, 3 and 4) a while back now - but really - really good.

Of course the leads in Sandra Oh and Jodie Comer were great - but to me ‘Konstantin’ played by Kim Bodnia and Fiona Shaw were just marvellous characters.

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๐Ÿ“บ Watched ๐Ÿ”— Boomers Season 1 and Boomers Season 2 - over a very protracted period of time - it has to be said.

โ˜…โ˜… - though my gut says one - BUT - I did โ€˜watchโ€™ them all because there were โ€˜bitsโ€™, so it was clearly not a write off …BUT

Caveats โ€ฆ if you are English and โ€˜of a certain ageโ€™ - it might connect. And if you are โ€˜of a certain ageโ€™ - you might remember Russ Abbott? Yeah .. heโ€™s one of the main characters, thatโ€™s why it might not.


{Over the past few weeks I seem to have been in a ‘there’s nothing on’ mood. As I scrolled around a few ‘started and stopped’ shows popped up whilst others I’d forgotten all about reminded me that there wasn’t a post.}

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๐Ÿ“บ Watched ๐Ÿ”— Missing You - another forgotten series. That said it is a โ€˜Harlanโ€™ story and as I have noted before there are some great Harlanโ€™s - just not all of them. I think the other challenge is that they all start to blend in to each other.

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๐Ÿ“บ Finished ๐Ÿ”— The Asset a while back and promptly forgot about it - which in itself tells you something.

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๐Ÿ“บ Finished watching the ๐Ÿ”— Second Season of The Four Seasons, having already checked off Season 1 a while back.

โ˜…โ˜… is the best I can do. Nice premise, plenty of Vivaldi - but didnโ€™t keep me coming back and sometimes forgot it for months on end. I never saw the Alan Alda movie - but nice touch to see him pop up in the show from time to time โ€ฆ 89 at the time!


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I had seen the clips - and ‘yeah - nah. But last night I watched: ๐Ÿ”—๐ŸŽฅ The Ballad of Wallis Island and for me it falls into one of my personal categories: ‘a little english film’ โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…

‘CAVEAT - any film can fall into this category - it’s nothing to do with being ‘English’.

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Crucial Track ๐ŸŽต June 14, 2026

"Boots on the Ground" by Massive Attack & Tom Waits

Listen on Apple Music

Hell yes. Only released a couple of months ago - played on rotation for a while there. It was posted in Crucial a couple of days ago - so electing to use my 'double down' card today.

๐Ÿ–‡๏ธ Posted on AlbumWhale back in April

For the life of me can't find the crucial entry again. All to say - go listen.

UPDATE: Literally One Minute Later: Wired Differently

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Everything starts ๐Ÿ–‡๏ธ here … but it still all ends up elsewhere and maybe you follow me there. For The BlueSky aficionados amongst you - here’s a handy dandy thingy that apparently allows you to easily follow me there. Let me know how you get on.