🖇️ HUB
Links to posts and pages that are within the philpin.com domains
🖇️ On my ‘TV Show Reviews’ - some are growing in number of series - so rather than repetitive postings on the same series - I am revisiting older ones as I watch and editing. I discovered I’d missed Slow Horses - just ‘fixed’ - not completely since I need to add reviews for a couple of the series - but really. Why? ALL so good.
The Butterfly Effect Is Real
Manton writing today : 🔗 about something that @devilgate wrote : 🔗 Maybe You Can Post Your Way Through Fascism
💯 .. we’ve sort of been down this track before .. not so much Martin’s pov .. as the larger picture .. don’t be cowed .. about anything .. by anyone. And yes it can be scary .. but if nobody reads it .. then you got it out of your system .. if everybody reads it .. you will find that you are not alone.
Originally published on ‘this’ blog in 2007 - 🖇️ The world has not changed as much as we think …
18 years later … the quotes hold and still I would argue that “The world has not changed as much as we think”.
Saw it a couple of nights ago … and gave it the worst movie ever award …
To be fair others did like it - but nobody even thought it worth a nomination .. much less a win .. in any category.
5 wins out of 6 nominations?
Seriously?
I know the world’s gone mad … but really?
Freedom OR Liberty - Don't Let Them Confuse You
At one point in 🖇️ Zero Day, De Niro talks about Freedom and Liberty.
Perplexity…
The terms freedom and liberty are often used interchangeably, but they have nuanced differences:
Freedom generally refers to the ability to act without external constraints or interference. It is the absence of restrictions, allowing individuals to pursue their desires and actions without hindrance.
Liberty, on the other hand, emphasizes freedom within a framework of responsibility and law. It involves being free from arbitrary or oppressive control while respecting the rights of others and adhering to societal rules. Liberty assumes accountability and is often tied to justice and fairness in a structured society.
In essence, freedom is broader and can exist without limits, whereas liberty is freedom regulated by responsibility and mutual respect.
I kind of have/had that in my mind - but not all the time really only when I think about it. AND Perplexity is right - the terms are used interchangeably.
I would go further.
- It happens a lot.
- It happens more and more.
- It happens too much.
- It is happening to muddle the mind.
- I am pretty sure it is sub consciously and constantly passing through our collective brains.
It’s a good reminder and one to watch out for as certain people scream ‘Freedom’ … of whatever they are talking about. Don’t forget #LanguageIsImportant
🎥 Anora, 2024 - ★
When I first heard about Anora I looked it up and put it in the category of ‘no’ .. not even ‘yeah .. no’ .. just definitely .. NO. Despite this, I found myself watching it last night as part of a group where we are attempting to watch all the ‘Best Picture’ nominations before our Oscar party on Sunday. Left to my own devices .. I would have switched it off, or walked out, by around the 20th minute.
The rest of the movie just had me repeatedly asking myself ‘why’. The final 10 or so minutes found slight redemption .. but not sufficient to move the movie out of the worst movie I’ve seen this year (have to think more if that should read ‘ever’) .. but even ‘the year’ qualifier is significant given that I recently saw Babygirl (a 2 star rating from me.)
Side note .. one reason I didn’t want to see it was it struck me as a low rent remake of Pretty Woman .. and yes similarities in the set up .. but no.
It was just bad .. and Oscar nomination? PLEASE!
BUT judging by the ratings of others … I am very alone.
🖇️ Baby Girl Review .. in case you were wondering.
🎵 🖇️ Blog Challenge - Music Edition - thank you for the inspiration @Annie
🚧 Links To Posts by Others
So What Was That About?
A little over a week ago - I threw out 🖇️ this little billy do onto my blog and thought nothing of it. To save you the click through I was just pointing out some internet speeds I was experiencing - and asked what my response should be. Here on MicroBlog I got 4 comments over the next 24 hours. I dunno - par for the course? Now - through the power of Micro.Blog - these posts are also syndicated to BlueSky, Mastodon and Threads.
Collections - Improving The CSS
Collections are a new way on micro.blog to group images together. Cool add-on - but I wanted to feature collections in related posts which gave me problems. This post explains the problem and my fix. #ProudOfMyself!
🖇️ Should We Cry For Argentina? … my latest newsletter if you are interested. A bit different to my usual newsletter themes.
I was thinking of posting a quick response analysis of 🖇️ this post from yesterday - but not yet.
🕵💬 Inspired By People | 🌐 Mahatma Gandhi
17th Feb, 2025: Turns out this one is a fake quote. 🖇️ This is the correct attribution.
🔍 All The Posts can be found here, or scroll through the quotes below.
Fresh into the feed today - Doc on the difference between 🔗 Blocking Tracking and Blocking Ads
Its amazing how after all this time they are still conflated (I think mainly because it suits the advertisers dialogue- and ‘ad blockers’ rolls off the tongue better than ‘tracker blockers’)
🖇️ Re this - fixed. It seems that I am definitely am all over the place on movie watching.
🎥 Ferry 2, 2024 - ★★★
I watched the series and then I watched [🖇️ the first movie](https://john.philpin.com/2025/02/11/ferry.html) and then I watched this second movie .. and I dunno - I keep watching them - but they don't get better. But somehow I am drawn in. No explanation.
🖇️ How to Achieve Immortality - Ted Gioia
In ancient times, you attained immortality by doing great deeds. Today you attain immortality by getting blood transfusions from teenagers, and freezing your body for later revival. Needless to say, there’s a huge difference between these two strategies.
Too True Ted. Too True.
Seeking Alpha .Reporting …
Security officials in the U.K. have demanded that Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) create a so-called ‘back door’ which would enable them to retrieve all the content any Apple user globally has uploaded to the cloud, The Washington Post reported, citing people with knowledge of the matter.
The U.S. tech giant is likely to stop providing encrypted storage in Britain, rather than break its security pledge it made to its users everywhere, the report added.
… not sure how easy this might be technically - but 🖇️ there might precedent
? If you’re feeling stressed, hum a few bars of Alice’s Restaurant
💬 Dave Winer
Yesterday .. (If you’re feeling stressed) reminds us to tune into Alice’s Restaurant and hum a few bars. Me? 🖇️ I remind you of one specific verse late in the song
Either way - it’s all good - delivered nearly 60 years ago.
BUT
It is now 2025 - the same year as The Beatles and The Rolling Stones won Grammies - so nothing has changed right?
🎵 I know - who cares - its just a …
There are an increasing number of posts featuring this thinking …
🔗🎙️Trump’s Mafia World Order - Alastair Campbell
🖇️ I think Rushkoff said it best.
📸 This 🖇️ probably was.
