Collections is a new micro.blog feature on micro.blog that allows images to be grouped together in … wait for it … ‘Collections’!

It’s a cool extension, but I wanted to feature collections in related posts which gave me problems if I used the recommended CSS. (Problem, because 20 images in a collection resulted in those 20 images appearing at the bottom of all the posts that featured the collection which I felt was overwhelming. Not anymore.

My real desire was to feature them on each post on my blog as a scroll (like on the micro/blog timeline. (The default was to lay them all out on a grid - which resulted in the post being overtaken with a lot of old images). Nothing in the standard CSS allowed for that.

My short term fix was to have a link on a post to a page, 🖇️ like this.

BUT - let’s face it - a kluge.

Just cracked the entire problem in less time than it has taken for me to write this post.

1. Give ChatGPT current CSS
2. Ask it for the CSS that would do the same job - but so that images weren’t just there - but featured as a scroll.

First Time.

See what I mean : https://john.philpin.com/2025/02/17/inspired-by-people-martin-luther.html

Next job … Have the scroll sometimes display square images - and sometimes landscape / portrait.

🖇️ 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.

🖇️ Me back in 2016 - commenting on a post by Doc Searls - including an early start to the ad / tracker blocker dialogue

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.

🖇️ 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 …

🔗📼 Sign ‘O’ the Times

🔗📼 Sign Of The Times

🔗📼 Sign Of The Times

🔗📼 Sign Of The Times

🔗📼 Sign Of The Times

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.