🔗 Setapp ignored (rejected?) an app for not using AI
… is not something I expected to read today - triangulation needed.
🔗 Keynes’s Bancor idea needs revisiting in wake of Trump
Personally - I would say ‘in wake of Trump’ is not a qualifier.
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Bretton Woods was 80 years ago - things have changed - even without Tяump - like when Nixon killed it.
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Keynes ‘wanted something other than the US dollar as the world’s reserve currency because he knew that it would bestow on the US an “exorbitant privilege” - turns out he was right.
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‘There would be a separate system of “use it or lose it” pressure designed to force wealthy nations to spend their surpluses on imports from debtor nations, stimulating global trade rather than letting capital sit idle.'
AND TIL: History really does rhyme;
Harry Dexter White, a US Treasury official who was later accused of espionage for Russia. He dominated the 1944 conference, and his plan prevailed.
Why❓
Because it bloody is - 🔗📼 It’s Raining - AGAIN
🔗 Thrustday - From Doc, opening with
This is a slash: / This is a backslash: \
Me? - I am more of a backlash kind of a guy … as it says on my Wiki somewhere …
The backslash is the meeting point between PHI (Φ) (people) and PIN (Your tech ‘ID’).
It started as an attempt at a visual representation of what PHI⑊PIN is all about - where people and technology intersect.
I think that φ (phi) representing the golden ratio only adds to the weight of the brand given my focus on ‘Structured Thought’ and relying on the heavy use of models and images to convey ideas.
// @jsonbecker … did not have you down as a ‘Tree/Wilson’ fan - but that track is sooo good. Hell - the whole album for that matter. I also agree that …
It’s incredible what a good teacher can help you with.
… but maybe as a child of not one - but two - teachers provides a bias?
ANYWHO
When Wilson moved into solo work - he had Guthrie Govan as his lead guitar - now THAT is some playing - and he is known for lessons and tips …
🔗 MacOS Tahoe broke Finder columns view
I must run on a different Tahoe to some people. NO idea how that floating menu appears - I have a drop down - and I can hover over a column line and make it wider or narrower - easy.
And I know nothing.
🔗 Bari Weiss’s CBS News Won’t Condemn Israel for Killing Its Contributor
It’s own contributor ❗️
🔗 Trump warns U.S. “armada” heading to Iran; death toll in protest crackdown tops 5,000 - NBC News 🍎 News
Sharing - because I am trying to work out how many armadas can despatch in one go. Any ideas❓
🔗 Scripting News: Monday, January 19, 2026 - At least he called it Twitter - but why give it any recognition❓