πŸ’¬ True - although it beggars belief how big that gap can be - when all it takes to close it up is to think.

But we don’t.


it’s as if they are living in different nations

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Well hello … they are Scott - they are


πŸ’¬I like the thought - do not like the cover.


I did watch 🎬 One Battle After Another - and it was absolutely marvelous. I do my reviews on Lettrboxd which get pulled to my blog - not sure yet how top connect all that with all this new stuff on micro.blog to create a seamless experience - so until then .. you can get to the review here.

One Battle After Another, 2025 - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…Β½: john.philpin.com



πŸ’¬ via The Information (my bold)

Meta Platforms internally projected that 10% of its revenue last year, or $16 billion, came from ads promoting fraudulent products or schemes, Reuters reported. These include ads for fake products, sextortion schemes or crypto scams.


πŸ’¬πŸ˜‚ It seems so long ago. Doesn’t it? I do like Ezra’s take.


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πŸ’¬ via the inimitable John Naughton


πŸ’¬ Not just philosophers. It’s everywhere.

Too many people are in the camp of ‘I do it this way - so the rest of the world surely does it this way’.

Just a couple of weeks ago hit this thought as we were iterating on a website.

They just couldn’t understand why we ‘needed’ to do ‘all that’ …

“I’d never use it”.


πŸ’¬ He certainly did. I also am not a fan of his just because in his dotage he saw the light. It’s up there with living a life of debauchery and on your death bed suddenly you decide you actually do ‘believe’. No. And yes I did read the Frum piece - that’s what prompted the comment.


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πŸ’¬ Reminds me of a Douglas Adams thought - when I find it I will add it here,

Later: Found It.


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