🔗 WWW
There are a lot of links out to different parts of the web on this site. I try to mark them all so they get listed here.
When @manton first published the social spec plugin - I installed - it didn’t immediately work - moved on and forgot all about it. Seeing a shower of related posts this morning, reminded me to go check. I did - and I can’t see anything set wrong - after all - the set up seems to be nothing more than your email - IF you want to set your email - but for me
🔗 https://john.philpin.com/.well-known/about.md gives ‘Not Found’. and
🔗 https://john.philpin.com/.well-known/contact.vcf downloads a vcard - which is nice - but I would have expected a page and opportunity to download said card. (Fixable of course.)
Interesting though that john.philpin.com/.well-kno… does work - though not documented in Manton’s spec. If you are interested for now I am housing that on my main site 🔗 here
🔗 https://socialspec.org/news/wordpress-plugins/
🔗 https://socialspec.org/news/introducing-socialspec-dot-org
🔗 https://socialspec.org/news/hyperctl/
🔗 https://socialspec.org/news/micro-dot-blog/
and then
🔗 ℹ️ SocialSpec - Documentation - Micro.blog Help Center
🔗 https://github.com/microdotblog/plugin-socialspec/blob/main/README.md
Back in late September @gruber wrote 🔗 this …
If you purchased an iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 15 Pro Max, or any iPhone 16 model, you may be entitled to compensation.
I just tried the link provided : 🔗 https://www.smartphoneaisettlement.com/ which works … but the link on the site to make the claim 🔗 https://aplsconnect.com/smartphoneaisettlement/ does not. Anyone else seeing this?
🔗 Utah Court Says Woman Can Sue Herself – Lowering the Bar
No. Not a conundrum … just greed in action.
That’s ‘undo’ - not undies …
🔗 Tom Hegen’s ‘The Mineral Age’ Documents the Indelible Effects of the Green Transition
Stunning - if very sad - photography.
🔗 Steve Blank Elon Musk Just Gave Europe a Reason to Replace American Technology
The decision of the U.S. to shut off intelligence and throttle the military version of Starlink called Starshield to Ukraine …
Not wrong - BUT as he points out just a couple of paragraphs later;
Elon Musk personally ordered the restrictions …. This wasn’t an articulated U.S. foreign policy nor was it an announced act of the U.S. government. From news accounts it appears to have been a personal decision of an American CEO acting unilaterally.
So why phrase the opening paragraph like that?
🔗 Be careful what you wish for.
It might be the complex, fickle and unpredictable problems that allow the professional to thrive.
… maybe even humans.
Take a deep breath.
Click on : 🔗 The Climb · Dream Again USA
Ask yourself how much longer this can go on.
🔗🎵 Kate Bush’s Deal With God: The Story of “Running Up That Hill.”
Neat article and if you like that song some great embedded videos of her various versions.
🔗 How LEGO Engineered the Perfect Plaything
Yes it is - and yet great as it is - and flexible as it is - it does teach us that everything has a place and that there is a place for everything … which I am not sure is a good lesson.
It has a sense that ‘all’ is preordained.
🔗 The man hiking the world in search of rare cheeses
🖇️ Not this man .. who has literally walked around the world.
I think ‘cheese guy’ is more figuratively speaking.
Îs ‘speaking’ the right word?
🔗 In Defence of Process - you know that boring stuff that everyone pooh poos?
🔗 Scripting News: Monday, October 19, 2026
I would like to have one day when Claude Code doesn’t fuck everything up by doing things it is explicitly prohibited from doing. I find things that were changed in critical parts of the program, that were indefensible.
Yeah - me too. Except - I don’t really get it every day - but a couple of days ago - oh boy - a doozy. I spotted it before it happened - so disaster averted - but if proof was ever needed … this is why you don’t run Claude on auto pilot.
I shared 🔗🎬📼 this clip in a comment earlier this week - but pushing it out again because;
- it is a good clip
- it is a good movie
- it is an iconic line that gets left off lists (get to the end).
Read the whole thing - but if no time … three - count them - three - quotes from a very short post.
🔗 The age of initiative | Seth’s Blog
For those indoctrinated to comply, this is stressful. The stress is due to a desire to get things back to normal, to give them a chance to comply again, but right here, right now, is as normal as things are ever going to get. “Good jobs” are no longer sinecures where success comes from following instructions.
One reason AI got such a fast start is that it gave people seeking compliance a chance to wait for the AI to tell them what to do next. Quick, cheap answers.
No matter what you do for a living, there’s a machine standing by, waiting for instructions. Instructions from you, if you choose, or from your overlords if you don’t.
Daring Fireball:
🔗 Barack Obama on the Trump Administration’s Intimidation Campaign Against Congresswoman Ilhan Omar
… less about Ilhan Omar and more about doubling down on why so many people I follow seem to be wrong.
🔗 Daring Fireball: Netflix Shitcanned Film Chief Dan Lin Too
Netflix’s movies are worse than their series, which also mostly stink. (As opposed to Apple TV, which somehow makes terrible movies while making the best series in the business.)
It is interesting Apple observation. I can’t think of a good film that they produced off the top of my head - but so many of their series are absolute bangers.
🔗 Daring Fireball: Verizon Is Going to Charge $10/Month for iPhone Handoff
Second, we all know Verizon is the most expensive competent carrier in the U.S. (Maybe AT&T is just as expensive, but I said “competent”.) It feels like a rip that T-Mobile is charging $5/month. Verizon charging double is on-brand but irritating.
My better half insists on Verizon and her bill is always twice - sometimes three times mine.
and to your surprise, the last four digits of the phone number of the owner are yours.
Or to put it another way …. I found my glasses on my head - taken to ’11’
🔗 X’s reverse eternal September
Why the onetime global town square now feels more like a clubhouse.
… I think he means ‘frathouse’ - and we know how those are working out.