Introducing …
what a hegseth
… as a new phrase for our global lexicon - I will let y’all decide what it means.
Finally tried the MeidasTouch podcast since it seems to suddenly be ‘up there’ in the podcast league … sure it’s for a lot of people - but boy .. a bit more in the enthusiasm sector of speech delivery would really help.
Sitting and catching up with the world - and not one, not two but three Substacks all on a single theme;
🔗 Open Source and AI, FSF Edition - Dana F. Blankenhorn
🔗 The Mar-a-Lago Accord, or the Plan to Crash the US Economy - Umair Haque
🔗 State Of The (Super)Consumer: Why Government Cuts Are Spooking The Market
They are all different and come from different angles but the theme is not good. And planned?
🕵💬 Inspired By People | 🌐 John C. Maxwell
🔍 All The Posts can be found here, or scroll through the quotes below.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth acknowledged Vance’s “disdain for European freeloading” but argued the US was the only capable actor.
It seems that Hegseth can’t even act - so talk about the pot calling the kettle Vantablack …
🕵💬 Inspired By People | 🌐 Barack Obama
🔍 All The Posts can be found here, or scroll through the quotes below.
âFriendâ
BIG fan of Josh. I even turned up and was part of his door to door campaign twice when he was first elected.
⦠and just as soon as I see you and the rest of congress doing something - which includes stopping supporting the people you say you are fighting - I will be right with you.
‘Friend’
BIG fan of Josh. I even turned up to be part of his door to door campaign twice when he was first elected.
… and just as soon as I see you and the rest of congress doing something - which includes stopping supporting the people you say you are fighting - I will be right with you.
It’s head-scratching if you’re a boomer. You lived through JFK, proffering what you could do for your country and… Now it’s WHAT CAN YOU DO FOR ME?
💬 Bob Lefsetz
🔗 Scripting News: Monday, March 24, 2025
Peter O’Toole starred in 🔗🎬The Ruling Class, a favorite when I was younger. The 🎵📼 last song in the movie is pretty freaking great.
💬 Dave Winer
I agree with Dave - ‘The Ruling Class’ was a good movie (not great - but good). ‘Favorite’? Not so sure, definitely not ‘in general- since it was pretty much panned at the time only time turning it into what we now call a ‘cult classic’. (But do watch the song - it has all the expected cheesiness of its time!)
Four years earlier was 🔗🎬 If - now THAT was a film and arguably did for McDowell what Layer Cake did for Craig.
23andMe files for bankruptcy - FlowingData
As Nathan says …
If you used the service, maybe keep an eye on what happens to your data if the company goes under or is sold off. The California attorney general issued a customer alert with instructions on how delete your data, destroy your sample, and revoke data permissions.
🕵💬 Inspired By People | 🌐 Aristotle
🔍 All The Posts can be found here, or scroll through the quotes below.
Just composing an email to a friend in the USA … which included the line
Hope all is well with you in the land of the free.
It used to be just a pleasant and different way of greeting that I have used for many years with certain people. And then it hit me … I then spent 5 minutes trying to decide whether to include it or not. I ended up writing …
Hope all is well with you in the ‘land of the free’.
Spotted Art
📸 Spotted Art
Schindlerâs Lift
Schindler’s Lift
Revisiting some of our old walks over the weekend - and seeing this reminded me how often we saw scooters being pulled out from this particular wharf.
This one’s a bit different - Beam were unceremoniously removed from Auckland CBD a little over a year ago - so it has been in there for at least that - and now it’s out .. I wonder where ‘home’ is?
🎬 Cordelia Cupp is my new hero. Absolutely F A N T A S T I C stuff.
The writer Paul William Davies is masterfully channeling David Hare’s ‘rapid exchange’ in the dialogue and Uzo Aduba is brilliant in the role.
I have only watched episode 1 - but I am IN!