Which is why I dislike this whole trend of digital twins, that has become gospel in Silicon Valley. The Wall Street Journal recently wrote about how prominent names in the industry are creating digital twins, because they are just so busy and it is better for the rest of us to engage with a copy.
💬 Om
The problem with modern tech is that they don’t have any historical perspective. Did they never see 🔗🎬 Multiplicity
Congrats to my friend Manton Reece, a San Antonio fan, for their victory in the Western Conference last night. The Knicks will be playing them starting on Wednesday for the NBA championship. Knicks representing the east, Spurs for the west.
💬 Dave Winer
@dave / @manton - I am thinking ‘Cage Fight’❓
Or is that a spectacle strictly reserved for tech billionaires running surveillance states?
I am often accused by Jax of being a ‘music snob’. ‘No’. I say. ‘I just know what I like’. According to Lin Fisher who writes: 🔗 I Confess, I’m a Snob seems to agree. Music is just one domain she looks at. Another is food .. on which topic Jax is an absolute ‘snob’ - though of course being a gentleman, I would never bring it up.
In fairness to Jax, she sent me the link.
One kind of snob looks down at others.
The kind I’m describing looks inward at self.
One is about superiority. The other is about alignment.
And the difference between the two is everything.
💬 Lin Fisher
Redefining categories on Micro.Blog as part of my revamp and where I can - extending my rules to automate category allocation.
What I really need now is an automatic ‘un-categorisation’.
Going forward posts marked 🖋️Longform will really be Longform - not just posts with a title - but to go back and manually check all the history? One by One? That is not going to happen.
Thinking blogrolls on Micro.Blog. Could they work in the same way as Inkwell?
i.e. don’t import an OPML - point to an OPML.
I can see a collection of topic driven OPMLs that I can then expose in different places - but to only have one place that I need to update?
Good idea - or am I nuts?
🎥 On The Waterfront ★★★★
In a nutshell - if you havent seen it - watch it. If you have seen it - watch it again.
I just discovered 🔗 Kelly Boesch.
An example of her work …
🔗📼 Not Made For The Cage | Kelly Boesch
If you are reading this post on my site, the inline video might me giving an 'error'. That is generally because the creator wants you to go to YouTube to watch it. To do that - click on the link above.
Crucial Track 🎵 May 31, 2026
"Five O'clock World (Remastered)" by The Vogues
The song came into my world through a great cover, but the Vogues original is still most excellent.
👁️ You forget all the funny little things you do to get all this stuff going. Eight days later - and we are finally back. I think.
👁️ Only ever passed by Arcadia - might have paid more attention had I known it was an outpost of a Chinese spy ring.
Crucial Track 🎵 May 30, 2026
"Kayleigh" by Marillion
Always enjoyed the song. Never a massive fan of the band - but definitely a fan - all the way back to the days when some were heralding him as the 'new' Peter Gabriel ... I got it - but really he was just plain old Derek William Dick doing his thing - and his thing was rather good.
Oh - and that's Kayleigh - not Cèilidh.
Sign on to Leaflet with Blusky - write and publish a post - follow that feed in NetNewsWire and then share to MicroBlog …
🪁: Isn’t a ‘Blue Sky’ in the ATmosphere - not ‘on'❓
Still an experiment - I mean how many of these things do we need? And it seems to need a lot of clicks to get where I wanted to be .. Jury very much out - but I will try adding it to my sources.
🪁 A Title To Start ...
... when you don't know
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where you are going
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how it will end
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what it's about
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how long it will be
I don't know - seems all arse about face to me.
But sure - lets see where this cart is heading.
📺 Resident Alien ★★★
It’s quirky and different. Wont be everyone’s cup of tea - but definitely worth a try out. I loved it.