Well look at that @dave .. it worked .. taking the same route as you .. just in a different truck … here to Micro.blog to BlueSky … and Mastodon, Threads, Tumblr et al .. thanks to @manton.


LATER THIS MORNING:

Saving for posterity - this what was orgianlly posted and somehow broke because of html and markdown trying to work in the same space.

Just an FYI @dave and @manton


Well look at that [@dave](https://micro.blog/dave) .. it worked .. taking the same route as you .. just in a different truck … here to Micro.blog to BlueSky … and Mastodon, Threads, Tumblr et al .. thanks to [@manton](https://micro.blog/manton).


![](https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2529/2026/99b5c1e979.jpg)

Yes … despite the proclamation .. logo once again gone. I know why. I know how to fix it. I just need to actually do it!


Following some breadcrumbs.


Jax won’t say anything - so taking a few minutes out to sing her praises.

Last week she was talking with someone who is on their way to ‘new friend’ status when the conversation inevitably arrived at the ‘so - what do you do’ question - and the conversation took off.

A young man (related to new friend) was listening in.

This text received the next day.

Praise doesn’t often come from teenagers, but (name redacted) was loving listening to our conversation and said “I never thought I’d meet someone like her, someone who is switched on but also doing something about it“ 😊

The most telling part of this is that a lot of people who should know better simply do not understand her work - just nod their heads and move on. Why?

  • Too hard. (No - it isn’t.)
  • Doesn’t apply to me / doesn’t happen here. (Yes it does and yes it does.)
  • Assumes wrongly that others are already fixing this.(No - they aren’t.).

**Very proud of Jax and all that she is doing in this tortured world. **


🔗📼 A Banger from Binface

If you are reading this post on my site, you will see that this link is rendered as an embedded video at the bottom of the post. (THANKYOU @rknightuk]. It will render just fine - unless the video owner wants you to watch it over on YouTube (and to be fair - there are very good reasons for that). If that happens, click on the link above and you will be taken to YouTube. The 'error' is only because the creator wants you to got to YouTube to watch it. That said - on rare occasions, it might actually be broken. If it is - sorry about that - try sending me an email and I will check if I made an error.

Crucial Track 🎵 August 8, 2026

"Govinda" by Kula Shaker

Listen on Apple Music

Apparently they are still going ... who knew? This had my ears at the time - as did [🖇️ the album](https://john.philpin.com/2026/08/08/k-by-kula-shaker.html) - and still does. I can't fail to listen to Govinda and not feel uplifted.

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K by Kula Shaker

K by Kula Shaker

Released in 1996 in the middle of ‘Brit Pop’ - yet curiously Oasis, Blur and Pulp all did NOT release and album that year. Not sure they fit into the BritPop category - but no less great for it.


👁️ Normal service has been resumed. Again. My posts were once more failing to find their way on to the blog - much lesss out to the world.

FIXED - but this one was down to me.

I am officially now classed in ‘Myers Briggs’ as ‘EEJIT’.


🔗 EchoFeed is Shutting Down

I hadn’t heard of Echofeed before, so no comment - other than isn’t the vast majority of what it offered built right into Micro.Blog? Misunderstanding❓ Missing something❓


💬 Men see objects, women see the relationship between objects. Whether the objects need each other, love each other, match each other. It is an extra dimension of feeling we men are without.


💬 the selfsame forces that made the universe also made the figuring instrument with which we try to comprehend it.


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👁️ Heh @AndySylvester - look what I just 🖇️ rediscovered ❗️


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💬 Life is defined by change, chance, and choice.


👁️ oh no … not Airtable.


🏗️⛑️ Interested to see an error suddenly pop up on my blog for a post that has been there for over three years. Never touched since.

I investigated - found the error - fixed.

I guess Micro.Blog is becoming less forgiving about amateur hour?


💬 The problem isn’t the advertising you see. It’s the tracking you don’t.


Time to do this in Auckland.


👁️ How long before the Shopify uprisings begin?