And another post ‘posted’ and lost to the ether .. I wonder if they hang out with all the socks I don’t have?


Am I missing something?

This is the headline on the fireflies site

And you read down the page and get to …

Seriously?


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You are tired at night so go to bed early - so you wake up earlier - so you are tired even earlier at night - so you go to bed even earlier - so you …

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At the beginning of the year I had grand plans for this series. A daily long-form post about something that was rattling my brain that day. And then life. For a while, I was even just dropping markers - to revisit. I came to realise that part of the problem was the complexity of the structure for each post - so that went away. Simplicity really is rather nice. As I write on 240413, I am now going back and filling in the gaps. PLUS - unless something strikes me immediately, I will not classify until the end of the day and go back to move one of the posts of the day into the 366. Also - if you are wondering how I have update the words at the bottom of over 100 posts at a stroke, well - THANK YOU Andy Sylvester and his Glossary plugin.

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The irony of a footer that tells you that you aren’t going to get one of this annoying little pop ups asking you to sign up - and not being aware that it is dutifully delivered over and over again through the RSS feed on each post - sometimes even without a post.


Alert on my LOCK screen - via Spark - a single SPAM message promoting Le Creuset.

Settings investigation in my future.

Particularly since on opening Spark I found lot of messages that I presume somebody/thing ‘thought’ were far less important!

(To be fair .. some of them definitely were!)


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🔗Gioia’s rule of the spheres.

Six Places To Focus

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At the beginning of the year I had grand plans for this series. A daily long-form post about something that was rattling my brain that day. And then life. For a while, I was even just dropping markers - to revisit. I came to realise that part of the problem was the complexity of the structure for each post - so that went away. Simplicity really is rather nice. As I write on 240413, I am now going back and filling in the gaps. PLUS - unless something strikes me immediately, I will not classify until the end of the day and go back to move one of the posts of the day into the 366. Also - if you are wondering how I have update the words at the bottom of over 100 posts at a stroke, well - THANK YOU Andy Sylvester and his Glossary plugin.

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🔗 Biden may have trouble getting on Ohio’s general election ballot, state’s top election official warns.

.. there are some things in life that I clearly do not understand … such as the need for Democrats to self destruct.


A Public Announcement

Nobody else will even notice - much less care - about my achievement today, but gosh darn - it needs to be recognized. So this is …

A Public Announcement

Today I fixed the CSS on my MicroBlog so that the video container when looked at on a phone is now fixed and no longer runs off the screen.

AND no Google or ChatGPT in the loop …

AND I have had this in the back of my mind since March 27th, and was ignoring it in the hope it would just go away …

AND I have held off doing it because - well I ‘know’ me …

AND In the end it only took 5 minutes.

I am so utterly gobsmacked that I am going to have to lie down for the rest of the day.


You Know He’s Right.

As is so often the case.


🎥 The Gentlemen, 2019 - ★★★★

Watching the spin off show recently reminded me that I hadn't reviewed this - which I watched only this past Christmas. I like most of Ritchie's movies - this was no exception. I like most McConaughey work - this was no exception. And - DEFINITELY better than the spin off series.


🎥 The Beautiful Game, 2024 - ★★★★

One of those 'little' movies that just hits the spot and then there is 'Bill' - so really, what is not to love.

Turns out there is a soccer competition for Homeless people around the world - and this release sees to be synched with the first annual competiton since before COVID. (If I read right.)


🔗 Porn showing the way again?

We know that the Porn Industry leads the way in adopting new technology to redefine itself.

Not once or twice - but continually. Only Fans might be the latest example.

In this piece Bob Lefsetz suggests that musicians of the world take a leaf out of their book.


Homeless People - Soccer - Movie - Awareness .....

I watched a lovely little movie last night - fresh out on Netflix with Bill Nighy in the lead role.

On Netflix

Great movie? Not at all. Just one of those lovely little movies that I happen to enjoy - and seemingly that Bill happens to enjoy making.

Anyway - it got me to wondering. Is there really a soccer World Cup for homeless people? Turns out yes - yes there is …

The Real Story Behind The Beautiful Game

Member Countries — Homeless World Cup

I am part of a burgeoning collective that is out there and can be found - but we aren’t yet promoting. Homelessness is one of the threads running through the collective. I haven’t heard talk of this particular event - BUT - I am going to post this post into the timeless space and see what I can find.

Want to know more about that collective and what we are doing - Let Me Know

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BTW - It probably isn’t a coincidence that it was released just as the 2024 competition is happening.


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OOH OOH - here’s an idea - let’s take a movie from 25 years ago and turn it into an 8 part mini series.

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At the beginning of the year I had grand plans for this series. A daily long-form post about something that was rattling my brain that day. And then life. For a while, I was even just dropping markers - to revisit. I came to realise that part of the problem was the complexity of the structure for each post - so that went away. Simplicity really is rather nice. As I write on 240413, I am now going back and filling in the gaps. PLUS - unless something strikes me immediately, I will not classify until the end of the day and go back to move one of the posts of the day into the 366. Also - if you are wondering how I have update the words at the bottom of over 100 posts at a stroke, well - THANK YOU Andy Sylvester and his Glossary plugin.

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📼 🎵 But We Had Music

… via the inimitable Maria Popova


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Seperately I still look forward to having MicroBlog and Readwise just synch with my chosen folder in Newswire. And then I thought I read the other day that this is indeed possible. Is it? I can’t find anything about it anywhere. 🥺. But there’s more. I want the opportunity to change the order dynamically, based on ‘last post in’ - but no plans according to Manton.

.. from 🖇️ here - where i have just published V4 of my ‘blogroll - but still no answers to those question - plus - I wonder if there is any plan to offer a ‘nested’ list. (If you click through - the need becomes clear. 🤒

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At the beginning of the year I had grand plans for this series. A daily long-form post about something that was rattling my brain that day. And then life. For a while, I was even just dropping markers - to revisit. I came to realise that part of the problem was the complexity of the structure for each post - so that went away. Simplicity really is rather nice. As I write on 240413, I am now going back and filling in the gaps. PLUS - unless something strikes me immediately, I will not classify until the end of the day and go back to move one of the posts of the day into the 366. Also - if you are wondering how I have update the words at the bottom of over 100 posts at a stroke, well - THANK YOU Andy Sylvester and his Glossary plugin.

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At the beginning of the year I had grand plans for this series. A daily long-form post about something that was rattling my brain that day. And then life. For a while, I was even just dropping markers - to revisit. I came to realise that part of the problem was the complexity of the structure for each post - so that went away. Simplicity really is rather nice. As I write on 240413, I am now going back and filling in the gaps. PLUS - unless something strikes me immediately, I will not classify until the end of the day and go back to move one of the posts of the day into the 366. Also - if you are wondering how I have update the words at the bottom of over 100 posts at a stroke, well - THANK YOU Andy Sylvester and his Glossary plugin.

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I wrote a post yesterday morning. It’s not my usual style, so I filed it in drafts while I cooled down.

I woke up this morning and saw the headline “Israel Blames Misidentification for Strike That Killed Gaza Aid Workers” … and so fuck it … it’s in the comments below. (If you are reading this and not on my site - click on the link.)


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🔗 Google to delete search data of millions who used ‘incognito’ mode.

‘Incognito’ is not ‘incognito’ and barely a flutter in the ether.

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At the beginning of the year I had grand plans for this series. A daily long-form post about something that was rattling my brain that day. And then life. For a while, I was even just dropping markers - to revisit. I came to realise that part of the problem was the complexity of the structure for each post - so that went away. Simplicity really is rather nice. As I write on 240413, I am now going back and filling in the gaps. PLUS - unless something strikes me immediately, I will not classify until the end of the day and go back to move one of the posts of the day into the 366. Also - if you are wondering how I have update the words at the bottom of over 100 posts at a stroke, well - THANK YOU Andy Sylvester and his Glossary plugin.

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📸 My bus is arriving.