It can all sometimes seem to be dark, overbearing .. foreboding even, but somehow the light does get through.


Read the whole thread for a ‘6 Thread’ lesson in political typography .. but you have to get to ‘middle of the end’ to find that sumptuous sentence in brackets.

I am going to try to weave some of those words into a sentence of my own today.

Thankyou for brightening my day @jonathanhoefler


From The Rolling Stone

Musk proved to be an unskilled interviewer and struggled to get a word in ..

One is not surprising at all and two this is what happens whenever two loud mouths speak with megaphones whilst their ears are plugged.



Tall masted sailing boat checked in last night - gone as sun was rising.


Nice change to Pika today @bjhess - thankyou


🎵 Thanks to Bob Lefsetz, I just found out about The Last Dinner Party and .. holy crap .. talk about arriving on the scene hot .. with a stunning debut.

Rock is clearly not yet dead.


I like the family .. though sunlit continues to be an outlier .. and who else thinks that epilogue’s pages turn the wrong way?


Somebody googled me recently and emailed me asking if I was ‘the criminal profiler’, or at least connected to him.

I am, and back in 2017, I wrote a little post connecting the two of us.

I have just added the full story of when we ‘met’ a loooong time ago -and appended it to the 2017 post.

🖇️ You will find it here.

(The story started before Google.)

In 2024 if you Google “John Philpin”, you will indeed find that there are two of us, but back then, there wasn’t a Google … I know kids .. hard to believe. There was something called ‘Alta Vista’ and Yahoo - but nascent at best.


I don’t know much about Nate Silver, read his stuff from time to time — but just heard him on Pesca’s show. He should stick to writing .. talking is not his bag.


Does anyone happen to know if the findanyfile.app searches inside mail apps?


Can you even imagine …


They who are being parodied are apparently seeking this ‘lol’ site to ‘cease and desist’ - because really - there is nothing more important … right?

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There’s a new Pat Metheny album that I was listening to at the start of yesterday.

At the end of the day watching Stéphane Grappelli and Django from their hey day.

Listening seperation - 12 hours.

Performing seperation - 90 years.


We can’t wait to see what you will come up with …

My gut says that phrase emerged from Apple and now everyone uses it … Today’s Craft announcement for example.

It’s use is as ubiquitous as

Let’s get to it

The English language is vast - and the ‘vastnesss’ affords occasional variation.


I am boycotting Twitter .. sorry, that other name is just stupid. Wondering if I too am going to to be sued .. like Mars et al ..


Medhi Hasan ..


Filed in the #ThingsYouShouldntDoubleDownOnBucket

JD Vance’s Wife: My Husband Only Meant to Insult People Who Actively Choose Not to Have Kids, Not People Who Are Trying but Are Unsuccessful


‘Riots and Protests’ - all bundled together as one .. shouldn’t we expect better from The Grauniad. They are substantially different.