January 29th.
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Pretty sure these aren’t all from ‘the greats’ … but … it’s a great way to show them off!
💬 Wise words from a wise bloke who wrote about what he saw around him. Sadly, despite being a widely read author, what he saw around him then you can still see around you now.
💬 I have referenced this before, but the #ReadWise quote popped up today - so for posterity. The key point is that until now - we had been training AIs to be ‘the best’. Now we are training them to be ‘good enough’.
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Over the past couple of years my Apple Watch has ‘detected a fall’ … but there wasn’t one. All good.
Yesterday … for the first time in my adult life, I tripped and fell. Like properly. I hit my face on the pavement, the cart I was pushing fell over, cases thrown all over. It was all seemingly serious enough that three nice ladies came over to ask me if I was alright and a man helped me get back on my feet.
Damage? Cuts on the mouth and nose - and a very bruised ego. 🥺
Apple Watch? Donuts.
Go figure.
January 28th.
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January 27th.
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‘Weather’ in New Zealand
Last night …
“A record amount of rain had fallen on Auckland in 24 hours - by 1am, the region had recorded 249mm of rain, smashing the previous 24-hour record of 161.8mm, back in February 1985. And monthly records have also been broken - the wettest January recorded at the Auckland Airport weather station until now was in 1986 with 20cm”
💬 The Met Office
The warnings started at 3pm - and it took Wayne Brown another 4 hours to issue a ‘shelter in place’ advisory - just before Elton John was taking the stage for his final tour …
Colossal failure of leadership in the mayors office — the nature of Brown is money first .. I wonder if he will be held to account?
January 26th.
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What day is it again? Date?
I just can’t make my mind up about Umair Haique. Been following him for years and tend to agree with his thinking … but his writing doesn’t seem to go a wider audience … am I in a left wing version of an Infowars bubble? Is it really as bad as he suggests?
Happy Birthday to me
Happy Birthday to me
Happy Birthday dear me-e
Happy Birthday to me
5 years on MicroBlog ✅
@manton … maybe I am misunderstanding?
Nothing changed in app or on web but if it is going to happen, count me as a vote against the idea. I like to see accounts based on what service they are on. This sounds like no distinction will exist?
I reject lists for lists sake. I need context and clarity around why the list is there at all and why it is relevant to me.
Uh Oh …
🎵 Over on AlbumWhale I now have three lists running, the first two are still growing.
January 25th.
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This is how Jim Crow rolls on in the 21st century. Yes, it’s about the guns. But the guns are about the racism. If my fellow men weren’t so damned racist, so scared of “the other,” they wouldn’t be getting killy, fewer people would be getting killed, and de-escalation could begin.
As it is, you’re safer in Kyiv.
💬 Dana Blankenhorn