📺 I saw this promoted, checked out the trailer and realised I had watched it.

That is how good this show is.

I’ll come back to add the star rating …

🔗 North Shore Season 1 🚧


Crucial Track 🎵 May 18, 2026

"Chicago" by Groove Armada

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And Another 'Prompt' Entry ...

Hit shuffle on your music library and post the first song played

I generally post an image in my 'Crucials' that is connected to the song - but in an odd way.

Bonus points today if anyone can tell me whatthat might be today.

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👁️ Ummmm❓


Twelve years ago - 🔗📼🎵 I was there. Love you man.


Crucial Track 🎵 May 17, 2026

"The City: Grass and Concrete / Taxi To Brooklyn / Speak Easy It's a Whiskey Scene" by Mark-Almond

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One of those bands that are so far under the radar in 2026 that subterranean doesn't even start to describe it - and they have so many 'CRUCIALS' - that I ended up choosing this one because it is over 10 minutes of total bliss. Originally from the Mayall School of Music - look it up kids.

And it's Mark Almond - NOT Marc Almond - who one day will get his own entry.

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I think it might be who you hang out with

Brit here - and though Björk does not sit at the top of my favourite artists - she certainly is no where near the bottom and I do not recall that particular refrain ever being that common - which might explain her Wikipedia entry.


I think I have only ever met one Brad in my entire life - and that was 20 years ago - worked together for a year - and never spoke again. Online though? Totally different - and this is only one slice of RSSLand.


🔗 LLCs essentially create a precedent for AIs

Companies can own property, sign contracts, sue, be sued, spend money, and shape elections. But companies cannot be killed nor can they go to jail. They have many of the rights of people. They are not people.

💬 Brad Barrish

I guess Mitt forgot to tell us that?


📸🍎 The 🔗 LinkedIN post remains' meh' - BUT - I did like the associated image


Yes - yes - I did watch 📺🔗 Pluribus Season 1 .. I mean it’s not a loser - but truly have a hard time understanding what everybody was raving about. 🚧


A question of understanding - because when I first read this post - I was attempting to reconcile zip (as in zip code) with ‘incompatible’ - confused because I had never heard of such a thing. As I am shuffling out my Drafts it dawned on me - of course - he’s talking Zip formats. 🤦🏼‍♂️

🔗 Why Is Everything Proprietary These Days?

how the fuck can a ZIP be incompatible??

💬 Kev Quirk


📺 Parish 🚧

My Review - despite Giancarlo .. overall .. yeah - no.



This from the end of March and only posting now as I am playing around with the Drafts MCP from @agiletotoise and discovering a few ‘lost in the stream’ drafts.

🔗 More Magic Math from OpenAI?

The real product here is not AI. It is an IPO prospectus.

💬 Om


Irony is dead.

🔗 The Youth AI Safety Institute Has Margrethe Vestager’s Backing

I love that the dickpanel is titled “We value your privacy” and then begins with the sentence, “With your agreement, we and our 399 partners use cookies or similar technologies to store, access, and process personal data like your visit on this website, IP addresses and cookie identifiers.”

💬 John Gruber


🔗 Wired on the Dark Mood Inside Meta

Unanswered remains my question from earlier this week: is MCI installed on Bosworth’s computer too? (And Zuck’s?)

💬 John Gruber

Given that Zuck keeps sticky tape over his computer camera - I am going to go with no.


Not so much the article (🔗 1Password is stepping on the rake again)

.. as his close 😂

Please note: If you have come here to recommend a different password manager, I implore you to not do that, as I just do not care. This is what I did. If something else works for you, good for you. Write it up on your own blog.

💬 Jamie Zawinski


Crucial Track 🎵 May 16, 2026

"Oh Well (Live)" by Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

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Talking of superb covers … as I wrote 🖇️ here not even a month ago - a glorious cover of track by Fleetwood Mac. Before John and Stevie. Even before Christine.

Bonus Round ...

🔗🍎🎵 PartONE that Tom covered.

🔗🍎🎵 PartTWO that Tom did not cover - totally different and Peter Green's favourite part.

both performed by Fleetwood Mac.

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📺 Watched: Series 1,2 and 3 of The Lincoln Lawyer

Watching: Series 4 now.

🚧


👁️ Problem of the day .. why is it so hard for Paste to keep it all in synch❓