🔗 T.S.A. Is Providing Air Passenger Data to Immigration Agents for Deportation Effort
.. for marination purposes.
🔗 🎶 Frankie Goes To Hollywood / Welcome to the Pleasuredome
The whole album - but for me ….
Steven Wilson has created **a unique 12-inch mix **of the song ‘Welcome to the Pleasure Dome’, called the ‘Supernova’ mix. This runs for exactly 30 minutes and like the instrumentals is only available on this blu-ray audio!
.. would love to hear that.
🔗 🎶 The 47 Songs With the Longest No. 1 Streaks on the Billboard Hot 100
… more interesting are the artists and records NOT on that list.
🔗 The Opposite of the Drive Thru Window - Now I Know
Well - now I certainly do know …. but more importantly - a spin on food delivery buried towards the end ….
Burger King delivered [the food] directly to their car via motorcycle
💬 WaPo
Bottoming out the story …
‘Poorer people pay taxes so that governments can subsidise richer people to build things that they then price outside what poorer people can afford.”
A Better Headline?
Subsidies for rich people’s infrastructure, paid by poor people’s taxes.
🔗 The thing about chess | Seth
… maybe there should be. I mean if they can muck around with Cricket - why not Chess?
the tools are only as good as the questions we ask them.
I like the line - but I particulalrly like the page he links to.
‘Web’ means something. It’s about creating networks between writers. When it’s allowed to work remarkable things can be accomplished. Most people who think they’re using the web have never used it. The original web is still very much here, ready for us to start building on it again.
And …
“Most people who have never heard of RSS use it every day.”
In Praise Of Drafts
Drafts, an app by Agile Tortoise, has been recognized as App of the Year for 2025 thirteen years after its release, showcasing its continued relevance and utility in writing. Reposting @ameripie - adding small thoughts. ( Thankyou @agiletoroise )
For your reading pleasure.
Paul Krugman on 🔗 MAGA, the Broligarchs and the Media - and inside he links to 🔗 The Authoritarian Stack
📸 A Different Way Of Looking At Things - #MBPhotoChallenge Day 4 (18th) : Evergreen
The Information Gets Its Facts Wrong - Again
Osborne’s appointment to OpenAI reflects a trend of organisations hiring political figures, despite their lousy records in public office - and Clegg didn’t even play a PM on TV - much less be one in real life.
Say goodbye to âSuperJohnâ - say hello to â¦
Say goodbye to ‘SuperJohn’ - say hello to …
You know how you wake up in the middle of the night - and the 💡 goes off❓
Of course using ‘titles’ and ‘roles’ is the wrong approach - it ’s what they do - how they do it that is important … 🤦 …
Let the next iteration of The Business Equation commence.
📸 A Different Way Of Looking At Things - #MBPhotoChallenge Day 3 (17th) : Firelight
🔗 Literal Enshittification: ‘Smart’ Toilets Play Fast And Loose With Your Pooping Data | Techdirt
… I’m glad someone is reporting on the important shit. (Pun intended).
Remember when we so concerned that all our ‘house data’ from Roomba was being sent over to Google - without so much as a ‘by-your-leave’.
… and then onto 2022 when Amazon got involved …
Fast Forward to 2025 - and …
🔗 Roomba Maker iRobot Declares Bankruptcy, but Tries to Ease ‘Bricking’ Fears
Turns out all your data is now all wrapped up and safe and over in China.
The Amazon acquisition wasn’t anti-competitive — it was iRobot’s last chance to remain competitive.
💬 [Gruber](https://daringfireball.net/linked/2025/12/15/roomba-maker-irobot-declares-bankruptcy)
📸 A Different Way Of Looking At Things - #MBPhotoChallenge Day 2 (16th) : Cozy
🪦 We often read ‘too soon’ .. but hell fire Rob … too soon and most certainly not like this. One of the greats.