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Here, there, everywhere … yet somehow not omnipresent. But you get used to it. #StructuredThought 🎵 🎥📚
Merry Christmas
December 25, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Stay safe SoCal.
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Stay safe SoCal.
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December 25, 2025 at 12:34 AM
"… bubbles produced from a machine while the show was in progress stained all the furniture in the hall. As a consequence, Pink Floyd were banned from ever playing there again."

💬 Wikipedia

The Hall?

The Queen Elizabeth Hall.

Halcyon Days.
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… bubbles produced from a machine while the show was in progress stained all the furniture in the hall. As a consequence, Pink Floyd were banned from ever playing there again. 💬 Wikipedia The Hall? The Queen Elizabeth Hall. Halcyon Days.
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December 25, 2025 at 12:34 AM
📸 A Different Way Of Looking At Things - #MBPhotoChallenge Day 11 (25th) : Feast
December 24, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Anyone remember the Psion3A?

Came to mind looking at the Samsung.
December 24, 2025 at 12:19 AM
🔗Random access - Seth

I have one of these on my 🖇️blog and my (new) 🖇️ wiki - and despite both being in the menu - I am guessing I am the only person that ever clicks on the links.
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🔗Random access - Seth I have one of these on my 🖇️blog and my (new) 🖇️ wiki - and despite both being in the menu - I am guessing I am the only person that ever clicks on the links.
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December 23, 2025 at 9:24 PM
🔗 The 60 Minutes report on CECOT that Bari Weiss censored is now internet contraband | The Verge

"Thanks to Weiss’ censorship, it may very well wind up being the most-talked-about CBS News story this year."

💬 Elizabeth Lopatto... https://john.philpin.com/2025/12/24/the-minutes-report-on-cecot.html
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🔗 The 60 Minutes report on CECOT that Bari Weiss censored is now internet contraband | The Verge Thanks to Weiss’ censorship, it may very well wind up being the most-talked-about CBS News story this year. 💬 Elizabeth Lopatto, The Verge .. via @gruber …. 🔗 Pulled 60 Minutes segment on CECOT : CBS : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive And of course - thanks to 🔗 PullTube I now have safely tucked away in my personal collection - you know - just in case.
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December 23, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Guess which country tops these four lists and which is ranked 7th, 8th, not even on the list and 3rd respectively.

🔗Exports the Most Christmas Decorations

🔗Dominating Critical Mineral Refining in 2030

🔗Stockpiling Most Gol... https://john.philpin.com/2025/12/24/guess-which-country-tops-these.html
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Guess which country tops these four lists and which is ranked 7th, 8th, not even on the list and 3rd respectively. 🔗Exports the Most Christmas Decorations 🔗Dominating Critical Mineral Refining in 2030 🔗Stockpiling Most Gold Reserves Since 2000 🔗Battery Manufacturing Investment Sorry, the winner in the other 3 categories were only a close 2nd on Gold Reserves. (Although ‘1’ and ‘2’ had totals that are each just about the same as the rest of the list added together.
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December 23, 2025 at 9:25 PM
🪦Sorry to REAd that Chris.
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🪦Sorry to REAd that Chris.
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December 23, 2025 at 8:47 PM
I read a post from @dave this morning about dynamic OPML being supported by RSS readers and thought surely NetNewsWire does .. but apparently no.

So I asked Perplexity … because I think this is what I have been looking for .. I wonder why it isn’t more broadly available?
December 23, 2025 at 7:57 PM
📸 A Different Way Of Looking At Things - #MBPhotoChallenge Day 10 (24th) : Travel
December 23, 2025 at 7:57 PM
‘30 to 40 thousand tonnes

’ .. appropriate that they are being called ‘Trump Class’ the biggest ass - in both senses of the word - deserves memorialisation.
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‘30 to 40 thousand tonnes ’ .. appropriate that they are being called ‘Trump Class’ the biggest ass - in both senses of the word - deserves memorialisation.
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December 23, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Dear Claude,

Look at these numbers (providing screen grab of list in my spreadsheet). Tell me which entries add up to 102.79 (the difference between my bank balance and my estimate).

10 seconds later - 3 numbers, total 102.79 - counted twice on my sheet.

I hate when things aren’t exactly right.
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Dear Claude, Look at these numbers (providing screen grab of list in my spreadsheet). Tell me which entries add up to 102.79 (the difference between my bank balance and my estimate). 10 seconds later - 3 numbers, total 102.79 - counted twice on my sheet. I hate when things aren’t exactly right.
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December 22, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Everything about Finalist seemed right to me - but on install - not really. What am I missing? Or is the value only really revealed in the ‘pro’ - with no way to experience it before commit?

App of the Year apparently.
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Everything about Finalist seemed right to me - but on install - not really. What am I missing? Or is the value only really revealed in the ‘pro’ - with no way to experience it before commit? App of the Year apparently.
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December 22, 2025 at 11:41 PM
🔗🎬 Pluribus becomes Apple TV’s most watched show ever.

Me … 🤯

(Though to be honest - still have a few episodes to go - though that in itself is telling )
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🔗🎬 Pluribus becomes Apple TV’s most watched show ever. Me … 🤯 (Though to be honest - still have a few episodes to go - though that in itself is telling )
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December 22, 2025 at 10:39 PM
🔗🎶 Jon Lord - Unsquare Dance (Dave Brubeck)

One of ‘my’ guys playing the music of one of my mum’s (and so another one of ‘my’) guys.
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🔗🎶 Jon Lord - Unsquare Dance (Dave Brubeck) One of ‘my’ guys playing the music of one of my mum’s (and so another one of ‘my’) guys.
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December 22, 2025 at 10:34 PM
📸 A Different Way Of Looking At Things - #MBPhotoChallenge Day 9 (23rd) : Baking
December 22, 2025 at 10:11 PM
🔗 On Paperbacks and TikTok - Cal Newport

"In 1939, Simon & Schuster revolutionized the American publishing industry with the launch of Pocket Books, a line of diminutive volumes (measuring 4 by 6 inches) that cost only a quart... https://john.philpin.com/2025/12/23/on-paperbacks-and-tiktok-cal.html
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🔗 On Paperbacks and TikTok - Cal Newport In 1939, Simon & Schuster revolutionized the American publishing industry with the launch of Pocket Books, a line of diminutive volumes (measuring 4 by 6 inches) that cost only a quarter; a significant discount at a time when a typical hardcover book would ​set you back​ between $2.50 and $3.00. Meanwhile in the UK, founded fully four years earlier, Penguin didn’t need the ‘qualifier’ preceding ‘the publishing industry’.
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December 22, 2025 at 10:11 PM
🔗 How The AI Bubble Bursts In 2026

We will see. We will see.
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🔗 How The AI Bubble Bursts In 2026 We will see. We will see.
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December 22, 2025 at 10:11 PM
🔗 Rocket Lab Secures New Defense Contract … writes ‘Memorandum’.

Are we sure?

🔗 As I remarked on LinkedIN a couple of days ago

The order is for ..

"the manufacture (of) 18 satellites for the Tracking Layer Tranche 3 program under the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture."

(My bold)
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🔗 Rocket Lab Secures New Defense Contract … writes ‘Memorandum’. Are we sure? 🔗 As I remarked on LinkedIN a couple of days ago The order is for .. the manufacture (of) 18 satellites for the Tracking Layer Tranche 3 program under the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture. (My bold)
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December 22, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Replying To A LinkedIN Post: https://john.philpin.com/2025/12/23/replying-to-a-linkedin-post.html

Linear sales funnels oversimplify reality and fail to account for the complexities of customer journeys and the importance of data in optimizing business processes - and more - IMHO.
December 22, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Today’s challenge is going to be .. hell .. IS .. HARD❗️
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Today’s challenge is going to be .. hell .. IS .. HARD❗️
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December 22, 2025 at 6:37 PM
"Take Apple News vs iBooks - they’re both reading apps, so why is it necessary to have two separate apps? Because they’re extremely different reading and writing experiences and it doesn’t make sense to lump them into a one-size-f... https://john.philpin.com/2025/12/22/take-apple-news-vs-ibooks.html
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Take Apple News vs iBooks - they’re both reading apps, so why is it necessary to have two separate apps? Because they’re extremely different reading and writing experiences and it doesn’t make sense to lump them into a one-size-fits-all approach. 💬 Michael Tsai Nailed it and why I don’t'; read pdfs in 🍎 Books saved articles in a browser listen to podcasts in a music app on YouTUBE BUT anything I highlight, save, make a note on/in ANY of the things I am reading, watching or listening to all ends up in the same place.
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December 22, 2025 at 3:12 AM