"Trump also is a first-time offender with no criminal record."
💬 Wall Street Journal
Whilst I understand the thinking behind the first part of that sentence …
Surely it is only true in as much as he hasn’t previously been caught and held to account.
Semantics? Sure. But language is important.
Today I got my first 🖇️ guestbook signature from a total stranger.
💬 They just accumulate and then you purge saving a few that aren’t particularly the best but do very much resonate at that moment in time.
📸 🌊 After 🖇️ yesterdays weather - this was rather welcome particularly since it was so bad that it knocked the power out. Bed by 7 for this bear.
But … the next morning - what do they say ‘calm after the storm’?
Or is it before?
And The Word is ‘OM’
🔗 Mama - Mother Earth - Om … from Ted Gioia open.substack.com/pub/tedgi…)
Great dive into ‘M’ …
🔗📼 But mostly this a short video demonstrating how a repeating rhythm increasingly speeded up just eventually ‘hums’. Quite lovely.
https://open.substack.com/pub/tedgioia/p/the-most-powerful-sound-in-the-world https://youtu.be/P3hdTbtLra4
🔗📼 Updating Airtable records with advanced Fillout forms - YouTube
Had you heard of Fillout? Marvelous stuff.
Just updated my 🔗 Using ‘page’ .. no longer jsy personal usage - now added business.
https://yaks-laugh-hm1.craft.me/HRGzyIZ4VyEmho/b/DF6D49E4-9EA8-452A-9780-8827E09A5D2A/Using
Sometimes … the software does exactly what it is programmed to. It is rather easy to forget that and I need to really remember that it is usually always my fault. 🤦♂️
📸 🌊 Weather ❗️
📸 🌊 Weather ❗️
The Information
"At this rate, it won’t be too long before Nvidia becomes the most valuable company in the U.S. Shares of the AI chip maker rose another 7% on Tuesday to $1,139, giving the company a market capitalization of $2.8 trillion, according to Koyfin data. Apple, by comparison, finished the day with a market cap of $2.9 trillion, while Microsoft, the current leader, has a market cap of $3.2 trillion."
There is something seriously wrong with the Stock market. Yeah - I know. Old News.
📸 🌊 Some days you see the conflict of the weather over time and I publish a short series - like 🖇️ yesterday. Today the conflict is happening all at once.
https://john.philpin.com/2024/05/27/a-different-approach.html
😂 🔗 An oldy but goldy
🔗 Darn
"Q: We’ve been getting a lot of questions about an alleged Winston Churchill quotation and I’m trying to verify if it’s genuine. The story is that when Churchill was asked to cut funding to the arts in order to support the war effort in World War II, he responded “Then what would we be fighting for?” Have you ever seen this quote? I’ve seen a lot of sources saying that it’s fake but I would love to get your opinion."
💬 Dan Evon, Snopes.com
The quote came to mind about 80% through Ken Burns Brandeis address.
[🔗 📼 You can watch it here.](Ken Burns, H’24 Keynote Address to Brandeis University... john.philpin.com https://john.philpin.com/2024/05/27/darn-q-weve.html
"Speak as if you know what you’re talking about. Listen as if you don’t.
Act as a way to find out."
💬 Mark Manson
N I C E
The 🍎🗞️ widget has suddenly appeared on my desktop - did I accidentally press something - or is this the U2 debacle reframed for 2024?
You Just Can't Tell. Nobody Can. https://john.philpin.com/2024/05/27/you-just-cant.html
History ‘scholars’ weighing in on this 🔗 LinkedIN post .. I can’t be bothered to join in.
For me - YUP … Count me with the Luddites
The point of this post is more about language changing .. over time words get co-opted and they change and come to mean something different .. oft' through more and more pe... john.philpin.com https://john.philpin.com/2024/05/27/history-scholars-weighing.html
🔗 George Conway predicts Trump won’t be unanimously acquitted in hush money trial (🍎🗞️)
.. been thinking that myself - and when it happens how THAT will get spun into puke and bile.
Talking about ‘series’ .. as we are in the process of closing out ‘May’ - I finally got round to updating my 🖇️ 🔎 366 series