Series 1 is being made into a Spielberg movie. Great series because it opened my ears to a US political history that I knew nothing about.
Just finished Series 2 - and certainly knew some of the McCarthy story - though the bits I knew about were hardly touched, in turn revealing a whole backstory I knew n... john.philpin.com https://john.philpin.com/2024/08/15/series-is-being.html
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It can all sometimes seem to be dark, overbearing .. foreboding even, but somehow the light does get through.
From The Rolling Stone
"Musk proved to be an unskilled interviewer and struggled to get a word in .."
One is not surprising at all and two this is what happens whenever two loud mouths speak with megaphones whilst their ears are plugged.
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Tall masted sailing boat checked in last night - gone as sun was rising.
Nice change to Pika today @bjhess - thankyou
šµ Thanks to Bob Lefsetz, I just found out about The Last Dinner Party and .. holy crap .. talk about arriving on the scene hot .. with a stunning debut.
Rock is clearly not yet dead.
I like the family .. though sunlit continues to be an outlier .. and who else thinks that epilogueās pages turn the wrong way?
Somebody googled me recently and emailed me asking if I was āthe criminal profilerā, or at least connected to him.
I am, and back in 2017, I wrote a little post connecting the two of us.
I have just added the full story of when we āmetā a loooong time ago -and appended it to the 2017 post.
šļø You will find it here.
(The story started before Google.)
"In 2024 if you Google āJohn Philpinā, you will indeed find that there are two of us, but back then, there wasnāt a Google ā¦ I know kids .. hard to believe. There was something called āAlta Vistaā and Yahoo - but nascent at best."
I donāt know much about Nate Silver, read his stuff from time to time ā but just heard him on Pescaās show. He should stick to writing .. talking is not his bag.
Does anyone happen to know if the findanyfile.app searches inside mail apps?
Can you even imagine ā¦
They who are being parodied are apparently seeking this ālolā site to ācease and desistā - because really - there is nothing more important ā¦ right?
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Thereās a new Pat Metheny album that I was listening to at the start of yesterday.
At the end of the day watching StƩphane Grappelli and Django from their hey day.
Listening seperation - 12 hours.
Performing seperation - 90 years.
"We canāt wait to see what you will come up with ā¦"
My gut says that phrase emerged from Apple and now everyone uses it ā¦ Todayās Craft announcement for example.
Itās use is as ubiquitous as
"Letās get to it"
The English language is vast - and the āvastnesssā affords occasional variation.
I am boycotting Twitter .. sorry, that other name is just stupid. Wondering if I too am going to to be sued .. like Mars et al ..
Medhi Hasan ..
Filed in the #ThingsYouShouldntDoubleDownOnBucket
"JD Vanceās Wife: My Husband Only Meant to Insult People Who Actively Choose Not to Have Kids, Not People Who Are Trying but Are Unsuccessful"
āRiots and Protestsā - all bundled together as one .. shouldnāt we expect better from The Grauniad. They are substantially different.
