The fact that any Democrat voting against a t-Rump surrogate should not be news.

I am thinking that it might be time to bid farewell to Hitchens and move on to a new theme. Sorely tempted by a theme that isn’t even out there yet!

You know what I’m talking about @mtt https://micro.blog/mtt

I go in and out with 🔗🎙️Hardfork with Casey Newton and Kevin Roose. Topics aside the ‘out’ is often because they both have a habit of moving the tone of their voice up a couple of octaves which truly pierce’s my ear drums.

And just now I realized how much they also remind me of YouTuber 🔗📼 Ryan George — w... john.philpin.com https://john.philpin.com/2025/01/31/i-go-in-and-out.html

So that’s 25% on 🌯 🥑 🌶️ 🍹 🥃 🫔 🌮 🪅 and that’s just 🇲🇽

🕵💬 Inspired By People

🔍 More Quotes Inspired By People https://john.philpin.com/search-space/?q=%F0%9F%95%B5%F0%9F%92%AC+Inspired+By+People

🔗 The Infrastructure of the Recording Industry Is About to Fail https://open.substack.com/pub/tedgioia/p/the-infrastructure-of-the-recording

🪦 Oh Marianne - please please say it ain’t so 😢

We’re nearly into April - so the ‘Holiday lights’ at 🖇️ john.philpin.com have been uninstalled - and it is no longer snowing. #LifeMovesOn https://john.philpin.com

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🔗📼Just extended my review of ‘Night Agent’ - based on Series 2. https://john.philpin.com/2023/04/01/the-night-agent.html

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Oh there’s interesting …

More Context Tomorrow. I just wanted to let this sit with you for a few hours ….

"Number one, powerful and continuing nationalism.

Number two, disdain for human rights.

Number three, identification of enemies as a unifying cause.

Number four, supremacy of the military.

Number five, rampant sexism.

Number six, controlled media.

Number seven, obsession with national security.

Number eight, religion and government intertwined.

Number nine, corporate power protected.

Number ten, labor power suppressed.

Number eleven, disdain for intellectuals and the arts.

Number twelve, obsession with crime and punish... john.philpin.com https://john.philpin.com/2025/01/28/more-context-tomorrow-i-just.html

It all came together…

"Don’t give in to the lies. Don’t give in to the fear. Hold on to the truth and to hope."

💬 Jim Acosta

A resplendent day for Jim Acosta and journalistic integrity https://steveschmidt.substack.com/p/a-resplendent-day-for-jim-acosta

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🔗🔎 BusinessBytes https://john.philpin.com/search-space/?q=businessbytes

Nuance? We Don’t Need No Stinking’ Nuance …. https://john.philpin.com/2025/01/28/nuance-we-dont-need-no.html

🔗 Google Maps to show Gulf of America after government updates

Not satisfied with destroying tech - they’re now destroying the real world. I can’t delete them from my phone because they aren’t there. https://www.cnbc.com/2025/01/27/google-maps-to-show-gulf-of-america-after-government-updates.html

🎙️🔗 I think this episode might just become the most listened to episode of the entire 16 year history. https://overcast.fm/+AAKxFHLk0sk

[🔗There’s something very meta about linking to a Readwise article that has been ‘readwised’ - that waxes lyrical about Readwise](readwise.io/reader/sh… https://readwise.io/reader/shared/01jjna22czav5q8m8jdffba8ea

The Cost of Living In New Zealand, Australia, United Kingdom and The United States https://john.philpin.com/2025/01/27/the-cost-of-living-in.html