David Frum is not wrong …

🔗 The ‘Gulf of America’ Is an Admission of Defeat https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/02/gulf-america-mexico-defeat/681682

The worth of a state, in the long run, is the worth of the individuals composing it. 💬 John Stuart Mill

🕵💬 Inspired By People | 🌐 John Stuart Mill

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I was thinking of posting a quick response analysis of 🖇️ this post from yesterday - but not yet. https://john.philpin.com/2025/02/12/a-hotel-advertises-wifi-and.html

"If someone wants to unlock a stolen phone – or retrieve money from an ATM – and only have five guesses, this data suggests they still have a one-in-eight chance of guessing correctly."

💬 Nathan Yau - Flowing Data

🔗 The Complete Article https://flowingdata.com/2025/02/06/using-the-same-four-digit-pin-as-others

Interesting to see my BlueSky cross post reach the micro.blog timeline before the native Micro Blog post.

🕵💬 Inspired By People | 🌐 Mahatma Gandhi

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A hotel advertises ‘WiFi’ and then delivers this service

What should my response be?

🕵💬 Inspired By People | 🌐 John Adams

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"The U.K. demands Apple build a back door into its products; Apple is more likely to leave the country."

💬 Ben Thompson

Cory Weinberg at The Information reporting …

"It’s becoming more likely that name-brand Silicon Valley firms might end up like other privately held, globally important conglomerates like Koch Industries, Bloomberg or Hearst."

I mean really - what could go wrong?

🖇️ Me back in 2016 - commenting on a post by Doc Searls - including an early start to the ad / tracker blocker dialogue

Fresh into the feed today - Doc on the difference between 🔗 Blocking Tracking and Blocking Ads

Its amazing how after all this time they are still conflated (I think mainly because it s... john.philpin.com https://john.philpin.com/2025/02/11/me-back-in-commenting-on.html

🔗 Hiding data in an emoji

.. sharing - and understand - not sure I could do it. https://flowingdata.com/2025/02/10/hiding-data-in-an-emoji/

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Because sometimes you need to watch things to which you can nod your head up and down - not side to side.

🔗 Climate Warming Warning From Carl Sagan

🔗 Careful about that AI

🔗 Vance IS Weird. Isn’t he?

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🖇️ Re this - fixed. It seems that I am definitely am all over the place on movie watching. https://john.philpin.com/2025/02/11/been-a-while-since-i.html

Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl, 2024 - ★★★★ https://john.philpin.com/2025/02/11/wallace-amp-gromit-vengeance-most.html

The Miracle Club, 2023 - ★★★½ https://john.philpin.com/2025/02/11/the-miracle-club.html

Queer, 2024 - ★★★★ https://john.philpin.com/2025/02/11/queer.html

A Complete Unknown, 2024 - ★★★★ https://john.philpin.com/2025/02/11/a-complete-unknown.html

Babygirl, 2024 - ★★ https://john.philpin.com/2025/02/11/babygirl.html

Ferry, 2021 - ★★★ https://john.philpin.com/2025/02/11/ferry.html