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Introducing …

"what a hegseth"

… as a new phrase for our global lexicon - I will let y’all decide what it means.

finally tried the medias podcast since it seems to suddenly be ‘up there’ in the podcast league … sure it’s for a lot of people - but boy .. a bit more in the enthusiasm sector of speech delivery would really help.

Sitting and catching up with the world - and not one, not two but three Substacks all on a single theme;

Open Source and AI, FSF Edition - Dana F. Blankenhorn

The Mar-a-Lago Accord, or the Plan to Crash the US Economy - Umair Haque

State Of The (Super)Consumer: Why Government Cuts Are Spooking The Marke... john.philpin.com https://john.philpin.com/2025/03/27/sitting-and-catching-up-with.html

🕵💬 Inspired By People | 🌐 John C. Maxwell

🔍 All The Posts can be found here, or scroll through the quotes below. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_C._Maxwell?wprov=sfti1 https://john.philpin.com/search-space/?q=%F0%9F%95%B5%F0%9F%92%AC+Inspired+By+People

"Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth acknowledged Vance’s “disdain for European freeloading” but argued the US was the only capable actor."

It seems that Hegseth can’t even act - so talk about the pot calling the kettle Vantablack …

🕵💬 Inspired By People | 🌐 Barack Obama

🔍 All The Posts can be found here, or scroll through the quotes below. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama https://john.philpin.com/search-space/?q=%F0%9F%95%B5%F0%9F%92%AC+Inspired+By+People

‘Friend’

BIG fan of Josh. I even turned up and was part of his door to door campaign twice when he was first elected.

… and just as soon as I see you and the rest of congress doing something - which includes stopping supporting the people you say you are fighting - I will be right with you.

"It’s head-scratching if you’re a boomer. You lived through JFK, proffering what you could do for your country and…

Now it’s WHAT CAN YOU DO FOR ME?"

💬 Bob Lefsetz

🔗 Read the whole thing https://lefsetz.com/wordpress/2025/03/24/culture/

🔗 Scripting News: Monday, March 24, 2025

"Peter O’Toole starred in 🔗🎬The Ruling Class, a favorite when I was younger. The 🎵📼 last song in the movie is pretty freaking great."

💬 Dave Winer

I agree with Dave - ‘The Ruling Class’ was a good movie (not great - but good). ‘Favorite’? Not so sure, definitely not ‘in general- since it was pretty much panned at the time only time turning it into what we now call a ‘cult classic’. (But do watch the song - it has all the expected cheesiness of its time!)

Four years earlier was 🔗🎬 If - now THAT was a film and arguably did for McDowell what Layer Cake did fo... john.philpin.com https://john.philpin.com/2025/03/25/scripting-news-monday-march-peter.html

23andMe files for bankruptcy - FlowingData

As Nathan says …

"If you used the service, maybe keep an eye on what happens to your data if the company goes under or is sold off. The California attorney general issued a customer alert with instructions on how delete your data, destroy your sample, and revoke data permissions." https://flowingdata.com/2025/03/24/23andme-files-for-bankruptcy/

🕵💬 Inspired By People | 🌐 Aristotle

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Times They Are A Changing https://john.philpin.com/2025/03/24/times-they-are-a-changing.html

Just composing an email to a friend in the USA … which included the line

"Hope all is well with you in the land of the free."

It used to be just a pleasant and different way of greeting that I have used for many years with certain people. And then it hit me … I then spent 5 minutes trying to decide whether to include it or not. I ended up writing …

"Hope all is well with you in the ‘land of the free’."

Spotted Art

Schindler’s Lift

Revisiting some of our old walks over the weekend - and seeing this reminded me how often we saw scooters being pulled out from this particular wharf.

This one’s a bit different - Beam were unceremoniously removed from Auckland CBD a little over a year ago - so it has been in there for at least that - and... john.philpin.com https://john.philpin.com/2025/03/24/revisiting-some-of-our-old.html

🎬 Cordelia Cupp is my new hero. Absolutely F A N T A S T I C stuff.

The writer Paul William Davies is masterfully channeling David Hare’s ‘rapid exchange’ in the dialogue and Uzo Aduba is brilliant in the role.

I have only watched episode 1 - but I am IN!

💯 🔗 It’s Scorched Earth Time - let’s start with over throwing 🖇️ Chuck.

This is the second post from Indexed with that headline …

🔗 This is the first https://www.theindex.media/its-scorched-earth-time-2 https://john.philpin.com/2022/10/29/chuck-schumers-been.html https://www.theindex.media/its-scorched-earth-time/

The People’s OS https://john.philpin.com/2025/03/24/the-peoples-os.html