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John Philpin
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It would appear that I have some organising to do ….

At a stroke my man John nails the Republican party in 2025 … prescient - I mean he DIED IN ‘68!

Ever since @gregmorris launched Micro Social on the unsuspecting world of Micro Blog - been truly impressed not just by the functionality - but the design sensibility.

On functionality, I particularly like the reblog function which I was wondering about today .. as in what if I reblogged a reply. And it j... john.philpin.com https://john.philpin.com/2025/03/30/ever-since-gregmorris-launched-micro.html

🕵💬 Inspired By People | 🌐 George Shinn

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Talking of Herb .. this is one of his iconic ones and it got me to wondering why Haight Ashbury wasn’t called Ashbury Haight. I now know the answer - BUT - now I’m wondering what rules the signage in SF follows .. I have my suspicions, but need to check - and if they are consistent.

Another cracker from Ambrose …. by @bradenslen

"Corporation: An ingenious device for obtaining profit without individual responsibility."

💬 Ambrose Bierce

How could I not share another Ambrosian delight? https://ramblinggit.com/2025/03/29/daily-quote-corporation-an-ingenious.html https://micro.blog/bradenslen

🪦.. and so farewell Herb . Thanks for all the pictures .. you put us on the map.

Say what now ‘Rolling Stone’ … ‘despite’? Bollocks.

BECAUSE OF

Post by @bradenslen

"@JohnPhilpin The little sign that tried. It’s being 902ed otherwise it would be in service and a very good sign."

Trying an idea … courtesy of Micro Social .. I will report back. https://micro.blog/bradenslen/60847022 https://micro.blog/bradenslen https://micro.blog/JohnPhilpin

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"Headline: Musk threatens to sic the government on people ‘pushing’ Tesla ‘propaganda’ | The Verge"

Elon Musk says he’s “going to go after” Tesla critics

Sounds like he’s starting to crack under the pressure. Keep going.

The share value is still positive compared to only a year ago .. still a lot of work to be done. https://ramblinggit.com/2025/03/28/headline-musk-threatens-to-sic.html https://micro.blog/bradenslen https://www.theverge.com/tesla/638174/elon-musk-tesla-protest-free-speech-fox-news

Post by @bradenslen

"Daily quote:"

The covers of this book are too far apart.

– Ambrose Bierce

Magic! Love Ambrose. https://ramblinggit.com/2025/03/28/daily-quote-the-covers-of.html https://micro.blog/bradenslen

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"Now that I had a few minutes to import my Mastodon follows, Micro.blog is really taking shape quite nicely as my primary Fediverse presence. Kudos to @manton for how he’s rapidly evolved his product to be a first-class Fediverse citizen."

Concurrence - I just wish he made it clearer which part of the Fediverse is being followed when you look at follow lists. https://jaredwsmith.com/2025/03/28/now-that-i-had-a.html https://micro.blog/jaredwsmith https://micro.blog/manton

🕵💬 Inspired By People | 🌐 John Donne

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📸 Found on Devonport Wharf last night. I call the photo my Kodak Moment.

📸 It clearly isn’t.

🕵💬 Inspired By People | 🌐 Margaret Carty

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