1 - A History of Visual Thinking https://documents.philpin.com/svt/1-a-history-of-visual-thinking

The Wild Robot, 2024 - ★★★★ https://john.philpin.com/2025/05/10/the-wild-robot.html

What Brad said - but until you have heard this cover - you haven’t heard Creep 🤯🎵 by @bradbarrish

"I’ve heard “Creep” too many times, but seeing Erin Morton perform it gave me chills and made me cry. Just wow." https://bradbarrish.com/2025/05/03/ive-heard-creep-too-many.html https://micro.blog/bradbarrish https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROJZntCBZCc

I just recorded a 1300 day streak on Readwise. Hard to believe it has been that long!

The TikTokTinCan Rolls Again

I wonder how much of the stage you could see .. let alone Gaga .. if you were the last to arrive and you had 2.5 million people in front of you?

Losing an election is one thing. Party leader losing their seat? That’s next level. Congrats, Australia and Canada.

Dear Winston & David: some thing to ponder. Enjoy the wave ripple while it lasts … because the guy in the White House? He’s only getting worse, and it’s all downhill from here.

Preet talking to Ian Bremmer .. sensible talk.

🔗🎙️Listen https://overcast.fm/+AAMzRkT97f8

Christopher Lydon … Tяump a real life Great Gatsby 100 years later❓

🔗🎙️Listen https://overcast.fm/+AAAlzlNvN2A

I just found this in my notes with no attribution - but looks like 🔗 Semaphor

"South Africa is among the nations that have sought counsel from Goldman Sachs on how to improve ties with Washington. According to The Wall Street Journal, the bank advised Pretoria — which has been in the White House’s crosshairs for months over its close ties to Russia and its genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice — to scrap a law that requires Black ownership of some businesses as a way to get into the Trump administration’s good graces. It also recommended Pretoria walk back a land-seizure... john.philpin.com https://john.philpin.com/2025/05/04/i-just-found-this-in.html

Mac File-Finding Gems from 🔗 Brett Terpstrabrett.trpstra.net/link/535/…) - I particulalry liked the look of auto tagging in HoudahSpot. https://brett.trpstra.net/link/535/17020713/mac-file-finding-gems

About Isaac Asimov https://john.philpin.com/2025/05/04/about-isaac-asimov.html

🔗 What Civilization Can Learn from Pizza - posted this earlier on - because i do like Gaping Void - but this one …

… stands to be corrected.

Here’s the thing. Communication is

"the imparting or exchanging of information by speaking, writing, or using some other medium."

or even

"means of sending or receiving information, such as phone lines or computers."

**Might I suggest a third panel **

I am not an artist and I now there will be ways to build tiny little arrows to and from the people at the bottom - just imagine it - or take me up on the offer! https://www.gapingvoid.com/what-civilization-can-learn-from-pizza

🔗 Using AI for polish - hands up for a beta test @Manton https://www.manton.org/2025/05/01/using-ai-for-polish.html https://micro.blog/Manton

Too funny

🔗 John Naughton

He captions it ‘Woodhenge’ - assume it is a joke - because he surely knows that there is a real 🔗 Woodhenge https://memex.naughtons.org/monday-28-april-2025/40724/ https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/woodhenge/

🔗 Why Today April 30th Should Be a National Holiday

"The question used to be: ‘Might it be possible that we were on the wrong side in the Vietnamese War?’ But we weren’t on the wrong side. We are the wrong side.""

💬 Daniel Ellsberg https://www.michaelmoore.com/p/why-today-april-30th-should-be-a

"Markets can remain irrational longer than you can remain solvent."

💬 John Maynard Keynes

(Via John Naughton)

🔗 Business Insider may have published the dumbest article of the year | Salon.com

"My working theory has always been that both things can be true: Henry Blodget really is an idiotic jackass .."

💬 John Gruber

I don’t always agree with Mr. Gruber but I do always read him and that quote right there is one of the reasons.

Brother from another mother. https://www.salon.com/2013/01/28/henry_blodgets_kind_of_awful_plane_ride/

🔗 Reflecting | Matt Mullenweg - I know he’s alienated a few people - but I have always been with - and remain with him. https://ma.tt/2025/04/reflecting/