There must be close to a couple of thousand hand curated links in 🔗Indieseek -
"‘a human edited, Indieweb directory’"
… painstakingly put together by @bradenslen
Well worth a visit and a click around - no slop allowed. I mean I’m not sure it actually says that - but knowing what I know of Brad, I think it would be safe to put money on it.
But there’s more - you can also submit your own indie site.
There are other places around that does this but they do seem to move in fits and starts. Indieweb seems to be steady, been around a while and gently growing.
Enjoy. https://indieseek.xyz/links/ https://micro.blog/bradenslen
🔗 Vestigial Warning
I am on a bit of a rant at the moment …
"Over time, my initial reaction sharpened and what started as a critique became a little more spiky … then decidedly more tongue-in-cheek. Because while everyone else was raising a glass of shareholder Kool-Aid, I couldn’t ignore the inconvenient truth: efficiency with fewer people and more profit in a single corporation is ‘competitive edge’. BUT implementing that efficiency at scale is a problem for society without a counter balance. And ‘we’ are doing this - at massive scale - across the planet." 
https://documents.philpin.com/thought/vestigial-warning
I know what he is trying to say - but this has definitely come out wrong. It’s the word ‘finally’ - as if it goes round in turns. To remind;
The Vatican has had more Popes than the total number of years that ‘Merica has even existed .. Finally?
About 20% of ‘Merica refer to themselves as Catholics .. Fina... john.philpin.com https://john.philpin.com/2025/05/17/i-know-what-he-is.html
🎵 The inaugural Premiata Forneria Marconi album from 1972 just added to one of my 🔗 albumwhale lists 
https://albumwhale.com/albums/31585
"not everything that counts can be counted and not everything that can be counted should be."
In the Age of Experience, perhaps it’s time we stop translating and start developing new, more direct ways to meaningfully measure what matters. (NEWSFLASH - that is not coming out of ‘The Valley’ any time soon.)
This short reflection is my way of shining a light on that moment. Because sometimes a single sentence can unlock a whole new way of thinking.
🔗 I wrote a lot more about Jony Ive’s sit down with Patrick Collinson here. https://documents.philpin.com/thought/why-design-matters
Talking to an old friend tonight. I said something. He replied …
"“Sausage speared by the cocktail satellite”"
.. which curiously enough made sense in the flow of the conversation .. but I still had to ask. The full quote …
"Poolside laughter has a cynical bite
Sausage speared by the cocktail satellite"
It comes from the song ‘🔗📼 Lay Your Hands On Me, version of the song that my friend said that was the version I needed to watch.
Just did and too good not to share. So …
Cans on - Volume up - listen in for 8 minutes - and come out shaking. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LL_9gASkB_w
💬 It never gets old and always bares repeating … 
When I was a lad in the UK there was this thing in the news called the ‘Brain Drain’, where people left the UK and went West. Yes America - but also Canada.
Who would have predicted that it would only take half a century and the most stupid president to have ever walked the earth (not just the US) to 🔗 reverse that.
"Poaching U.S. talent “needs to become a strategic priority for government."
💬 Paul Nurse
Paul is head of the Francis Crick Institute.
Not to put a damper on things - but the government needs to move fast.
Oh well. We can dream. https://www.politico.com/newsletters/digital-future-daily/2025/04/28/the-poaching-of-american-talent-begins-00313162
Nonnas, 2025 - ★★★ https://john.philpin.com/2025/05/15/nonnas.html
**Today’s Moral Dilemma **
If I transcribe an online meeting directly to text - no recording involved - and so certainly not stored … is that ok?
No Title Needed … But This Still Is A Title https://john.philpin.com/2025/05/15/no-title-needed-but-this.html
💬 Nicely said. 
💬 
I presume that The UAE has ‘taken one for the team’ and has become the 51st state and Canada is safe (at least until the clown decides we need a 52nd).
This is the only explanation after learning today that the ‘500Bn Stargate initiative’ that Tяump announced 40 years ago just 4 months ago and was …
"focused on spending $500 billion on new facilities in the U.S. to help OpenAI develop advanced AI."
💬 Anissa Gardizy - The InformatIon
Thank you to UAE for helping to Make America Great Again.
Next Stop - Saudi America (sic).
[🔗📼 Good Watch]
"People who treat AI like a teammate, coach it and give it feedback and importantly, get it to ask them questions. The fundamental orientation a lot of people take towards AI is I’m the question asker. AI is the answer giver. But if you think about AI like a teammate, you say, hey, what are ten questions I should ask about this? Or what do you need to know from me in order to get the best response?"
4 - The Age Of Reason Has Ended 
https://documents.philpin.com/svt/the-age-of-reason-has-ended
5 - The Age Of Experience Is Different 
https://documents.philpin.com/svt/the-age-of-experience-is-different
2 - Overcoming The Limitations Of Visual Thinking 
https://documents.philpin.com/svt/2-overcoming-the-limitations-of-visual-thinking
3 - Why Structured Thought 
https://documents.philpin.com/svt/3-why-structured-thought