Way back in early 2024 my IFTTT action stopped posting to DayONE. I couldn’t be bothered to fix it. Yesterday I connected john.philpin.com to my DayONE .. and the posts have started again.
Why?
Because it could. Because I can. https://john.philpin.com
"In order for news to have a chance of working we need to be using only the web, commodity services that are completely replaceable, and we keep our own writing, and route it to everyone who’s interested via the open protocols of the web. That’s the only way people with important ideas and info can get it out there."
💬 DaveWiner
🔗 Building blocks of marketing
That 🖇️ trust thing keeps popping up. 
https://seths.blog/2025/12/building-blocks-of-marketing/ https://john.philpin.com/2025/12/27/trust-requires-trust-who-do.html
The empire of money, war, and fire
cuts across the land.
There are in the same country
shepherds watching their flocks.
💬 Wendell Berry
via @ajay … thank you.
Both. https://micro.blog/ajay
"… the foundation had “fallen” because it had embraced elements of isolationism, stopped backing Ukraine in the war with Russia, supported some tariffs and backed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Health and Human Services secretary, among other things."
💬 Mike Pence
No .. I didn’t expect to be quoting him this morning either.
🪦 Goodbye Mick … ‘This Was’ sad news.
Hello Hello Hello.
Trust Requires Trust. Who Do YOU Trust? https://john.philpin.com/2025/12/27/trust-requires-trust-who-do.html
I’ve been doing this every year since 2019.
My 8th for 2026 will be out in a few days time and looking like another alliterative year when reviewing my draft.
🔗📅 2025 - Intentional | Inspired | Impactful
🔗📅 2024 - Transform | Transition | Transcend (sic)
🔗📅 2023 - Focus | Flexible | Fabulous
🔗📅 2022 -... john.philpin.com https://john.philpin.com/2025/12/27/ive-been-doing-this-every.html
🔗 It’s Finally Time To Retire The Word ‘Podcast’, by Andru Marino, The Verge
What a crock. https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/842457/podcast-show-name-change
🔗 Russell Brand charged with new rape and sexual-assault crimes. - this link is 🍎 News - just sharing because Brand is - and always has been a total douche.
🖇️🔎 Me in a series of posts in 2023
But most importantly 🔗 the BBC earlier this year
"The BBC has apologised to staff who felt they could not speak up with concerns about Russell Brand’s behaviour because he was seen as “too influential” and they felt he “would always get his way and therefore they stayed silent”."
But Robin Ince? Fire🔗 the fucker.
All this comes to mind as I watch the emerging BBC/Trump case. https://apple.news/AYuNAv5cvQ1C_M5O8GYkBnw https://john.philpin.com/search-space/?q=brand+russell https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8r5076y05ko https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/dec/13/comedian-robin-ince-quits-as-host-of-bbcs-infinite-monkey-cage
It all started as a fun and different challenge.
🔗🔎We got there - although some days were pretty difficult - but only 🖇️ one turned out to be a real stretch. https://john.philpin.com/search-space/?q=%23MBPhotoChallenge+Day https://john.philpin.com/2025/12/24/a-different-way-of-looking.html
"Email design is a special kind of hell. While the rest of the web has moved on to modern CSS, flexbox, and grid layouts, email clients are still stuck in the dark ages. You’re forced to use table-based layouts, inline CSS styles, and work around the limitations of Outlook (which still renders emails using the Word HTML engine from 2007). It’s enough to make you want to just send plain text and be done with it."
💬 Brett Tapsra
… tell me about it.
[🔗 Create Email Campaigns from Markdown](https://brett.trpstra.net/link/535/17242022/create-email-campaigns-from-markdown)
🔗😂 xkcd: Truly Universal Outlet https://xkcd.com/3186/
🔗 Comedian Robin Ince quits Radio 4 show, claiming BBC found his views ‘problematic’.
The silencing continues. https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/dec/13/comedian-robin-ince-quits-as-host-of-bbcs-infinite-monkey-cage
🔗 10 (Not So) Hidden Dangers of Age Verification https://www.techdirt.com/2025/12/24/10-not-so-hidden-dangers-of-age-verification/
🔗 All bananas are the same
The point he makes is obvious and clear - the premise … 🤯 https://seths.blog/2025/12/all-bananas-are-the-same/
Urban VPN Proxy Surreptitiously Intercepts AI Chats - Schneier on Security
… just in case you thought that all VPNs are the same - so who cares? https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/12/urban-vpn-proxy-surreptitiously-intercepts-ai-chats.html
I presume Micro.Blog has issues? Posted over two hours ago? 
Merry Christmas 