Bulk Editing of Categories would be sooooo useful - Scripts and APIs seem to be hit and miss.
John Philpin
npub1yuck...rlu2
People First
Mars Edit suddenly decides that there is a endpoint error on my Micro Blog API - but wonderin if there is something more - because once again posts are taking ‘forever’ to reach the web page.
Is this thing on - he casually wonders ….
"I have been thinking about the future and how we might respond to it. We are sliding into a period of transition like no other, most likely triggered in three waves; AI, quantum computing and the brain computer interface. Artists have a role to look into the mists and, when they catch sight of something, to hold up a mirror."
"These are my lumpy bits – i/o: the inside has a new way out and o\i: the outside has a new way in."
"We are not, and have never been, the exclusively self-determining, independent beings that have been given the run of the world. We are something else, a part of nature, a pa... john.philpin.com 
John PHI⑊PIN
I have been thinking about the future and how we might respond to it. We are sliding into a period of transition like no other, most likely trigger...
🔗 David Sacks sees 2 cities replacing NYC and SF as finance and tech capitalswww.businessinsider.com/david-sac…)
In case you are wondering .. Miami and Austin … right! 
Business Insider
David Sacks' prediction sparks debate: 'Miami will replace NYC as the finance capital and Austin will replace SF as the tech capital'
Ultrawealthy tech investors like David Sacks and Peter Thiel are weighing their options ahead of California's proposed billionaire wealth tax.
Today’s Surprise From History - 🖇️Brexit Explained … 😂 
Brexit Explained
Chatting to Claude - it’s response to a suggestion I made ..
"Good instinct! Micro.blog sync can be slow."
Not wrong.
"The leading edge is defined by the fact that most of us aren’t on it."
💬 Seth Godin
🔗 Derek Peden
"Straight from the presidential playbook : When in trouble, distract the voters away from your own performance by an act of war. This time it’s the people of Venezuela who are paying the price."
🖇️🔎 Wag The Dog
Derek Peden -
Search Space
Search posts and replies: Search
I'm sorry, but JavaScript is required for searching. You might want to look at all unindexed posts and replie...
🔗 Dave on Scripting News
"On Bluesky: I can’t tell you how tired I am of copying and pasting the same text into five different silos. When will this ridiculous system that claims to be the web, get its shit together and start acting like the web (ie interop). #"
This is one reason I use 🔗 Micro.Blog for 🖇️John.Philpin.com https://john.philpon.com
Scripting News
Scripting News
Dave Winer, OG blogger, podcaster, developed first apps in many categories. Old enough to know better. It
Micro.blog
Post short thoughts or long essays, share photos, all on your own blog. Micro.blog makes it easy, and provides a friendly community where you can s...
🔗 Derek Peden - Posts need to be more specific
I do the same thing. Sometimes I am so cryptic that when I revisit an old entry - I have no idea what was about. So yes - I understand.
That said - not sure I am going to change that much. Rightly or wrongly.
Derek Peden - Posts need to be more specific
🔗 Venezuela – Leftish
"No, he shouldn’t have done it. No he shouldn’t have invaded, deposed the government, and seized the resources. No he should not have flaunted international law and the sovereignty of nations. But that’s what great powers do – and the greatest tragedy is that this latest act legitimizes such acts by other great powers, from the invasion of Ukraine to the (eventual) taking of Taiwan into China. It reminds us that colonialism hasn’t ended, and that the international order is allowed to exist only if it doesn’t interfere with the desires of the wealthy and powerful"
Venezuela – Leftish
🔗 Flock Exposes Its AI-Enabled Surveillance Cameras - Schneier on Security
All good I am told - nothing to worry about. Move along now.
Schneier on Security
Flock Exposes Its AI-Enabled Surveillance Cameras - Schneier on Security
404 Media has the story: Unlike many of Flock’s cameras, which are designed to capture license plates as people drive by, Flock’s Condo...
🔗 Tesla Car Sales Dropped 9% in 2025, Falling Behind China’s BYD - The New York Times
"Tesla’s decreasing sales suggest that a wider slump is in store for electric vehicles"
No it doesn’t.
All markets outside the U.S.A. grew … significantly depending on region … 20 to 30 percent
The U.S.A. market shrank by 1% and Tesla was 45% of that
BYD outside U.S.A. grew 28%, Tesla declined by 9%
BYD OUTSOLD Tesla in every market except U.S.A.
BYD INSIDE THE U.S.A. close to zero .. that’s what 100% tariffs will do to a business
This from a non journalist using Google for 20 minutes .. SHOULDN’T NYT READERS DE... john.philpin.com
John PHI⑊PIN
🔗 Tesla Car Sales Dropped 9% in 2025, Falling Behind China’s BYD - The New York Times
Tesla’s decreasing sales suggest that a wider slu...
Today’s surprise - 🖇️ DIKW - 8 years ago 
John PHI⑊PIN
We start with data
.. then color that data with context for information
.. connect that information for knowledge
.. seek knowledge edge cases that...