John Philpin
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People First
Just thinking about Masto again - which took me to Tapestry - and I see a familiar icon and so I think … closer look? Again ? 
[🔗 My morning’s peruse of my RSS feeds was ‘chokka’ with great @gruber words](https://john.philpin.com/2026/01/10/john-gruber-at-daring-fireball.html) … and then ‘other people’ writing about ‘great @gruber’
This is the latter from 🔗 Anil Dash
Not about Gruber per se - all about Markdown - but in so many ways written as a dedication to JG and a really great primer/history on it. Well worth a read.
Final paragraph
"The trillion-dollar AI industry’s system for controlling their most advanced platforms is a plain text format one guy made up for his blog and then bounced off of a 17-year-old kid befor... john.philpin.com 
💬 John Philpin
🔗 My morning’s peruse of my RSS feeds was ‘chokka’ with great gruber words … and then ‘other people’ writing about ‘great @gruber...
Today’s Surprise From History - 🔗 From 8 years ago - you say complacent - I say complicit
🖇️🔎 Other Surprises
💬 John Philpin
I live in a ‘safe district’ so signed up to help a candidate campaigning in a ‘not safe district’.
It doesn’t matter which side is which....
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🔗 The Genius Whose Simple Invention Saved Us From Shame at the Gas Station - WSJ Paywall … but am sure it is on Apple News … if you have that access.
Sharing because I was driving with my friend Cliff a few months ago - stopping for gas - and couldn’t recall what side my filler cap was.
"What does the arrow say"
.. asked Cliff … 🤯
In all my years of driving I had never known this. https://www.wsj.com/business/autos/ford-gas-arrow-inventor-jim-moylan-6b2ef066
Regifting the Nobel Peace Prize 
John @gruber (at Daring Fireball) seems to have taken over my RSS this morning ….
🔗 How to Temporarily Disable Face ID or Touch (another increasingly important PSA)
🔗 The New York Times Profiles John Ternus
🔗 Why Are Grok and X Still Available in App Stores?
🔗 Let’s Call a Murder a Murder 
Micro.blog - @gruber
Daring Fireball
How to Temporarily Disable Face ID or Touch ID, and Require a Passcode to Unlock Your iPhone or iPad
Press and hold the power button and either volume button to hard-lock an iPhone or iPad.
Daring Fireball
The New York Times Profiles John Ternus
Link to: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/technology/apple-ceo-tim-cook-john-ternus.html?unlocked_article_code=1.DFA.Qm0v.SxztBxvFrAF-&smid=url-s...
Daring Fireball
Why Are Grok and X Still Available in App Stores?
Link to: https://www.wired.com/story/x-grok-app-store-nudify-csam-apple-google-content-moderation/
Daring Fireball
Let’s Call a Murder a Murder
Caitlin Callenson’s courage in the face of insane danger is just remarkable.
Small Hit | Matt Mullenweg
"Goodness! I would love to have a hit someday as the small as the ones Apple has had under Cook. Apple Watch sells more than the entire Swiss watch industry. Airpods are the most popular headphones in the world. Their market cap is bigger than the GDP of all but four countries in the world" 
Matt Mullenweg
Small Hit
The NY Times has a profile of John Ternus as a possible successor to Tim Cook that has a number of ridiculous lines; it’s quite bad, but this...
The Verge
Apple now sells more watches than the entire Swiss watch industry
The Apple Watch continues to dominate the market
Apple Is Richer Than All but 4 Countries
Claude
The good: 🔗 The project that turned me into a Claude Code believer
… and the bad: 🔗 Claude Code and What Comes Next 
Platformer
The project that turned me into a Claude Code believer
I feel great about the website I’m building — and terrible for professional website builders. PLUS: Who will stop Grok? And ChatGPT will see yo...
Claude Code and What Comes Next
With the right tools, AI can accomplish impressive things
🔗📼 365 Daily Words
Via 🔗 Flowing Data
Not yet decided if this is meaningful or just ‘lightly meta’. 
FlowingData
A word with a videoclip every day
Riffing on the photo-everyday genre, Henry Brown recorded a clip of himself saying a single word every day for a year. Stringing the clips together...
Here we are ten years later .. what would you made of it all David❓I know you wouldn’t have been quiet.
"He acted according to his training," Tricia McLaughlin, assistant secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, told the Minnesota Star Tribune in an email, noting that this specific agent was selected for ICE’s Special Response Team, is an expert marksman."
He acted according to his training … is an expert marksman.
[🔗 The Star Tribune)(https://www.startribune.com/ice-agent-who-fatally-shot-woman-in-minneapolis-is-identified/601560214)
📸 Book swap anyone❓ 
Wonder when Micro.Blog will be added to Wordland?
"Cynthia Knight composed this in 1983 - a poem typed entirely on the upper row of a typewriter."
That second part bears repeating …. a poem typed entirely on the upper row of a typewriter.
Now click through and read it. Marvellous stuff.
🔗 WIPEOUT
Futility Closet
"WIPEOUT!" - Futility Closet
Cynthia Knight composed this in 1983 — a poem typed entirely on the upper row of a typewriter: O WOE (we quote you, poor poet) We tiptoe up, ...
‘First’ there was ….
… unclear if there is a connection to …. 
He really has to go … 
Very clever - IMHO
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"If you’ve ever wandered through a grand British stately home and wondered about the lives of those who actually kept the place running, Blenheim Palace has a new tour designed specifically for you" 
Anglotopia.net
Blenheim Palace Launches New Tour Exploring Servant Scandals, Secrets, and Supernatural Tales
If you've ever wandered through a grand British stately home and wondered about the lives of those who actually kept the place running, Blenhe...