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People First
🔗Paperwork - Futility Closet
"Meek young men grow up in libraries, believing it their duty to accept the views, which Cicero, which Locke, which Bacon, have given, forgetful that Cicero, Locke, and Bacon were only young men in libraries when they wrote these books."
💬 Ralph Waldo Emerson 
Futility Closet
Paperwork - Futility Closet
Meek young men grow up in libraries, believing it their duty to accept the views, which Cicero, which Locke, which Bacon, have given, forgetful tha...
🔗 Apple Music launches AI transparency tags — but only if labels and distributors declare them.
.. and thats the rub. 
Music Business Worldwide
Apple Music launches AI transparency tags — but only if labels and distributors declare them - Music Business Worldwide
The move was announced in a newsletter distributed to industry partners this morning (March 4).
Just discovered Brockmire and love it - but cannot shake out of my head that he’s a non PC precursor to Ted Lasso.
🔗 The Return of Travis Kalanick: Fact & Fluff!
"I’ll be damned if I am not interested. And I’ll be damned if I don’t want to see what he does next. That doesn’t mean I need to gulp his MBA-speak as wisdom. I will call the game as I see it being played."
💬 Om
The Return of Travis Kalanick: Fact & Fluff! – On my Om
🔗🎵😂 Africa by Toto with the lyrics switched out for the countries. 
FlowingData
Africa by Toto with the lyrics switched out for the countries
You’re probably familiar with the song “Africa” by Toto. This version, by There I Ruined It, uses all the country names in Africa...
🔗 WordPress Everywhere | Matt Mullenweg
… still not sure I understand this - but added to the ‘explore more’ list. 
Matt Mullenweg
WordPress Everywhere
As we announced and TechCrunch covered, my.wordpress.net has soft-launched. What this means is you need to fundamentally shift how you think about ...
🔗 ROOTS - Return Old Online Things to your own site.
I like this. It is what I have been doing as I consolidate all the various properties I have got in too many places.
Which reminds me - time to get back on the Instagram import - which is currently a #FAIL - because the import seems to be pulling all the... john.philpin.com 
ROOTS - Return Old Online Things to your own Site - macwright.com
💬 John Philpin
🔗 ROOTS - Return Old Online Things to your own site.
I like this. It is what I have been doing as I consolidate all the various properties I hav...
🔗 Historic Architecture Emerges from Stone in Matthew Simmonds Ethereal Sculptures
.. oh my … gorgeous - and the detail! 
Colossal
Historic Architecture Emerges from Stone in Matthew Simmonds Ethereal Sculptures
Carved marble and limestone reveal smooth, ornate interiors while highlighting the natural quality of the stone.
💬 Lettres Décoratives: Is a Celebration of Fin de Siècle Sign Painters and Vibrant Letterforms
I have gotten through the last 15 years or so not even coming across the expression ‘Fin de Siècle’ - much less using it in anger - and now three times in less than a week!
I blame @mitchwagner 
Colossal
'Lettres Décoratives' Is a Celebration of Fin de Siècle Sign Painters' Vibrant Letterforms
The book from Letterform Archive celebrates the vivacity of French sign painting from the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Micro.blog - @MitchWagner
💬 Stewart Brand on Musk, Bezos and his extraordinary life: ‘We don’t need to passively accept our fate’. 
the Guardian
Tech legend Stewart Brand on Musk, Bezos and his extraordinary life: ‘We don’t need to passively accept our fate’
He was at the heart of 1960s counterculture, then paved the way for the libertarian mindset of Silicon Valley. At 87, Brand is still keen to ensure...
🔗 Fleeting
"I think everything we do is fleeting, which is not a reason to give up on it all, but sometimes the sheer scope of what fleets away gives me pause."
Fleeting | Self Distract
I worked in a school yesterday as a visiting author. I do this a few times a year and it is of course an utter privilege to be asked. But this one ...
🔗 Scripting News: ChatGPT-the-Movie … I must have missed this on Bluesky when @dave first posted it 9 months ago - and no idea how it now got resurfaced. 🤷🏻♂️ 
Scripting News
ChatGPT-the-Movie
We are living, the story of how ChatGPT really started.
Micro.blog - @dave
💬 The Essence of a Machine - Om
"I can’t remember when I used the words “cute” and “want” about a computer in the same breath."
The Essence of a Machine – On my Om
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💬 Experian and TransUnion Are Leaving More Mistakes on Credit Reports
I will never understand how these companies became so powerful. Yes - I have read explanations. No - I don’t understand how they were allowed. 
ProPublica
Credit Bureaus Are Leaving More Mistakes on Frustrated Consumers’ Reports Under Trump’s CFPB
The credit bureaus have started dismissing a larger share of consumer complaints without help since the Trump administration began dismantling the ...