John Philpin
@philpin.com
Here, there, everywhere … yet somehow not omnipresent. But you get used to it. #StructuredThought 🎵 🎥📚
The reason for that top post is that at noon - the second and third post were not showing anywhere - despite what the time stamp says.
November 18, 2025 at 12:31 AM
The reason for that top post is that at noon - the second and third post were not showing anywhere - despite what the time stamp says.
💬 True - although it beggars belief how big that gap can be - when all it takes to close it up is to think.
But we don’t.
But we don’t.
November 13, 2025 at 11:01 AM
💬 True - although it beggars belief how big that gap can be - when all it takes to close it up is to think.
But we don’t.
But we don’t.
From 🔗Voroni ..
Reproducing the whole image because the news - that we all know - is buried.
What on earth happened between 2024 and 2025 in America for goodness sake.
Reproducing the whole image because the news - that we all know - is buried.
What on earth happened between 2024 and 2025 in America for goodness sake.
November 10, 2025 at 9:32 PM
From 🔗Voroni ..
Reproducing the whole image because the news - that we all know - is buried.
What on earth happened between 2024 and 2025 in America for goodness sake.
Reproducing the whole image because the news - that we all know - is buried.
What on earth happened between 2024 and 2025 in America for goodness sake.
💬I like the thought - do not like the cover.
November 7, 2025 at 11:59 PM
💬I like the thought - do not like the cover.
One Battle After Another, 2025 - ★★★★½: https://john.philpin.com/2025/11/07/one-battle-after-another.html
November 7, 2025 at 5:31 AM
One Battle After Another, 2025 - ★★★★½: https://john.philpin.com/2025/11/07/one-battle-after-another.html
November 7, 2025 at 2:36 AM
💬😂 It seems so long ago. Doesn’t it? I do like Ezra’s take.
November 6, 2025 at 10:24 PM
💬😂 It seems so long ago. Doesn’t it? I do like Ezra’s take.
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I wonder if K.R. has another truck for when they deliver?
I wonder if K.R. has another truck for when they deliver?
November 6, 2025 at 4:55 AM
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I wonder if K.R. has another truck for when they deliver?
I wonder if K.R. has another truck for when they deliver?
📸 The moon from the balcony early this morning …
November 6, 2025 at 4:42 AM
📸 The moon from the balcony early this morning …
Judgement Day begins to unfold - huge props to Mamdani.
November 5, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Judgement Day begins to unfold - huge props to Mamdani.
💬 via the inimitable John Naughton
November 4, 2025 at 8:43 PM
💬 via the inimitable John Naughton
💬 Not just philosophers. It’s everywhere.
Too many people are in the camp of ‘I do it this way - so the rest of the world surely does it this way’.
Just a couple of weeks ago hit this thought as we were iterating on a... https://john.philpin.com/2025/11/05/not-just-philosophers-its-everywhere.html
Too many people are in the camp of ‘I do it this way - so the rest of the world surely does it this way’.
Just a couple of weeks ago hit this thought as we were iterating on a... https://john.philpin.com/2025/11/05/not-just-philosophers-its-everywhere.html
November 4, 2025 at 8:26 PM
💬 Not just philosophers. It’s everywhere.
Too many people are in the camp of ‘I do it this way - so the rest of the world surely does it this way’.
Just a couple of weeks ago hit this thought as we were iterating on a... https://john.philpin.com/2025/11/05/not-just-philosophers-its-everywhere.html
Too many people are in the camp of ‘I do it this way - so the rest of the world surely does it this way’.
Just a couple of weeks ago hit this thought as we were iterating on a... https://john.philpin.com/2025/11/05/not-just-philosophers-its-everywhere.html
💬 He certainly did. I also am not a fan of his just because in his dotage he saw the light. It’s up there with living a life of debauchery and on your death bed suddenly you decide you actually do ‘believe’. No. And yes I did read the Frum piece - that’s what prompted the comment.
November 4, 2025 at 8:20 PM
💬 He certainly did. I also am not a fan of his just because in his dotage he saw the light. It’s up there with living a life of debauchery and on your death bed suddenly you decide you actually do ‘believe’. No. And yes I did read the Frum piece - that’s what prompted the comment.
I don’t get this with OpenAI - and unclear why I get it from Anthropic - I am paying for both right now - but one of them is going to have to go - and increasingly it looks like it will be Claude - particularly with this on top of the 90% fail in understanding prompts today.
November 1, 2025 at 5:01 AM
I don’t get this with OpenAI - and unclear why I get it from Anthropic - I am paying for both right now - but one of them is going to have to go - and increasingly it looks like it will be Claude - particularly with this on top of the 90% fail in understanding prompts today.
From iCloud to Obsidian to Blot to My Wiki … it’s coming together.
November 1, 2025 at 4:48 AM
From iCloud to Obsidian to Blot to My Wiki … it’s coming together.