📸 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

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"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 🔗 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, Blenheim Palace has a new tour designed specifically for you"

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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...

🔗 Why Isn’t Online Age Verification Just Like Showing Your ID In Person? | Techdirt

Techdirt

Why Isn’t Online Age Verification Just Like Showing Your ID In Person?

One of the most common refrains we hear from age verification proponents is that online ID checks are nothing new. After all, you show your ID at b...

"To be an enemy of America can be dangerous, but to be a friend is fatal." 💬 Henry Kissinger … via John Naughton

🔗 Is Trump Going to Start a World War? Or, the Price Americans Will Pay For One — "It’s one thing to say: America can’t be depended on anymore to be a friend and ally. It’s another to say: America can’t be trusted not to invade, conquer, or control you. These are different levels of breakdown in relationships. The first is a lack of trust. But the second is a breach and betrayal." — "Even with all its guns and bombs, can America conquer the entire world? Of course not. In the end, the world will win this foolish game, and America must lose. That is where this road begins. Where it ends is with th... john.philpin.com

💬 John Philpin

🔗 Is Trump Going to Start a World War? Or, the Price Americans Will Pay For One — It’s one thing to say: America can’t be depended on any...

🔗😂 xkcd: Superstition - so good.

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Superstition

🔗 Stop doing SEO: Why AI search favours quality writing 💯 @billbennettnz

Bill Bennett

Stop doing SEO: Why AI search favours quality writing

You need SEO if you sell online or if you run a business looking for customers. Otherwise, search engine optimisation can be a huge time sink.

Micro.blog - @billbennettnz

I used to use CodePen for running my CSS for my sites … and then I didn’t … and recently been thinking I should go back to it. Please talk me out of it .. or tell me why I am nuts for not doing that already.

I sometimes save pages into Readwise just because it’s so hard to read something on the original site … cookies, pop ups, newsletters so many distractions ..

Who’s Rappaport again?

Definitely not my style - but very colorful for sure. I guess part of the order was ‘hold the umbrellas’.

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Today’s Surprise From History - 🖇️ Don’t Trust The Silos 🖇️🔎 Earlier Surprises

Don’t Trust The Silos

To those paying attention, this is old news … but recording it now because I think it is an excellent lesson as to why you should never … ever ...

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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...

Go to LinkedIn … find a post with lots of comments … read the ‘top 10’ comments You can tell a lot about the original poster by the company they keep. Great way to keep the number of connections tons down.

Aston Martin … 007 … what are you? Twelve?