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🔗 Scripting News: Monday, October 19, 2026
I would like to have one day when Claude Code doesn’t fuck everything up by doing things it is explicitly prohibited from doing. I find things that were changed in critical parts of the program, that were indefensible.
Yeah - me too. Except - I don’t really get it every day - but a couple of days ago - oh boy - a doozy. I spotted it before it happened - so disaster averted - but if proof was ever needed … this is why you don’t run Claude on auto pilot.
I shared 🔗🎬📼 this clip in a comment earlier this week - but pushing it out again because;
- it is a good clip
- it is a good movie
- it is an iconic line that gets left off lists (get to the end).
Read the whole thing - but if no time … three - count them - three - quotes from a very short post.
🔗 The age of initiative | Seth’s Blog
For those indoctrinated to comply, this is stressful. The stress is due to a desire to get things back to normal, to give them a chance to comply again, but right here, right now, is as normal as things are ever going to get. “Good jobs” are no longer sinecures where success comes from following instructions.
One reason AI got such a fast start is that it gave people seeking compliance a chance to wait for the AI to tell them what to do next. Quick, cheap answers.
No matter what you do for a living, there’s a machine standing by, waiting for instructions. Instructions from you, if you choose, or from your overlords if you don’t.
Daring Fireball:
🔗 Barack Obama on the Trump Administration’s Intimidation Campaign Against Congresswoman Ilhan Omar
… less about Ilhan Omar and more about doubling down on why so many people I follow seem to be wrong.
🔗 Daring Fireball: Netflix Shitcanned Film Chief Dan Lin Too
Netflix’s movies are worse than their series, which also mostly stink. (As opposed to Apple TV, which somehow makes terrible movies while making the best series in the business.)
It is interesting Apple observation. I can’t think of a good film that they produced off the top of my head - but so many of their series are absolute bangers.
🔗 Daring Fireball: Verizon Is Going to Charge $10/Month for iPhone Handoff
Second, we all know Verizon is the most expensive competent carrier in the U.S. (Maybe AT&T is just as expensive, but I said “competent”.) It feels like a rip that T-Mobile is charging $5/month. Verizon charging double is on-brand but irritating.
My better half insists on Verizon and her bill is always twice - sometimes three times mine.
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💬 these words are what … 30 years old❓ … and even now so many organisations confuse them … even use them interchangeably.
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The secondary .. maybe primary … challenge is that we still look at organisations through a hierarchical lens using ‘Systems of Record’ designed to manage a world that is fast moving on.
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and to your surprise, the last four digits of the phone number of the owner are yours.
Or to put it another way …. I found my glasses on my head - taken to ’11’
🔗 X’s reverse eternal September
Why the onetime global town square now feels more like a clubhouse.
… I think he means ‘frathouse’ - and we know how those are working out.
What a great list of resources …
🔗 The RSS Universe — Readers, Tools & Standards
I have already dropped an issue on their Git to add Micro.Blog
🤯 A 28 year walk with a couple of swims❗️ 🔗 Karl Bushby completes English Channel swim Final leg - get from Kent to Hull.
I watched the 🎥 The Wrecking Crew. Relatively formulaic. It worked. Not hard now - but it worked.
I watched 🎥 Matchbox the Movie so you don’t have to. If you must - go for it. But please - don’t do it for me.
Work the exact hours, do precisely what’s asked, don’t ask questions and focus on what the boss wants.
We modeled ‘good worker’ behavior in school. “Will this be on the test?” was the key question for 100 years. Do what the teacher asks for, and don’t overthink it.
Satire Site Gets Ridiculous Threat Letter From Baseball Team; cc’s Barbra Streisand In Its Response
Somehow this has to stop. The lawsuits - not the responses.
3 Years ago - surfaced through 🎲 ‘Surprise’
“Wolf in sheep’s clothing” .. that’s how I see this Johnson chap. What about you?
JohnPhilpin john.philpin.com/2023/10/30/wolf-in-sheeps.html
Not really a surprise though.
WSJ Reporting …
Meta and Apple Team Up to Put Open-Weight AI on Macs
… just popping downstairs with a few friends to go ice skating in hell. ⛸️🔥
From Genesis To Revelation (2026 Mix) by Genesis
The album is not a surprise - loved it since I first heard it. Atmos mix, that is the surprise. Not even finished listening to it and already posting about it. Sadly, my listening experience is only in Stereo - but it still sounds different - turns out that Stephen Tayler’s
approach emphasises the band’s performances and reduces the prominence of the original orchestral overdubs.
(That will have pleased the boys who always disliked the heavy use of Orchestra that one J King did without input).
To me - it was and remains a stunning album to launch a career with - think about it ... Pete, Tony and Mike were 19, 18 and 18 respectively. (And their other guitarist - Anthony Phillips was just 17.)
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