It's a product not a person. We have laws protecting people from defective products. Time to use them. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/m...

What a churlish child he is. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/w...

Some hope between hell and the hand basket ... reneweconomy.com.au/renewables-o...

missed an easy one - drats. Wordle 1,590 X/6* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜

Second guessing never pays off Wordle 1,588 4/6* ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨 🟩⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Not so fast. I see you repeat a letter trick ... Wordle 1,586 4/6* ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Amazon Web Services outage highlights (yet again) how beholden we are to one company for access to, well a lot of super important stuff. When your software is a service and that service is offline, you are - well screwed. Note to self, download soft copies of financial documents etc.

Me too Ed! "I’m tired of watching these companies burn billions of dollars to destroy our environment and steal from everybody. I’m tired that so many people have tried to pretend there’s a justification for burning billions of dollars every year" www.wheresyoured.at/costs/?ref=e...

So, the meeting no one except the media cared about has happened. Let the hand-wringing and endless opining about every utterance begin. #auspol

Oh my, do I love an art heist ... and in daylight! www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

New article coming Friday. When puffery runs amok, we all pay open.substack.com/pub/michelho...

I second this devotion www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...

People selling groceries, fuel, medicine and other essentials should have to take cash. Lower income people often only use cash (and others by choice). And when online payments get hit by whatever outage, people still need a way to pay. It's peak stupidity to make cash irrelevant. #auspol

Does the world really need AI 'erotica' aka code cosplaying as pornography. What could possibly go wrong (hint - plenty) ... www.cnbc.com/2025/10/15/a...?

It's always the last option you should have chosen first Wordle 1,581 5/6* 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

When puffery runs amok, we all pay. "Puffery is a particular kind of problem. Because while companies have legal cover for using hype. There is no moral cover when people’s claims fail to meet the expectations they create." open.substack.com/pub/michelho...

(Eye roll) Because the most successful musician and deft business woman of this century is agog for your advice ... www.theguardian.com/music/2025/o...

Things really never change ... this could be about AI! "Point in any direction, and you’ll find a sexy story without a plan for profitability burning billions, with outlandish valuations as a reward. It’s no wonder people think a grand vision is all it takes." www.michelhogan.com/2021/09/28/g...

Yes you will 'buy now and pay later'. Weaponising wants is good business for the platforms, not so much for those sucked into the vortex of spend without pain messages. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/m...

"You're not making art, you're making disgusting, over-processed hotdogs out of the lives of human beings, out of the history of art and music..." AMEN.

Boosting what should be more celebrated.

Complete fluke Wordle 1,569 2/6* ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Rebuttal in comment. It's a shell game. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/t...

Success is built in rooms no one would photograph. Shane Parrish Unheroic work is the unsexy stuff that makes very boring social posts. No hoopla, no touchdowns. It's also how you achieve a brand that sticks. open.substack.com/pub/michelho...

Put your feet up, grab a drink (trust me you'll need it) and dive into the latest balls out takedown of AI by the numbers. Which spoiler alert do not add up. www.wheresyoured.at/the-case-aga...

Time to take our medicine and accept ... it's a bubble folks. www.wheresyoured.at/the-case-aga...

love it when only one word fits Wordle 1,564 3/6* 🟩⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

This is a textbook authoritarian move right here ... www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09...

A lot of Americans must despair when international dialog lumps them all with Trump and GOP when discussing geopolitical issues. Eg. "Trump and Americans think climate change is a hoax." Nope. #USpolitics

I'll take it Wordle 1,560 3/6* ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

A friend shared his disquiet about 'feedback' from his team. In short, he was gutted. After asking more about the situation, I suggested he ignore anything from people who don't have his best interests at heart. Before you offer 'feedback' aka usually criticism, check your motive. #feedback

New article tomorrow - don't miss out. Subscribe today. michelhogan.substack.com?utm_campaign...

Lost count of number of people this week I saw calling for Tylenol to sue the government. This is what happens when everything is called a brand. People lose sight of how products and companies are different.

too many options Wordle 1,559 5/6* ⬜🟩🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Oh do shut up ... www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

So thanks to Tesla updates, thousands of cars in Australia can now start, stop, park and navigate intersections 'under supervision by a driver'. What could possibly go wrong ... Just waiting for 'the car did it' defenses.

i am seriously begging democrats to bring the same smoke to this story that they brought to jimmy kimmel being indefinitely suspended

They’re only going after Tylenol because the president of the United States can’t say acetaminophen. 🤦‍♂️

I took Tylenol as needed throughout my pregnancy. I am a doctor. I order Tylenol for pregnant women regularly. Tylenol is safe in pregnancy. RFK Jr is ignoring a huge recent well-done study because he doesn't like the answer it gives. There is no causality between Tylenol and autism.

Johnson and Johnson set the gold standard on managing a crisis. Objectively, this is a different kettle of fish entirely. Hoping Kenvue can find the right dose ... #brand The Company Behind Tylenol Tries to Navigate Its Latest Crisis www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/h...

Character seems more quaint an idea every day. Yet, I think never more important. My latest Brand Article: michelhogan.substack.com/p/consider-t...

Talking about this the other day ... what levers can gov't pull to 'encourage' landlords to embrace solar, perhaps set it up so they can benefit from excess power generated ... www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

"We should never be so old as merely to watch games instead of playing them." Will Durant, Fallen Leaves

What the mafia ... this is a shakedown! people.com/jimmy-kimmel...

that was close ... Wordle 1,553 6/6* ⬜🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟨🟩🟩🟩⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

WGA Statement on ABC’s Decision to Pull Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Listening to The Empire of AI by Karen Hao is some of the most dispiriting and dystopian shit I've ever encountered. Still, super worthwhile to read if you're at all interested in the hidden processes and untold costs lurking beneath your favourite 'assistant'. #Ai

When politics and Wordle collide ... Wordle 1,550 3/6* ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Yes. We can.

I'll take it ... Wordle 1,549 3/6* 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩