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\n📵 this month on smartphone detox:
\nI accidentally wiped my Light Phone!
📵 this month on smartphone detox:
\nwe’re complacently letting Big Tech monopolies team up vs. humans 💀
📵 this month on smartphone detox:
\nI heard BTC fell (let’s hope the CO2 can too)
Del: LinkedIn
\nAlt: LaurenceWarner.com/cv
\nCtrl: your job-search too with a clean, printable resumé page.
Copy my Code: save styles.css & script.js, add your imgs, and edit index.html (leaving a link to mine pls!).\nNoCode? Try a Profile template on Carrd
\n","summary":"","url":"https://blog.laurencewarner.com/2026/01/26/del-linkedin-alt-laurencewarnercomcv-ctrl/","date_published":"2026-01-26T18:27:33+00:00","author":{"name":"Laurence Warner","url":"https://LaurenceWarner.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F08%2F52590.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"warner"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-01-26 18:27","date_timestamp":1769452053,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"81883091","content_html":"📵 FirstWeek FlipPhone: The Smartphone Detox continues into 2026:
\n\nps see my journey last year from Punkt MP02 to going Light Phone III full-time: all 12x 1min vlogs from 2025 together on my article ..(thanks to M.b Studio!)
\n","summary":"","url":"https://blog.laurencewarner.com/2026/01/12/firstweek-flipphone-the-smartphone-detox/","date_published":"2026-01-12T12:44:07+00:00","author":{"name":"Laurence Warner","url":"https://LaurenceWarner.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F08%2F52590.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"warner"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-01-12 12:44","date_timestamp":1768221847,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"76185486","content_html":"Ben's Polar Express in numbers: blog.laurencewarner.com
","summary":"","url":"https://blog.laurencewarner.com/2025/10/20/bens-polar-express-in-numbers/","date_published":"2025-10-20T08:00:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Laurence Warner","url":"https://LaurenceWarner.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F08%2F52590.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"warner"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-10-20 08:00","date_timestamp":1760947200,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"74299756","content_html":"📵 light III is my phone: blog.laurencewarner.com
","summary":"","url":"https://blog.laurencewarner.com/2025/09/25/light-iii-is-my-phone/","date_published":"2025-09-25T07:13:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Laurence Warner","url":"https://LaurenceWarner.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F08%2F52590.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"warner"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-09-25 07:13","date_timestamp":1758784380,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"73657304","content_html":"🎙️Fulbrighter pod: \"Can Music Remake the Internet?\": blog.laurencewarner.com
","summary":"","url":"https://blog.laurencewarner.com/2025/08/26/fulbrighter-pod-can-music-remake/","date_published":"2025-08-26T19:40:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Laurence Warner","url":"https://LaurenceWarner.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F08%2F52590.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"warner"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-08-26 19:40","date_timestamp":1756237200,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"72116095","content_html":"🎙️Podcast appearance on the Outini's Date Keepers: \"Can Music Remake the Internet?\" (#arts): blog.laurencewarner.com
","summary":"","url":"https://blog.laurencewarner.com/2025/08/26/podcast-appearance-on-the-outinis.html","date_published":"2025-08-26T19:40:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Laurence Warner","url":"https://LaurenceWarner.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F08%2F52590.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"warner"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-08-26 19:40","date_timestamp":1756237200,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:qetlqv6vu37tuidfehpy6ue3/post/3lxdbfphadh2d"]}},{"id":"71872669","content_html":"Musical Merch 🎭
\nby:
\nLaurence Warner*
\n& Hamilton
\n& SIX
\n& Experimental Jetset
\n& you?
(#arts)
\n![\"\"](\"https://blog.laurencewarner.com/uploads/2025/def17533f7.jpg\")
\n","summary":"","url":"https://blog.laurencewarner.com/2025/08/23/musical-merch-by-laurence-warner.html","date_published":"2025-08-23T10:17:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Laurence Warner","url":"https://LaurenceWarner.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F08%2F52590.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"warner"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-08-23 10:17","date_timestamp":1755944220,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"70990467","content_html":"📵 this month, I keep my SIM out of my iPhone in prep for Light Phone 3 #tech
\n📹 on wa.rner.me :
\n\n
joining Wellington College as a part-time Computer Science Teacher (#tech)
\n2025: job centre -> job x2
\n","summary":"","url":"https://blog.laurencewarner.com/2025/08/02/joining-wellington-college-as-a.html","date_published":"2025-08-02T09:06:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Laurence Warner","url":"https://LaurenceWarner.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F08%2F52590.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"warner"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-08-02 09:06","date_timestamp":1754125560,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:qetlqv6vu37tuidfehpy6ue3/post/3lvft4lwrfv2f"]}},{"id":"69850944","content_html":"![](\"https://micro.blog/books/9780061793554/cover.jpg\")
Finished reading: Marley & Me by John Grogan 📚 🔏
\nwith the Phoebe from Friends approach to Old Yeller (ie it ended with them happily growing old in Pencilvania)
📵 this month, my #tech loving brother says do what you want with your iPhone
\nFor me that’s not putting my SIM in it anymore!
📹 on wa.rner.me :
\n\n
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Finished reading: Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie 📚
\nestate greedier than Simon Doyle asking £10 for latest version with scarab on cover.. and p.228 still has a typo!
\n(#arts)
📵 this month, my #tech sceptic brother yearns for our new Light Phones
\n📹 on wa.rner.me :
\n\n
learning to fall in love with JS: coding my own FirstWeek FlipPhone countdown timer: (trial page)
\nspent a fair amount of my day working around how .getDay() does the very American Gothic thing of starting the week from Sunday = 0 in the script
\nin June I’ll make it 🎉 for 7 days
\n(#tech)
\n","summary":"","url":"https://blog.laurencewarner.com/2025/05/30/learning-to-fall-in-love.html","date_published":"2025-05-30T17:15:09+00:00","author":{"name":"Laurence Warner","url":"https://LaurenceWarner.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F08%2F52590.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"warner"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-05-30 17:15","date_timestamp":1748625309,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:qetlqv6vu37tuidfehpy6ue3/post/3lqfqdshhzx22"]}},{"id":"65124839","content_html":"Us Brits miss seeing @jasraj in real life, but he’s very much back on M.b if you want to follow someone who posts more about the #arts here!
\n","summary":"","url":"https://blog.laurencewarner.com/2025/05/23/us-brits-miss-seeing-jasraj.html","date_published":"2025-05-23T19:51:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Laurence Warner","url":"https://LaurenceWarner.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F08%2F52590.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"warner"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-05-23 19:51","date_timestamp":1748029860,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:qetlqv6vu37tuidfehpy6ue3/post/3lpufqdi3jg2g"]}},{"id":"65109450","content_html":"Ctrl-Alt-Rap g00g diss:
\n\n\nLaurence Warner - Singer. Can’t you hear I’m a real rapper?
\n
apparently they can (#arts)
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\n","summary":"","url":"https://blog.laurencewarner.com/2025/05/23/ctrlaltrap-gg-diss-laurence-warner.html","date_published":"2025-05-23T16:16:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Laurence Warner","url":"https://LaurenceWarner.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F08%2F52590.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"warner"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-05-23 16:16","date_timestamp":1748016960,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:qetlqv6vu37tuidfehpy6ue3/post/3lptzqy4mz32e"]}},{"id":"64209015","content_html":"back on FirstWeek Flip Phone.. with a tiny bit more flex on smartphone usage, while waiting on delayed Light Phone III
\n(#tech)
📹
\n\n
‘First Week’ Flip Phone over (after extending thru a really difficult month)
\n(#tech)
📹
\n\n
who says you need to be a pop-star to be racking up press?
\nSorta of community that has a charming fortnightly newsletter is one reason I’m going full-time after Easter teaching STEM at Chalfonts.
\nanother teacher: “just Monday-Thursday?”
\nme: “yeah like I said, full-time”
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\n","summary":"","url":"https://blog.laurencewarner.com/2025/04/04/who-says-you-need-to.html","date_published":"2025-04-04T11:04:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Laurence Warner","url":"https://LaurenceWarner.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F08%2F52590.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"warner"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-04-04 11:04","date_timestamp":1743764640,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:qetlqv6vu37tuidfehpy6ue3/post/3llybgulp2d2q"]}},{"id":"59445471","content_html":"re. the album I showed from Private Eye:
\n\n\nI’m one of 1,000+ musicians who are jointly releasing this album today to protest the UK government’s planned changes to copyright law, which would hand the life’s work of the country’s musicians to AI companies for free. It’s an album of recordings of empty studios, which is what we’ll get if the government’s plans go ahead.\nDon’t legalise music theft!
\n
or as I put it
\n\n\nI think we should sue AI
\n
and Låpsley:
\n\n\nwagadagadoo
\n
(#arts)
\n\nFirst Week Flip Phone over.
\nPunkt MP02 has run its course, can’t wait for Light Phone III
\n(#tech)
“John the Con” the 1st of the 100 K streams ✅
\n(still worth getting album-art selfie out there 👀)
“No One Else Can” on a lil V-Day charge 💍
\nProper Singer: pls cover ❤️
thx humans Spotted these on Playlists, while I’m not promoting. Remember: Bandcamp LinkFi.re (#arts 🎶)
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