Anyone have a nice OPML of micro blog feeds that they would care to share?

(Asking for a friend.)

When you sell a house, you pay a realtor, various service and inspections, possibly the tax man. Maybe an accountant and/ or lawyer … and and and … there is no question … you pay.

When you buy a house, it’s not dissimilar, you pay.

Need the services of a lawyer .. pay.

an accountant .. pay

buying ‘little things’ in stores … pay

big things, like a car, airline ticket? … pay

need a plumber, electrician, carpenter … pay

a ride from a to b … pay.

You get the picture … you … pay

Except for some reason people don’t really want to pay you for your writing, your music, your advice, your help, your network … all that is apparently on the ‘pay it forward’ basis.

When you sell a house, you pay a realtor, various service and inspections, possibly the tax man. Maybe an accountant and/ or lawyer … and and and … there is no question … you pay.

When you buy a house, it’s not dissimilar, you pay.

Need the services of a lawyer .. pay.

an accountant .. pay

buying ‘little things’ in stores … pay

big things, like a car, airline ticket? … pay

need a plumber, electrician, carpenter … pay

a ride from a to b … pay.

You get the picture … you … pay

Except for some reason people don’t really want to pay you for your writing, your music, your advice, your help, your network … all that is apparently on the ‘pay it forward’ basis.

I see lots of posts these days on LinkedIn from recent ‘arrivals in the work force’, where the message is some version of ..

‘I am available .. if you need a python developer.’

I wonder if their request might be better served by ‘writing’

‘I am available .. if you need someone to solve your (x marks the spot) problem.

I, along with a few others have many problems. We have no idea if we need ‘python’ developers.

There is a real sense of frustration in Ukraine about a perceived double standard in US support for Israel. “The view among some is that if Britain, America, Jordan and all these other countries are willing to shoot down drones to help out Israel, why can’t they do something similar for us when we’re facing this all the time?”

… from Today’s Yesterday’s Guardian

It’s clear that there is a dickhead in charge over in the Middle East.

Who am I to disagree with Austin Kleon and in fact I still don’t .. but the conclusion to the article ends with a use case for why paper dictionaries .. which to this bear seems identical to the why online. What am I missing? 🔗 Source

Wow — that’s a LOT of Bloody Mary I thought .. oh wait ‘OR’ … not ‘OF’.

Don’t worry about the effect on the environment .. all the passengers carbon offset their vacation by using cardboard straws in their cocktails.

Suggestions that Informatica to be bought by the increasingly wrongly named ‘SalesForce’.