“All the problems in Africa. All the problems in The Middle East. They are all because of capitalism.
Farid Younos.
“All the problems in Africa. All the problems in The Middle East. They are all because of capitalism.
Farid Younos.
Here’s an interesting fact … the United States is the only United Nations member that has not even ratified the ‘Convention on the Rights of the Child’ … let alone signed it.
“It’s not laws that can change people.It’s culture.”
Farid Younos.
‘w00t’ …. is I believe the correct word on this occasion ….
Sometimes it puts it all into perspective. But if we all did it all the time … well, then where would we be?
It’s probably just me - but every time I hear this Apple ad …I am reminded of this Rowan Atkinson TV show.
If you are a blot user - take a look at this post
As I say in the post - if there is interest in how to make this work for you - I will write it up and publish - just let me know.
As always - many thanks to David ( @blot ) for his help and patience.
Once again - enormous thanks to @jenett for cracking my image in the footer problem …. we are THERE
Been watching the Correspondent develop their US presence for what must be two years now … with Jay Rosen as one of their advisors there is a lot to love.
I am now a founding member. You can be too.
Camp Fire: 63 dead, 631 missing
putting the headline
Northern California air quality rated the worst in the world
into perspective.
Thieves snap up rental scooters in SF
Hope they manage to get them all.
The SysAdmin is unstoppable. Fun cartoon on the click through.
”By the first quarter of this year, household debt was at an all-time high of $13.2 trillion. Almost 80 percent of Americans are now living paycheck to paycheck.
Uber Posts $1 Billion Loss…Ahead Of Planned IPO Next Year
Success in the making.
Team Human is Done! - Rushkoff
Ordered.
”But this Soros thing is different. This is no passive failure. It’s a malevolent action taken against groups who criticize Facebook for things that Facebook admits it has failed at. It takes advantage of and contributes to the most poisonous aspects of our public discourse.
NYT via Kottke
… much more on this to come.
Puzzle Montage Art … very cool … via Kottke.
hello hello hello
Spot On …. and delighted to say that I am working with one such company that is working in the world of vision.
Sound like our time has come! (To borrow from Victor).
Last week I was one of hundreds that hit the pavements and canvassed over 4 days in Stanislaus County to help Josh Harder (D) beat 4 termer Jeff Denham (R).
Delighted to report that Josh won.
Yes - another long one, but now I can say that I have met a congressman!
Observation re blot cross posting to micro blog - sometimes it is just some words … sometimes a link appears aswell …. and it seems that the difference is all to do with whether the post has some text at the beginning .. the experiments continue.
Micro Bloggers I have captured in my Mastodon list … there will be a lot more … but before I spend time adding them, wrestling with how to make that list available to others. I have a feeling that is currently a step too far for mastodon.
The Modern Talent Supply Chain.
“The Brightfield team has earned a privileged position as the trusted steward to leading buyers, sellers and intermediaries in the modern talent supply chain …..
So now we know how Brightfield sees people … cogs in their supply chain .
A new micro blog community resource - this one around mastodon ….. I have started a micro blogger list on social.mastadon … hope that link works ….
Nothing to see here … just move along now ….
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