The Usual Suspects mist have one hell of a back story!
The Usual Suspects mist have one hell of a back story!
Courtesy of @xkcd … so true … so funny
Basecamp CEO Jason Fried says venture capital funding destroys startups
File in the ‘not wrong’ bucket.
Hong Kong moves to criminalize insults to anthem
While in America the national anthem is insulted pretty much every day - and no one bats an eyelid…
Facebook is a damaging to your health as cigarettes, say tech experts.
I was never a fan of smoking - but I never knew it was bad for democracy.
Just Wrong
For what it is worth today is the one year anniversary of being awarded my Micro Monday Badge - and the micro monday recommendation was to @jacob - because of this.
Dow falls 200 points amid fears the global economy may be slowing down
And just ‘two working hours’ ago, life seemed so jolly as we were turning the corner and off to a brave new world.
Disruption for Thee, But Not for Me
Why doest thou hateth Uber they oft’ ask of me ….
”I imagine that most of the attendees at SXSW will be getting around with Uber and Lyft, and 25% of the money they spend will go to those companies’ shareholders, not to the drivers.”
GOP reaches landmark agreement to juice small-dollar fundraising
”Patriot Pass”
… I think I will.
I was right ….
The Age Of Surveillance Capitalism has been on my list ever since Doc Searls mentioned it. It’s finally available.
‘The goal is to automate us’
No prizes for guessing why I’ll be reading it.
Time for that walk.
That moment when you realize that a return flight is 30% cheaper than a single on that very same route.
Microsoft’s Leap Into Housing Illuminates Government’s Retreat
”Microsoft will make $500 million available to help build affordable housing in Seattle. (That doesn’t make up for IE 6, but it’s a start.)
Dave Pell
Two minutes later the email was resent - with the ‘typo’ fixed … though I think I prefer this - the original headline.
The Case for Impeaching Donald Trump
”Reading this, I was struck by a real sadness. What a massive waste of time the Trump presidency has been”
Kottke
I disagree - tax cuts for the wealthy, two Supreme Court justices, roll backs of all the protections that others have put in place against the rapacious corporates … the other side might not like it … but the rethuglicans haven’t had such a great couple of years for a long time… if ever.
They do this because success has warped their perception of reality.
What a crock .. zippo to do with success .. just arrogant little shits who like ‘the establishment’ believe that there is one law for others and MAYBE there are laws for them.
”Know the future - decide well today.”
John Fluevog
A particularly good collection of posts on my ‘on this day’ page today. Is that overly repetitive?
Of course - when I posted this on the 18th January - that link went through to all my posts from prior years on the 18th January … which of course - now it doesn’t - unless you happen to be reading it on the 18th January, 2020, 20121, 20122 … you get the point.
”The US government has been shut down by a guy who the FBI thinks might be a Russian operative. And we’ve arrived at an American moment where that news doesn’t seem all that shocking.
Dave Pell, Next Draft
Extraordinary that they even would… more extraordinary .. that he has the gall.
Canadian Businessman Gerald McGoey Accused of Fraud After Being Foiled by ‘Font Detective … those fonts will get you every time. At least he had the good taste to refrain from using Comic Sans.
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