Preet talking to Ian Bremmer .. sensible talk.
Christopher Lydon … Tяump a real life Great Gatsby 100 years later❓
I just found this in my notes with no attribution - but looks like 🔗 Semaphor
South Africa is among the nations that have sought counsel from Goldman Sachs on how to improve ties with Washington. According to The Wall Street Journal, the bank advised Pretoria — which has been in the White House’s crosshairs for months over its close ties to Russia and its genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice — to scrap a law that requires Black ownership of some businesses as a way to get into the Trump administration’s good graces. It also recommended Pretoria walk back a land-seizure law that angered Elon Musk, who claimed it discriminated against White farmers. Japan and Saudi Arabia have also consulted with the Wall Street giant.
Mac File-Finding Gems from 🔗 Brett Terpstrabrett.trpstra.net/link/535/…) - I particulalry liked the look of auto tagging in HoudahSpot.
🔗It’s not the colour of the pill that counts
Happened to be talking about Asimov to a friend of mine the other day. We both had read ‘everything’ he had written - and certainly for me I know that will not be true, but definitely I hit the 45 to 50 books range - I can still picture them on my my book shelf in my teenage bedroom.
BUT - we both agreed that the reading was a long time ago - and not sure if they would stand the test of time - based on writing quality (?) Not sure that is the right term.
So interesting to see this today …
among Isaac Asimov’s many faults, his total lack of interest in characters meant some deft footwork by the writers of the Foundation television series.
💬 William Gallagher
Yes - that is probably it. I don’t recall him being an ‘emotional’ writer, which as a teen I didn’t miss. It was the ideas that I was after.
🔗 What Civilization Can Learn from Pizza - posted this earlier on - because i do like Gaping Void - but this one …
… stands to be corrected.
Here’s the thing. Communication is
the imparting or exchanging of information by speaking, writing, or using some other medium.
or even
means of sending or receiving information, such as phone lines or computers.
**Might I suggest a third panel **
I am not an artist and I now there will be ways to build tiny little arrows to and from the people at the bottom - just imagine it - or take me up on the offer!
🔗 Using AI for polish - hands up for a beta test @Manton
He captions it ‘Woodhenge’ - assume it is a joke - because he surely knows that there is a real 🔗 Woodhenge
🔗 Why Today April 30th Should Be a National Holiday
The question used to be: ‘Might it be possible that we were on the wrong side in the Vietnamese War?’ But we weren’t on the wrong side. We are the wrong side."
💬 Daniel Ellsberg