Final
When I first heard about Anora I looked it up and put it in the category of ‘no’ .. not even ‘yeah .. no’ .. just definitely .. NO. Despite this, I found myself watching it last night as part of a …
It’s a political thriller starring De Niro - so you kinda know how it is going to end. Overall I liked it. Though final episode fell away … too many ‘final speeches’ delivered as ‘closing arguments’. …
In August 2024 he was ‘considering’ a complete and permanent move to New Zealand. Read More
As of yesterday he’s outta here - Kiwi passport in hand - and still hanging on to a large chunk of property in the South Island.
- Other than that what exactly was that all about?
- How much of that wealth trickled into New Zealand?
- How did it benefit any Kiwi?
It was a publicity stunt. The Kiwis were played. And they are going to be played again because National have just brought that idea back …
New Zealand changes ‘golden visa’ to lure wealthy migrants
To Remind Real Thiel’ emerged in his attack on Gawker.
But his Palantir investment is tanking …. but am sure that it will all be ok once his old Paypal mates ‘sort out America’
And please don’t cry too much. After dropping 30% in the past 5 days, the Palantir price is still UP 150% just since August last year.
It’s marinated since I saw it last week. I had heard that it was a ‘back to basics’ take .. ie a movie sans gratuitous explosions - planets being destroyed and using portals to jump through to …
I just spotted that Giancarlo Esposito was in this - and I decided that I should add a review - because it was ... is ... so good.
It started well … it went on fine .. until the last 15 minutes. Queued up for a sequel .. but I don’t think so.
Over on LinkedIN .. 🔗 The downfall of Soho House.
Turns out that SH is in the ‘dodo’. Personally not surprised. Never a member - often as a guest back in the day - but more recently as I noticed that ‘everyone was a member’, I felt something was up - but too many other rabbit holes to dive into.
Back in the day it was a wonderful place. Seems to me that it fails for similar reasons that exclusive fine dining restaurants and this ‘boutique wineries’ ultimately fail .. you can’t scale exclusivity.
‘But what about Patek Philippe Watches and Hermes bags’ I hear you cry. ‘Different’ I reply. Product - not service. You can manage the demand. For example - there are Hermes bags for sale that you can’t buy - even if you can afford one.
Anyway - back to Soho. This came to mind.
That’s why it was predictable.
A little over a week ago - I threw out 🖇️ this little billy do onto my blog and thought nothing of it. To save you the click through I was just pointing out some internet speeds I was experiencing - …
When I read Scott Brinker (ChiefMartec) I generally feel that our thinking is aligned, but his images often seem to be designed to create fear and creating a speech bubble above my head that reads …