TIL that Buffy Sainte-Marie wrote 🎵 Universal Soldier - a song that for some reason (maybe because I only ever heard his version and it was a relatively big hit in the UK) … had always assumed Donovan wrote. 🤦♂️
I found out by reading 🔗 this - which is a sad story that I have no opinion about.
🔗Governor Newsom: Please help Franklin fire victims
Well this little bit of news totally passed me by. Surely an oversight?
The Franklin Fire was still smoldering when the Palisades Fire ignited. We were still in a hotel, not yet having found a place to rent. We are part of this disaster, yet we have been erased from its response.
💬 Posted by Jason Fried ‘for a friend’.
? If you’re feeling stressed, hum a few bars of Alice’s Restaurant
💬 Dave Winer
Yesterday .. (If you’re feeling stressed) reminds us to tune into Alice’s Restaurant and hum a few bars. Me? 🖇️ I remind you of one specific verse late in the song
Either way - it’s all good - delivered nearly 60 years ago.
It is now 2025 - the same year as The Beatles and The Rolling Stones won Grammies - so nothing has changed right?
🎵 I know - who cares - its just a …
🔗 Concern the UK’s AI ambitions could lead to water shortages
If I’d been told when I was growing up in England that in the future the BBC would report that ‘water shortages’ loomed, I would have assumed that I had stepped into a dystopian SF novel that made up my reading pleasure at the time.
🔗 Archiving effort to preserve Data.gov - FlowingData
We continue with hope.
🔗 Everyone knows your location: tracking myself down through in-app ads
what does Unity, the 3D engine, have to do with the in-app advertisement or location tracking?
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Turns out that Unity’s main revenue stream (they made $2 bln+ in 2023) is Unity Ads - “Mobile Game Ad Network”. Sounds quite interesting.
Too technical for this bear to fully understand - BUT I got enough to let out a very loud expletive.
(via John Wunderlich over on LinkedIN)
I am unsure if they are connected - so parking this here while we think.
There is also something going on with the Argentinian playbook - which I am planning to publish in a newsletter.
I am no expert …
🔗 The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Government Takeover
The names to remember ..
Akash Bobba, Edward Coristine, Luke Farritor, Gautier Cole Killian, Gavin Kliger, and Ethan Shaotran.
DEI? 🔗📼 Try This.