“Could a rebranded MAGA movement continue by just replacing the frontman? Is it still Journey without Steve Perry, or the Grateful Dead without Jerry Garcia? In a way, yes. MAGA could Jefferson Starship itself indefinitely as long as the crowds keep vibing. But without the original magic the venues tend to shrink, the fans get old, and it all starts to seem a little pathetic.”
đź’¬ The Bulwark
Amazon Shake Out
Amazon’s devices unit had operating losses of more than $5 billion annually in recent years. Amazon’s Echo smart speakers appear to be mostly used for playing music and setting timers, not online shopping, as Amazon had hoped.
đź’¬ The Information
“I think what’s going on in crypto in the last few days, is going to scare people, and is going to scare regulators into action.”
đź’¬ Larry Summers
“The podcast is about using FeedLand to write, not just read. About the connection to micro.blog and hopes for connection to Mastodon. And leveraging Markdown in your feeds, how to do it with no breakage.”
đź’¬ Dave Winer
Day 6: echo
“Just give me a little more echo.”
đź’¬ Apocryphal Elvis
---"This time he was here to help us understand some truths about how we really run the business, make decisions, and value what's worth doing. When I say value, I don't mean a list of generalized "values", or the bullshit phrase of "adding value", but how we attribute value when evaluating our options and making tradeoffs."
đź’¬ Jason Fried
“Ravages of age,” really? That phrase has got to go.
“Language matters. Journalists need to stop relying on offensive, misleading phrases like ‘ravages of age’ and we need to keep calling them out until they do.”
đź’¬ Ashton Applewhite
“Chuck Schumer’s been in Congress so long that medically he’s considered a pre-existing condition.”
đź’¬ Peggy Noonan
“If you’re producing an event, you want the best person you can get. And then inevitably, you have to settle for the best person you can get.”
đź’¬ William Gallagher