🔗 WWW
There are a lot of links out to different parts of the web on this site. I try to mark them all so they get listed here.
Work Life Balance
Chris Lockhead dropped a post on LinkedIN regarding retirement.
To me retirement is the macro version of the daily work-life balance.
It solves the wrong problem really well.
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If you use Bluesky - and you like to tinker - well - say good bye to your Easter Weekend …
I was having a couple o’ beers last night with a friend and of course our conversation drifted into a gamut of topics - including music - I mean with me - doesn’t it always? But also masks. Oh and the connectedness of things. And prior lives and … and … and on the way home my mind recalled something I wrote a few years ago;
🔗 When You Connect The Dots - You Don’t Always Reach The Right Conclusion
Enjoy.
Yet another 🔗🎵AlbumWhale list.
As the intro says …
I am not a singles guy BUT there are some wonderful tracks out there, that wouldn’t make it to my lists if not careful. This list of albums is made up of albums that are only there because it includes one very specific track - which is WHY the album is here. (Not to say it isn’t a good album - not that other songs aren’t great, and is all to say that the track named on the album notes is why the album is on the list. 🎵 I also have an apple playlist of the featured tracks.
The List of Posts that start on AlbumWhale
🔗 Israel is About to Empty Gaza - Chris Hedges
I find that Hedges often stands out by speaking out - loudly - about things that nobody even talks about. It used to be real hard to have that courage. Today? We should be pinning medals on him - except he would probably refuse them.
🔗 Report Reveals Internal Chaos Behind Apple’s Siri Failure
Another link I got to thanks to Gruber. Re linking for one reason ….
The Set UP
… more than half a dozen former employees who worked in Apple’s AI and machine-learning group
… and we go on to learn that internally the group are referred to ‘AI/ML’ and then
BOOM
Apple’s AI/ML group has been dubbed “AIMLess” internally
Welcome to Structured Visual Thinking New York City.
This caught my eye this morning …. 🔗 NYC subway map updated with a diagrammatic style - FlowingData
FINALLY
Reminded me of 2 YouTubes by Map Men’s Jay Foreman
🔗📼 The Tube Map nearly looked very different
🔗📼 What went wrong with the Tube Map?
Around 7:45 in video 2 is where Jay highlights the fiasco that is (now moving to was) the New York map …
with the notable exception of the New York subway that insists on being as baffling and ugly as possible.
Do watch HIGHLY recommend - and definitely not a map nerd. (particularly)
🔗 Mapped: Which Countries Produce the Most Silver?
… in case you are wondering;
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Mexico is at number one - and double the country in second place.
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The U.S.A. is at number nine - producing around a third of that same country in second place.
Number 2? JINA
Just posted this on LinkedIN …
Go back a while and I used to explain the difference in the politics of the US, where I lived and the UK, where I’m from .. in that the vast majority of the ‘left’ in the US were still to the right of the vast majority of the ‘right’ in the UK. No analysis, just how I felt as a dude on his life’s journey. Thank you for providing the explanation that supports my long held feelings.
… as a comment on a Simon Wardley post - 🔗 which you can find here
I love how he is broadening out his subject matter from his maps - but still ties them in.
‘Flee’? ‘Suffers’?
- What percentage are Russians?
- What percentage are non Doms?
- What percentage actually contributed to the economy?
With those answers we might find that this is good news.
🔗 David Brooks: I Should Have Seen This Coming - The Atlantic
Yes you should David .. yes you should. It was all pretty clear. The fact you are surprised and seem to be on some kind of world apology tour does not change my opinion.
I have 3 questions …
- Why aren’t I surprised?
- Why do I feel that this is totally true .. and false .. at the same time?
- Did the Onion buy Wired .. or the other way round?
Hat Tip to 🔗 Daniel Savage
The List of Posts that start on AlbumWhale
The Overview features on no less than 4 public AlbumWhale lists - turns out all 4 are mine.
- Neo Progressive
- English Progressive
- Steven Wilson
and
- Surprises. In some ways not a surprise at all. Terrific album - but you do need it to marinate.
The Surprise? He has an 🔗🎵Orchestral version on YouTube …
From The Alterview boxset, all rights to Wilson/Fiction Records
WaPo headline ..
Americans Are Sitting on a Cash Pile as Stocks Reel
It seems a miracle has occurred. It seems only yesterday that I read that
🔗 Millions of Americans are just one paycheck away from ‘financial disaster’ (40%)
🔗 Millions of Americans are only $400 away from financial hardship (50%)
- Truly a miracle of financial recovery OR
- Fake News OR.
- We really do have two Americas
🔗 realbloggers.org .. via Don Marti - there are a lot of these sites gloating around in the Indie Web - not sure why we need another one - why do we keep reinventing the wheel. Can we just have one place?
🔗 Trust Is Dead. Trump Keeps Selling the Corpse.
… haven’t read the article - yet - saved in Readwise - I just loved the title.
Just added 🔗 thelinkblog at Micro.Blog to my 🔗 feed in Feedland … it just seemed right.
