My joke about mortality is that I know I’m in line for the exit, but I let others cut in. I wish Paul hadn’t.
💬 Doc Searls
I love those two sentences.
🔗 Antitrust Enforcers Block the JetBlue-Spirit Merger
… earlier this year for sure and still I wonder how this gets blocked when Hawaiian and Alaska just merge without so much as a by your leave.
A former plumber and cage fighter …
I have no knowledge about any other aspect of the dudes ability to be one of the leaders of the U.S.A. .. and I really can’t be bothered to find out more … which speaks volumes across many dimensions.
I think this image, which I have shared before is my new ‘hashtag’ on this shit.
Thank you Google. I don’t care if the government breaks you up or keeps you whole - BUT 🔗 I do care about you continually breaking the Internet.
Please stop doing that.
The Data Czars are drawing the lines in the sand …
OpenAI is mapped to Microsoft
Anthropic is mapping to Amazon
So Oracle (Ellison) maps to Musk?
I need 2 - or even 3 - action buttons.
Today I learned about Mervin Tuttle - and if you are an Austin resident - you’ll be thinking well … duh … but I did not know this. Extraordinary.
Sometimes something just hits you … this is one such moment
(It’s) … not that quantum physics has merely superseded classical mechanics, but that a beautiful and strange duality organizes our lives: predictable physics in everyday tools & work, uncertainty at the heart of all things.
💬 Sara Hendren
(@ablerism over on Micro Blog - 🔗website)
I saw something the other day about âGhost Jobsâ ⦠will write more when I find it - but added to this - prospects are gloomy.
I saw something the other day about ‘Ghost Jobs’ …
this coupled with this suggests prospects are very gloomy.
It All Makes Sense - until it doesn't. We are passed that point.
A few of today’s reads all came together this morning …
First up (which I am not even going to bother linking to) lead with something like … “how corporations can create emotional connections to their customers at ‘scale’.”
What the fucking what - do not even get me started. Do these people even think about what their words mean when they spew them out?
Anyway - onwards - and as so often happens Hugh over at Gaping Void says it the best …
🖇️ My highlights on the companion article
Meanwhile …
(Talking of ‘creating emotional connections at scale - one of those silent companies that you know the name of - but wonder what they do is Palantir (remember Cambridge Analytics - who paid the price?) .. yeah, Palantir was the ‘power behind the throne’ - who not only avoided paying the price - but have gone on from strength to strength.
Anyway, 🔗 over in Dana land .. he’s looking at the next 4 years - and pointing a very large finger at one 🖇️ Peter Thiel … you know the guy that really runs Palantir (all due respect to Karp), but to remind you who he really is …
The New Zealand Herald did quite a job on that topic - do take a read - eye opening - even if you think you know all about him. (Pro tip - if you have ‘reader mode’ - use it if you really want to read it.) .. and at the end…
According to building consent records, his Queenstown Plasma Screen holiday home last year suffered a serious fire, causing more than $500,000 in damage. Building consents for the repairs filed with the Queenstown Lakes District Council in May show Thiel took this opportunity to rebuild and repurpose a walk-in closet. Plans now describe this nook as a panic room.
.. a panic room. In Queenstown? .. and this is the guy who is quietly influencing the US Govt?
And then there is ‘Ted’s Take’ on the changing nature of communication.
Are we doomed?
I guess not until this happens …
(The New Yorker)
I think Siri is on to something - every time I try to write ‘Thiel’ - it auto corrects to ‘thief’.
I think that’s about right.
ð¬ Civil War In New Zealand?
💬 Civil War In New Zealand?
A Posse Check from Microblog.
Received via John Wunderlich - ð work by Randall Munroe - XKCD www.xkcd.com/2682
Received via John Wunderlich - 🔗 work by Randall Munroe - XKCD
Resonates. How about you?
