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Yesterday 🔗🎙️ Timothy Rybak and Kara Swisher
Today 🔗🎙️ Christopher Lyon with Lyndsey Stonebridge talking about Hannah Arendt
One common observation. by Timothy and Lyndsey (I paraphrase)
Trump is an overweight, obnoxious nothing - it is the apparatus around him that is the problem.
📺 One Lane Bridge
Two seasons worth. Another in the style of ‘Kiwi Scandinavian Noir’ 😁. It’s not a cracker - but good enough to watch both seasons over time. (Trust me - there are many a show I start - never finish - and a review of which you will not find in here.)
One Lane Bridge on 🔗 Reelgood
📺 The Brothers Sun
Despite writing this back in February - it didn’t. Quirky. Funny. Great Action - and Michelle Yeoh. I mean - c’mon.
The Brothers Sun on 🔗 Reelgood
📺 Criminal Record 🚧
‘Truth to Power’. Solid, gritty, Brit detective drama.
Criminal Record on 🔗 Reelgood
📺 The Gulf
Coincidentally found myself living on/in ‘The Gulf’ when I discovered the show, so watched it with a little bit of a ’travelogue’ perspective. 😁 One of those dark Kiwi shows - they seem to be emulating ’Scandinavian Noir’ - if that is a term. If it isn’t, it should be. Great show.
The Gulf on 🔗 Reelgood
📺 Gray
Arguably formulaic - but something about it kept me hooked. And ‘Cornelia’, don’t you love that name? If you like this genre - it is well worth a watch.
Gray on 🔗 Reelgood
🖇️ Me 5 Years Ago - Simpler Times. .. who would have predicted where we are today.
📸 Fun watching the little boats racing each other in the mini Regatta. Not a great photo - I know - but given the distance not bad for a 4 year old iPhone.
“Andy Warhol once promised everybody 15 minutes of fame, but on TikTok that often gets reduced to 15 seconds of attention.”
💬 Ted Gioia
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Manu writing (about) how I feel.
As far as I can tell - this headline (which is repeated everywhere) only has one source - The Orange one.
And he announced it shortly after Biden announced his 25 million or so.
There are is no separate verification - if there is - can you point me.
There were a LOT of foreign peeps at the event - sure hope he isn’t including their money?
There are a few big donors from his past that haven’t yet donated on this round - including his biggest.
📺 Ripley
Started slow. Continued slow. Finished Slow. And I loved it. The Black and White cinematography was superb. More in those grey tones than color could ever do. Have to say I was nervous of having a longer version of the film. No worries. Totally different.
Ripley on 🔗 Reelgood
1] This Morning ….
2] This Afternoon ….
It’s dark now - so no photos - but it sure sounds like number [1] has returned!
Talk About Misguided and Fucked Up
Apparently, Murdock and Musk were on pace to receive the RBG Award? Nobody thought .. hang on a minute?
It gets worse. Below the fold …
Two other ‘awardees’ were 🔗 Michael Milliken
.. and 🔗Martha Stewart
… and yes I do understand second chances and all that - but still .. am I the only one out here on the edge - again?
IMHO .. Sly was the only one who deserved to be on a short list to begin with.
Love to know the backstory.
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Filed in the bucket of ‘Things That Are Wrong With The World’ .. that moment that you discover that your translator has stolen $16 million from your bank account.
Wondering if anyone saw this ‘post’ of mine from earlier this year.
(NO response at the time 🥺 - but if you have ‘replies turned off - it would have gone straight by you.)
Been bouncing around since then - and I keep coming back to 🔗 Daylite - a Mac only app - BUT seems to be very powerful. Finally took a dip into their 2 week trial - and talking next week - but anybody got any thoughts, comments, thumbs up and down »> other than thePRICE $$$$ - yeah - now I recall why I didn’t commit - but then if it stops me spending time in twiddling with stuff - maybe?
Have I mentioned before that I like 🔗 🎙️ Rob Long’s Martini Shot, short entertaining, great story telling about the entertainment business - and ties back into broader business - this one feature Karl Lagerfeld. My take? We all have a ‘little Karl’ in us.
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Remember all that kerfuffle about Apple and Beeper - well - as reported just this week Automattic just bought Beeper - which personally I thought was a GREAT move. Even greater - in the same week Beeper launched their new app!
Installed - and ready - because even without iMessages - I still have a Unified Inbox for everything else.
And - not that anybody is watching me - but why this article should pop into the stream today - I have no idea - but it’s all about those other Beepers!
🔗 The Forgotten War on Beepers - by Louis Anslow
Two pieces that in some ways seem to contradict each other and themselves - even down to one being quite serious and the other with more humor.
🔗 Fergie Chambers Is Heir to One of America’s Richest Families and Determined to See the U.S. Fall. (Readwise with Highlights)
… 🔗 The original Rolling Stone Link)
and
🔗 America is too Lazy for a Second Civil War (Readwise with Highlights)
… 🔗 The original Sam Colt Link
That said, you can read both and wonder where you fit on the spectrum, because to me it is not altogether clear.