2023 | 08 | 25
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The irony of surrendering yourself .. and then posting ‘NEVER SURRENDER’.
In just one week - another domain in my life is not renewed and the work there archived … not to the 🔗 BIG archive … no … 🔗 right here
🔗 The Real Republican Debate Winner Was Clear, in One Sense (Apple News)
Prior to the debate, his name recognition was so low among voters that he offered $20 gift cards to anyone who donated a dollar to his campaign to meet the threshold of 40,000 individual donors needed to earn him a spot in the debate.
Hashtag #Winning !
🔗 Subway sold to Arbys and Dunkin owner Roark Capital (Apple News)
Roark Capital, which has $37 billion under management, specializes in franchised businesses and owns multiple restaurant chains. Its brands include Arby’s, Baskin-Robbins, Buffalo Wild Wings, Dunkin', Jimmy John’s and Sonic.
Why is this allowed? Isn’t this the exact consolidation of power in a market that the FCC is meant to be watching?
If you were in need of a new source for good quotes … well, I just stumbled over 🔗 this.
🎵An 80 year old is demonstrating more creativity and musical brilliance in rehashing a 50 year old classic than pretty much any ‘young gun’ on the music scene is managing without such creative constraints.
2023 | 08 | 24
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I just got bored reading the intro to the summary of a short article about tonight’s screaming match … where the last one standing hopes to make the grade to be the running mate to an Orange clown who has 91 … and counting … indictments. #LifeIsTooShort
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This is a People First post that was originally on the People First domain. It has been moved here as part of my domain consolidation program. It’s a steady and slow WIP as I check each entry, so do please bear with me.- More about People First
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(not just from the ‘other domain’ … all of them.)
But this wasn’t a meeting to make a deal. This was a meeting to get us to cave, which is why, not 20 minutes after we left the meeting, the AMPTP released its summary of their proposals.
I’m keeping notes.
CSS Frustrations - hope some passing good samaritan might help …
Can anybody tell me why I can’t get the ‘cite’ element on this page : 🖇️ https://john.philpin.com/2020/01/05/people-kevin.html to move over to the right?
It SHOULD look the same as this
🖇️ https://john.philpin.com/2023/06/24/robert-f-kennedy.html - where I have used my usual tag ‘attribution’
I have tried
- cite
- p.cite and
- blockquote.cite (I know - I know)
Weasel Insurance
If your laptop is ruined by rain pouring in from a hole in the roof, you can get reimbursed. But if it’s ruined by floodwaters, your renters policy won’t cover it.
( 🔗Apple News)
I hate the speech pattern that goes
Dud duh duh duh duh duh duh duh .. DEE DEE
and
Blah blah blah blah blah BLEE BLEE
.. it’s been around for a while - but more as an exception … but clearly someone has set up a school somewhere that teaches people to talk in their low, ponderous tone for 90% of the time - and then at the end of each sentence, go up an octave or two to emphasize - and to really drill it home - make it ‘sing songy’.
Sadly if I unsubscribed to podcasts that include such behavior - I would have nothing left to listen to.
🔗 Simon Cowell sells London home for £30m below asking price.
He was asking 45 million - he took 15 million. Now that’s a discount!
Spark is now available on SetApp
2023 | 08 | 23
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Frasier? Again?