📺 The Mandalorian
Just finished the third series. Most excellent. It even has ’Gus Fring in it🤪 On a more serious note, I do like the back stories that have been developed and released in the Star Wars and Marvel franchises. The special effects may not be as good, but the stories are far more engaging.
2023 | 05 | 03
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🪦Et tu Gordon. I didn’t believe it when I read it .. but yes it is true. 84 … not a bad run.
Thank-you for the 🎵music.
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From Quora.
Just like spam then.
🔗 ‘They can survive just fine’: Bernie Sanders says income over $1bn should be taxed at 100%
You go Bernie.
… the problem is that nobody earns ‘income’ over $1Billion … isn’t that the real problem?
🔗 Karl Lagerfeld had odious views. We shouldn’t be putting him on a pedestal.
Filed in my bucket of things that I don’t pay attention to, so not aware of the claims. That said, is this another case of judgement of historical behavior because the modern context has changed? If so … is that right?
Discuss.
🎛️🎙️ Bitcoin is Still The Future of Payments
🔗 Calling It Now: Elon Musk’s Micropayments Gambit Will Flop Big Time
Though Musk and Twitter aren’t specifically called out, it is clear that Lightspark’s David Marcus agrees - mainly because Micropayments can’t work while we continue to organize our payments as we do.
You should really listen to the whole thing, but this snippet particularly pertains to the MicroPayment comment above.
What if Amazon offered used readers, in bulk, to people in states that are banning books, and in school districts that are limiting what kids can read? What if it offered special deals on banned books, and brought titles to young people some of their “betters” are forbidding for them, to encourage reading?
💬 Dana Blankenhorn
2023 | 05 | 02
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Popped up in my archives today …
”If you can’t convince them, confuse them.”
💬 Harry S Truman
At the risk of repeating something about repetition ….
“History doesn’t repeat - but it sure does rhyme.”
Not to mention
- TRUMan
- TRUMp
The fact that nobody has put their finger on ’the’ reason Tucker was fired - whilst listing a veritable catalogue of possibilities - speaks volumes.
Mike Wallace interviewing Ayn Rand.
This interview was in 1959 (the same year Hawaii and Alaska joined the Union).
Whatever you think about Rand and her philosophies, have to say that arguing her position so eloquently on national television at a time when women really were only meant to be seen - and not heard was quite extraordinary.
Even more so when she was clearly threatening the ‘status quo’ and Wallace was not on her side.
Still, both very respectful of each other.
Feynman from 1985 … answering the question … can machines think?
🎵 Crapa Pelada - what is not to love about this ear worm that I first heard on Breaking Bad … or was it Better Call Saul?
It’s hard to keep the cadence of something like this going …
Interesting idea .. but if this is released into the wild those tabs are going to get out of control pretty quickly … unless the reader is allowed to decide which of their subscriptions gets a tab.
I’m sorry Scotland.