Raccoon Dogs … never heard of the animal, so it’s not surprising that the COVID origin story is - shall we say - unclear.
Ron DeSantis’ crackdown on “woke” banks could help a big Ron DeSantis donor
“But the proposal goes far beyond public investing. The legislation also attempts to exert state control over private banking, too — by threatening banks with financial and legal retaliation if they refuse to lend to a company based on its “business sector.”
Yet another example of why we don’t need govt in our business?
Early | #mbmar
March 17th.
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🎥 Luther: The Fallen Sun, 2023 - ★★★★
The story continues and gets weirder, but it’s Idris .. right?
And it all ends with an interesting set up for the next story.
I sometimes wonder … but the ‘sometimes’ is getting more and more regular.
March 16th.
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“Technology only frees people from work if the boss, or the government, or the economic system — allows it. To allege otherwise is technosolutionism, plain and simple.”
💬 Derek Thompson, The Atlantic,
Society is way behind in adapting its rules to this new liquid culture. It makes everything precarious for everyone. Sam Bankman-Fried went from the Forbes 400 to a jail cell in a few weeks. I don’t think he has yet to get his head around how destroyed his life is. (Have a suicide watch ready when he figures it out.) There are a few industries that still resist this facet of Moore’s Law. Education is one. Health care is another. Law is a third. We have yet to see Trump’s perp walk, and legal delays make new infrastructure almost impossible to build.
💬 Dana Blankenhorn
“I was not a great student in college. I liked learning, but not on someone else’s timetable.”
💬 Heather Cox Richardson
I like that. Reminds me of … let me see now … oh yes … me!
I just never managed to quite get it out in so few words.
March 15th.
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A manifesto no less … I’m sure that’s definitely going to change everything … everywhere …
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🎵 The Theme Song Of Madam Blanc Is More Of A Mystery Than Any Of The Stories.
The Theme Music for the Madam Blanc mysteries has firmly embedded itself into my brain and I love it. Still do. But who is the artist?
Turns out, a ‘duo’ called ‘Hague and White’. But the White might not be who you think.
I thought ‘the white’ was one ‘Steve White’. You might know him as the drummer for The Style Council and pretty much all the subsequent solo albums of Paul Weller. He clearly has chops in the drumming arena. He is also married to Sally Lindsay - the star of Madame Blanc - and the co writer and creator of the show. (I guess they thought they would keep it in the family).
But no …
The song is actually written by Hague and Joel White - who is also the vocalist. In fact Joel is credited with writing their first (and only album), Alan seems to have come along later.
And who is Joel White? Only Richard Hawley’s cousin!
That explains (so much of it) it.
🔗 Prison Abolition Even For Elizabeth Holmes.
Clearly. I have no idea who Elizabeth Homes really is, though I do have my own biased opinions that she is a con artist, but Nathan Robinson highlights a conundrum that goes beyond her case. That said - what would be very wrong is for Holmes to be the one that breaks the mold.
Half of me already thinks that she planned this pregnancy yo use it as a ‘get out of jail’ card.
“Britain is a far more valuable and important entity than Twitter. How depressing that it’s being run with equivalent incompetence.”
💬 David Mitchell
NAILED IT 😂😂😂😂