Interesting🔗 article on the cost of coordination.
That said, it’s mainly a webmention test.
In Wisconsin’s supreme court race, a super-rich beer family calls the shots.
Telling …
In one corner …
Tuesday’s election for a Wisconsin supreme court position has been the target of huge amounts of Uihlein money – surprisingly, on both sides of the political divide. On one side stand the billionaire couple Richard and Elizabeth Uihlein, owners of the Wisconsin-based shipping supplies company Uline, who are on track to pump millions of dollars into the race in support of a conservative judicial candidate, Dan Kelly.
And, in the other corner
On the other side, Richard’s cousin Lynde Bradley Uihlein, a prominent funder of progressive causes, has already invested hundreds of thousands of dollars to support the liberal-leaning judges vying for the supreme court seat.
I’m pretty sure that the conservatives ‘pumping millions’ see it as an ‘investment’ and the democrats .. well - not so much.
🎛️🎙️ Embrace The Future
The excerpt is not the main thrust of the podcast, but neatly summarizes the problem of rejecting, rather than embracing, what is clearly something that is part of the future.
The Full Podcast: 🎙️ Why The Future Belongs To Intellectual Capitalists
If you love blue album covers AND/OR you didn’t know that blue album covers were a thing, then 🔗 The Feminine Blue Mystique - by Rachel Cabitt is the place for you.
“There are the crypto people who have seamlessly become AI people, much like how the amateur Twitter epidemiologists suddenly morphed into military experts.”
February 21st.
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🔗 Salesforce jumps on the artificial intelligence bandwagon with a surprise acquisition
“It’s also worth noting Tempo was incubated by SRI International, the agency that created Apple’s Siri software.”
it’s not clear if this is being positioned as a benefit or a warning. 😂
“Oracle, greatest company name ever, should be in the AI business. Their brand was born for it!
💬 Sam Lessin, The Information
🔗 Dana on Carter: “His entire political life lasted just 14 years.”
Talk about how you get defined!
Carter didn’t enter politics until he was 42, running for State Senate. While Governor in 1973 he appeared on the game show “What’s My Life,” saying he was running for President. While the panelists weren’t blindfolded, no one recognized him. His entire political life lasted just 14 years.
Jimmy Carter was a man completely outside his time, and outside his place, from the moment of his birth until his death. He wasn’t a great orator. He wasn’t a wartime leader. Yet no one in 20th century America has proven more important, based on the strength of his example, and his steadfast belief that we can be better than we are.
This Is Not The End.
🔗 Nick Cave on Growing Older - older mind you … not ‘old’.
This IS The Beginning.
Cropped so as to avoid you seeing his ugly mug.
Of all the descriptors of RG .. whilst not inaccurate .. surely the LA Times either doesn’t need the qualifier or can choose one that better describes the man that he has shown himself to be, or at least more relevant and/or recent?
. An interesting piece even of itself., even more so if you read it and draw parallels with other parts of the world.
The boundaries on the map drawn are ‘cultural boundaries’, reflecting what people feel and how they relate to each other in the U.S.A.
Now think about a couple of ideas, (say) …
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The U.S.A. as the Middle East
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State lines equivalent to country borders
The difference is that moving between states in the U.S.A. is a whole lot simpler than between countries in the Middle East.
Job DONE.
Trying to decide which is the least ‘United’ …
‘Nations’ or ‘States of America’
Mr. Beast is currently raising money at a valuation of $1.5Bn. #JustSayin
February 20th.
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Clearly yesterday had me in a darker place than usual;
Though I did get to one good piece of news
Maybe Monday will bring a happier state of mind?
🔗 Michael Tsai on Choosing and Switching Mastodon Instances
Turns out it might not be that simple - and, given the author, this particular bear has put any thoughts about this on the back burner - and switched off the gas!
“There is another one that goes something like “every time a door closes, another one opens.” Myself, I’d be looking at the draughts in that house.”
💬 William Gallagher
My friend Ramsey Avery was in the running for a big award at the 27th ADG Awards.
I wished him on his way late yesterday afternoon, and got on with my day.
Great News. Tough competition did not stop him winning.
Got to tell you. That trophy is HEAVY.
