“Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.”

Simone Weil

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The global COVID death toll is already higher this year than in all of 2020

Makes you wonder why so many people in the U.S.A. think the problem’s over …

(I have an idea.)


“Love is the quality of attention we pay to things.”

J.D. McClatchy

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”My idea of a good picture is one that is in focus.”

💬Andy Warhol


How America’s New Fighter Jet Will Outclass the Competition

The competition being ( I assume) other fighter jets.

Wonder how they will do against COVID, cyber attacks and terrorism?


Making my way through the Marvels chronological timeline - and last night was the first Avengers …. Noting how people swipe stuff from one screen across to someone else’s … I think Apple just made that a reality (nearly).


The more I read ‘clients from hell’, the more I think that the source of the client comments are elected officials in governments.


🎶 Is Black Sabbath a ‘prog’ band?


I think I know what you had in mind when you bought your personal number plate :

XVIP

… but maybe you should have thought it all the way through?


“Technically, yes, on platforms that allow it, sideloading is the user’s choice. But socially and psychologically, it often isn’t.”

John Gruber

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”Never express yourself more clearly than you think”

💬 Niels Bohr.


Florida is tied with Texas for having the most people facing charges linked to the Capitol riot.

Those two states are also top for ‘net population growth’. That is 7 and 5 people (respectively) arriving in each of those states for every 1 that leaves.


Uberall raises $115M, acquires MomentFeed to scale up its location marketing services.

They might think it clever to play off the ‘success’ of Uber … but history shows that ‘Uber Alles’ might not be a good line to use.


”My considered opinion, after long reflection, is that whilst in many places the effect of Ulysses on the reader undoubtedly is somewhat emetic, nowhere does it tend to be an aphrodisiac. Ulysses may, therefore, be admitted to the United States.”

💬 John M. Woolsey


This Summer, Beer Goes Soft-Serve

Wrong - at so many levels!


How Media Consumption Evolved Throughout COVID-19

Another example of what I hate generational categories.

It would also be useful to flip so that I can see media category - and then who is ‘consuming it’ - so allowing me to self manage my generational fit!



If In Doubt, Begin

I get it. Sound advice at first pass. But I do see downsides.


Why on earth when you visit a web site would it tell you to come back during ‘normal working hours’ - and then provide the times!!


Consensus … a great reminder …

 

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