🎶Just discovered 6 new albums that after listening to the first - can’t wait to tuck into the other 5.
How did I miss Airbag again?
Today I Learned …
The headspace of the garage door is less than my height.
Fake News?
My thanks to my friend Stuart who I was talking to last night. He mentioned the Watts towers in LA - no I hadn’t seen them - I hadn’t even heard of them.
Casper Accused of Misleading Investors in IPO.
Casper - the darling of Daring Fireball.
Charting the $1.7B Transfer of Military Equipment to Police Departments.
In case you haven’t read the articles about the militarization of the police … here’s a picture.
”The shit is about to hit the fan, not a second wave, but a second order wave.”
💬 Dave Winer
Anyone else watched the Rolling Stone / Roger Waters interview?
Thoughts?
June 6th: 7MM cases.
3MM cases (42% growth) in 3 weeks and 1 day.
… as the UK decides it is a perfect time to open its borders and Trump wants less testing.
Saharan Dust Cloud Arrives At The U.S. Gulf Coast, Bringing Haze.
As Dave Pell said - surely something unique and unexpected wouldn’t be happening in 2020?
Verizon. I said yesterday, now we need more big brands to remind that little oik Zuckerberg that he’s not ‘all that’.
Adding Unilever.
Now that’s a little app that I have just learned about which despite being on the developer site, I could still download - and if you are already on Big Sur - there’s an update.
Verizon decides Facebook doesn’t need its ad money after all
We need a few more Verizon’s. But it is a start.
Coronavirus cases rise in states with relaxed face mask policies
”Sixteen states currently recommend, but do not require, that residents wear masks in public. In those states - including Texas and Arizona - new coronavirus cases have risen by 84% over the last two weeks.”
Dixie Chicks Drop ‘Dixie’ from Name with Release of New Protest Song.
I dunno … I feel much like the ‘Lady A’ change … I mean if they really feel bad about their name - why did they choose it?
“We didn’t know”
Is just not good enough.
Chuck E. Cheese bankruptcy: Parent company files for Chapter 11
Yet another bankruptcy due to COVID … sorry … Private Equity.
House Republicans call Black Lives Matter protests ‘organized crime’
Quiet desperation : ‘The English Way’
Noisy desperation : ‘The Republican Way’.
Apple Approves Hey Update for App Store
… and great plaudits. I don’t think I have $99 year worth of email problems.