I doubt you did - but in case you did do that ‘Ancestry DNA thing’ … and you wondered ‘why not - what could possibly go wrong’ … this is what possibly could go wrong …..

Lawyer’s warning over family tree DNA tests as Blackstone buys Ancestry for $4.7b

Facebook, The PR Firm - Margins by Ranjan Roy and Can Duruk

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”One of the jokes² at Uber was that if things ever did not work out as a ride-sharing app, we could just pivot to becoming a law or a consulting firm since we were so good at introducing ride-sharing to many cities and finding creative ways to increase awareness and gain market share. The darker way to read the joke is that Uber is less of a tech company, but a financial entity composed to find regulatory arbitrage opportunities and suck the profits dry until it can find other sources of revenue. The joke is funny because it is true.”

Cory has just read Shoshanna and has a position’

It includes him reading an extract from his new, free ‘book’;

How To Destroy Surveillance Capitalism

The irony of publishing your position on Medium goes unrecognized - but heh - each to his own!

The store is ‘full’, everybody wearing masks except 2 … the same 2 that decide that the cash till lines do not apply to them and just walk up to the front.

Couldn’t decide which I was experiencing

• ‘exceptionalism’,
• ‘arrogance’,
• ‘privelege’

or just plain old ‘idiocy’,

Caveat - not tried Superhuman BUT thought you all might wanted to see what this new email solution is all about.

Hands up if you think the .new domain is a good idea.

Ok now leave your hand up if you trust google to run it.

Thought so.

Facebook’s Kenosha Guard Militia Event Was Reported 455 Times. Moderators Said It Was Fine.

CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that the reason the militia page and an associated event remained online after a shooting that killed two people was due to “an operational mistake.”

Pinterest cancels huge SF office lease in unbuilt project, citing work-from-home shift.

It’s started.

It’s poll time folks …

IFTTT or Zapier

… and why?

Move Along Now

Making it fair for musicians ….

The United States is one of only four countries that does not pay artists for the use of their recordings when their music is broadcast on the radio … we are creating a music platform where every artist is fairly paid.

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✍️Manager Time, Maker Time..

I really like this one from Jono.

”Donald: I need my lies propagating freely on Facebook. Zuck: I need us not to be broken up, and it would be good if Tik Tok weren’t a competitor anymore.”

Dave Pell

… nailing it (and them) again.

Why Uber’s business model is doomed.

Of course we know it is … this is yet another article of logic to prove the theorem.

Goodell says he was unaware of extent of social injustice when NFL banned protests.

What C.R.A.P.

Listen … I’ve got this bridge. Want to buy it?

Wait. What?

Paging Mr. @andysylvester

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Boris Johnson is splitting the check with millions of Britons who dare to dine out.

He’s lost it. Truly lost it. And I do mean lost it. I mean he did use to have it. But seriously?

Next headline?

Restaurant Fraud!