Norway suspends virus-tracing app due to privacy concerns

Well at least some countries still care.


It’s June 16th, so ….

Happy Bloomsday


Speaking on behalf of my STUPID STUPID country … might I apologize to all Kiwis …

Covid 19 coronavirus: New cases are two women from UK, took car to Wellington

And how the hell do you drive from Auckland to Wellington without stopping for gas!


And 8 million confirmed cases in the world passes by with barely a comment - i seem to recall a daily countdown as we approached 7 million - and that was just 10 days ago!



i wish them all well … I really do. - but not sure they wish themselves well.


April 28th - 6 ‘red’ states

June 16th - EIGHTEEN.

And remember when HI was at exactly the OPPOSITE end of the scale.


How Google Docs became the social media of the resistance.

… the word ’blog’ is nowhere in the article.


🎵 Robin Rendle ・ Remember My Song reminded me of Labi Siffre today. I liked him at his peak. Turns out I still like him. Until today I had forgotten all about him.



Sweet.

Buy One Here


GitHub is going to get rid of the concept of master for repositories because it’s a reference to slavery.

Dave Winer

He points out there are

  • Master Bedrooms

  • Master Degrees

Me adding

  • The Masters Tournament

and of course




‘Thanks For Subscribing’ Newsletter

An interesting little newsletter that writes about newsletters.


🎵 It’s doing the rounds. It just tickled me.


🎵 “I only want to be with you” … 50% of the songs were “ I … ”

and finally in the final there was …

“Chasing Cars”


”I know I believe in nothing but it is my nothing.”

🎵 💬 MSP



Mohammed Ali being interviewed my Michael Parkinson on the BBC 1971. A short monologue on White America.

If you can’t see the embed below and/or want more context.

 

via Tom Kiely - Hawaii