Pando has gone …

But Chairman Mom lives on.

Still don’t understand why she thinks BuySellAds is a great new home but then not sure she really cares.


In case you are not an NYT reader … or missed this

How $100 Billion Left Workers in a Hole.

… the real dark side of The SoftBank effect.


Just in case you didn’t see what I did there, because it was too murky … let me be more direct.

I can’t be selective about which words I use but I can be more specific about when my MicroBlogVember posts appear.


My MicroBlogVember post timing is increasingly murky. I am watching for the words - and nothing - nothing - nothing and then BOOM - two of them.

I should probably be more selective as to when I actually check!

(See what I did there?)


Remember this?

… now back in ‘relative civilization’.


Face Palm


So the direction of impeachment is bribery - which is what the Tories seem to be using to get their opposition to stand down in the upcoming elections … the identical playbook - including let’s not investigate - or even look into it.


Just been doing some spring cleaning and after all done - I STILL have 15 apps installed form the SetApp folk …. awesome value.



In Silicon Valley, Hypocrisy is the new normal – On my Om

We know that Instacart are pretty scummy - but it seems they have the negatives to get Medium to take down an article that didn’t show them in a good light.


Tories accused of trying to BRIBE Brexit Party candidates to stand down in key marginals.

Don’t know whether to believe the lying right wing extremist who will do anything to get what he wants - or the lying right wing extremist who will do anything to get what he wants.


Google Search now helps you pronounce ‘quokka’

I wonder how they will teach us to pronounce ‘scone’ or ‘bath’ or ‘Edinburgh’?


TIL … It’s a former federal prosecutor versus a former dairy farmer.

Trump’s defender v his nemesis: the battle at the heart of impeachment hearings.



Signed up for Disney+ (First year free - thankyou Verizon)

… and all nicely integrated with AppleTV+ (also free - thankyou Apple)


I wrote this 3 years ago, just after the 2016 election - so you know what it’s about..

I think it holds up well and given that I am no political analyst how come I could see all this - but 3 years later ‘we' continue to be surprised by these gangsters.


My Neck - that thing that sits twixt head and shoulders - is a little strained today - mainly due to popping over to this site to get todays' word for MicroBlogVember.

Was it a little later than usual ?


All that is wrong with the world because of limitless capital?

NYT doing a good job on reporting on what isn’t reported when it comes to the destruction of people and small businesses.



How is a coup in Bolivia a victory for democracy? - The Outline

You know how the US gets all high and mighty when it comes to foreign influence on domestic elections?

Yeah … glass houses, stones etc ….