Wouldn’t it be good if there was a site like FiveThirtyEight that did exactly what that did except not look at money raised, polls and rankings but instead compared policies.


Net neutrality bill ‘dead on arrival’ in Senate

“Dead on arrival in the Senate,” McConnell told reporters about the fate of the House bill, which is expected to get a vote in that chamber this week.

There are words for this turtle. But this is a civilized place.


Avenatti indicted on 36 charges of tax dodging, perjury, theft from clients

Definitely doesn’t seem good for the man is facing up to 400 years of imprisonment … but when it all shakes out, and if found guilty, will be interesting to see how the final settlement stacks up against the likes of Manafort.

I’m also waiting for the leaks to spring on how he was targeted. Where the direction came from.


#future #peoplefirst #quote


People First - The Daily Quote

Sign Up For The People First Newsletter

More: Tenets | Quotes | Frameworks | Stories


All ready with my glib “No s..t Dick Tracy” comment on reading this in Apple News

   


   

… and then when it brought up the original URL …


   

Oh well - at least someone somewhere thought better of the headline!


Fifth of teachers plan to leave profession within two years…. that’s in the UK, I don’t expect the US is much different.


🎵🎬 “It’s ‘Trainspotting’ does Creation” – Alan McGee tells us about his new biopic, made by Irvine Welsh and Danny Boyle

“It’s got me and my dad walking into the sunset, but I haven’t fucking spoken to my dad for 30 years so it ain’t gonna be that realistic.”

How sad.


U.S. retailers have announced more store closures so far this year (5,994) than they did in the entirety of 2018 (5,864) ( Coresight Research )

Moreover well on track to beat the record setting 8,000 closures in 2017

via Morning Brew


I love this kind of thinking … which I stumbled across when I was reading another article by Hugh Dubberly.


#trust #trusttheprocess #trusted #peoplefirst


Trust and Institutions : A People First Tenet

Sign Up For The People First Newsletter

More: Tenets | Quotes | Frameworks | Stories


There’s always a story … castro.fm says @Manton


#frameworks #measurements #management #peoplefirst #culture


Individual-Community Mapping : A People First Framework

Sign Up For The People First Newsletter

More: Tenets | Quotes | Frameworks | Stories


Daring Fireball: How to Tip

Does it really incentivize superior service? If I am EXPECTED to pay a 20% tip for ANY kind of service?

I know it’s the American way - but that doesn’t mean it is right.

Tipping hides the habit of simply not paying people enough.


Dana says it … quickly, succinctly, quietly.

Aladdin’s Bank

I have been expecting an ‘adjustment’ for a couple of years now. Some say that I am too pessimistic. But actually, I am optimist. It is that bad!



Smear To Sneer ... It’s A Well Practiced Tactic.

And a counter balance from our friend @Gruber quoting the BBC Julian Assange, Houseguest From Hell

Kind of like the politics we see from the current Whitehouse … don’t bother with policy, the principals, the main story … instead smear to sneer at the individual.

Why now? What is the backstory? Who’s putting in the pressure? What was Ecuador threatened with?

That all said … if all of the smears are true … I fully expect an insanity defence.


From a more mainstream writer, Margaret Sullivan opines ….Traditional journalists may abandon WikiLeaks’ Assange at their own peril