I know a lot of former inmates. They say:

”the only difference between a con and the rest of society is that they were caught."

This should be extended to include ‘and convicted’.

Reminded of this as I watch the news, reflecting on who is caught and who is convicted.

More Uber Problems

”Ride-share executives continue to receive vast remuneration packages and internal employees look forward to an IPO windfall at both Uber and Lyft, (we) will not remain silent as drivers are squeezed in order to shore up initial offerings to investors,"

[Just over a decade after it first opened, the world’s “doomsday vault” of seeds is imperiled by climate change as the polar region it rests in is warming faster than any other area on the planet.](www.commondreams.org/news/2019…

Opinion - Be Thankful for Mueller’s Timing - The New York Times

MPs reject all Brexit options

The only other relatively close vote was on a plan to require a referendum to confirm any Brexit deal. This was lost by 268 votes to 295.

If these turkeys are so confident that they are ‘doing the will of the people’ why did 295 of them vote against a referendum?

Facebook Will Ban White Nationalist And White Supremacist Content

Says a lot that this is even news … much less a headline!

The Cluetrain Manifesto is Twenty years old.

WEF - England is set to run out of water in just 25 years

“About 3 billion litres of water in England is wasted every day through leakages - the equivalent to that used by over 20 million people, it said.”

and then …

”Bevan said if each person reduced their water usage to 100 litres a day by 2050, there would be enough water for an additional 20 million people in the country.”

OR - how about just fixing the leaks!

The Stages of Relationships, Distributed - FlowingData

Nice graphic - would be interesting to see it extended to seperation / divorce … so we can see if the longer decision time to actually getting married affects that number.

NASA Scraps First All-Female Spacewalk For Want Of A Medium-Sized Spacesuit

Forth want of a nail a shoe was lost, for the want of a shoe ….etc

Just tickled me - no idea if the exchange was real …

When Bertrand Russell announced his first child, a friend said, “Congratulations, Bertie! Is it a girl or a boy?”

Russell said, “Yes, of course. What else could it be?”

Futility Closet