”Maybe.”

William James

The Full Story

… replying to the question as to whether life was worth living.


“I thought there might have been more.”

Donna Strickland

The Full Story

… on being told that she was only the third woman in history to win the Nobel prize for Physics.


Gaslighting

Dishing up lies while proclaiming the love of facts, Trump and Sarah Sanders gaslight America.

"A falsehood-filled briefing, a “vicious” rally and a rushed FBI investigation bring a new low."

Margaret Sullivan

The Full Story


"Facebook is a data factory. "

Ben Thompson

The Full Story


Amazon raises minimum wage to $15 for all US employees

”A step in the right direction for Amazon, addressing one of its biggest criticisms. It’d be nice if they enhanced this move (so that) part time staff can work enough hours to get health benefits."

Dave Mark

The Full Story


‘Clever’ must be today’s word.




Uber Drivers Work Together To Create Price Surges

”Uber drivers are deliberately going offline in unison so that prices surge and they can charge customers more when they log back into the app, according to new research.

Clever!


🎵Musical guests on an 80s Australian talk show perform covers of Stairway to Heaven

I first heard of this in the late 90s .. and recall some of the covers being very good. Time to revisit the Beatles and Doors cover bands not to mention an original Rolf Harris.


How do two people give off chaotic energies in different directions? Isn’t chaos directionless?


Every single GOP justice on the SCOTUS has been appointed illegitimately

Example

”Neil Gorsuch: Sits in SCOTUS seat stolen by Mitch McConnell. Appointed by a president who lost the popular vote by 3M ballots, despite conspiring with a foreign power to steal the election.”





Great article that got me to thinking about the drink/drug problem in Hawaii.

Iceland knows how to stop teen substance abuse but the rest of the world isn’t listening

… since one of reasons attributed to their success is remote isolation .. got that in spades in Hawaii.


I wish everyone could read the FBI report. Anybody who thinks politics isn’t involved ought to put down the bong.

GOP Sen John Kennedy

Counterpoint: Wanton and ubiquitous politics are why, now more than ever, you should hang on to that bong with both hands.

Dave Pell


”Lagunitas, Petaluma (owned by Heineken), said it would lay off 12 percent of its workforce. The brewery cited a “retrenchment of the American craft beer market” as the reason.”

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What on earth does “retrenchment of the American craft beer market” mean?



On Facebook and Privacy …. this graphic says it all.

[The full article by Ben Thompson can be read here.](https://stratechery.com/2018/data-factories/)