EPA watchdog tallies up Scott Pruitt’s security costs, finds he spared no expense – and doubled that of his predecessor.

My only surprise is that it was so low … the threats against him are probably an order of magnitude greater.

🔗 Transcript: Phone call between President Trump and journalist Bob Woodward - The Washington Post

Good Grief. But the sad thing is that I am not surprised.

Coming soon from Apple: a lesson in adaptability… and some new phones

Another pundit missing the point.

Two-thirds of Californians would advise young people to leave the state, survey finds

I find it a small sample … would love to learn more about the methodology … and how the sample got selected.

”Greed operates under one rule … ‘manipulation is not against the law’”

Arlene Switzer Flynn

You know that America First slogan?

A slogan - because whatever and however you measure America against other countries, it seems to only come first in bad things. … and that includes not turning out to vote

America Winning …

”God created man in his own image”

When I read that ‘we are creating algorithms in our own image’ … it does seem that ‘the apple never really falls far from the tree’.

Good News

”When god created man she was only practicing.”

Now if men could only stop getting in the way.

”It has long been my sense that the US has Labor Day when we do because of May Day’s communist-socialist overtones.  That is one thing that makes the people who run this country wet themselves with fear.

David Frier

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Screwing Your Vocal Minority

Specifically, M G Siegler on why Twitter sucks.

Snitching-ass startup raises $10 million to privatize the surveillance state.

I thought the surveillance state was already privatized.

”Only fools worship their tools."

Dee Hock

“We are at that very point in time when a 400-year-old age is dying and another is struggling to be born—-a shifting of culture, science, society, and institutions enormously greater than the world has ever experienced.”

Dee Hock

”A clear, meaningful purpose and compelling ethical principles evoked from all participants should be the essence of every relationship, and every institution."

Dee Hock

Cleaning out my inbox and came across this and needed to share.

The problem isn’t the 1% the problem is that most are convinced its all about becoming the 1%.

@frankm

… I just wanted to capture this thought that frank shared a few weeks ago.

”Some Uber drivers are now allegedly using a fake GPS app called Lockito to create a series of fake routes to make the customers pay more on trips.

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As Dara works to kill corruption at HQ, the drivers learnt well from his predecessor.