“First Lady, backed by Mr President, is working with Greenpeace.”

… now while that sentence might seem odd, it is absolutely true.

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Strictly Speaking There AreTwo Charts, but otherwise click through and read this:

One chart that shows how much worse income inequality is in America than Europe.


People: Rebecca

“I live about 30 minutes North of here. There really isn’t any work up there. My husband is a mechanic from Mexico. He has his own auto repair business and helps me look after the children. I drive down here to work. I like it, the hours are flexible so it makes the family side easier.”

“I have 5 children. My firstborn is 15, the youngest is 2. It’s good because my mom helps, particularly with my eldest. He likes her and she likes him. It’s a good relationship and they bonded at birth”.

She will miss him when he moves away.

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FINALLY got round to updating the index of my BizCatalyst 360 articles on my micro blog


Has the world gone mad?

The City of Austin Is Discussing Renaming the City of Austin

What do you think?

What do ’Austonians’ think?


Ok the article dates all the way back to 2011 … but I wonder what Christopher is doing these days … he gave Apple a year to walk back abandoning Flash.

A Rave From The Grave - Adobe says Flash will be huge…when will Apple follow Android’s Flash lead?



People: Leroy

“I am 76 years old and have been married for 58 of them. She had just turned 17 when we started our lives together.”

“I buy jewelry from the Zuni Indians and sell it to people that appreciate the intricacy and beauty. Their art is so fine it is almost like needlepoint.”

How do your customers find you?

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Bill Would Ban Sex Between Law Enforcement, Those in Custody

So surprised … not that we need the law to close a loophole .. but the fact we need a law at all.



Britain’s Fake News Inquiry Says Facebook And Google’s Algorithms Should Be Audited By UK Regulators

Somebody raise me from the dead when they work out how that’s going to work out.




The housing market in America’s most expensive cities is imploding

What is it that @Gruber says? Oh yes …. ‘FINALLY’ … well not quite - and don’t look to me for predictions … I’ve been calling this along with a tech ‘correction’ for 2 years!


The iPad vs. Mac juxtaposition

… what Shawn said.


Archive Pages. Now there’s a thought.


Didn’t Charlie Brooker have a Black Mirror episode that was all about this?

The World of Rated People: Inside the Dystopian Future of Social Credit Scores


Hello Twitter, LinkedIN and Medium … more to come.


I paraphrase:

“If the US Administration doesn’t say that you cannot arrest our government officials for doing their jobs, then it sends a very dangerous message that our diplomats, military service officers, intelligence officers working abroad can be indicted and prosecuted.