France Claims “Proof” Chemical Attack Was Assad, Russia Says “Irrefutable Data” Incident “Staged”.
Me? No idea. Other than irrefutable proof that trump and may have demonstrably lied … as of course has putin. now what?
Dear Comcast when you have that bot answering your phone lines - that little typing sound effect that you do while I am waiting … yeah - that’s not working for me.
Found a bunch of new people on discover tab this morning. Welcome (or belated welcome if I was asleep at wheel) to
@ecschwarz @Bobfa @beaucollins @chipotle @shawnmihalik @benjohnson @JeremyWxBaker @bennomatic @casademora @HeatherMacShown @rey @loveartblues @stulennon @cgrayson
”I’m not old enough to remember the discovery of fire, but I do know we’ve found a lot of uses for it.”
Doc Searls
Eight new breweries take root in the past three years alone.
… we’re talking about Santa Cruz here folks!
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Breathing.
Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes’s Desperate Letter to Shareholders
… but will she actually go to prison?
… should I start a book?
… ok - I have already ….
If poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world, then the Congressional hearing is unacknowledged theater.
It’s performance above policy, Kabuki with the drabbest of costumes
… to this chap at least …
John Dillinger engaged two underworld plastic surgeons, Wilhelm Loeser and Harold Cassidy, to change his appearance.
Click through for the image - he really does look evil, and so not the Hollywood glam shot.
DCJ on the usual, this time asking …
Based on his words, do you believe Facebook won’t share your private information?
…. just be clear - he’s talking about Zuck, not Trump.
A Guide to Micro.blog For People Who Have A Love/Hate Relationship With Twitter – The Brooks Review
Who is really pointing to the @macgenie blog post
Big kudos on the pick up!!
Trailers for Wall-E in the style of seven different genres.
… what was I saying about professional delivery of recordings just now? I’m with kottke … anything in the hands of a good editor can totally change the story. But it ain’t the tools, it’s the talent.
Paul Ryan Is Fucking Everything Up for the GOP
Really? I think they are doing a perfectly fine job themselves, lead by the ‘Chief Fucker Upper’. No additional help required.
Now it is true that Ryan lacks a spine, but isn’t that how he got in to the party?
After Cambridge Analytica, Privacy Experts Get to Say ‘I Told You So’
Nellie Bowles was at last week’s Internet Identity Conference that I posted a little on at the time - this is her take.
This is - oh - the 8th update (?) since they started the beta testing … and each time my heart skips a beat when I see the alert and then I realize - oh @Omni Graffl - not OmniFocus.
What Can Possibly Go Wrong?
The premise is simple: instead of owning your own bike, you can find and rent a JUMP bike directly in their app – each one has a built-in GPS. Bikes are scattered across the city, locked to racks, poles, or even trees.
An example of went wrong in China is below - and that doesn’t include bikes tied against trees, lamp posts and stop signs that will be all over San Francisco.
Thank-you dear tax payer - we will repurpose these ‘utilities’, make your city look like crap, probably cause accidents because we won’t be too careful about where we leave stuff …. oh and we are not responsible … you see we simply ‘facilitate bike sharing’.
Is Wavelength the new cheese?
text, image, sound, no video yet … is that next?
“Don’t be the best in the world at what you do; be the only one in the world who does what you do.”
Jerry Garcia
Of course, first you have to decide what it is that you do!