George Wright

"The retirement industry"

"Hit and run driver crashes into cyclist, almost kills them, drives away, is arrested at home"

The Books Shaping Silicon Valley’s Worldview Silicon Valley’s reading list, Japan’s plan to export its ‘cool,’ and the early but encouraging recovery of Syria’s food scene.

www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

Anth/social science prof James C Scott's books getting passed around Silicon Valley is a slight surprise.

y’all told me i was crazy when i downloaded all of tiktok and put it on blu-rays but who’s laughing now

Lovely @hamishhawk.bsky.social show at Paradiso. Beautiful sound too.

Next to SOAS. Never seen a sign express gritted teeth/"lawyers at work" emoji so obviously.

Me too. where did you get it?

The fact that someone can pardon *their son* and it just be allowed/ part of the system is incredibly weird, and very hard to justify.

4yo: *pretending to be satnav* "I cannot talk language. Sat nav can only talk Sat nav."

Even my 4 yo is a better philosopher of technology than AI hype bros.

"Van Dyke Parks hears bIG*fLAME for the first time"

Television Adventure/ Marquee Moon?

My phone reminded me it's almost 12 years since we popped in to the local shopping centre while on holiday and stumbled on Jaki Liebezeit playing a free, pretty nutty gig.

https://www.last.fm/event/3349585+Jaki+Liebezeit+at+Caixa+F%C3%B2rum+on+01+August+2012

A cover of Herr Dumpidump by Roger Hargreaves that says "Herr Dumpidump by Roger Hargreaves" and with an illustration of Herr Dumpidump looking especially dumpidumpish (forgive me but I can't stop repeating the word dumpidump... DUMPIDUMP!)

My six favourite European Mr Men character names...

6. Mr Muddle in Spain = Don Confuso
5. Mr Topsy-Turvy in Germany = Herr Kuddelmuddel
4. Mr Bounce in France = Monsieur Bing
3. Mr Dizzy in Portugal = Senhor Bobo
2. Mr Greedy in Sweden = Gubben Glufs Glufs
1. Mr Bump in Norway = Herr Dumpidump

YouTube video by Domino Recording Co. Buzzcocks - Lipstick (Official Video)

Shot By Both Lips 👄
youtu.be/TqUdXjQ3IuY?...

m.youtube.com/watch?v=c6Kj...

Beautiful show by @cindytheband
the other night at paradiso. Never afraid to play one note when lesser groups would play three. Still my fave debut LP since 1989. Encore q: "would you like a slow song or a slower song?"

Beautiful show by @cindytheband tonight at paradiso. Never afraid to play one note when lesser groups would play three. Still my fave debut LP since 1989. Encore q: "would you like a slow song or a slower song?"

@NewStatesman

Unreadable, crypto drivel in the @NewStatesman

Whoever this friend of Biden is on "Today" is doing themselves, and him, no favours.

Wired discovers writing.

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/mar/13/clive-palmer-titanic-ii-relaunch-plans-sydney-opera-house Because the two choices in life are either sit at home and count your money, or try to launch Titanic 2

Slightly surprised to hear a former Secretary General of NATO quoting Lenin on #pm

Eventually only 30 mins late in but why no comms about it, either in advance, or at the station. Weirdly rushed to get to the eurostar terminal by NS staff. Couldn't someone have told us what was going on? 2/2

Still confused by @EurostarUK departure from Amsterdam to London St P last night. No passport checks (neither UK nor NL), no security scanning. No info about why this was until we got on train. Then changed in Brussels to do passport(s) and security. @SimonCalder 1/2

More on this on PM tonight. Long discussion including gingerbread (men) biscuits only allowed to have 2 chocolate "buttons" if liable for 0% VAT

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/jan/19/walkers-mini-poppadoms-are-crisps-in-all-but-name-judges-rule

Food VAT klaxon

"Nominative determinism is not a characteristic of snack foods: calling a snack food ‘Hula Hoops’ does not mean that one could twirl that product around one’s midriff, nor is ‘Monster Munch’ generally reserved as a food for monsters."

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Oh no.