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All European semis I see. And before you say wait … Australia … one word … Eurovision.
Why does ordering a cup of coffee require a 5 minute discussion?
🔗 Daring Fireball: Where’s My Fainting Couch? "Related: Jeremy Vaught registered the @music account on Twitter 16 years ago, and had posted to it frequently. He is a paying Twitter Blue subscriber. And X Corp just took the handle from him, like they did to the guy who had @x. This company is a great and trustworthy partner for individual creators." The Account in question. image
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🔗 Nick Cave - The Red Hand Files - Issue #248 "In the story of the creation, God makes the world, and everything in it, in six days. On the seventh day he rests. The day of rest is significant because it suggests that the creation required a certain effort on God’s part, that some form of artistic struggle had taken place. This struggle is the validating impulse that gives God’s world its intrinsic meaning. The world becomes more than just an object full of other objects, rather it is imbued with the vital spirit, the pneuma, of its creator." 💬 Nick Cave
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Nick Cave - The Red Hand Files - Issue #248 - I work in the music industry and there is a lot of excitement around ChatGPT. I was talking to a songwriter in a band that was using ChatGPT to write his lyrics, because it was so much 'faster and easier.' I couldn't really argue against that. I know you've talked about ChatGPT before, but what's wrong with making things faster and easier? The Red Hand Files
Dear Leon and Charlie, In the story of the creation, God makes the world, and everything in it, in six days. On the seventh day he rests...
Just One Story From The Aftermath Of Maui
Just One Story From The Aftermath Of Maui
I wouldn’t call Avi Ronen a friend, we met a few times on Maui, he being one of those musicians that call Maui their home. This is his post on Fa...
🔗 Rebuilding will be a huge and costly undertaking, governor says - Honolulu Civil Beat (Apple News). So much being written comparing this disaster to other disasters around the world U.S.A. Finally, someone writing about what will make the recover absolutely unique, and very very difficult. "Also delaying recovery is the fact that Maui is a less populous island in a remote island state. Robert Fenton, FEMA’s Region 9 administrator, likened the Maui fire to wildfires such as a 2018 blaze that destroyed much of the town of Paradise, California. He said the scale of destruction reminded him of the M... john.philpin.com
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🔗 Rebuilding will be a huge and costly undertaking, governor says - Honolulu Civil Beat (Apple News). So much being written comparing this disas...
Somebody needs to employ me as an analyst. Bloomberg : 🔗 WeWork Raises ‘Substantial Doubt’ About Staying in Business. Me : 🔗 Four years ago referencing me from three years before that.
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WeWork Tumbles After Raising ‘Substantial Doubt’ About Future
WeWork Inc. shares plummeted more than 25% in extended trading after saying there’s “substantial doubt” about its ability to continue operati...
WeWork - 'uck 'em
I wrote this over three years ago about We Work - and they have been high on my list of ‘FTW - you gotta be kidding' posts since along with my ol...