That’s how 20/20 perspective works.

TbF, I think George has played his best basketball with the clippers. Kawahi ruined the team before it got started, though that was on the clippers. Should have moved him years ago.

The global seed vault in Norway is north of the arctic circle as a way of offering preservation insurance and predictable, controlled, frozen temps for food sources and biodiversity. It’s constructed deep underground in permafrost.

I was reading a book about refrigeration’s impact on the food supply last year and at the end the author decided to visit. The day of her visit it was closed due to emergency at the main gate; meltwater was flooding the entryway. Meltwater North of the arctic circle.

I think it’s much more likely you awake when the power goes out because MicrosoftAlphafacebookXDisneyP&G needed more power for a new data center and you couldn’t afford a politician to keep your town’s power.

Totally lost their way as they commodified and expanded so quickly. Truly great, unique insights are worth keeping small and waiting for. All the ted x and mini Ted x and micro teds etc. just water the brand and impact down.

I went to one in 2015 and cried, multiple times. By 2020 I couldn’t even stand to watch them online as everyone was trying to give the next great Ted talk instead of Ted picking the most impactful content. They also got into echo chamber/preaching to the choir territory as it became too rote.

They are people…

Up next, an article about how college kids are skipping learning and just using gpt for everything.

The hypocrisy is wild.

This nanny state for multi-leggers must end. Fancy Feast queens.

This is a really interesting article I read earlier this year that explains why and how the game is rigged. Not universal of course but largely, the shafting continues apace and is not accidental:

https://www.thebignewsletter.com/p/power-moves-how-electric-utility?publication_id=11524&post_id=156626374&isFreemail=true&r=184c9&triedRedirect=true

If sexual orientation, gender identity aren’t a protected class, then you can legally not hire people for their sexual orientation and gender identity. E.g. you could completely, legally, not hire straight people and it would not be illegal discrimination because those categories are not considered illegal to discriminate against. It’s legal to discriminate on many things in hiring; you can discriminate against stupid people, people who show up late and unprepared, people who don’t have a degree (relevant or not for the most part), etc.

The point of Op you’re responding to, is that it would be completely legal to approach hiring like that in this legal dystopia.

Neck and neck with US? As an American I feel like the UK is both better (some social protections and healthcare), worse (social mobility, pay, legacy monarchy shite like hereditary house of lords BS), and the same (private companies and the wealthy lobbying away what is right, elected officials selling the silverware by privatizing shit, debt, shooting themselves in the foot with economic suicides credit, tariffs…).

Anyone else have thoughts? Which is the worse country to live in for the average person?

They are doing it because it’s easy money and inelastic demand. Regulatory commissions have no teeth and are scared to turn down rate increases. VC’s dream investment: stable, no competition and no one to tell you no on price increases.

It’s on AFI’s top 100 movies, yeah you’d better watch it. It’s great to see bogart not playing suave, suited characters ala cary Grant.

John Huston was super interesting and influential filmmaker in his own right.

Actually fine some companies that break labor laws and don’t build affordable housing when they’re supposed to, and/ or pollute. None of that is happening. Boom, budget met easily for the next decade, bonus life improves.

I’ll keep the money I’ve budgeted for as I’m entitled to it by statue and you can find your poorly planned and executed funds elsewhere.

Where are all the “do my own research” mofos now? Would be nice if they did that and learned about economics…

That is decidedly the finale house in L4D2 “Swamp Fever” campaign

I’d say given the current tech environment that book would “educate” based more on a Brave New World caste and less on ideal knowledge to raise someone up but to keep them in a certain assigned position.

Quick, you need a mental health app and a prescription too. It’s not normal to be overwhelmed by this, you’re the only one.

See: “free market” enthusiast Donald trump

Holy shit. I’m American and visited Loch Lomond and the trossarchs for the first time recently and this kind of vomitous entertainment in the middle of a temple of nature…above the objections of citizenry because of lobbiests and corruption, just appalling. I hope you have some sort of higher court function to which you can take this. Do your officials want ecoterroism? This is how you get it.

Business management practices. For a half century now, the snake has been eating it’s tail devouring itself, it’s employees, it’s communities, it’s government’s…all to make Lumberg’s stock go up 1/4 of a point. None of it is sustainable. Most of it is impractical. We all know it will end in violence in several likely ways and some of the damage is irreversible to people and planet. Yet, despite those unequaled consequences of current approaches, it’s breathtaking the confidence with which freshly endebted newly minted business grads seek to join the line of miserable adults to create more miserable adults. Impressive execution of horrible ideas for sure.

I think your premise is pretty easily shown untrue; modern propaganda tools simply outpace and put volume traditional education and so bad ideas, memes and misinformation–to say nothing of the lower ends of human nature–are quite popular.

look into promisory estoppel.