An interesting look at the hype cycle in the tech world using the Theranos story as a starting point.
More generally, many of us have become ground down by tech’s promise to radically rewrite our future, only to find that it’s little more than a rebranding of the past imbalances, designed to supplant one controlling power with another.
I've been surprised at how little the possibility of Covid-19 aerosol transmission features in official rules or discussion despite more and more published proof. I can't tell if they know something I don't, they're deliberately ignoring the data because it would mean painfully strict rules or they simply aren't aware.
Whatever the case, Kottke points to what seems to be a clear case of aerosol transmission in a spinning studio where all official hygiene and distancing rules were followed.
The assassins of commander Chah Messaoud seem to have been Moroccans living in Belgium who passed themselves off as journalists. Once again, Osama Bin Laden is suspected as the sleeping partner in this crime. Read the detailed account of this story and how the international islamic organisations recruit and train.
I was at a client's this evening, when suddenly a loud bang in the street attracted our attention. We looked out the window just in time to see two men of middle-eastern appearance running past at high speed.
Here’s a detailed description of the events leading up to the arrest of that fraudster who ripped off the richest people in America.
Interesting: UK newspaper, The Guardian, is running a special report on the future of the monarchy and argues that in the new millennium Britain should be given the choice whether to keep the royal family or become a republic. It will also be backing a legal challenge to the Act of Settlement, which excludes Catholics and others from succession to the throne, on the grounds that it is incompatible with the European convention on human rights which recently became part of UK law.
