People complaining about Twitter censorship...
... but refusing to start using Mastodon.
MEH!
Having read this I ended up with something in my eyes that caused them to water slightly...
How one man built a $51m theme park for his daughter - "How one man built a $51m theme park for his daughter - BBC News"
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-40742586 https://rich.gop/media/FoGn3msV2L8ImrceX-c
"Finland is testing universal basic income - and found it has had an unexpected side effect"
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/finland-universal-basic-income-lower-stress-better-motivation-work-wages-salary-a7800741.html?cmpid=facebook-post
And with another trial going on in Ontario, there seems to be a little bit of traction on UBI.
Richard Dawkins event cancelled over his 'abusive speech against Islam'
Despite him being equally critical of all religions.
On my way home from the airport yesterday afternoon a mother duck and 5 ducklings were attempting to cross the highway. In my rearview mirror I watched 3 cars perform wild maneuvers in attempt to avoid them.
I've got no idea if the ducks made it or not but those 3 drivers renewed some of my faith in humanity.
JP Morgan chief blasts US dysfunction: 'It's almost an embarrassment being American'
Is he attacking Trump? Siding with him and certain policies? Looking at making a run himself? Talking sense? Distracting everyone from record banking profits?
Just one of the many reasons why an overhaul of subscription TV services has to happen.
http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2017/06/kodi-fully-loaded-users-now-being-threatened-by-fact/#comments
Legitimate software, illegitimate add-on, legitimate hardware, anti-authoritive leanings, draconian action from corporations, all of the ingredients are there for a hit TV show from HBO.
Which would ironically then be available via said illegitimate add-on.
Terrorism is mass murder with a media strategy; it’s time to disrupt it
https://www.buzzfeed.com/zeyneptufekci/dont-let-isis-shape-the-news
(submitted by ColinWright)
@TheWryObserver the Conservative Party Manifesto is dedicated to the, 'Ordinary Working People' of the United Kingdom.
I nearly passed out laughing at that one.
Strong and Stable Leadership is mentioned at least per page and at 88 pages long it's the best cure for insomnia I've come across in quite a while.
https://rich.gop/media/fONJj-QCLl_P2sDQ720
Whilst I'm not a Labour supporter, this rings so true.
NHS hospitals across England hit by large-scale cyber-attack
You don't fuck with healthcare, ever. Multiple lives are being threatened by this action.
What has it been doing for 2 years?
US Air Force's secretive space plane lands after two years in orbit - http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/articles/39843333
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1215590158563875&id=796085293847699
Jonathan Pie at his very best.
Slightly ominous...
The definition of irony.
Extolling the virtues of minimalist living whilst simultaneously campaigning to be given free samples from a manufacturer.
REQUIRED READING:
"humanity needs 1.6 Earths to sustain our current rate of (over)consumption" — and our population is only increasing — "in other words, unless something significant changes with respect to anthropogenic resource depletion, nature will force life as we know it to end." http://www.salon.com/2017/04/30/its-the-end-of-the-world-and-we-know-it-scientists-in-many-disciplines-see-apocalypse-soon/