Kahomono - Still Lucky After All These Years

Random musings on whatever catches my attention that day

David F

Because

Today was the day for a national walkout from schools, in protest of our government's complete lack of interest in stopping school shootings. But in Ocala Florida: (because, Florida!) Never before has the phrase, Only in America! seemed quite so apt. This photo was tweeted…

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David F

Mull of Kintyre

A favorite from the 70s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EH7I-WV0LZA A simple enough song, but one that does not get lost in an elaborate production https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFURB-26SAA Bagpipes: when they are good, they are very good. I will not say whether Sir Paul had the Mull of Kintyre test in mind…

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David F

Nailed It!

The Herald (Scotland) It's exhausting, living in a superpower being run by a hyper-caffeinated four-year-old with an iPhone. Before this missile strike, Pumpkin tweeted, https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/984022625440747520 Nice and new and smart. You'd be not-very-impressed by a four-year-old who gave that assessment of some piece of military technology. He…

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David F

Totally Normal and Routine

Michael Cohen's office raid might actually be the beginning of the end of this long national nightmare. Two articles make different but roughly equivalent arguments about just how serious this is. In The New Yorker, Adam Davidson explains how the investigation centered on Cohen is…

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David F

Lemonade

Do you think this is a good thing? Lemonade is an insurance company powered by machine learning and behavioral economics. It's expanding operations to more states. It's also a B-Corp, which means its profits go to non-profit orgs chosen by its "community," in this case, the…

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