No Idea

As Rage Against the Machine sang

They don’t got to burn the books
They just remove them

I always thought I would get more conservative the older I got. Mainly because that is what happened to my parents. However, that is not what happened in my case. If anything, I’m more liberal now in my 40s than I was in my 20s.

Stephen Hackett links to a piece that includes the epitome of the long tail in writing

I’ll gladly tell you why, but first a little background.

This is like reading about an author’s trek across country just to get an apple pie recipe.

I cannot believe that in the year two thousand and twenty three (2023) you still need to mail a check to a financial institution to rollover your 401(k) from a previous job.

A check. Mailed. And that is After that check has been mailed to you.

You. You are the middleman in a 401(k) rollover.

Reading My Tea Leaves

my week in objects (mostly).

I really enjoy weekly recap posts.
I really enjoy weekly photo recap posts.
I really want to create my own
But I don’t take enough pictures.

The part of this Disney story that everyone is missing is an important part of the story:

The Lake Nona campus, about 20 miles from Disney World near the Orlando International Airport, had been championed by Bob Chapek, who served as Disney’s chief executive from 2020 until he was fired last year. Mr. Iger, who came out of retirement to retake Disney’s reins, was much less enthusiastic about the project — even before the company became mired in its battle with Mr. DeSantis.

Igor wanted to pull the plug on the campus when he returned, not because Desantis and Florida are anti-business.

Political Wire, Taegan Goddard: Rick Perry Says He’s Mulling Presidential Bid

He better remember which 3 departments he would get rid of once elected.

The California Coast was grey and dreary this morning.

A coast of melancholy and beauty at the same time.

What a lovely day.

Sometimes you can’t tell the sky from the ocean.

To me, Dave Winer will always be the old man yelling at clouds.

Sometimes there is a path to follow.
Sometimes there is no path to follow.

The California Central Coast is pretty stunning.

California Coast squirrel

Turkey vulture hanging out on the coast of California.

So far Google I/O is all about AI and I’m bored.

Nick Heer writing about a data broker getting a FCC filed lawsuit tossed

The only reasonable course of action is a comprehensive prophylactic federal data privacy law.

Emphasis mine.

Prophlactic - Intended to prevent disease, you know, like a condom.

A case of the thesaurus giving the wrong synonym?

Nilay Patel at The Verge writing about Google’s 25th anniversary What happens when Google Search doesn’t have the answers? sums up his piece with this bit of, er, wisdom

For 25 years, Google Search has held the web together. Let’s make sure we understand what that meant before it all falls apart.

What? Really? Google has held the web together for 25 years? Just, come on, man.

From the AP story Dark Money Tanked Biden’s FCC Nominee

The American Accountability Foundation called Sohn too partisan, anti-police and soft on sex trafficking.

Now, just what the hell does “anti-police and soft on sex trafficking” have to do with regulating Telecom companies in the United States? Are the conservatives saying they want more regulations on those companies?

American politics are so damned confusing now.