Feeling very sick this week, missed 3 days of work. Was thinking of watching some Kurosawa films. Decided against it...too grim, too much human condition on a week I'm already low in spirits. Instead, after a five-year hiatus, am finishing the final season of Game of Thrones.

Dubai Airport right now

Video editing setup of a Joe Walker who edited Dune:

Fascinating. $500MM marketing spend for a free-to-play game app. (It made $2 billion in the first ten months.)

Comparisons (2023):

• Lululemon - $329 million
• Pizza Hut - $244 million
• United Airlines - $221 million
• Barbie film - $150 million
• NVIDIA - $100 million

Interesting AI error.

“will je suis”

12 years later. We don’t leave people behind.

It’s too early to stop repair and redress programs. In addition, without the removal of legacy admit bias, attempts to water down civil rights programs result in the renewal of unfair historic preferences.

AMAZING new frescos at Pompeii! And the glorious Dr Sophie Hay telling us all about them! And ROMAN STRING!

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Which do you pay the most for, in monthly fees:

Which do you pay the most for, in monthly fees:

Lithuanian leaders hailed a “historic event” as Germany on Monday began deploying troops in the Baltic country, marking the first time since World War II that German forces will be based outside the country on a long-term basis.
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Was privileged to attend the birthday party for a 90-year old family member. This is her French-Canadian dad back in the early 1900s. Love his hair and the pinstripes. Couldn’t help but wonder what derek guy would think of the look.

Fascinating thread on the origins of one of my favorite accounts on Twitter.

Facebook convinced a generation that scrolling through 500 paper-thin “friendships” for hours a day is somehow a better use of your one wild and precious life than maintaining five actual friendships.