Applejuiceification and the illusion of choice: a short thread

I was told I could look at the eclipse through a colander. I tried it but it strained my eyes! 😎

#EidMubarak to everyone celebrating!

Today I set my out of office with a return date in July. Hasn't really hit me yet.

The NHL mourns the passing of Ron Ellis, a life-long Toronto Maple Leaf and 1967 Stanley Cup winner who represented Team Canada at the 1972 Summit Series and was an executive at the Hockey Hall of Fame. Our thoughts are with his family and countless fans and friends in hockey.

Why are we paying so much attention to Silicon Valley pump-and-dumps and ignoring all this incredible, potentially planet-saving, *real* innovation? Cooper cites a plausible explanation from the Apperceptive newsletter: buttondown.email/apperceptive/a… 18/

President Whitmore is preparing to speak to the assembled pilots, personnel, and civilians at a dry, breezy Area 51. We will transcribe his statement here, stand by...

Today on Volts: you've probably heard some of the hype around "solid-state" batteries. What are they? What are their advantages, in terms of energy density & safety? When will they come to market? I get into all of it with a SSB CEO. volts.wtf/p/whats-up-wit…

I cannot believe that we have spent so much of society's resources on crypto. It is deeply embarrassing. Stop sniffing your own farts and go create some real value you dopes! There's a whole universe of problems to solve.

Here's an open secret: the confusing jargon of finance is not the product of some inherent complexity that requires a whole new vocabulary. 1/

"No public events scheduled" The PM is on a national campaign tour. He lies about it every day, Paul Wells writes. paulwells.substack.com/p/no-public-ev… #cdnpoli Find out more at Nationalnewswatch.com

When me and Johnny went to Chile.

Excellent read

#get #lit

Today is October 3rd.

I feel like if they're gonna charge this much for chicken I shouldn't have to pull feathers out of the legs and little bone shards out of the "boneless" thighs. Like I don't think we used to have to do that.

Calgary, Alberta in 1910

Today, Israel killed the journalist that revealed this, Mohammed Balousha.

Canadian soldiers getting ready to head home from Europe in 1945.

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