How to Fight Climate Change: Figure Out Who's to Blame, and Sue Them
What was I thinking?
WAS I thinking?!
How to Strike
Wow - this is absolutely the way to do it...
Okayama buses strike by continuing to run and refusing to take anyone’s money
Read the whole article in Japan Today (02/05/18)
Who Gives a Crap?
Kevin B Parry
Kevin B Parry is an absolute genius. I first saw him (unwittingly) in this tremendous video of walking styles, all of which he completely nails, and which is over six minutes that you will certainly gawp at to the end and wonder where the time went.
Then it turns out he's all-over talented, as this
and this
demonstrates.
Oh, and this.
We love you Simone
RSS Readers are Due for a Comeback
It does seem we've all forgotten that you can curate your OWN news/social feeds.
Swan Songs
NPR's All Songs Considered have compiled a list of songs that their listeners would like at their funerals and, knowing that, listening to it is really quite touching. You can do that on this Spotify Playlist. Or read about it here.
Rainbow Connection... I mean... You can't go wrong!
Bad Lipreading does Zuckerberg
This is tremendous.
Waitrose and GDPR
The irony of receiving an email from Waitrose advising me of their GDPR Privacy Notice despite me repeatedly asking to be removed from their mailing list has not gone unnoticed.
Chroma Keying Fun
Nothing especially interesting to show for it yet... But I'm having fun working out green-screen/chroma-keying...!
Tiny Desk Concerts
NPR's Tiny Desk Concerts are the best and most fertile part of the web for music you may not have heard of and will probably be glad you discovered. This is a playlist that I'm adding my favourites to.
Another rescue
Our cat is horrible.
Deaf profile in cinema
The Shape of Water is great. I watched it last night and despite (because of?) being a cross between Amelie and Bioshock, it's utterly glorious. Off the back of that though I found this article in the LA Review of Books that does a good job of discussing Deaf Gain and cultural appropriation.
Tinkering With Democracy
This could be one of the most important, and perhaps most readily understandable, pieces on Facebook's reach, power, and intention. Read the whole article.
Post-industrial Plymouth was broke. So it took business into its own hands.
There is an excellent article about social enterprises - and Plymouth - in today's Guardian.
‘Ker Street, Devonport’ by John Foulston © Plymouth City Council (Arts and Heritage)
Holly and Rosie
Farewell Ken
I have dumped Facebook
Well, I've gone and done it. I've deleted Facebook. Now... I've done this four times before and returned eventually each time. This is embarrassing and I'm trying not to do it again. It is a black hole to vitality after all.
I'm weaning from WhatsApp too. The problem there is it's quite good. I'm using Signal to see how it goes. It seems like an excellent alternative... If only... If only everyone else thought the same.
Hello...? Hello...?!
Is this on?