Marktech

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Tout passe, tout lasse, tout casse. Life is a shipwreck, but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats. Every joke is a tiny revolution. God keep me from ever completing anything.... Oh, Time, Strength, Cash, and Patience!

Brilliant letter from Stuart Thompson to Jeremy Clarkson about his comments that benefit claimants should write weekly thank you letters to tax payers detailing how they spend their benefits each week.

According to an article in 2022 (www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/culture/3856...) the Immovable Ladder was in fact moved in 1997, but to avoid controversy it was promptly put back. I offer the Ladder as a metaphor to anyone else who spends a lot of their life in committees.

The curious case of the ladder at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre

The church in Jerusalem where Jesus was probably crucified has been the site of bickering clergy for hundreds of years—but one immovable ladder offers...

prospectmagazine.co.uk

I get a little annoyed by the coverage of the proposed sell-off of the World Cup. They’re not just planning to sell it off. They’re planning to sell it off *to the Trump family*. That should be up front and central.