Thought it was seeming quiet around here. But I wish people wouldn’t use the word “dud” at the start of August…
Ars Technica@arstechnica.com · 26m agoPhil Wells
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Brit living in Bermuda. Books, politics, philosophy, mindfulness, photography, language, tech and video games (but follow me @bdalimey.bsky.social for the latter). Previously blogged as Limey In Bermuda and columnist for Bermuda’s Royal Gazette
Ars Technica@arstechnica.com · 26m agoNot “zero”, Elon. Gift link, but it’s the Economist, so only 5 of you will be able to open it.
How many people are dying as a result of USAID’s demise?
Fewer than academics imagine, but more than Elon Musk will admit
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Gift link, but unfortunately it’s the Economist, so only the first five of you will be able to view it. Well worth a watch, even if it goes off the rails a bit towards the end as Zanny - understandably - struggles to keep her composure.
An interview with Elon Musk | The Economist Insider
Elon Musk may be the most powerful man in the world. He’s worth almost $1trn, runs Tesla and SpaceX, boasts an enormous social-media following and, to top it all off, he reckons he’s pretty good at pr...
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Fuck you, Elon Musk, you lying piece of shit.
Elon Musk: Zero people died from USAID cuts | The Economist
YouTube video by The Economist
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Wages in #bermuda 169% above the global average! The beaches are alright too. economist.com/graphic-deta...
Great article but, ironically, those who most need to read it never will.
@crankyolady.bsky.social · 4w agoGift link: "The decline of reading will... affect our innermost thoughts, our society’s politics and culture, and how we tell the history of our civilization. If we look closely, we can see that these changes have already begun." www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
If the US team want to act with integrity, and distance themselves from Trump and Infantino, they should choose not to play Balogun. If they play him and win they are complicit in the corruption.
“Government consists of acts done by human beings; and if the agents, or those who choose the agents, or those to whom the agents are responsible, or the lookers-on whose opinion ought to influence and check all these…
"Thus a people may prefer a free government, but if… they can be induced to lay their liberties at the feet even of a great man, or trust him with powers which enable him to subvert their institutions; in all these cases they are more or less unfit for liberty” - J.S. Mill
Watched the movie Melancholia last night. A hard watch for sure, but I loved it. In particular, the opening sequence - or overture - was fantastic.
MELANCHOLIA - STUNNING OPENING SEQUENCE (Wagner & Von Trier)
YouTube video by Rim My Mind Please
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Just replayed The Artful Escape. Such a beautiful, wonderful, joyful game!
Some more good news in curbing the incomprehensible excesses of the nutters running the US government.
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“The only freedom which deserves the name, is that of pursuing our own good in our own way, so long as we do not attempt to deprive others of theirs, or impede their efforts to obtain it.” - John Stuart Mill
I’m boycotting this World Cup. Trump and Infantino have tainted it with their racism and greed. Still disappointed none of the teams did the same.
My take on AI is, essentially, everybody who’s against is too against it and everybody who’s for it is too for it.
As a Bermudian, I really, really wish @economist.com would stop using the dated adjective “Bermudan”. It’s the equivalent of referring to Beijing as “Peking”, and they don’t do that.
Offshore finance is thriving despite crackdowns
There is a lot more to havens than crystal-clear waters and a promise of opacity
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Power may be out in the western part of Bermuda but even here in the eastern half of the island we've now had two spikes on the line sufficient to briefly turn some electronic devices off and on again. :(
Major Power Outage Hits Bermuda’s After BELCO Substation Trip
BREAKING NEWS: Word reaching TNN suggests that a widespread power outage is affecting many Parishes across Bermuda’s tonight. According to unconfirmed reports received by TNN, the BELCO substation in ...
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Going through an issue of the TLS from last December, I find a philosophy pun courtesy of Nigel Warburton that surely deserves wider currantsy.
The King catches the ferry in Bermuda, presumably on his way to play some Fun Golf at Dockyard.
