momadance wrote:It should come as a surprise to no one that the Mesar's are huge MAGAchodes and Cowboys fans.

bullshit lawsuits, the attorneys and the claimants show no political preference. and honestly that's the problem.

https://reasonstobecheerful.world/ is David Byrne's website, and it's really quite good. I connected with this article.

https://reasonstobecheerful.world/we-are-not-doomed/

I'm curious to read what you connected with in it

Uncle Milty wrote:I'm curious to read what you connected with in it

All of it really. I remember having a great deal of confidence in people who ran things in the 90s, because it appeared they knew what they were doing. In retrospect, they only fooled us about how bad things were and they really had no clue. Our challenges today all existed in less obvious forms in the 90s. The other key take away is that our kids (gen z or whatever) are a lot more admirable than we are.

came across this piece from 2016 (9/11 related)
falling man

ReadingPhilly wrote:came across this piece from 2016 (9/11 related)
falling man

Thank you.

phatj wrote:

ReadingPhilly wrote:came across this piece from 2016 (9/11 related)
falling man

Thank you.

Wow.

Although I am of the opinion that it is more effective if we don't know who precisely he was.

He was [Jonathan Briley]. And he was my father, and my mother, my brother, my friend. He was you, and me. He was all of us.

Not sure if this belongs here or in "news varying markedly from the usual", but ebay "security"- with buy-in from the CEO- stalked, harassed, and even followed small-time bloggers who were critical of the company. amazing. Have I mentioned lately how much I can't stand corporate america?

http://nytimes.com/2020/09/26/technolog ... andal.html