Throughout the interview, Mr. Degenaer was skeptical whether the reporter and photographer who spoke with him were members of the news media and wondered if they were part of Jade Helm 15. “Spec Ops grows beards,” he said, referring to the photographer’s facial hair. “Y’all got a military ID?”
Hermann Zapf, 96, Dies; Designer Whose Letters Are Found Everywhere – The New York Times
Why Start? on Vimeo: App: The Human Story visits App Camp For Girls
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In an interview with Billboard, Cue elaborated that it was Swift’s letter that turned him around on the issue.
Apple Changes Course After Taylor Swift Open Letter: Will Pay Labels During Free Trial. An honest about-face after public criticism, with no dodging the issue or PR-doublespeak? This is a seriously new kind of Apple we’ve seen emerge over the last six months.
Toasting is the bagel equivalent of making everyone wear blindfolds and Spanx at an orgy. You may still enjoy yourself, but you’ll never really know the quality of what you just tasted.
Imaginary Friend — SMBC
We need to create new stores because our current ones are old and cluttered and sell all sorts of poorly organized stuff at high prices.
Social Shaming — Medium
The Right to Be a Giant, Self-Righteous Asshole
The benefits of this flexibility were shown in the 2000-02 dotcom stockmarket crash. The losses then were $4 trillion, more than the $2 trillion global banks suffered in 2007-10. Yet there was no credit crunch. In a crisis, equity bends while debt breaks.
Wow, just wow.
Ending the debt addiction: A senseless subsidy—The Economist. Most Western economies sweeten the cost of borrowing. That is a bad idea.