Quote

Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?

• T.S. (Tough Shit) Eliot https://www.wisdomportal.com/Technology/TSEliot-TheRock.html

RIP

Passover in Cali

Harry's old cobber Les (not Laszlo Urge)

Nils Nilsson https://medium.com/syncedreview/ai-visionary-nils-nilsson-dies-9113dfcd520

F.U.

Sudan

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/apr/27/sudan-revolution-regional-powers-fight-control

Libya

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/apr/30/trumps-scattergun-approach-haftar-libya-deeper-into-peril-analysis

Algeria

https://www.france24.com/en/20190430-algeria-ex-pm-questioned-widening-probe-longtime-elite https://qz.com/africa/1606739/china-completes-africas-largest-mosque-in-algeria/

Ukraine

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/apr/28/ukraine-president-volodymyr-zelenskiy-snubs-putin-passport-offer-and-hits-back

Venezuela

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-politics-erikprince-exclusi/exclusive-blackwater-founders-latest-sales-pitch-mercenaries-for-venezuela-idUSKCN1S608F https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/apr/30/venezuelas-guiado-says-final-phase-of-plan-to-oust-maduro-has-begun

Democracy Sausage

The Ethiopian dude's name is Teodris Kiros https://historyofphilosophy.net/ethiopia-kiros

Things

PSPOF

https://www.smh.com.au/national/queensland/queensland-man-goes-up-in-flames-after-petrol-accidentally-poured-on-him-20190429-p51i3r.html

Weaponised Whales

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/apr/29/whale-with-harness-could-be-russian-weapon-say-norwegian-experts

Stacks

Jeff & the Broken Record https://edition.cnn.com/2019/04/25/tech/amazon-q1-earnings/index.html

Alexa™ https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2019/04/if-you-care-about-privacy-throw-your-amazon-alexa-devices-into-the-sea/

Mark & the Money https://www.crikey.com.au/?p=664245

Games (specifically excluding Chess)

Aus Open (but not tennis) https://www.vpesports.com/fortnite/news/players-accuse-epic-games-of-owing-187000-aud

Real-Life Battle Royale https://au.ign.com/articles/2019/04/09/anonymous-millionaire-wants-to-set-up-a-real-life-battle-royale-on-a-private-island?abthid=5cac88c7c00933d23f001163 https://www.dailystar.co.uk/tech/gaming/770897/Real-life-Battle-Royale-Millionaire-will-pay-YOU-45-000-to-turn-private-island-into-PUBG

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