Quote

"A good theorem lasts forever. Once proved, it will always stay proved, and other mathematicians are free to use it and build on it as they please, sometimes to great effect." - John Tate, 2013

RIP

Helicopter Crash (in Ukraine) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taras_Kutovy

Joey the Clown https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Lombardo

Mark Hurd (an early #MeToo?) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Hurd

The Late Great John Tate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Tate

Death-dealing drug kingpin, Beverly Sackler https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sackler_family

Democracy Sausage

Fossil fuel consumption https://ourworldindata.org/fossil-fuels

20 Facts About the Cinematography of Mad Max: Fury Road http://neiloseman.com/20-facts-about-the-cinematography-of-mad-max-fury-road/

The two camera guys talking at the Australian Cinematographers' Society https://vimeo.com/127381179

F.U.

Wealth tax https://academic.oup.com/qje/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/qje/qjz032/5584349

Things

Always business https://www.hongkongfp.com/2019/10/12/exclusive-ceo-worlds-largest-e-sports-firm-esl-warns-staff-not-discuss-hong-kong-protests

Free money https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/7x5ddg/malware-that-spits-cash-out-of-atms-has-spread-across-the-world

Banking "talent" shortage https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/challenger-bank-judo-confronts-the-talent-shortage-in-sme-lending-20191008-p52ypd

Neobank https://www.businessinsider.com.au/neobank-xinja-just-won-an-unrestricted-licence-and-began-its-bid-to-lure-millennials-away-from-the-big-banks-2019-9

Stacks

Libra https://www.coindesk.com/paypal-withdraws-from-facebook-led-libra-crypto-project

Picking winners https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-10-21/zuckerberg-offered-advice-in-hiring-to-buttigieg-in-rare-move

Superpowers for politicians https://www.businessinsider.com.au/bernice-king-daughter-mlk-criticizes-mark-zuckerberg-2019-10

Some jail time for Mark https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/vb5qd9/new-bill-promises-an-end-to-our-privacy-nightmare-jail-time-to-ceos-who-lie

... but not in Australia https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/oct/19/australian-privacy-watchdog-fails-to-deliver-findings-on-cambridge-analytica-scandal-after-18-months

That whole "free speech" thing https://techcrunch.com/2019/10/20/facebook-isnt-free-speech-its-algorithmic-amplification-optimized-for-outrage/

Games (specifically excluding Chess)

Rugby

fin