Quote

"No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don't want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be, because Death is very likely the single best invention of Life. It is Life's change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new. Right now the new is you, but someday not too long from now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared away. Sorry to be so dramatic, but it is quite true.

"Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma -- which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.." - Dr Michael Hawley via Steve Jobs

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/24/technology/michael-hawley-dead.html https://9to5mac.com/2020/06/25/michael-hawley/

RIP and Infected

Afghanistan and India https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghanistan-India_relations

Failed States of America: 133,000

FSA casualties in WW1: 117,466

The Mission ... soundtrack ... and others ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ennio_Morricone

World's oldest conjoined twins https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronnie_and_Donnie_Galyon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conjoined_twins

Segway https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/the-current-for-july-6-2020-1.5638699/segway-was-the-device-of-the-future-in-the-perfect-moment-to-succeed-so-why-did-it-fail-1.5638716 https://www.engadget.com/segway-to-end-pt-production-144305244.html

Seat belts https://www.wpr.org/surprisingly-controversial-history-seat-belts

World's oldest cat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubble_(cat)

Ex-Pope's ex-Brother ... Father Georg? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georg_Ratzinger

Follow-Up

Victoria

Eden-Monaro

Things

Sudan https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/06/sudan-protesters-return-streets-demand-reforms-200630154320885.html

Ethiopia https://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/thestream/2020/07/ethiopia-spiralling-political-crisis-200705132544285.html

Ethiopia/Sudan/Egypt dam business https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/07/sudan-talks-egypt-ethiopia-nile-dam-resume-200703171242722.html

Tesla > Disney, Toyota, Coke ... https://edition.cnn.com/2020/07/01/investing/tesla-market-value/index.html

Encrochat https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/3aza95/how-police-took-over-encrochat-hacked

Stacks

Facebook and stuff.co.nz https://thespinoff.co.nz/media/06-07-2020/nz-news-giant-stuff-quits-facebook-until-further-notice-leaked-internal-memo/

Confirmed List of #StopHateForProfit Advertisers https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/1/d/1VSGhDwXm18yFf2BVCz0QJYFjCHrPhDuO-m5rCo0zoqI/htmlview?urp=gmail_link&pru=AAABcyomHZg*sn377AKPztR2ZH-pxbChYw

TikTok ban? https://twitter.com/jmhansler/status/1280337007248629760

Games (specifically excluding Chess)

Is this a sport? https://i.imgur.com/XlFx9XX.gifv

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