I'm so old I remember when Jeff #Bezos seemed like sort of a good guy who chose books as the focus of his clever new internet store.

Now he will always be remembered as the toady who paid tens of millions in tribute to the Trumps while ruthlessly destroying one of history's great newspapers.

@gleick

Well, James, judging from many comments, no one is old enough to remember the more innocent days.
As my Nice Ex, very geeky, remembers when PayPal seemed such a new, sweet initiative.