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The eight most wonderful words you can say on the internet:

" I don't know enough to have an opinion."

oh my god that's so embarrassing, just bring your emotional support water bottle you buffoons https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/australia-is-home-to-the-worlds-most-expensive-water-so-why-do-we-keep-buying-it/trjpnaozx
Australia is home to the world's most expensive water. So why do we keep buying it?

An average bottle of water sets an Australian back $5.40 - that's double the cost in North America and Europe and four times the cost in Asia and Africa.

SBS News
I'm just a boy, standing in front of an Internet, asking you to stop using northern-hemisphere seasons to describe parts of the year.

This story is incredible, and underscores that you should believe literally nothing a major corporation tells the public. Truly worth your time to read this. It’s fascinating.
#recycling #business #greenwashing #journalism

https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/global-plastic-dow-shoes/

Dow said it was recycling our shoes. We found them in Indonesia

A Reuters investigation found some shoes meant for recycling in Singapore ended up in shops in Indonesia, where it is illegal to import second-hand clothing.

Reuters

By the way: if you decide to feed local crows, PLEASE DON'T FEED THEM WHITE BREAD, especially during mating season.

Urban hatchlings are sometimes flightless and not long for this world due to bad nutrition.

Give them seeds, dog treats, nuts, fruit, and corpses of your enemies to feast upon.

Remember: crows are too metal for white bread.

#crows #crowtodon

Library fairies speak shelvish.

"The Vindolanda phallus is 16cm long but, researchers say, was probably larger because archaeological wood is prone to shrinkage and warping."

I see what you did there, Guardian 👀

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/feb/20/its-not-a-darning-tool-its-a-very-naughty-toy-roman-dildo-found

It’s not a darning tool, it’s a very naughty toy: Roman dildo found

Two thousand-year-old object found at Roman fort in Northumberland in 1992 has been reassessed by archaeologists

The Guardian
My small and humble spot in the big universe. Thanks, Sun, for your shine these days 🙏🏽

Some useful insights on the endemic problems with management consulting, and McKinsey specifically.

Written for a business audience on it's own terms, but all the more damning for it.

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2023-01-24/mckinsey-s-missteps-point-to-a-bigger-management-consulting-mess #consulting

McKinsey’s Missteps Point to an Industry-Wide Mess

Once management consulting firms lose their integrity to ethical lapses and greed, they have nothing left to sell.

Bloomberg

Great observation on who is the most excited about #GenerativeAI right now...

“Sometimes it feels like the worst kind of crypto bros left the crypto ship as it was sinking, and then they came over here and were like, ‘Generative AI: Start the hype machine.’”

https://www.wired.com/story/generative-ai-video-game-development/

Generative AI Won’t Revolutionize Game Development Just Yet

Hypesters say artificial intelligence will one day automate all the hard work of video game creation. But it’s not that simple.

WIRED