Thank you. Yeah, that’s what I figured, but anything to inflict pain on GS would have been a bonus.

since it’s Goldman Sachs saying this, anybody have any ideas for stock/bond purchases that would further hurt them? I mean, they deserve it normally…

They didn’t ask the right question, clearly: “are they hurting the right people”? Of course, between the farmers losing a major purchaser and the like, the answers may be more complex than anticipated.

Oh no! Anyway.

Hong Kong was a 100 year deal as well. (So yes, definitely matters)

Better Off Dead. One of the most quotable movies.

“I can’t feel my face”

“I want my two dollars”

“It’s a shame when folks be throwing out a perfectly good white boy like that”

“He put he testicles all over me” “tentacles… there’s a difference”

Jared 2.0?

It has to get better somehow. Yes it’s horrible. Absolutely. But you have to start somewhere.

It’s better than 0%

What hysterical was that I was listening to the BBC World Service hourly cast (5 minute summary) and they mentioned everything BUT the colonialism aspect.

On my phone. If you hit reader mode while the page is loading, usually you can read it. And if not, shortcut to archive.is

Congrats to them!

Canadian Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge is set to make history by becoming the first openly lesbian cabinet minister to take parental leave when her wife gives birth in the coming weeks

Freeman Dyson popularized and expanded the concept of the Dyson sphere. (Technically it was in a sci-fi story first)

Buckminster Fuller based a lot of building concepts around spheres.

Jwz’s 2nd law!

Some countries reverse commas vs periods. 5.599,99, almost 5600

Correct. They don’t pay you to code. They pay you to solve problems, which normally ARE solved by code, but they really don’t care how.

I’ve been hearing people say “not my pope” for years now. Oh, and that Jesus was too “woke” and weak, turning the other cheek.

Which is odd- I threaten mine, and that’s why it behaves.

And I’m honestly astonished I’d never come across this before. This ranks up there with the story of Mel.

Is Uttar Pradesh scummier than some of the other states, or do they just seem to get more articles? It seems like we are getting one of these horrifying stores a week.