Wednesday, January 22, 2020

Plastic surgeons are the new rock stars.

The caterpillar turns to liquid before turning into a butterfly. Liquid. Thus washing away any speck of his.  caterpillar self as he lies completely vulnerable to his environment in his chrysalis shell. One good solid gust of wind and the caterpillars boned.”
― Hippie, Snowflake Obsidian: Memoir of a Cutter


Plastic surgeons are the new rock stars

 A world without pain (New Yorker)

An industry built on the suspension of disbelief is flourishing. Although building immersive shows like Sleep No More isn’t easy—or cheap—they are fantastically popular


The No. 1 ‘happiest country’ in the world also has one of the highest suicide rates — economists have a theory why MarketWatch


Jewels Stolen From Dresden’s Green Vault Are Turning Up On The Dark Web

“The thieves who stole priceless jewels from the Dresden Green Vault treasuryat the end of last year are allegedly trying to sell some of the loot on the dark web. Investigators from an Israeli security company claim they made contact with the criminals online, but authorities in Germany say it has received no evidence of the ransom demand.” – artnet

A 24-year-old council worker is taking on fossil fuels and his super fund in a world-first court case


A landmark trial in Australia could potentially change the way superannuation funds invest Australians' almost $3 trillion in retirement savings and pave the way for more climate-change-related litigation.



A Little Humor: Class Clown And The School's Group Photo




After the school’s group photo was taken, the teacher tried to persuade the students to each buy a copy. 

“Pictures are keepsakes,” the teacher said. “Just think how nice it will be to look at it when you are all grown up and say, ‘There is Jennifer, she is a lawyer now’; or ‘That is Michael, he is a Doctor now’, or “Remember Johnny, our class clown, and how he was always making jokes in class.'”

True to form, Johnny in the back of the room said. “And here is the teacher, she is dead now!”

Note: The above photo is of Spanky and the Little Rascals. 


The Pesticide Industry’s Playbook for Poisoning the Earth The Intercept




Harvard Law School professor Lawrence Lessig filed a lawsuit against the New York Times Monday after the newspaper published an article suggesting that Lessig was defending the practice of accepting secret donations from deceased sex offender Jeffrey E. Epstein. 

In a lawsuit filed in Massachusetts federal court, Lessig accused the Times of publishing a “false and defamatory” story with a headline and lede that served as “clickbait.”

The New York Times story, titled “A Harvard Professor Doubles Down: If You Take Epstein’s Money, Do It in Secret,” was based on a Sept. 8 Medium post by Lessig in which he explained his decision to sign a petition in support of Joichi “Joi” Ito, who resigned as head of the MIT Media Lab in September after Ronan Farrow reported in the New Yorker that the lab had taken steps to cover up its relationship with Epstein. ...

Westpac linked to international paedophilia case after Australian man charged

Westpac has been linked to an international paedophila case following the arrest of a notorious Australian sex offender who is suspected of using the bank’s transfer system to pay for live-streamed child abuse videos in south-east Asia.