The world’s richest man, Elon Musk, continues to burnish his reputation of having the world’s thinnest skin as he lashes out at Crikey reporting about his lack of technical ability.
Earlier this week, Crikey published a wide-ranging interview with the Australian co-creator of Dogecoin, Jackson Palmer, talking about cryptocurrency, grifting, Clive Palmer and… Elon Musk.
Palmer recounted an interaction he had with Musk that showed the billionaire businessman lacked basic coding skills.
Totalitarianism lover Elon Musk reads Crikey, continues to embarrass himself online
Elon Musk’s Crazy Revelation About Doings of Bill Gates
So Bill Gates thinks that only views he approves of should be made public. Who made him the arbiter of truth? I used to admire him. Not any more.
Deep underground
Bassist Guy Pratt gives the run-down on the bassline for Like a Prayer / farewell to Cathal Coughlan / The Vast Career of Tara Jane O’Neil / Who Sampled Who?/ at home with the late Ken Adam, 2016, photographs by Nigel Shafran / the Caspian Sea monster is back: DARPA Liberty Lifter / a selection of supercuts from Sam Lavigne (via MeFi) / glitch meets Google Earth, IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII & Thomas Collet, Live at Berlin Atonal 2021 / the story of Massimo Vignelli’s NY subway map / Shit Planning, the other end of the spectrum / did Brunel create a solar alignment to celebrate his birthday? We’re not sure / which takes us to the story of the Burlington Bunker, or the Central Government War Headquarters in Corsham, ‘the former emergency relocations site for the government in the event of nuclear attack,’ accessible via the Box Tunnel / the Underpinnings Museum, dedicated to the history of underwear / Occlusion Grotesque, a wood-cut font that continues to grow / Andreas Papadakis and deconstructivism / a new exhibition of the work of William Heath Robinson / Gubns, ‘a niche community and curated collection of treasures designed by those in the field of architecture’.
2022 Fortune 500 List “This is the 68th edition of our annual ranking of America’s largest companies, and it was a blowout year for the companies featured—despite rising inflation, the ongoing supply chain crisis, and the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic. Together, the 500 corporations on this year’s list generated a record $16.1 trillion in revenue and $1.8 trillion in profits. Explore the list to see which companies made the cut, which industries were most profitable, and more.”
“Visualize the Fortune 500 – Why care about the Fortune 500? Easy: You may be looking for a new job. You might be searching for a sales lead. You could be conducting corporate research or gathering investor information. Or you just might want the bragging rights associated with being one of the top companies in the country. Below are two visualizations that allow you to explore the Fortune 500 visually. With the map, you can find the U.S. headquarters for each company on the list. On the line chart, you can see how each company has moved through the ranks over the last two decades.”
What Was the Wiretap? The Nation
The myth of the white male scientific genius – and why its time is up New Statesman Better than the headline
Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Shark? NYT
Cartoons, Sharks and the Place of Beauty in Conservation The Wire
The ‘sea gypsies’ who live with whale sharks BBC
THE FUTURE OF BIRTH CONTROL Neo Life
Hepatitis A outbreak linked to organic fresh strawberries: FDA.
John Ringo is making that knowledge go wider in The Last Centurion. Which you absolutely should read if you haven’t.
More Fun Than Fun: Strife in the Harmonious World of Honey Bees The Wire
