In-flight refuelling A hoverfly extracting nectar from an obliging flower. I was reminded of aircraft in-flight refuelling methods. Quote of the Day ”Male domination is so rooted in our collective unconscious that we no longer even see it.” Pierre Bourdieu Musical alternative to the morning’s radio news Bizet | Minuet from L’Arlésienne | María Cecilia Muñoz, flute; Alina Traine, Harp Link Thanks to Joe Dunne for alerting me to it. Long Read of the Day Meet the New Bosses, Worse Than the Old Bosses Really interesting Substack post by Paul Krugman. In the 2000s, when it started to become clear that the wealth digital technology bestowed Silicon Valley moguls rivalled that of the Rockefellers, Morgans and Carnegies of the early 1900s I began to think of the Silicon Valley crowd as the next generation of ‘robber barons’. Turns out, that was a gross under-estimate. The nice thing about Paul Krugman’s post is the way he demonstrates how different the current era is. He’s not revealing…
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