Life
Another busy week at work and at home and little flair up in health but it’s a holiday weekend so all is good. It’s also, ever so slightly, starting to warm up. Finally.
Media
Line of Duty has just finished. Another strong series…can’t wait for the 5th.
Big Little Lies also finished this week and it was a great watch. Catch up with it if you can and hopefully they will just leave it there with no follow up.
Mario Kart on the Switch – spot on and yet another amazing title for the Switch.
Links
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Jimmy Wales goes after fake news with Wikitribune | WIRED UK
Interesting step to try and combat fake news. Even that term pisses me off thanks to Trump. -
Google Rewrites Its Powerful Search Rankings to Bury Fake News – Bloomberg
Google isn’t planning to rid fake news from its search results — but it’s trying to purge it from the top.
Google has to tak action, but not sure that this is a long term solution. -
Daily Show’s Hasan Minhaj White House Correspondents’ Dinner full monologue – YouTube
Daily Show correspondent Hasan Minhaj took full advantage of Donald Trump’s absence by taking aim at the president and his administration during his monologu…
Trump hid from the correspondents dinner, as it suits his narrative that the media is the enemy and purveyors of fake news. Hasan Minhaj shone in his absence. -
Watch this incredible, rare video of the streets of North Korea’s capital city
Finnish journalist Mika Mäkeläinen captured rare video of daily life in the Hermit Kingdom, Vox reports.
North Korea looks…normal. -
Apple Dubai Mall opens April 27 – Apple
Apple premieres its newest store, Apple Dubai Mall, overlooking the Burj Khalifa and Dubai Fountain.
Another destination store from Apple – this opening windows! -
How Online Shopping Makes Suckers of Us All – The Atlantic
Will you pay more for those shoes before 7 p.m.? Would the price tag be different if you lived in the suburbs? Standard prices and simple discounts are giving way to far more exotic strategies, designed to extract every last dollar from the consumer.
Holds up hand – I’ve been duped. -
Heineken | Worlds Apart | #OpenYourWorld – YouTube
Heineken presents ‘Worlds Apart’ An Experiment. Can two strangers with opposing views prove that there’s more that unites than divides us? #OpenYourWorld Fin…
Great advert…but are they real people or actors? -
Deacon Blue’s iconic Raintown album cover showing Glasgow’s skyline gets modern makeover 30 years on – Daily Record
Oscar Marzaroli’
30 years since Raintown, a favourite album of mine. The almost 60 years of change in the photo is also interesting. -
Vuelo nocturno – The magic of flying at night – Beyond The Clouds – An Airline pilot’s journey
Lose yourself in the video. Gorgeous.