https://apple.news/ADeCV8IOYTeCFXjaDvp8GeA Florida taxpayers could face a $1 billion Disney debt bomb if its special district status is revoked PUBLISHED THU, APR 21 20224:21 PM, EDTUPDATED THU, APR 21 20228:14 PM EDT Robert Frank@ROBTFRANK KEY POINTS The Florida legislature on Thursday cleared a bill that would dissolve Disney’s special improvement district, effective June 2023.If the special district … Continue reading Political idiocy in Florida re Disney could cost taxpayers $1 billion
Month: April 2022
Netflix password sharers should be concerned (and what other companies do)
PERSONAL TECHNOLOGY: NICOLE NGUYEN Netflix’s Password Crackdown Is Coming. Here’s What That Means for Account Sharers How Netflix and other streamers define a household—and what that means for you and your account moochers By Nicole Nguyen, Updated Apr. 20, 2022 5:53 pm ET People using Netflix accounts NFLX -35.12% ▼ that aren’t your own, the company is on to you. “We’re working … Continue reading Netflix password sharers should be concerned (and what other companies do)
Apple Watch has a challenge today
https://www.macrumors.com/2022/04/12/apple-watch-earth-day-activity-challenge/ Apple Watch to Offer Activity Challenge on Earth Day Tuesday April 12, 2022 11:55 am PDT by Joe Rossignol Apple Watch users will once again be able to complete an Activity Challenge on Earth Day to earn a special badge and iMessage stickers. To complete the Activity Challenge, users must do any workout for 30 minutes … Continue reading Apple Watch has a challenge today
Wonderful articles about world’s largest animal highway crossing
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/apr/09/wildlife-bridge-california-highway-mountain-lions? Another article including many videos of animals crossing already built wildlife bridges is here: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/05/31/climate/wildlife-crossings-animals.html Animal crossing: world’s biggest wildlife bridge comes to California highway Unprecedented overpass will allow fauna of the Santa Monica mountains to safely cross a dangerous 10-lane stretch Rendering of the Wallis Annenberg wildlife crossing, which will span a busy … Continue reading Wonderful articles about world’s largest animal highway crossing
Warren Buffett’s protégé is building a mini Berkshire
https://www.wsj.com/articles/warren-buffetts-protege-is-building-a-mini-berkshire-11649496605 Warren Buffett’s Protégé Is Building a Mini Berkshire Like her mentor, Tracy Britt Cool looks for founder-run companies with ‘moats,’ but she doesn’t share his hands-off-approach Tracy Britt Cool spent a decade working for Warren Buffett. She now wants to buy the kinds of companies that might have interested the famed investor 30 or … Continue reading Warren Buffett’s protégé is building a mini Berkshire
How climate change has affected Greenlanders and their language
https://apple.news/A7HLsZV_8TMiigLLa5er1lQ WATER WHAT LIES BENEATH Greenland has a rich vocabulary for ice and snow. But what happens to language when those natural phenomena start to disappear? IT WAS MYsecondday in Ilulissat, Greenland’s third-largest town, and after exploring the modest center, I soon found myself on the outskirts, walking beside a broad meadow carpeted in sled … Continue reading How climate change has affected Greenlanders and their language
Washington Post’s climate coverage available to everyone April 21st + presentation 3:30pm
https://www.washingtonpost.com/washington-post-live/2022/04/21/protecting-our-planet-with-robert-downey-jr/ Event at 3:30pm EDT, April 21st https://wapo.st/3L5cVMm
A new book about John Bogle
THE INTELLIGENT INVESTOR (Jason Zweig)A New Bogle BookGood afternoon.A new book by a Bloomberg ETF reporter, Eric Balchunas, seeks to size up the late Jack Bogle, founder of Vanguard Group, as a historic figure.In The Bogle Effect: How John Bogle and Vanguard Turned Wall Street Inside Out and Saved Investors Trillions, Mr. Balchunas concludes — correctly, I think — … Continue reading A new book about John Bogle
No national park nearby? Try a botanical garden instead
https://www.thrillist.com/travel/nation/best-botanical-gardens-in-the-us These Are America's Most Gorgeous Botanical Gardens You don’t have to travel to a national park to reconnect with nature. By Matt Meltzer, and Kastalia Medrano Updated on 4/14/2022 at 1:05 PM Get back out there with a trip to a botanical garden. | Cole Saladino/Thrillist While our country has some awe-inspiring national parks, for the majority of people … Continue reading No national park nearby? Try a botanical garden instead
Trader Joe’s spring choices
https://www.thrillist.com/eat/nation/best-trader-joes-products-snacks-spring Trader Joe’s Items You Should Buy to Usher in Spring Lemon sauce, elote chips, and pineapple juice conjure up warmer days ahead. By Kat Thompson Published on 4/12/2022 at 5:34 PM Design by Chineme Elobuike for Thrillist Trader Joe’s is releasing new and seasonal spring products, which means sunnier days are just ahead of us—or … Continue reading Trader Joe’s spring choices
Best grilled cheese recipes
bookriot.com/cookbook-showdown-grilled-cheese/? COOKBOOK SHOWDOWN: THE BEST GRILLED CHEESE RECIPES, TESTED Nusrah Javed Apr 12, 2022 This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Happy National Grilled Cheese Day! I am excited to report back in this series of cookbook showdowns which could easily be called, ‘Things My Toddler … Continue reading Best grilled cheese recipes
Comprehensive about how our food system will suffer as climate changes
This article is full of charts and graphics that do not copy well. Suggest you simply click thru. https://www.theguardian.com/food/ng-interactive/2022/apr/14/climate-crisis-food-systems-not-ready-biodiversity Our food systemisn't ready for theclimate crisis The world's farms produce only a handful of varieties of bananas, avocados, coffee and other foods – leaving them more vulnerable to the climate breakdown by Nina Lakhani, Alvin Chang, Rita Liu, … Continue reading Comprehensive about how our food system will suffer as climate changes
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