02/22/2021: Weekly Newsletter
Again and again the intersection of regualtion and big tech keep coming up. From the UK court’s ruling on Uber, to the regulation that came out of Australia and Google and Facebook’s different reactions, this seems to be a theme that will continue in the near term.
♫ Pod
I talked to my friend Lisa Smith about the logistics of running for local election and fundraising. Listen here or subscribe on Apple podcasts or Spotify podcasts.
Money & Crypto
UK court rules Uber drivers deserve minimum wage and benefits
Google reaches deal with News Corp to pay for news
New food apps trying to offer alternatives to fee heavy delivery apps like DoorDash and UberEats
Disney CEO Chapek’s focus on streaming
Going public: TransferWise rebrands as Wise before IPO, Toast preparing $20B
Tech & Science
Perseverance Rover from NASA JPL lands on Mars and an overview of all the rovers that have landed on Mars so far. I honestly did not realize there were so many!
Texas power generation and how it was affected by the storms
Walter Isaacson (author of Steve Jobs, Leonardo da Vinci, and others) writes about the blurry lines and ethics of gene editing and CRISPR
Etc.
Dolly Parton’s viral tweet about a statue of her being erected at the Tennessee state capitol
Halfway through The Good Hand by Michael Patrick Smith about working in a North Dakota boom town on oil fields. ♫ The audio books is narrated by the author and is great, but I’m sure the written version would be just as good.
♫ My favorite podcast hosts, Paul Scheer and June Diane Raphael, did a fantasticly interesting episode on Scientology in Hollywood
Thousands gather to mourn death of protestor in Myanmar after the recent coup
5 home office no no’s from design experts
Djokovic and Osaka win at Australian Open. Osaka is now 4-0 in major titles
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