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- Colorado votes whether to unwind good tax policy. Look at the differences between a flat tax and a graduated tax. I'm in the flat tax camp.

- You can see why the danger of "space junk" has become a very real issue.

- Trump learned, DC didn't.

- Ukraine's Vivaldi - a needed update on the Ukraine-Russian war.

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- Michael Cohen looking worse and worse as a witness and better and better as an ad for the RNC.

- Nevada court orders Jon Gruden lawsuit against NFL to go to arbitration. Bad news for Gruden.

- AT&T inks long term deal for satellite to cell phone service.

- Harrison Butker, Harbinger? The NFL doesn't want you to say Catholic things at Catholic school commencement.

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- Interesting - using Starlink or other satellite services to link to your smartphone in remote areas for cell coverage may be coming soon.

- Morgan Housel on herd mentality and the SVB bank run.

- Chevy to discontinue the Camaro. It's an end of an era.

- Inflammation may be more important than cholesterol in preventing heart attacks. (HT Newmark's Door)

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- Lawsuits says Twitter refused to remove child porn because it didn't "violate policies."  Hope all the $44 billion Elon Musk paid for Twitter goes to pay lawsuits from the people who were callously harmed by the prior management.

- 20 things no gentleman should ever do (HT Cultural Offering)

- Will cell service from LEO satellites be the next big thing?

- One of my favorite Venn diagrams

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- This is a visualization of why I worry about "space junk"

- The logistics of college football having a normal season may be too daunting. I'm hoping the NFL can start on time.

- Probably going to hell for laughing at this

- 12 world class museums you can visit online

- Heh Heh (make sure you have the sound on)

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- Notice anything strange about this graph (besides the Diamond Princess being listed as a sovereign nation)? Mainland China where the Wuhan virus originated is not listed at all (not that I think you could trust whatever stats the Chinese admit to anyway).

- Squeeze is an underrated and underappreciated band

- Apple to get into the satellite broadband game? Brings up more questions than answers but intriguing nonetheless.

- The legend of "Mad" Jack Churchill

- Heh Heh - Elizabeth Warren leaves brutal 1-star review for Ancestry.com

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- Steven Pressfield "Our Michael Moment"

- All future satellites should be required to have this tether technology. And any company with decommissioned satellites should be required to attach this technology to their old satellites before new satellites can be launched.

- Heh Heh

- Interesting long read on Saudi Arabia's potential involvement in 9/11. (Although keep in mind that most of the information is via investigators working for families who are suing the Saudis.)

- Heh Heh - Scholars now believe Jesus spent time with prostitutes, tax collectors just to avoid hanging out with loathsome journalists

- Understanding the R0 number and what it means for the spread of outbreaks like coronavirus.

- Rolls-Royce plans to build up to 15 mini nuclear reactors in Britain. In a decade or so will Rolls-Royce be known as more of a power company than a car company? Also interesting nugget in story is that China has more nuclear plants planned that all the Western world combined. That could greatly impact their carbon footprint.