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links, etc The Pursuit of Shareholder Value: Cisco’s Transformation from Innovation to Financialization quite possibly the best discussion i’ve seen of how (and really why) cisco eschewed technical innovation in favor of financial engineering. outlines all the notable disinvestments in differentiating technologies and acquisitions with the financial elements. if america wants to look at why it’s not a leader in many domains, perhaps a cold look at what the impacts of the financialization of nearly everything yields....

links, etc The Long, Strange Trip of ‘Dark Side of the Moon,’ 50 Years Later - The Ringer as something of a pink floyd fan through my classic rock infused youth, this triggered heading down a bit of a rabbit hole. accompanied by a listen to “the dark side of the moon”, which i hadnt’ sat down to listen to in years. the rabbit hole also included this random atlantic article about this little gem, “moonhead” played in the BBC studios for the apollo moon landing....

links, etc The maze is in the mouse. What ails Google. And how it can turn… | by Praveen Seshadri | Feb, 2023 | Medium when the link is sitting in your safari “shared with you” section with a grip of folks having shared it to you … well, seems worth sticking here.

links, etc Citizen scientists report global rapid reductions in the visibility of stars from 2011 to 2022 | Science this is kind of shocking.