He’s jumped on the fractional ownership of collectibles bandwagon via their portfolio company Otis. A couple years ago I bought 1% of a 1985 Ferrari Testarossa on Rally, marking probably the first and last time I beat Fred Wilson to early adoption […]
They decided, “to keep Sgt. Khalil Muhammad on the force despite finding that his off-duty shooting of an unarmed teenager with autism had no lawful justification.” They also decided they owe no explanations to anyone about the decision. | learn more
All 3 minutes of this video are a pleasure to watch. Cooper did not back down against the one-time governor of Illinois, cementing his standing as a great interviewer. To his credit, Blago takes the beating in stride and would […]
“Several species of fish are claimed to produce hallucinogenic effects when consumed. … Sarpa salpa is known as ‘the fish that makes dreams’ in Arabic.” How interesting! | learn more
“In 1995 Pepsi ran a promotion where people could collect Pepsi Points and then trade them in for Pepsi Stuff.” They jokingly included a Harrier jet for 7 million points. Jon Leonard tried to redeem it. The real value of […]
I used an avocado-pit straw at La Josie this week and it was much better than paper and the other plastic alternatives I’ve tried. | learn more
Seems the writing is on the wall for single use plastics, which is probably a good thing. “Alternatives to plastics are growing in popularity. Can they be scaled?” | learn more
“…[T]he Wisconsin team used much smaller electrodes to precisely target the central lateral thalamus. They also designed the electrodes to match this region’s shape. When they flipped on the stimulation, it had an immediate effect on the monkeys.” | learn more
Long before Amazon and internet retail, malls were already in trouble thanks to competition from big box stores. | learn more
The best-funded online retailer that aimed to cut out brand premiums and sell everything direct-to-consumer has shut down. They had raised $290 million, mostly from SoftBank, but couldn’t get the economics of the business to work. Some of the investment […]