Links (most recent first) that caught my eye, but did not warrant full-blown blog entries ….
- BP outsourced spill payout payments to business focused on cost savings – If you are trying to save money while giving out money, you will inevitably end up giving out less money. Yes, some of that may represent actually fraudulent claims, but inevitably (even with the best intentions, itself a dubious premise) some of it will be shorting people with just claims.
- Has a cure been found for Dutch Elm Disease? – Nature, Environment – The Independent – If not a cure, then a much more resistent strain of elms. Cool.
- “That’s A Wrap!” – Filming of the Harry Potter Series Ends Today – End of an era … Kay is very much into these books and movies right now, and so I’ve seen them all recently multiple times. It’s remarkable looking at this photo and comparing it to how they originally looked a decade ago. It will be interesting to see what the actors involved move on to.
- New York Times bans the word “tweet” – Holy Kaw! – I have to agree that “tweet” is very platform-centric; from a newspaper standpoint, it’s probably best to use a more common, less-jargony term. Still, below the veneer of reasonableness here from Mr Corbett there’s more than a hint of contempt for Twitter and its users.
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