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Latest — Jan 24, 2025

Cases per Detective

In the land of my birth the public has lost confidence in their police. Just search how many phones are stolen in London each day. Burglaries, car thefts and shoplifting all go uninvestigated. But hey, you get a crime number for the insurance, if you have it. Not to mention

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4-Choice Rankings Work

On some issues you just gotta pick a side. There is a severe dereliction of duty underway in England's presently world-class school system. For it shall not be a global benchmark much longer. Hardened extreme ideological vengeance about to betray those in need and shackle any potential achievers. Birthing a

Trap of Michelin Effect

Who's a foodie? I confess to having sought out prize-winning pleasures of the palate. A supposedly World Top Ten starter as deemed by the NYT. The Number One dining experience on a certain continent according to insider-focused Restaurant mag. The only food cart ever to be given the nonpareil Michelin

Doorbell Pitch Ring

The latest effort of Richard Branson to encourage startup ideas as you'd expect garners business press coverage this week. Wannabe entrepreneurs can walk into one of his hotels, go to the lift, press the Ring doorbell (hopefully) affixed, and deliver their 'elevator pitch'. Here's a selection of his launch PR,

Making One-on-One Video Call Difference

I don't get why anyone would prefer Zoom for a two-person call. Surely an old-fashioned voice call is better. You can pace and think about what you're talking about instead of focusing on the other person's face. This is why you have better conversations walking side by side. — Paul Graham

How's Your 7th Iteration?

🚨 NEW: INCREDIBLE views of Starship 7 breaking up over Turks and Caicos tonight Imagine seeing this over your house 🤣 pic.twitter.com/ndyDETK4wC — Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) January 16, 2025 SpaceX launched a superheavy rocket from Texas on Thursday night. The aim to undertake a series of stress tests to push

Magic Robot Miracle Cures

How's that AI project going in your sales effort? Is such initiative the desperate rouse of under-fire boss nearing departure lounge jumping on the decade's buzzword? Or the determined journey of a clear plan, building on past success? The Sales Dept can plausibly lay claim to being both most underwhelming

Your Movie Suspense Scale Deal Picker

I embed above a "system for rating new horror movies, comparing them with classics along a 10-point scale". As framed by Slate. They score on a trio of criteria; suspense, spookiness, gore. I came across it over festive downtime wondering if I ought suggest the movie Longlegs. One day I

High Performance Tennis Vibe

The tennis world is fascinated by the seemingly left-field combo of Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray. The former raging against the twilight of time (& amazing crop of generational youngsters), appointing the recently succumbed to that very Winter three-time Grand Slam title champion latter, as coach in his quest for one

How Fire Retardant Is Your Sales House?

Pics of that three-storey structure above (& at foot) flooded feeds over the weekend. This "home seemed to emerge as the improbable lone survivor along the ravaged coastline". Remarkable. Although not quite as it seems. As different angles of the same beachfront shows. But still, given the swathes of utterly destroyed