We bring you the TBB Best of Web links: A deep dive trying to answer what is Amazon, tracking the Robocall king mega douche bag, the most endangered wildlife in every US state, a depressingly beautiful account about a dementia patient and her search to commit assisted suicide, an awesome shocking population video and we have fun learning about the little known Somalia disco era.
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Every Sunday I pick the best reads that blew my mind in the previous week. It can be…anything! I like to be eclectic and despise salesy/clickbait/sameold content you read…everywhere else!
As always, click on the headline to be taken to the original source. Sometimes I insert my incendiary comments on article excerpts between [brackets].
What Is Amazon?
This is most excellent, probably one of the best dives that you will read on the Amazon phenomenon!
So, what is Amazon? It started as an unbound Walmart, an algorithm for running an unbound search for global optima in the world of physical products. It became a platform for adapting that algorithm to any opportunity for customer-centric value creation that it encountered. If it devises a way to keep its incentive structures intact as it exposes itself through its ever-expanding external interfaces, it – or its various split-off subsidiaries – will dominate the economy for a generation. And if not, it’ll be just another company that seemed unstoppable until it wasn’t.
On The Trail of the Robocall King
If there is one partisan issue that still exists in politics, the phucking robocall menace must be it!
In this article the author writes about how one interesting dude managed to track down one of these scumbags and many souls soldiering to make some money in call centers. It is part of his job at Trip Advisor and you will learn a lot as I did! Oh yeah, it involves those calls you probably get from Marriott and Hilton to congratulate you for winning a “special” deal!
Americans received a record-breaking 47.8 billion robocalls in 2018.
The Most Endangered Wildlife in Every US State
This is great to know. And the illustrations are fantastic! This is the one for my state:
Michiganders nurture a close affection for their native warbler. The bird is instantly recognizable – when seen – for its yellow breast and heavy black eye-shadow. Kirtland’s warbler is making a strong comeback after a tough 20th-century, when fire suppression prevented the recurrence of young jack pines essential to the warbler’s habitat
Her Time
Don’t read this if you are in a happy state. Leave it for a time you are feeling down as it will go down much easier, sad lol!
This is a devastatingly powerful account about one lady’s decision to end her life. Yeah, it deals with assisted suicide, aging, independence, loneliness and stuff like that. I had to compose myself. I could not help but think about how my mother just turned 80 years old and, well, she is trying to hold it together. As best as she can…
I also believe that we were not kind to Dr. Kevorkian. Okay, that was controversial so I better stop. I will only comment on that if you guys all go on a credit card spree with my links so I can pay the blog expenses and stop losing so much, stop laughing Ingy you freeloader! 🙂
Debra Koosed was diagnosed with dementia at 65. That’s when she decided she no longer wanted to live.
This is writing talent, stop reading all the clickbait crap in the popular blogs, just say no!
Animated Changes in Population 10000 BCE to Present
This is amazing, just click play, sit back and watch!
Just click it, this is MY kind of video. Not the moronic videos so many bloggers spew out for the clicks. Maybe this is…why I don’t get many clicks lol!
If you click it and do not go “Wow” I will give you your money back! Satisfaction guaranteed. You are welcome!
And again a bonus link for you…
Somali Night Fever: The Little Known Story of Somalia’s Disco Era
Amazing story, I had no idea! And so amazingly sad that it got all destroyed, super sad!
And I leave you with this…Lol Neil Armstrong, #respect
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Good morning!
I’ll read these after I feed the cats. Lots today to study.
This is your fastest Sunday first! Give them cats a treat from me!
Even better? I eat the cats before I read these!
WTF Kevin, you eat the cats??? Calling PETA now 🙂
Evidence #749476 that Facebook is good for you. “Facebook content moderators are coping with PTSD symptoms by having sex and doing drugs at work, according to a report.”
Former and current Facebook content reviewers in Arizona say they’ve seen colleagues develop PTSD and begin to believe in conspiracy theories.
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/02/25/facebook-content-moderators-describe-a-stressful-work-environment.html
Probably spent too much time dealing with Alex Jones and his followers.
I did read this article. I found it way too anti FB…
Full disclosure: Son will be working there later this year…maybe I am biased 🙂
Huh. Well, if a reintroduced species like Aplomado Falcon in Texas counts, why wouldn’t the rarest endangered species in Louisiana be Whooping Crane? We’ve had like one (two?) pair breed in my lifetime…The nonmigratory (Louisiana) population was extinct for decades. I will presume Ivory-billed Woodpecker is extinct…
I guess it isn’t a contest anybody wants to win…
Do not know enough about the subject…I really love the illustrator’s talent though 🙂
Why do the Blog MileValue exist? Why does the MilesFeed list still list it?
Best I could tell Scott Grimer is long gone and some chick Sarah writes powder puff credit card ads once a week. There is no value there? MilesFeed guy/gay please ditch this dog of a blog and replace it with something worthwhile, like TheHorneyTraveler.com.
Buzz I remember the good old days here at TBB when everyday you and Scott Grimmer would go at it. Those were the good ole TBB days. You trashed him like he was a Trump relative.
BUT, i have to say, that kid did know how to travel hack but the pictures of him lying down in a F/C seat were horrible.
I won’t be ordering any milkshakes from Cold Stone thru DoorDash anytime soon.
How much would that cost to get a milk shake delivered? 15 Buck? That kid must have dough to blow, I would beat my kid if he wasted his money like that……get on your bike and peddle your ass over to the store.
do should be does /gay should be /gal 15 Buck should be 15 bucks
There are SO many blogs in this space providing no to little value…
Question is…why haven’t more bloggers gone the way of SG?
I never used or pushed DoorDash here!
Curious how much she paid Scott for the blog.
We’ll never know most likely.
That guy is missing along with Daraius.
At least we have Ingy always reading my blog 🙂
Why does the MilesFeed list still list it? should be Why does MileValue still exist on Milesfeed?
I like milesfeed……..I gotta stop getting high.
on more correction by the author should of been One more correction by the author
Correction: should have instead of should of
Youre welcome 😉
Many of the younger posters aren’t aware that “should’ve” is a contraction of “should have”, believing that it means “should of”, which makes no sense.
Your username reminds me of one of Michael Keaton’s funniest roles — in Much Ado About Nothing. (But in the correction spirit, his line is “I am an ass”.) See the end of this clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-D3PfhuF5o but you probably have to see it in the context of the whole movie to appreciate it.