Things I learned lately 19 Mar

• Daryl Hannah and Neil Young are married.
  
  
  
• Our sacred texts are often poor translations of poor editions of a hopelessly confused manuscript tradition. Then add political and church interference at the time of translation for added distortion. We have no idea what the original texts said and never will.
• Hackers trying to influence elections aren't trying to make you take sides, they're trying to instill fear and anger, even fear and anger toward each other. If we're arguing all the time, they're winning. 
• When Los Angeles was first developed, it had no trees at all. Palm trees were planted to help brand the city as an exotic destination in the same way palms were planted in the early French Riviera along the Med.