Small things 11 Jul

• I'm guessing being told you kick like a girl is no longer a sexist insult........ (women's soccer)
• If social media are biased against Trump and other Conservatives, how does Trump succeed in tweeting all those hateful insults and lies? How do foreign players succeed in getting political and socio-economic propaganda sold on Facebook as advertising or fake news?
• Imagine if Spotify could only stream music from one label or music company. If you wanted music from another label, you had to buy a subscription from Tidal, or Apple, or Google Play, or Amazon. If you wanted all music, you had to subscribe to everything. Well, that's exactly where streaming TV and movies is going. It's not going to work. Dear Disney and HBO: Your stuff isn't so great that I'm going to spend another $10+ dollars per month to watch your stuff. Each. That's a cable bill. Also, kiss your Blu-Ray and movie ticket sales goodbye.
• The only reason (probably) that Americans are interested in going back to the moon is that the American flags planted there are disintegrating.
• There are really only 3 ways to fail: when you quit, don't improve, or never try.
• Compare yourself only to who you were yesterday, not to anyone else.
• We spend our lives online trying to convince another machine that we're not a machine ("I'm not a robot")(captcha).
• Some folks decry when 'elites' are elected to government, but there is no longer a common definition of what an 'elite' actually is.