Today I learned that the Lost in Translation commercial filming scene is an homage to this 1970’s commercial with Francis Ford Coppola: https://t.co/7VokQWiAwO
“our peaceful trading partners are not our enemies. they are our allies. we should beware of the demagogues who are ready to declare a trade war against our friends—weakening our economy, our national security, and the entire free world—all while cynically waving the american flag."
- president ronald reagan
Been tackling the Trotsky biography over the last few weeks - and I have to say it’s been a pleasure to read. This is one of the many quotes that stands out as brilliant and still relevant today:
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Attending a fabulous Keynote by Reza on Powering Modern Developer Platforms with APIs at the API Summit 2024 by @kong 🦍🚀
So cool to see his kid Alex join the stage too.✨
#platformengineering#APIs#platforms
It was apparently Le May who said: “You've got to kill people, and when you've killed enough they stop fighting." - The type of total disregard for civilian lives that we are also seeing today.
I want to get out in front of something I misremembered talking to @RobLowe today on his podcast "Literally". I threw in a comment about Air Force General Curtis LeMay leaving the bathroom door open with JFK in the next room. The actual story is that he did this with the Joint Chiefs of staff in the next room...NOT POTUS.
Now tracking down the validity of THAT info...😡