1. Off topic so feel free to delete it, but this is a very interesting article:
   https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/6/3/18624687/conservatism-liberals-internet-activism-jen-schradie?utm_source=pocket-newtab

   It made me think a bit about bubbles and perception … perhaps not the way the authors intended.

2. We truly do stand on the shoulders of giants. The greatest generation is indeed an appropriate description. Will the world ever see their like again?

   Slightly off topic, but not unexpected at all… Two days ago, Google celebrated 50 years of the LGBT rights movement with a Google Doodle. Today, on the 75th Anniversary of perhaps one of the most significant events in the last 1000 years, silence.

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   1. Indeed we do.

      Re Google, not surprising.

      I find that, while some of Google’s specialty searches (e.g. scholar.google.com) work better, for the most part I’ve found DuckDuckGo to be a pretty good replacement for googling in general.

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   2. Bing’s photo of the day is an overhead view of the remains of the Mulberry harbor at Arromanches.

      Heck of a thing when Microsith’s search engine commemorates this anniversary, but a company whose motto was “don’t be evil” doesn’t.

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