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Cartier, Bulgari and other luxury brands are flocking to WeChat -
https://techcrunch.com/2019/06/23/luxury-brands-sell-on-wechat/ this is exactly what they will do when @facebook introduces #libra

In Streaming Age, Classical Music Gets Lost in the Metadata - https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/23/business/media/stream-classical-music-spotify.html indeed, @spotify’s search engine for classical music is an utter disgrace

2019 UK Open Source Awards Winners - https://opensourceawards.org/2019/06/24/2019-uk-open-source-awards-winners/ #opensource

Raspberry Pi 4 on sale now from $35 - https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/raspberry-pi-4-on-sale-now-from-35/ interesting move

Boris Johnson row: top Tory party donor joins calls for explanation - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/jun/24/top-tory-party-donor-joins-calls-for-boris-johnson-to-explain-row I think we are seeing that hiding behind the clown’s mask, there is nothing but a void…boris johnson just can’t hack it

Boris Johnson does speak to Steve Bannon, says Nigel Farage - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/jun/24/nigel-farage-deal-tories-ensure-no-deal-brexit-boris-johnson is this the kind of person we want running this country?

China’s War on Coal in Seven Charts: Peak Coal is Not a Blip but a Trend - https://macropolo.org/china-peak-coal-energy-trend/ “What has gained at coal’s expense? Natural gas and renewables.”

'Hell is coming': week-long heatwave begins across Europe - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jun/24/hell-is-coming-week-long-heatwave-begins-across-europe this is the price ordinary people must pay for feeble and inadequate action on the #climatecrisis; people will die as a result of #globalwarming

Tories warn of government collapse if Boris Johnson pursues no-deal Brexit - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/jun/24/tories-warn-government-collapse-boris-johnson-pursues-no-deal-brexit never a dull moment these days…

#Australia Says Media Companies Can Be Sued Over User Comments On Facebook - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20190624

I was Boris Johnson’s boss: he is utterly unfit to be prime minister - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jun/24/boris-johnson-prime-minister-tory-party-britain “Corbyn is far more honest, but harbours his own extravagant delusions. He may yet prove to be the only possible Labour leader whom Johnson can defeat in a general election.”