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Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- Daniele Boelelli on Loneliness and Friendship.

- Word of the day: "Harrisplaining." 

- Most of the glyphosate in European rivers does not come from farm run-offs.

- American politics today

Stuff I found interesting and thought I'd share.

- Bill Belichick from a Jets' fan point of view.

- The Free Press on the Death of Old Europe. They could have called this the people are finally waking up.

- About that iPhone security "flaw"

- Morgan Housel on Frugal vs Independent. Most wise men I've read about all say that the advent of wisdom is living below your means and being happy to do so.

Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

-  VDH on whither Europe? He doesn't say it but the EU and increased regulations are making them irrelevant.

- Reason: The Pilgrims dreamed of socialism, then socialism almost killed them. An old true story but with a new twist - John Stossel ties the story to student loan forgiveness.

- Noah Smith on why it may be time to take another hard look at the Egyptian economy.

- I thought I had trust issues.

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Obviously a European product but still - what the hell? (Via)

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Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- Churchill in Hitler's bunker. (Via)

- Scientists say "Planet Nine" can't hide much longer. The hypothetical planet is supposed to be 10-times the mass of Earth and 50-times further from the Sun than Pluto

- This is the best

- Cool - a way to remember deep time

- Europe wants to mine the moon by 2025. There is a new space race going on.

- Interesting Michael Caine interview. Seems I've read many of those answers before though.

- A poker playing robot goes to work for the Pentagon

Another busy week in Musk World.

Big news in that Tesla received permission to sell the Model 3 in Europe. Another big market but I still don't know what homologation really means. The Model 3 is one of the best selling cars in the US can you imagine the impact to the bottom line if the Model 3 also becomes one of the best selling cars in Europe?

Let's not forget the Model S which represented 37% of the large luxury cars sold in the US (see graph above). Will those cars also become status symbols in Europe? Even Cadillac now admits that Tesla is now the leader of that pack.

Status symbol may be what is required for the Tesla Model 3 or Model S to be successful in China where a glut of electric vehicle models and manufacturers supposedly exist.

Tesla's stock took a hit on Friday as Elon Musk announced a 7% reduction in workforce at Tesla. The layoffs are to cut costs and increase profits.

Tesla also continues to tease the Tesla Semi. The teases even include test drives for the lucky few.

Reminder - the Tesla customer referral program which gives a friend 6 months of free supersharging ends February 1st.

Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- Why Trump was right to leave the Paris Accords

- Draw your own conclusions

- One of the all-time great photos

- History will not be kind to President Obama (and for damn good reason!)

- Debbie Wasserman Shultz Crank Yankers failure (you can't make this shit up)

- Heh heh

- Very cool - Dinosaur "Mummy" unveiled with skin and guts intact

- Good advice

Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- Terrorism scaring away tourists to Europe

- What does the UFC sale say about live sports rights TV bubble?

- Nice story about golf's disabled superfan and the friendships he's made among some of the elite golfers and caddies

- Sign the petition - demand that Gary Johnson be included in the Presidential debates

- How will getting acquired be Verizon impact Yahoo Sports?