cow releasing ahead of the rapture
Hellooo!
Hopefully, you know the drill by now.
I travel, I get behind, I apologize, etc. But I DID make some memories. On AND off the internet!
Dumpster Fire (the only one you ever needed)
Also, I was a dead pirate ballerina for halloween (image not included), and the only thing missing from my outfit was a package of these sweet ones.
RAPTURE ME NOW, BABYCAKES.
Reading, etc.
It’s November, and although normally that would mean people in the Northern hemisphere are moving INSIDE, the post-Covid release is real. At least in Sweden!
People expected it to be a little like “kosläpp” (“cow release”), when cows are let back into the fields in the spring after a winter indoors. In parts of the country [of Sweden], it was like that. Over the weekend, there were reports that drunk cells in Gothenburg were over capacity. And a columnist likened the vomit splotches on Stockholm streets to a scene in “Alien.”
The new addition to your resume? Your vaccination status, obviously!
A watch made from real-live garbage.
A Netflix true-crime documentary dives into the cryptic death of crypto millionare Gerald Cotten. I’m almost an entire season behind on Succession, so please just tldrDM me what happened?
A royals drama in the country of Japan.
A Parisian architect's cool micro apartment.
Startups, etc.
Lots going down, and much of it down here in Latin America!
Latin America continues to impress everyone who was not impressed before!
The overview?
“Finally, the world has realized that Latin America has size," said Marcelo Claure, a native of Bolivia [and head of Softbank], today at TechCrunch Disrupt. "It's only half of China, but it's two times the size of India, and three times the size of Southeast Asia."
More, he said, people are making money there.
"Latin America has the same GDP per capita -- $9,000 to $10,000 per year -- as China, and that's three times (GDP per capita) in India and two times what people are making in Southeast Asia.
Put it all together in an area of the world where "there's bureaucracy, there's problems in health care reform, in education, in transportation . . . and it's perfect for disruption and innovation," he said.
Brazil is #1 in terms of population and startup investment. Who’s #2?
And did you know that almost half of all investment these days in LatAm is in fintech? Why LatAm’s fintech boom is more than hype and superlative venture investment.
Finally, women tend to be better investors, “But they don’t believe it.” At least says one dude. In an interview with Contxto, Mario Valle Reyes, founder and CEO of Altered Ventures and the Investor Camp, explains that the national aversion [in Mexico] to investing is due to a cultural fear. “Many people believe that the stock market is full of people with questionable ethics,” he says. “Therefore, it is important to make decisions and not depend on anyone else. You must be the person who manages your own investments.”
BE THE CHANGE LADIES.
In conclusion, Baby Monkey (Going Backwards on a Pig).
29 million views later and I’m still watching,
Claire
P.S. Are you dating? Then make 100% sure your crazy isn’t on your front porch. According to one participant, at least.
Covid has given me a new approach to dating. Now I just have to ask their views on Covid to ferret out crazy much more quickly. When someone tells you they had Covid in one sentence, and then says they think it’s a hoax in the next, I can quickly say, “Yeah, your crazy is definitely on your front porch.” It’s common in the South to put your crazy on the front porch, but Covid has brought a new level to that. I now feel like my daughter trying to find an outfit to wear. I’m quickly throwing dates over my shoulder saying, “Nope, that’s not what I want to wear today.” I never thought that this far into a pandemic, I would still be dealing with so much belief in crazy conspiracy theories.