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Yes min! Looking forward to Scotland's win later today.
Random Raves LII: Years May Come, Years May Go
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If you ever wanted to see a farmer scold a lynx while holding it by the scruff of its neck, today is your lucky day. (He wasn't charged for his unorthodox lynx-handling procedure).
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You blasted Englishman.
Oh boy, the professor with whom I did my PhD is stepping down from his position. This is a rave, because this guy was totally incompetent. According to a friend he's getting a different professor chair at another group, which apparently was the best compromise before firing him. Curious to see what the official announcement will be 
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The supermarket near my office reopened its expansive salad bar.
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No side effects from my first dose of the pfizer covid vaccine on sunday. 
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I had no side effects at all, but some people I know felt like they'd been run over and couldn't get out of bed for about a day.No side effects from my first dose of the pfizer covid vaccine on sunday.
Spoiler :
https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/15/business/mackenzie-scott-donation/index.html
New York (CNN)MacKenzie Scott, one of the richest women in the world, and her husband Dan Jewett, donated $2.74 billion to organizations that focus on the arts and combating racial discrimination.
The settlement from Scott's 2019 divorce from her previous husband, Amazon (AMZN) CEO Jeff Bezos, made her one of the richest people in the world. She and Bezos were married for 25 years.
At $193.5 billion, Bezos is currently the world's' wealthiest person, and Scott's fortune is valued at about $59 billion, according to Forbes. She married Jewett in March.
In May 2019, shortly before her divorce to Bezos was final, Scott joined The Giving Pledge, a campaign created by Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, and Melinda Gates that encourages extremely wealthy people to contribute a majority of their wealth to philanthropic causes.
Jewett, too, committed to the pledge after marrying Scott. "It is strange to be writing a letter indicating I plan to give away the majority of my wealth during my lifetime, as I have never sought to gather the kind of wealth required to feel like saying such a thing would have particular meaning," he said on the pledge's website.
MacKenzie Scott has become the world's richest woman
Scott's net worth has soared as Amazon's stock surged during the pandemic. In July 2020, she announced that she had given away $1.7 billion of her fortune to 116 organizations to "areas of need" including racial equity, LGBTQ+ equity, functional democracy and climate change. And in December, Scott announced that she donated another $4.2 billion to 384 organizations.
This most recent donation brings her givings to more than $8.5 billion worth of donations in less than a year.
In a blog post, Scott listed the 286 organizations she donated to most recently, which are "high-impact organizations in categories and communities that have been historically underfunded and overlooked," she said.
The list includes the Racial Equity in Journalism Fund, the Asian American Federation, the Emerging LGBTQ Leaders of Color Fund and the National Equity Project.
In her blog post, Scott said she wants to "de-emphasize privileged voices" and "cede focus" to others. "People struggling against inequities deserve center stage in stories about change they are creating," she said. "Me, Dan, a constellation of researchers and administrators and advisors — we are all attempting to give away a fortune that was enabled by systems in need of change."
New York (CNN)MacKenzie Scott, one of the richest women in the world, and her husband Dan Jewett, donated $2.74 billion to organizations that focus on the arts and combating racial discrimination.
The settlement from Scott's 2019 divorce from her previous husband, Amazon (AMZN) CEO Jeff Bezos, made her one of the richest people in the world. She and Bezos were married for 25 years.
At $193.5 billion, Bezos is currently the world's' wealthiest person, and Scott's fortune is valued at about $59 billion, according to Forbes. She married Jewett in March.
In May 2019, shortly before her divorce to Bezos was final, Scott joined The Giving Pledge, a campaign created by Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, and Melinda Gates that encourages extremely wealthy people to contribute a majority of their wealth to philanthropic causes.
Jewett, too, committed to the pledge after marrying Scott. "It is strange to be writing a letter indicating I plan to give away the majority of my wealth during my lifetime, as I have never sought to gather the kind of wealth required to feel like saying such a thing would have particular meaning," he said on the pledge's website.
MacKenzie Scott has become the world's richest woman
Scott's net worth has soared as Amazon's stock surged during the pandemic. In July 2020, she announced that she had given away $1.7 billion of her fortune to 116 organizations to "areas of need" including racial equity, LGBTQ+ equity, functional democracy and climate change. And in December, Scott announced that she donated another $4.2 billion to 384 organizations.
This most recent donation brings her givings to more than $8.5 billion worth of donations in less than a year.
In a blog post, Scott listed the 286 organizations she donated to most recently, which are "high-impact organizations in categories and communities that have been historically underfunded and overlooked," she said.
The list includes the Racial Equity in Journalism Fund, the Asian American Federation, the Emerging LGBTQ Leaders of Color Fund and the National Equity Project.
In her blog post, Scott said she wants to "de-emphasize privileged voices" and "cede focus" to others. "People struggling against inequities deserve center stage in stories about change they are creating," she said. "Me, Dan, a constellation of researchers and administrators and advisors — we are all attempting to give away a fortune that was enabled by systems in need of change."
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Honestly, I'm not that impressed. On the one hand, you could say that her donating $8.5 billion is the equivalent of me donating about $7,000, a not-insignificant amount of money for me. But that's not really true, because a dollar is a dollar for everybody. She could give away $67 billion and still be a billionaire. That said, I do appreciate her selection of charities.https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/15/business/mackenzie-scott-donation/index.html
New York (CNN)MacKenzie Scott, one of the richest women in the world, and her husband Dan Jewett, donated $2.74 billion to organizations that focus on the arts and combating racial discrimination.
The settlement from Scott's 2019 divorce from her previous husband, Amazon (AMZN) CEO Jeff Bezos, made her one of the richest people in the world. She and Bezos were married for 25 years.
At $193.5 billion, Bezos is currently the world's' wealthiest person, and Scott's fortune is valued at about $59 billion, according to Forbes. She married Jewett in March.
In May 2019, shortly before her divorce to Bezos was final, Scott joined The Giving Pledge, a campaign created by Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, and Melinda Gates that encourages extremely wealthy people to contribute a majority of their wealth to philanthropic causes.
Jewett, too, committed to the pledge after marrying Scott. "It is strange to be writing a letter indicating I plan to give away the majority of my wealth during my lifetime, as I have never sought to gather the kind of wealth required to feel like saying such a thing would have particular meaning," he said on the pledge's website.
MacKenzie Scott has become the world's richest woman
Scott's net worth has soared as Amazon's stock surged during the pandemic. In July 2020, she announced that she had given away $1.7 billion of her fortune to 116 organizations to "areas of need" including racial equity, LGBTQ+ equity, functional democracy and climate change. And in December, Scott announced that she donated another $4.2 billion to 384 organizations.
This most recent donation brings her givings to more than $8.5 billion worth of donations in less than a year.
In a blog post, Scott listed the 286 organizations she donated to most recently, which are "high-impact organizations in categories and communities that have been historically underfunded and overlooked," she said.
The list includes the Racial Equity in Journalism Fund, the Asian American Federation, the Emerging LGBTQ Leaders of Color Fund and the National Equity Project.
In her blog post, Scott said she wants to "de-emphasize privileged voices" and "cede focus" to others. "People struggling against inequities deserve center stage in stories about change they are creating," she said. "Me, Dan, a constellation of researchers and administrators and advisors — we are all attempting to give away a fortune that was enabled by systems in need of change."
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Got a sausage, egg and cheese sandwich at Dunkies this morning. Kind of gross and kind of awesome at the same time.
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Got my first Covid jab this morning. No aftereffects to report yet (~8 hours later), other than the expected slightly dead arm (hence rave, I guess).
I have an appointment for my second dose: July 2.
Hopefully he can win the title this year.
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I had a lovely date last night. Some dinner at my house, good conversation and cuddling. Things are improving in my life.
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