Friday morning news drop and some banger skate and bike videos
Financial panic: Inflation isn’t a real danger. But its prophets may hold the economy back. What happens, the inflation hawks ask, if we emerge from the pandemic with an economic boom? If everyone gets back to work and uses that government money, will wages and prices suddenly shoot up? It’s not an outrageous question: Theory holds that goods will cost more and our money will buy less. But that’s not happening yet. And it hasn’t happened in a very long time. (Washington Post)
We Can’t Curb the Presidency Without Fixing Congress The minoritarian skew of the House and Senate presents an obstacle to democratic reform. (Atlantic)
The rich vs the very, very rich: the Wentworth golf club rebellion When a Chinese billionaire bought one of Britain’s most prestigious golf clubs in 2015, dentists and estate agents were confronted with the unsentimental force of globalised capital (Guardian)
Tiny Townhouse Prototype Finds a Home in the Downtown Eastside Proponent hopes to persuade Vancouver councillors and others to consider tiny home villages as an alternative to tents. (Tyee)
Inside Pfizer’s Fast, Fraught, and Lucrative Vaccine Distribution The company is a hero of the pandemic for its Covid-fighting wonder shot. That doesn’t mean it hasn’t made entire countries angry. The vaccine allocation was the product of a company struggling to apportion doses while demand far exceeded supply, using an opaque process that appears to have involved a mix of order size, position in the queue, production forecasts, calls from world leaders, the potential to advance the science, and of course the desire to make a profit. (Businessweek)
Tesla Needs to Crack Europe’s $360 Billion Corporate Car Market The EV maker’s smaller servicing network and refusal to offer discounts on bulk purchases make it harder to compete with established brands. (Bloomberg)
As Online Shopping Surged, Amazon Planned Its New York Takeover The e-commerce giant added at least nine new warehouses in the city over the past year as 2.4 million packages a day strained the nation’s largest urban delivery system. (New York Times)
A Timeline of Supercar Innovations Over the Decades Supercars have always been on the cutting-edge frontier—that’s why they appeal to our imagination. Features that are ho-hum today first began as futuristic ideas in exotic environs. (Bloomberg)
Manu Peret's "Double Ghetto" Video A full cast of Israeli talent makes waves across Europe, putting down serious moves Macba before a ruthless hammer section closes the show.
GT BMX: Tate Roskelley – Wait, What? Another masterpiece of creativity from Tate Roskelley.
Odyssey BMX - Tommy Dugan and The Grandstand Oh hell yeah. Tom Dugan going wild with stripy trousers and a stripy kicker to promote the V2 of his signature Grandstand Pedals from Odyssey. This is BMX!
Finn Iles Full Speed Enduro Showdown in the Rain on Vancouver Island The sounds of a perfectly dialled mountain bike slashing through sticky berms, slippery roots & muddy puddles in Duncan BC.