Someone untied Betsy DeVos’ $40 million yacht and set it adrift

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There’s a wave of minor crime against Trump administration officials, and I’m enjoying every moment of it.

Yesterday, a man destroyed Trump’s Hollywood Star of Fame with a pickaxe. This past weekend, a group of vandals untied Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’ $40 million yacht which was docked in Huron Ohio, causing an estimated $5,000-$10,000 in damage. 

These are petty crimes that reap huge emotional rewards for the sad people of the internet.

The DeVos family are the owners of the Westport yacht SeaQuest. Richard DeVos founded @AmwayUS #BetsyDeVos https://t.co/MEt4WYhHva pic.twitter.com/y1AVHco1UP

— SuperYachtFan (@Superyachtfan) January 22, 2017 Read more…

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She pointed the way to a better Facebook… in 1988

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Before Facebook, there was Echo.

Stacy Horn thought of it back in 1988. Back then, there were no VCs throwing money at dotcoms, because the Web as we know it didn’t exist. You could use it to chat in real-time, send emails to friends, and debate in threads about everything from politics to music. There was no slick interface, photos, or even colors — it was text only. You connected with a telnet client and entered text commands to navigate around. Still, by 1990, it got so popular, the phone company had to dig up her street to install a dedicated phone line to her Greenwich Village apartment.  Read more…

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Lexus’s Sport Yacht concept is set to become an even bigger, 65-foot reality

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Forget those dreams you’ve been having about owning a 42-foot luxury yacht that can easily haul your eight closest friends — Lexus’s futuristic concept cruiser is now becoming a 65-foot long reality.

The Lexus Sport Yacht that was revealed last year with its two V8 engines and a 49-mph top speed as a joint effort between Lexus’s design team and Toyota Marine Division’s engineering team is getting a major upgrade. The boat will keep the same high-end entertainment system and handmade wood and leather interior as the original concept — but will grow significantly in size.

The original concept received an award at the Japan International Boat Show last week, and a Toyota executive used the occasion to announce a new premium version moving beyond the original concept after testing and building the Sport Yacht last year.  Read more…

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