From the Daily Mail:
- Kanye West headlined a seminar at the annual Fast Company Innovation Festival in New York City on Thursday
- West revealed to a stunned crowd that he plans to run for president in the 2024 election
- West, along with lead Yeezy designer Steve Smith, showed off a pair of biodegradable shoes made with algae from ponds
- Yezzy is reportedly moving manufacturing from overseas to America in the next two years to help create jobs
- West also mentioned changing his name to 'Christian Genius Billionaire Kanye West'
Kanye West has revealed he will run for president for 2024 and talked about his new line of biodegradable shoes made from algae and potentially changing his name.In an enlightening 35-minute talk at the Fast Company Innovation Festival in New York City on Thursday, West let loose a series of bizarre and intriguing revelations that have become synonymous with his brand.
West’s presidential run, which first speculated in 2015 during the MTV Video Music Awards, came back full circle when he mentioned bringing Yeezy factories to America.
West began his sentence, ‘When I run for president in 2024…,’ before the room of 500 laughed.
‘What y’all laughing at?’ Kanye asked before staring at the audience.He said: ‘When I run for president in 2024 we would have created so many jobs I’m not going to run, I’m going to walk.’Before that West, accompanied by lead Yeezy designer Steve Smith, took the stage and began their seminar by diving into the eco-friendly direction of the shoe company....
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I too have heard the siren call of algae.
There was 2009's The Summer Of Algae
From 2010's The Navy Calls for More Algae Fuel
To 2012's Algaen Gothic:
"Yup, I used to raise corn for ethanol. But then the topsoil blew away and I couldn't even get enough juice to run my tractor or get drunk on Saturday. Then this stranger came to town. Ordered something called a 'la-tay' and called himself a 'vee-cee.' Said he'd give me $20 million to come to Californee and herd algae. So we packed up our furniture in his little toy car and came west. Now I've got a regular bonanza of the slimy critters and the kids got shoes. Hain't looked over my shoulder back east since."From 2016's Disruption: Soylent Says It Knows Why It Is Making It's Customers Poop and Puke
To last month's "Salmon farmers sign up for algal alternative to fish oil"
Along with a visit with a possible Nobel Prize nominee: "Can Algae Feed the World and Fuel the Planet? A Q&A with Craig Venter"
And more on Soylent distress: Soylent Ingredient Provisioner Pooh-Poohs Diarrhea Accusation, Cuts Off Gruel Maker's Algae Flour Supply
We even had a mascot:
"Green-haired turtle that breathes through its genitals added to endangered list"
Things you don't see every day:
From The Guardian:But we somehow missed the potential, the future, the broad sunlit uplands to be hiked in algae-based footwear.
With its punky green mohican the striking Mary river turtle joins a new ZSL list of the world’s most vulnerable reptiles
It sports a green mohican, fleshy finger-like growths under its chin and can breathe through its genitals.
The Mary river turtle is one of the most striking creatures on the planet, and it is also one of the most endangered.
The 40cm long turtle, which is only found on the Mary river in Queensland, features in a new list of the most vulnerable reptile species compiled by the Zoological Society of London (ZSL).
Despite the turtle’s punk appearance – derived from vertical strands of algae that also grow on its body – its docile nature made it historically popular as a pet....
