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Danny Groner

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Director of Growth PR, Forecast Labs, an investment group. We help you grow your consumer-facing business more affordably. I write about careers, community, and care in my newsletter. You can subscribe to it here: http://dannygroner.substack.com.

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Danny Groner @dannygroner.bsky.social · Jun 25

An essay I worked hard on was published today. I hope you read it. memoirland.substack.com/p/buckeye-an...

Buckeye and Me

Danny Groner has feelings…about the death of his therapist’s dog.

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Danny Groner @dannygroner.bsky.social · 32m

"I try to move beyond surface-level queries and ask things like, “What does success look like in this role after six months?” or “What keeps the team energized right now?” This not only gives me insight but also shows the interviewer what I value and how I think." leaddev.com/hiring/advic...

Interview tactics to find your footing in a chaotic job market

Job searches are difficult under normal conditions, but given the state of the hiring market right, things are only harder.

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Danny Groner @dannygroner.bsky.social · 37m

"From 8 p.m. to midnight, guests have the opportunity to swap dinner and drinks for breath work, an evening soak in an ice bath next to the cenote or a cacao ritual to craft Mexican hot chocolate." www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Wellness Is the New Nightlife

As drinking falls out of favor, nightclub owners are opening up health facilities, and hotels are throwing alcohol-free full moon parties.

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Danny Groner @dannygroner.bsky.social · 58m

"But with his bubbly personality, Cenat has transformed the playbook. Instead of pranks and video game walk-throughs, he regularly creates buzzy moments with some of the world’s most recognizable celebrities. They visit to promote projects or simply have fun." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/a...

Kai Cenat Lets the Rizz Flow on His Streams

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Danny Groner @dannygroner.bsky.social · 8h

"Does majoring in history really make you a better thinker, in ways that employers value? In the past, that’s been taken on faith. If that faith becomes troubled, and decision-makers outside of academia start weighing in more overtly, that will put new pressures on old fields."

Should College Get Harder?

A.I. is coming for knowledge work, and yet college seems to be getting easier. Does something need to change?

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Danny Groner @dannygroner.bsky.social · 8h

"There is a genuine, Gen Z-driven Luddite renaissance building as some reject the tech platforms that have clamored for our attention (and money) over the past two decades — a movement that seems to get stronger as those platforms are flooded with increasingly sophisticated AI-generated content."

As AI gets more life-like, a new Luddite movement is taking root | CNN Business

At my local coffee shop a couple of weeks ago, I overheard one 20-something woman say to another: Could I ask, what kind of phone do you have?

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Danny Groner @dannygroner.bsky.social · 8h

"On the balance sheets of multibillion-dollar companies, the cost of private aviation is a drop in the bucket of jet fuel. Reducing or eliminating charter flights isn’t likely to change major decisions like layoffs.

For frustrated workers, the issue is optics." www.wsj.com/business/bos...

Bosses Are Cutting Costs, Just Not the Private Jet

Corporate spending on charter flights is soaring, to the dismay of workers being told to make do with less.

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Danny Groner @dannygroner.bsky.social · 8h

... seconds later, a homer.

Further evidence of the point I was making a moment ago.

Danny Groner @dannygroner.bsky.social · 8h

Running ads for DraftKings about whether the Phillies will score in the 8th inning adds nothing to the enjoyment of this game.

Danny Groner @dannygroner.bsky.social · 8h

"Getting into high school has become a brutal competition for many families. Across the country, school choice for public and private institutions has surged amid expanded access to vouchers, educational savings accounts and Covid-era learning loss." www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...

These Parents Are Willing to Pay Up to $15,000 to Get Their Kids Into High School

Getting into high school—private and public—is more competitive than ever. Parents are paying up.

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Danny Groner @dannygroner.bsky.social · 9h

More CEOs are getting the boot after activist campaigns
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More CEOs are getting the boot after an activist campaign

A near-record number of CEOs have departed this year after an activist campaign, a Barclays report shows.

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Danny Groner @dannygroner.bsky.social · 10h

Yom Kippur.

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 16h

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

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Kashmir Hill @kashhill.bsky.social · 19h

This is absolutely wild. I’m on a cross country flight. We are being diverted midway through to Denver. The reason? Some dude is sitting in the exit row who didn’t pay the $155 fee and he refuses to move back to his seat.

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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 12h

Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE

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Longreads @longreads.com · 14h

"Yet as the tide of fiascoes rose around him, Benedict Arnold was becoming—I will say this as clinically and dispassionately as possible—ravishing." @caity.bsky.social for @theatlantic.com

You Have No Idea How Hard It Is to Be a Reenactor

Benedict Arnold’s boot wouldn’t come off, and other hardships from my weekend in the Revolutionary War.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 14h

Good lord.

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Danny Groner @dannygroner.bsky.social · 12h

Loved this.
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The Shabbat Table That Found Me: Filling the Silence with Women’s Voices - Jewish Action

None of us would have chosen this path. Yet somehow, in the aftermath of our greatest losses, we found each other.

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Danny Groner @dannygroner.bsky.social · 12h

“Every job is getting delayed, or they’re not getting paid on time,” Azaria said. “It creates a cash problem, meaning you cannot buy equipment, you cannot pay your employees.”

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How Businesses Are Already Feeling Shutdown Pain

From a medical-device maker to marketers, companies are feeling the pinch of stalled contracts.

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Danny Groner @dannygroner.bsky.social · 12h

This coming weekend in my newsletter I'll write about so-called Jewish geography. You can subscribe here: dannygroner.substack.com.

Next. Up. | Danny Groner | Substack

This is Next. Up., a newsletter that covers consistently one or more of these critical topics: Careers, Community, and Care. We hope you'll join the discussion. Click to read "Next. Up.", by Danny Gro...

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Lisa Bonos @lisabonos.bsky.social · 2d

Do you abstain from AI? I'd love to hear about why you avoid it -- and how hard that might be getting. Send me a DM or Signal @lisabonos.18

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Danny Groner @dannygroner.bsky.social · 2d

"As I listened to his ideas, I kept coming back to Schiffmann’s observation that “everything is ironic.” Throughout the AI boom, picking apart sincere statements from hyperbolic PR, or just plain trolling, has become harder and harder." www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...