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Lainna Fader

@lainna.bsky.social

The CEO of Watch Duty used his skills as a software engineer to build the app to amplify fire safety information as a public service: “Techies are obsessed with going to Mars and inventing an AGI robot to do art. But I’m obsessed with time and life.” sfstandard.com/2025/01/09/w...

A Bay Area fire tracking app is saving lives — and correcting Elon Musk

Watch Duty has overtaken ChatGPT to become the top free app in Apple’s App Store.

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January 10, 2025 at 5:07 AM

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Cecilia Tan

@ceciliatan.com

Folks at MIT Sloan looked at multiple studies of return to office (RTO) mandates & found they are lose-lose-lose. No reward from Wall Street for “getting tough,” an actual decrease in productivity & revenue, and loss of top talent. youtu.be/4ec_yZCWOCY...

RTO Mandates: Hard Truths for Leaders

After Amazon imposed a strict return-to-office policy that takes effect in January 2025, other companies followed suit. But are RTO mandates a way to boost productivity and charm Wall Street - or just a way to lose your best performers? In this short video, Brian Elliott, who has studied RTO mandate

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January 12, 2025 at 11:53 PM

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Jonz aka Alligator Loki Fan

@jonz8o8.bsky.social

David Lynch is the reason why I became a film student after 2017

David Lynch's Worlds @davidlynchsworlds.bsky.social · Jan 16

Here we go: variety.com/2025/film/ne...?
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David Lynch, Visionary Director of ‘Twin Peaks’ and ‘Blue Velvet,’ Dies at 78

Director David Lynch, who radicalized American film with with a dark, surrealistic artistic vision in films like 'Blue Velvet,' has died. He was 78.

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January 16, 2025 at 7:20 PM

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John Carpenter

@thehorrormaster.bsky.social

I got to be friends with David Lynch when we were both at Universal years ago. A very kind man, he was a fan of Bob's Big Boy. So was I. I'm going to miss him. R.I.P. David.

January 17, 2025 at 3:20 AM

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Frasier Armitage

@frasierarmitage.bsky.social

“I was hoping for THE BOOK OF ELSEWHERE (by Keanu Reeves and China Miéville) to be a real treat, and it delivered in spades... It’s weirdly captivating and captivatingly weird. As Keanu would say — ‘woah!’”

Full review 👇🏻

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