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I’m super excited about the “mini gallery” that’s a part of POOR EXAMPLE, a brick and mortar were opening in two weeks!
The minis look so good too, here’s the first peek.
The minis look so good too, here’s the first peek.
March 16, 2025 at 6:26 AM
I’m super excited about the “mini gallery” that’s a part of POOR EXAMPLE, a brick and mortar were opening in two weeks!
The minis look so good too, here’s the first peek.
The minis look so good too, here’s the first peek.
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Our culture is terrified of real courage.
Heroism has been scrubbed clean—no bold moral stands, no real battles. Just bland, market-tested figures who offend no one and stand for nothing.
Heroism has been scrubbed clean—no bold moral stands, no real battles. Just bland, market-tested figures who offend no one and stand for nothing.
The Death of the Hero: Why We Need Captain America to Punch Hitler Again
In 1941, Captain America’s first comic showed him punching out Adolf Hitler. It wasn’t a metaphor, an exploration of the complexities of international relations, or a statement: evil exists, and…
www.joanwestenberg.com
January 12, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Our culture is terrified of real courage.
Heroism has been scrubbed clean—no bold moral stands, no real battles. Just bland, market-tested figures who offend no one and stand for nothing.
Heroism has been scrubbed clean—no bold moral stands, no real battles. Just bland, market-tested figures who offend no one and stand for nothing.
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Feels good to be making apparel again! Poorexample.com
December 20, 2024 at 8:52 PM
Feels good to be making apparel again! Poorexample.com
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"When every feeling becomes a guiding star, resilience takes a back seat. Minor setbacks feel like existential crises, and any challenge to your perspective feels like a personal attack."
www.joanwestenberg.com/how-to-destr...
"When every feeling becomes a guiding star, resilience takes a back seat. Minor setbacks feel like existential crises, and any challenge to your perspective feels like a personal attack."
www.joanwestenberg.com/how-to-destr...
How to Destroy a Generation
How to Destroy a Generation? Make Them Think the World Runs on Their Feelings—and Then Use Those Feelings Against Them
If you wanted to dismantle an entire generation from the inside out, it wouldn’t...
www.joanwestenberg.com
December 24, 2024 at 3:18 AM
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"When every feeling becomes a guiding star, resilience takes a back seat. Minor setbacks feel like existential crises, and any challenge to your perspective feels like a personal attack."
www.joanwestenberg.com/how-to-destr...
"When every feeling becomes a guiding star, resilience takes a back seat. Minor setbacks feel like existential crises, and any challenge to your perspective feels like a personal attack."
www.joanwestenberg.com/how-to-destr...
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Double the cat toy, double the fun.
January 22, 2024 at 1:46 AM
Double the cat toy, double the fun.
Love my new SimpleCat GM Cat mint. The original is a GIF, but BlueSky isn't quite able to handle it yet.
January 5, 2024 at 1:11 PM
Love my new SimpleCat GM Cat mint. The original is a GIF, but BlueSky isn't quite able to handle it yet.
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📢 1.57 Thread Reply Controls
When you compose a post, you can now choose who is allowed to reply to your posts. Options include nobody, mentioned users, followed users, and members of lists you’ve created. 2/4
When you compose a post, you can now choose who is allowed to reply to your posts. Options include nobody, mentioned users, followed users, and members of lists you’ve created. 2/4
December 11, 2023 at 6:02 PM
📢 1.57 Thread Reply Controls
When you compose a post, you can now choose who is allowed to reply to your posts. Options include nobody, mentioned users, followed users, and members of lists you’ve created. 2/4
When you compose a post, you can now choose who is allowed to reply to your posts. Options include nobody, mentioned users, followed users, and members of lists you’ve created. 2/4
Had a good chuckle at the description of this piece (also added as alt-text for the image), entitled "Terrestrial Form: The Elevated Tuber."
November 18, 2023 at 3:46 AM
Had a good chuckle at the description of this piece (also added as alt-text for the image), entitled "Terrestrial Form: The Elevated Tuber."
Users get perpetual, worldwide, and unlimited rights to the images they create. They can write their own prompt or use the prompt builder; may use an API to integrate the tool into their workflows. Getty watermarks the photos to identify them as generated with AI.
www.theverge.com/2023/9/25/23...
www.theverge.com/2023/9/25/23...
Getty made an AI generator that only trained on its licensed images
Generative AI by Getty Images offers copyright indemnification to users.
www.theverge.com
October 11, 2023 at 2:28 AM
Users get perpetual, worldwide, and unlimited rights to the images they create. They can write their own prompt or use the prompt builder; may use an API to integrate the tool into their workflows. Getty watermarks the photos to identify them as generated with AI.
www.theverge.com/2023/9/25/23...
www.theverge.com/2023/9/25/23...
Double ooof:
• Laying off 15% of its staff
• Pivoting to focus more on government contracting
www.forbes.com/sites/steven...
• Laying off 15% of its staff
• Pivoting to focus more on government contracting
www.forbes.com/sites/steven...
Chainalysis Idling 150 Employees As Chill Of Crypto Winter Persists
The reductions come as the crypto forensics firm intensifies its pivot away from the private sector in a push to focus on government work.
www.forbes.com
October 10, 2023 at 1:01 PM
Double ooof:
• Laying off 15% of its staff
• Pivoting to focus more on government contracting
www.forbes.com/sites/steven...
• Laying off 15% of its staff
• Pivoting to focus more on government contracting
www.forbes.com/sites/steven...
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📢 Version 1.51 has a bunch of big updates!
• The icon for the feeds tab is now a hashtag, and the tab lists saved feeds and suggests new feeds.
• On Web desktop, your pinned feeds are now in the right sidebar.
(We're working on hashtags too, so consider this a teaser!)
• The icon for the feeds tab is now a hashtag, and the tab lists saved feeds and suggests new feeds.
• On Web desktop, your pinned feeds are now in the right sidebar.
(We're working on hashtags too, so consider this a teaser!)
September 26, 2023 at 11:13 PM
📢 Version 1.51 has a bunch of big updates!
• The icon for the feeds tab is now a hashtag, and the tab lists saved feeds and suggests new feeds.
• On Web desktop, your pinned feeds are now in the right sidebar.
(We're working on hashtags too, so consider this a teaser!)
• The icon for the feeds tab is now a hashtag, and the tab lists saved feeds and suggests new feeds.
• On Web desktop, your pinned feeds are now in the right sidebar.
(We're working on hashtags too, so consider this a teaser!)
Interesting that the revenue model is still based on ads!
Such a model incentivizes people to create content that's jarring/shocking/offensive/viral. Wonder what the content removal capabilities are like.
Such a model incentivizes people to create content that's jarring/shocking/offensive/viral. Wonder what the content removal capabilities are like.
September 14, 2023 at 4:48 AM
Interesting that the revenue model is still based on ads!
Such a model incentivizes people to create content that's jarring/shocking/offensive/viral. Wonder what the content removal capabilities are like.
Such a model incentivizes people to create content that's jarring/shocking/offensive/viral. Wonder what the content removal capabilities are like.
"MetaMask, a platform that was primarily designed for the Ethereum network and Ethereum virtual machine chains, will be interoperable with other layer-1 blockchains through Snaps. Right now, this includes Bitcoin, Solana, Cosmos, layer-2 StarkNet, and more." blockworks.co/news/metamas...
MetaMask interoperable with Bitcoin for first time
Metamask Snaps are features created by third parties that expand use cases of Metamask wallets.
blockworks.co
September 13, 2023 at 12:44 PM
"MetaMask, a platform that was primarily designed for the Ethereum network and Ethereum virtual machine chains, will be interoperable with other layer-1 blockchains through Snaps. Right now, this includes Bitcoin, Solana, Cosmos, layer-2 StarkNet, and more." blockworks.co/news/metamas...
If Substack were the way “more people make a good and profitable career out of writing, we would also [... get] lamp chops from a butcher, baguette from a bakery, [...] and wine from a vintner, rather than just everything from a supermarket." futureproofnews.substack.com/p/the-end-of...
The End of the Subscription Era is Coming
Substack or OnlyFans; you're over-paying for your journalism (or porn)
futureproofnews.substack.com
September 12, 2023 at 5:24 AM
If Substack were the way “more people make a good and profitable career out of writing, we would also [... get] lamp chops from a butcher, baguette from a bakery, [...] and wine from a vintner, rather than just everything from a supermarket." futureproofnews.substack.com/p/the-end-of...
"Researchers have identified a 'highly reliable set of clues' that seemingly connect over 150 victims of crypto theft with the LastPass service. Over $35 million in crypto has reportedly been stolen, with 2 to 5 high-value heists each month since Dec 2022."
www.theverge.com/2023/9/7/238...
www.theverge.com/2023/9/7/238...
LastPass security breach linked to $35 million stolen in crypto heists
Researchers found that almost every victim was a LastPass user.
www.theverge.com
September 9, 2023 at 11:51 AM
"Researchers have identified a 'highly reliable set of clues' that seemingly connect over 150 victims of crypto theft with the LastPass service. Over $35 million in crypto has reportedly been stolen, with 2 to 5 high-value heists each month since Dec 2022."
www.theverge.com/2023/9/7/238...
www.theverge.com/2023/9/7/238...
Q: Why is the sky blue?
A: Because no one's bothered to ask how it's feeling.
A: Because no one's bothered to ask how it's feeling.
September 8, 2023 at 8:00 AM
Q: Why is the sky blue?
A: Because no one's bothered to ask how it's feeling.
A: Because no one's bothered to ask how it's feeling.