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: Why media attention on climate action can backfire for clean companies New research from Gies College of Business finds that for already low-polluting public companies, …
: Topoi at Work: The Rhetoric of Universal Basic Income and Getting Paid I have a new rhetoric piece out in April about how we use topoi, shared sites of meaning, to make …
: Now this is an interesting development. www.theverge.com/news/8387…
: One-Third of US Families Earn Over $150,000 Check this out Lots to think about here.
: On The Cruel Tyranny of Watchability I’ve been thinking recently about how the content ecosystem (see also: The Content Era) …
: My Only Swerving Traveling Through The Dark by William Stafford Traveling through the dark I found a deer dead on the …
: Eleanor Catton on Literature and Elitism “Consumerism, requiring its products to be both endlessly desirable and endlessly disposable, …
: Buttoned Up: The Elgato Stream Deck In Action An Elgato Stream Deck is a wonderful tool for any power user. I’ve been a happy user for …
: Gatekeeping 103: Keeping Apps from Appearing in Your Mac's Dock via Handoff If you run multiple Apple devices, you might notice that apps from your other devices occasionally …
: Albums That Jay Bellerose Has Played Drums On, Collected For No Reason At All And Arranged Neither By Quality Nor Relevance Hugh Laurie: Let Them Talk (2011), Didn’t It Rain (2013) Aimee Mann: Lost In Space (2002), The …
: Getting Tubular with the Dayton Audio HTA100 I’m the proud new caretaker of a Dayton Audio hybrid tube amplifier. I’ve wanted to get …
: Re: Rapid Log, I’ve established a daily log in Obsidian and installed the Actions for Obsidian app …
: Love optimized charging. Sits patiently after gassing up to top off before I get up around 6.
: Thinking about the idea of a daily rapid log that gets archived every night. Supported by something …
: Linking an Omnifocus Perspective to an iOS Focus Mode I’d love to build a basic automation in Omnifocus that allows me to tie a focus mode to …
: Automating a Music Library Disaster with Hazel A few months ago, Apple’s Music app decided I needed to back up my music. At least, …
: Current home screens— I’m working on stripping out as many icons as possible and replacing them with …
: I’m fascinated by workspaces and studios. I love to see the infrastructure behind creation and …
: The Only Thing Worse than Being Seen is not Being Seen From an interesting piece on The Verge: They each seem to have spontaneously discovered that …
: This week in TikTok File under “Well this certainly won’t help your case, Jim.” TikTok Browser Can …
: “Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return.”
: Please always remember that the only one who wins is Mr. McBean.
: I’ve never been more proud of an Arkham Horror deck title than I am for my “Darrell Simmons, the …
: “Gentle on the ear you whisper softly, rumors of a dawn so embracing. Breathless love awaits …
: The point of art is encounter, experience– if you’re continually framing that encounter …
: Lynch on Creativity and Ideation: “I get ideas in fragments…it’s as if in the other room, there’s a puzzle; …
: Combatting the desire to spend the rest of the day watching Camelot and lying on the couch.
: The Consulting Industry Is Fun and isn't Degrading Us At All Small thought: Twitter might be “the hellsite,” but one observation– the layers of …
: Christmas Essentials: Frosted Windowpanes, Cold Weather, Upscale Niche Consumer Goods Christmas Trees Trimmed in Irony, NYTimes “American consumers’ spending on winter holidays …
: George Winston's "December" and the Vibes of Winter It’s the time of year to break out my favorite Christmas record– George Winston’s …
: An Iridescent Holiday Counter Culture’s new winter blend “Iridescent” has arrived! I’m excited to put this one into …
: Rent Control and Evictions: “Rent control policies seek to ensure affordable and stable housing for current tenants; …
: The Canadian Press Newsroom, Toronto- U.D.
: The writer’s room at The Awl, circa 2015 From The Verge
: “The Courier” newsroom, April 1950, Urbana, IL
: Subjecting our mental health discourse to the whims of an advertising-based content economy was …
: Reading at lunch today: [Local politics] www.news-gazette.com/news/my-t…
: Morning Music: Young Gun Silver Fox, “Ticket to Shangri-La” A new album from YGSF is …