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"There are all these stories from the '90s, when this is first starting to come out, where it's: maybe it's a bad thing that we all know when everyone else is online and we can all chat to each other in real time and we're developing expectations that the other person will get back to me just as fast. And this is stuff we're reckoning with now."
"So are you telling me that because of AIM I now have Slack? ...goddamnit."
"An encouraging scene reportedly unfolded at a local Kroger supermarket Monday morning when a local woman’s existential horror at the wealthy elite selling off humanity’s future was successfully sublimated into yelling at a cashier."
theonion.com/existential-horror-at-wealthy-elite-selling-off-humanit-1849716566/
Vote for Walter aka Asshole aka Trickster Pigeon
RE: mstdn.social/@aworkinglibrary/116493662812904732
"It is hard to maintain the 'correct' attitude to work in light of such apocalyptic claims. Which begs the question, what attitude is taking its place? What happens when we no longer see ourselves as 'small entrepreneurs'? We’re on our way to finding out."
"Faster runners won’t guarantee a faster team.
"And faster coders won’t guarantee a faster company.
"Like a relay race, it might be worth giving some thought to the relationships and interfaces between people."
blog.jim-nielsen.com/2026/collective-speed-isnt-the-sum-of-individual-speed/
"Wisdom requires allowing yourself to be undone by experience:
"An opinion dismantled by reality.
"An artifact torn apart by the real world.
"An idea destroyed by its own shortsightedness.
"Wise people I’ve met seem unhurried. I don’t think it’s because they’re slow thinkers or actors. I think it’s because they’ve learned that important things take the time they take, no amount of urgency changes that."
bubbles.town/ is really great. And mah blog is already in the index 🥳
pages like this by @tracy are internet gold tracydurnell.com/questions/culture/
If you're of a certain age this is a serious nostalgia hit. Smashing Pumpkins, Juliana Hatfield, They Might Be Giants, Violent Femmes, X, PJ Harvey, Matthew Sweet, Westerberg, Catherine Wheel, Cracker...
There is nary a day that can't be improved with a listen to this record. Buy it on Friday
