@rhappe
I enjoy the absurdity of humanity. Perfect is boring. Things to say about communities, tech, culture, leadership, L&D, and social dynamics. Writing a book titled Control Is for Amateurs. Founder of Engaged Organizations. Prior, The Community Roundtable.
I hate that Jet Blue tries to bribe people to sign up for credit cards on every damn flight… and the bribe is getting bigger and bigger, which should tell us a lot.
Consumer debt is profitable for everyone… but the consumer.
The @wsj has joined the reality team.
Chris Murphy: "I Just came from a two hour, closed door classified briefing on the war. It just confirmed to me it's totally incoherent. We are not gonna be able to achieve any of our stated objectives ... this is a disaster of epic proportions, a 10 day debacle"
This is real life.
WSJ: “.. Maersk has 10 ships trapped in the Persian Gulf and would need at least a week to 10 days to resume normal operations in the event of a cease-fire ..
“.. Brokers say there are more than 100 boxships trapped in the Gulf ..”
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Reaching net zero by 2050 is often framed as a cost burden.
The UK Climate Change Committee’s latest analysis suggests the opposite.
The real risk is fossil fuel dependency.
Not the flex Senate Republicans think it is 😏🤣🙄
Same with Markey but if they don’t leave, no one gets experience and relationships and then what happens when they just suddenly have to disappear and someone else is left trying to pick up the pieces?
(cough, cough Harris)
We have the same issue with Markey in MA - I will likely vote for Moulton.
Thinking about Knowledge, Communities, and #AI
We seem to over-simplify how knowledge is acquired/developed and over-complicate #KM
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“young" until you are magically “old”
Meanwhile, men in their 70s will not retire from the C-suite and boards even though they have no energy to initiate anything. They do have a role to play if they want it… But probably not operational.
Hopefully this is a sign of a shifting tide.
Real estate. New York. Miami.
Seems like a pattern.
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No.
This is not true—driver’s licenses aren’t acceptable under the SAVE Act without additional proof of citizenship. The fact that they keep doing this sleight of hand should make clear that the SAVE Act is not something that “every American gets”
Money is made on volatility…
Just another kink allowed in the system that does nothing for the vast majority of people but the trading bots programmed to short stocks love it.
Lead is back, baby… and at a premium.
I can’t even have someone paint woodwork with lead paint in my old house without paying thousands of dollars to seal the room, etc. but we are ok giving it to babies?
This was the exact same reaction I had to a tech entrepreneur 18 months ago who was busy making chatbot software for websites… to replace search.
He was so excited demoing it and all I could think was… why?
I am enjoying these posts from Mayor Mamdani, which normalize the celebration of Ramadan.
So often we discuss things like Islam in generalized, theoretical strokes. Seeing specifics helps us connect with it and see its humanity.
where i come down on this is that you either care about what Amanda is talking about or you do not. and if you don't that's your preference. i think these tools can be impressive. and i read to try to get closer to other people...to let them occupy real estate in my brain. these things are different
This beautiful person!
Finally, PDS hosting as a service (for people who want their Bluesky/Atmosphere personal data hosted independently but who don't want to DIY it)
Every morning when I wake up and see one of these dudes, I get angry again that I grew up in a culture that rewarded my internalized sense of insufficiency.
I understand that there are a lot of folks on the left who instinctively recoil from religious language, and with good reason given its use by the right.
But please listen to this, and focus on how he's trying to realign "Christian values" so they align with and advance progressive policy goals.
can't help but notice whose losses are expressed in dollars and whose losses are expressed in lives
AI does basic math… poorly 🤣🤣🤣
Do better CNN
Americans cannot handle two competing truths because of sh*t like this.
As humans we have to be able to walk and chew gum. Life is always part misery and part joy. The trick is not letting the misery steal your life by keeping your from joy.
There are always consequences.
I don’t want to brag… the world is shit right now and while my daughter won state/regional awards blah blah blah… *I* won the centerpiece competition at her awards banquet over the weekend.
Clearly I do not go to many sports awards banquets… because I could have won with far less 🤣
We all need cute furry friends right now.
Our pup is a spoiled pooch but is also all affection and forbearance ♥️
Interstitials from @in-otter-news.bsky.social and @effinbirds.com might be what keeps me sane during our once slow-moving national nightmare that has become exponentially fast-moving.
Anyhoo - higher oil prices could force a healthy recalibration as well as growth in renewable infrastructure.
And if that happened, maybe we could stop mucking about in Venezuela and Iran - where we have f*cked up societies, cultures and economies so badly that they cannot heal.
