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Such a brilliant essay. I want to see all of these

I will enjoy these. Thank you

Happy Festivus everyone. Always amazed this crazy episode birthed a real celebration that seems to be enjoyed by so many around the world. So may your feats be strong and your grievances few. Enjoy.

‘The Room Next Door’ Review: A Life Worth Leaving Pedro Almodóvar’s moving drama stars Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton as friends facing mortality together.

A beautiful essay on what sounds like a very special film from a very important filmmaker

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The most effective editing move is still the one I stole from George Saunders: read your draft over and over and over again, out loud, until you have to fix the bad parts because you will literally die if you have to read them more time

Population density of Taiwan

#Christmas came early. Flew to Houston on Thursday & drove our newly-adopted baby girl home to Vermont. •12 states • 1800+ miles • 2 1/2 days. Jinx is home. #bullterrier

Love to hear from rising stars in #startup #marketing. Thank you for sharing your perspectives @thekayprince.bsky.social! Such a great reminder for all of us who are continuously hosting in-person events. #sobriety

Exclusive | Advertising Firms Omnicom and Interpublic Nearing Merger That Would Reshape Industry A deal would create the world’s largest advertising company, with net revenue of more than $20 billion, topping WPP’s $15.1 billion.

Giant Madison Avenue tale story from @WSJ

@InterpublicIPG which built itself up over decades by acquiring top creative agencies and rival ad conglomerates, is now in talks to be acquired by main U.S. rival @Omnicom

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Spoiler: they are not Americans

Write with various sentence lengths

Tip for writers, especially academics . . .

This is the basis for a pretty decent movie plot

In case you missed my turn this morning as guest host on Weekend Edition Sunday, here's my little meditation on Substack about What It Means to Guest Host an NPR Newsmagazine, complete with links to all the stories we broadcast today. READ: loom.ly/0z8Q1uw

You find any good #BlackFriday deals?

Fake chicken?

I. JUST. WANT. THE. RECIPE. I. DON'T. WANT. FOUR. PAGES. OF. STORY. ABOUT. HOW. THIS. WAS. YOUR. AUNT. LINDA'S. FAVORITE. DISH. ON. WINTER. ESCAPES. TO. THE. MOUNTAINS.

At my funeral there’ll be a 37 minute montage of me trying to find something to watch on Netflix

They Do an Essential Job. They Want Their Income to Double. To Keep Up With Inflation, It Should Triple. It takes work to get empty bottles and cans to the right spot.

Cans in NYC have been redeemable for 5 cents for decades. That’s a problem! slate.com/business/202...

Graham Parker - Almost Thanksgiving Day YouTube video by Mike Bezalel

You know what time it is

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Fantastic writing and so unbelievably important for people to read. This is going to stay with me for a long while.

My Life As a Homeless Man in America An extraordinary firsthand account.

A sobering reminder that this could be any of us, at any time.

Esquire readers set up a GoFundMe for Fealy, raising almost $23,000 so far: www.gofundme.com/f/donate-to-...

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Wow

Universities Are Woefully Under-Resourced For AI Research. They’re Fighting To Change That. Stanford University has 300 GPUs. Microsoft will have 1.8 million. Here's what's needed to make academia relevant in AI research.

“All U.S. universities combined could not build a version of ChatGPT right now,” Wald told me in an interview this week. “That's pretty problematic.”

Wow. Hugely important story by @kantrowitz.bsky.social

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Free bonus podcast: Rachel Maddow guests on The World with Richard Engel and Yalda Hakim Podcast Episode · The Rachel Maddow Show · 11/21/2024 · 57m

This is the most terrifying podcast I’ve ever listened to.

It’s terrifying because they are so smart and their analysis is probably correct.

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On-the-Record with Erica Irvin - The Credentialed With an active personal stake in nearly 80 early-stage startups, Shereen shared why she loves the chaos of startups, or as she put it, making the chaos productive. Mack and Shereen discussed everythin...

S2 E2: "On the Record with Erica Irvin", Group VP & Chief Counsel, Albertsons. Discover the power of seizing opportunities, aligning decisions with organizational goals, & fostering transparent and empathetic leadership. thecredentialed.com/on-the-recor... @mackmckelvey.bsky.social

I find TTD's product marketing strategy when it comes to anything outside of their traditional DSP tooling to essentially be:

Our differentiator is that we got a bunch of holdco/brand $$$, so get on board.

And I think this is probably the correct call?