#hoo boy unproductive day

[lordsardine]

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[stuhde]

Please give advice on moving out or on getting jobs.

hey! i hope you're doing well anon. apologies for never seeing this ask? i guess with the new tumblr beta i'm seeing some asks on mobile and more on desktop? super weird, but happy to give you my two cents!

moving out

so for moving out, i don't have much to say because i'm kind of limbo on whether or not i want to pay rent for a year and a half before grad school. i'm kind of leaning towards staying at home with my family because grad/law school is MAD money, and for now, i think it's fiscially responsible that i stay home

WITH THAT, moving out is a big financial commiment, and a lot of people have different reasons for moving out. is it for a new job? are you unproductive where you are now? do you need to get out of an abusive situation? do you have the money and means to do so? these are all important questions to ask yourself before making the decision to live alone/with friends/with other people

if you're thinking of moving out LATER in the year, i would say look at places NOW and get a good estimate of the prices you'll have to pay for living. factor in utilities, do you want an in-wash unit? how safe is the area? is it transportation friendly or do you need a car? you have to factor all these in when determining a price range that you're looking for. once you have that down, start saving a little bit so you can comfortable pay rent and access utilities and such when you move

another thing to consider is, do you want roommates? are you okay living in a sublease? (cheaper, but you don't have rights). you should start looking for people you might want to live with soon as well. this will also dramatically reduce how much you're paying in rent and utilities

getting jobs

hoo boy, this is a BIG question that might need its own post one day. i also don't know how great of a resource i am bc i'm still trying to pivot in a full-time job from my current internship (i DID get my first big girl job offer, but i declined it like a FOOL). i do have a few suggestions for your search though:

step 1: identify employers - who are some the people/companies you're thinking of working for? follow their social media (especially LinkedIn), so you're in the loop when they're recuriting cycle begins

step 2: NETWORK, NETWORK, NETWORK - i know networking is the 8th deadly sin, but it is SO important. you MUST connected with recruitors and attend virtual hiring events because when you apply to a job with that organization, they will likely put in a good word for you! i also HIGHLY recommend that if you ever find a job you're interesting in applying to, PLEASE message and connect with someone on LinkedIn because they can give you advice on your application materials AND send in a private note for you (if they like you) once you've submitted an application

step 3: the search - use the broader job searching websites (Handshake; Google Jobs; Indeed; LinkedIn) and make sure that you’re filtering those searches to find things that you’re most interested, in such as level and location. if you're looking for entry-level jobs, most have the term "associate" in them. also make sure you’re getting email alerts and notifications for those job searches, maybe even set those alters to daily because the timing of job drops matters (week to 2 weeks)

step 4: the application - unpopular opinion, but just have ONE general resume with your skills and experince, i don't find it helpful to create a tailored one for every job you apply to. what needs to be new and tailored each time is the COVER LETTER. the cl is one of THE most important parts of your application. make sure it doesn't photocopy everything from your resume - this is really your opportunity to showcase why you're passionate about the organization, why you want to work here (use personal expereinces!), what your skills and experiences can CONTRIBUTE to the work of the organization (actually read into what they do and LINK to how you can add upon that work with your experience).

step 5: timing matters - get in the habit to applying immediately, put the application within 24 hours or into a week, nothing longer than this

this is SUPER long, but also so brief lol. i hope you find this helpful! best of luck with everything anon - you got this!

[jakey-beefed-it]

Today was... almost completely unproductive, even for me, due to various mental Crises that arose in the like... Venn diagram overlap of my sundry issues. Mental health talk below the cut so you can avoid it if you’ve got your own shit to deal with/might be triggered by that kind of thing.

Kinda did almost a checklist of disorders being problems. ADHD brain? Represented. Autism? Probably! Depression? You betcha. Anxiety? Hoo boy and then some. Mania? Maybe! Self-loathing? Energy levels off the charts, cap’n. Basically my brain was the equivalent of blaring alarms from all quarters and spinning out of control.

Anyhow I eventually managed to... not be doing that ...and in the process kinda realized that maaaaybe I haven’t been Handling My Shit as well as I thought. Like I’m medicated... for depression. Which is good! I haven’t thought seriously about literally killing myself for several years now. That’s a big improvement! Not to be sneezed at. But it’s hardly a panacea for the rest of my bullshit.

Anyhow anyhow I’ve internalized a loooot of really horrible shit I’m always speaking out against as an anti-capitalist pro-mutual-aid aspiring feminist; basing my self-worth on lots of unattainable things that I don’t even believe in but that somehow equate to me being a Failure as a Man(TM) for being a hot mess disability soup. Some of it is also no doubt related to the whole ‘Gifted’ Kid Burnout phenomenon as well. I was ‘a pleasure to have in class’ and always sought approval and validation because I had anxiety, not because I was gifted, sheesh. Whole childhood equating my value with being ‘smart’ and then having my entire ego collapse under the inevitable weight of not being able to hack it in my first attempt at college because my brain was actively trying to kill me with self-hatred that only got worse the more I failed to live up to my ‘potential’.

I’m much less of an elitist shitbag these days regarding myself as no different from any other h. sapiens sapiens in that we are all fundamentally dumb, panicky apes who sometimes need a minute to remember the whole tool-use or reason things. But while I’m really good at not holding it against other people for being dumb panicky apes, even though I don’t regard myself as better than anyone (far from it) I still somehow hold myself to these standards I long since dismissed as unreasonable to expect of anyone, much less a guy with a grab-bag of mental illnesses that makes his spongy thinkmeat even less effective than biology normally dictates. And inevitably fail to live up to them, of course. And then feel worse about myself. Forever. Well, ok, not forever, even if I do continue to manage the no-self-murder streak (which seems likely) I’m still definitely going to kick off at some point. But for my whole damn existence, which sucks plenty.

Anyhow anyhow anyhow here goes the first of hopefully many simple admissions of imperfections and forgiveness of that.

I am not a digital artist. I could spend lots of time and effort to develop those skills, but frankly I don’t... wanna. Instead of feeling guilty at having abandoned pursuit of the lovely art tablet my family got me many years ago that they ‘wasted’ their gift, I can just admit that I’d much rather continue drawing in pencil, inking in pigment liners, and scanning into a digital format for sharing on the internet. I like tactile hobbies; it’s why I get so much out of painting miniatures. And digital art is still tactile in that you’re holding a stylus and/or tablet, but it’s not the same, and I prefer physical art on physical paper. And that’s okay.

I am not a fantastic dungeon master. I’m aight. I am, in the words of the best mug ever (a gift from my sister), the “World’s Okayest Dungeon Master.” I can put together a campaign, it will mostly hang together, my combat encounters will vary from ‘pretty good’ to ‘super boring’ but my plots are generally interesting and my players keep coming back so I must be doing something right.

This one’s kind of cheating because I’ve acknowledged it before both publicly and internally for like... fifteen years ...but I am not, and never will be, a world-class miniature painter. I don’t have the manual dexterity, the patience for producing and executing many many layers of very fine glazes, or a strong enough desire to devote more effort to improvement than befits a hobby I mostly do to relax. And that’s okay. I paint pretty good, and I slowly get better. Sometimes I’m the best painter in my local store! And that’s good the hell enough to satisfy my external competitiveness, while my internal competitiveness of striving to do better than I myself have done before gets all the real attention. I do want to improve! And so I do, but at a steady pace that doesn’t stress me out.

I’m not a diligent writer at all. I like writing, and I love coming up with plots and characters, but I’m terrible at sticking to a daily writing habit. I’d like to get better at that, and I can, with effort. Honestly giving myself permission to write more fannish bullshit (Warhammer stories, SW:tOR stories, D&D stories) might help clear some of the roadblock. I don’t shit on other fan writers; I long ago admitted that it’s valid and cool when other people do it, but to this day I have still only written a handful of Warhammer bullshit and one (1) Mass Effect fanfic. All the while my idea for a novel has grown and evolved and never really gotten past a very rough first draft that is now almost completely useless due to rethinking everything because I’m not in the habit of actually writing. I can do something about that!

I desperately want everyone to like me and think well of me and never be mad at me but you know what, that’s not... remotely achievable much less healthy. I have various tendencies toward ‘people pleasing’ that tend to end up with my own boundaries trodden upon and far more people taking advantage than real friends. I am very fortunate in that I DO have some real friends, many of them online, but yeah. It’s okay if not everyone likes me. Even if they somehow did, it wouldn’t make up for the all-consuming singularity-like wound of self-loathing that the people-pleasing urge is probably trying to fill.

I can be unreliable due to my many, many issues. Most of them are mental, but some of them are physical. I can’t always do things that should be ‘easy’, whether it’s my brain saying no, or my body. Instead of making too many promises for fear of ‘looking’ disabled and/or trying to make everyone happy... sometimes I need to admit that there are things I do not have the capacity for. Preferably ahead of time, rather than bailing at the last minute or just.... not showing up. This probably would’ve been good to know about myself before I nearly failed out of college in my first attempt but hey, hindsight and all that.

I might be about as cis and straight as a guy can get, but I am not and will never be anything remotely like an Idealized Man due to my weight, disabilities, general body type (even at my thinnest I had a belly pooch and flabby chest), shit, right down to my hair but that’s got some big overlap with the Idealized Man being a straight-haired white boy when I’m merely a wavy/curly-haired white-passing boy. And shit, if I had some gender fuckery that’d be a whole other animal, but even though I kinda got assigned male and went ‘Yeah that’s about right’ I still deserve to not have to live up to some unattainable ideal.

There’s... a lot more, obviously (hoo boy is there a lot more) but that’ll do for a start.

[twoblackwhiskers]

My Adventures in Fallout 76 so far...

- A Lvl 30 Mothman came out of absolutely nowhere and literally landed on my lvl 6 ass in the middle of the day. Fucker knocked me off a cliff doing so. (I lived). Creepy fucker. Just sat there with is glowing eyes and stared.

-That lvl 45 player in Power Armor who randomly gave me lvl 40 leather armor and then wandered off. I can’t use the armor yet, but thank you, random player.

- First fusion core, yes!

- Boy I sure am good at finding drugs. Too bad I don’t use ‘em.

- Pipe rifles. So many pipe rifles.

- Second fusion core! And a shotgun! Finally something other that a pipe rifle!

- Power Armor! ... I can’t get in the power armor.

- Third fusion core! My shotgun broke.... But I found a 10mm! - Oh hey, the Somerset Special is badass.

- Finding the Mothman monument/statue surrounded by tiny delicious-looking cupcakes. Oh wait. Those are eggs. I stole the cupcakes eggs. Because reasons, obviously. Oh, hey, wow. That uh. That’s a very.... Uh. That offering to Mothman by the river. Hoo boy, that poor guy probably had a bad time. (I stole his skeleton. And all the eggs.)

- Out of ammo and being chased by a small army of six (6) Scorched. Happened to run past a stray cat and his Mr. Handy owner. The Scorched decided to kill the cat. And the Mr Handy. Aw, hell no. Revenge was swift and merciless. Nobody kills a cat in my presence.

More pipe rifles! And another shotgun! That I can’t. fucking. use. - My camp despawned. I will rebuild it! ... Somewhere else. - More drugs. And pipe rifles. And bullets for guns I don’t have!

- Invisible, non-hostile Scorchbeast over one of the airfields.

- Invisible Radscorpions! (I died) Glitchy, teleporting Radscorpions! (I didn’t die). - I have found the mayor’s office! I am in the mayor’s office! Why is the quest not reacting I did what it told me.

- That is a massive Bucket-wheel excavator right there. Oh my god it’s a base. I can’t find the workbench where the fuck is it I need this giant machine as my base dammit. There are Mole Miners inside nvm fuck that I don’t need this machine as a base I’m fine we’re all fine everything’s fine. - Toxic air? Apocalyptic burned out landscape? Rocks on fire? Constant earthquakes? Hell yes I will build my camp here. This place is lovely. Love the ambiance. - This cat Goblin or Gremlin of Gerblin (whatever his name was) is all alone in a decrepit post-nuke coffee shop in this hellish burning landscape let me take you with me my sweet, fluffy, non-hostile friend. You can live in my CAMP. .... I can’t take the cat. Goddammit, Bethesda.

- That one strange Tuesday where none of the Scorched I killed had any loot on them whatsoever. Boy that was a weird, unproductive morning.

- Real fan of all these drugs but I’d appreciate it if there were some stimpaks in these chests cause I really don’t need all this Psycho and Buffout and whatnot. - Okay listen. I know the water is irradiated and it will kill me and then fill me with diseases but I need to know what’s below the surface. - Deathclaw. Island. I’ll be back, you snarling asshole.

- That one town where every single Scorched I came across was missing their face texture.

- I really wish there was a text overlay for all the notes you can find scattered around. I literally can’t read most of them because the writing blends in with the paper texture or is too small/stylized to read. - What do you mean you brain dead robots only have 200 caps between the million of you.

- Literally getting chased halfway across the map by a persistent Broodmother and six of her rabid mole rat offspring. They ended up attracting four Scorched, five mongrels and two wolves. And a super mutant. I finally ended up killing them with my grenades when they started killing each other instead of me. - That one time I was passing through Flatwoods and every single Mr Farmhand ambushed me all at once. I nearly died!

- I am level 16. Please stop rewarding me with Lvl 5-10 armor and weapons with shitty stats.

- Fuck those Mole Miners and their Missing Textures. They’re creepy enough as it is but when they’re bright green it’s even worse.

- Suddenly only finding melee weapons. Like protest signs, axes and pitchforks. Was it No Guns Monday? Do the Scorched get together and have secret meetings about what their weapons and loot loadout will be?

- Getting chased ridiculously long distances by stupidly large and irritatingly persistent hordes of enemy NPCs. Like guys, come one. Don’t you have anyone else to harrass? There’s 25 other players on this server. Go chase them for a bit. I have shit to do.

- Where the fuck is all the lvl 15 armor at?!?!? Why is this lvl 30 asshole dropping lvl 10 leather armor with stats worse than what I’ve currently got equipped?????

- An incredibly persistent Scorched followed me off a cliff. I lived. He didn’t. My gleeful cackling could be heard far across the lands. - Stumbled across a Lvl 35 Mothman immediately after the Scorched followed me off a cliff. This Mothman actually ran away when I got too close. I’m tellin’ ya. Mothman is a swell guy right now cause so far he’s the only Enemy NPC that hasn’t attacked me on sight yet. Such a pleasant fellow. Wonder if he knows the Mothman who accidentally knocked my ass off a cliff back when I was lvl 6. I should invite them to my Cabin in the Woods. Sell them all my drugs. We can have mothman eggs cupcakes. -Spotted a Snallygaster but didn’t go anywhere near it. - Watch a parade in Grafton! *Giant monster thing appears and wrecks shit.* - I keep calling the Grafton Monster “Flatwoods”. Clearly this means I must call the Flatwoods Monster “Grafton”. ... There is a Flatwoods Monster, right? - Chally the Moo-Moo ran me over at lightspeed while I was exploring one of the towns. She then disappeared into thin air. I found Chally and Graham a few hours later. What a nice Super Mutant and his pet Moo-Moo. - Two players with odd-looking houses having a turf war on a toxic, dried up lake-bed within shooting distance of a super mutant camp. The super mutants were also attacking them. I didn’t stick around to find out who the victor was. - Bethesda why the fuck is there a Lvl 20 power drill in this game that does one (1) point of damage? - Those three mansions are ridiculous. What kind of lunatic builds something like that? I mean, I know the air in this area is toxic as fuck but still. ...I need to get up there immediately and loot everything. What do you mean I have to be level 25 to get up there.

- I really wish there were Companions or other NPCs you could actually talk to/ provide background dialogue or something. West Virginia is a very lonely, hostile place. BASICALLY my player character is a dumbass who spends all his time looting everything and being chased by massive hordes of enemies. May be friends with the Mothman.

[kimerical-blog]

21k Musings

I completed my first half-marathon on my birthday. I thought I would share a few lessons I learned from the training process:

1. A goal without a plan is fluff. It was in September 2011 when I ran my first 17k (albeit by accident; I got lost on the trail). I was proud of myself, and I thought an additional 4k to complete that half-marathon would be feasible.

I was right. Thing is, I never set a timeline, nor made a plan. As my physical activities lessened over the course of college and work, the goal of finishing that 21k remained in the realm of “one day.”

It was in April 2017 when I decided to seriously train for it. That meant setting down an actual training plan and holding myself accountable to it. It took six years to get around to doing it, but only took eight weeks of training to get it done. I could have finished this a long time ago had I just set a plan on paper.

2. Self-motivation. Setting a plan is one thing. Following through is another. Hoo boy.

I’m used to running with friends. Social support was my most effective encouragement. This time, however, in my new home of New York, I was alone. Nobody else would wake up early with me, run with me, stretch with me, and share a congratulatory meal with me afterwards. I’m left to derive all my motivation from within myself, and I wasn’t used to that.

Could I do this without my reliance on social encouragement? Only one way to find out. With the exception of sharing with a few friends, I kept quiet about my 21k goal and sought ways to motivate myself by myself. I repeatedly went back to my “why”: to practice discipline, and to build physical and mental strength.

Practical tips that worked for me: displaying my training schedule on my bedside mirror, highlighting each daily goal I accomplished, and documenting my daily pace, time, and distance. Seeing the data that I was progressing fueled my motivation. Cheesy motivational pinterest boards worked too!

At the end of every run, there was no cheering crowd, no stream of high-fives. It was me who gave myself a pat on the back. I learned to recognize that success doesn’t need to be announced to the world. Just like how I didn’t need anyone else’s encouragement to do what I set out to do, I didn’t need anyone else’s affirmation to be proud of myself.

3. Flexible discipline. I had many excuses for delaying my half-marathon training for the past six years. Typical studies, org work, professional work, and duties to my friends and family were just that: excuses. In reality, I could have made time for this if I really wanted to. It only takes 1-2 hours a day, time that could be taken from unproductive leisure such as social media, Netflix, and my habit of loooong meal times.

I initially told myself that I would be disciplined. I would follow-through with my plan 100%.

Well, I didn’t.

As determined as I was, I had to recognize that this wasn’t my life. There were times I considered passing on attending work events, free concerts of my favorite artists, and nights out with friends, just to run that night. If I missed one jog, I knew I would guilt myself for it. But why?

I pressured myself to follow my training plan to a tee, but in truth, no negative outcome will come off of delaying my goal attainment for another week. I needed to care for other aspects of my life, and yes, sometimes that would mean I would miss a jog for the day. That’s okay. It may take eight weeks, or nine, or twelve. I’ll get there eventually. I’m set on my goal, but I’m not going to make this goal my life.

The concept of discipline isn’t limited to just following through with a planned routine, but also developing flexibility to nurture a healthy balance in my life.

4. The balance between challenging myself and listening to my body. There’s so much I want to do and accomplish. Running has been a great practice of grounding myself and acknowledging my limitations. Unfortunately, I learned this the hard way.

When I started running for the first time in years, and after one month of physical inactivity, I irresponsibly believed I could pick up from where I left off. I convinced myself that ~my mind is stronger than my body~.  So I ran 6k, 13k, and 17k in the span of 10 days.

The result? A knee injury that prevented me from running for the next few months.

My best friend called me out for “believing in [myself] too much”. I purposely ignored my body’s signs of exhaustion, and refused to give myself the space to heal. This was certainly reflective of my mental state at the time; as I just moved to NY, I was still learning to adjust to the changes in my relationships and lifestyle. I often ignore my emotional stress and buried myself in work, just to prove I was okay. I burned out.

Since then, I’ve learned that there’s nothing weak about with giving yourself room to breathe. To do otherwise is unsustainable, as proven by my physical and emotional injuries.

When I began training again three months later, I made sure to give myself that room. It’s tricky to fully tune into my body and identify when best to take it easy and when to push myself over the edge. What helped was following a tried and tested training plan, limiting my weekly mileage, and letting go of my ego telling me that “running the extra mile” makes me better.

5. Being kinder to myself. There were days when I could do 10k no problem. There were days when the first 5k was too difficult. Not every run is the same. I didn’t always feel like I was a stronger than yesterday. I didn’t always feel like I deserved to pat myself on the back.

Then I remembered the very first 2k I ran in 2011, and how exhausted and nauseated I was by the end of it.

Instead of beating myself up when I don’t reach my expectations, I’ve learned to appreciate myself for coming so far since my first run, and for even deciding to run that day in the first place. Running so early in the morning, or so late at night after a long day, takes a lot of will power!

Being critical of myself is unproductive, unnecessary, and potentially dangerous (once again proven by my injuries). There will always be a faster runner. There will always be weak moments. So what? The fact is that I’ve been working hard for this, and though my progress is gradual, it is significant. I deserve to extend gratitude, patience, and kindness to myself for putting in that daily effort.

6. I have nothing to prove. I would often ask myself during my runs, why again am I doing this? Truth is, running bores me. Yet, I continue to consider pursuing a full marathon after this milestone.

I just wanted to prove to myself that I can do it. I eventually realized, though, that I already have proven it. I’ve proven that I’m capable of committing myself to a discipline. I have no doubt that I can complete a 42k if I really wanted to. However, there’s just no point in dedicating so much time and effort to a practice I don’t intrinsically enjoy.

So what do I enjoy? I’ve always been curious about pursuing yoga or pole fitness. Although that would mean starting from the very bottom as a rookie again, I remember once more how far I had come since running my first 2k. With some humility, planning, committing, flexibility, and kindness to myself, I’m certain I can learn to excel in other disciplines I choose to pursue.

It’s been a good run!

[heavenwheel]

Six Links Worthy Of Your Attention #419

Is there one link, story, picture or thought that you saw online this week that you think somebody you know must see?

My friends: Alistair Croll (Solve for Interesting, Tilt the Windmill, HBS, chair of Strata, Startupfest, Pandemonio, and ResolveTO, Author of Lean Analytics and some other books), Hugh McGuire (PressBooks, LibriVox, iambik and co-author of Book: A Futurist's Manifesto) and I decided that every week the three of us are going to share one link for one another (for a total of six links) that each individual feels the other person "must see".

Check out these six links that we're recommending to one another: 

How To Read - Robert Heaton. "I read more and more with less and less attention every day. An abundance of information has robbed me of the pleasure of losing myself in a book; I have to keep reminding myself that thinking counts as work and that I'm not being unproductive. But this Robert Heaton piece takes attentive reading to a new level." (Alistair for Hugh).

Don't Be A Sucker - US National Archives - YouTube. "Hoo, boy. I watched this piece of American-made, anti-fascist propaganda from the 1940s all the way through. It's timely to say the least. That the government was funding this kind of content and paying to distribute it 80 years ago is incredibly telling." (Alistair for Mitch).

World's Biggest Carnivorous Plant Catches Whole Sheep! - Way Out West Blow - YouTube. "Don't ask me how I found this, but it's hot out, and right now, in this world, it's nice to spend some time thinking about... the danger to sheep from carnivorous plants." (Hugh for Alistair). 

Academics Gathered to Share Emoji Research, and It Was 🔥- Wired. ":)" (Hugh for Mitch).

As mob lynchings fueled by WhatsApp messages sweep India, authorities struggle to combat fake news - The Washington Post. "We're so busy complaining about fake news, that we often forget about the power of technology, social media, mobile... and what happens when fake messages can turn into real life lynch mobs. What a complete and utter tragedy that our world is not paying even close to enough attention to." (Mitch for Alistair).

Scholarly publishing is broken. Here's how to fix it - Aeon. "Sometimes... and this only happens on the rare occasion... you see a headline and think to yourself, 'I don't even have to read this, article to know that it will be of high value to Hugh.' This is one of those moments. As everyone tries to understand how publishing is disrupted by digital, how many are focused on other areas of publishing that matter a lot to our society and culture... like Hugh is?" (Mitch for Hugh).

Feel free to share these links and add your picks on Twitter, Facebook, in the comments below or wherever you play.

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[dillenwaeraa]

Six Links Worthy Of Your Attention #419

Is there one link, story, picture or thought that you saw online this week that you think somebody you know must see?

My friends: Alistair Croll (Solve for Interesting, Tilt the Windmill, HBS, chair of Strata, Startupfest, Pandemonio, and ResolveTO, Author of Lean Analytics and some other books), Hugh McGuire (PressBooks, LibriVox, iambik and co-author of Book: A Futurist's Manifesto) and I decided that every week the three of us are going to share one link for one another (for a total of six links) that each individual feels the other person "must see".

Check out these six links that we're recommending to one another: 

How To Read - Robert Heaton. "I read more and more with less and less attention every day. An abundance of information has robbed me of the pleasure of losing myself in a book; I have to keep reminding myself that thinking counts as work and that I'm not being unproductive. But this Robert Heaton piece takes attentive reading to a new level." (Alistair for Hugh).

Don't Be A Sucker - US National Archives - YouTube. "Hoo, boy. I watched this piece of American-made, anti-fascist propaganda from the 1940s all the way through. It's timely to say the least. That the government was funding this kind of content and paying to distribute it 80 years ago is incredibly telling." (Alistair for Mitch).

World's Biggest Carnivorous Plant Catches Whole Sheep! - Way Out West Blow - YouTube. "Don't ask me how I found this, but it's hot out, and right now, in this world, it's nice to spend some time thinking about... the danger to sheep from carnivorous plants." (Hugh for Alistair). 

Academics Gathered to Share Emoji Research, and It Was 🔥- Wired. ":)" (Hugh for Mitch).

As mob lynchings fueled by WhatsApp messages sweep India, authorities struggle to combat fake news - The Washington Post. "We're so busy complaining about fake news, that we often forget about the power of technology, social media, mobile... and what happens when fake messages can turn into real life lynch mobs. What a complete and utter tragedy that our world is not paying even close to enough attention to." (Mitch for Alistair).

Scholarly publishing is broken. Here's how to fix it - Aeon. "Sometimes... and this only happens on the rare occasion... you see a headline and think to yourself, 'I don't even have to read this, article to know that it will be of high value to Hugh.' This is one of those moments. As everyone tries to understand how publishing is disrupted by digital, how many are focused on other areas of publishing that matter a lot to our society and culture... like Hugh is?" (Mitch for Hugh).

Feel free to share these links and add your picks on Twitter, Facebook, in the comments below or wherever you play.

Tags: advertising aeon alistair croll book brand business blog content content marketing culture digital marketing digital marketing blog disruption emoji facebook fake news innovation link link exchange marketing marketing blog messaging messaging app mitch joel mitchjoel mobile publishing reading robert heaton six pixels of separation social media society solve for interesting technology the washington post tilt the windmill twitter us national archives way out west whatsapp wired youtube

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[davidrsmithlove]

Six Links Worthy Of Your Attention #419

Is there one link, story, picture or thought that you saw online this week that you think somebody you know must see?

My friends: Alistair Croll (Solve for Interesting, Tilt the Windmill, HBS, chair of Strata, Startupfest, Pandemonio, and ResolveTO, Author of Lean Analytics and some other books), Hugh McGuire (PressBooks, LibriVox, iambik and co-author of Book: A Futurist's Manifesto) and I decided that every week the three of us are going to share one link for one another (for a total of six links) that each individual feels the other person "must see".

Check out these six links that we're recommending to one another: 

How To Read - Robert Heaton. "I read more and more with less and less attention every day. An abundance of information has robbed me of the pleasure of losing myself in a book; I have to keep reminding myself that thinking counts as work and that I'm not being unproductive. But this Robert Heaton piece takes attentive reading to a new level." (Alistair for Hugh).

Don't Be A Sucker - US National Archives - YouTube. "Hoo, boy. I watched this piece of American-made, anti-fascist propaganda from the 1940s all the way through. It's timely to say the least. That the government was funding this kind of content and paying to distribute it 80 years ago is incredibly telling." (Alistair for Mitch).

World's Biggest Carnivorous Plant Catches Whole Sheep! - Way Out West Blow - YouTube. "Don't ask me how I found this, but it's hot out, and right now, in this world, it's nice to spend some time thinking about... the danger to sheep from carnivorous plants." (Hugh for Alistair). 

Academics Gathered to Share Emoji Research, and It Was 🔥- Wired. ":)" (Hugh for Mitch).

As mob lynchings fueled by WhatsApp messages sweep India, authorities struggle to combat fake news - The Washington Post. "We're so busy complaining about fake news, that we often forget about the power of technology, social media, mobile... and what happens when fake messages can turn into real life lynch mobs. What a complete and utter tragedy that our world is not paying even close to enough attention to." (Mitch for Alistair).

Scholarly publishing is broken. Here's how to fix it - Aeon. "Sometimes... and this only happens on the rare occasion... you see a headline and think to yourself, 'I don't even have to read this, article to know that it will be of high value to Hugh.' This is one of those moments. As everyone tries to understand how publishing is disrupted by digital, how many are focused on other areas of publishing that matter a lot to our society and culture... like Hugh is?" (Mitch for Hugh).

Feel free to share these links and add your picks on Twitter, Facebook, in the comments below or wherever you play.

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