Very Online

2023 is the year I put my community-building and online-friendliness skills to good use on my own projects.

I’ve given enough and been burnt enough by corporations.

“We want a little 82-year old granny to come in the morning to have her coffee. If the place ends up being Instagram-cool, okay, sure. But the goal isn’t Instagram, the goal is the granny. If granny comes, the rest will come.

🥰💌

Big advocate for “one device that does one thing well and allows you to slow down” (aka delayed gratification)

“The Hottest Gen Z Gadget Is a 20-Year-Old Digital Camera”

Reading: “The Unfolding” by A.M. Homes

This was too relatable considering my current personal situation and professional predicament. “Right now you’re in a very specific moment. It’s called liminal space. You’re in the ambiguous or disoriented phase, also known as the middle of a rite of passage. Part of that is just …

I was wondering why I found both Year of the Rabbit or the Year of the Cat

“Kendrick Lamar’s Unconstrained Next Chapter”

Merry Christmas, Happy Hannukah and joyful holidays to anyone celebrating this end of year 😊

Really appreciate y’all on here!

Very happy to see another issue of @addersnewsletter though very sad that El Musketeer is shutting down Revue 😢

New favorite song alert 🐶 🎧

Starting to think that… Billionaires (with a platform) are bad, actually

Pachinko really hits you in the face (and the guy) like a brick, doesn’t it?!

Time to really buy local/better:

Europe strikes world-first deal to tax imports based on carbon emissions

Wall Street Journal

Kylian Mbappé almost played for Chelsea

”The letter is typed on AS Bondy headed paper, dated 17 May 2011. It gives permission for a 12-year-old French boy named Kylian Mbappe to attend a four-day trial the following week. Mbappe was on his way to Chelsea.” {≠}

I was the first female referee in France, the first in Europe, every time the first. I know how to deal with that.

[≠]

Ok this @Reddit recap is actually pretty great tbh! (As a side note: I need to continue spending more time on Reddit over other places…)

I’m so glad Griezmann is getting his flowers 💐

“When a baby cuts his teeth, his parents give him a stump of baguette to chew off,” [. .] “When a child grows up, the first errand he runs on his own is to buy a baguette at the bakery.”

🥖🥖🥖

“Going to see my father at a studio and having Mick Jagger be there. Going to the VMAs as a kid and sitting on Scary Spice’s lap”

Heads Up, BeReal Users

End of an era 😢 🦇🦇🦇

Truly feels like it, doesn’t it?

“The Age of Social Media Is Ending” - The Atlantic

Finally started Andor and… it doesn’t disappoint!

Similar to Rogue One, this is a treat! | []

I’m sorry WHAT?! 🤩

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Unsurprisingly, the Twitter layoffs are even worse than you could imagine. In the court of Public Opinion, I don’t know how you support Elon after this.

Related to @microdotblog: just renewed my licence for the year — that was an easy one 😅

“I relate to fast furniture like I do to fast food. It’s empty of culture, and it’s not carrying any history with it.”

How HBO remained on top for 50 years

Treehouse of Horror SZN

“This is what you signed up for. It’s way more boring than rockets, cars, and rockets with cars on them.”