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Laetitia@Work
Make Work Seasonal Again Laetitia@Work #79
22 hours ago
Mind Mine
embracing my Wild Woman i’m a cheetah, not a house cat
6 hours ago
The Honest Broker
Two Robots Talk About Me Behind My Back And other updates on previous stories
8 hours ago
The Intimate Mirror
Buddhism in the Age of Metacrisis How Individual Creative Embodiment Shapes Dharma's Future
15 hours ago
DYNOMIGHT
Limits of smart Take me. Now take someone with the combined talents of Von Neumann, Archimedes, Ramanujan, and...
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Take me. Now take someone with the combined talents of Von Neumann, Archimedes, Ramanujan, and Mozart. Now take someone smarter again by the same margin and repeat that a few times. Say this Being is created and has an IQ of 300. Let’s also say it can think at 10,000× normal...
Atoms vs Bits
80/20 Weight Loss In some sense, the 80/20 of weight loss is to take ozempic, though maybe that's less of an 80/20 and...
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In some sense, the 80/20 of weight loss is to take ozempic, though maybe that's less of an 80/20 and more of a 95/5. Still, suppose that you want to lose some weight but sans zempy – where does that leave you? I'm
Paul Cudenec
A grotesque spectacle of lies and abuse It may seem odd, at first sight, that someone who recently warned against taking political...
2 days ago
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2 days ago
It may seem odd, at first sight, that someone who recently warned against taking political “personalities” too seriously is now reviewing a book about the lives of the French presidential couple.
Both Are True
BETH SPENCER will draw my face also we will maybe do some improv, I haven’t told Beth about that yet... A recording from Alex Dobrenko`'s live video
3 days ago
Jason Fried
Go do business Business isn’t something you learn in books. Or posts. Or threads. You can’t read your way to the...
3 days ago
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3 days ago
Business isn’t something you learn in books. Or posts. Or threads. You can’t read your way to the right hire. You can't consume enough content to produce a product. You have to do. You learn business by doing business. Hiring by hiring. Products by building them. We...
The Honest Broker
My 12 Favorite Existential Songs It's not a real genre—but should be
3 days ago
Both Are True
art vs content vs whatever the hell gets you paid are we human, or are we content?
3 days ago
Passing Time
A Certain Slant of Light Enhancing the sublimity of snow through art
3 days ago
Unfiltered by Tim...
You Must Realize You’ve Spent 10 Years Creating 1% of What You Were Capable Of This should make you stand up and scream. What comes next is extraordinary.
3 days ago
Both Are True
How to quit social media without quitting the internet Leaving the doomscroll behind, finding real community, and demanding answers about a neighbor’s...
3 days ago
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3 days ago
Leaving the doomscroll behind, finding real community, and demanding answers about a neighbor’s giant pig w/ Seth Werkheiser (Social Media Escape Club)
Nat Eliason's...
How to Outline and Plan a Novel What I've learned from the first few
4 days ago
Scarlet Ink
RTO is a lie, 3rd party misinformation, the source of my anecdotes, and how (not) to make decisions.... Sometimes writing about one topic just isn't good enough.
4 days ago
Atoms vs Bits
Voltaire on Vaccines In Voltaire's Letters on England, he writes up an interesting story on the pre-history of...
4 days ago
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4 days ago
In Voltaire's Letters on England, he writes up an interesting story on the pre-history of vaccination. (Bear in mind this is written in 1733, and I haven't checked the accuracy of his claims). It begins: It is whispered in Christian Europe that the English are mad
Paul Cudenec
The Global Gang Running Our World and Ruining Our Lives My understanding of the world in which we live has undoubtedly increased greatly since I wrote the...
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4 days ago
My understanding of the world in which we live has undoubtedly increased greatly since I wrote the material which formed the first of a series of compilations, Fascism rebranded: exposing the Great Reset, a selection of essays from 2018 to 2021.
The Honest Broker
More Entries from My Private Journal A few months ago, I shared private entries from my journal. People seemed to enjoy reading them—so...
5 days ago
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5 days ago
A few months ago, I shared private entries from my journal. People seemed to enjoy reading them—so I’m doing it again.
The Intimate Mirror
Valueception Recovering Our Capacity to Perceive Intrinsic Value
5 days ago
The Ruffian
Nabeel Qureshi on Principles For Living: Part II Plus: The Official Playlist For 'John & Paul'
5 days ago
journal – Winnie Lim
the art at our home It is just so easy to take things for granted, especially if they surround us every day and we’re so...
5 days ago
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5 days ago
It is just so easy to take things for granted, especially if they surround us every day and we’re so used to experiencing them. My partner started on an art journey shortly...
The Ruffian
Did John Lennon Think He Was Jesus? John's Messiah Complex
6 days ago
Castles in the Sky
To Discard, To Preserve, To Bury, To Build | Friday Footnotes #2 Friday Footnotes is a weekly newsletter where reflection meets real life.
a week ago
The Honest Broker
What's Happening to Students? Here's the latest news from the zombie wars
a week ago
Both Are True
sex stories all real from my life
a week ago
Unfiltered by Tim...
3-6 Months of Beginner Hell Is What It Takes to Become Successful (And Join the Top 1%) 99% of people can't stand it – that's your big opportunity
a week ago
Paul Cudenec
Dreaming of an ancient peace Floresia: Out of the Shadows, a newly-published novel by Nowick Gray, whose work we featured in The...
a week ago
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a week ago
Floresia: Out of the Shadows, a newly-published novel by Nowick Gray, whose work we featured in The Acorn in 2023, has set me dreaming.
Both Are True
Shame, perfectionism, doubt and the many other gifts of adhd Talkin mental health and weird brains with Extra Focus' Jesse J. Anderson
a week ago
The Intimate Mirror
The Sanity Crisis The Ahrimanic Dysfunction at the Heart of Rationalist Culture
a week ago
Mind Mine
Great Art is about being seen while remaining invisible when intuition breaks through ego
a week ago
The Convivial...
The Waters of Lethe Flow From Our Digital Streams The Convivial Society: Vol. 6, No. 2
a week ago
DYNOMIGHT
Rewarding ideas If you were in South America 12,000 years ago and you discovered where a bunch of glyptodonts were...
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If you were in South America 12,000 years ago and you discovered where a bunch of glyptodonts were hiding or you figured out a better glyptodont hunting method, you could tell your tribal band and later they would say, thank you for helping us kill these delicious glyptodonts we...
The Ruffian
The Surest Way To Make an AI Lie Is To Tell It Not To Lie Shouldn't We Have Learnt This From Humans?
a week ago
Atoms vs Bits
The Half Life Of Memory A radioactive model of personal identity
a week ago
Paul Cudenec
Rising to our feet How does it make you feel to know that the same people who five years ago assaulted the world with...
a week ago
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a week ago
How does it make you feel to know that the same people who five years ago assaulted the world with their Covid scamdemic are today committing genocide in Palestine?
The Honest Broker
The 30 Most Intriguing Musicians of 2025 (Part 1 of 3) Join my on a voyage of music discovery
a week ago
Both Are True
and the record for 'most fears shared during a livestream' goes to... the minutes, hours, and flowers of BAT's first ever town hall
a week ago
Passing Time
Losing My Edge But I was there!
a week ago
Raptitude.com
The Best Things in Life Don’t Make Themselves Happen You spend your life doing things. Some of the things you do make themselves happen, and some don’t....
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You spend your life doing things. Some of the things you do make themselves happen, and some don’t. Sweeping the floor, even if you don’t love doing it, will eventually make itself happen, because you’ll get annoyed by walking through filth every day. Same with things like...
Both Are True
surely by now I'd have it figured out? Shirley?! + both are true town hall TODAY at 4p EST
a week ago
Unfiltered by Tim...
Start a Sneaky Online Empire from Your Bedroom (In Silence) to Unlock Passive Income Here’s exactly how, thanks to Romeo and Juliet.
a week ago
Ryan Hoover's...
Selfish investing
a week ago
Scarlet Ink
A Time When I Was Tricked Into Being Honest — Bringing Facts Into Work Discussions Moving discussions from emotional interpretations to facts and metrics can move a group from...
a week ago
Atoms vs Bits
Are You Torturing Your Innie? Probably?
a week ago
Paul Cudenec
A decade of dissent: the struggle goes on In the final part of my retrospective essay on ten years of The Acorn, which I edit, I look at 2025...
a week ago
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a week ago
In the final part of my retrospective essay on ten years of The Acorn, which I edit, I look at 2025 and beyond.
The Honest Broker
How James Bond Can Fix the Crisis in Masculinity Here's what I'd do if I owned the 007 franchise
a week ago
The Intimate Mirror
The Seduction of Rationality How Our Minds Transform Reality to Serve Our Desires
a week ago
The Prism
Avoiding the Automation of your Heart A correspondence with Freya India
a week ago
The Ruffian
Nabeel Qureshi: Principles For Living Work, Life and Note-taking
a week ago
Thu Le
Stubborn determination What music hunts, design struggles, and running have in common.
a week ago
journal – Winnie Lim
chiang mai’s sketchbook I had only managed to complete roughly one-third of the sketchbook during the trip, and didn’t work...
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I had only managed to complete roughly one-third of the sketchbook during the trip, and didn’t work on it when we first got back. This happened to both my sketchbooks last year...
The Honest Broker
Is Disney Trying to Sell Star Wars? I pick out winners and losers in my latest culture briefing paper
a week ago
The Ruffian
It's Just a Rumour That Was Spread Around Town The Hipster-Military-Industrial Complex
a week ago
Castles in the Sky
Vikings, Origami, and New Mexico | Friday Footnotes #1 What are the things that enrich your life?
a week ago
Unfiltered by Tim...
A Tiny Goal That Will Change Your Life Is to Make $1 on the Internet You need a catalyst that fires off a series of unusual events
a week ago
Paul Cudenec
A decade of dissent: Zionism and the criminocracy In the latest part of my retrospective essay on ten years of The Acorn, which I edit, I look back on...
a week ago
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a week ago
In the latest part of my retrospective essay on ten years of The Acorn, which I edit, I look back on its content in 2024.
The Honest Broker
I Tamed the YouTube Algorithm... and now have these 17 videos to share
2 weeks ago
The Intimate Mirror
Lineages of Inspiration The Streams That Flow Into My Work
2 weeks ago
Mind Mine
how to be a domestic goddess notes from nigella & myself
2 weeks ago
Jason Fried
Randomly right One of the great lessons of nature: Randomness is the most beautiful thing. Every forest, every...
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One of the great lessons of nature: Randomness is the most beautiful thing. Every forest, every field, every place untouched by humans is full of randomness. Nothing lines up, a million different shapes, sprouting seeds burst where the winds — or birds — randomly drop...
Both Are True
Influencers are OUT, words are IN, and tbd on 'lolcows' which i'm just now learning about talking internet with Katherine Dee
2 weeks ago
Nat Eliason's...
Preorder My Sci-Fi Novel, Husk A limited time, first-edition signed hardcover with bonuses
2 weeks ago
Unfiltered by Tim...
"Late Bloomers" in Life in Their 40s, 50s, and 60s Are Incredible Some naive people make the mistake of thinking you can only do big things while you’re young. But...
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2 weeks ago
Some naive people make the mistake of thinking you can only do big things while you’re young. But these “late bloomers” showed me this is untrue.
The Ruffian
The Ruffian Speaks An Ad For My Speaking Services (Plus Book Tour News)
2 weeks ago
Atoms vs Bits
Dog Days Are On Just some facts about pet lifespans, honestly.
2 weeks ago
Paul Cudenec
Zionism: the bigger picture As I have been explaining for some time now, our contemporary world is in the grip of a...
2 weeks ago
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2 weeks ago
As I have been explaining for some time now, our contemporary world is in the grip of a Rothschild-dominated criminocracy, which I have termed the Zionist single global mafia.
Both Are True
how can I write when *gestures at…everything* between certainty and silence, a third path "forward"
2 weeks ago
The Intimate Mirror
The Upper Middle Path and Tech Bro Buddhism Analyzing how progressive politics and Silicon Valley thinking have domesticated the revolutionary...
2 weeks ago
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2 weeks ago
Analyzing how progressive politics and Silicon Valley thinking have domesticated the revolutionary potential of Buddhist practice
The Honest Broker
Why Journalism Is Like Stinky Cheese And updates on previous stories
2 weeks ago
Tech and Tea
My Buy Nothing baby changed my relationship with consumption Buy Nothing communities, neighborhood lending libraries, economic boycotts, and being intentional...
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2 weeks ago
Buy Nothing communities, neighborhood lending libraries, economic boycotts, and being intentional with where our money goes
Scarlet Ink
Do Jerks Get Hired For Management Roles, or Does Management Create Jerks? I assumed that certain rude personalities were promoted to leadership positions. Then I both found...
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2 weeks ago
I assumed that certain rude personalities were promoted to leadership positions. Then I both found myself being promoted, and adopting some of those behaviors.
Paul Cudenec
A decade of dissent: smears and revelations In the latest part of my retrospective essay on ten years of The Acorn, which I edit, I look back on...
2 weeks ago
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2 weeks ago
In the latest part of my retrospective essay on ten years of The Acorn, which I edit, I look back on its content in 2023.
journal – Winnie Lim
choosing health over social ties Being covid cautious is a very socially-isolating endeavour. Most people think we have some...
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Being covid cautious is a very socially-isolating endeavour. Most people think we have some psychological disorder, and that’s putting it very nicely. I feel alone and lonely for continuously writing about this,...
The Honest Broker
If William Shakespeare Came to Hollywood Today... “The first thing we do is, let's kill all the lawyers.”
2 weeks ago
The Ruffian
The Potency of Jokes Why Breakthroughs Emerge From Fooling Around
2 weeks ago
Thu Le
Things I have changed my mind about lately On some perspectives of mine that have shifted over time.
2 weeks ago
Unfiltered by Tim...
You Only Have 1 Hour a Day to Build Your Online Empire (If You Work a Job) Here’s the simple system to use
2 weeks ago
Paul Cudenec
The Parable of Emperor Zigazagazoga Long long ago and far far away there was a land called Yogania, whose ruler – officially at least –...
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Long long ago and far far away there was a land called Yogania, whose ruler – officially at least – was King Sossidge the Dull.
The Honest Broker
I'm Recommending These 12 New Recordings You can still find great music in 2025—you just need to know where it's hiding
2 weeks ago
Both Are True
remember me nots why do i forget the things i most want to remember?
3 weeks ago
The Ruffian
Jemima Kelly on Trump: Part II On Melania, and Trump's Taste In Music
3 weeks ago
DYNOMIGHT
My 16-month theanine self-experiment The internet loves theanine. This is an amino acid analog that’s naturally found in tea, but now...
3 weeks ago
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3 weeks ago
The internet loves theanine. This is an amino acid analog that’s naturally found in tea, but now sold as a nutritional supplement for anxiety or mood or memory. Many people try theanine and report wow or great for ADHD or cured my (social) anxiety or changing my life. And it’s...
Both Are True
Two Russians Walk Into a Substack Live On emotional labor, escaping Russia, and the ideas that hide w/ our guest: writer and psychonaut...
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On emotional labor, escaping Russia, and the ideas that hide w/ our guest: writer and psychonaut Nikita Petrov
The Honest Broker
The World Was Flat. Now It's Flattened The state of the culture, 2025
3 weeks ago
The Intimate Mirror
Buddhism Consumed The Unbundling of Dharma by Secular Materialism
3 weeks ago
Both Are True
Access to the super secret google doc log!! for BAT paying subscribers only
3 weeks ago
Atoms vs Bits
80/20 Breathing the rest is commentary
3 weeks ago
Paul Cudenec
A decade of dissent: defying the global psychopaths In the latest part of my retrospective essay on ten years of The Acorn, which I edit, I look back on...
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In the latest part of my retrospective essay on ten years of The Acorn, which I edit, I look back on its content in 2022.
Unfiltered by Tim...
What It Means to Be a Married Man in His 30s with Kids It's not what you think
3 weeks ago
Tech and Tea
🍲 Announcing Startup Soup: A Pragmatic Take on Startup Operations A story of two friends, three startups, and one just-launched newsletter on running early-stage...
3 weeks ago
The Ruffian
The Fight Notes on the Oval Office Debacle, Plus a Rattle Bag
3 weeks ago
The Honest Broker
We Really Are Entering a New Age of Romanticism An update on the war against algorithms and technocratic manipulation
3 weeks ago
Scarlet Ink
The Art of Simplification: Why We (over) Build When We Should Simplify Removing things is often just as complex as adding things. It is a way to add value which is often...
3 weeks ago
Atoms vs Bits
Meta-Surprise Surprise!
3 weeks ago
Paul Cudenec
The power behind the "personalities" When I was a very young boy, my father used to call upon a very special accomplice to encourage me...
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When I was a very young boy, my father used to call upon a very special accomplice to encourage me to eat up the unfavoured remains on my plate.
journal – Winnie Lim
because we are both pessimists It is so easy to take for granted, the ease of a relationship that has lasted 106 months. That is...
3 weeks ago
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It is so easy to take for granted, the ease of a relationship that has lasted 106 months. That is almost 9 years, a little less than a quarter of my life....
Carl Barenbrug RSS...
The Social Media Mirage Once upon a time, the power of a strong social media following could make a career. It still can, of...
3 weeks ago
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3 weeks ago
Once upon a time, the power of a strong social media following could make a career. It still can, of course, but to a much, much lesser extent. I won't bore you with a recycled narrative of the shitty algorithm effect, although relevant in this case. Suffice to say, a follow...
The Ruffian
The Audacity of Ambition Timothée Chalamet Aspires In Public
3 weeks ago
The Honest Broker
My 12-Month Immersive Course in Humanities—The Final Installment! I deliver on my promise to provide a full survey of arts & culture in just 52 weeks
3 weeks ago
Both Are True
meeting my demons with the help of ai is this why i'm so stuck all the time? no, it can't be, unless...
3 weeks ago
Unfiltered by Tim...
Adults Have Totally Misunderstood How AI Will Affect Society Time to look at the other side of AI (this will affect us all)
3 weeks ago
Paul Cudenec
A decade of dissent: tide turning, fog lifting In the latest part of my retrospective essay on ten years of The Acorn, which I edit, I look back on...
3 weeks ago
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3 weeks ago
In the latest part of my retrospective essay on ten years of The Acorn, which I edit, I look back on its content in 2021.
Laetitia@Work
AI’s battle of the skills: upskilling vs deskilling Laetitia@Work #78
3 weeks ago
The Map is Mostly...
Why make something beautiful? on starting a rose garden
4 weeks ago
DYNOMIGHT
Bayes is not a phase People make fun of techie/rationalist/effective-altruist types for many weird obsessions, like...
4 weeks ago
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4 weeks ago
People make fun of techie/rationalist/effective-altruist types for many weird obsessions, like stimulants or meditation or polyamory or psychedelics or seed oils or air quality or re-deriving all of philosophy from scratch. Some of these seem fair to me, or at least...
The Honest Broker
How to Write Dana Gioia shares the secrets of his craft in this deep 3-hour conversation with David Perrell
4 weeks ago
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Dana Gioia shares the secrets of his craft in this deep 3-hour conversation with David Perrell
Nat Eliason's...
To Improve Yourself You Must Know Yourself How to make change stick
4 weeks ago
The Ruffian
Tolstoy On Disagreement What We're Really Arguing About When We Argue About Politics
4 weeks ago
The Honest Broker
The New Aesthetics of Slop Or what happens when vulgar technocrats control the arts
a month ago
Both Are True
Stop being a philistine and read some good books A conversation w writer, critic, and lover of the classics Henry Oliver on BOTH ARE TRUE LIVE
a month ago
Raptitude.com
Managing Life is About Managing Friction Bananas used to be a lot more difficult to eat than they are now. The seeds were huge and plentiful,...
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a month ago
Bananas used to be a lot more difficult to eat than they are now. The seeds were huge and plentiful, and ran throughout the flesh of the fruit, which itself was starchier, stringier, and less sweet. Other foods were similarly obtuse. Watermelons, for example — instead of having...
The Intimate Mirror
The Avoidant Dharma How Western Buddhism Validates Emotional Withdrawal
a month ago
Unfiltered by Tim...
It Took Me 10 Years to Realize, and I Will Tell You in 2 Minutes. 1. A 9-5 job is blocking you from reaching your potential.
a month ago
Scarlet Ink
The 150 Point Rule of Thumb. How to Strategically Approach Career Pivots. We don't always begin our careers where we'd like them to end up. We're not stuck with jobs where we...
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a month ago
We don't always begin our careers where we'd like them to end up. We're not stuck with jobs where we began them. I walk through paths to move your career in a new direction.
Paul Cudenec
A decade of dissent: we are the 99%! In the latest part of my retrospective essay on ten years of The Acorn, which I edit, I look back on...
a month ago
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In the latest part of my retrospective essay on ten years of The Acorn, which I edit, I look back on its content in 2020.
Both Are True
Gaza, God, and turning toward the hard stuff without needing to solve it Noha Beshir on Both Are True LIVE
a month ago
The Honest Broker
The Death of Cool Can it come back to life? Or will we be angry forever?
a month ago
The Ruffian
Jemima Kelly: What Is Trump Like Up Close? And How Does His Personality Explain His Political Appeal?
a month ago
Thu Le
Presence over performance A reflection on curating an online persona and choosing to live a quieter life.
a month ago
journal – Winnie Lim
existing in an unsafe world Our current minister of defence had made a public speech last week, stating that the US’s image has...
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Our current minister of defence had made a public speech last week, stating that the US’s image has “changed from liberator to great disruptor to a landlord seeking rent.” Considering that Singapore...
Mind Mine
my parents. the stewards of my soul!
a month ago
The Ruffian
Why Are Some Of Our Most Successful Leaders Mentally Ill? On Milei, Musk, and Trump
a month ago
Paul Cudenec
A decade of dissent: the violence of the system In the latest part of my retrospective essay on ten years of The Acorn, which I edit, I look back on...
a month ago
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a month ago
In the latest part of my retrospective essay on ten years of The Acorn, which I edit, I look back on its content in 2019.
The Honest Broker
Classical Music Got Invented with a Hard Kick from a Peasant's Foot Or why we need less math in music theory
a month ago
Nat Eliason's...
Fast Cash vs. Slow Equity Knowing what you're building
a month ago
Jason Fried
Hiring judgement In the end, judgment comes first. And that means hiring is a gut decision. As much science as people...
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a month ago
In the end, judgment comes first. And that means hiring is a gut decision. As much science as people want to try to pour into the hiring process, art always floats to the top. This is especially true when hiring at the executive level. The people who make the final calls — the...
Castles in the Sky
Orson Welles as Falstaff on Late Night TV This post is in the Notebook - my digital workshop for anecdotes, links, excerpts, sketches, lists,...
a month ago
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a month ago
This post is in the Notebook - my digital workshop for anecdotes, links, excerpts, sketches, lists, and anything else I want to explore in brief, revisit later, or post for reference.
Unfiltered by Tim...
How to Become a Millionaire in Your 30s Build distribution then build whatever the f*ck you want
a month ago
Tech and Tea
What would you do if you had pizza money? A fun thought experiment around finances, time, and what you are or aren't willing to sacrifice for...
a month ago
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a month ago
A fun thought experiment around finances, time, and what you are or aren't willing to sacrifice for financial independence.
Both Are True
they begged me not to publish this miranda july would tho
a month ago
Farza's Newsletter
just drank green tea liquid death and now 15mg of caffeine is coursing through my gd veins bim bop boom boom boom bop bam
a month ago
Paul Cudenec
A decade of dissent: resistance and psyops In the latest part of my retrospective essay on ten years of The Acorn, which I edit, I look back on...
a month ago
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a month ago
In the latest part of my retrospective essay on ten years of The Acorn, which I edit, I look back on its content in 2018.
DYNOMIGHT
The first RCT for GLP-1 drugs and alcoholism isn’t what we hoped GLP-1 drugs are a miracle for diabetes and obesity. There are rumors that they might also be a...
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a month ago
GLP-1 drugs are a miracle for diabetes and obesity. There are rumors that they might also be a miracle for addiction to alcohol, drugs, nicotine, and gambling. That would be good. We like miracles. We just got the first good trial and—despite what you might have heard—it’s not...
The Honest Broker
The World's Largest Search Doesn't Want You to Search Why is Google abandoning its core mission?
a month ago
The Intimate Mirror
Truth Beyond Reason Breaking Free from the Prison of Justification
a month ago
Atoms vs Bits
Ministry Of Silly Walks lift up your heels already
a month ago
Both Are True
A running doc with my little thoughts you can interact with it and add stuff and have fun!!
a month ago
Unfiltered by Tim...
Your 9-5 Isn’t Killing Your Dreams. Wasting Your 5-9 Is. Complaining does nothing. It's time to get even.
a month ago
Castles in the Sky
Who are the role models for the rest of us? Converted from a Note 12/9/25
a month ago
Scarlet Ink
The Six Steps to Saying No — Why Being a Team Player is Not Necessarily Great Frequently, saying no is better than saying yes. Our teams can concentrate on the highest value work...
a month ago
Paul Cudenec
A decade of dissent: parasites in power In the latest part of my retrospective essay on ten years of The Acorn, which I edit, I look back on...
a month ago
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a month ago
In the latest part of my retrospective essay on ten years of The Acorn, which I edit, I look back on its content in 2017.
Thu Le
Blog questions challenge I’m answering questions in the blog questions challenge!
a month ago
Passing Time
Introducing: Slos This is not a joke.
a month ago
journal – Winnie Lim
widening the spectrum of future possibilities I used to really dislike washing dishes. I would leave them in the sink, and they would feel...
a month ago
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I used to really dislike washing dishes. I would leave them in the sink, and they would feel overwhelming when I finally had to do them at the end of the day....
The Honest Broker
The Music Business is Healthy Again? Really? I express deep skepticism
a month ago
The Ruffian
The End of Cheap Progressive Signalling And Why That Might Be a Good Thing For Progressive Causes
a month ago
Both Are True
"we are perfect parents" An alphabet of grievances
a month ago
The Honest Broker
How We Lost the Flow The flow state was our pathway to liberation—before it got taken over by profiteers
a month ago
Nat Eliason's...
The Strange Fruits of Exploration And maybe a beach bar
a month ago
Mind Mine
the mind is a trap be careful what you convince yourself of
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I'm republishing this for a friend who doesn't have a reliable place to publish this online. It's a letter she wrote and sent to a number of newspapers. Her family was a victim of the recent Franklin wildfire, and unlike other recent fires, the Franklin fire wasn't included in...
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Be curious about what's new, sure. That's expected. But it's more interesting to be curious about what's old. 
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Just as your eyeballs are, your mind is always pointed at something, and it matters what it is. If you spent most of your day preoccupied with thoughts about a past failed relationship, for example, that makes for a different kind of day than one in which you’re preoccupied with...
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All that talk by the world’s biggest polluters about going “green” and wanting to “save the planet” has always been a transparent fraud.
DYNOMIGHT
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Some time ago—I’m not sure when exactly—my car started rattling. It would only rattle: When the engine was on, sitting idle, or When accelerating with just the right amount of throttle. This rattle, I did not like it. It sounded like a tiny spoon in a garbage disposal. Which...
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When Louis Armstrong Conquered Chicago Grammy-winner Ricky Riccardi tells the story of a milestone moment in American music in this extract...
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Grammy-winner Ricky Riccardi tells the story of a milestone moment in American music in this extract from his new book
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On globalism and immigration Somebody commented on my article “The British population is under attack” that I had not made any...
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Somebody commented on my article “The British population is under attack” that I had not made any mention of immigration.
Jason Fried
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Not too long ago, we dedicated a 6-week cycle to improving Basecamp's onboarding flows. The aim was to increase conversion from trial to paid by smoothing out the initial experience of getting going, doing a better job of quick-teaching the basics, and making a few things a...
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journal – Winnie Lim
minimum effective dose I am still recovering from my failed root canal (and still have one visit to complete the...
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I am still recovering from my failed root canal (and still have one visit to complete the procedure), so I have been hesitant in taking up my regular exercise again because I...
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As I have pointed out before, a big disruptive event like a war serves multiple purposes for the criminocrats.
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Seneca pointed out that people tend to be reflexively stingy with their money, but almost comically wasteful with their time. There are at least two ways to take this. One is that Seneca thought he used his time better than you and I do, and maybe he did. Another interpretation...
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Work sent me to New York City in January, for an annual meeting. It's something I've avoided in the past, but I was curious to see what New York City is like these days. The picture painted from the outside is quite grim, but if you learn anything from traveling it's that the...
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I have been writing a lot recently about Zionism, as is sadly unavoidable for anyone genuinely intent on exploring and exposing the nature of the single global mafia.
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journal – Winnie Lim
on learning the definition of endodontist, and compassion Have you heard of the profession, “endodontist” before? I have not, until very recently. After...
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Precision. Certainty. Specificity. Everyone wants to know exactly what and exactly when, and they want a statistic attached to corroborate it. But numbers are rarely answers — just as projects are rarely math problems. Where are we in this process exactly? How far along in this...
Mind Mine
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Unfiltered by Tim...
Disappear from Public Life so You Can Build Something Online with Zero Fear Being invisible is the key to greatness.
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DYNOMIGHT
Algorithmic ranking is unfairly maligned What does “algorithmic ranking” bring to mind for you? Personally, I get visions of political...
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"Nothing will work unless you do." –John Wooden Humans are one of the few large mammals that don't practice for life by playing. Watch wolf puppies, lion cubs, young bears, elk, deer, pretty much any mammal and you'll notice that all they do is play. There's really no teaching...
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How To Make Decisions Under Stress (To be clear: I don't know how to make good decisions under stress)
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The US admiral in the globalist axis of evil James Stavridis, chairman of the Rockefeller Foundation’s board of trustees, projects a wholesome...
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James Stavridis, chairman of the Rockefeller Foundation’s board of trustees, projects a wholesome and all-American image for the organisation, with his impressive list of military decorations.
The Honest Broker
Google Is Now the East India Company of the Internet Long ago, another company tried to control global connectivity—it had an unhappy ending
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Unfiltered by Tim...
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Mind Mine
just show up stop postponing the act
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As I have said before, Israel’s current long-planned genocidal landgrab – and the complicity of world puppet “leaders” – has fatally exposed the nature of the single global mafia.
The Honest Broker
In the Music Business, 80 Is the New 20 It's never been better for dead and dying musicians
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journal – Winnie Lim
knowing how to be, when ill is also a skill I had the second sitting of my root canal last tuesday, and while the procedure itself went pretty...
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I had the second sitting of my root canal last tuesday, and while the procedure itself went pretty well, I developed some pain after a few hours had passed. I asked the...
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The God-Shaped Hole in Our Nervous Systems Why connection with the divine may be the missing key to nervous system health
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Unfiltered by Tim...
A Japanese Ikigai is Bullsh*t And Won't Help You Figure Out Your Life Ignore the self-help gurus
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DYNOMIGHT
I am offering mentoring What is this? I am offering to act as a “mentor”, to you, in case that seems like something you’d...
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What is this? I am offering to act as a “mentor”, to you, in case that seems like something you’d find useful. How will it work? We will meet three times for 30 minutes. During those sessions, I’ll try to help you do whatever it is you’re trying to do. Then I’ll sit back and...
Raptitude.com
The Tiniest Mission Sometimes doing a small thing can be extremely satisfying, out of all proportion to how easy it is:...
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Sometimes doing a small thing can be extremely satisfying, out of all proportion to how easy it is: placing a jigsaw puzzle piece into the right slot, wiping your phone screen spotless, returning a tool to its designated hook, or making a nice diagonal cut across a lovingly-made...
Luxagraf:...
Frozen The last few years in this area have not been good to ice fishermen. At least that's what I hear....
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The last few years in this area have not been good to ice fishermen. At least that's what I hear. Last year the lake barely froze over. By March it had thawed. This year started more optimistically. Parts of the bay were already frozen by New Year's -- the shallower, calmer water...
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Impact imperialists eye big 'opportunities' in India Rockefeller Foundation board of trustees member Ravi Venkatesan was formerly chairman of Microsoft...
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Rockefeller Foundation board of trustees member Ravi Venkatesan was formerly chairman of Microsoft India, where he “helped build India into Microsoft’s second-largest presence in the world”.
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The Essence of Aletheia Unfolding Opening to Life's Natural Intelligence
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Sincerity Makes Everything Possible The Radical Power of Loving Things for Their Own Sake
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Thu Le
Imperfections Things don’t have to be perfect to be meaningful.
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journal – Winnie Lim
2025: may I have an uneventful year Last year I wrote that I wanted to be able to do one pull up. This year, I just want the year to...
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The Death of Scenius Urban Creativity Isn't What It Was
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The global mafia's not-so-good club Rockefeller Foundation trustee Patty Stonesifer is a “technology multimillionaire and...
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Rockefeller Foundation trustee Patty Stonesifer is a “technology multimillionaire and philanthropist”.
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The Secret Life of People with High Agency (It’s Simpler than You Think) It's bizarrely good for your health too
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DYNOMIGHT
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(1) Jimmy Carter rabbit incident On April 20, 1979, President Carter was on vacation fishing in a pond in his hometown of Plains, Georgia. After returning to DC, he mentioned to some White House staffers that a large rabbit had swum towards him “hissing menacingly” and he’d had...
The Honest Broker
Open Mic: Tell Us About Anything You Want It’s Open Mic Day at The Honest Broker. And it’s totally open today—you can talk about anything you...
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The Intimate Mirror
The AI Middle Way A Framework for Wise Engagement with Artificial Intelligence
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Basketball, neo-imperialism and Zionism Sport today is just another sector of big business – just another way of making money.
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Laetitia@Work
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Unfiltered by Tim...
The Biggest Wealth Transfer in History Is Happening Right Now You can be a part of it if you choose.
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Passing Time
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True productivity for a team is measured by the value created, not the work completed. The job of a manager is to focus on the value hidden behind the piles of work.
Atoms vs Bits
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The criminocracy's Colombian connection Juan Manuel Santos is a Colombian businessman and politician who was president of the South American...
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Juan Manuel Santos is a Colombian businessman and politician who was president of the South American country from 2010 to 2018.
The Intimate Mirror
The Future Breaking Through How Personal Crisis and Collective Transformation Call Each Other Forth (Breaking Open: Part 6)
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Thu Le
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In 2024, I set a goal to document one interesting thing I learn each week, drawing insights from books, conversations, and everyday life.
Mind Mine
my phone is making me dumb is yours too?
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The Parable of Anna Akhmatova Who is more powerful, the artist or the dictator?
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The British population is under attack The illusion that their government has their best interests at heart is rapidly fading for millions...
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The illusion that their government has their best interests at heart is rapidly fading for millions of people in Britain, particularly since the arrival in power of Keir Starmer, longstanding member of the criminocrats’ Trilateral Commission and ardent proponent of their chilling...
The Convivial...
The Cat in the Tree: Why AI Content Leaves Us Cold The Convivial Society: Vol. 6, No. 1
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The Prism
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DYNOMIGHT
Why I’m skeptical of minimum prices for ride-sharing The Attorney General of Massachusetts recently announced that drivers for ride-sharing companies...
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The Attorney General of Massachusetts recently announced that drivers for ride-sharing companies must be paid at least $32.50 per hour. Now, if you’re a hardcore libertarian, then you probably hate the minimum wage. You already disagree with this policy, so you need no convincing...
Mind Mine
on trading potential for something actual just make a choice
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I've been mulling over my presence on social media for a while now. There's only three platforms I actively use, but honestly, it feels like there should only be one — and that one, Are.na, breaks the mould of a typical social media space. You can find me on Instagram, X, and...
The Honest Broker
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journal – Winnie Lim
looking back at 2024 Every year I tell myself I should start writing this post earlier so I don’t have to rush at the...
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Every year I tell myself I should start writing this post earlier so I don’t have to rush at the last minute, but every year I fail to do so. Next year,...
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When You're Done with that Condom, Just Throw it Anywhere just a lil guy
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Keeping it in the deep-state family It is obviously important for maintenance of the “Rockefeller” façade to have at least one person...
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It is obviously important for maintenance of the “Rockefeller” façade to have at least one person bearing the family name on the Foundation’s board of trustees.
The Convivial...
Life Cannot Be Delegated The Convivial Society: Vol. 5, No. 15
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journal – Winnie Lim
chiang mai’s scenes of creativity Chiang Mai is a city that is buzzing with creative energy, though I am not sure why. Is it the long...
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