If you live in a community with 98% vaccination rates, you can afford to be the 2%. You can post wellness memes about "natural immunity" and still get herd immunity as a side effect. Your child is statistically safe, not because of your parenting, but in spite of it. https://www.theindex.media/the-herd-immunity-illusion/ https://www.theindex.media/the-herd-immunity-illusion/

I will never understand the fear of “overreacting” to Nazism. You’re worried about being too alert to genocidal ideology? That’s like worrying the fire alarm is being rude to the flames.

Cool won’t save you. Irony won’t protect you. Apathy won’t set you free. The world is burning, and the people mocking from the sidelines are dead weight. Give a shit. Stand for something. Be cringe. It’s the only way anything has ever changed.

Westenberg.

The Case for Embracing Cringe

We curate ourselves into something safe. We smooth out our rough edges. We keep things palatable, we stay detached, we’re less invested, we’re ...

I'm keen to move as much of my stack as I can away from US tech. Any European-based, GDPR compliant / privacy forward podcast apps out there? DuckDuckGo is proving remarkably unhelpful and just listing podcasts about privacy...

Google Analytics won't tell you if your message resonates. Meta's Pixel can't measure trust. Your CRM won't capture the moment someone recommends you to a friend. The rise of data-driven marketing coincides with the collapse of consumer trust. This isn't coincidental.

SIGNALVS.

Never forget: misogyny is a skill issue

The ‘Just Asking Questions’ Tactic: Truth-Seeking or Manipulation?

Kate, 23, said it wasn't as hard to buy a house as people made out. "I just cut my expenses. Unlike my friends, I didn't go out, I ate at home, I watched free to air TV instead of Netflix and I thrift shopped. Add that to the $500,000 my parents gave me for a deposit, and I was able to achieve my goals in just 6 months" This story sponsored by realestate dot com dot au

The next big social networks will have no ads and no owners. Creator economies for the people, not advertisers.

Unlike ephemeral chat platforms, forums preserved discussions as reference material for both veteran members and newcomers. Read more 🍕 https://joanwestenberg.com/blog/breaking-up-with-slack-and-discord-why-its-time-to-bring-back-forums

Who says a profile pic needs a smile? Not me. As a woman trying to build a writing career in the utter bullshit that is the tech world, putting on a friendly grin doesn’t feel right. It certainly doesn’t feel real. I’m not about coming off as unfriendly. Believe me, I've got a vibrant spirit and a wicked sense of humour. But too often, women feel squeezed into boxes - expected to soften our talent with feminine charm, pleasantness, and perpetual cheer.

Own your own website. Own your mailing list. Own your newsletter. Own your blog and prioritise your RSS feed. This is the stuff that works in the long term. Chasing virality on every new shiny platform is a waste of time.

Can you imagine prioritizing organic kale while working multiple jobs to keep the lights on? https://lttr.ai/AFBsN