i like astoria because i get to wake up and decide if i want to go to the afghan coffee shop, the bengali coffee shop, the filipino coffee shop, the egyptian coffee shop, the japanese coffee shop, the yemeni coffee shop, or the greek coffee shop
why aren’t the robots working in the mines and oil fields and handling toxic chemicals or picking plastic out of the ocean? why are they writing emails and making powerpoint presentations? what the hell are we doing
We have Love Island. We have Survivor. We have The Bachelor.
Now please make a show where you put a billionaire CEO in a regular apartment, give them their lowest-paid employee’s paycheck, and tell them it has to last 30 days.
I’d watch every episode.
Sometimes the point of the trip is to eat something good, stare at a body of water, and remember who tf you are.
You don't always have to have a jam-packed itinerary!
Im sick of reading about this fucking case if you are dumb enough to fuck a k-holed drunk girl who had already fucked two men at a party bc another man wrote “free pussy” in a chat you need to be in jail regardless of how she felt about what happened afterwards actually.
I’m not a lawyer so I have no clue if those Cornell kids are guilty or not according to the law but you got a skewed moral compass if you don’t think their behavior is wrong on the basis of human decency
I once talked to a Pixar executive and she told me she only joined Pixar was because she realized the power of media in shaping the world was truly enormous
More than her working in Peace Corps prior
And I can confidently attest growing up with Pixar redefined the definition of being a man, in a positive way
Pixar storytellers are truly a force of nature and have had more impact on shaping culture and social norms for Gen Z than most people realize
I am constantly fascinated by the genius of Brad Bird, Ed Catmull and many others in the "braintrust" of Pixar.
Even Steve Jobs who was usually a micromanager stayed completely away from the ways of Ed Catmull managing the company of storytellers because Jobs knew he wasn't the best person to manage Pixar creatives compared to Apple.
Truly a generational company case study. I highly recommend all creatives to give a read to Creativity Inc and the YouTube lesson posted by Michael Arndt on the making of the story of Toy Story 3. (linking below)
story just broke of a 20 year old who went to a party on Cornell's campus.
she was incapacitated and sexually assaulted by two men- and then one of them sent a message on snapchat to his fraternity that said "free pussy" and invited other men to join. they did.
zero arrests.
DoorDash has ripped off more than 260,000 NYC delivery workers. We’re making them pay $131.5 million — the largest worker settlement in City history.
This is New York, where hard work pays and greed will cost you.
My therapist said: Legitimately self-compassion is the biggest mental health life hack of all time. I'm NOT talking about self-esteem. You do NOT have to like yourself one bit. You don't have to believe that you're a good person who deserves good things. You just have to