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Why Billionaire Productivity Hacks Won’t Work for You
joanwestenberg.com · Sep 15
Productivity Without Context is Just Noise
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Jonathan Yu
(@jawnsy) ·
Sep 15
"When Benjamin Franklin drew up his daily schedule, balancing work, reflection, and leisure, it fit the life of a man with autonomy over his time and a household to support him. When modern knowledge workers try to replicate the same philosophy, they find themselves interrupted by meetings, messages, and the unpredictable and unforgiving demands of Microsoft Bloody Teams.
Franklin’s structure was admirable, but it's not universal."
https://www.joanwestenberg.com/p/why-billionaire-productivity-hacks-won-t-work-for-you by @Daojoan
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The unbearable sameness of Liquid Glass
theverge.com · Sep 15
If only we were all already living in AR glasses.
Clicks and Conflict
status.news · Sep 15
In a conversation with Status, Renee DiResta unpacked how Charlie Kirk’s death was weaponized online, exposing the toxic mix of platform algorithms, influencer incentives, and America’s fractured media environment.
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Tamar Yellin
(@tamaryellin) ·
Sep 15
🔁 @renee.diresta:
I talked to @oliverdarcy and Status about how Charlie Kirk's death became fuel for the online outrage machine
⚙️We unpacked:
- How social media incentives turn tragedy into spectacle
- Why online crowds don't wait for facts...they wait for cues
- The rush to mobilization, rather than deliberation
- How platforms should handle violent but newsworthy content
- Why we are stuck in this cycle, and what it would take to break it
https://www.status.news/p/charlie-kirk-social-media-renee-diresta
#CharlieKirk
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iOS and iPadOS 26: The MacStories Review
macstories.net · Sep 15
Old and new through the liquid glass.
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Liquid Glass Could Be One of Apple's Most Divisive System Designs Yet
wired.com · Sep 15
As Apple’s radical redesign rolls out across all of its platforms today, designers and app creators are still unconvinced it delivers the “greater focus” it promises.
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Quiche Industries
(@quicheindustries) ·
Sep 15
🔁 @heliographe_studio:
I shared some thoughts with @craiggrannell over at WIRED about Liquid Glass:
https://www.wired.com/story/liquid-glass-could-be-one-of-apples-most-divisive-system-designs-yet/
I've also published the full notes I've sent him, in case you're interested:
https://heliographe.net/blog/liquid_glass
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macOS 26 Tahoe review: Power under glass
sixcolors.com · Sep 15
macOS 26 Tahoe is two things at once: It’s the broadest and most productivity-focused update for macOS in years, while also taking collateral damage from Apple’s broader design ambition…
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iOS 26 Review: Through a glass, liquidly
sixcolors.com · Sep 15
iOS 26! It feels like just last year we were here discussing iOS 18. How time flies. After a year that saw the debut of Apple Intelligence and the subsequent controversy over the features that it d…
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What We Talk About When We Talk About Alt-Weeklies
coyotemedia.org · Sep 15
Alternative newsweeklies launched careers, called out corruption, and made journalism fun. Can we bring that energy back?
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petes_bread_eqn_xls
(@petes_bread_eqn_xls) ·
Sep 15
🔁 @Flipboard:
Alternative newsweeklies published articles that the mainstream media didn't — from local gossip to political corruption. But by the early aughts, many had disappeared. Coyote, a new indie site for the Bay Area, seeks to capture the same spirit. Co-founder Emma Silvers writes about what that means to her: More voices in the conversation, pushback against the narratives that preserve the status quo, and telling stories that other papers wouldn't touch.
Making Sense of a Terrible Week
charlotteclymer.substack.com · Sep 15
Where we go from here.
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Lisa Melton
(@lisamelton) ·
Sep 15
🔁 @charlotteclymer:
"I knew that it didn’t matter if trans people were involved. I knew it didn’t matter if no trans people were within a hundred miles of the shooting. I knew, instinctually, that trans people would somehow be blamed for it."
https://charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/making-sense-of-a-terrible-week
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