179 / The Stories in Our Heads

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Skeet of the Week

Commit the sin of empathy. — @evandorkin.bsky.social

Work

• Once You're Laid Off, You'll Never Be the Same Again (mertbulan.com)

  Mert Bulan talks about the impact of layoffs on work ethic, how to see the signs and how to be ready.

• The Stories in Our Heads (Fact vs. Meaning) (andysparks.co)

  Andy Sparks explains how everyone of us makes up stories, a.k.a. lives in meaning land, and how to avoid falling into that trap.

Tech

• 3 Tools for 2025 (yosemitesam.ch)

  Samuel Hierholzer advocates for three tools to reach traction in 2025: Oils, Radicle and Simplex Chat.

• Advice for a friend who wants to start a blog (henrikkarlsson.xyz)

  Henrik Karlsson shares 19 pieces of advice for people who want to start a blog.

• The PC is Dead: It’s Time to Make Computing Personal Again (vintagecomputing.com)

  Benj Edwards about the ideas of the first personal computers, and today‘s “Rot Economy”.

Cutting Room Floor

• How 9 Popular YouTubers Helped Trump Win a Second Term (bloomberg.com)

  Seven Bloomberg journalists analyzed YouTube videos and podcast episodes of Joe Rogan, Logan Paul, and others to show their influence on the US election.

• Declassified CIA Guide to Sabotaging Fascism Is Suddenly Viral (404media.co)

  Jason Koebler shares some excerpts of a book that went viral, called “Simple Sabotage Field Manual”.

• Signature moves: are we losing the ability to write by hand? | Technology | The Guardian (theguardian.com)

  Christine Rosen about the side effects of loosing the skill of handwriting.