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☆ How DashCon gave us one of the most important social media lessons of the 2010s
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-18 | by ( Aj Willingham | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

The result was DashCon, an attempt to bring together Tumblr users from different interests and fandoms for a single event. For all its (somewhat hilarious) failures, DashCon immediately became a core parable of our social media lore. Like so many other Tumblr users, O’Neil was just a nerdy teenager with cool interests looking for other people like her. A view of the iconic DashCon ball pit at the Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center Hotel in Schaumburg, Illinois. She said people still send her cosplays of the infamous ball pit, almost 10 years later.

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☆ Trump accuser E. Jean Carroll is writing an online romance novel with Trump's niece that will include 'erotic scenes,' 'a very bad man,' but no politics
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-01 | by ( Lloyd Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

E. Jean Carroll is writing an online romance novel with Mary Trump and law professor Jennifer Taub. The novel will be released in installments on Substack, Carroll announced in her newsletter. Carroll recently won a battery and defamation lawsuit against Donald Trump. "It's completely unlikely and weird and counterintuitive," Mary Trump told The New York Times about the novel. Mary Trump, Carroll, and Taub befriended each other in a Zoom knitting circle during the height of the pandemic, according to Backstory Serial.

Persons: Jean Carroll, Mary Trump, Jennifer Taub, Carroll, Donald Trump, —, Fred Trump Jr, Donald Trump's, Trump, It's, Mary, Taub Organizations: Service, Western New England University School of Law, The New York Times, Times Locations: Bella

☆ Opinion | If You’re Reading This, You’re Probably ‘WEIRD’
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-26 | by ( The Ezra Klein Show | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +83 min

You’re probably very weird, and not just for all the obvious reasons you’re thinking of. Because, obviously, there’s going to be some overlap in the curve here. How you’re going to behave with your professor is quite different than how you’re going to behave with your friends. But it’s really kind of faceless, and you’re not really helping anybody you know. I think things are dynamic, and directions are changing, and that sort of thing.

☆ Elizabeth Holmes ‘giggles’ about the infamously deep voice she once used — and even her partner mocks it
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-08 | by ( Lakshmi Varanasi | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Elizabeth Holmes recently opened up to The New York Times in her first interview since 2016. The profile noted that Holmes had ditched her famously low voice for an "unremarkable" one. Holmes' partner, entrepreneur Billy Evans, also agreed the voice was weird. I'm Elizabeth Holmes," Evans told the Times, imitating Holmes's old voice. A representative for Elizabeth Holmes did not immediately respond to Insider's request for a comment.

And so whenever I get one of those notifications, I know I’m going to have a good time there. kevin roose[LAUGHS]: I actually don’t think I could’ve told you what IBM stood for. kevin rooseSo I’ve thought a lot and written a lot about how and when AI actually is a threat to jobs. The third category is just the jobs that I think are going to be protected, the jobs that we won’t let AI do. But I don’t actually think the speed of it matters at all.

☆ Is it time to scrap our work marriages? Experts say the relationships risk excluding some workers
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-05 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Work spouses are close colleagues who rely on each other for support in the workplace. But is it appropriate to have a non-romantic work wife or husband? A poll that Redfield & Wilton Strategies conducted in March for Newsweek found a generational divide in opinions on work spouses. She told Insider that she's largely in favor of work marriages, but also skeptical of using marital terms. She said that while it's fine to have close relationships at work, the heteronormative terms can be restrictive.

☆ The Prince With No Throne
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-05 | by ( Alyson Krueger | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

VIENNA — Ferdinand Habsburg-Lothringen sometimes goes for runs around the 1,441-room Schönbrunn Palace, the former summer residence of the Habsburg rulers of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. He loves taking in the manicured gardens, the mazes, one of the world’s oldest zoos still in existence, and one of the largest Baroque orangeries in the world. But once in a while things can feel a little weird in a way that is unique to Mr. Habsburg. “There is a bedroom inside the palace that would have been mine if I was crown prince,” he said, noting that he knows which one it is. Before him, other ancestors ruled for more than 600 years, presiding over a vast global empire.

☆ It might be time to break up with your work wife or husband — the concept is 'outdated' and exclusionary, experts say
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-23 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Work spouses are close colleagues who rely on each other for support in the workplace. But is it appropriate to have a non-romantic work wife or husband? A poll conducted in March for Newsweek by Redfield & Wilton Strategies found a generational divide in opinions on work spouses. "I have never seen, for instance, a male-female pair of close friends at work called 'work spouses' if one or both of them are gay," they told Insider. She said that while it's fine to have close relationships at work, the heteronormative terms can be restrictive.

☆ Blackface, booze, and blurred lines at the $2 billion tech firm Rokt
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-16 | by ( Jack Newsham | Madeline Stone | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +25 min

A cropped version of an image shared with Rokt employees at the 2020 meeting. Buchanan told Insider. "We think it's important that we stand up and fight it," he told Insider when asked about that message. In an email, Viles told Insider that he hasn't had any day-to-day involvement with Rokt since 2020, when he did some contract work. Mert Alper Dervis/Anadolu Agency via Getty ImagesOne employee told Insider they were encouraged to post the photos and proclaim 2023 to be Rokt's "best year yet."

☆ Hey, Bing, Help Me Overcome My Fear of College Basketball
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-15 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +15 min

I’m still learning so I appreciate your understanding and patience.🙏Do you know a lot about college basketball, and do you enjoy talking about it? Why are people so obsessed about the college basketball brackets? I've never filled out a college basketball March Madness bracket, and I heard that it's virtually impossible to do completely accurately, even if you predict the winner. When filling out my college basketball bracket, should I just guess according to what team names I like the best? :)I’m afraid I can’t fill out a March Madness bracket, as I’m just a chat mode of Microsoft Bing search.

☆ ‘Unlikely Heroes’ Review: FDR’s Key Quartet
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-24 | by ( Scott Borchert | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

Students of history may recognize a concept I’ll call the Weirdo Theory of Crisis. In times of upheaval and strife (so goes the theory), unconventional figures have a way of slipping into power. They were also, in various combinations and to different degrees, messy, wounded human beings. “During prosperous times, none of Roosevelt’s up-and-coming lieutenants could have ventured far beyond political suburbia,” as Mr. Lebaert puts it. “Then the Great Depression changed everything.” Weirder still, these four survived into Roosevelt’s unprecedented fourth term, outlasting nearly every other secretary or top adviser, aside from the First Lady.

☆ From 'relief' to 'not too devastated': Why some laid-off workers aren't rushing to find new jobs
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-16 | by ( Jennifer Liu | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

That's how some recently laid-off workers view losing their jobs, despite the era of loud layoffs and ever-constant recession fears. She figured she'd be let go from her social media job at Attentive, an e-commerce startup, once her visa expired in April. Calista Tee, 28, plans to use her post-layoff time to build her social media marketing brand on TikTok and beyond. It's since taken off, and in 2022 she matched 80% of her full-time income. Without the security of full-time income, Tee plans to make small tweaks to her spending habits.

☆ I tracked what I did for every hour of my life for the last 5 years, splitting all activities into 11 categories. It helped me stop wasting time.
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-05 | by ( Samantha Delouya | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

I used 11 categories to track every hour of my life for 5 years. Data Trevor Sweet collected every hour of his life for 5 years Trevor Sweet/RedditThe categories I use are sleep, family, friends, dating/partner, school, work, productive, hobbies & skills, relaxation & leisure, waste, health & travel. Initially, keeping track of what I was doing every hour was challenging. But overall, my friends and family were supportive and just curious about where it would go. The project captured an important period of my life: my late teens and my entire college studies.

☆ Visa, Mastercard pin hopes on China reopening as travel boom fades
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-27 | by ( Niket Nishant | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Jan 27 (Reuters) - Mastercard Inc (MA.N) and Visa Inc (V.N) will rely on China reopening to give travel spending a boost, Wall Street analysts said, as the pace of growth in other parts of the world eases from a post-pandemic boom. Executives at the payments companies on Thursday pointed to further room for travel recovery in China, which earlier this month reopened its borders after dropping its stringent COVID-19 control measures. "However, the reopening of China should act as a modest boost." Shares of Visa climbed nearly 3% on Friday, while Mastercard was up nearly 1% in choppy trading. "Consumer spending has remained surprisingly resilient, but reopening has not been worked through in earnest – especially in Asia where there is pent-up travel demand post China reopening," said Macquarie Group analyst Paul Golding.

☆ I'm a seasonal 'elf' who makes money decorating people's homes for Christmas
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-24 | by ( Jen Glantz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

We offer decorating services for other holidays and events, but our main focus is Christmas. I became a co-owner of The Ultimate Elf and made that my seasonal job from October to January. While we do offer decorating services for other holidays and events, like Halloween and bridal showers, our main focus is Christmas. Clauson moved back to Chicago and, as a co-owner of The Ultimate Elf, made holiday decor her seasonal job from October to January. I put away my Ultimate Elf hat and count down the days until the next holiday season.

☆ 10 traits of a Hollywood high achiever, according to a success coach who's worked on shows like 'Glee' and 'This Is Us'
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-07 | by ( Erica Wernick | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

Successful people don't believe in scarcity, they believe in abundance. You don't want to bother them and you're scared they won't want to help, so you decide not to contact them. The successful person may still have those fears, but they contact the person anyway because it could help their dream. See where I'm going with this? Let's play this out: Let's say you're hanging out with Nancy and Nancy says to you, "That dream you're trying to go after is really hard.

Humphries, who plays for Melbourne United in Australia’s National Basketball League, had never previously spoken publicly about his sexuality out of fear it would negatively impact his career. But now, he says he feels ready to “live my true life” and become the world’s only openly gay man playing top-flight basketball. Humphries joined Melbourne United in July this year. “I have a weight lifted off my shoulders, 25 years of weight,” says Humphries. “I’m essentially starting a new life – it’s like a birthday,” he adds.

Having the ability to watch back a video with a voice that more closely aligns with their gender identity has been emotional, trans TikTok users told NBC News. “It’s not something I ever imagined I’d get to experience.”Some videos celebrating the voice feature have racked up millions of views. It’s unclear when the voice filter was added to the app. The benefit of having such a TikTok filter, Rose said, is that it can hopefully alleviate the gender dysphoria that some trans creators may feel. She said she hopes that TikTok might allow users to customize things such as pitch, tone and timbre of the voice filters in the future.

☆ The new iPad requires a $9 dongle if you want to use the Apple Pencil
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-18 | by ( Todd Haselton | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

But there's one thing that's just a little silly about it: the $99 optional Apple Pencil requires a dongle to charge and pair with the new iPad. Unlike the iPad Air, iPad Pro and iPad Mini, the new iPad only supports the first-generation Apple Pencil. But since Apple made the move from a Lightning port to USB-C, you can't just stick the Apple Pencil into the iPad's charging port to juice it up. You'll plug the Apple Pencil into that dongle, and then plug the dongle into the iPad. So, just a word of warning to people who may already own an Apple Pencil, or who may be upgrading to the new iPad: prepare to spend another $9 if you want to use the Pencil with this iPad.

☆ Obama says he still views his job as uplifting the next generation of Democrats — as a former aide joked about the 'Silent Generation' leading the party
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-17 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

"Pod Save America" co-host Jon Lovett joked with Obama about the age of the nation's leaders. Lovett quipped whether the next generation of leadership Obama talks about was "The Silent Generation. "Did you intend on that to be the Silent Generation?" One possible explanation is that as president, Obama presided over two disastrous midterms for his party that greatly depleted Democrat's bench to draw on for bigger races. Now, with his former vice president in the Oval Office, the 44th president said he can focus on the next generation of leaders.

☆ Josh Brown says the Fed has 'zero credibility' after big miss on 2022 rate hike forecasts
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-11 | by ( Jesse Pound | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Ritholtz Wealth Management CEO Josh Brown said Tuesday that investors should put little weight on the Federal Reserve's predictions about rate hikes after the central bank's missteps over the past year. "This is a body of people who one year ago today were telling us, based on their forecasts, that there would be no rate hikes in 2022. The only thing worse than the Fed's forecast is no forecast, which is why cling to these things, but in reality they don't know what they're going to do," he added. The Federal Reserve has implemented three consecutive rate hikes of 75 basis points, or three-quarters of one percent. The rapid rate hikes come as inflation has stayed stubbornly high throughout 2022 and Fed officials have abandoned their previous position that the price increases would prove "transitory."

☆ Here's how to find out if you're underpaid at work, and the exact script to use when asking your boss for a salary increase
▼ + stars: | 2021-03-22 | by ( Marguerite Ward | Shana Lebowitz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

More US states, including New York and California, are requiring employers to post salary ranges on job listings. If you're starting to suspect you're underpaid, do your researchDoing some digging (on your personal computer, not at work) is your first stop. It's the more realistic number you're hoping to meet or exceed. Lennox said you'll typically want to start discussing professional development with your boss months before you actually ask for a raise. "All the hard work of researching what the range is for your next job is already done," Dickinson said.

☆ Spanx CEO Sara Blakely: People who 'achieve their dreams' have this trait–'it's not about having brains, money or experience'
▼ + stars: | 2020-11-24 | by ( Taylor Locke | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

"The difference between people who achieve their dreams and those who don't is simple," according to Spanx founder and CEO Sara Blakely. "It's not about having a ton of brains or ton of money or a ton of experience," according to Blakely. Indeed, Blakely started Spanx in 1998 with just $5,000 she had in savings from selling fax machines door-to-door. Without having any background in design, business or manufacturing, Blakely ultimately built Spanx into a billion-dollar brand. "In the middle of my meeting with [the Neiman Marcus rep], I could tell I was losing her.

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