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Oh, this is amazing (and not at all what I pulled this looking for)—it’s a 1789 essay written in the persona of the long S at the time when it is starting to fall out of use, complaining about the preference being given to “my crooked brother”.

One great perk of having worked at Pixar is getting to go to a party every few months where only other ex-Pixar folks are gathered.

Amazing opportunity to catch up, and be reminded of what a privilege it was to work with such unbelievably talented people over so many years.

#oldguard

Happiest days of my life: 1. Becoming a father. 2. Getting married. 3. Someone gives Tim Cook one of my GOOOD MORRRNING! t-shirts. Thank you, @jonathangulbrandsen! https://gigant.social/@jonathangulbrandsen/111862652894053316
Jonathan Gulbrandsen (@[email protected])

Attached: 3 images Today is a *good* day! Hope @[email protected] was okay with giving this tshirt to Tim! Great to see @[email protected] there too though I was very awkward about it #applevisionpro #visionpro

Gigant.social
*Privacy Not Included: A Buyer’s Guide for Connected Products

All 25 car brands we researched earned our *Privacy Not Included warning label – making cars the worst category of products that we have ever reviewed

Mozilla Foundation

Why you never heard the words “metaverse” or “VR” at WWDC23.

Metaverse market value predictions
McKinsey: $5 trillion
Citi: $13 trillion

Reality:
https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/metaverse-zuckerberg-pr-hype/

https://www.businessinsider.com/metaverse-dead-obituary-facebook-mark-zuckerberg-tech-fad-ai-chatgpt-2023-5

via @FrankPasquale

Lessons From the Catastrophic Failure of the Metaverse

Did the “creative class” learn anything from buying into a product that was obviously destined to flop?

The Nation