Adam J Schmidt 🦀

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Husband, father, UMD MBA, recovering political junkie, former 68W, current EMT, and all around beer enthusiast. @u2 fan. Grateful @MissHeidi puts up with me. A Marylander by choice not chance.
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We using this site or has everyone gone to BlueSky?
So after the lackluster list of updates to iPad OS in today's WWDC are people getting the new M4 iPad Pro or a Snapdragon X Elite laptop? 🧐
If the Eras Tour has a second US leg in 2024, will ‘Taylornomics’ help Biden’s re-election bid? 🤔 https://www.wsj.com/articles/taylor-swift-taylornomics-concert-eras-tour-local-economy-9fa1d492
It’s Taylor Swift’s Economy, and We’re All Living in It

Swifties flocking to Eras Tour cities are filling hotels and crowding restaurants; the Fed has noticed, too

WSJ
I feel like we all need this hotel do not disturb sign for general use.
The Art of Quitting Early on Fridays (and Not Freaking Out the Boss)

Wouldn’t you rather be sipping a cocktail this Friday afternoon? How to start the weekend early this summer.

WSJ
My name is currently trending on Twitter because I didn’t write positively enough about Elon’s new monetization scheme. Read my story here!! https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/07/13/twitter-creators-payments-right-wing/
Far-right Twitter influencers first on Elon Musk’s monetization scheme

The first beneficiaries appear to be high-profile influencers like Andrew Tate, DC Draino, Ian Miles Cheong, Benny Johnson and Ashley St. Clair.

The Washington Post

Holy shit.

"…they proposed that our background performers should be able to be scanned, get one day’s pay, and their companies should own that scan, their image, their likeness and should be able to use it for the rest of eternity on any project they want, with no consent and no compensation."

WTAF 😳 https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/13/23794224/sag-aftra-actors-strike-ai-image-rights

Hollywood studios proposed AI contract that would give them likeness rights ‘for the rest of eternity’

As part of a press conference announcing the SAG-AFTRA strike, it was revealed that the AMPTP was looking for aggressive rights to AI images of actors.

The Verge
Happy Independence Day! 🎇 🎆
So how concerned should I be about this crack in the foundation of my 24 year old house? 🤔
Jack boosting the lunatic RFK Jr. Is no surprise. Entrepreneurs, and particularly techbrahs, are vulnerable to the great-man-outsider narratives because they see it as resonating with their own stories. They’re suckers for all sorts of Kirkland-brand Ubermensch poseurs.