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Penso que sou escritor, tenho certeza de que sou nerd. Editor da Eita! Magazine. Não entendo redes sociais 🤷‍♂️ saudades do Google+. Ele/o

I think I'm a writer, I know I'm a nerd. Editor at Eita! Magazine. I don't understand social networks 🤷‍♂️ and miss Google+. He/him

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Oh gawd no, NOW we know what "sexual matador" means! 🤦🏼‍♀️ 🤮

#CBP #DHS #GregBovino

English is so weird. If you break bread with someone, they're your friend. But if you have beef with someone, they're your enemy. Clearly a culture that considers hamburgers neutral
i work incredibly hard for every penny i make then...
the storefront takes a cut, the payment processor takes a cut, paypal takes a cut, the bank takes a cut, the credit card takes a cut, the currency conversion takes a cut, then the taxes take a big cut.
Saudi Arabia ‘scales back plans for 100-mile desert megacity’ after concerns raised over billions spent

A Saudi official said last year that the government had ‘spent too much’ on its flagship project

The Independent
here is a wonderful piece of writing on early Flash websites that was put on my radar. it captures the culture of that era by talking about BowieNet and MTV2:
https://cybercultural.com/p/bowienet-v3-flash-2003/
“Flash websites reach their peak in 2003, becoming almost the default for creative design on the web...”
2003: BowieNet 3 Launch and the Peak of Flash Web Design

Flash websites reach their peak in 2003, becoming almost the default for creative design on the web. David Bowie is on top of this internet trend and commissions a full Flash redesign of BowieNet.

Cybercultural

there are really only two types of games anymore…

🥲 a game that made you cry while playing it

😢 a game that made the dev cry while making it

recommended reading, how algorithmic visibility distributes power…
https://laurenleek.substack.com/p/how-google-maps-quietly-allocates
“Somewhere along the way, the project stopped being about dinner & became about something slightly more unhinged: how digital platforms quietly redistribute economic survival across cities.”
How Google Maps quietly allocates survival across London’s restaurants - and how I built a dashboard to see through it

I wanted a dinner recommendation and got a research agenda instead. Using 13000+ restaurants, I rebuild its ratings with machine learning and map how algorithmic visibility actually distributes power.

Lauren’s data Substack