Aaron Parecki

My rule is I'll only promote a product if it's something I like, would actually use, and would be willing to purchase with my own money. Which excludes 99% of companies doing sponsor deals

Have your own email list.
Have your own website.
Have an off platform membership.
Have your own platform.
Have multiple payment processors.
Have multiple income streams.
Have your own intellectual property.

City will meet with neighbors about planned removal of tree and traffic circle on NE 7th and Tillamook

https://bikeportland.org/2022/09/13/city-will-meet-with-neighbors-about-planned-removal-of-tree-and-traffic-circle-363418

she’s a 10 but Excel thinks she’s October

This concept from The Verge also aligns with the @indiewebcamp philosophy of building and maintaining your presence online from your own site and only syndicating it elsewhere: https://indieweb.org/POSSE

Touch screen UI’s in cars are going to kill someone. It forces me to look at the screen instead of the road. Physical knobs and sliders allowed you to use your sense of touch to replace your eyes.

This made me smile to an unreasonable degree 😂

We received an email asking why Sunday's single lightning bolt over the Portland's West Hills was so incredibly loud. Thanks Bix for asking! It's an ~10x stronger "positive"polarity bolt than the far more frequent "negative" ones. Here's the details: https://www.weather.gov/jetstream/positive #ORwx

really weird that the english language doesn't have a common word for one of this kind of animal

ok so in the uk the republicans (lowercase) are the good guys and also the left uses red as their color and this is all very confusing

So there's a particular quirk of English grammar that I've always found quite endearing: the exocentric verb-noun compound agent noun.

It appears in a definite, remarkably narrow period - not more than 150, 200 years - before dying out, leaving loads of legacy words in its wake.

Beat me to it! @E_Briannica has gone deep on what she calls "cutthroat compounds" -- check out links on her site. http://www.encyclopediabriannica.com/?p=57

Accurate

condolences to all the blockchain people who thought they were building the future but were actually just building a different starbucks loyalty program. what an indictment

We miss you!!

But really, the take away, is in this country whether it's guns or cars, we're fine with killing kids once they're born. But a fetus in someone's womb is precious.

Something I literally can't stop thinking about is the Netherlands got it's famed bike infrastructure in part because people campaigned on cars killing kids. /1

if you think some technology choice can make you way more productive, then just do it and show people the productivity, don't go on prattling about what other people should or shouldn't do.

I'll PM you.

I've joined the team at @Slate's Pay Dirt financial advice column (along with @espiers and @accordingathena)! Check out my first article here. Look for me every Monday. https://slate.com/business/2022/09/family-monetary-gift-personal-finance-advice.html