Aaron Parecki

CREATORS: If you're still getting bot spammers and scammers in your YouTube comments, I put together a Google Doc that lists all the keywords, phrases, and emojis they've used.

Since then, I have yet to have any bots get through. I hope this helps!

https://bit.ly/youtubebotspammerblocklist

World map according to fish

Here's my newest Salon article, about the FTX debacle and the longtermist ideology behind it. There are several crucial points that the media has consistently missed. A short 🧵 in hopes of rectifying this problem.

https://www.salon.com/2022/11/20/what-the-sam-bankman-fried-debacle-can-teach-us-about-longtermism/

Baby boomers did a pretty good job teaching their millennial daughters that they could be anything they wanted to be and a pretty terrible job of preparing their sons for what that would mean for them as husbands and fathers

Happy #InternationalCatDay!

The black-footed cat is the deadliest (but cutest?!) wild cat in the world 😻 #BigCats

Hey, so, don't tell anyone, but I'm announcing PalmPilot emulation at Internet Archive for the holidays, probably next week. All the currently-working items need descriptions, so it's not quite ready. Don't tell anybody, OK?

https://archive.org/details/softwarelibrary_palm

Stop saying yes to stuff because the deadline or event date sounds far away.

Apple and Google are unavailable for comment. Their spokespeople are laughing so hard they can't speak.

Everyone should start blogging again. Own your own site. Visit all your friends' sites. Bring back the artisan, hand-crafted Web. Sure, it's a little more work, but it's worth it. You don't even need to stop using social media! It's a "yes, and" situation, not a "no, but" one.

I’m sure they’ve ran the numbers. Assuming they’re negligible because…
- apple buyers are “determined” (unlikely to churn)
- buyers in these windows are more likely to be waiting for sale to drop
- the “FOMO” of the store being down makes the revival stronger

My son 🙋🏽‍♂️was SO cute today, he asked me "dad are clouds candy?" 😍 I told him they were water. 💦 Then he asked "dad, what's Earth's defense system?" and then I remembered I don't have a son and he asked again his eyes now obsidian black "what is the defense system father"

Out of nowhere, my nephew just asked, “Do you think Pavlov thought about feeding his dog every time he heard a bell ring?” and now I’m going to be haunted by this question

“I make money in advertising and marketing as an independent publisher. Brands pay me directly or do run of site advertising against content I make for an audience and people consuming my content also become my customers and buy my products from my e-commerce business”

babe are you okay? you’ve barely touched your five social media platforms you panic joined this week

Honestly, ~if~ Twitter were to die, the most significant loss we'll all have is the strange reality of brands having significantly better customer support through their Twitter accounts than their official customer support options.