Links from the inbox over the last week
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"the fediverse is technically open and culturally anxious about it."
Bridges and Scruples
https://www.wrecka.ge/bridges-scruples/
latest from @kissane
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Not every sincere relationship will last forever. But the goal isn’t to make all relationships permanent—it’s to keep the ones we have real. Whether a connection lasts a night or a lifetime, sincerity is what gives it meaning.
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Instead of seeing commitment as a burden, treat it as an asset. Optionality creates potential. Commitment turns it into momentum.
Episode 176: The flux review
https://read.fluxcollective.org/p/176
3. How long does it take to read a poem?
https://middleaged.substack.com/p/how-long-does-it-take-to-read-a-poem
Sruthi Krishnan reads a poem. Trippy 2 minutes 30 seconds
4. "What’s a technology that you think is overhyped?
I’m going to give a sideways answer to this, which is that the venture capital business model needs to be understood as requiring hype. "
Five Questions for Meredith Whittaker https://www.politico.com/newsletters/digital-future-daily/2023/12/01/5-questions-for-meredith-whittaker-00129677