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Please read all of this, but especially the bit when it gets to the plaster cast…
Remember how a while back I said that I went to a Michelin starred restaurant and it was one of the most singularly awful meals of my life?
I finally sat down and wrote about the whole fiasco.
bit.ly/HellNoBros
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The WSJ notes that *brand* is increasingly important to the future of businesses: Pandemic hastens shift to asset-light economy wsj.com/articles/pandemic-ha…
In a classy move, @zoom_us removed the time limit on our virtual Seder so we could spend the whole meal with our loved ones. We’re so appreciative they let our videoconference go.
This means roughly 1 in 3 Americans will be infected in the next 2 months...
American Hospital Association "Best Guess Epidemiology" for #codiv19 over next 2 months:
96,000,000 infections
4,800,000 hospitalizations
1,900,000 ICU admissions
480,000 deaths
vs flu in 2019:
35,500,000 infections
490,600 hospitalizations
49,000 ICU admissions
34,200 deaths
This is worth a read: thought provoking stuff on the state of the economy and society - nytimes.com/2020/02/07/opini… via @NYTOpinion
Now that I know it’s a thing, I’m kind of bummed that neither of my number neighbors have reached out.
Interesting stuff here, including that creative people are especially susceptible to believing fake news
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The real question is which wine brand was it?
Can you imagine the strength of character of the @Pringles social media team to keep mum on this??
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Wow, quite the read
"If the US has someone whom historians will look back on as the gravedigger of American democracy, it is Mitch McConnell." Provocative essay by major historian of Third Reich: nybooks.com/articles/2018/10…
I think that's called a 'trumper tantrum'
Breaking News: President Trump walked out of a meeting with Democratic leaders on ending the shutdown. In a tweet, he called it "a total waste of time." nyti.ms/2D1g7IB
Meta moments in advertising: When the Cubs fan wearing the Dilly Dilly T-shirt runs into the Bud Light beer vendor and they give each other a high five
alan snitow retweeted
" Do you think creative agencies are even involved in creating most of the ads you see online? Are we fuck. The media agencies produce it themselves as an afterthought." campaignlive.co.uk/article/t… @rorysutherland at his usual best
Word: Philly Doesn’t Care What Trump Says About the Eagles nyti.ms/2M69pDA
