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Elizabeth Lopatto

Elizabeth Lopatto

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    Elizabeth Lopatto
    Elizabeth Lopatto
    Some more advice on aging, and not just for the young.

    Given the emails I’ve been receiving about my advice to Gen Z, I thought many of you might enjoy this bittersweet essay by 90-year-old Sam Toperoff. He suggests that even in the absolute twilight years, there are still things to look forward to:

    Here is the paradox simply told: Even while I am moving deeper into very old age, recognizing and recording my own diminishing as time passes, my truth is that this last decade has been the happiest of my entire life.

    One day I hope to find out what he means.

    In the Land of the Very Old

    [The Sunday Long Read]

    Elizabeth Lopatto
    Elizabeth Lopatto
    Trader Joe’s: run by Elon Musk stans?

    That’s right, Trader Joe’s also thinks the National Labor Relations Board is unconstitutional, just like Musk’s SpaceX. I’m sure this has nothing whatsoever to do with the case the NLRB is bringing against the grocer, and is just a fun coincidence.

    Trader Joe’s Joins Elon Musk’s SpaceX in Arguing NLRB Is Unconstitutional

    [Bloomberg]

    Elizabeth Lopatto
    Elizabeth Lopatto
    Happy Friday! Here are some cats singing.

    I love this trend? More pet videos online please.

    Hey Gen Z, I promise you aren’t aging like milkHey Gen Z, I promise you aren’t aging like milk
    Elizabeth Lopatto
    Elizabeth Lopatto
    I dedicate this post to the NSA agent who’s assigned to looking at my cat photos.

    The NSA is buying your internet data!

    Intelligence and law enforcement agencies sometimes purchase potentially sensitive and revealing domestic data from brokers that would require a court order to acquire directly.

    Internet metadata can reveal sensitive information, such as whether someone is seeing “a telehealth provider who focuses on birth control or abortion medication,” Senator Ron Wyden says in his letter confirming the NSA is firmly in your business.

    N.S.A. Buys Americans’ Internet Data Without Warrants, Letter Says

    [The New York Times]

    Klarna will now let you pay them so you can pay them less moneyKlarna will now let you pay them so you can pay them less money
    Elizabeth Lopatto
    Elizabeth Lopatto
    The best part of the US’s “special relationship” is trolling the entire UK.

    Some scientist has suggested putting salt in tea as the best method of brewing, leading to international uproar.

    Of course, putting salt in tea is a fine American tradition.

    Elizabeth Lopatto
    Elizabeth Lopatto
    How much do I have to pay to put my cat on the Sphere?

    If the Las Vegas Sphere just pivots to displaying pet photos, it’ll be the best piece of public infrastructure ever built. Put Jeeves on the Sphere! (Also: this is a fine excuse to put your cats in the comments, thanks in advance.)

    Elizabeth Lopatto
    Elizabeth Lopatto
    Maybe Substack has several problems!

    There’s ongoing discussion about a Nazi problem. Is there a business model problem as well? Joshua Brustein at Bloomberg thinks so:

    The writers largely handle their own distribution and retain control over their subscriber lists. It’s not a big problem for them to migrate to other newsletter publishing services, some of which are more cost-effective.

    There is something bigger at play: a leadership problem. Hamish McKenzie’s response to the outcry around extremist newsletters triggered the exodus. Who made the design call to make it easy to leave? Leadership! What about Substack’s spending choices? Hm!

    Substack’s Nazi Problem Exposes a Business-Model Problem

    [Bloomberg]

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