Alex Dobrenko
@alexdobrenko
writer comedian just a lil guy head of vibes at Sublime
Alex Dobrenko
botharetrue.substack.com
Today’s society is no longer Foucault’s disciplinary world of hospitals, madhouses, prisons, barracks, and factories. It has long been replaced by another regime, namely a society of fitness studios, office towers, banks, airports, shopping malls, and genetic laboratories. Twenty-first-century society is no longer a disciplinary society, but rather... See more
Vertebrata • Byung-Chul Han, Beyond Disciplinary Society
Obsidian Credit - Obsidian Help
help.obsidian.mdout of the box ways to monetize
buy credit in advance, spend it on whatever you want
By now, it’s pretty well-established that “subversive” is Stewart’s thing. Imagine her, age 17, refusing to play Bella Swan in the perky, bright-eyed manner the adults all had in mind, and choosing instead to mope around like she was actually in love with an undead person. (“The studio was trying to make a movie for kids. They didn’t want what... See more
Alex Morris • Kristen Stewart Uncensored: ‘I Want to Do the Gayest Thing You’ve Ever Seen in Your Life’
had no idea playing Bella like an emo goth sadgirl was Kristen Stewart’s idea
We are here to connect deeply, and to feel everything together. Trusting that, believing in it, and spreading love and compassion: That’s our solemn duty, today and every day.
Heather Havrilesky • The Rise of Emotional Divestment
The trick to having good ideas is not to sit around in glorious isolation and try to think big thoughts. The trick is to get more parts on the table.
Steven Johnson • Where Good Ideas Come From
would be great to add a note when adding an image
emails from companies that don't suck
It’s bold. It’s bright. The logo screams in your face. Love that. It works exactly within the limitation of using Square as an email marketing platform.
The copy-writing matches their brand so well, too:
✅ The Intergalactic Rolling Church of the Burg (aka our food truck)
✅ Also, when you park at the market, don’t park in the dang bike lane!
✅ Party on, Burger out.
Most marketing emails are just blocks of things for sale, but Bad Luck gets away with it because the top half was written by people – you can’t get an intern or AI to write that well.
Male storytelling is a sublimated hunting narrative, female storytelling is a sublimated gathering narrative. One is born of brags, the other is born of rumors. One kind of writing throws a metaphorical spear at a metaphorical beast, attempting to kill it and bring back the carcass. The other kind puts relatively unresisting things into bags, and... See more
Venkatesh Rao • Boat Stories
Eminem claims he has a “rhyming disease.” He explains, “In my head everything rhymes.”4 But he won’t remember his rhymes if he doesn’t write them down. And he’ll use any available surface to record them. Mostly, he scrawls his rhymes in tightly bound lists on loose leaf, yellow legal pads, and hotel notepads.