It went viral. First, as a criticism of Harris on right-wing social media accounts, including @RNCResearch, the rapid response account of the Republican National Committee.
Category: Random
Wait, is PowerPoint cool now?
D.C. consultant Seamus O’Neill stood before an attentive audience and cleared his throat. “Some of you may be wondering how rats got to D.C.,” he began. “Like most residents, rats came to D.C. for work.” The crowd laughed, as O’Neill, 24, continued in earnest.
Don’t try to be interesting. DO interesting
Interesting isn’t a personality type, it’s a set of habits and a way of seeing the world. Russell Davies shares more in this excerpt from Do Interesting. Some years ago, I was invited to go to the University of Oregon and teach the advertising students something.
How a one-man news site beat the national media on a Trump shooting scoop
John Paul Vranesevich, the owner and only full-time reporter for the Beaver Countian, was reporting on a candlelight vigil for a slain transgender teen in Mercer County, Pa., last Saturday when his phone started pinging with text messages.
One Person One Price
This article appears in the June 2024 issue of The American Prospect magazine. Subscribe here.
Pricing rip-offs are about to get even worse
When I was flying back from London a few weeks ago, I slipped into a rabbit hole I haven’t tunneled out of since. I knew what I had paid for my seat, how many miles I had used for the indulgence of an upgrade.
How to Catch a Lab Leak
In April and May 1979, between 66 and 300 people died from anthrax in the Russian city of Sverdlovsk, now called Yekaterinburg. The Soviet authorities seized doctors’ records and quickly rolled out an explanation: the deaths were an accident caused by contaminated meat.
AI Poetry Camera? Seriously?
Some days randomly remind you of the uniqueness of the place you call home. Yesterday was one of those days. I met Ryan Mather, who works for Sudowrite*, for coffee. He was in town for the Figma Design Conference. We chatted about writing, books, and how I use “AI” in my process.
Design deserves better than Figma AI
My dad bought CDs from a guy in the Dutch countryside that were loaded with bootleg software. It started with Paint Shop Pro, but I knew that all the legit designers on deviantart were using Photoshop. I re-trained myself to use it to make video game assets and weird digital art.