Roz Foster

Opinion | Incredibly, men are still wearing ‘the George Washington’ The nation’s first president paved the way for the navy blazer and khaki pants.

“Washington was more than a Founding Father — he was America’s first fashion icon.”

Chloe Chapin @sexandstatus.bsky.social, author of SUITABLE: The Sartorial Revolution & the Fashioning of Modern Men from @oxunipress.bsky.social in @washingtonpost.com ⬇️

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The Coming American Atomic Utopia (Audio) Listen now | The Rebranding of Nuclear Power

🎙️ Listen to this and you'll be among the first to see a major shift that’s being introduced to the way Americans think about one of the most important forms of power in the world.

Atomic power. ⚛️

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Happy Friday! 😂
#fridaythe13th #lucky13

The Coming American Atomic Utopia The Rebranding of Nuclear Power

⚛️Atomic energy is getting a brand overhaul funded by Big Tech in alignment with the US government.

It’s good for the economy, they say. It’s good for the creation of new jobs. And it’s carbon free!

Yay nuclear? Read about it here ⬇️
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Layoffs are piling up, heightening worker anxiety. Here are some of the biggest recent job cuts As layoffs pile up, workers are feeling increasingly anxious about the job market. Economists have said businesses are in a "no-hire, no-fire" standstill as hiring stalls overall.

Massive layoffs are the ROI everyone is pretending AI doesn't have.

AP reports a litany of layoffs and points to clear signs AI integration is the driver:

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YouTube video by The Spindle The Electricity Crisis is Coming to a Head : Big Tech Needs to Bring Its Own Power

The largest grid operator in the US is warning the Mid-Atlantic about strain during the storm.

Burdensome data-centers should reduce their draw to accommodate.🤞

Big Tech & Energy have decided the long-term solution to the crisis is going nuclear.☢️

Watch⬇️(5 mins)
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The Electricity Crisis Is Coming to a Head Big Tech Needs to Bring Its Own Power

The power grid serving mid-Atlantic data centers are at capacity & Big Tech wants more. If they want to avoid a disastrous outage, they're going to have to bring their own power—fast.

The 1st in a series on a return to nuclear energy.
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Working 9 to 5 with cookies & coffee today! 🎶 I love these cookies!! Such a fun gift from @marthaackmann.bsky.social, author of the riveting biography: AIN'T NOBODY'S FOOL: The Life and Times of Dolly Parton! 🙏☕️ 🍪
@stmartinspress.bsky.social

Dolly Parton turned down Elvis, and other tidbits from a new biography of the singer - The Boston Globe In “Ain’t Nobody’s Fool: The Life and Times of Dolly Parton,” Martha Ackmann dives deep into Parton’s life, from her humble beginnings in the shadow of the Smoky Mountains to the present.

✨Journalist & biographer @marthaackmann.bsky.social dives deep into Parton’s life [telling] the story of a woman whose talent, faith in herself, & humility...helped her...become a cross-generational icon.✨
— @bostonglobe.com
@stmartinspress.bsky.social
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‘Star of the Show’ and ‘Ain’t Nobody’s Fool’: Dolly Parton’s Reign Dolly Parton’s voice brought her early success as a performer. Her songwriting talent and her business savvy made her a music titan.

⭐️"A deeply detailed...account of Ms. Parton's life and career..., Ms. Ackmann adds factual heft to Ms. Parton's ... narrative." — @wsj.com on @marthaackmann.bsky.social's AIN'T NOBODY'S FOOL: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF DOLLY PARTON. ⭐️ @stmartinspress.bsky.social

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Happy Pub-Day @marthaackmann.bsky.social and AIN'T NOBODY'S FOOL: The Life and Times of Dolly Parton! 🩷 🎊

@stmartinspress.bsky.social
Photo by Kathryn Hough 🙏

YouTube video by Political Junkie Substack What Would Dolly Do?

3 heavy-hitting American talents, 1 podcast:
✨Claire Potter @tenuredradical.bsky.social✨ interviews ✨Martha Ackmann✨ on her biography of ✨Dolly Parton✨, AIN'T NOBODY'S FOOL, out 12/30 from @stmartinspress.bsky.social.
Pre-order here ➡️ shorturl.at/hysDX
Watch here⬇️
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Claire Bond Potter: “The Book That Changed How We Think About Rape” Claire Bond Potter on Susan Brownmiller’s landmark 1975 book, Against Our Will , fifty years later.

Claire Potter @tenuredradical.bsky.social in the @yalereview.bsky.social writing on Susan Brownmiller's radical blockbuster, AGAINST OUR WILL: "The book [was] a larger rebuke of a society that rendered women, and the violence used to keep them in check, invisible.⬇️
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YouTube video by The Spindle The Negotiation

THE NEGOTIATION (2 mins)
Death & the Empress negotiate a price.

Look at those costumes! 😳 The characters & their drobe were rendered w AI from my own hand-drawn illustrations.

I hope this inspires for Halloween.
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Theo wants to lead a seminar: HOW TO GET BY ON YOUR GOOD LOOKS FOR LIFE. He's not much of a lecturer, tho. It would be more of a silent, learn by example thing. Very pro-luddite. Very anti-AI. Super grassroots.

10 Rules You Need Now for Stability in the Risky Age of AI

1-Know yourself
2-Take care of yourself, then others
3-Live & work w purpose & meaning
4-Think well
5-Communicate well
6-Solve problems
7-Connect w people
8-Adapt & learn
9-Master basic tech
10-Know data/digital literacy

The Spindle

If you have a problem you can't get rid of:

1. Face it.
2. Understand it.
3. Solve it.

AI in the arts, humanities, publishing, tv & film is a problem. It's not going away.

I'm working on solutions.

What are YOU doing?

How am I facing AI? Visit me👇
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YouTube video by The Spindle Why Are We Being Pressured to Use AI or Die?

What's with the hard, corporate push to use AI—even when it threatens the need, purpose & meaning of our work?

Are we paying too much attention to the excuse of beating China to AI dominance?

Or not enough?

The answer affects us all. ⬇️

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I have a new book coming out at the end of the year. AIN’T NOBODY’S FOOL: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF DOLLY PARTON is a deep dive into an American Original.

Woot! 🙌 Congratulations, @robinmbernstein.bsky.social 🏆

Welcome to the Future of US & Chinese AI Datasets Are on Track to Create AI Reflecting National Character

Welcome to the future! 🤖 Datasets from the US🇺🇸 & China🇨🇳 are on track to develop distinctive AI entities reflecting national character.

Read my latest to learn what that'll look like.
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Whether you work for yourself or a company, it's time to consciously create a future that benefits YOU, not just Big Tech.

If you're a free-thinking problem solver who knows how to communicate wisely & well, the world needs you.

Visit the links in my bio to learn more.­ 🙌

It’s not just about being eager, smart, aggressive, determined. It’s not even about being tech-savvy.

It’s about being critical, creative, & structured in how you think & communicate.

These skills develop *within you* & are the currency of the AI age.

Can you see cultural patterns & move on them?

Can you solve problems amidst instability?

When you’re spinning your wheels, can you stop & switch gears?

Do you know how to ask the right questions, find best answers?

Can you LISTEN?

If not, Big Tech is about to run you over.

Here’s the bit to inspire you: Robbins also dropped a key insight. The people who’ll survive & thrive?

The innovators.

The critical & creative thinkers who know how to adapt & grow amidst chaos.

Chuck Robbins, CEO of Cisco, said his customers aren’t just curious about agentic AI, they're fiercely working to adopt & integrate it.

"Agentic,” he said, “is the destination they're trying to get to."

He’s talking about Big Tech, but it applies across all industries.

In a recent interview on CNBC, Jim Cramer summed it up well: “Inexpensive thinking machines do what expensive people can.”

People? They're too expensive!

The buzz-phrase of the year: Agentic AI.

It's no longer about ChatGPT summarizing books or helping with social posts. AI can now act independently to do a job from start to finish.

It’s particularly concerning for the Media industry &, in academe, for the Humanities.