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I really hope they will add more stuff in the desert over time through DLC or otherwise. It’s a let down to have waited so long only to see all this emptiness

ChatGPT is NOT alive and yet it IS stupid? God’s mysteries confound us all!

Time flies!

Us? Le-learn?

Lucy holding a football and smiling at Charlie Brown. Charlie Brown thinking. Lucy represents "Republican promise of a vote on healthcare." Charlie Brown represents "Congressional Democrats"

Such a great book 📕

I’ve been using Today’s Budget for the past month and it fundamentally changed how I view my finances. Created by just two people, the app answers a simple question that no other app can easily answer: How much can you actually spend today?

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I believe it’s this

I love NY

Perhaps like the COVID pandemic, now/January is another good time to dive into the ACNH world. 🙈

To be fair, same

That looks so nice and comforting! When you said porridge the other day I was assuming you meant the Chinese style ones (“jook”), but this looks really lovely!

I have no choice to endure but i kinda wish I didn't have to

And don’t forget getting unsolicited advice (from articles, relatives, etc) on how you’re relaxing wrong!

A bus of Bronx middle schoolers pulled up to the Capitol this morning for a long-planned field trip just a few hours after the government shut down.

All Capitol tours were cancelled as the guides can’t work in shutdown.

So I escorted them in myself and gave them a personal tour. They were great!

Watched The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977) and there's a part where a violent storm destroys their homes and sends Pooh & Piglet spiraling towards a waterfall while a totally oblivious Owl decides to tell a story and wait for someone else to help and I thought.. hey, that's Chuck Schumer!

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Brent, ha!

(“Brent” also reminded of of Flight of the Conchords)

"Patriotism is just an idea, so is capitalism or communism. But ideas can make men forget their own interests. And the guys in charge will exploit men who believe in ideas too much." (Min Jin Lee, Pachinko)

Wow

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Let's talk about free subscribers not mattering, because that is an absolute myth.

A simple click shows studio contacts that the audience cares enough to click through and click a button. The two second action can have MASSIVE impact, so please do not EVER feel weird about being a free subscriber.

US Healthcare system at work!

A Direct Line to your Head 📚 1,190 words (6 min read time). 1 new mission statement. 2 read books. An interesting observation. And something cleansing, but gross.

August newsletter is out! 1,190 words on my summer reads, why Ross is America, and a few words on my growing anxiety. winsonshuen.com/2025/08/31/a...

I genuinely have never thought about it this way. I'll try this next time to see if it breaks the cycle, thanks!

Well not to brag, but I have this awesome flywheel between imposter syndrome (not feeling I’m good enough) and a tendency to overindex my own contribution (to think I’m the only one who did “enough” stuff because I overthink), which then takes me back to imposter syndrome and feeling bad. Real fun!

On LinkedIn, sadly

<3

We’re way past Idiocracy at this point

Kinda surprised it’s not called Retrospective or something nerdy or PM related. (Or maybe that’s too on-the-nose haha)

I also remember how layoffs absolutely destroyed morale there (and rippled across dept) and how much time it took to rebuild. (If ever, some may argue.)

I hope those affected the best of luck, and the “survivors” to be gentle with themselves from the guilt they may feel.

Ooof while layoffs are never fun, I remember my time there to know how especially gut-wrenching layoffs are at IGN — a place where coworkers are often also friends who spend so much time working/traveling/gam together.