Michael J. Metts

also you all need to see this, because this is something I don't think *anybody* could predict for where this ad goes

I’m looking for a senior/staff level content designer to do some contract work at Medium. Lmk if you have a referral, send me links! Part time to start, but worth building on—great place on the internet to write for product. ✍️ #hiring #contract #contentdesign #writing

This is true in the same way that everybody with an iPhone got a shit U2 album

I tipped over a five gallon bucket of paint while working on my daughter's room... 😅

Costco is a really popular subject for business-success case studies but I feel like business guys kinda lose interest when the upshot of the study is like "just operate with scrupulous integrity in all facets and levels of your business for four decades" and not some easy-to-fix gimmick

“It's hypocrisy to call yourself a Christian and chase away a refugee or someone seeking help, someone who is hungry or thirsty, toss out someone who is in need of my help.
If I say I am Christian, but do these things, I'm a hypocrite."

-Pope Francis

From The Onion: Historians: Quibbling Over Exact Definition Of Concentration Camp Sign Of Healthy Society

theonion.com/historians-q...

Good morning, everyone. Don't forget to Turn On Reactions.

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I wish there was a way to block people on Slack.

Would definitely use it when co-workers replace their profile pics with that Chat GPT nonsense that's supposed to look like Myazaki's work.

sounds amazing, nice work

ChatGPT ass presidency

YouTube video by International School History Hawley–Smoot Tariff - Ferris Bueller's Day Off.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuOH...

It’s 9am TFT time here, and citizens are already gathering to protest Tariffs by the United States. Our plain clothes Officer Penguins are attempting to maintain calm, but unfortunately we keep losing them in the crowd.

A burning dumpster labeled UX on one side and UI on the other side

The only accurate UX vs UI meme

Well the show's first two seasons were great, not sure about the third as I've only seen one episode, but the music from the first two seasons has its own fan base 🤣

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Do y'all have any tools or methods for figuring out which terms are jargon and which aren't? How do you decide?

Was all excited for the new season of The White Lotus, but was even more excited for the new main title theme music. However, it's straight-up awful. Ruined the whole experience for me.

$75 million was awarded to plant trees in places that badly need them. In anti-DEI push, that's over The U.S. Forest Service has terminated $75 million awarded to the Arbor Day Foundation to help disadvantaged communities plant trees.

Formerly redlined neighborhoods have far fewer trees than those that were not redlined. Residents don’t benefit from how trees help us live better —like absorbing water so there are fewer catastrophic floods and providing shade so there are fewer heat-related illnesses.

apnews.com/article/tree...

A series of images asking if you feel old yet, like Crash Bandicoot coming out in 1923

It’s Friday, so share one thing you are genuinely looking forward to this year.

Mine is Musk being forced to sell Twitter for cents on the dollar once Tesla’s P/E ratio falls to even a remotely sensible amount

As an out trans sportswoman, I can no longer get a visa to travel to the USA, because Republicans think I have an unfair biological advantage.

My sport?
Chess.

London bus shelter in London.

Well done People vs Elon 👏

nature is healing

So beautiful!

A little humanity Last year, I started doing something unexpected at work: Hosting a weekly tea time. A fair number of us come into the office regularly, but don’t actually...

Today, I wrote about everyday survival, how hard it is to experience the world right now, and what we can do to make it through: newsletter.leadinglikeyou.com/archive/a-li...

The most chaotic people have to be the ones who drink iced coffee in the winter. It’s -2 in Chicago and I saw someone sipping one as they walked down the street. If they can do that, what else are they capable of?

This is so eloquent and really resonates with me. Part of why I found the show so interesting. It was a whole lot more like real life than I thought it would be.