[nonostantement #92] - stasi training video / being a meme / being a cook in san francisco
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[Video] - I Was the Fastest Girl in America, Until I Joined Nike | NYT Opinion
"We don’t typically hear from the casualties of these systems — the girls who tried to make their way in this system until their bodies broke down and they left the sport. It’s easy to focus on bright new stars, while forgetting about those who disappeared. We fetishize these athletes, but we don’t protect them. If they fail to pull off what we expect them to, we abandon them."[Video] - Year 1999 A D
"In the '1999 House of Tomorrow,' each family member's activities are enabled by a central computer and revolve around products remarkably similar to those made by the sponsor."[Video] - Stasi Training Video: Clandestine Apartment Search
"Training film produced in 1984 by the East German Ministry for State Security (Ministerium für Staatssicherheit, MfS, commonly known as the Stasi)."Venture capitalists ‘like and subscribe’ to influencers
"[...] VCs have yet to fully tackle the influencer and creator economy. Founders and investors circling the space suspect a wave of Silicon Valley interest is coming, however, and that it will alter the category entirely."Nearly 90% of the world's internet users are being monitored
"In terms of internet freedom, China was ranked as the least free country. Russia and Egypt were also ranked as 'not free.' In total, '89 percent of internet users or nearly 3 billion people' fall under some sort of surveillance program, an absolutely staggering number."Experience: my face became a meme
"People noticed that I had taken ownership of the meme and got in contact to offer me work. I was given a role in a television commercial for a Hungarian car dealer. In one of the adverts, I travelled to Germany to buy a used car and it broke down halfway home; if I had bought the same car through their company, the brand claimed, it wouldn’t have happened. The fee for that commercial changed my wife’s mind about the meme."[In Italian] - Perché fare il saluto romano non sempre è reato
"Ma che cosa dice la legge in materia? Quand’è reato, o meno, fare il saluto fascista? Abbiamo fatto un po’ di chiarezza"Influencer Nation: 86% of Young Americans Want to Become One
"Doesn’t bode well for traditional advertising with influencers already garnering more trust than celebrities and athletes."The Great Bay Area Culinary Brain Drain
"Have sky-high rents, nightmare commutes, and historically low wages turned the Bay Area from a culinary mecca to a no-man’s land for young cooks?"NowThis on Twitter
"‘To say no to President Trump would be saying no to God.’ — Trump’s faith adviser and ‘Righteous Gemstones’ character come to life Paula White is now an official White House employee"I Got Access to My Secret Consumer Score. Now You Can Get Yours, Too.
"Little-known companies are amassing your data — like food orders and Airbnb messages — and selling the analysis to clients. Here’s how to get a copy of what they have on you."[Video] - One Kick - The First DIY Indoor Skatepark in Bologna
preachersnsneakers
“The Lord works in mysterious colorways” - preachers and their sneakers
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