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John V Willshire. Runs smithery.com, a Strategic Design consultancy, teaches @ RCA & IED Barcelona Makes https://artefactshop.com Writes https://buttondown.com/artefacts Convenes https://lu.ma/stepscollective https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnvwillshire
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“No right is safe in the new legal regime the Court creates.” –Justice Sonia Sotomayor. One of the most chilling sentences I have ever read.

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Of all the weird ideas…

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JESUS CHRIST NO……

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WTF, Switzerland? That’s our game.

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Burning the planet to make sand think harder. futurism.com/openai-altma...

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Finally, the perfect accessory for cybertruck owners who long to be loathed more

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You don’t Substack to build a bigger audience. You just need to stop writing the same derivative bilge and find something worth saying.

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Substack reminds me so much of Medium. That perceived, imaginary network effect has a strong pull. I can’t fathom being platformed with Nazis in a little walled garden that gets a bigger and bigger wall as the VC money needs paying back. I can’t imagine losing all respect from my peers for that.

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Go back and rewatch watchmen anyway, be ause the cops-in-masks theme is gonna make you go "oohhhhhh. …Shit."

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“Carrying on an undertaking of great advantage but nobody to know what it is” is one of my favourite bubble memes. It comes from the copycat bubble companies which emerged in the South Sea Bubble carnage of the early 18th century. Worth reading - www.investorschronicle.co.uk/content/4817...

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We really need some laws to make sure that if you’re wearing glasses that record video everyone knows it. Legally mandate that if you’re wearing smart glasses you also have to wear a cap with a propeller on it

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What you definitely want in the mountains is a nav app which isn’t actually deriving its advice from the real world. 🤦‍♂️

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In other news, on the way home last night in Bergen this cat was *staring* at me, intently. It was huge too. Norse gods taking feline form to disconcert the locals is clearly a thing. #bergen #cats

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I'm willing to help folks pro bono move from Substack to Buttondown (used them for years). cal.com/jackyalcine/... to schedule time (starting in March)

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To Bergen!

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The Glasmagasinet was a popular woodwind instrument in 19th century Glasgow. A vital voice in a chamber ensemble, it also contained a detachable shiv for when players found themselves in a fight on the way home. Rare to find one in a UK music shop yet they have a whole store here. Kudos, #oslo.

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This is just the Merchant Ivory version of the new Mission Impossible film.

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Landed at 23:50 in Oslo… someone forgot to put the sun away after dinner.

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Up in London teaching the the RCA today, before hopping on a plane to Oslo. Talking tomorrow there, then off to Bergen for talks on Thursday and Friday… which means for the first time I’m getting the amazing train between the two cities. EXPECT PHOTOS.

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Eh? What am I missing? Why is this an Uber message?

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Congratulating Gatwick on having no working water fountains in the south terminal.

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Happy Sussex Day, fellow South Saxons!

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If watching our teens this month is anything to go by, Disney should be spending much more money on working out how to make another bingeable short comedies like The Big Bang Theory.

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You, an AI genius: can't drink coffee while reading and assumes your 17 models aren't making shit up about books you've never seen. Me, a plebe: knows what a fucking index is and drinks coffee while skimming or reading 20 pages + checking the sources of my source. Damn right we're not the same.

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