☀️ Awesome Things, Vol 186: Skinhead Culture, Corporate Jargon, Microfreedoms
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Working class skinhead subculture
photos by Gavin Watson, 1970s-80s
from the blog
Let’s Go Ahead and Put a Pin in the Corporate Jargon
As a thought leader, I’m opening the kimono to do a dive deep into the synergies of our holistic, disruptive ideation process. I feel we need to leverage our core competencies and operationalize our blue-sky thinking.
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The liberating power of solo travel and “microfreedoms”
Ordering takeout from a place your spouse doesn’t like, while they’re asleep. Going to an ice cream shop during the workday by yourself. Arriving home 45 minutes before the nanny leaves and sitting in your bedroom staring out the window. These small acts, and others like them, would not have impressed me in my twenties, but feel gloriously luxurious now — so much so that my friend Harpreet and I coined the term “microfreedoms” to describe the concept.
A cat went missing in Wyoming. 2 months later, he was found in his home state, California
Siamese cat Rayne Beau, pronounced "rainbow," ran off into the trees during a trip to the Wyoming park in June, according his owners Benny and Susanne Anguiano. The couple, based out of Salinas in Monterey County, thought they had seen the last of their beloved pet…
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Florida Man in Underwear Plays a Wild Round of Burglary at Mini Golf Course
The Lee County Sheriff's Office said the incident happened last week at the Smuggler's Cove Adventure Golf in Fort Myers Beach.
I Shouldn’t Have to Deal with This
A story of minimizing autoimmune disease, chronic pain, and inflammation. [The solution sounds a bit woo-woo to me, but if it works, it works. Chronic pain is no joke.]
From the Twittersphere
🐦 Japan loves ‘Columbo’
🐦 Change the angle of the camera on an escalator and suddenly everyone is walking weird
🐦 One of my favorite accounts: Christopher Moltisanti Weighs In On Current Events
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