My new essay over at The American Mind is my thank you to Elon Musk, but I thought I’d tell the full story of my Twitter evolution here. Not terribly long ago I was a mild-mannered reactionary corporate creative without a Twitter account. Twitter? Who had time to post? I liked reading news and websites and blogs, but I’d spent most of my married life nursing, holding, napping, feeding, bathing, and otherwise hanging out with very young children.

Substack is moving so fast, with new features and changes to existing features being delivered every month. It’s great if you are a Substack user, but not so great if you are writing a book about how to use Substack, because everything keeps changing. The clip above is from TikTok. Embedded TikToks and YouTubes are a nice way to add some colour and movement to a Substack post without having to create your own videos.

Nearly a quarter of girls between 12 and 16 are intentionally injuring themselves, mostly with knives and razor blades. The rate is even higher among teens from upper-middle class, highly educated families. Those who self-harm are six times more likely to be hospitalized for mental illness than those who don’t and more than four times as likely to attempt suicide. According to the National Institute of Mental Health, suicide is now the second leading cause of death among children 10-14 and the third leading cause of death among those 15-24.

Happy Monday War & Peaceniks! It’s that time again: Time for my Top 10 Media Predictions for 2024. [I just held a zoominar to go through the list - the video is here. The date/time of our next zoominar is always at this link.] Let’s start off the 2024 Predictions with my final Media Universe Map of 2023. Which leads us to the first prediction… ncG1vNJzZmido52usXrSrpmsrJGYuG%2BvzqZmqWekrLxuwMeorKyZnpl6tcPEp6uyZZakv6Y%3D

Greetings Earthlings! This newsletter introduces two new downloadable Sci-fi themed panos for FS One. Sci-fi fun aside, the crux of this newsletter is about the quality of this new panorama imagery. You’ve heard of the term “4K monitors.” Now, switch gears to something different and get ready to learn about 8K, 16K, and 32K in the context of panorama imagery when used with RC flight simulators. If you are new and want to follow the newsletter, subscribe here on Substack: