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Shopify joined Substack in October, the latest and the biggest company to do so and a sign that brands take Substack seriously as a marketing channel (Allison Smith/Modern Retail)
https://www.modernretail.co/marketing/shopify-jus…

Shopify just became the biggest company to launch a Substack newsletter
Shopify has launched a Substack newsletter called "In Stock," becoming the largest company on the platform.

“The real question, then, is not ‘what can we do?’, but ‘what are we afraid to do?’ Whose comfort are we protecting when we ask safe questions? Whose illusions do we preserve through politeness? Solidarity is not an optic; it is a disruption. It is noisy, uncomfortable, often isolating. It pulls reputation apart rather than polishing it.
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We are too fluent in the language of outrage, too comfortable in the posture of virtue. History will not absolve spectatorship, even when specta…

When solidarity becomes spectacle
Francesca Albanese’s visit to South Africa exposed a truth we prefer not to face: that our moral witness has hardened into ritual. We watch, we clap, we call it solidarity.

Nike quietly sold its digital products subsidiary RTFKT on December 16 for an undisclosed sum, roughly one year after Nike shuttered the NFT unit (Matthew Kish/Oregonian)
https://www.oregonlive.com/business/2026/01/n…

Nike sells RTFKT: Digital products subsidiary quietly offloaded in December
The sale comes as CEO Elliott Hill refocuses Nike on sports and questions persist about Converse’s future after a 30% sales drop.

Zelensky reports 'long and substantive call' with Witkoff, Kushner: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/06/zelensky-reports-long-and-substantive.html

Barnard's mysterious star near Venus - a strange interloper noted during a satellite search: #Barnard misjudged) -> Mistério de 130 Anos Resolvido - A Verdade Sobre a Estrela Fantasma de Barnard: https://spacetoday.com.br/misterio-de-130-anos-resolvido-a-verdade-sobre-a-estrela-fantasma-de-barnard/

(IEEE Spectrum flashback, 2004) Sight for sore ears - Dutchman develops auditory imager for the blind https://spectrum.ieee.org/sight-for-sore-ears

Sight for Sore Ears
Dutchman develops auditory imager for the blind

Maybe Rutte should talk to his daddy.
https://phillipspobrien.substack.com/p/the-new-us-national-security-strategy?r=1tgexa&utm_medium=ios&triedRedirect=true

The New US National Security Strategy
Trump Says Openly That the US Wants to Dominate Europe and Make it MAGA

Kvällens drink till #drinkklubben - Hanky Panky. Smakar som en snällare Fernet. Min typ av drink! Varken söt eller sur utan bara smakstark.

BJ Pryor is a professional Ben Franklin impersonator. Every day he distributes one of Franklin's writings. Today: Franklin reports on seeing "from the terrace of my house near Paris, the first flight through the air by human beings", and meets Montgolfier!
https://bjpryor.substack.com/p/flight

Flight!
Kind Reader,

a16z announces an eight-week new media fellowship for people with a record of creating "impactful content" via newsletters, podcasts, communities, and more (a16z)
https://a16z.substack.com/p/introducing-the-a16z-new-media-fellowship

Introducing the a16z New Media Fellowship
A new 8-week program for operators, creators, & storytellers shaping the future of media