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The trick of course, and what you'll have to do to not be miserable, is to figure out that you must be your true authentic self and just to live among and alongside the bores and squares and normies and not to let those fools harsh your vibe

Series D, Episode 13 - Blake
ARLEN: I won it in a lottery. What do you care?
BLAKE: I don't, so long as it wasn't issued to you.
ARLEN: It's Federation.
BLAKE: That's what I mean.
ARLEN: Do I look like one of theirs?
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/413/40…

Executive presence is not about how you stand or what you wear.
It comes from four qualities you build from the inside out: care, clarity, curiosity, and courage.
The leaders who inspire others stop performing and start living these qualities.
What would change if you focused on these instead of trying to project confidence?
Read more: [link]

What Executive Presence Really Is: The Four Qualities That Create Magnetic Leaders
Most advice about executive presence gets it wrong. Discover how care, clarity, curiosity, and courage—not performance—create authentic, magnetic leadership.

Genuine & authentic... again, the best Thanksgiving movie EVER.
▶️ The Comedy & Drama in "Planes, Trains and Automobiles" | Acting Breakdown
https://youtube.com/watch?v=VfAfflY8plc&si=eprSIlNWYZsEbiVU

I fell on some sort of information sword at some point and now I can no longer exist as a natural authentic person

A post from the archive 📫:
Real music and authentic voices
#artificialintelligence

Watched the first 5 episodes of PLUR1BUS … very well done. Good acting, especially on all the side cast. But boy do I dislike the main character Carol. She’s such an entitled US american character that act like the world is revolving solely around her… and maybe that’s just authentic 🙈

Former NFLPA head DeMaurice Smith: Why sports' leaders must address growing gambling crisis https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6900645/2025/12/19/sports-gambling-betting-problem-crisis-demaurice-smith/


The day after Democrats swept this month’s voting, a group of jubilant Democratic congressional candidates gathered on Capitol Hill to listen to Rep. Jason Crow (D-Colorado) explain how they could triumph in next year’s midterm elections, too.

Crow, dressed in jeans, boots and an open-necked shirt, urged them to campaign next year as if they were running for mayor:
Be local, be authentic, don’t listen too much to campaign consultants, he argued,
and be ready to separate f…

This rising House Democrat is a voice for the angry middle
Why I’m keeping an eye on the political trajectory of Jason Crow, a veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan.

A post from the archive 📫:
Real music and authentic voices
#music

The Associated Press launches AP Verify, an AI-powered tool, including chatbot and geolocation, to help journalists authenticate text, photos, and videos (Alice Brooker/Press Gazette)
https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/wires_and_agencies/ap-verify-dash…

AP launches verification dashboard for publishers to meet 'demand for authenticity'
Associated Press has rolled out a new verification system for newsbrands to ensure content is authentic before publishing.

#potd An old tradition: burning sugar with 80% rum, aka Feuerzangenbowle. Only authentic if "Leahkastin" by Mari Boine plays in the background (originally a copied audio cassette, but I've switched to MP3s years ago). https://

Mushroom Chow Fun #plantbased

Mushroom Chow Fun
Here's how to make an authentic and plant-based mushroom chow fun with noodles, bean sprouts, Chinese chives, and garlic

Phishing alert
If you have #Wordpress sites, beware emails telling you that you need to renew your subscription.
They look authentic til you notice the sender address.
#scams #phishing

Seeing video of people swearing at ICE agents.
They're larping at being an occupying army, the street abuse is presumably part of the authentic experience.

Check out my latest article - "The 4 C's of Executive Presence (And Why They Have Nothing to Do With Conformity)"
https://www.brichapman.com/p/the-4-cs-of-executive-presence-and?utm_source=bri-mastodon&utm_medium=…

What Executive Presence Really Is: The Four Qualities That Create Magnetic Leaders
Most advice about executive presence gets it wrong. Discover how care, clarity, curiosity, and courage—not performance—create authentic, magnetic leadership.

"Sadiq Khan calls on Reeves to bring ‘authentic’ Labour budget that boosts green investment"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Money #Finance

For Saint Augustine of Hippo, writing in North Africa in the fourth century,
authentic attention placed us in relation with the divine.
For Saint Ignatius of Loyola, holed up in his cave in Catalonia in the 1520s,
what he called “attentive contemplation” was both a daily practice and a moral imperative.
During the Enlightenment, close attention emerged as a virtue essential to knowledge and disciplined investigation,
-- as demonstrated in 1740, when the natural…

Opinion | The ‘Attention Economy’ Is a Lie
It started in a laboratory. No one could have predicted where it would end.

My artist's statement on my work with AI is out. I completely rethought what I am doing. This has been a worthwhile journey, for me, and I hope, for you if you read it.
https://varnelis.net/works_and_projects/stochastic-histories/

Stochastic Histories - varnelis.net
stochastic histories /stəˈkæstɪk ˈhɪstəriz/ n. pl. [from Gk. stokhastikos “capable of guessing,” from stokhazesthai “to aim at, guess at” + L. historia “narrative, account”] 1. Fabricated historical narratives generated through iterative probabilistic sampling with artificial-intelligence systems, producing documentation that appears authentic through the accumulation of plausible details. 2. A mode of artistic practice that exploits ...

RE: https://social.linux.pizza/@midtsveen/115640672639634584
This is why I turn to anarchism, and especially anarcho-syndicalism, as the authentic praxis amid nothingness.
In Sartre's vision, serialized oppression under state and capital ali…

The paw sits on the edge of a cheap but authentic oriental rug
#photo #photography #cats #monochrome

My latest essay, I will offiicially release it tomorrow morning, but in the meantime, here it is!
https://varnelis.net/works_and_projects/stochastic-histories/

Stochastic Histories - varnelis.net
stochastic histories /stəˈkæstɪk ˈhɪstəriz/ n. pl. [from Gk. stokhastikos “capable of guessing,” from stokhazesthai “to aim at, guess at” + L. historia “narrative, account”] 1. Fabricated historical narratives generated through iterative probabilistic sampling with artificial-intelligence systems, producing documentation that appears authentic through the accumulation of plausible details. 2. A mode of artistic practice that exploits ...

US progressives are embracing debate shows long used by conservatives, seeing the format as a more authentic alternative to "spoon-fed" political talking points (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/bus…

Debate Shows Are Having a Moment. Here Come the Democrats.
As millions tune in to hyperpartisan face-offs on YouTube or TikTok, can the left find its own Charlie Kirk?