Tootfinder

"The cult of goal-setting thrives in this illusion. It converts uncertainty into an illusion of progress. It demands specificity in exchange for comfort. And it replaces self-trust with the performance of future-planning."
(Original title: Smart People Don't Chase Goals; They Create Limits)

Smart People Don't Chase Goals; They Create Limits
A few years ago, I sat across from a friend at a late dinner. He was telling me about his new promotion, the big title, the bonus, the corner office. I remember watching his face as he described it. He looked like someone describing a story he’d once believed

A profile of Nigerian fintech PalmPay, which raised $140M from Transsion and other Chinese firms, says it has 35M registered users, and aims to be "super app" (Aanu Adeoye/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/f9b54a77-3565-4c0a-91f1-d78fc63659ae

Nigeria’s PalmPay thrives on ‘ultimate competition’ of cash
Chinese-backed payment app has focused on customers excluded by traditional banks, growing to 35mn users

Boundless, which bought crowdfunding publisher Unbound in March, tells authors that royalties accrued before March won't be paid until Boundless is cash stable (The Bookseller)
https://www.thebookseller.com/news/unbound…

Unbound authors will not receive unpaid royalty payments until new publisher Boundless 'is cash stable'
As founder John Mitchinson leaves, Unbound authors learn they will not receive historic royalty payments for sales of their books unless Boundless "survives and thrives".

Meanwhile, free speech thrives on #Bluesky. 🙄
That post has the same content as the Mastodon post here (minus the edit note):
https://hachyderm.io/@smurthys/114593880388311757