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   Futurist Jim Carroll (jimcarroll@mastodon.futurist.info)'s status on Monday, 11-May-2026 19:06:30 JST Futurist Jim Carroll

   "Your flaws are your most important assets." - Futurist Jim Carroll

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   Futurist Jim Carroll is writing a series, The Art of the Infinite Pivot, based on 36 lessons from his 36 years as a solo entrepreneur, working as a nomadic worker in the global freelance economy. The series is unfolding here, and at pivot.jimcarroll.com.
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   We're all talking about the importance of authenticity in an era of artificiality.

   After all, in 2026, AI can generate almost anything. A photorealistic headshot of a CEO who doesn't exist. A polished podcast in your voice, on a topic you've never thought about, in under five minutes. A speaker highlight reel with fake audiences and fake standing ovations. Perfection has become cheap, instant, and infinite.

   Here's the paradox of this new era: when perfection is everywhere, perfection stops counting. When everyone can be perfect, being perfect doesn't matter anymore.

   What stands out now is the opposite. The stumble, the scar, the story too weird to be invented, the detail too specific to be faked, the mistake too painful to be generated. In a world full of synthetic perfection, your flaws are the only authentication signal that proves you are real. It might become the most important signal for your future success.

   And in that context, I must confess: I didn't know I had been operating on this principle for most of my career! For 36 years, I've quietly leaned on my flaws without naming them as assets. It was just how I operated. Now, when everyone is talking about AI, I can see how important my flaws are.

   An example? In 1995, I appeared on a VHS tape called The Family Guide to the Internet, presented by IBM. I billed myself as a "Global Internet Consultant" and walked a fictional family through the wonders of newsgroups and proper Internet etiquette. It is, hands down, the most embarrassing thing I have ever done. It still exists on YouTube. And get this - I often tell people about it and send them the link. Most people would have buried it, but don't try to hide from it. It's proof that I was actually there, in the room, at the moment the future was being figured out.

   While not as interesting, there have been many other stumbles, errors, and foibles along the way.

   So tell the embarrassing story. Quote the bad review. List the failed venture. Publish the rejected pitch. Show the wreckage.

   Let the cracks show.

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   Futurist Jim Carroll is proud of his flaws and mistakes.

   **#Flaws** **#Assets** **#Authenticity** **#Imperfection** **#Scars** 

   Original post: https://jimcarroll.com/2026/05/decoding-tomorrow-the-infinite-pivot-series-32-your-flaws-are-your-most-important-assets/

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   LukeAlmighty 🇨🇿 (lukealmighty@gameliberty.club)'s status on Thursday, 07-May-2026 06:26:46 JST LukeAlmighty 🇨🇿

   Was sitting in a bar today, and I overheard the funniest conversation ever.

   A girl was complaining, that when she said to a guy, that she had mental issues, he said that not only does he not mind, but preffer it that way.

   So... She got disgusted, that the guy saw her as perfect...

   At what point, do you just stop judging everything as nothing but a status game? JUST BE HAPPY ALREADY!!!

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   Artemis (artemis@dice.camp)'s status on Friday, 12-Sep-2025 03:34:23 JST Artemis

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   In a sense, the reason we will not fail is that we can't. There are so many wins. Some feel tiny, but they matter because people matter.

   Example: They want to kill trans people, so when you show up for & support your trans friends, when you help make sure a trans person has a safe place to sleep tonight or food to eat, or when you even just tell a trans teen they have a future, you fucking won a victory over the fash. You got in their way.

   So don't fucking talk to me about "failed" resistance.

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   keeps vis.social running (kristinhenry@vis.social)'s status on Monday, 28-Jul-2025 07:48:42 JST keeps vis.social running

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   While working on a big piece, I kept thinking about how slowing down is the only way I avoid mistakes that ruin my work. When drawing, by hand, in ink, there is no 'undo'. If I make a mistake, the piece is ruined and I cut it up into scrap paper.

   I wouldn't have it any other way.

   So, in today's #inkyDays drawing, I incorporated the thought I posted recently: "slow down and make wonderful things". The ants agree.

   #ink #drawing #art #ants #GenerativeArt #ProceduralArt #peace

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   Andrew Zonenberg (azonenberg@ioc.exchange)'s status on Friday, 20-Jun-2025 02:19:59 JST Andrew Zonenberg

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   @mwk @millihertz @becomethewaifu this is where we take advantage of the fact that the the PL has an axi port that allows fabric to talk to hard IP on the PS side.

   and I *think* (if this doesn't work, it's 100% definitely doable over EMIO JTAG but that would make it even more cursed) you can access CoreSight APB registers on the PS side from PL this way.

   So you make an RTL context switcher module that periodically halts the A9, serializes its registers out to block RAM, loads a new context, loads a new page table, flushes caches etc as needed, then resumes execution.

   Boom, hardware threading with no kernel mode software.

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   Hoss Delgado (hoss@shitpost.cloud)'s status on Sunday, 08-Jun-2025 07:23:29 JST Hoss Delgado

   President Donald J. Trump Remarks on the Appointment of Owl as Administrator of Poast Following the Glorious and Totally Legal Military Annexation of Canada Broadcast from the Maple Rose Garden, Formerly Ottawa

   [Trump steps up to the podium, flanked by American flags and a conspicuously large moose statue wearing a MAGA hat.]

   TRUMP:

   Thank you, thank you—what a beautiful crowd, what a tremendous, record-breaking crowd, really. We haven’t seen a crowd this size since the last time I visited Alabama. Or maybe when I came to the Tim Hortons drive-thru in Winnipeg last night—who knew you could get twenty Timbits for a loonie? Well, not anymore! Now it's a Freedom Quarter, folks. You're welcome.

   Now listen, as you all know, we just completed one of the most incredible, most peaceful—and by peaceful I mean not peaceful at all—military operations in the history of the world. The United States has successfully annexed Canada. Totally legal. Totally constitutional. Ask anyone. I looked it up on Truth Social. And you know what? It turns out they wanted it. They were begging for it. I mean, who wouldn’t want to be American? You get guns, barbecue, and actual elections. It’s a win-win.

   Now, with that operation behind us—Operation Maple Freedom, by the way, incredible name, I came up with it myself—we are rebuilding Canada in our image. That means new leadership. Strong leadership. Not some drama teacher who gets lost on the way to the press room. No. We're talking about real administrators. People who understand free speech, memes, and the American way.

   So today, I’m proud to announce the appointment of a true patriot, a visionary, a poster of exceptional quality—someone who’s not afraid to ban a fed, dox a glowie, or unleash a completely deranged wall of text about cartoon frogs and Canadian milk quotas.

   Folks… I am officially appointing Owl as the new Administrator of Poast, now designated the National Free Speech Infrastructure of North America. Effective immediately. IMMEDIATELY.

   [Crowd erupts. A bald eagle wearing sunglasses flies overhead. Possibly AI-generated.]

   Now, I know what you’re thinking. “President Trump, what about Poast’s history of—” Shut up. Fake news. That’s what I say. Nobody’s perfect. Even Abraham Lincoln probably said something spicy on a forum once. But Owl? Owl is a fighter. Owl has been in the trenches—Bunkered harder than a Canadian under curfew. She understands the culture war, she knows the memes, and most importantly—she never apologized for a single post.

   That’s leadership, folks.

   Poast will now serve as the official voice of the annexed provinces, formerly known as “Canada,” now renamed “Upper Florida.” We’re talking about free speech so free it would make George Washington blush and maybe clutch his powdered wig. No more censorship. No more maple soy boys crying about tone. Just based takes, constitutional amendments, and maybe the occasional hockey stream.

   So Owl, I know you're watching this from your undisclosed location—probably with five VPNs running and three open tabs of Nightwave Radio—you’ve got the job. Make us proud. And remember, if the Feds come knocking—just say you're Canadian. For now, it still works.

   Thank you, God bless Poast, God bless America, and God bless our newest citizens—whether they like it or not!

   [Trump gives a thumbs-up. A bald eagle lands on the moose’s antler. Hail to the Chief plays on bagpipes as fireworks explode in the shape of Trump’s face.]

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