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   kulturhack (kulturhack@mstdn.social)'s status on Friday, 05-Sep-2025 02:26:27 JST kulturhack

   Here’s an idea for journalists:

   Stop reporting that the “White House” did this or that.

   In truth, it's either Trump who did the thing in question or Mad King Donnie's handlers in the Executive branch.

   Capice?

   Ascribing actions to the “White House” allows Donnie The Wannabe Despot to have another layer of responsibility avoidance in terms of his less-smart followers.

   Good talk.

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   Futurist Jim Carroll (jimcarroll@mastodon.futurist.info)'s status on Friday, 22-Aug-2025 19:21:20 JST Futurist Jim Carroll

   "Your imagination is a machine that turns the whispers of tomorrow into the roar of today's opportunity!" - Futurist Jim Carroll

   Tomorrow is talking to you.

   Are you listening?

   It's like a radio that picks up tomorrow's signals before they become today's strategies.

   The way I will often share this idea from the stage is that the future is constantly whispering to us. The trick is learning to listen—and then actually doing something about what you hear. Sometimes you need your imagination to help you do that.

   In that way, I've discovered that the best stories aren't just good entertainment. They're like amplifiers for those faint signals we might otherwise miss. Here's how to turn each whisper into real movement: by understanding what those whispers are telling you. I'll do that by sharing a few client stories - the signal that the future was whispering and what it means for action.

   You don't need a massive strategy document. You need clear signals that lead to easy decisions. Then you take what works and scale it fast.

   The future is talking to you.

   Make sure you're ready to listen—and act.

   By the way, I used Gamma.app to turn this post into a great little PDF - access it here!

   https://pdf.jimcarroll.com/Tomorrow-is-Talking-Are-You-Listening.pdf

   The future is telling us we can accelerate our imagination in ways that we might have never previously imagined.

   #Imagination #Future #Signals #Innovation #Opportunity #Vision #Strategy #Action #Transformation #Tomorrow

   Original post: https://jimcarroll.com/2025/08/decoding-tomorrow-your-daily-future-inspiration-creativity-and-innovation-your-imagination-is-a-machine-that-turns-the-whispers-of-tomorrow-into-the-roar-of-todays-opportunity/

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   Futurist Jim Carroll (jimcarroll@mastodon.futurist.info)'s status on Tuesday, 19-Aug-2025 18:58:09 JST Futurist Jim Carroll

   “By the time a trend is obvious, the opportunity has already passed. That’s why winners don’t follow trends – they anticipate them!” – Futurist Jim Carroll

   I’ve built a career on this one simple truth. In every boardroom and on every stage, I see two types of leaders: those who react to the future and those who create it. The first group waits for a trend to become a headline in *The Wall Street Journal* before they act. The second group is the reason it became a headline in the first place.

   Think about that.

   In our high-velocity world, waiting for a trend to become obvious is the same as deciding to come in last place. The reactive mindset—waiting for certainty, following the crowd, looking for a perfectly paved path—is a recipe for irrelevance. The real growth, the disruptive breakthroughs, and the market leadership all belong to the organizations and individuals who have mastered the art of anticipation.

   Those who have mastered the art of understanding tomorrow before tomorrow is here.

   Look, I am the first to admit that for many people, avoiding the future always seems to be the easy way out. But as I’ve said many times before, the future always wins in the long run. That’s why making early, big, bold leaps forward is the only smart strategy – and why there is an extremely high cost of following the crowd! There is no second mover advantage! That’s why following trends instead of getting ahead of them might feel safe, but it’s one of the riskiest strategies you can adopt.

   When you only react to what’s already established, you’re not innovating; you’re just playing catch-up.

   How do you avoid this fate? How do the winners anticipate tomorrow/ They build an effective trends radar, by which they build an organizational capability for anticipation. This involves a systematic way of looking beyond the immediate noise to see the signals of what’s next. Building this radar isn’t about having a crystal ball; it’s about changing where and how you look for insights.

   Anticipation is a discipline. It’s about building a culture of curiosity that relentlessly asks, “What’s next, and how do we lead it?”

   The future is never truly a surprise; it’s a series of whispers that gradually become a
   roar. The question is, are you listening to the whispers, or are you waiting for the roar? By the time you hear the roar, you’re already in the middle of the stampede.

   Winners don’t get caught in the stampede. They’re the ones who saw which way the herd was turning and were already waiting in the next valley.

   #Trends #Anticipation #Innovation #Future #Leadership #Strategy #Disruption #Opportunity #Winners #Foresight

   Original post: https://jimcarroll.com/2025/08/decoding-tomorrow-your-daily-future-inspiration-leadership-trends-by-the-time-a-trend-is-obvious-the-opportunity-has-already-passed-thats-why-winners-dont-follow-trends-they-ant/

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   Paradox (paradox@raru.re)'s status on Saturday, 16-Aug-2025 13:30:14 JST Paradox

   I didn't grow up sociable. I read a lot. I was ahead of my class. I was homeschooled halfway through fifth grade. I wasn't even upset when I found out. I walked into my mom's room, dressed and backpack on, she was still in bed. It was a Wednesday. She just said I was getting homeschooled and I said okay and that was it.
   It was fun. I enjoyed it. I always did pretty well. Didn't like the book reports.
   I got my first email address at 13. Met some people on a penpal site. Pretty much my first experience talking to people regularly that weren't family. It was kinda sterile though. I talked about my life and what I was doing (one time I tried writing a horror movie script about killer bees), but there wasn't really any shitposting or meme sharing vibe to it.
   I remember in like 2013 I was on some game website and I was doing a group puzzle where you have to guess what celebrity is in a picture and someone in chat really wanted it to be Nicholas Cage. Probably my first encounter with someone I considered to be weird.
   And then there was Ni99a, a commenter on Listverse who always had something spicy to say about a listicle. I found them amusing, and I understood what was going on. At some point he got banned and made a Nibba account or something like that.

   In 2012 I made a Twitter account, but didn't become really active for a while. I was on Instagram for a few years, writing short essays and making friends. It'd be disingenuous for me to skim over this cuz it was my first time actually getting kinda down and dirty with relationships. I fell in love with people online. I got hurt.
   Uhhh, fuck it let's skip the rest, I'm taking way too fucking long with this point I'm making. Basically, I have no irl friends. I have family and coworkers, but nobody I actively shoot the breeze with off the clock. All of my friends are online. A place where bonds can be severed with a snap.

   I think that's why I'm dealing with this dichotomy of not wanting people to leave, yet also distancing myself. I enjoy people. I enjoy you all. I don't want to lose that, because I know very well how easy it is to lose it. Yet at the same time, I didn't grow up with a friend. I'm on good terms with my mom and brother, whom I mostly grew up with, but other than that, nobody. Do I hate that? No. I don't know if I'm built that way or if not having it made me grow into it, but I just don't attach myself that strongly to people in general.
   I guess it's more like... I don't mind it when people are quiet. It bothers me when they leave. I don't miss people when I know they're around and available, even if I don't hear from them much. I only miss people when I know I can't access them. I'm like a cat in that way, I guess. I'll pay attention when I please, but it gets my attention when I don't have that opportunity. The privilege of having a door open at all times but being able to choose when I walk through it, whether that's twice a day or once a year.

   Which is why I'm quiet but keep myself available. I see every message. I just don't respond quickly, unless I need to. But I also try to not take too long about it, because I know I'd want a response in a reasonable time too.

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   silverpill (silverpill@mitra.social)'s status on Saturday, 16-Aug-2025 03:08:18 JST silverpill

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   @sendpaws I always wanted to add more admin controls to mitra-fe. Guess it is time to finally do that.

   In your opinion, which admin/mod tool is the most important?

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   WilhelmIII (wilhelmiii@nicecrew.digital)'s status on Wednesday, 21-May-2025 02:23:27 JST WilhelmIII

   And then it gets more complicated than that.

   In your DHCP server (probably your router) you can carve out a pool of addresses, a static pool.

   Then you build a table in the DHCP server that has MAC address and IP address, and the same box will always get that IP.