Postcard #6: First Tweet Thread, The Precisionists, Sights Outside the Tunnel, Watching The Wheels

Welcome!

Four newcomers this week bring our total to 41. Once a gathering enters the forties, it's officially 'a lot'. Attending a party with 40+ people you adopt a different mindset. You know you won't talk to everyone one-on-one. As host, you probably go to Costco to ensure there's enough drinks, hummus, and napkins. Glad you've all joined the party :)

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First Tweet Thread

I'm approaching a full month on Twitter. Until Friday there was a core aspect of the platform I still hadn't dabbled with: threads. Here's a chain of nine tweets that share my experience on writing a newsletter so far.

Tommy Lee

@thomaselliotlee

Updated the newsletter page of my site to include an archive.
It's wild to see 5 issues already of a project that didn't exist just over a month ago.
Shows just how fast small weekly habits can stack into a meaningful part of our lives.
5 reflections so far 🧵👇  pic.twitter.com/cFxTKxVwQ2

November 26th 2021

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The Precisionists

When it comes to podcasts, I tend to listen to shows in waves. At the beginning of the week I was on a Crazy Good Turns kick. This episode is the kind of feel-good story that always fires me up. Here's a taster summary:

"Right now people on the autism spectrum are subject to higher rates of unemployment. Nearly half of all young adults with autism are unemployed. Often, they get screened out by old-fashioned interview processes that fail to recognize their talents. Not only is that a shame, it’s a huge missed opportunity.

At the end of the day, how someone shakes your hand or whether they look you in the eye or not has no bearing in terms of whether they’re going to be strong performers in a technical job.

These individuals perform phenomenally.”

I love the episode's emphasis this isn't a charity. Companies receive exceptional service and results from working with The Precisionists.

Michael S, and Cheryl: I think you'd particularly enjoy this one

Listen: "This Company Will Change How You Look at Autism"

Sights Outside the Tunnel

I have extreme tunnel vision. I go all-in on my current project, whatever that is.

Lately I've spent a lot of time digitizing myself. I realized last week I was overdue for more of the world beyond my laptop.

Here are a few snapshots:

Planta

Monday my girlfriend and I celebrated our 2 year anniversary at a beautiful vegan restaurant called Planta.

Here's the gluten-free (GF) Hawaiian pizza my girlfriend (GF) ate covertly to preserve honour after stating the GF inquiry was out of allergy rather than preference.

Apparently "clouds of wheat fly about the ovens", so despite the pizza being made of GF flour it wasn't allergy appropriate.

She took her chances. The risks of flavour.

Another saga in the GF GF chronicles...

Kubla

Wednesday we went to a concert that drastically exceeded expectations.

I'd never heard the band before. We stayed till 2am to watch the full 3hr set. Great originals and excellent covers, like the Gnarls Barkley track "Crazy" and smooth groove versions of Radiohead's "High and Dry" and "Creep".

If you get the chance to see Kubla, take it.

Sharing a cell phone video clip is an excellent way to make a concert look 1000x lamer than it actually was. So I'll just show a 9sec glimpse of the vibe:

Whale Skulls

Saturday we went to the ROM (Royal Ontario Museum). The Great Whales exhibit was really cool. I learned:

Before plastic, baleen was a hot commodity - its durable yet flexible nature made it essential for many common products, such as buggy whips, armour, and the hard strips in corsets and umbrellas.

Plastics solved the making whales extinct in order to have nice corsets problem. Now we gotta solve the ocean plastics making whales extinct problem.

Watching The Wheels

Chris Cornell

In the spirit of Kubla's covers, here's one of my all-time favs. Chris Cornell does a high energy take on John Lennon's classic.

That's all till next week!

Thanks for reading,

Tommy

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