PicoBlog

The Micromastery Newsletter is a collaboration between Robert Twigger, Neil Ramshaw and Chris Watson to explore and expand upon ideas about learning and practical wisdom put forward in Robert's book 'Micromastery'. By The Micromastery Team · Launched a year agoNo thanksncG1vNJzZmilmZi%2FsLnArKueqqljwLau0q2YnKNemLyuew%3D%3D

Burning the midnight oil to get this news out the door as we start out a new week. Last week was brutal for people working in the video games industry, and given that we are already halfway (nearly 6,000 gaming-related layoffs in January) to the total number of layoffs in 2023, things are looking pretty bleak. These figure don’t include layoffs in the tech sector, games media, or esports either. If you have been affected by layoffs, I’m very sorry this has happened to you, but I encourage you to keep your head high and hang in there.

”I did my best…I did my best.” As people in my everyday real world life can attest to, once I entered middle-age I suddenly became a human lawn sprinkler, crying over every little thing. That’s not to say that I was stoic before, but now I wear every emotion on my sleeve, plus a couple new emotions I never heard of previously. Even just recounting something I read or watched that was sad or heartfelt can bring tears to my eyes.

Sweet Jesus, it’s Morphin Time! The beautiful thing about that sentence is that almost every movie in this franchise would be suitable for this newsletter, but today I decided to take it back to 1995 when I was 7 years old and obsessed with these characters, as was the fashion at the time. I recently ended up reading something about a random episode on Reddit and went down a rabbithole to watch the first five-part miniseries of the television program’s initial run and I decided, damn, I think I need to do the movie.

As the Detroit Tigers return home for the final week of the season, we have also reached the final conclusion of Miguel Cabrera’s baseball career. This week, over six home games in Detroit, Miggy will play his final games in the MLB, the conclusion of a nearly 2,800-game-long career spanning 21 seasons. With his retirement will go one of the greatest hitters there ever was, a two-time MVP, four-time batting champion, and the only Triple Crown winner after the year 1970.

Mike Johnson, bless his heart, says he doesn’t “wanna get too spooky on you,” but it was God who made him the new Speaker of the US House. He’s not asserting the fairly common belief, held by many Christians, that the Almighty plays a direct role in shaping people’s lives. No, no – Mike’s claim of divine selection is more singular, grandiose… and spooky. In a recent speech to a sect of Christian Nationalists, he confided that just prior to being chosen Speaker, God Hizownself had been awakening him every night for three weeks “to speak to me” about campaign strategy.

​I don’t want you to be nervous. Maybe thinking of a walrus would help. Have you seen the video of the penguin accidentally stepping on a sleeping walrus? It thought it was a rock. The walrus wakes up like what the fuck and the penguin scurries off like oh shit. Sometimes it’s funny watching a surprise happen, and not just funny but kind of amazing — like, you never really know what’s what

Mildly Interesting People often get into conversations with wildly interesting people. Join Cami Kaos and Rick Turoczy — two admittedly mildly interesting people — every week as they introduce you to folks who are far more interesting. By Rick Turoczy · Launched a year agoNo thanksncG1vNJzZmilmaGxrcXIp6ueqpWowaq6xqmcqKicmnu0wcGsq5qbm2OwsLmO

READ TO THE VERY END for a SURPRISE!! I still don’t get all the negativity around Miles Davis. I don’t understand where the idea comes from that Miles was nasty, mean and rude. The movie Miles Ahead went even further, idiotically depicting him as hostile and violent (not to mention that Don Cheadle looks absolutely nothing like Miles). That is Not the way Miles is described by musicians who worked with him.