i believed my heart and my heart was wrong

Hello!

Today’s missive comes from the friendly Europe-bound skies, and today’s quote comes from Bachelor in Paradise. As you were.

In main news, it’s now October — aka Huluween (per Hulu) and…wait for it… Peacocktober (per Peacock.)

rachel kiley @rachelkiley

Hulu execs: “We’ll call it Huluween! It fits, it flows, everyone gets what it is right away.” Meanwhile, at Peacock:

And, you know, although things COULD BE better in terms of general global pandemics, civil unrest, climate change, and the general demise of humanity…

Jazmín Aguilera @ascentofjazmin

Hot Girl Summer fading meekly into Fall of Civilization

…there are still some (small) joys in life!

Jomboy Media @JomboyMedia

You guys asked for no more scoreboard marriage proposals and now look what you’ve done (via @flavortown)

Dumpster Fires, etc.

(Was it not clear? See above.)

Startups, etc.

I wrote a big-ass article that took so many months I can’t even tell you how many and ALSO I won’t tell you because UNLESS you are a writer you will NEVER understand that the editing DOWN of the work is THE hardest part.

It is short. It is here.

Claire Díaz-Ortiz @Claire

How do we FINALLY fix the venture capital funding crisis for women founders?!🤔Focus on this ONE 1⃣ thing.👇🏿My latest (heavily researched) hot take in @TechCrunch. 🔥🔥🔥🦄🦄🦄techcrunch.com/2021/09/18/1-c…

techcrunch.com1 change that can fix the VC funding crisis for women founders – TechCrunchWe need to increase the number of women investing partners who can write large seed checks.

What is an NFT and why should I care and how are smart people thinking about them? Block some time on your calendar and go read this piece from smart man Paul Stamatiou. (If you print out this article it is 17 pages, and as per the printer and climate change issues above, I do not recommend that course of action.

Deena Shakir, Arab American Investor to All. Watch her soar.

And, I loved this incredible thread. Must read.

Ali Partovi @apartovi

As the world celebrated Steve Jobs’s life last week, I recalled a lesson he taught me. My one meeting with Steve didn’t end well. It’s one of my most painful memories, and a warning to startup CEOs about the danger of taking hype too far. Here’s the story. (1/n)

Reading, etc.

My friend Tsh has a great newsletter you can subscribe to here. I’ve been reading for years, because gems are always a-coming. Like this week:

As always, an epiphany came in the shower last night: I think in order for me to finally finish the thing, I need to cultivate the habit of not needing immediate feedback or instant gratification. Our “easy everywhere” culture has trained my brain to want dopamine hits all day long, and yet long projects don’t see their reward for a long time until after they’re completed. I need to relearn what it means to find satisfaction in the day’s work being done, and that’s it. I’m accidentally addicted to the dopamine treat of approval after the tiniest of daily dog tricks. I’ve become a puppy in my need of a reward.

Finally, I got a flight! (And then another flight, and then another flight…and turns out I’ve been flying a LOT.) Argentina, USA, Europe, USA, et. al.

Claire Díaz-Ortiz @Claire

I *finally* got a flight out of Argentina to visit the USA!!!! 🇺🇸 Sure a stable currency, home mortgages, and cars driving in their own lanes on the highway are great but HAVE YOU EVER SEEN A CVS MACHINE IN AN AIRPORT?! 😳😳😳

In general, I would 1000% not encourage traveling internationally right now because your printer will not be able to handle so much activity.

YOU DO HAVE A PRINTER FOR ALL THOSE PDFS, DON’T YOU?

Claire

P.S. Why has this tweet not gone viral?

Adam Morgan @adamm0rgan

One time I tweeted "most books would be better if they were a little shorter" and people wanted me to die.