Girl in my local coffee shop is telling someone how excited she is about college. She’ll be majoring in graphic design, and tuition will be just north of $40k a year w/ room & board. She seems, understandably, stressed about the $ part. With AI, economy, etc do you say go for it?

Some startups are confusing attention and views with people caring.

“Real Stories Not Stories & Reels” Nicely done, Polaroid.

Venice. What a place. Guy just on a stroll singing and playing a banger on acoustic.

“Sometimes you learn too much about something, and it takes all the fun out of it.” - 90 year old lady at Erewhon the other day talking to me about chocolate, but it felt like life in general.

I've been thinking a lot about little luxuries lately. Things that are the luxury version of an inexpensive good. For example, think of something we regularly pay $4 for. There’s a market for developing a similar, elevated in some way, product positioned as a luxury version.

Do you buy breath mints?

About to start painting more over IG if you want to follow along.

Midwest summer sunset. Smell the corn.

This goes for the dumbasses agreeing with the deportation post as well. “I'm not embarrassed at all by it. It’s what I voted for!” Yeah, let everyone know you’ve got a skittles-sized brain.

everything compounds

The rise of AirSpace and fast furniture has played a big role in this. Build quality of antique pieces is often unmatched. Thankfully antique pieces are starting to come back thanks to some really good YouTubers and IG influencers showing young people how to incorporate them.

Guess I won’t be wearing this anymore

Bring them to the US. Call them Fren ̶c̶h̶ Fries.