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The Great Poo Bag Swindle

How We Outsourced the Dirtiest Job in Town (and Kept Our Hands Clean)

4rmdesign @4rmdesign.bsky.social · 5d

Vanishing Points: Amelia Earhart, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, and the Myths We Need

Two aviation legends vanished into the sky they loved. But their stories reveal as much about our need for heroes as they do about their…

4rmdesign @4rmdesign.bsky.social · 19d

AI Doesn’t Care About Your Craft. It Cares About Your Vision.

Everyone’s busy arguing about prompts and ethics, but that’s not the real story. The brutal truth is AI makes craft cheap and vision…

4rmdesign @4rmdesign.bsky.social · 28d

Emergency Landing for Dummies
Boeing or Airbus.
A survival guide for the unlikely – but totally possible – worst-case scenario
Find out on ME DIUM

4rmdesign @4rmdesign.bsky.social · Sep 13

Your Watch Says Your Heart Rate Is 38 BPM. Should You Be Worried?

A dip below 40 beats per minute can mean peak fitness - or a red flag. Here’s how to tell the difference.

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Guido Kühn @guido-kuehn.bsky.social · Sep 12

Hobby de Luxe Bling Bling: Meine Stifte haben gerade erfahren, dass sie es auch 2025 wieder in Ausstellung, Katalog und Juryauswahl des wichtigsten deutschen Preises für politische Illustration, den von Lappan/Carlsen und der Frankfurter Buchmesse verliehenen Deutschen Cartoonpreis geschafft haben.

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4rmdesign @4rmdesign.bsky.social · Aug 28

Walter Burns (@grieffiles)

Check out my new post! The $30M AI Heist Japan’s media titans just sued Silicon Valley’s golden boy for plundering their paywalls. This isn’t just another copyright spat. It’s the first real war ov...

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4rmdesign @4rmdesign.bsky.social · Aug 16

grieffiles.substack.com/p/alaska-far...
No peace. No deal. No words. The Alaska summit was a photo-op on ice — and nothing more.
#Trump #Putin #Ukraine #Geopolitics #PoliticalTheater

ALASKA FARCE: Two Presidents, Zero Peace

Trump and Putin’s summit collapsed faster than the coffee cooled — zero peace, frozen egos.

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4rmdesign @4rmdesign.bsky.social · Aug 15

7 Ways to Prove Your Authorship Offline

A practical guide to proving authorship without an internet connection.

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4rmdesign @4rmdesign.bsky.social · Aug 14

Make America Grape Again?

Not on Your Budget. You voted for the guy, now you can toast him with something that tastes like wet cardboard.

The Last Morning of Asher Watkins

4rmdesign @4rmdesign.bsky.social · Aug 8

Texan millionaire met the “Black Death” — a horn through the chest. Nature’s equalizer doesn’t care about your bank account. #TrophyHunting #BlackDeath #NatureFightsBack

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An obituary from the veld: The ‘Black Death’ speaks on a Texan who thought he could buy my head for his fireplace.

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4rmdesign @4rmdesign.bsky.social · Aug 4

Der große Schwammerlraub: Tatort Alpen

Italien serviert Steinpilz-Kunst – wir löffeln Schwammerlgulasch.

MAGNET-MAFIA MELKT MÜDE MENSCHEN

4rmdesign @4rmdesign.bsky.social · Aug 2

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MAGNET-MAFIA MELKT MÜDE MENSCHEN
DER GROSSE WASSER-SCHWINDEL!

#Wasser #Esoterik #Unsinn #Pseudowissenschaft

DER GROSSE WASSER-SCHWINDEL!

God Finally Pinned the Hulkster

4rmdesign @4rmdesign.bsky.social · Jul 30

$85 Billion Monopoly on Rails — The Death of Competition in Plain Sight
Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern are calling it a "national freight rail operator." I call it what it is: the cartel crowning itself king.
Read it. Bleed a little. 
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#RailroadMerger

A massive, menacing locomotive—Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern—barrels down the tracks at full speed. A small, helpless bird (Union) stands in its path, holding a sign, desperately trying to stop it.

4rmdesign @4rmdesign.bsky.social · Jul 26

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You’d think we’d cry. We don’t.

So Much for Saying Your Prayers, Brother.

I Forgot My Name — But Not My Brain

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4rmdesign @4rmdesign.bsky.social · Jul 20

Buffett’s Throwing Stocks Overboard — Does the Old Fox Know Something We Don’t?

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4rmdesign @4rmdesign.bsky.social · Jul 12

Sail. Wander. Breathe.
Patmos, Greece – bell towers, old windmills, timeless villages.
Not just a trip. A return.

Nóstos Edition
EU: tinyurl.com/nostoseu
UK: tinyurl.com/nostosgb
US: tinyurl.com/nostosus

#Patmos #Greece #IslandVibes #NostosEdition #HiddenGems #SlowTravel #SailingLife #CultureTrip

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4rmdesign @4rmdesign.bsky.social · Jun 30

Wrote something new on Medium:
“I Forgot My Name — But Not My Brain”
A humorous (and serious) look at forgetfulness, cognitive overload, and why losing your car in a garage isn’t the end of the world.
Read here 👉
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Why absent-mindedness isn’t a case for the geriatric ward, and how our brains fight daily sensory overload

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4rmdesign @4rmdesign.bsky.social · Jun 28

🧗‍♂️🍦 "Crux des Tages: Eiswaffel 7a+"
Nach einem intensiven Tag beim IFSC Kletterweltcup Innsbruck 2025 gibt's eigentlich nur eins, das lockt: ein riesiges Eis.

#IFSC2025 #InnsbruckClimbing #Kletterweltcup #Bouldering #Eisflash #AfterClimbTreat #SportClimbing #IceCream

4rmdesign @4rmdesign.bsky.social · Mar 20

Kommt jetzt das große Verlernen?

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4rmdesign @4rmdesign.bsky.social · Mar 8

🚺✨ International Women’s Day ✨🚺

Same skills. Same ambition. But not the same opportunities.

Gender should never determine success. It’s time to create a fairer future for everyone. Let’s raise our voices for real change! 💪🌍

#InternationalWomensDay #BreakTheBias #WomenInBusiness #EqualityMatters

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4rmdesign @4rmdesign.bsky.social · Mar 2

Automated censorship is reshaping our cultural landscape. Tech giants are erasing historical art due to vague community guidelines and algorithmic moderation. How far will this go? #ArtFreedom #CensorshipInTheDigitalAge #ProtectCulturalHeritage
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The New Iconoclasts: How Automated Censorship Threatens Art and Culture

Why Is Botticelli’s The Birth of Venus Suddenly Inappropriate?