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Allan Schoenberg ☕️

@allanschoenberg.bsky.social

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Ultrarunner, Arsenal supporter, coffee scholar, marketing and PR professional…not in that order https://linktr.ee/allanschoenberg

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Allan Schoenberg ☕️ @allanschoenberg.bsky.social · Aug 28

One of the most overlooked signs of professional growth is learning to wear more hats.

Seeing a single initiative from various angles isn’t multitasking. It’s muscle memory.

I don’t see perspective as a communication skill. It’s a business discipline

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Why perspective is a law firm communicator’s greatest skill

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Allan Schoenberg ☕️ @allanschoenberg.bsky.social · 5h

The philosophical lessons from 5 horror stories 💀
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5 horrifying stories that double as lessons in philosophy

The best horror stories don't rely on jump scares to frighten; they exhume their horrors from within powerful, enduring ideas.

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Allan Schoenberg ☕️ @allanschoenberg.bsky.social · 19h

I took @Opinion.bloomberg.com’s AI-dentity quiz. My AI-dentity is: Pro-Markets Skeptic. What’s yours? www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

Quiz: What’s Your AI-dentity?

Are you an AI Doomer, an Accelerationist or somewhere in between? Answer these questions to find out.

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Allan Schoenberg ☕️ @allanschoenberg.bsky.social · 1d

"Threads is now on par with X, in terms of daily active users, and is even exceeding it on some days" www.socialmediatoday.com/news/data-su...

Threads Is on Track To Exceed X in Active Usage

The latest usage data suggests that Threads will soon overtake X in total users.

www.socialmediatoday.com

Allan Schoenberg ☕️ @allanschoenberg.bsky.social · 1d

Stick with the coffee…it’s healthier nypost.com/2025/10/12/w...

Crypto trader Konstantin Galich found dead in Lamborghini in Kyiv as market plunges

A crypto trader has been found dead in the wake of a market crash.

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Allan Schoenberg ☕️ @allanschoenberg.bsky.social · 1d

“A glue player is the team member who multiplies everyone else’s results, helping the team win. They have unusually high emotional intelligence and know how to move the group forward” 👏👏👏
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The Underrated Power of ‘Glue Employees’ Who Hold Everything Together

Successful teams aren’t necessarily about star talent, but more often depend on the quiet leaders who hold organizations together.

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Allan Schoenberg ☕️ @allanschoenberg.bsky.social · 1d

A good Nobel explainer on this theory of innovation 🥇 open.substack.com/pub/noahpini...

A Nobel for thinking about long-term growth

Aghion, Howitt, and Mokyr tackled the biggest question of all.

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Allan Schoenberg ☕️ @allanschoenberg.bsky.social · 1d

"If we know that care fuels creativity, why keep clinging to systems that drain it." magazine.shots.net/news/view/wh...

Why mental wellbeing is the key to creativity | shots Magazine

May is Mental Health Awareness Month and here Becky Morrison, producer and founder of The Light, asks the advertising industry – what if the way we work is both hurting people and diminishing the qual...

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Allan Schoenberg ☕️ @allanschoenberg.bsky.social · 1d

Your story isn't about you. Your story is about your message. jayacunzo.com/blog/tell-me...

"Tell Me About Yourself"—A Framework For Telling Your Story Well

Walking past the room, you would have heard nothing, but all I heard was screaming. To be clear, the room was quite literally silent, and the voice screaming was entirely in my head. But that doesn't...

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Allan Schoenberg ☕️ @allanschoenberg.bsky.social · 2d

Big fan of Morgan Housel. His new book shows how spending and financial habits can eliminate regret bigthink.com/books/how-to...

If you want to be miserable, then spend your money like this

In this excerpt from "The Art of Spending Money," Morgan Housel lays out the spending and financial habits guaranteed to end in regret.

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Allan Schoenberg ☕️ @allanschoenberg.bsky.social · 2d

I’m on one now 🚶‍♂️ —> Eye movement was an unexpected reason medium.com/in-fitness-a...

7 Reasons to Go For a Morning Walk

#6 something called optic flow

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Allan Schoenberg ☕️ @allanschoenberg.bsky.social · 2d

Get your vitamin 💤 www.nbcnews.com/health/menta...

Your 'sleep profile' sheds light on health, lifestyle and cognition, new study shows

Researchers have uncovered five patterns of sleep that affect brain activity in different ways.

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Allan Schoenberg ☕️ @allanschoenberg.bsky.social · 2d

Three Share Nobel in Economics for Work on How Technology Drives Growth 📈 www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/b...

Three Share Nobel in Economics for Work on How Technology Drives Growth

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Allan Schoenberg ☕️ @allanschoenberg.bsky.social · 7d

Scientists Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson, and Omar Yaghi won the 2025 Nobel chemistry prize for developing metal-organic frameworks to help address climate change and water scarcity by capturing carbon dioxide and harvesting water from desert air www.reuters.com/science/kita...

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Allan Schoenberg ☕️ @allanschoenberg.bsky.social · 8d

6. Planet 9 is my personal rabbit hole 🪐 www.vice.com/en/article/7...

7 Space Mysteries That Keep Scientists Up at Night

The deeper we stare into space, the more it feels like it’s staring back. Here are seven mysteries that keep scientists awake at night.

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Allan Schoenberg ☕️ @allanschoenberg.bsky.social · 11d

No jobs report but we have LinkedIn data

www.linkedin.com/pulse/octobe...

October US Jobs Report

Consensus estimates suggest nonfarm payrolls rose by about +50K in September, above August’s gain. LinkedIn data points to a similar gain of +55K.

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Allan Schoenberg ☕️ @allanschoenberg.bsky.social · 12d

Yes, prices are up ☕https://www.wsj.com/business/hospitality/coffee-prices-inflation-tariffs-brazil-e3c26e3b?st=7HPe3N&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink

Hell Hath No Fury Like a Coffee Drinker in 2025

Lots of things are more expensive, but coffee is irreplaceable. So Americans are eating the price hikes—and reserving the right to rant.

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Allan Schoenberg ☕️ @allanschoenberg.bsky.social · 12d

The 25 Most Influential Magazine Covers of All Time www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/t...

The 25 Most Influential Magazine Covers of All Time

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Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team · 13d

Great article.

- scrolling without the doom
- just moderate why don't you
- you can check out anytime you like

"Once people understand that they can build pretty much anything on top of atproto, I think things are going to get delightful and different."

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nothin' but blue skies from now on

Some of you know that I work part-time with the team at Graze Social. It seems gauche to talk about a day job in your passion project newsletter, but in this...

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Allan Schoenberg ☕️ @allanschoenberg.bsky.social · 22d

Important reviews 🖊️

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I’m Extremely Picky About My Pens. After Years of Testing, I Have 10 Favorites.

All are $15 or less.

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Allan Schoenberg ☕️ @allanschoenberg.bsky.social · 25d

Rain needed 🌧️

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Drought Gripping the US Northeast, NYC Raises Fears of Autumn Wildfires

Waterways and wells are running dry in parts of New England and trees in New York City are already shedding their leaves as a late-summer drought engulfs the US Northeast, raising the risk of wildfire...

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Allan Schoenberg ☕️ @allanschoenberg.bsky.social · 26d

“It’s a shame that all too often we start conversations by asking people what they do instead of trying to learn about who they are, because it’s the who that will take you to your ultimate destination”
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