Bastrop County is a fast-growing neighbor to Travis County—the home of Austin, the University of Texas, the state capitol, Austin FC, Austin City Limits, Oracle, Tesla, and so on. Bastrop is also directly downriver from Tesla's new world headquarters and car-making factory. When Elon Musk moved from California to Texas, his Boring Company quickly set up shop in rural Bastrop County, and currently has a permit to …
Cannabis Brand Develops New Show for VICE TV
Weedmaps is producing a new, original cannabis-centric docuseries called Tumbleweeds with Killer Mike. Hosted by rapper and activist Killer Mike, the series was produced by Wheelhouse DNA and Wheelhouse Labs and distributed through VICE Media Group. The first two episodes of the four-part series will air on VICE TV on April 20 starting at 10 P.M ET. Tumbleweeds with Killer Mike challenges existing …
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You Can Shoot A Film In Low Light on the New Samsung Galaxy S22
To help promote its new low-light camera capabilities, Samsung UK created "Nocturnal Narratives," three short films, directed by Will Robson-Scott. Equipped with the Galaxy S22 Ultra Nightography features, Robson-Scott and Samsung brought to light the work of Dalston-based florist My Lady Garden, pioneering boxer Safiyyah ‘The Hijabi Boxer’ Syeed, and underground music collective, Keep Hush. The Galaxy S22 and S22 …
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Why Are Grown Men Allowed to Marry Young Girls?
In what sounds like news from 1822, not 2022, Tennessee lawmakers will vote today to remove any age barriers for marriage. Twenty-four Tennessee Republicans are sponsoring House Bill 233. Current Tennessee law states you can get married as young as 17 if you have parental consent. In the absence of federal law setting a minimum age for marriage, several states have outlawed child marriage, but the practice is …
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In the Metaverse, Speculators Pursue Their Virtual Dream States
It's 2022. You no longer need to be governed by physical constraints. Today, you can enter the metaverse, inhabit a virtual body, live in a virtual home, and interact with other avatars in a world of make-believe. If you're a developer, you can also create new "worlds" that attract visitors and investors ready to spend real money. According to KUVE-Austin, after spending $1.2 million of his own money on technology …
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Drift, Wait and Obey—It Worked for Kipling, It Can Work for You
"When your Daemon is in charge, do not try to think consciously. Drift, wait, and obey." -Rudyard Kipling It's Thursday and I'd like to throw it way back to ancient Greece and Rome and look at how ancient wisdom can guide us today. According to Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love, the ancient Greeks and ancient Romans did not believe that creativity came from human beings. They believed that creativity …
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The Public Relations Handbook Sheds Light On The Darker Persuasive Art
I’m pretty biased, but I’ve always considered advertising, in the more traditional sense of the discipline, to be more honest than public relations. Advertising tends to present itself more nakedly — you know an ad when you see one because it has an identified sponsor. Public relations works in many not-so-obvious ways. It can be a manufactured piece of puffery disguised as “news,” or a backroom legislative lobbying …
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Say “Gay”
From a political point of view, Florida and Texas appear to be in a race to the bottom. The governors and state legislatures in both of these densely populated sunbelt states are working overtime to forward a reality that spookily mirrors the dystopian states that some of our best writers have depicted. The politicians are not acting alone. Many citizens in these states and elsewhere are in favor of banning books, …
Tony Hawk’s New “Scratch Boards” Hide Prizes Beneath the Paint
This is not your grandfather's scratch-off game. This is the update for 2022. If you want to win today, put on a helmet, plus knee and elbow pads, and head to the nearest skate park. https://youtu.be/ubEEOIur4qY Activision, Tony Hawk, and DAVID Madrid teamed up to create limited-edition skate decks that reward skaters after they scratch them on concrete. The more you skate, the more you scratch your skateboard. …
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Appetite Appeal, It’s A Thing
Food advertising is typically at its best when it serves up a healthy dish of appetite appeal. When an ad has appetite appeal, it will entice a hungry person to drop what they’re doing and eat. Appetite appeal means making the food the hero of the spot. Let's watch these three commercials with appetite appeal in mind. https://youtu.be/D-gGI_G6DJk Agency: The Many https://youtu.be/OV6biPrIjzI Agency: …
