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recent bookmarks from andrewduckerYour Backpack Got Worse On Purpose2026-04-15T17:09:55+00:00
https://www.worseonpurpose.com/p/your-backpack-got-worse-on-purpose
andrewduckerdesign business OhForFucksSakehttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:38fbceb8c655/YouTube Now Worlds Largest Media Company, Topping Disney2026-04-14T21:03:49+00:00
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/youtube-worlds-largest-media-company-2025-tops-disney-1236525130/
andrewduckerYouTube businesshttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:779410b27e6d/Employees who are impressed by vague corporate-speak like “synergistic leadership,” or “growth-hacking paradigms” are less competent2026-03-06T15:14:17+00:00
https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2026/03/workers-who-love-synergizing-paradigms-might-be-bad-their-jobs
andrewduckerintelligence business language psychologyhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:4c7d3bc6aeaf/A Day in the Life of an Enshittificator2026-03-02T10:08:51+00:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4Upf_B9RLQ
andrewduckerdesign business video funny awful norwayhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:bc6ec48fb70a/The psychology of pricing luxury2026-02-16T12:34:11+00:00
https://youtube.com/watch?v=IWpBxHqU1G8
andrewduckerluxury business psychologyhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:c6c6265731d0/The behavioral cost of personalized pricing2026-01-26T16:16:36+00:00
https://digitalseams.com/blog/the-behavioral-cost-of-personalized-pricing
andrewduckerbusiness psychology shoppinghttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:9477e80737e1/The Lego Pokémon Line Shows Toys Are Only for Rich Adults Now2026-01-25T19:30:18+00:00
https://www.wired.com/story/legos-pokemon-partnership-shows-toys-are-only-for-rich-adults-now/
andrewduckerlego pokemon toys business childrenhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:c9689b3ce7c2/Salesforce regrets firing 4000 experienced staff and replacing them with AI2025-12-28T22:10:54+00:00
https://maarthandam.com/2025/12/25/salesforce-regrets-firing-4000-staff-ai/#a-cautionary-signal
andrewduckerAI business failhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:2f9dd1f71ee0/Facebook tests £9.99 monthly subscription for sharing more than two links2025-12-18T16:13:34+00:00
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp9kv3lezgro
andrewduckerfacebook businesshttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:b7fc1c9336a5/Why Do Commercial Spaces Sit Vacant?2025-12-17T23:05:12+00:00
https://archive.strongtowns.org/journal/2025/5/21/why-do-commercial-spaces-sit-vacant
andrewduckerbusiness property finance economics bankinghttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:52901b406c68/Are economic bubbles good, actually?2025-12-11T22:05:18+00:00
https://timharford.com/2025/12/are-bubbles-good-actually/
andrewduckereconomics business historyhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:4d80cf7c9f6b/2% of people are just bastards2025-11-20T15:40:51+00:00
https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/capitalism-s-moral-bastards
andrewduckeroxytocin psychology morality sharing businesshttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:a21e51732c0f/3/4 of CEOs believe they have to have an AI strategy or they'll be replaced (which explains why there's so much investment into it)2025-11-05T10:39:22+00:00
https://cfo.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/74-of-ceos-worry-ai-failures-could-cost-them-their-jobs-report/118923383
andrewduckerai businesshttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:5e5fb1c8d936/Bosses of Dungeons & Dragons club in £150k court fight sparked by alleged ‘dungeonmaster cuddle’2025-10-25T10:07:38+00:00
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/arcadia-games-london-court-forsyth-ryn-b2851493.html
andrewduckerroleplaying business law UKhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:15d725f56c2e/OpenAI’s H1 2025: $4.3b in income, $13.5b in loss2025-10-02T19:24:35+00:00
https://www.techinasia.com/news/openais-revenue-rises-16-to-4-3b-in-h1-2025
andrewduckerai business doomhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:f7834b09dfe5/Ancestry and the NRS - when the corporate genealogy world turns ugly2025-09-26T15:48:10+00:00
https://scottishgenes.blogspot.com/2025/09/ancestry-and-nrs-when-corporate.html?m=1
andrewduckerhistory business Scotlandhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:94184a638c66/The US school shooting industry is worth billions — and it keeps growing2025-09-10T07:53:15+00:00
https://www.npr.org/2025/09/08/nx-s1-5317647/school-shooting-industry
andrewduckerusa school children murder business guns OhForFucksSakehttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:cc0624fe0578/A business card that runs a fluid simulation2025-08-08T21:05:15+00:00
https://github.com/Nicholas-L-Johnson/flip-card
andrewduckerbusiness advertising impressive technologyhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:10ee5b7bec2b/I've found it! The most dystopian AI thing! Gig workers pretending to be the AIs that people have fallen in love with!2025-07-14T10:11:06+00:00
https://surroo.me/
andrewduckerrelationships ai business doomhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:f0a20cf70336/The uncomfortable truth about Glastonbury2025-06-29T17:28:05+00:00
https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/glastonbury-pay-to-play-loss-making-acts-bookers-backstage-workers-b2774672.html#comments-area
andrewduckerfestival music business employment OhForFucksSakehttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:94bd012be0c1/Businesses still gatekeep jobs for graduates - it's harmful and cruel2025-06-24T09:27:07+00:00
https://inews.co.uk/opinion/businesses-gatekeep-university-graduates-its-harmful-and-cruel-3757335
andrewduckerbusiness academia university OhForFucksSakehttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:948d2beaf650/Publishers are facing existential threat from AI2025-06-22T13:13:12+00:00
https://www.axios.com/2025/06/19/ai-search-traffic-publishers
andrewduckerpublishing internet ai businesshttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:eaab2a321c91/How much is golfing at St. Andrews worth to the Scottish economy? (over $400m)2025-06-12T16:27:08+00:00
https://golfweek-eu.usatoday.com/story/sports/golf/courses/2025/06/11/how-much-st-andrews-worth-to-scottish-economy/84151208007/
andrewduckergolf Scotland businesshttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:8a3cf21da207/Waymo rides cost more than Uber or Lyft -- and people are paying anyway2025-06-12T15:41:34+00:00
https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/12/waymo-rides-cost-more-than-uber-or-lyft-and-people-are-paying-anyway/
andrewduckertaxi automation businesshttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:1937e1af9d21/Vodafone and Three UK Officially Complete £16bn Merger2025-06-02T22:54:36+00:00
https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2025/06/vodafone-and-three-uk-officially-complete-16bn-mega-mobile-merger.html
andrewduckerphones business UKhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:3cf047f6a0f0/AI extends the career of a porn actress. Also Jack Nicklaus, Snoop Dog, and KISS2025-05-01T19:17:53+00:00
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/12/19/ai-porn-sophie-dee-jack-nicklaus/
andrewduckerai celebrity businesshttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:79dd6d5cf5f8/White House hits back at Amazon plan to show tariff price rises2025-04-29T15:58:31+00:00
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdxg7xpr2j0o
andrewduckerAmazon economics business politics USAhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:81ba1e794f6e/Trump's tarrifs are about to destroy the board-game industry (for Americans)2025-04-11T21:41:20+00:00
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/smirkanddagger/a-place-for-all-my-books/posts/4360036
andrewduckerboardgames economics USA china businesshttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:07a18267fe3a/FTC: 23andMe buyer must honor firm’s privacy promises for genetic data2025-04-01T18:10:36+00:00
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/04/ftc-watching-23andme-bankruptcy-sale-for-impact-on-users-genetic-data/
andrewduckerprivacy genetics businesshttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:7538abcde400/The 1 bedroom Edinburgh flat with over a thousand businesses registered at it.2025-04-01T08:37:55+00:00
https://theferret.scot/muirhouse-slp-and-the-king-of-fraud/
andrewduckerbusiness fraud scotland edinburghhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:6b128a417836/Tesla deliveries down 43% in Europe while EVs are up 31%2025-03-25T14:37:54+00:00
https://electrek.co/2025/03/25/tesla-tsla-deliveries-down-43-in-europe-while-evs-are-up-28/
andrewduckerTesla electricity cars business europehttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:2ab5226721c4/Apple Is Losing Over $1 Billion per Year on Streaming Service, Has 45 Million Apple TV+ Subscribers2025-03-20T22:06:32+00:00
https://variety.com/2025/digital/news/apple-tv-plus-streaming-losses-1-billion-per-year-1236344052/
andrewduckerApple TV businesshttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:521eadf061ab/Tesla (TSLA) accounting raises red flags as report shows $1.4 billion missing2025-03-20T07:54:56+00:00
https://electrek.co/2025/03/19/tesla-tsla-accounting-raises-red-flags-as-report-shows-1-4-billion-missing/
andrewduckerTesla business fraudhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:204d23cfbef8/Ben & Jerry's claims Unilever ousted its boss over political activism2025-03-19T12:49:36+00:00
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckg8pk9rpx4o?fbclid=IwY2xjawJHkrxleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHRZxJMBUXg2BT3U74GXOws6dLVMWOZF1lTHpvdBFRIZrWhfunA3dTOnSdQ_aem_ABXpctLcquUO4-YZVlNcKg#:~:text=Ben%20%26%20Jerry's%20has%20said%20its,ice%20cream%20company's%20political%20activism
andrewduckerIceCream society businesshttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:98e040321f52/Musk tweets about a Mexican telecoms owner cost him billions2025-02-26T21:58:59+00:00
https://mexicodailypost.com/2025/02/24/carlos-slim-orders-to-cancel-his-collaboration-with-elon-musks-starlink/
andrewduckertelecoms ElonMusk business epicfailhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:74da6ddea477/Looking for booksellers that don't support fascism2025-01-28T10:39:44+00:00
https://james-davis-nicoll.dreamwidth.org/13692749.html
andrewduckerbooks business fascismhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:a6f37d0ed362/Breaching the Trust Thermocline Is the Biggest Hidden Risk in Business2025-01-20T12:10:03+00:00
https://every.to/p/breaching-the-trust-thermocline-is-the-biggest-hidden-risk-in-business
andrewduckertrust business failhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:4c32ee47e5b5/Price of resale tickets to be capped under plans to tackle touts2025-01-10T09:48:02+00:00
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdx9x8v8p04o
andrewduckeruk business economics music concerts ticketshttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:ed4ab5992b53/Inside Zildjian, a 400-year-old cymbal-making company in Massachusetts2025-01-02T20:12:58+00:00
https://www.wbur.org/news/2024/12/16/400-years-zildjian-cymbals-massachusetts
andrewduckerhistory music materials business Turkeyhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:65c2a4dbd9cc/A brief explanation of why AI is being shoved into everything2024-12-29T21:06:10+00:00
https://www.tumblr.com/andrewducker/771201343038881793?source=share
andrewduckerai business money technologyhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:95c7859ff6ba/Games Workshop: When Geeks Create a Monster (of a) Company2024-12-26T14:08:19+00:00
https://thinkoutsidethebox.substack.com/p/when-geeks-create-a-monster-of-a-9bc
andrewduckerGamesWorkshop Warhammer businesshttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:daf293f8f377/pedestrians spend more money than people arriving by car, and pedestrianised town centres have higher sales.2024-11-15T10:49:02+00:00
https://www.livingstreets.org.uk/press-media/pedestrians-spend-more-new-report-reveals/
andrewduckerwalking businesshttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:d01089ca93bb/The Lord of the Rings Demonstrates Hollywood’s Franchise Problem2024-10-29T18:13:54+00:00
https://youtube.com/watch?v=yjIx2VgAUz8&si=U2-qhvaomZ6AvS4f
andrewduckermovies business lotr videohttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:26defc70dd96/A reminder that if you want artists to make more from streaming then either you need to pay more or the major labels need to be heavily regulated to increase the artist's share.2024-10-28T12:52:35+00:00
https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/4353947.html
andrewduckermusic streaming businesshttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:3b391fdcea01/Are we making too many games?2024-10-28T09:50:53+00:00
https://howtomarketagame.com/2024/10/24/did-too-many-games-release-in-q3-of-2024/
andrewduckergames businesshttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:9486dab1ab4a/How does WhatsApp make money?2024-10-22T14:03:50+00:00
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8j7nrppny2o
andrewduckercommunication businesshttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:b607e94a183b/East Lothian councillors ban sex shops in the county2024-10-13T19:17:49+00:00
https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/politics/council/east-lothian-councillors-ban-sex-shops-in-the-county-4821974
andrewduckerOhForFucksSake sex business Scotland regulationhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:37654bd1ec21/Companies Are Forcing People to Work Through Disasters.2024-10-09T08:36:57+00:00
https://www.the-sentinel-intelligence.com/p/companies-are-forcing-people-to-work-10f?r=1age8
andrewduckerusa weather safety OhForFucksSake business mcdonaldshttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:63f1c1875fc2/Live in Edinburgh? Like cheap stuff? These local businesses are offering discounts to locals2024-10-01T08:50:54+00:00
https://edinburgh.org/residentrewards/?#gf_11
andrewduckeredinburgh business moneyhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:7ab94bb1fa14/Oasis reunion tour sees hotels cancel rooms and hike prices up to £900/night across the UK2024-08-28T10:52:39+00:00
https://metro.co.uk/2024/08/28/oasis-reunion-tour-sees-hotels-cancel-rooms-hike-prices-across-uk-21501533/
andrewduckermusic hotel oasis businesshttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:0819969172ce/Investors Are Suddenly Getting Very Concerned That AI Isn't Making Any Serious Money2024-08-19T17:09:03+00:00
https://futurism.com/investors-concerned-ai-making-money
andrewduckerai businesshttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:3cf6d93aeed4/Risky business: Linking Toxoplasma gondii infection and entrepreneurship behaviours across individuals and countries2024-05-30T09:41:14+00:00
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/326608642_Risky_business_Linking_Toxoplasma_gondii_infection_and_entrepreneurship_behaviours_across_individuals_and_countries
andrewduckerbusiness behaviour ToxoplasmaGondii fearhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:11ddab19246f/PFI means that school meals are too expensive and too small2024-05-14T08:15:44+00:00
https://inews.co.uk/news/children-hungry-school-meals-shrink-rising-payments-3050309
andrewduckermoney school food children business OhForFucksSakehttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:e4274fd52570/ITV says it lost more than £1m on hit TV drama Mr Bates vs Post Office (because there's no international appeal)2024-04-27T18:55:20+00:00
https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/mr-bates-vs-the-post-office-itv-loss-b2534493.html
andrewduckerTV money itv businesshttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:eae35364fefc/60% of time spent playing computer games in 2023 went to games at least 6 years old. Only 8% went on new, non-annual titles (like Baldurs Gate III)2024-04-04T10:10:27+00:00
https://kotaku.com/old-games-2023-playtime-data-fortnite-roblox-minecraft-1851382474
andrewduckergames businesshttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:04f67c40d9f4/The AI industry has spent $50Bn on chips to generate $3Bn in revenue2024-03-31T12:10:51+00:00
https://archive.is/ykZHa
andrewduckerai business doomhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:32e06b2c47ae/Disillusioned Businesses Discovering That AI Kind of Sucks2024-03-31T07:58:49+00:00
https://futurism.com/the-byte/businesses-discovering-ai-sucks
andrewduckerai businesshttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:db907fc3a90f/The economics of all-you-can-eat buffets2024-03-13T14:47:05+00:00
https://thehustle.co/the-economics-of-all-you-can-eat-buffets
andrewduckerfood business economicshttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:47bd93e06365/Leadership Is A Hell Of A Drug2024-03-07T11:03:53+00:00
https://ludic.mataroa.blog/blog/leadership-is-a-hell-of-a-drug/
andrewduckerleadership management business developmenthttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:b49c54f18ec5/Study finds that returning to the office doesn’t improve company value, but does make employees miserable2024-02-24T09:36:32+00:00
https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/02/rto-doesnt-improve-company-value-but-does-make-employees-miserable-study/
andrewduckerbusiness work office happinesshttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:cfb48f2377dc/"Our Company Is Doing So Well That You’re All Fired"2024-02-23T13:39:19+00:00
https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/our-company-is-doing-so-well-that-youre-all-fired
andrewduckerbusiness satire unemployment funnyhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:0f797583bc91/Reports Suggest Tencent Wants to Buy Dungeons and Dragons from Hasbro2024-01-31T20:11:32+00:00
https://gamerant.com/tencent-hasbro-dungeons-and-dragons-purchase/
andrewduckergames business dungeonsanddragonshttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:c6ae61f26d4c/UK companies won't be allowed to add mandatory fees at checkout in the future.2024-01-24T11:45:20+00:00
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/consumers-bill-british-retail-consortium-government-cma-b2483689.html
andrewduckeruk business shopping regulationhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:9449d0ce5bcd/Netflix password crackdown fuels sign-up surge2024-01-24T10:57:13+00:00
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-68072955?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
andrewduckernetflix passwords businesshttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:120c710b6856/It's a Wonderful Life: Organisational Perspective2024-01-05T16:35:17+00:00
https://spacefem.dreamwidth.org/22656.html
andrewduckerbusiness christmas movieshttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:48c18b487c50/Crypto hedge fund CEO may not exist; probe finds no record of identity2024-01-04T13:34:18+00:00
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/01/crypto-hedge-fund-ceo-may-not-exist-probe-finds-no-record-of-identity/
andrewduckerfraud identity business Blockchainhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:70b7fadb188a/Streaming services are losing billions. Now they're turning to mergers to survive.2023-12-28T16:11:54+00:00
https://arstechnica.com/culture/2023/12/its-shakeout-time-as-losses-of-netflix-rivals-top-5-billion/
andrewduckerTV streaming business Doomhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:911b4cb7231c/Edinburgh swingers club in desperate bid to stay open after year-long fight with council2023-12-13T09:14:05+00:00
https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/people/edinburgh-swingers-club-in-desperate-bid-to-stay-open-after-year-long-fight-with-council-4443630?r=2477
andrewduckersex business Edinburghhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:ea94cd196e6c/So, you're using an online service. How screwed are you?2023-12-08T09:47:09+00:00
https://rachelbythebay.com/fun/som/
andrewduckerbusiness technology funny Doomhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:73100dde716c/Giant batteries drain economics of gas power plants2023-11-21T15:59:42+00:00
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/giant-batteries-drain-economics-gas-power-plants-2023-11-21/
andrewduckergas batteries electricity economics businesshttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:bfd54c7812d9/