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It’s FINALLY here. The #1 requested feature—Preserve Faces—is now live in Bloom. This is a huge level up for your character work, keeping expressions and facial details in tact, while adding real textures, true-to-input detail, and of course, resolution.

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@ffdistantworlds Woohoo! Will you come to Japan any time soon?! 🙏🙏🙏

Thank you, Singapore friends! 🙏 What an incredible night of FINAL FANTASY with Arnie Roth, Amanda Achen & the Resound Collective orchestra and chorus. 🎶💫

@tferriss Hola, Tim and team! Just a heads up, Amazon Japan does not seem to be selling Coyote yet. How dare they!? Hoping we Japanese residents can buy these asap. 😃

@tferriss Hear, hear! Happy Thanksgiving, Tim Tim san!

Happy Thanksgiving, friends. May you and yours be nourished by gratitude, gravy, and goodwill. I'm thankful to be alive and surrounded by so many incredible people. It's no small miracle that we exist at all. Even if just for today, let's try and be kinder than necessary.

@IGN Can you please just stick to talking about games?

J.K. Rowling, who's been posting anti-transgender rhetoric on X since 2020, will be involved in the new Harry Potter TV show, with HBO and Max content boss Casey Bloys saying, "I imagine she'll have opinions on casting." bit.ly/3Z2Ncxx

In Iran, a student harassed by her university’s morality police over her “improper” hijab didn’t back down. She turned her body into a protest, stripping to her underwear and marching through campus—defying a regime that constantly controls women’s bodies. Her act is a powerful reminder of Iranian women’s fight for freedom. Yes we use our bodies like weapons to fight back a regime that kills women for showing their hair. This happened at Tehran’s Science and Research University She has since been arrested by the authorities. Be her voice. #WomanLifeFreedom

@tferriss I would like to hear snippits of your meta learning adventures, cool things you've done, and fun stories!

Attention 5-Bullet Friday subscribers: what would you like to see more of in the newsletter? What would you find most interesting or helpful? Thanks for letting me know. (And if you're not a subscriber, it's free and here it is: tim.blog/friday)

@tferriss I would be curious to know what brings them the most joy and fulfillment in their lives.

If you ended up sitting next to a Nobel Prize winner or billionaire, what would you ask them? If you only had 2 to 5 minutes and they were willing to talk, how could you make the most of it?

Must be great nets

Hola, @tferriss ! Thank you for all your amazing podcast episodes. I just want to tell you I think you're at your best when you're joking and having a great time. I hope you do more fun episodes that are less heavy, as they are my favorite ones you do! 😃👍

What is the one goal, if completed, that could change everything? What is the most urgent thing right now that you feel you “must” or “should” do? Can you let the urgent “fail”—even for a day—to get to the next milestone for your potential life-changing tasks? What’s been on your to-do list the longest? Start it first thing in the morning and don’t allow interruptions or lunch until you finish. Will “bad” things happen? Small problems will crop up, yes. A few people will complain and quickly get over it. BUT, the bigger picture items you complete will let you see these for what they are—minutiae and repairable hiccups. Make this trade a habit. Let the small bad things happen and make the big good things happen.

@googlejapan I have been waiting on Google Customer support to provide a valid shipping label to return a faulty Pixel Watch for over 15 days now. They say my case has escalated, but we're making no progress. Can you please assist? I've been charged for a new watch. Zannen.

@tferriss Yes! Airalo! Google Fi is great if you're only gone a short time, but after a while they will restrict your data. Airalo bypasses all these problems.

Anyone found any great apps for eSIMs (and using cellular data) while overseas?

@SArmy_JP - こんにちは。洋服や品物を寄付するためのピックアップ手配方法を教えていただくことはできますか？ありがとうございます！

@rowancheung Thank you so much for always sharing all this fantastic information, Rowan! By any chance, is there an Android ChatGPT assistant as well that can put Google assistant to shame? (Apologies if I missed it somewhere in the thread!)

1. Replace Siri with ChatGPT with @mckaywrigley's "Hey GPT" It completely destroys Siri in every way. Install the extension, enter your OpenAI API key, add it to home, and tell it what you want. icloud.com/shortcuts/0cc3…

I'm surprised how many people don't know how to use ChatGPT on their phones properly. Here are 5 ways to use ChatGPT on your phone to maximize productivity:

@tferriss Oooh! Awesome, Tim! Any chance you will do another one while you're here in Japan? I'm out of town for a day or two but would love to meet up in the coming week!

@tferriss Good stuff, Tim!

First time I've actually seen something "off the charts." E-mail subs over the last 24 hours. To infinity and beyond!

@tferriss - I love your random show episodes. I feel you're at your best when you're joking around with friends. You're effing hilarious when you just wing it. Roughly 51:00 in was gold! I would love to hear more episodes like this, where it's a bit less serious, more often! 😆👍