Creatives and Conversation

It has been a looooong time, my friends! Mark your calendars for 12/17/22: I have a big announcement to make regarding a new project I am launching. I'll share more information in the upcoming days about this new initiative! RSVP: fb.me/e/3dMgzYIMR - Carlos

@HacknerTyler @KyleKulinski Real answer: because DNC made South Carolina first state in Democratic primary, the state that made Biden president. - Carlos

@KyleKulinski Why did you show us this lol

@briebriejoy I love you, BJG, but it's time for you to run for office. We have a glut of online political commentators. I'm tired of y'all just telling us what the problems are without telling us the solutions. Use your influence to get yourself into the halls of power! - Carlos

It’s crazy how many of you spend so much energy being deeply unpleasant.

@briebriejoy Run for office. We have a glut of online political commentators and pundits now, even in independent media. I'm tired of y'all just telling me what the problems are without telling us the solutions. Use your enormous influence to get yourself into the halls of power! - Carlos

What should I do?

Such important and inspiring #leadership as @patagonia owner, Yvon Chouinard, takes the entire company #notforprofit. The inherent circulation of money underpins independence from constant economic growth, paving the way for us to thrive within ecological limits. #postgrowth

@EudaimoniaEsq Yo, are you in the Chi? Let's grab coffee. - Carlos

@ZeynabDay Breaking Points has excellent "deep dive" segments with their partners David Sirota, Ryan Grim, Max Alvarez, and others. - Carlos

Who is your favorite journalist doing news? Or organizations. I've seen a lot of pundits. That can be good sometimes too. But, I'm really interested in finding more news coverage of state and local stories, on-the-ground work, and coverage of real policies in the indie sphere.

BREAKING: A FEDERAL JUDGE JUST ORDERED STARBUCKS TO IMMEDIATELY REINSTATE THE ILLEGALLY FIRED UNION LEADERS IN MEMPHIS, TENN.

@ZeynabDay Wait, really!?! Wow, that would be a great honor!!! I've been following your career for a while now and lament what happened to you (and everyone else involved) with MPP. I sent you a message on LinkedIn. - Carlos

@creativesconvos I think C & C is awesome. Would love to volunteer to help. Or if you just want to do a project for organizing, etc. I still do fun volunteering projects. Reach out!

Oh no! A really awesome job interview came my way and for some reason, the email landed in my spam folder. When I searched for "interviews" I found it though! Hoping I reached out in time, it's only been a couple days. But need some good vibes my way!

@profgalloway Welcome, Scott. On an unrelated note, corporations have bought the government and are destroying the world. Please support the Left until we rein in the excesses of capitalism. Then, you can go back to celebrating entrepreneurialism. Oh, and let's grab coffee sometime. - Carlos

When in Rome #CHI

"i would kill for $15 an hour when I was your age!" $15 in 1980 = $57 an hour today $15 in 1990 = $35 an hour today $15 in 2012 (when the fight for $15 wage began) = $20 an hour today

@bureaucatliu It's distilled corporate PMC jargon. Great way to stay on top of the latest and greatest buzzwords of that world. - Carlos

Should I go back to LinkedIn? Heard it is a hotbed of Virtue Hoarding these days

@NicoleRVasquez Congrats on the book launch, Nicole! Back in college, I founded an RSO called "High Rise" that was about having meaningful conversations. When I graduated, my first internship was at a startup called @MealSharing, which was also about breaking bread with strangers! - Carlos

1/6: My first business more than a decade ago was a dinner party company that invited people from all different backgrounds to share a meal and have intentional discussions. They were some of the best conversations I ever had and many attendees went on to build things together.

@Missinnovate Going to therapy is one of the best things I've ever done. It changed my life for the better. - Carlos

First therapy session booked. I’m excited and scared, I’m curious and I’m overall ready to level up, internally. 🌺 I want to do this for myself.

Last week Skylar Dunn-Lubin facilitated a #community #dialogue about how the #pandemic impacted us, ranging from opportunities for radical self-care to feelings of existential loneliness. We discussed how we experienced isolation in unprecedented ways and what we learned from it.

Join us tomorrow for C&C! Long time member Skylar will facilitate a community dialogue about how both self-care and loneliness have shaped our lives. We're gathering at Guild Row again, a “social club for those who give a damn”. How cool is that?! RSVP: facebook.com/events/1298793…

@krystalball YOU'RE incredible. Please do a live audience show in Chicago with Sagaar and your respective boyfriends. - Carlos

Just incredible

Today five stores in the Richmond, VA area had their votes counted, and ALL FIVE voted to unionize! Virginia is for UNION lovers ❤️❤️❤️