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Holiland好利来 Founded in 1992, Holiland is a local Chinese cake brand that has carved out (😉) a name for itself by consistently evolving and adapting.  In recent years, Holiland has strategically leveraged co-branded products, distinctive themed stores, and an active presence on social media that has captivated a younger demographic. Popular Products (chocolate, small cake, bread): USD 3-10 Collaboration Gift Box: USD 6-15 Birthday Cake: USD 27-136 Young, urban dwellers in China who are around 18-25 yrs, socially active and trend-conscious.

Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. Today we have an incredible discussion that spans the world of private credit and the growth of women’s sports — and how those two topics intersect in the guest’s daily life. Chris Long founded Palmer Square Capital Management, an approximately $29B+ asset manager focused on corporate and structured credit with offices in Kansas City and London, in June 2009. Currently, he serves as Chairman, CEO, and Portfolio Manager.

Christian Pulisic wasn’t too thrilled to be there, but he wasn’t annoyed either. At this point, sitting around a table and talking to a bunch of reporters is part of the job - and not even a particularly hard one. Sure, he would’ve rather been watching Friday afternoon’s marquee Euro match, but if he had to do press, he’d do press. If he had to do a photo shoot for a big billboard or campaign, he’d do that.

It’s fun to write only for paid subscribers. Because I can say whatever I want. There are a few hundred of us and I’m grateful for you, whether you’re a friend, family or simply someone who values me at least $7. I’ve updated last year’s Substack about whether Augustinus Bader The Rich Cream is worth it, a question I still get at least once or twice a month. I have new thoughts on the subject and also a worthy dupe that’s much less I share below, plus how I incorporate it into my winter skincare lineup.

A modest prediction: We’re entering a period when speculation about an approaching Technological Singularity will exceed its turn-of-the-century, Internet Boom peak. And for that, you can thank (or blame) new generative AI/machine learning tools that can write and draw — and will only improve with future iterations. Yes, for the moment, critics can point to ChatGPT essays that get key facts wrong or engage in circular reasoning. And skeptics can highlight DALL*E images that sometimes ignore, for instance, exactly how many fingers and teeth humans typically have.

This is a newsletter about the process of writing a book. I’m Ellen Huet, and I’m a San Francisco-based reporter for Bloomberg News. I’m writing a book! (And when I’d like to avoid writing my book, writing this newsletter is a welcome distraction.) I’ll give you a peek behind the scenes — the struggles of motivation, the different stages of the writing process, my inability (so far) to pick a good title.

Welcome to the first edition of Chimera’s Lair! I’m Camila, you may know me online as Crescent Chimera. I am a ttrpg creator, and the author of this newsletter. I started Chimera’s Lair with the intention of providing you with updates on my games, share my thoughts, and showcase cool games I enjoy from other creators in this space, with a focus on solo ttrpgs. What you will find in this magazine:

Interactions on discussion boards hundreds of times a day… Flexbox Froggy is not a good way to learn Flexbox. Yes, it asks students to recall values for properties associated with Flexbox. Yes, it gives you an adorable visual for how those properties and values impact the layout of frogs on lily pads. Level 8, shown above, involves the flex-direction CSS property, which has a series of possible values. All of this is explained above the window for typing in the appropriate code to align the frogs to the lilypads.

Wrote about Taylor Swift calling Reputation “a goth-punk moment:” “Goth and punk have always been about situating oneself outside of mainstream culture, beyond respectability, and squarely opposed to authority and the status quo. Meanwhile, Swift epitomizes all of those things. As even Lansky’s Person of the Year profile notes, “Reputation’s lead single ‘Look What You Made Me Do’ reached No. 1 on the charts” and “the album sold 1.3 million albums in the first week, second only to 1989.