Michael Miraflor
@michaelmiraflor.bsky.social
strategy/marketing/ads/brands/trends/venture. art. culture. music. travel. retail. fashion. tech. Berkeley & Berlin School alum. retired DJ. views are mine only. 🇵🇭🇺🇸
(i'm still a lot more active on Twitter. same handle)
(i'm still a lot more active on Twitter. same handle)
Hey Los Angeles industry people (specifically those of you on the East Side), we're rebooting Breakfast Club on Monday at Couplet Coffee.
We'd love to see you there. Registration below, or just show up.
We'd love to see you there. Registration below, or just show up.
May 10, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Hey Los Angeles industry people (specifically those of you on the East Side), we're rebooting Breakfast Club on Monday at Couplet Coffee.
We'd love to see you there. Registration below, or just show up.
We'd love to see you there. Registration below, or just show up.
This is likely outdated by now (from Nov) but interesting nonetheless.
February 18, 2025 at 4:14 AM
This is likely outdated by now (from Nov) but interesting nonetheless.
Surprised that The White Lotus changed their theme song.
February 18, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Surprised that The White Lotus changed their theme song.
A very weird thing on LinkedIn is some industry folks celebrating R/GA’s impending sale to PE as “escaping the clutches of an advertising holding company.” As if it will be good for creativity?
Yet another example of senior advertising execs lacking business acumen.
Yet another example of senior advertising execs lacking business acumen.
February 16, 2025 at 10:42 PM
A very weird thing on LinkedIn is some industry folks celebrating R/GA’s impending sale to PE as “escaping the clutches of an advertising holding company.” As if it will be good for creativity?
Yet another example of senior advertising execs lacking business acumen.
Yet another example of senior advertising execs lacking business acumen.
Going to come back to this tweet in a few years to see if it holds true: when all is said and done, from a revenue perspective the AI wars will boil down to a fight for ad revenue. In the same way that the decade+ long streaming wars are now chasing ad revenue.
February 16, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Going to come back to this tweet in a few years to see if it holds true: when all is said and done, from a revenue perspective the AI wars will boil down to a fight for ad revenue. In the same way that the decade+ long streaming wars are now chasing ad revenue.
Once again I am reminded that United Arrows exists, and once again I am sad that they don’t sell outside of Japan.
February 14, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Once again I am reminded that United Arrows exists, and once again I am sad that they don’t sell outside of Japan.
Reposted by Michael Miraflor
Today I learned two things: there's a comet that might hit Earth in a few years, and apparently half the internet sees this as good news.
We should probably talk about that.
We should probably talk about that.
February 10, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Today I learned two things: there's a comet that might hit Earth in a few years, and apparently half the internet sees this as good news.
We should probably talk about that.
We should probably talk about that.
The Super Bowl is a great reminder that advertising is the oil for our capitalist machine.
$8M / 30 seconds to an estimated 120M viewers (though I’m always excited to see the scrappy brands that do local spots).
$8M / 30 seconds to an estimated 120M viewers (though I’m always excited to see the scrappy brands that do local spots).
February 9, 2025 at 5:48 PM
The Super Bowl is a great reminder that advertising is the oil for our capitalist machine.
$8M / 30 seconds to an estimated 120M viewers (though I’m always excited to see the scrappy brands that do local spots).
$8M / 30 seconds to an estimated 120M viewers (though I’m always excited to see the scrappy brands that do local spots).
Too many people rely on podcasts as primary sources of information. Achieves the effect of only reading the op-ed sections of newspapers. A slightly more extreme version of only watching the same cable news network.
February 9, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Too many people rely on podcasts as primary sources of information. Achieves the effect of only reading the op-ed sections of newspapers. A slightly more extreme version of only watching the same cable news network.
WSJ: A Private Club’s Very Public Problem
"Soho House faces feuding billionaires, a takeover offer and complaints about waiting ages to order a drink"
"ThirdPoint hedge fund founder Dan Loeb... has a 10% stake and is pushing for new leadership and a high takeover bid..
www.wsj.com/business/soh...
"Soho House faces feuding billionaires, a takeover offer and complaints about waiting ages to order a drink"
"ThirdPoint hedge fund founder Dan Loeb... has a 10% stake and is pushing for new leadership and a high takeover bid..
www.wsj.com/business/soh...
A Private Club’s Very Public Problems
Soho House faces feuding billionaires, a takeover offer and complaints about waiting ages to order a drink
www.wsj.com
February 9, 2025 at 12:37 AM
WSJ: A Private Club’s Very Public Problem
"Soho House faces feuding billionaires, a takeover offer and complaints about waiting ages to order a drink"
"ThirdPoint hedge fund founder Dan Loeb... has a 10% stake and is pushing for new leadership and a high takeover bid..
www.wsj.com/business/soh...
"Soho House faces feuding billionaires, a takeover offer and complaints about waiting ages to order a drink"
"ThirdPoint hedge fund founder Dan Loeb... has a 10% stake and is pushing for new leadership and a high takeover bid..
www.wsj.com/business/soh...
Spinning up another Backchannel Telegram group for anyone planning to go to SXSW 2025.
We had 100+ last year, and the Basel one was pretty fun. iykyk.
L i n k below.
We had 100+ last year, and the Basel one was pretty fun. iykyk.
L i n k below.
February 9, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Spinning up another Backchannel Telegram group for anyone planning to go to SXSW 2025.
We had 100+ last year, and the Basel one was pretty fun. iykyk.
L i n k below.
We had 100+ last year, and the Basel one was pretty fun. iykyk.
L i n k below.
Merry Christmas!
- from Palantir
- from Palantir
December 24, 2024 at 7:33 PM
Merry Christmas!
- from Palantir
- from Palantir
Reposted by Michael Miraflor
Thinking about this quote a lot recently.
December 8, 2024 at 6:46 PM
Thinking about this quote a lot recently.
Reposted by Michael Miraflor
Newsletter: Our digital lives are unregulated growth-hacked ecological disasters. The modern tech ecosystem's growth-at-all-costs mindset is actively harming billions of people, pushing them toward authoritarianism for profit. We must fight back.
www.wheresyoured.at/never-forgive-them/
www.wheresyoured.at/never-forgive-them/
Never Forgive Them
In the last year, I’ve spent about 200,000 words on a kind of personal journey where I’ve tried again and again to work out why everything digital feels so broken, and why it seems to keep getting wor...
www.wheresyoured.at
December 16, 2024 at 5:31 PM
Newsletter: Our digital lives are unregulated growth-hacked ecological disasters. The modern tech ecosystem's growth-at-all-costs mindset is actively harming billions of people, pushing them toward authoritarianism for profit. We must fight back.
www.wheresyoured.at/never-forgive-them/
www.wheresyoured.at/never-forgive-them/
Reposted by Michael Miraflor
Last Breakfast Club LA (east side/best side) of the year this Thursday 🍳
December 17, 2024 at 2:22 AM
Last Breakfast Club LA (east side/best side) of the year this Thursday 🍳
Reposted by Michael Miraflor
The NFL just stole Christmas from the NBA and Adam Silver is talking about making a new league in Europe lol.
Can’t even make it up 😂
Can’t even make it up 😂
Beyoncé & Mariah Carey will both perform at the NFL’s Christmas Day game.
December 13, 2024 at 1:23 PM
The NFL just stole Christmas from the NBA and Adam Silver is talking about making a new league in Europe lol.
Can’t even make it up 😂
Can’t even make it up 😂
If we are Twitter mutuals, can you please comment on this post so that I can make sure to follow you here?
(h/t @kristy.bsky.social for the inspo)
(h/t @kristy.bsky.social for the inspo)
November 14, 2024 at 3:49 PM
If we are Twitter mutuals, can you please comment on this post so that I can make sure to follow you here?
(h/t @kristy.bsky.social for the inspo)
(h/t @kristy.bsky.social for the inspo)
Reposted by Michael Miraflor
This is brilliant
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/14/b...
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/14/b...
The Onion Buys Alex Jones’s Infowars Out of Bankruptcy
The satirical news site planned to turn Infowars into a parody of itself, mocking “weird internet personalities” who peddle conspiracy theories and health supplements.
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2024 at 2:17 PM
This is brilliant
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/14/b...
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/14/b...
I need to know if this is all part of some coordinated soft power effort by the Church. And if so, I want to know which agencies are involved at the top. Does the Pope sign off on the cultural strategy? Is this all leading up to something bigger? 🧐
November 14, 2024 at 3:33 PM
I need to know if this is all part of some coordinated soft power effort by the Church. And if so, I want to know which agencies are involved at the top. Does the Pope sign off on the cultural strategy? Is this all leading up to something bigger? 🧐
🤣
pls no one bring the menswear thread guy over here
November 13, 2024 at 5:50 PM
🤣
Reposted by Michael Miraflor
2012: “join Twitter? just so I can learn what some moron had for lunch?”
2024: “I’ve joined Bluesky to follow the ‘Good Lunch’ Feed. People post their lunch and others reply good lunch when it’s a good lunch”
2024: “I’ve joined Bluesky to follow the ‘Good Lunch’ Feed. People post their lunch and others reply good lunch when it’s a good lunch”
November 12, 2024 at 5:29 AM
2012: “join Twitter? just so I can learn what some moron had for lunch?”
2024: “I’ve joined Bluesky to follow the ‘Good Lunch’ Feed. People post their lunch and others reply good lunch when it’s a good lunch”
2024: “I’ve joined Bluesky to follow the ‘Good Lunch’ Feed. People post their lunch and others reply good lunch when it’s a good lunch”
Well I guess I’m posting here now, too 🤷🏽♂️
November 13, 2024 at 5:32 AM
Well I guess I’m posting here now, too 🤷🏽♂️
How will Bluesky not follow the pattern of becoming hot garbage once it is open and available to everyone?
April 30, 2023 at 3:42 PM
How will Bluesky not follow the pattern of becoming hot garbage once it is open and available to everyone?
Folks who have maintained a Twitter account:
Are you mirroring your posts? Or keeping everything separate?
Are you mirroring your posts? Or keeping everything separate?
April 19, 2023 at 2:47 PM
Folks who have maintained a Twitter account:
Are you mirroring your posts? Or keeping everything separate?
Are you mirroring your posts? Or keeping everything separate?