Hi friends,

despite all efforts to enjoy the above (aka lush nature, sunny days etc) you fellow readers keep sending exciting content that is just too good and needs to be shared.

See another little selection of bits and pieces for your cognitive & professional entertainment below.

Yours truly,

Julia ☀️

📝  LINKS

• Article Sally Rooney writes a short fiction piece for the New Yorker titled “Unread Messages” (LINK)

• Article “Any functioning person has to live, to some extent, out of the moment. We might also think that it’s right for our consciousnesses to shift to other times—such inner mobility is part of a rich and meaningful life.” Paul Bloom investigates on how humans relate to the past, present and future (LINK) Thank you, Lilly!

• Banking Finally signed up for Nuri, totally being influenced by their amazing new re-branding and started to dive into the world of cryptocurrencies (LINK) Thank you, Uli for the nudge!

• Podcast 1 Have been a fan of Isabelle Graw since an eternity and enjoyed listening to her unconventional ways of maneuvering through life in conversation with Mascha Jacobs (LINK, German only)

• Podcast 2 “Pasta & Politik” is Aida Baghernejad’s new audio format that will bring a refreshing take on everything politics - into your kitchen and in exchange with remarkable guests that make a difference (LINK, German only)

• News Female Founders Fund announced the closing of its Fund III after raising $57 million to create what the seven-year-old New York-based early-stage fund considers “the largest fund for seed capital specifically for female founders.” (LINK)

• News Holistic beauty brand The Nue just snatched a 25 Mio Dollar in their latest B-series funding to drive their expansion forward (LINK)

• Discussion Is renting instead of buying clothes contributing to a positive change in the industry or not? Two articles have been looking at this question from different angles (LINK Dazed, LINK WIRED)

• Business Imagine you are building an e-commerce company, someone would pre-fund your digital ad budgets and you could pay it back with a commission percentage of your income? What a brilliant idea, you minds behind Clearco (LINK)

📌 PIN BOARD

JOBS (f/m/d) - Berlin or remote if not stated otherwise

• Social Media Editor, full-/part-time/freelance // MYNE Homes (LINK), the platform for managed co-ownership of vacation homes. Come work with me 🕺🏽. Tasks include: Producing content (video snippets, images, text), editorial calendar management. Get in touch via email

• Digital Communications Assistant, freelance // QVLS, the quantum computer initiative from Lower Saxony. Tasks: Support the CEO with editorial management & content production. 8 hrs/week (LINK)

• Stress-resistent booker // basics.berlin (LINK), agency for stylists, set designers and make-up artists. Tasks: Handling of complete booking process, client relations, support with data system & website. Reach out to Barbara via email

• Visual Content Creator, full-time, Munich // Dallmayr, the coffee company. Reach out to Nicole (LINK)

• Head of Performance Marketing, full-time // The Female Company (LINK)

📆 CALENDAR

• TODAY Sunday 18th of July, 10-19h // VENTE PRIVÉE - Selected Last Season & Vintage Sale (incl. exclusive pieces by Isabel Marant, Acne, Céline, Prada, YSL, Gucci, Dries van Noten, COS and more) by Leena Zimmermann at Vee Collective, Auguststr. 52, 10115 Berlin

• TODAY Sunday 18th of July, 12-17h // Sun & Sea (Marina) by Rugile Barzdziukaite, Vaiva Grainyte, Lina Lapelyte, the art piece that won the Golden Bear at the Biennale Arte 2019 in Venice is up and running again at E-Werk Luckenwalde (LINK)

• 17th of July to 8th of August // “Shapes of Comfort”, new exhibition at Wehrmühle Biesenthal (LINK)

• 10th of July to 22nd of August // Ballade, an art walk through Berlin-Charlottenburg (LINK)

👯‍♀️ FRIENDS

The Pura Vida Festival is “a Celebration of Life & Holistic Vision for Personal Wellbeing, Collective Awakening & Planetary Regeneration”, taking place near Berlin from 19th to 22nd of August. A collective of entrepreneurs and visionaries with a background in renewable energies, medical anthropology, the healing arts and philosophy organizes this special experience which will include a series of workshops, talks and ceremonies that explore narratives and tools to cultivate regenerative practices for mind, body, heart and earth. See more infos here (LINK)

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