It's smoke season in the PNW again, which means that my dog started coughing when we went for her (very short) afternoon potty run.
Chris
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So the Airtable sale to Bending Spoons. $1.3bn purchase, $1.4bn raised. Founders and early investors make a bit, although less for most investors than if they'd bought an index fund instead. Employees get nothing, except mostly fired. What a world.
Secretly convinced Thunderbolts is a top 5 superhero movie, mostly because it's about everything other than superheroes.
Guessing the crash in crypto is due to online people being able to get their fix easier from prediction markets. Derogatory towards all involved
Over $3,000 donated to World Central Kitchen via gridgov.org . Deep gratitude to all. What do you want on there next?
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Apparently it makes me radical to note that solar panels don't give a shit about the strait of anything. Which, sure.
God, Sam Altman is going to be so confused when his kids leave for college and stop answering his calls
It's worth watching the statement from this dead eyed sociopath in its entirety, and considering that he's currently being protected by a material part of the political establishment.
The Bulwark@thebulwark.com · 3d agoRep. Max Miller: "These are incredibly serious criminal accusations. If these accusations were true, I would be in jail — I would be. My former wife would not have been offering to cook me dinner and inviting me to playgrounds. Think about that."
Two years ago, I put in an article that I thought it likely a mid-size american city would burn to the ground in the next decade. Of everything, that's the line I hesitated most to publish. Seemed too negative and alarmist. I was so young.
Spokane is a wonderful city full of lovely people. This is horrific.
I've now seen Tenet twice, loved it, and still can't tell you what it's about. Whole movie is a vibe though
Linkedin is -deranged- these days. Also for the record, I'm 37 and absolutely need 3 cups of coffee 😅
The amount these 2 know about AI would rattle if placed in a shot glass
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 5d agoBARTIROMO: It feels like we're moving into a Terminator-type world HASSETT: I hope not and I think not. AI companies definitely have an incentive not to destroy the world. That would destroy their companies too.
I'm absolutely shocked that the Succession wannabe's leveraged-to-shit fund with positions in AI stocks at 50X p/e went bust. Shocked.
I will literally refuse to be in the same room as anyone wearing one of these, meta glasses, etc.
The Verge@theverge.com · 6d agoEveryone hated it, so Friend is making it even more expensive. www.theverge.com/gadgets/9731...
Guys, the reason the big tech companies are trying to ban open source models is that they need an AI revenue stream equal to 20% of all white collar work in the US by about 2029. Or they won't be able to service their debt. This is why, ignore the marketing spin.
Guys the fact that Zuck said a thing does not mean you have to report on it
Wrote about fire season. We don't have to live like this. coralcarbon.substack.com/p/fire-season
Fire Season
Don't look away
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Yeah we don't have a full accounting on the effects of these events for years afterwards
Aarne Granlund@aarnegranlund.eurosky.social · last wk.Budget airlines might sell cheap tickets to the affected areas, and AirBnBs are affordable now. Breathing fire smoke is dangerous to begin with, but it can be deadly in the built environment. It isn't just biomass combusting, but plastics, industrial plants, everything. yle.fi/a/74-20238168
Look I'm not smart enough to know whether everything Mamdani is doing will work, but it's utterly fascinating to see a politician who actually seems to think his job is doing stuff to improve people's lives
Man Elon has a real gift for attacking people infinitely more likable than he is. To borrow from @karaswisher.bsky.social , dude is so poor that all he has is money.
These circular deals are going to end very badly.
Conor Sen@conorsen.bsky.social · last wk.“The $250 billion guarantee would cover the data center lease and debt needed to fund its build out, but not the Nvidia chips that would go inside it. Nvidia, which has invested $30 billion in OpenAI, is also discussing a deal to finance the chip purchase for OpenAI, which could total $350 billion”