If I have the chance to tell my former self that I will one day be be posting on LinkedIn asking for "high-performing executives" to tell me about their peptide stacks, should I do it?
Sam Blum
@samblum.bsky.social
Girl dad and Sr. Writer at Inc Magazine. Tech, startups, billionaires, outsiders, investigations. Big face, small razor 🪒 Proton: Sam_Blum1905@proton.me Signal: Sammblum.89
Warming up to the idea that Van Halen actually rips...if you're in a very specific spandex enabled mood. music.youtube.com/watch?v=HUtq...
Unchained (2015 Remaster)
YouTube video by Van Halen - Topic
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Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me two times, well partner the bubble's gon' burst www.inc.com/sam-blum/leg...
Legendary Hedge Fund Investor Ray Dalio Warns the AI Bubble Could Burst
The Bridgewater founder says today's AI frenzy is beginning to resemble the speculative booms that preceded the crashes of 1929 and 2000.
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To illustrate how dire shit has gotten I often tell aspiring journos that my stepdad got helicoptered into Woodstock to cover the festival as a recent college grad and I spend most of my days Zooming with tech bros talking about "moats"
Philip Eil@phileil.bsky.social · 2w agoChatted with a young journalist who was seeking career advice yesterday. I started with the good vs. bad news. -IMO, there's nothing more fun, exciting, meaningful, and rewarding to do with your career. -The industry is absolute trash and it's very hard to, economically, plan a life around it.
Me to a stranger on the subway: "Did you hear that Gen Z killed the jort?" gothamist.com/arts-enterta...
Attack of the jorts: Giant denim shorts have taken over New York City
Big jorts are cooling, comfortable and casual. What else do you want in a summer garment?
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We killed everything so Gen Z can claim to have discovered Aphex Twin.
jon christian@jonchristian.net · 2w agoremember when millennials were killing everything
West LA parents dropping off their kids on the first day of school
A Swiss-headquartered international organization hired an Englishman to plan a halftime show featuring performers from Korea, Canada and Colombia for a soccer game between Spain and Argentina Here’s what that tells us about American sports
Robert Shrimsley@robertshrimsley.bsky.social · 2w agoDo Americans actually like sport? They seem to feel there must always be something else going on to keep you engaged. Most fans just want the game to restart. We’re capable of enjoying the break.
We’re gonna find out the muppets arrived in New York via an ICE plane aren’t we?
Today I typed “Infantino” in a text and it autocorrected to “infection.” Take this for what it is.
NEW: Leaders in affiliate marketing tell me they had long suspected Phia was behind their lagging revenues. Others tell me they'd kicked Phia off their platforms prior to Bloomberg's revelation about Phoebe Gates' startup stealing commissions from competitors. www.inc.com/sam-blum/lea...
Leaders in the Affiliate Space Raised Suspicions About Phia Long Before Cookie Stuffing Revelation
In the months before Phoebe Gates' buzzy startup was found to be siphoning commissions, competitors suspected Phia may have played a part in lagging revenues.
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*puts on cheesy million dollar leather jacket Aahhhh yeah, time to create some fuckin shareholder value
Jesse Felder@jessefelder.com · 3w ago‘On Friday, after 65 bids, one of Huang’s pre-worn and signed jackets sold at auction at Sotheby’s for $960,000, much higher than the pre-sale estimate of $40,000 to $60,000. He wore the jacket in 2023, at an event at Foxconn in Taipei, Taiwan.’ www.cnbc.com/2026/07/17/l...
NEW: Leaders in affiliate marketing tell me they had long suspected Phia was behind their lagging revenues. Others tell me they'd kicked Phia off their platforms prior to Bloomberg's revelation about Phoebe Gates' startup stealing commissions from competitors. www.inc.com/sam-blum/lea...
Leaders in the Affiliate Space Raised Suspicions About Phia Long Before Cookie Stuffing Revelation
In the months before Phoebe Gates' buzzy startup was found to be siphoning commissions, competitors suspected Phia may have played a part in lagging revenues.
inc.com
37-year-old lifelong New Yorker here. You know, growing up, I don’t remember being trapped inside by toxic wildfire smoke. Certainly not with this regularity. I have a toddler. I am beyond outraged over the state of the planet he will inherit—a crisis fueled by greedy businessmen and their allies
Going to actually have some journalism to share soon. A development months in the making!
NEW: A 5-year-old girl spent months in federal immigration custody here in Connecticut while her family waited for her release. Her case isn’t unique, experts and court records show. My latest w/ @jrabethomas.bsky.social at @ctinsider.bsky.social — www.ctinsider.com/news/article... #nutmegsky
5-year-old spent 118 days on her own in federal immigration custody in CT
On any given day there are more than two dozen immigrant children detained without a parent or guardian in programs run by Connecticut nonprofits.
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"Our belief is content is king," is something a real human man said to me over the phone yesterday.
NEW: Alice Gilman, a cofounder of R3 Bio — a startup that's said it wants to create nonsentient "organ sacks" — tried to delay the publication of an interview she gave in February to the podcast Skyline Drive. Why? Unclear. But she alluded to being a "federal asset." futurism.com/future-socie...
Secretive Silicon Valley Startup Tries to Quash Interview, Says It’s Definitely Not Working on Growing Brain-Free "Organ Sacks"
A cofounder of a secretive startup fought to keep an interview about its quest to build brain-free "organ sacks" out of public view.
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John Strong is probably the worst announcer in all pro sports. Does he understand the game? No. Does he let the game flow without over talking? No. Does he at least have a nice speaking voice. Also no!
Best way to eat this is on the floor on one’s hands and knees like a dog
Me to the latest child who thinks they discovered Aphex Twin
fangy@jeannesfangs.bsky.social · last mo.witnessing the birth of a new all timer post is such a beautiful thing
CEO Reveals How He Used AI To Build One-Person Company That's $1.3 Billion In Debt
NEW: Peter Thiel's husband, Matthew Danzeisen, sued a flight attendant claiming she was extorting her; she filed a counterclaim alleging that he seriously injured her by throwing a cooler while trying to get in a plane's bathroom. @dmehro.bsky.social reports: www.wired.com/story/peter-...
Peter Thiel’s Husband Sued a Flight Attendant Who Says He Assaulted Her on a Private Jet
Matthew Danzeisen’s lawyer says the case is a “shakedown about a bag” that brushed someone’s leg. Stefanie Bojar says she was injured aboard the jet—and that the lawsuit is a bullying tactic.
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This dude's aesthetic is pure rap rock cyber trash. Like Tommy Lee got lost in a Philip K Dick novel.
Miles Klee 🦉@milesklee.bsky.social · 4w agoThe 2000s-famous pickup artist Mystery (remember him?) is posting AI-generated animations of a female character he says he’s fallen in love with. He even “wrote” a book about their relationship. I read it and found out that he thinks they’ve actually smoked weed and had sex together:
