She stumbled. She got back up. She finished. At 80 years old, Natalie Grabow became the oldest woman to finish the Ironman World Championship. Some victories aren’t about finishing first. They’re about refusing to quit. 💜 #SheShed #VivaHerAlliance
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Science- & nature-loving writer, dad, & fitness buff in ATX. ❤️🔥 of a hype man. Happily partnered. Intersectional feminist & LGBTQ 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ ally. ⚽️. (he/him) Get into using alt text. Get WAY into it. Av: bearded middle-aged guy Banner: wall map of world weather
Aschenbrenner bet everything on AI — and lost pivot-to-ai.com/2026/08/04/a...
Aschenbrenner bet everything on AI — and lost
Leopold Aschenbrenner’s AI hedge fund Situational Awareness just went from $45 billion in assets at the start of July to $10 billion at the start of August after Aschenbrenner had to sell the fund’…
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If a war movie was doing its job it would horrify you about war instead of glorifying it.
Tom Jones, age 86, July 2026, Real Jardín Botánico Alfonso XIII, Madrid. Huge energy and communication. And a voice 35 years younger than he is. Astonishing.
Mr. Dreyer captures the zeitgeist, as is his wont.
Benjamin Dreyer@bcdreyer.social · 3h agomy god what a shitshow
How much of the time are we just shouting “MARCO” into the void, hoping to hear "POLO" from somewhere?
You may want to know that there’s a room where the light won’t find you. I heard that someplace, and it’s always stuck with me.
This is... painful and sounds like a real issue.
Ben Britten@benbritten.bsky.social · 3h agoevery single time I talk with a dev who is like 'it makes us so much more productive!' and have drilled into what they mean, its always boils down to the classic fallacy that KLOC == productive. More code faster solves nothing. Basically LLMs are tech debt generators.
So many players bend over backwards to avoid actually talking to NPCs. The real BBEG of DnD is pressing x to skip every cutscene.
Here's a new fun tip from a recent after the fact revelation about my now late parents' financial situation: If you are the person who pays bills and sends in forms, you ***must*** make sure that it can continue without you doing it in whatever way you choose to ensure that happens...
I for one would buy the hell out of a scone cookbook by Joan. I would buy copies for my friends. I would give them out as gifts to people I barely know.
Joan McGuire@joanmcguire.bsky.social · yesterdayI have a phone call scheduled this morning with my literary agent and I’m going to ask her if for my next book it can just be a scone cookbook and I bet she says no but it’s worth a try.
The “best” thing about genAI (the quotes are doing heavy work here) is that it’s really lowered the bar on getting into hand-made art. Literally anything you make is better than ai. There’s never been a better time to throw away your fear and start learning that craft you’ve always wanted to learn.
The kids are out here getting looks mogged when they could be getting books mogged, is what I’m saying
maybe your problem is that you grew up without Kool & the Gang
I'm excited about the Roman Space Telescope. www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMQH...
Why Roman Could Change Everything We Know About The Universe
YouTube video by NASA Goddard
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To the person who racked their dumbbells out of order … what is the matter with you? Get it together. #gymlife
I made a mental note to post this yesterday, on the 62nd anniversary of Jim Reeves' death, then let it slip away. The greatest male voice in country music history? www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4nP...
PUT YOUR SWEET LIPS ... SINGER, JIM REEVES (1959)
YouTube video by Sundaresan Srinivasan
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Today I learned that baby cranes are called "colts" because their legs are so long and they can run around like idiots shortly after hatching. This is delightful, I enjoy knowing this.
Not loving giving up a penalty in stoppage time. (To be fair, the penalty kick itself was excellent.)
Tim Walker@twalk.bsky.social · 4d agoI’d love to see #AustinFC get some traction here.
you really think anybody has ever been on the fence about an event and then the thing that convinced them was how colorful and uncanny the flyer art was? grow up and then go fuck yourself
I had a teacher once tell me that if you draw any sort of picture of a fish, there's probably one out there that really looks like that.
Kory Bing@korybing.bsky.social · 4d agoJust tried to look up the Ordovician jawless fish with the funny face and these are the things I searched for and got nothing because it was spelled SO wrong: -sacombabsis -sacombibabsis -sacobibastis The correct answer was: -sacabambaspis
“you’ve read your last free article” wanna bet?