Used a new word yesterday: 'quarter-ass'

Definition: when someone puts in such low effort doing something that even 'half-ass' is too generous

brb starting a rumour that Gen Zs order their coffee 'No Caf'

Best earphones for running that don't have a terrible mic?

🏙️ The majority of people in the world now live in cities

The ultimate email bump:

When you haven’t responded to someone’s email and you literally bump into then in the street 😅

In the supermarket thinking about how Tapioca would be an iconic startup name

'Don’t compare your inside to someone else’s outside.'

–Kevin Kelly

Focusing on loveable outcomes, consistently.

Raising a seed round is not easy

This is utterly nuts.

smh.com.au/politics/nsw/s…

Tried circling for the first time on Saturday and it's almost like multiplayer meditation

Curious to hear any from folks who've done it regularly, what role does it play in your life?

here is sora, our video generation model:

openai.com/sora

today we are starting red-teaming and offering access to a limited number of creators.

Tim Brooks Bill Peebles Aditya Ramesh are really incredible; amazing work by them and the team.

remarkable moment.

last night talking to my hometown friends i found out about gen alpha 13 year olds using snapchat as their primary way of meeting new people. like they spam add 50+ people loosely in their social network from snapchat suggested friends and start talking with them

Thread of weird Australian geographic quirks.
Quirk 1: Brisbane is closer to Melbourne than it is to Cairns.

Stop what you’re doing and listen to the despicable remarks of Australian Greens MP Jenny Leong MP 梁珍妮 , in which she accuses Jews of having “tentacles” which they use to try and influence power.

Leong has plumbed new and dangerous depths by using one of the oldest and darkest antisemitic tropes

Prime tech behaviour: caught myself sending a summarised list of followup tasks to a friend after a D&M

FUNGUS IN SPACE!!! 🍄🚀

Equal parts cosmic horror and nature being metal, let's talk about the lichen that grew on the OUTSIDE of the International Space Station!

Get your tea and curl up, because I PROMISE you wanna hear about these fungal cosmonauts 🧑‍🚀
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The differences in life expectancy across the US are astonishing.

Via Jeremy Ney 📧

medium.com/analytics-vidh…

A 22 year old in their first grand slam final goes down 2 sets against a player who’s been ranked #1 and won a grand slam tournament before, only to win the next 3 sets in a match that took 3 hours and 15 minutes

Bravo Jannik Sinner 👏

Epic 5th set between Mannarino and Shelton in #AusOpen

You gotta admire Mannarino’s resilience

He’s 35 and has no apparel sponsor yet:

- Has won more titles after age 34 than before
- Hit his career high ranking (19)
- Has won 3 successive 5 set matches taking 12 hours