One reason (among many) that VC firms of different shapes & sizes have refocused on seed/early A in this tough capital market -- the multiples on narratives & promises is infinite while the multiples on evidence & traction is painfully finite.

Gaza becomes ‘a graveyard for children’ as Israel intensifies airstrikes In just three weeks of war, the number of children killed in Gaza surpassed the total number killed across all the world’s conflict zones in any year since 2019. washingtonpost.com/world/2023/11/…

This time-lapse captures a formation of drones creating a dragon soaring through the skies above Shenzhen, China.

"Are you fucking kidding me with that bullshit, bro?" mcsweeneys.net/articles/say-m…

Before you make excellent boiled potatoes for the holidays, make your very own gingerbread Pemberley

The king is dead. Long live the king. 🎾 #AustralianOpen

Such an inspiring day at the Telstra national business awards today. So many amazing companies doing innovative things and I have so much respect for all of them. Excited to reveal the winners tomorrow. :)

Taylor’s reverie is interrupted by a phone call. It’s Roger Goodell, commissioner of the NFL and, as of five months ago, Taylor’s indentured servant. She answers on the last ring. “You don’t call me,” she says. “I call you.” mcsweeneys.net/articles/a-day…

I will never understand high pile carpet on airport terminal walkways. Absolutely nonsensical decision from a customer perspective.

Always a delight watching @leander both on and off the court 😄

Egg white omelette but make it with butter and pimento cheese and have it at lunch with a drink. The perfect mix of healthy and so bad for you. 😂

"Do you know how many meanings words have in English? It’s not one of those hyper-precise languages like German where you can keep clumping words together." mcsweeneys.net/articles/an-op…

Amateur vs pro.. 😂

Sad to hear of Alice Munro's passing today. I still remember Moons of Jupiter, which was the first story of hers that I read. Such a powerfully evocative writer, who proved that short stories are an equal form of literature.

If Saurabh Netravalkar, who had figures of 2-18 and bowled USA to victory in the super over vs Pakistan, wasn't disgustingly talented enough -- ( He is an engineer at Oracle and an MS in CS from Cornell University.) he's also a damn fine ukelele player. (video from his insta)

How is it possible to get so irritated with a bot? The New York Times Games wordlebot makes me angry regardless of how well or poorly I do. Today I solved in 2 guesses and it was like "oh, you just got lucky. Didn't show much skill." 🤬

"Should I trust the Dark Lord who attempted to topple the White City of Gondor? Or do I trust the Elf Queen representing the coalition of Men and Elves who defeated Sauron when he tried to enslave the Free Peoples, but could maybe do more meet-and-greets?" mcsweeneys.net/articles/im-an…

🤣 yes, of course this is a great approach.