this must have been what it was like to watch Michelangelo sculpt

This 'Duolingo crashed because of OpenAI' narrative is so wrong, I don't even know where to start.

1) Not a crash. A 3.5% move is barely notable.

2) In fact, 3.5% is the smallest drop Duolingo has seen in about a week... after their earnings call on May 8.

Incredible statistics on US startup boom:

“In the four years before the pandemic, established firms added one net job for every four created by startups.

In the four years since the pandemic, established firms have actually lost one job for every four created by startups.”

I’m proud to have represented Astranis on Twitter this week – as part of Astranis's ecosystem, MicroGEO has become a market leader in geostationary communications services. Fueled by an innate drive to succeed, their connectivity solutions help set people up for success. Thank…

My Spotify Wrapped is going to be very interesting this year

Moms rule.

The number of people living in extreme poverty fell by ~100,000 yesterday.

(This has been true every day since 1990, on average.)

One of the most pessimistic sentences in the English language is 'we tried that before and it didn't work'

optimism might Silicon Valley's best export.

Kathy should have had one (1) person review this name before shipping it

If you're also seeing a bunch of Sol Reader posts today —

This is what they are.

Baby's deep-tech indoctrination tour has begun.

Many stops already planned, let me know if you have some hardware to show Twitter's top baby influencer

DeepMind drops AlphaFold3.
CRISPR gives vision to the blind.
Gene therapy gives hearing to the deaf.
MDMA therapy for PTSD gets Priority Review.
Radiant signs MOU to power gold mining in Idaho.

Plus ROBOT ROCK + no more snoring.

What a week for the optimists.

Calling guys 'dude' is inversely correlated with the presence of dude ranches

*slaps roof of ekranoplan*
this bad boy can ship so many babies