It's funny how rarely novels are about money any more. Money—losing it, trying to get it—powered most of the great realist novels of the 19th century, a golden age for fiction. Now it's something people amorphously have or maybe don't have and feel sad about

I'll split 50% royalties on any successful AI generated song that uses my voice. Same deal as I would with any artist i collab with. Feel free to use my voice without penalty. I have no label and no legal bindings.

If there was a better vanity license plate for a ~$140k car, I cannot think of one. Had to go round the block again to snag a pic.

Call me old fashioned, but I think that one person who's taken the time to go out and vote, only to be turned away, is one too many.

Reframing everyday things is such a great skill; driving = how to behave, super smart way to look at it

So many contenders: NK Jemisin, Ishiguro, Jenny Offil, Emily St John Mandel, Francis Spufford, still fond of David Mitchell too

Sunday read. This is hilarious. Engineers are competing who creates the worst UI on Reddit. I think the winners are: 1/ Enter your phone number

0-1 Product folks / founders: what’s in your stack? Amplitude? GA? Mixpanel? Convertkit? Carrd?

Earlier in the NYT obit it notes he never “committed” journalism

This response from Mark Rylance in The Guardian. ❤️

Liz Truss complains UK media focuses overly on trivialities + does not properly understand economics. This from someone who refused to do proper 30-minute prime-time interview with me when running for Tory leader which would have majored on her ropey understanding of economic

As a user I want a 1:1 map of all of Belgium

Podcasters - what if I told you could offer your pod to any listener around the world, in their own local language but still keep it in your own voice? That’s the pilot we’re launching Spotify! It’s called Voice Translation and using AI, translates podcasts episodes into

never thought I’d feel sorry for the tory party and I was right, I don’t

Trade unions will always fight for those facing unfair dismissal. This is not one of those times.

A year ago we launched AI Playlist in beta and since then there have been millions of playlists created. Now, we’re rolling it out to 40+ more markets. Excited for more people to test it out and if you’ve tried it out already, let me know what you think.

Playlists have always been core to how people experience Spotify (there are nearly 9 billion user-generated playlists and counting). And now, we're making that experience even better and giving users more control over how things flow. Check out our new playlist transitions,

When I was younger, I remember making and swapping mixtapes and CDs for friends. The people around me are how I found so much great new music. And while it’s been a minute since I last made a mixtape 😂 I’ve never stopped sharing music with the people I care about. That sharing