Interesting strategy by PickMe (Sri Lanka) . For reference, the fare estimate was around 950. Not a great feature tbh- I don't want to have to monitor offers for trips unless it's something I opt in for upfront (I like like Uber's approach of adding a tip for priority better)

More useful comparator for #SriLanka isn’t ‘liberation day’ tariffs 44% vs ‘new 09 July’ 30% (“we got a big ⬇️”); rather, SL 30% vs competitors (esp in apparels) like Vietnam 20%. This will determine X comp. Meanwhile, VN confident of resilience - 16 FTAs! reuters.com/world/asia-pac…

Recent uptick in blandly smooth replies clearly penned by AI on non-friend WhatsApp groups. Convinced that I must maintain my "heyyy"s and "noice"s and poor punctuation to maintain that human touch #ForTheGreaterGood

i wake up. something’s wrong with the clock on the wall. the numbers are jumbled. my hands aren’t right. i tell my wife. she responds: “that’s not just an observation—it’s a powerful insight.” i scream.

The Good Place had the most perfect run and it is not talked about enough I fear

alfonso cuarón you can sleep tight at night knowing nothing in this franchise ever came close to your sauce

Every time I read about yet another tech bro infusing plasma from teenagers into their bodies in an effort to be a longevity entrepreneur or whatever it is, I remember this excellent quote:

Used to take the bus pretty much daily in my early 20s and the mental labour of finding the right seat (never in the back, ideally near a woman)+keeping an eye on the hands of any dude standing or sitting nearby had me exhausted before I reached my stop 🫠

have we so soon lost the ancient texts

some books you are meant to buy and have sit on your shelf until the version of you who is meant to read it is born. i’ll always support buying an insane amount of books.

From W.H. Auden's review of The Lord of the Rings:

Stardust is leaving Netflix on October 24th - PSA that you absolutely should watch or rewatch, if you haven't already (plus De Niro in the most un-De Niro role evah)

Morning walk around Ghandruk

i don’t know anything but my experience of aging so far has been a series of sudden& humiliating realizations that every cliche made meaningless by constant exposure (“be yourself” etc) contains a completely overwhelming degree of truth that u can’t understand until you just do