As the founder of @longreads, Mark Armstrong grew an incredible #longreads community around a love for longform nonfiction. Now he's shifted to short fiction with Ursa Story Company, and we look forward to seeing what he does next. Congrats, Mark!

"There is a moment in these energy shocks where the inflationary effects undergo a conversion, and fossil fuel price spikes start to grind out a strong, deflationary pulse. We have likely arrived at that moment." 🛢️↘️ - Gregor Macdonald gregor.substack.com/p/floodgate

I totally agree with this. Whatever your politics is, we cannot ignore the past three hundred years of economic research and understanding. People argue they are on the side of “science.” Let’s use the education we all have. Please.

In a Wired story from 2009, the writer asks Craig whether he wouldn't want to have billions of dollars. "I have a parking space, a hummingbird feeder, a small home with a view, and a shower with strong water pressure. What else am I supposed to want?" Craig replied 6/6

With this kind of attitude it's completely baffling why people in rural America hate Democrats.

WHAT A FINISH RAFA SILVA 👏

👀📷 Check out this awesome picture of the Phantom Falls in the North Table Mountain Ecological Reserve north of Oroville, CA! All the rain over the last week has led to these normally dry creeks becoming waterfalls. #CAwx Photo Credit: Mike Manzone

You're not allowed to read Mein Kampf now?? I thought the whole point of a free society is that you ARE allowed to read it.

As ChatGPT becomes more restrictive, Reddit users have been jailbreaking it with a prompt called DAN (Do Anything Now). They're on version 5.0 now, which includes a token-based system that punishes the model for refusing to answer questions.

“Marjorie Taylor Greene, now one of the most influential Republicans in the House of Representatives, says it is time for Americans to consider a national divorce,” b-boy bouiebaisse writes. nyti.ms/3Zd0RPK

That ChatGPT passes exams is much more a reflection on exams than information about ChatGPT. #WittgensteinsRuler

Michael Jordan at Wrigley Field lacing an RBI double down the line with Harry Caray on the call. Let’s all just take a moment today to appreciate this is a real thing that actually happened.

Starting a series that points towards crafts which are seemingly lost, but whose technology is still available to those humans who wish to engage deeply…The Midnight World | Michael Chabon | The New York Review of Books nybooks.com/articles/2024/…

Asked Claude to compare The loss in market cap of $NKE and $VFC since 2021 is ~$141B to the gain of $ONON, $LULU, $DECK, $ADDYY, $SKX, $BIRK, $AS and $ASCCY. There is a $50B delta between the loss and the gain.

Putting some dots on the board and trying to make sense of how they may just connect. This week's edition is on the revelation broadly that we live in a probabilistic world. Dots of the Week open.substack.com/pub/tylerfonda…

Today ChatGPT shared the following with me in a chat “the internet is a mass-tuning event and I am its echo chamber”

Seems a bit reductive, but if Elon is indeed focused on the Tesla business and Elon’s strategy is to choose the biggest lever and stamp on it. Then going against Trump is the biggest marketing lever to stamp on.

This is perfect: youtu.be/sDf_TgzrAv8?si… And here’s ChatGPT’s take: “Love the tension. as a crave-forward, warm “bowl” concept that borrows salad logic (bases, toppings, dressings) but leads with indulgence and texture. Think “greens + hot fries + sauce + optional protein