I’ve had the CD since I was 18 or something. Pure bossa, as if the musicians were in your living room. You can hear the clinking of the ice in the whiskey glass, the lighting of the cigarettes. Super excited for this vinyl copy I just ordered.
Check out their version of Nature Boy
I feel compelled to divert my subscription money away from Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube and others to public broadcasting outlets in light of the funding cut shenanigans passing through Congress right now.
Tip o' the hat to the companies that list which states are ineligible for remote work in their job posting.
Wag o' the finger to those that don’t.
For when coffee inevitably becomes more expensive.
The Forgotten Drink That Caffeinated North America for Centuries
Cynicism aside, I’m always pleasantly surprised at American native plants and fruits and such that are often not in our collective food supply chain. Every summer we spend a lot of time outside picking mulberries as a little snack.
Pawpaws are on my list to try next.
Well stated, sir.
Dare Obasanjo (@carnage4life@mas.to)
Using your incredible power to bully others is boring and expected. On the other hand, kindness is gangster.
Jesus. This is tight.
I guess I’m continuing my “we are not a serious people” series.
Hour 5 of slow cooking some baby back ribs at 225. The mosquitoes are coming after me. Turning up the heat and basting soon.
Man, Matt Cameron left Pearl Jam. I wonder what his next gig will be. I really enjoyed his 3rd Secret stint. He and Kim Thayil go so well together.
Momma bird feeding her babies amongst a group of people on a covered deck. True punk.
The boy crawled into our bed around 3 am. I’m certain he folds his body in half while he sleeps in order to maintain his head on the pillow and his feet on my face. Anyways, I’m awake.
Scrolling through LinkedIn is kind of silly.
Well, the job market is…interesting.
Joan Westenberg (@Daojoan@mastodon.social)
People are shocked to discover they need to fact-check ChatGPT and I’m having the uncomfortable realization that they never fact-checked their uncle’s Facebook posts, their friend’s medical advice, or literally anything Google’s top result told them, and suddenly the last decade makes sense…
I’m such an introvert I can’t even talk to myself.
A delightful calendar app by @cassidoo.co: PocketCal
Practicing for my last day of work.
What makes LLMs work isn’t deep neural networks or attention mechanisms or vector databases or anything like that.
What makes LLMs work is our tendency to see faces on toast.
Getting a layoff notice as World War III starts dipping its toes in the waters was not on my bingo card for 2025.
P.S.
Learnings makes you sound like a damn clown. Even if everybody says it — they all sound like clowns. nolearnings.com
Liquid Glass:
This all day. I bust out into a cold sweat every time this screen pops up.
Apple updated the Phone app. But the real question is: did they fix this?
Allowing myself some space to slow down.
