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@deedydas This post is way too long for Twitter. Ever heard of blogging?

The vibes in SF feel pretty frenetic right now. The divide in outcomes is the worst I've ever seen. Over the last 5yrs, a group of ~10k people - employees at Anthropic, OpenAI, xAI, Nvidia, Meta TBD, founders - have hit retirement wealth of well above $20M (back of the envelope AI estimation). Everyone outside that group feels like they can work their well-paying (but <$500k) job for their whole life and never get there. Worse yet, layoffs are in full swing. Many software engineers feel like their life's skill is no longer useful. The day to day role of most jobs has changed overnight with AI. As a result, 1. The corporate ladder looks like the wrong building to climb. Everyone's trying to align with a new set of career "paths": should I be a founder? Is it too late to join Anthropic / OpenAI? should I get into AI? what company stock will 10x next? People are demanding higher salaries and switching jobs more and more. 2. There’s a deep malaise about work (and its future). Why even work at all for “peanuts”? Will my job even exist in a few years? Many feel helpless. You hear the “permanent underclass” conversation a lot, esp from young people. It's hard to focus on doing good work when you think "man, if I joined Anthropic 2yrs ago, I could retire" 3. The mid to late middle managers feel paralyzed. Many have families and don't feel like they have the energy or network to just "start a company". They don't particularly have any AI skills. They see the writing on the wall: middle management is being hollowed out in many companies. 4. The rich aren’t particularly happy either. No one is shedding tears for them (and rightfully so). But those who have "made it" experience a profound lack of purpose too. Some have gone from <$150k to >$50M in a few years with no ramp. It flips your life plans upside down. For some, comparison is the thief of joy. For some, they escape to NYC to "live life". For others still, they start companies "just cuz", often to win status points. They never imagined that by age 30, they'd be set. I once asked a post-economic founder friend why they didn't just sell the co and they said "and do what? right now, everyone wants to talk to me. if i sell, I will only have money." I understand that many reading this scoff at the champagne problems of the valley. Society is warped in this tech bubble. What is often well-off anywhere else in the world is bang average here. Unlike many other places, tenure, intelligence and hard work can be loosely correlated with outcomes in the Bay. Living through a societally transformative gold rush in that environment can be paralyzing. "Am I in the right place? Should I move? Is there time still left? Am I gonna make it?" It psychologically torments many who have moved here in search of "success". Ironically, a frequent side effect of this torment is to spin up the very products making everyone rich in hopes that you too can vibecode your path to economic enlightenment.

@sporadica Weak.

Maybe it’s the Gen-Z in me, but i fully don’t care about privacy. I am post-privacy. I am giving OpenAI access to all of my finances, all of my health data, everything, I don’t care anymore

The most out of touch shit possible.

@holdmyhalo41sec @mabbe_8 The real killer is Karen Read.

@mabbe_8 I AM angry. Angry that you don’t realize there is no justice for John O’Keefe or his family until the REAL killers are caught, and the corrupt system that covered it all up pay consequences for their treachery.

How I moved from FKR to Pro-Keefe I waited for the rumors to pay off in court. I expected the stairs to matter. I thought the 2:27 a.m. search would be backed up by real data. I believed the basement theory would hold. I assumed the feds would arrest the house guests and expose something real. I waited for all of it. But none of it materialized. When the defense didn't pay off on any of Karen’s claims, I started digging because none of what was being amplified through social media or LawTubers held up. I wasn’t trying to flip sides. I was trying to understand why nothing lined up. While mainstream media chased clicks and views, I went looking for the data, evidence, and facts, and what I found was devastating toward Karen. When I got access to the Techstream data, phone extractions, GPS records, and text logs, I realized I had been hoodwinked. I was angry, and you should be too. Once you’re willing to actually search for the truth and look at the digital and physical evidence, real evidence, not narratives, that bell cannot be unrung. I’m not here to influence anyone. I’m not pushing a narrative or agenda. I’m simply reporting what the data says. You should do your own work too. It's all there in the court documents and exhibits. The logs, the extractions, the timelines, and the telemetry all point to one person, and one person only--Karen Read. You should be angry!

@stev16341682 @ryangrim @TonyBrunoShow You people are insane.

@ryangrim @TonyBrunoShow Parents.... think twice about where you send your children for supposed higher education and save yourself from having to potentially un-indoctrinate your kids later. That prof should be removed and demoted to a position of no influence and impact.

So the University of Michigan has apologized for these comments being made, promised a review of their processes so it doesn’t happen again. No, seriously.

@StevenCheung47 Dude, you’re a fucking thumb.

Hey retard, you must be thinking of someone else. Nobody would ask your simple ass for help.

@SecWar You’re a disgrace, and a stain on this great country.

Under the previous administration, the Department of Defense’s financial reporting was a disaster — and had been for far too long. That ends today—the WAR DEPARTMENT will deliver a clean audit for our 2028 financial statements.

@cecianasta @travis_view I saw the video of Clavicle overdosing on meth, but that’s it.

New: Manosphere influencer Clavicular is everywhere, and that’s not an accident. A paid marketing campaign is spreading video clips of his controversial antics across social media. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

OMG yes! This would have been amazing!

@WeaselOrWeezy @AmeliaRodrigJan No he doesn’t.

@AmeliaRodrigJan Why does the guy filming sound like @parks

@Only1PAnimal @IraninSA I guess they’re just meeting Convicted Felon Trump on his level 🤷‍♂️

@IraninSA I would think any government would be smarter than to post this childish stuff. Am I wrong or are children in charge here?

And today’s popular music: “blockade” by Trump.

He wants you to think this is him as a “doctor” 😂

@Willisisthere @letterboxd The music is awesome! I want to know what song it is.

@letterboxd I'm sorry, but you might have to fire whoever chose that background music.

The Top 10 Most Popular Films on Letterboxd This Week 💍

Watching the Artemis II splashdown and extraction!

@AFpost CORRECTION: “Defense Secretary.”

A broker for War Secretary Pete Hegseth reportedly tried to make a major investment in leading defense firms in the weeks before the US-Israeli attack on Iran. Hegseth’s broker at Morgan Stanley contacted BlackRock in February about making a multimillion-dollar investment in the asset manager’s Defense Industrials Active ETF shortly before the US launched military action against Tehran, according to the Financial Times. Follow: @AFpost

@croptopsllc My wife today: “Our neighbor got a dumpster!” We’re SO jealous

Free advice: If you want to make your girl happy, get her a dumpster.

@JackChambersGB @RyanAutullo I wish Austin would do something similar.

I don't care what anybody says, whether it's overrated or cliche, the San Antonio Riverwalk is a masterstroke of genius.

@moviebuddyjb @alamodrafthouse How’d you like it? Too bad you didn’t go before they switched to mobile ordering. The experience used to be MUCH better!

About to have my first Alamo Drafthouse Experience ever! #alamo #alamodrafthouse #sxsw @alamodrafthouse

@atensnut Bitch please! That’s fake and you know it.