Pat Larsen

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Japanese high school teacher Hirotaka Hamasaki draws amazing blackboard art for his students, then erases it to show the beauty of letting go.

This is probably one of the better animations I have found that illustrate clearly, the mission path of Artemis II. You can see the precision planning needed for a spacecraft to rendezvous with the moon.

In celebrating the Artemis II mission launch, it's interesting to note the last mission to the moon, Apollo 17, was Dec 1972. So the people most heavily involved were born from 1910-1940 or so.

Governor Shapiro is doing a wonderful thing. Giving kids longer recess is so important, and so few leaders are talking about it. Combined with phone free schools, PA students will be more engaged in school than they were before. Bravo @GovernorShapiro

@Pirat_Nation @FriedgeHNIC

Trash Day has been announced. Co-op adventure game where you and your friends play as raccoons scavenging junk. Made by ex-Rocket League developers. The game supports up to 4 players online and is coming to PC via Steam.

Joshua Paul (fit_4_football on Instagram) uploaded this a few days back. That’s a fantastic life lesson to teach the young kids he’s coaching.

What happened at the World Juniors? How did Sweden succeed vs. Czechia in the final & how did Canada fail in the semis? Here's what I saw when reviewing the video. (Warning - long thread with tons of clips)

Youth sports stories often highlight the worst aspects of the culture. Here’s the opposite. While waiting an extra few minutes for the Zamboni to finish, Junior Kraken Girls were dancing when their opponent (Spokane boys team) joined in. Youth sports can/should be fun!

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I didn’t start doing physics until I was 33 and now I work on a cutting edge research project at one of the top labs in the world. You can just do things

@SpencerHakimian Lowering interest rates is clearly the quickest way to lower monthly payments- which is what every buyer is actually focused on. And we need better building tech and more building. Ironically right as our population likely starts leveling off.

Home prices need to fall -40% or incomes need to rise +60% just to return the housing market to 2019 levels. Generational crisis.

6-12 months from now, the big story in crypto is going to be credit and borrowing. It will explosively grow over the next few years. Two vectors: 1. There’s nearly $4 trillion dollars of crypto and growing: when people can borrow against this crypto, rather than sell, they will. 2. There’s over $60 trillion in public equities alone in the US. As assets tokenize, someone with $7,000 of a stock will be able to borrow against that for the first time, Onchain. Crypto is going to reshape capital markets. It’s just getting started.

@Travis_Jamison Congrats!

Friday was a special day - My wife became a U.S. citizen It was a surprisingly beautiful ceremony. There were 75 people from 33 different nations getting naturalized. France Vietnam Germany Lithuania China Burma Congo Canada Honduras Russia Belarus Namibia Equador Ethiopia And many more. There were smiles and tears and joy. Some were solo, two were single mothers with a baby, and some had a huge family there to help celebrate. In these days of mixed political discourse on immigration, the vibe in the federal courthouse was surprisingly at ease. Clapping as encouraged, filming was permitted, beautiful music was performed live (National anthem and America the Beautiful) The federal judge did a fantastic job of ensuring everyone felt welcome. Went into detail about what becoming a citizen meant, the responsibilities it entailed (including taxes lol), and how their primary job was to keep our democracy working. To go vote. The actual process of becoming a citizen is rough. Uncomfortable interviews, mountains of paperwork, lawyers, etc. Maybe this is a good thing. But the actual ceremony was lovely and welcoming. Feels good.

Need a good book for an upcoming trip. These days I need true page turners (fiction or non-fiction). Any ideas ?

@HockeyThinkTank @MinnHockey What percentage of youth hockey players are in MN?

More eye-opening stats on @MinnHockey leading the way on elite player development with triple the draft picks of any other state. Michigan and Massachusetts had the 5th/6th most. WOW. These two states continue to go further into the professional model and MN continues to win. I’d love for people in these states to stand up and say enough is enough. Too expensive and too much narrowing of the talent pyramid too early DOES NOT lead to more elite players. Data continues to show the exact opposite. Thanks @louissnee99 for the breakdown.

@TrungTPhan Robert Greene’s “Mastery” book is a great look at skill stacking, apprenticing, mentoring, and creating new niches where you are 1 of 1

Scott’s “skill stacking” essay completely changed my perspective on work

Seems like a good time for an update on a graph from my 2015 post on AI.

Bitcoin at $94k, yet — Google searches for "Bitcoin" near long term lows. This hasn't been retail driven. Institutions, advisors, corporates, and nations have come into the space. The types of investors buying Bitcoin is expanding.

This is the SNL NHL skit we all need @usahockey @nbcsnl