Taylor Sharp

I’m here at MSG & @StephenCurry30 just made history. Today also marks 11 years since my mom passed from ovarian cancer. Heres a story on how these are connected and how Steph started me and @castingforhope down the path of raising $1,000,000 for women fighting cancer in NC. 💙💛

Workers are now taking home the smallest percent of America's economic output since records began in 1947. At the same time corporate profits are now at the highest point since 1950.

Artificial intelligences do not undergo experiences, do not possess a body, do not feel joy or pain, do not mature through relationships, and do not know from within what love, work, friendship or responsibility mean. Nor do they have a moral conscience, since they do not judge good and evil, grasp the ultimate meaning of situations, or bear responsibility for consequences. They may imitate or even simulate, but they do not understand what they produce, for they lack the affective, relational, and spiritual perspective through which human beings grow in wisdom. #MagnificaHumanitas

Let me trace the timeline here because nobody's connecting it. Step 1: Scrape the entire internet. Every book, every article, every conversation, every piece of art, every forum post. Do it without asking. Do it without paying. Step 2: Train a model on all of it. Call it "artificial intelligence." Step 3: Go to BlackRock's Infrastructure Summit and announce: "We see a future where intelligence is a utility, like electricity or water, and people buy it from us on a meter." Step 3 is where you sell people's own knowledge back to them. On a meter. They took the collective output of human thought, compressed it into a model, and now they want to charge you by the token to access a version of what you and everyone you know already created. One Reddit user put it perfectly: "They stole all this data from us, the people, our life's work, creativity, art, by devouring the internet and blowing through all copyright laws. Now they want to sell it back to us in the form of a utility." Imagine if someone photocopied every book in the public library, burned the library down, and then opened a subscription service for the copies. That's the metered intelligence business model. And they're pitching it to infrastructure investors as though they invented water.

Important point on this: These tickets cannot be scalped or resold. Non-transferable and will be given to winners on the day of the games, at the site from which fans will be transported via (free) buses to MetLife Stadium.

@MarcJSpears Hate to see this news. I had the privilege of working with Rahsaan on a docuseries for the G League featuring Pooh Jeter and Scoot Henderson. He was one of our team’s favorites to work with.

Rahsaan Gethers, VP of Basketball Communications with the Portland Trail Blazers, was part of the mass layoffs made by the team yesterday. Very talented PR guru who was respected by the players and coaches alike and also had a productive working relationship with the media.

@CHold @trailblazers Really appreciated working with you a time or two over the years, and enjoyed following along with your journey. Hoping a great new chapter is coming soon.

I have indeed been let go after 18+ years with the @trailblazers. My sincerest thanks to all of you who have read/listened/watched/engaged with my work over the years.

Seth Rogen says if you use AI to write your stories or scripts, then you “shouldn’t be a writer”: “Every time I see a video on Instagram that’s like, ‘Hollywood is cooked,’ what follows is the most stupid dog sh*t I’ve ever seen in my life. And if your instinct is to use AI and not go through that process. You shouldn’t be a writer. Because you’re not writing.” variety.com/2026/film/news…

We’re obsessed with the idea that poor people might take more than they need, but we rarely question why some wealthy people are never satisfied with what they already have.

Inspiring the youth to read #wow

Very glad they did this and Charles Barkley said what he said. The impact of what Jason Collins did, and hearing support from someone like Barkley, can mean so much to those struggling in silence.

Inside The NBA: While discussing Jason Collins' passing, Charles Barkley: "We live in a homophobic society ... anybody who think we ain't got a bunch of gay players in all sports, they're just stupid." Via @ESPNNBA

saying this on espn during the nba playoffs is honestly just an enormous deal, and deserves all the credit in the world. not hyperbole to say it could be life saving for someone

“i’m still going to be talking to you always” 💔

Left-to-right to right-to-left behind-the-back move finished with a dunk. Absolutely beautiful! 🫶

what a legacy to leave behind. rest in peace

@IvoryLatta12 @DeThompson9 Gotta have a reunion in Chapel Hill before too long!

@tsharp94 @DeThompson9 What’s up Taylor 😎

I’m loving this 🥶🥶🥶🥶

This is a remarkable photo and a reminder of why photojournalists are so important

Data centers are going to to destroy the planet

NEW story on Wemby and tears: “I refuse to carry the burden of having to hide my emotions.” “It’s a pretty im-peaceful way to live your life (if) any voice that’s the loudest is going to be the one that you listen to.” These two quotes frame the existence of an athlete under pressure, whether from their own expectations or the world’s. Victor Wembanyama declared that, as he recognizes how both are equally powerful, he will ride the waves of his emotions in the brightest spotlight. I dove into why that matters to all of us. Usually, I add in the article’s cover photo to these posts to make it pop. But this comment on the story struck me as the perfect thing to add instead. Read the story below 👇