Mark Alayev

@CrazyVibes_1 Best show ever, the only one I watched 3 times from beginning to end.

He was paid millions to play a miserable man — and couldn't tell where the character ended and he began. When the creators of House M.D. were casting in 2004, they wanted someone quintessentially American. British actors, they believed, couldn’t pull off the accent convincingly. They weren’t even looking overseas. Thousands of miles away in Namibia, Hugh Laurie was filming a movie and heard about the role. He couldn’t fly to Los Angeles. He couldn’t walk into a polished audition room. So he went into his hotel bathroom — the only space with enough light — propped up a camera, grabbed an umbrella as a cane, and recorded two scenes. He sent the tape, apologizing for how rough it looked. Executive producer Bryan Singer watched it and was captivated. He had no idea Laurie was British. That tape changed everything. The pilot drew seven million viewers. Respectable. Not earth-shattering. But over the following seasons, House became a global phenomenon. Laurie became the most-watched leading man on television, according to Guinness World Records. What nobody saw was the weight he carried. For eight seasons, Laurie worked sixteen-hour days. He was in nearly every scene. Los Angeles on set, London with his wife and three children — six thousand miles apart for nine months each year. The isolation crept in slowly. Laurie had battled depression since his youth, seeking help in 1996. The relentless schedule made it worse. He described “very, very black days” on set, a feeling of being exposed and trapped. The irony was impossible to ignore. Here was a man grappling with darkness, praised for playing a character defined by misery. The line between Hugh and House blurred with every episode. He kept his American accent between takes. Rode his Triumph Bonneville at dawn, finding brief freedom in speed and air rushing over him. But he never walked away. Eight seasons, 177 episodes. He stayed because it was the role of a lifetime. When House ended in 2012, Laurie stepped back. Music called. He released blues albums, toured with a band, and returned to acting on his terms — smaller, stranger roles, a Golden Globe-winning turn in The Night Manager. He didn’t disappear. He just stopped running on someone else’s clock. Playing House was like carrying a heavy, beautiful stone. You can’t set it down. But you can’t ignore its weight. Sometimes the greatest performances come from people who have lived the pain they portray. Laurie didn’t act misery. He understood it.

In case you were interested , the same experience in Google images

@Pinterest love this app, but can you please distribute your ads in a semi reasonable manner ? This is just insane landing page - 1 non ad pin. oh let me scroll , 2 more ads -_-

Literally happened on 4 searches. When did google images become more visually inspiring than Pinterest. Love you guys, please fix!

@NYCMayor Wait what’s the advantage of having a $200 million dollar apartment you don’t live in? Doesn’t he still pay property taxes, that go to the government even if he doesn’t live there? And you just want more? Just say that. I don’t know what the advantage is.

Happy Tax Day, New York. We’re taxing the rich.

@haha_girrrl Dumb - loser mentality. Give back the Mac , and actually win somewhere

One benefit of working for startups, you get to keep your Macbook Pro after they fail. I've collected 2 so far this way.

@AlgodTrading @jack @blocks Hey it doesn’t - people fire people :)

@jack @blocks ‘Ai DoEsN’T RePlaCe AnY jObS’

we're making @blocks smaller today. here's my note to the company. #### today we're making one of the hardest decisions in the history of our company: we're reducing our organization by nearly half, from over 10,000 people to just under 6,000. that means over 4,000 of you are being asked to leave or entering into consultation. i'll be straight about what's happening, why, and what it means for everyone. first off, if you're one of the people affected, you'll receive your salary for 20 weeks + 1 week per year of tenure, equity vested through the end of may, 6 months of health care, your corporate devices, and $5,000 to put toward whatever you need to help you in this transition (if you’re outside the U.S. you’ll receive similar support but exact details are going to vary based on local requirements). i want you to know that before anything else. everyone will be notified today, whether you're being asked to leave, entering consultation, or asked to stay. we're not making this decision because we're in trouble. our business is strong. gross profit continues to grow, we continue to serve more and more customers, and profitability is improving. but something has changed. we're already seeing that the intelligence tools we’re creating and using, paired with smaller and flatter teams, are enabling a new way of working which fundamentally changes what it means to build and run a company. and that's accelerating rapidly. i had two options: cut gradually over months or years as this shift plays out, or be honest about where we are and act on it now. i chose the latter. repeated rounds of cuts are destructive to morale, to focus, and to the trust that customers and shareholders place in our ability to lead. i'd rather take a hard, clear action now and build from a position we believe in than manage a slow reduction of people toward the same outcome. a smaller company also gives us the space to grow our business the right way, on our own terms, instead of constantly reacting to market pressures. a decision at this scale carries risk. but so does standing still. we've done a full review to determine the roles and people we require to reliably grow the business from here, and we've pressure-tested those decisions from multiple angles. i accept that we may have gotten some of them wrong, and we've built in flexibility to account for that, and do the right thing for our customers. we're not going to just disappear people from slack and email and pretend they were never here. communication channels will stay open through thursday evening (pacific) so everyone can say goodbye properly, and share whatever you wish. i'll also be hosting a live video session to thank everyone at 3:35pm pacific. i know doing it this way might feel awkward. i'd rather it feel awkward and human than efficient and cold. to those of you leaving…i’m grateful for you, and i’m sorry to put you through this. you built what this company is today. that's a fact that i'll honor forever. this decision is not a reflection of what you contributed. you will be a great contributor to any organization going forward. to those staying…i made this decision, and i'll own it. what i'm asking of you is to build with me. we're going to build this company with intelligence at the core of everything we do. how we work, how we create, how we serve our customers. our customers will feel this shift too, and we're going to help them navigate it: towards a future where they can build their own features directly, composed of our capabilities and served through our interfaces. that's what i'm focused on now. expect a note from me tomorrow. jack

@_trish_xD Omg yes

kubernetes is the most over-engineered solution to a problem most companies don't have.

@FurkanGozukara A bad person You can be a bad person regardless of you born religion. He was just bad.

Repeat after me : Epstein was not Arab. Epstein was not Muslim. Epstein was not Christian. Epstein was not an atheist. Say it like it is, he was a...

When we reached out, we got apologies and this: “Sadly, Heathrow currently doesn't have the staff available to manually search for bags due to the high volume they’re handling.” How can we prioritize just the wedding couple? PLEASE they are missing their outfits for the wedding, gifts for one another. Who can we reach out to prioritize just theirs.

@alayev_mark Hi Mark. We're so sorry to hear this. Please be assured that our teams are working hard to get all of these bags to your travel party. You can use this link to track the bags: britishairways.com/travel/your-mi… and updates will be provided as soon as we have them. Imogen

@British_Airways We are at a wedding in Spain that the couple has been preparing for 1.5 years for, and 7 different people are missing their luggage after flying with you!! Including the bride and groom!!! Please prioritize their luggage - we need it today or tomorrow before the wedding !!! James Cole Gauthier and Ola Supel. You have turned a wedding dream into a logistical nightmare.

@LIRR hi! I was on the 7:47 train, train 513, from Roslyn to Penn station when it broke down in Jamaica and when we rushed to get off, I left my tuxedo in a card board box with the label BLK TUX on it. Customer service said it’s in the yard, and lost and found doesn’t have it yet. I submitted the inquiry form, case 128211. Can someone at the yard please take a look? It’s for a wedding on Friday :(

@realDonaldTrump @SenSchumer Hi @aboehler We are getting desperate here - we have been in touch with the Offices Overseas Citizen Services and the US Embassy - but the Tajikistan government is refusing to respond to the US embassy and set up the consular visit. Can you please help?

@realDonaldTrump @SenSchumer I have been in touch with your office and they have been incredible - they followed up with the US embassy, but its not enough. We need to escalate this - they are resorting to EXTORTION!

@realDonaldTrump Hi Mr.President. I need your help urgently. My grandfather, 83 years old, a US citizen residing in Queens, NY is currently being held hostage in Tajikistan because he introduced his nephew to a few business people in 2010 and the deal went sour. He had nothing to do with it. They can't even give us any documentation about what he is being charged with. He has been held since June 6th in full isolation with no access to family. Now they are holding him and trying to extort us for $1.75 million dollars or the nephew. The US embassy has been trying to get in touch with him since 6/6 to set up the consular visit and they are refusing to respond. This is the platform for truth - and the truth is TAJIKISTAN IS CORRUPT!!! This is no way to treat an 83 year old who never did anything wrong and was a powerful business man for many years. PLEASE HELP!!!

@spikebrehm @EZebroni @elonmusk @grok make me an image of a Tesla minivan

@EZebroni @elonmusk I want a Tesla minivan

Elon, we need a bigger Tesla in order to have bigger families! Can we get a large SUV that comfortably seats 7+ with room for a dog and luggage? The American people want it. @elonmusk

@SpiritHalloween We hope you are doing good. My name is Mark, and I’m reaching out to you from Thread! Part of our go to market strategy is to wear costumes and go to conferences. We’ve amassed quite an asset of costumes in our years. As a result, we believe there are great synergies between our business. Between our mutual costumes and AI prowess - we can do big things. I’d like to consider this formally starting acquisition talks. If you aren’t interested, please let me know - but happy to show you examples of the costumes we have and our vision for the future.

@Amtrak The train left at 9:05 and I made it ! Maybe it was luck , maybe it was Maybelline, in any case thank you!

@alayev_mark Hello. We apologize we cannot hold the train for you. Please call us at 1-800-872-7245 as soon as you can to rebook yourself for the next available train, or you can visit the ticketing office at New York Penn Station. You can track your train here: spr.ly/6017xgNCR

@Amtrak lots of trains running late from Long Island to Penn, called and asked if the 9am 2151 to Washington DC could be held for 5 minutes to accommodate the Long Island travelers. No luck, can you help???

@mert @elonmusk The top 20 Diablo player is what gets to me

.@elonmusk physically makes no sense as a human this guy started or helped start Paypal, Tesla, SpaceX, Neuralink, Boring, SolarCity, OpenAI, xAI, turned around Twitter and is now *checks notes* restructuring the federal gov of the USA while being a top 20 diablo player ok