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Hiking to the top of Mt Whitney was the most physically demanding thing I've ever done, but there's no other way I'd rather spend a day than pushing my limits.

@stevenpage @wunderhorse 📍 youtube.com/watch?v=adtqj7…

@stevenpage @wunderhorse My flow state 🍥🍥 youtube.com/watch?v=SgG4wH…

youtube.com/watch?v=3sWTns… Why did no one tell me about this song?

@GrantYun2 @avant_arte I made a physical of a piece of yours I have from the Japan series that's hanging in my parent's house. They love it, reminds them of life growing up in North Dakota 🤔😆 We really are, all one

@billysweeney @avant_arte ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Each print in @GrantYun2's new edition is paired with a corresponding NFT – bridging the analogue and digital in a single work. 'High Fly Over the Valley' is available to collect now. Enter the draw: avantarte.co/grant-yun-x

Whether you follow the NFL or not, this is a must-read as an obituary told through a reflection on mentorship. Rest easy, Rondale

@jackbutcher @silkarthouse @ArtBasel @AspreyStudio @DnoTAO @eli_schein @jalilwahdat @visualizevalue I had a blast participating -- covered my computer screen so I could reveal the dice one by one for max sweat. Looking forward to proudly displaying my signed resin ✊

@silkarthouse @ArtBasel @AspreyStudio @DnoTAO @eli_schein @jalilwahdat @visualizevalue Interest way overestimated on my part. Refunds inbound next day or so. Thank you for playing. 🙏

Work, Luck, Play

WE ALMOST LOST BILL RAFTERY

@jasminewsun @TheAtlantic 👏👏 Congrats!

Personal news: I’m joining @TheAtlantic as a contributing writer! It drives me nuts how wide of an understanding gap there is between SF AI world and everywhere else — especially given the immense public stakes. There's so much AI hype, anxiety, and misinformation; so doing translation and synthesis feels more important than ever. (This role is in addition to Subst*ck, where I’ll keep writing at the same cadence.) I'm using this excuse to share some rambly media thoughts: namely that tech journalism can & must be great again. The problem with “old media” is that it often refuses to take tech bros at their word, and the problem with “new media” is that it’s often just advertising, which is boring even for the subjects. There’s a doom loop where some reporters write poorly-informed stories, so insiders won’t talk to them, so sourcing is worse; not to mention that most journalists are not based in the communities they cover. This makes people bad-faith, but it also means a lot of AI reporting is 6-12 months behind. Yes, fantastic blogs/podcasts abound — these are the bulk of my info diet — but they are largely insiders talking to insiders, too niche to recommend to policymakers or smart non-AI friends. These fractures are a disaster for shared public knowledge, and make us less prepared to navigate AI well. Magazine writing offers the ability to rise above of the hourly play-by-play (squinting at every new model release, every new jobs report) and to the bigger questions. I actually think the most impactful AI writing has *months*, not days of longevity! Rather than over-anchoring to any particular forecast, it offers generalized frames for operating under uncertainty. A few types of pieces I’m especially keen to write: 1) AI culture: A few people’s idiosyncratic personal beliefs regularly change the world. It thus matters tremendously how AI builders view their work, politics, philosophy, and the future. I think most individuals in the AI industry are good and want their tech to do good. Journalists can portray AI workers’ earnest beliefs while being appropriately skeptical of how that can clash with or be shaped by industry incentives, and how it might diverge from the public. "Smart people confront hard moral/intellectual problem" is one of my favorite genres. 2) AI diffusion: AI discourse disproportionately focuses on its impact on software and writing because those are the jobs the messengers do (obviously I’m guilty of this). That makes me want to do more field reporting on AI in education, manufacturing, healthcare, etc: e.g. can I ride along with a team trying to integrate AI tutors into a school? Diffusion is rarely as smooth as economic models predict, and “how AI will go” depends largely on the speed, and where it hits first. Relatedly: AI in the non-western world. 3) AI superusers: Polls show people are highly anxious about AI’s speculative effects but sanguine about their personal use. I think more people should experiment with AI to feel both the pace of progress *and* its jagged edges. While AI can produce slop/surveillance/etc, it can also extend human ability & creativity. I want to paint portraits of people already “living in the future" so we can ask: is that a life we want? The tech is here, but we can choose how to relate to it. If you have ideas/feedback/etc my DMs are open, and my Signal is jws.27. For me 1-1 conversations are *not* on the record unless we say so. (I always thought this was a weird norm, and in general am happy to answer people's questions about “how journalism works” from my POV because it can be quite opaque.) (also I'm replacing my blurry macbook selfie with a b&w portrait profile picture to signify reluctant induction into the label of "capital-j Journalist.” I spent most of last year pretending to be funemployed, but I suppose this is graduation. end of an era!)

@GTSewell @ArtBasel @redbeardnft @eli_schein seconded!

Dear @ArtBasel, Can you please find someone to do a walkthrough of the Zero 10 exhibit in Hong Kong Not a 30 second pieced together clip, but a meaningful long form walkthrough with brief insight into each of the installations CC: @redbeardnft @eli_schein Regards, GT. 😘

@leyla_solos @ArtBasel @petcortright @verse_works looks wonderful Leyla, have fun!

So difficult to post in the midst of setting up, but here is a little peak into our booth Z13 at @ArtBasel HK for those who can’t join is today 🌸🪆

@toadswiback one of those 80/20s is from me! glad it arrived safely 🥩

find you a friend like blondie who gets you a present for going in and a present for going out for your bday. can’t wait to dial up the plumber after a birthday porcelain buster sponsored by these dude wipes that i’m already soaking in robotussin. so fucking back.

😤 President Chiang got us FIRED UP!

@DeeZe 💯

151 poster would go so hard on some decent art paper with a dash of texture

@eli_schein Damn. Those punch you in the face 😳😍

Matisse Four

There are no words to express how heartbroken we all are. Jessi Pierce (Hinrichs) was the most vibrant person - the life of the party, always with a smile on her face, always bringing a passion to every article and podcast and interview she did. Jessi simply loved covering the Wild and hockey throughout Minnesota and had a way of brightening everyone’s day with her upbeat, bubbly personality. I have literally NEVER met anybody that had a way of being EVERYBODY’s friend. More than anything, she absolutely loved Hudson, Cayden and Avery and was the greatest mother who did everything she could to bring joy to her sweetest kids. Even at Friday’s practice in her beloved Iowa State sweatshirt, she was so excited to take them to the seasonal opening of Cup and Cone in WBL. Seeing those precious pics yesterday, she provided them with another incredibly fun and loving day. My heart breaks for Mike for the loss of his wife and children and Jessi’s family, friends and colleagues for this unimaginable loss. This hockey community lost a wonderful, energetic and one of a kind voice and story teller and Grade A person. Life can be unbearably unfair sometimes, and it’s impossible to make sense of this tragedy. Please keep Jessi and her beautiful kids in your thoughts and prayers. I wish Mike all the peace and support and happiness in the world. A lot of tears were shed at the arena yesterday. We, in the Wild media and inside the Wild, will miss seeing Jessi everyday, laughing with her everyday. The press box and press room won’t be the same without her. It’ll be a lot quieter, a lot less funny. But her passion and joy for covering this hockey team and sport will remain. Sorry for the length of this, but as Jessi knew better than most as my original Athletic “backup” and somebody who always gave me Minnesota Hockey Journal deadline extensions, as she used to joke, I’m incapable of writing tight. Especially about her. RIP Jessi, Hudson, Cayden and Avery. 🙏💔

@toadswiback hbd mark. have some good 🥩

birthday plans: drink 100 light beers, bet it all on a horse named wagmi that finishes last. ayahuasca indoor skydiving. selling new dwtml commemorative knife set at five below. legalize ground beef.

The Wave, 1889, by Ivan Aivazovsky

@toadswiback we've got the same bracket down to the pick like how 🤯

good meat.

@chazz_gold the purple looks outstanding! love seeing every diffuse control output I can get my eyes on

So much care !!! Awesome job shipping these

Finally framing the tryptic of @beeple prints from @nodefnd only one is signed but still … and shout out to beeple for the care and shipping of the prints in fragile and bubble wrapped box !!!

@ROCKST4R @Dexerto That cash could really get me outta a coupla jams

@Dexerto i know the PERFECT person

Hidden Valley is hiring "Ranch-bassadors" to travel Europe and test ranch on local food The brand will send two duos across multiple European countries with all expenses paid to create content