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@hell_line0 I say out loud “I unplugged it” as I’m doing it.

Make a stupid sound when you unplug the straightener or hot tool. Then you can remember unplugging it cause the vocal stim releases dopamine. This is a well known Japanese technique called Shisa Kanko and it totally works!!!!

Claude can now build interactive charts and diagrams, directly in the chat. Available today in beta on all plans, including free. Try it out: claude.ai

@TrungTPhan Good read. Love Costco

Costco so massive that clothing sells $9B+ a year (person overseeing full section is Merchandising exec) Procurement process is interesting. A lot of higher end retailers shocked when some of their gear makes it to Costco. I wrote more on it here: readtrung.com/p/costcos-9b-c…

Costco VP of Clothing is on a heater rn. Last month, did a Kirkland Signature collaboration with Nike on custom SB Dunk sneakers (the in-sole has a photo of the $1.50 hot dog combo). This weekend, it started selling Off-White hoodies.

@kalinowski007 ❤️

I resigned from OpenAI. I care deeply about the Robotics team and the work we built together. This wasn’t an easy call. AI has an important role in national security. But surveillance of Americans without judicial oversight and lethal autonomy without human authorization are lines that deserved more deliberation than they got. This was about principle, not people. I have deep respect for Sam and the team, and I’m proud of what we built together.

@Predamame I don’t get this

The marathon being only 18 miles now is a recession indicator.

Many college professors are discovering that students learn less when they have laptops open. Many of us are banning their use in class. Putting computers and tablets on students desks in K-12 may turn out to be among the costliest mistakes in the history of education

@fluidathletics 😵😵

99 mile down week

This is a fundamental misunderstanding of what drives phenoms, their motivation, and hard work. Psychologist Ellen Winner studied this. Prodigies have a “rage to master” that doesn’t come from some adult forcing training. It’s a combo of interest, curiosity, and talent aligning in the form of mastery. In fact, she and others found that forcing or overcontrolling increased the likelihood that young phenoms burned out or didn’t reach the next level. It’s hard for folks to understand this who have never experienced it or are outside of the arena. But in my teenage years, I averaged over 80 miles per week for an entire year…and it was all me. My parents and even coaches would have liked me to run less…but I had the rage to master. And that’s the point. You create an environment that allows people to dabble and find that match. And when the spark is lit, you support it but not by over controlling it. You dont need a controlling environment to have dedication and resilience. In fact lots of research shows that environment backfires. Sometimes major talents make it through regardless. But the folks who think that you have to essentially force kids to work hard…well they are wrong. And showing you they’ve never worked with anyone that talented with the rage to master. You don’t have to listen to me, Wayne Gretzky said the same thing. As did the poster child Tiger Woods. Both said essentially it’s the child’s desire not the adults that matters. Most folks, like Sarah below, can’t imagine it because they’ve never seen it. But once you work with kids who have the rage to master or teens running 70-100miles per week by choice, you get it. And you see why research shows us that the authoritarian environment backfires for long term development. The best comparison I can give you is for non-runners they see every run as a chore, something to survive. So they imagine you have to be forced or incentivized to do it. But the experienced runner sees it almost as play. They learn to love even the hardest of workouts and choose to do it. It’s the same here. What Alysa’s story tells us is that we need to fundamentally shift our understanding of youth drive and motivation in the public to match what decades of research tells us. Hard work and joy aren’t opposites. And often the prodigies and phenoms work their butts off because they bring joy to the thing. It’s just dumb adults who squash it out of them…thus why we have such a poor phenom to adult success rate overall. Let go of outdated ideas.

⚠️❄️🌬️ There remains high confidence in a significant winter storm impacting the area Sunday-Monday. Blizzard Warnings have been expanded further inland, whereas Winter Storm Warnings are now in effect elsewhere. Heavy snow will begin Sunday night. (1/3) #NJwx #MDwx #PAwx #DEwx

I get it if the point is that I stay on the app and see/kudo any of the 30 posts it took to get there - just some efficiency would be nice.

Like - hey congrats on your race and PR - here are the ppl you follow that were also there.

Please Product at @Strava hear me. I ran a 1500 person race this AM with many of the ppl I follow on Strava. I just scrolled down 30 items of activities to get to their grouped results. You know I also ran that race - please show me everyone else who did at the top of feed.

NBC ran a piece where Mary Carrillo went to Norway to see why they're so good at the Winter Olympics & i was yelling BC IT'S COLD THERE then she went to a little ski jump for kids & was like "it's free, equipment is provided, & they don't emphasize results" and i was like. oh!

@thrill1usa @keithdunn Lmao

@keithdunn The #BM100 course has some candy for it’s Valentines 💘

The conch was blown at 5:00am. The 2026 Barkley Marathons begins in one hour. #BM100

Happy Barkley Marathons day! 💓 for years I’ve been maintaining a list of people who tend to tweet about #bm100. You’re welcome to use it x.com/i/lists/977163…

@keithdunn A Valentine’s Day treat?!? Time to check the weather for TN in Feb…

@aidstationfireb @TejasTrails @AravaipaRunning Nice!

Molly Seidel kicks off her 2026 trail running campaign with a 4:09:00 at @TejasTrails Bandera 50k, taking the OVERALL WIN with a new women's course record to boot (by 15 minutes!). Absolutely ripping. Watch out for her @AravaipaRunning Black Canyon 100k debut next month!

@rossiadam Love this. Thanks for sharing it

A lot of people have asked how we did these boards. They are steel magnet boards we bought on Amazon, roughly 16inch x 32inch mounted landscape in a grid. Then we print the magnets at Shutterfly in various sizes from around 3inch x 3inch to 6inch x 3.5inch.

Our house is covered with family photos and good propaganda. Hallways. Kitchens. Bathrooms. You can’t miss it. My kids quote this stuff all the time. They stop and laugh about the photos frequently. Every guest stops and looks. You don’t get that with a phone full of digital.

@Hybridathlete Facts. I know many adults who have gotten injuries requiring surgery from rec sports leagues

Middle aged men playing recreational sports is infinitely more dangerous than lifting weights.

@XcCris Congrats!

PR was just outside of the window for elite but got a spot on the line for Grandmas this June.