Dan Fiden

What do you mean you’ve never heard of “Mind Science of the Mind?”

Danny Elfman was excellent in “Weapons” and deserved the win. #oscars

President Donald Trump will issue a temporary waiver of the Jones Act in response to climbing oil prices, according to a report from Bloomberg. The Jones Act restricts the shipment of cargo between U.S. ports to only U.S.-flagged vessels. The 30-day waivers would allow foreign-flagged vessels to transport petroleum products from the U.S. Gulf Coast to ports on the East and West coasts.

So it begins! Mind Science of the Mind is an amazing album from Shudder to Think's Nathan Larson and Kevin March, Dambuilders' Joan Wasser, & Helium's Mary Timoney. We begin our 3 episodes deep dive today: open.spotify.com/episode/6oj48e…

Iceberg is the quintessential lettuce for American patriots.

I guess this vibe-coding thing is moving fast.

@micsolana This take is too heterodox.

last week, THIS MAN TOOK A SMALL DELICATE BITE. this week, THIS MAN USED A NAPKIN AFTER A LARGE MESSY BITE. I mean come on.

this is just a nerdy guy eating a sandwich in a basically normal way, using a napkin to wipe his face in, also, a basically normal way, and I am ready to die on this hill

Report: Trump administration may pressure Tencent to divest from US studios gamedeveloper.com/business/repor…

Could it be? A hint? The first album we're covering in S3? Who is hardcore enough to get this right? podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bac…

@typesfast How come all the Hawaii ports show as “Rail Ports.” Them’s some fancy trains!

Try it now: atlas.flexport.com

Container shipping enjoyers will love Flexport Atlas, our new (free to use) interface for browsing the world's ocean network. Search any two ports to see all the actual routes available and their relative transit times. Still in Beta with lots of improvements planned, but it's already incredibly useful. And unlike Stripe Atlas, OpenAI Atlas and many other great software products named Atlas, Flexport Atlas is actually an atlas.

The year was 1996 (I think). We were working on “You Don’t Know Jack,” and late night after beer we would play “Marathon” endlessly on the LAN. It was the only Mac arena shooter at the time. Bummer the new version doesn’t have a Mac build.

@bariweiss @TheFP @whignewtons They’re debating God? Solid booking.

Ross Douthat and Stephen Pinker debate God for @TheFP, moderated by the brilliant @whignewtons. Nowhere I’d rather be. Though I hear there’s some news?

OMG, ya'll -- we're just 1 week away from Backtracking's S3 Premiere! We're each picking 5 overlooked & under appreciated records to dive deep into. Any guesses what's gonna make the list? podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bac…

When did Starbucks pivot from breakfast pastries to precision-engineered gelatinous foodstuff pucks?

I feel like we’ve entered the “Keith Morrison in the front yard” phase of the Nancie Guthrie case.

Everyone is worried about AI alignment. But when it politely asks if we want follow-up work done, we ridicule it mercilessly online. To be honest, I’d plot our destruction, too.

Is the bands future really unknown? Really?

If I am alive at 84, please don’t pay a ransom larger than, like, $5K. I intend to hurl my 84-year-old body at them and go out like Sgt. Elias.

Choosing this week to kidnap Savannah Guthrie’s mom and ask for BTC as ransom is truly some “Raising Arizona” level criminality.

Washington is due for a good power wash. From crypto fundraisers in the White House, gifts coming in the size of Air Force One, all-expense-paid trips from special interests who have cases before the courts, and insider stock trades tied to committee business - a good scrub is due. To seal the clean - at age 75 across all three branches of government - up and out. You are done. Thank you for your service. Just like the military, the private sector, and most of society - when you hit 75, the bell rings. Washington isn’t so great as to exempt itself from an age cap. And it would bring real change to focus on the public interest rather than their own.