Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #13,633!

Abbaye Notre-Dame de Sénanque

Any book recommendations for the holiday weekend? Prefer something light and satirical.

I see this as an indirect jab at a board he still resents. He failed to embody the decisive, operationally-focused leadership Twitter required. He was out of his depth as CEO so he empathizes with Elon’s mediocrity given his own past shortcomings. He’s still in the driver’s seat of the clown car.

Misplaced, untimely compassion.

No one sounds like Sampha. He’s a singular talent. https://open.spotify.com/track/3JKRuo3KhL39T6XWAXPohj?si=2eDEvS2XRaypFo3HaIPX6A&context=spotify%3Aalbum%3A6idz4m2nMbiHsx3QjHhdcv

Spirit 2.0

Sampha · Song · 2023

Next era, I hope, is less vain. A public internet that’s more goal-oriented (instead of constantly distracting us), increases digital safety (instead of ad tracker cruft), and makes us healthier (instead of making us depressed).

I see this as more of an end of an era, not a sign of “the end”. The primary utility of our previous era (2010s) was content creation / democratic participation largely via social media.

*two-thirds of the way to Mars* Rate limit exceeded.

Few things more infantilizing that asking the waiter at a fancy NYC restaurant if your entree “comes with fries”. It’s like I’m back in grade school, trading lunch with my buddies.