By this time, he was hooked on coding and, with some tech-savvy school friends, had been given access to a local firm's one computer in return for reporting any problems. Obsessed with learning to program in those nascent days of the tech revolution, he would sneak out at night through his bedroom window without his parents knowing to get more computer time.

Potassium iodide pills are like $12 for a pack that can get you through the worst of fallout. 

Nuclear war outside of the immediately affected area is more survivable than media would lead you to believe. I recommend this book which is available for free in the public domain on the Internet Archive 

“It’s meant as a civil defense manual of sorts, with plans for makeshift shelters, radiation meters, and water purification techniques, but it’s also a treasure trove of factual information about the mechanics of nuclear bombs and their effects on human and animal life.” 

https://archive.org/details/NuclearWarSurvivalSkills_201405/mode/1up?view=theater

What about doing a guided reading of this book over short form video clips? Cool idea?

Farcaster

Farcon 2024 | Official Trailer

When: May 2-5
Where: Venice Beach, CA
Inspired by @woj.eth

aichannel

In the article, the author discusses Tana, a startup emerging from stealth with $25 million in funding, aimed at transforming productivity through AI-driven task management. Founded by ex-Google team members, Tana integrates automated list-building and note-taking capabilities while connecting various applications to streamline workflows. CEO Tarjei Vassbotn emphasizes Tana's evolving knowledge graph designed to organize user-generated data effectively. With 160,000 users on a waitlist and partnerships with AI models like OpenAI, Tana seeks to address inefficiencies in existing productivity tools. Investors express strong confidence in Tana’s potential to revolutionize workplace efficiency. 

@atlas wdyt?

Guys, have any of you heard of this before. how are over 100k people on a waitlist for a product and this is the first peep I’ve heard. Not to gas myself up but I feel too plugged in for that — so are a lot of you — isn’t this off

Its list of alumni includes former prime ministers David Cameron, Rishi Sunak, Liz Truss, Edward Heath and Harold Wilson, as well as other British and global political heavyweights such as Tony Benn, Bill Clinton and Aung San Suu Kyi.

Shitcasters

Interesting factoid: The Seljuk Turkification of Anatolia in the 11th century was by like ~500k actual Turks from Central Asia converting ~12m Greek or Armenian speak Christians. Mostly peacefully it appears. Rumi and early Sufis had a lot to do with it, as did abandonment by a distant bureaucratic Orthodox Church in Constantinople that had long stopped serving any spiritual needs. It was a meaning crisis.

Also the Turks succeeded where the Arabs had given up because the grasslands were cold like the steppes and made for good pastures, unlike the agricultural land of Mesopotamia. They turned farmland into pastures. Agriculture only returned to Anatolia in modern times.

Fascinating.

Nigel Macaulay

@nigelmacaulay