The Bill Gates origin story isn't rags to riches. His dad was a lawyer, money wasn't tight, although the decision to send their son to private school to try to motivate him was "a stretch, even on my father's salary".

politics

No one voted for Elon musk. He’s a foreigner. Where is our American Bigotry when you need it? It’s been easy to mistreat Africans for these 250 years. Hate watching people simp for this foreigner.

Running

First day of “normal” vitals. No more high respiratory rate during night…
Let’s hope this trend will continue tomorrow. 

Today I ran an “easy” 13 km. But it felt not so easy… definitely something odd going on in my body.

Memes

Nature

Grand rising my beautiful friends. I hope you all have a wonderful day today. No sun yet, but the vibes are still here! GM. Have the best day ever today

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

Fabric

new on hypersub.xyz: updated membership profiles

a single page for all tiers, members, drops, and rewards

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

"I imagine the lives of all the soldiers who fight 24/7 for Ukraine and I can't let myself chill out.

America

More people should know about Roy Cohn. Good movie:

More people should know about Roy Cohn. Good movie:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTrHL7Vo_SQ

nobody with the slightest clue about the south african social and political context would say something like this.

disappointingly, elon musk is also clueless but that doesn't surprise me despite the fact that he literally grew up in apartheid

Attempting to teach AI creativity while still figuring out my own.

Olive Betsy

@olivebetsy