A lot of frustration in the modern media era boils down to the fact oral cultural norms are increasingly dominant and “truth” isn’t based on objective fact, but instead relies on social consensus/acceptance of a story
Kids need at least one competitive activity they have a natural inclination for. Learning the “try hard, get better” feedback loop is a really valuable way to establish a sense of agency and confidence
So this year is probably peak “but my kid had scores and didn’t get admitted to a prestige university”
When it comes to fitness: Aging is just a fight against entropy, and consistency matters more than intensity.
The mass revocation of student visas for recent grads is a drain on talent. Just a bad decision that hurts both workers and employers.
Really digging the new track at Decatur’s Legacy Park. Nice place to run intervals if you’re on the east side of ATL.
Baghdad Bob level delusions
Part of the dem realignment will be deciding which “groups” stay in the coalition. Stuff like this makes the choice to cut the UAW as an interest group easy.
Watching the president brag about closing the DOE convinced me that school boards are now more important than ever. So I’m running to join ours here in Atlanta. Learn more at www.OwensForAPS.com
Rodtang! Chatri’s golden boy saves the day.
Whelp, jinxed that
Tawanchai hitting the highlight teep in the first round. If he keeps it up, hard to argue against him as the “best p4p striker” in the world with Superlek falling off
Really disappointing for Superlek, but Nabil looked great. Can’t take that away from him.
Keisha didn’t seem to enjoy being Mayor. She oversaw the city at its highest levels of dysfunction (crime went up, even trash pickup was inconsistent).
Mind blowing she wants to run for governor. I don’t think the primary will be kind to her.
The fact the peak of long tail cinema was the netflix DVD era was something that wasn’t obvious until after the fact.
My 5 year old told me he liked my outfit today because I was wearing two star wars bandaids over a cut
Southwest deflecting an unpopular policy change with a shot at the Mavs 💀
My name is Lucy McBath, and this is my story.
If I had to guess the broad messaging themes of the next election, it would be:
-put an end to corruption (low trust audience bait)
-fix the economy and trade (broad econ and always a change message)
-repair the government and make it work (response to DOGE and preempt concerns on dem governance)
Wild statement, but definitely gives insight into his worldview
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Polish PM is my favorite EU leader at the moment
Collateralized loan assets for data centers and PE firms seem like the type of investment that could blow up pretty easily if they’re built on inaccurate assumptions (e.g. AI capex boom doesn’t continue, PE capital gets locked, etc). apple.news/AFdGIphotSri...
$130M a year to advise on an insane project that will never be completed is a good gig
Our youngest had his first soccer game this AM. Feels like one of those transitional moments of parenthood. Start of the “activity era” that runs from age 5 until middle school.
This is about housing, but could just as easily be about autos
Easy narrative to run on next election:
-fired veterans and govt employees
-hurt farmers and consumers with tariffs
-so crypto billionaires no longer have to pay taxes
The housing permit numbers in Oakland look to be down YoY. It seems like anecdotally ADUs have been more successful, but I can’t find data on it.
I knew California’s law to “end single family zoning” (SB9) didn’t lead to a ton of new construction, but this is comically bad for a law touted as having the potential to add 700k new units
Elon is already running into the classic bureaucratic hurdle of “I don’t work for you”
