bought a new $294 purse while unemployed and i’m justifying it by temporarily believing the tech bros are right about the impending AI singularity and that we’ll soon either have a UBI or be turned into meat batteries, either way i might as well get a new bag
/tweets
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had a leisurely afternoon in the park reading a new book, the first ten pages had 8 words i had never heard before:
- chiaroscuro
- ne plus ultra
- echt
- ecru
- ersatz
- détente
- habitué
- misanthrope
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the iPhone is 17 years old and there still is no way to make it default to the home screen when you unlock it — it always starts you off from where you locked it… how has this been overlooked?
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one of the few things i’ve taken away from bryan johnson… starting to consume high polyphenol EVOO everyday — taking it straight or pairing with salad or sourdough
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tired: tracking screen time to reduce it wired: tracking screen time to master it
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my peers have rookie numbers
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first night back to tennis after missing 3 weeks due to being sick, let’s goooooooo
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i am so back (writing time up, twitter time down)
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there hasn’t been an upgrade in camera resolution on the iPhone’s selfie camera in over 5 years… it’s just stuck in 12 megapixel purgatory, selfies deserve better
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i’ve been trying hard to make bluesky work for me (and will continue to), but the sad reality is that my pre-existing network of thinkers/creators is only on twitter & there seems to be more of the content i want on twitter (if it’s on bluesky, i’m having a hard time finding it)
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putting aside @eyeslasho’s sexist and gross misinterpretation of data…
embracing the fullest understanding of your self (warts and all) is crucial to emotional/psychological wellbeing — boomer men are some of the most emotionally stunted humans alive today, do not be like them
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there are two ways to overcome smartphone dependency: 1) get rid of the phone, or 2) master the phone
option 1 is hard and has significant downsides
option 2 is even harder, but it delivers the greatest power/reward with few (if any) downsides
i’m currently aiming for option 2
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the apple health app could become so powerful by simply adding one feature: ability to set individual goals/baselines for every data type
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as long as you like the things you post, that’s all that really matters because the algorithm can’t stop you from seeing yourself
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you fell off (a ladder you shouldn’t have been climbing before you got so high that the fall would’ve killed you)
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photo by @sophienadeau on twitter: x.com/sophienad…
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i would not be opposed to seeing @photomatt become pre-economic at this point
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just bought tickets to a speed dating event
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first two episodes of Disclaimer by Alfonso Cuarón on Apple TV were absolute bangers, highly recommend
