Thomas Maxwell
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THE TWO GENDERS
I have already surrounded myself with yes men it's over for me
the way i revisit this tweet every now and then
the cast of Cars 3 k*lling themselves after their movie flopped
Raya never bans for taking screenshots, btw. Don’t listen to their gaslighting.
The fact that Cincinnati, Hartford and St. Louis are all building more dense housing than SF is an astounding indictment of a supposed world-class city.
They have... a very long way to catch up, but the South, Austin in particular, is actually the part of the country building the most dense housing.
Updating this story with some more sourcing on Jimmy Kimmel show's finances -- source with direct knowledge of the show says the show is profitable when multiple revenue streams are taken into account. cnbc.com/2025/07/26/cbs…
A major problem with using LLMs to learn things: Me: "A is true, therefore B is false, right?" LLM: "Right! Here's a ton of detail to confirm your belief." Me: "Actually, A is false; B is true." LLM: "Exactly right! Here's more detail to confirm that belief."
Apple in China is so well written. I find myself reading it slowly because I don’t want it to end. Some of the finest business writing ever penned
I made it into the SF equal ratio party. Need to practice with my Grok waifu so I’m ready.
This is a very inspiring weekend read. At 33, @PThorpe92 has now spent 1/3rd of his life in jail, and a quarter of that in solitary confinement, but today, thanks to some amazing programs in Maine, he works full-time as a software engineer for database company Turso while still…
Preston Thorpe is a software engineer at a San Fransisco startup. He’s also serving his eleventh year in prison. | TechCrunch techcrunch.com/2025/07/24/pre…
Incredible new feature from Perplexity. They just reinvented spam bots.
Comet can use LinkedIn for you and do all your work there
Pulling through in full Vineyard Vines
San Francisco, I am begging you to dress up
They’re trying to own this drama with videos by Goop
Thank you for your interest in Astronomer.
Just resharing this article, it’s a long read but amazing. Worth the time. esquire.com/news-politics/…
Spoke too soon
Founder of Tea Dating Advice was a previously a product leader at Salesforce Massive moment for big tech PMs Never doubt them again
Avocado toast at a cafe: $10 dollars Avocado toast from Uber Eats: $25 Avocado toast made at home: $550 (my labor is worth $115 a minute)
Age verification is going great, everyone. Glad we're normalizing uploading your ID and face scans everywhere. Customers and users don't know to check the age verifier. When you normalize the upload, you normalize breaches and hacks.
TLDR the Tea app stores everyone's photo and ID enuncrypted in a public firebase storage bucket. Hahahahahah. Was this vibe coded?
Well, darlings… The curtain falls, the spotlight dims, and the rhinestones are packed. From the halls of Congress to the chaos of cable news what a ride it’s been! Was it messy? Always. Glamorous? Occasionally. Honest? I tried… most days. To my supporters: You made this wild…