Nolite te bastardes carborundorum.

Must Read: How a meme became state policy then kinetic reality in less than a year thenerve.co/story/report...

Late-stage ventures are paying the exact same marginal rate for core AI intelligence as a two-person seed-stage startup. This is not just a technological shift—it's an economic reset for the entire venture landscape. jayfajardo.medium.com/from-layoffs...

Thanks to Arup Maity, Burns Puzon, and the rest of the Xamun.ai team for hosting the first HealthtechPH Startup meetup in a long while We hope that the other tech startup founders out to solve healthcare’s burning challenges can join us next time. #healthtechph @betterclinic.co

At a Boston hospital, AI is stepping in to do the paperwork — so doctors can focus on their patients again. Early results? Less burnout, more human care. youtu.be/EKdxsLQw2YE

First there was the Opium Wars. Now we have the Cooking Oil War.

"Microplastics have been detected in the brains of dementia patients, and in arterial plaques from people with heart disease" And the response of the plastics industry is...... ....to massively ramp up plastic production www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The title references a broken statue of the Virgin Mary that Matthews found several years ago, and now carries with him.

My wife is now hovering over me, making sure I watch Mel Robbins and Diary of a CEO on YouTube. Meanwhile, all I can think of is watching the season opener of SNL. 🙄

When you give yourself a Department of War, soon enough you are going to find a war to fight.

Maria Ressa continues to be the loudest voice raising the alarm about malicious actors weaponizing information & technology to push the authoritarian agenda the United Nations was created to prevent. We can still beat this. youtu.be/d4kizE2LgUU

If AI starts replacing junior staff roles (analysts, assistants, developers), where will the senior staff roles come from?

NEW ANGLE Watch and decide, but I was never fully convinced he was shot in the first place. Never mind that his ear should’ve been blown off—now completely healed. Or that the Secret Service took their time getting him offstage. But from this angle: you see the photographers guided into place…

This is so good #superman #filmsky #woke

Been using Slack for more than 10 years already. It's getting too expensive so am slowly migrating to Google Talk. Spaces = Channels

OpenAI is no longer acquiring Windsurf. The CEO and some staff are heading to Google's Deep Mind. www.theverge.com/openai/70599...

You didn’t vote for Kamala because you thought she was a warmonger and you spread that message to others. How you all holding up tonight?

I signed the final bills Melissa Hortman shepherded through the most narrowly divided legislature in the county. All of them bipartisan. We debated, we found common ground, and we compromised. That’s how democracy should function.

This song haunted the airwaves, 40 years ago. youtu.be/ubc3o2KZA4w

Something is seriously broken with e-commerce logistics.

MERZ: Tomorrow is the D Day anniversary, when the Americans ended a war in Europe TRUMP: That was not a pleasant day for you? This is not a great day MERZ: This was the liberation of my country from Nazi dictatorship

Let them start their healing journey

The end of an era. #skype

Waking up at 3am to watch the game. Don't let me down, Cs! 🏀 @celticsnba.bsky.social

Most startup founders don’t need more developers. They need a better workflow. We just published The Proudcloud Playbook—how we build lean, ship fast, and stay aligned with founders. No fluff. Just what works. blog.proudcloud.io/the-proudclo...

Come over to Launchgarage on the 30th of April as we host this month's edition of the Philippine Ruby Users Group (PhRUG) meetup! We'll have D Allan Gray and another rubyist from Narra giving talks. Beers on us! www.meetup.com/ruby-phil/ev...

Techauthoritarianism enabled by the broligarchy.

The days of launching rough and fixing later are over. We’re not building for patient early adopters anymore. We’re launching into a market with high expectations, short attention spans, and no obligation to stick around. Rethink your MVP IN 2025 medium.com/proudcloud/r...

THIS IS TERRIFYING‼️ Dr. Peter Marks, former head of vaccines at the FDA, just had his last day—forced to resign or be fired because he wouldn’t lie about vaccines. He gives a chilling warning: the U.S. is unprepared for biowarfare—because the response team has been gutted.

This iconic Ben Stein scene might be almost 40 years old, but it feels like essential viewing now that Trump is tariffing the world.

If you’re in Manila this week, there’s a tech startup conference happening on the 25th. BUILD Startup Festival 2025 lu.ma/ery08f9m

2025 is the year to build and Melanie Perkins' founder story is absolutely inspiring. Having that BHAG of taking on Adobe is precisely the irreverent attitude that defines a true startup founder, regardless of success or failure. youtu.be/GUjt0iRJ3eo

Rodrigo Duterte is accused of crimes against humanity for an estimated 30,000 deaths during his tenure as Davao’s mayor and as president of the Philippines. Here’s what we know about Duterte’s war on drugs aje.io/ubwu40

The skies are extraordinarily blue today in Manila.

Pass it on. #StandWithUkraine

Is it just me or has @arcbrowser.bsky.social become wonky and sluggish?

#EDSA39 Power to the people.

Tech Debt Tuesday - Let's explore ways to tackle that growing tech debt! Check out this blog post series from Suzanne; she covers ways to work with Stakeholders to address tech debt effectively. https://hashrocket.com/blog/posts/technical-debt-part-1-understanding-debt

A pro-China network on Facebook has been spreading propaganda and disinformation for years. The actors in this community are getting away with it by claiming academic expertise and legitimacy. www.rappler.com/newsbreak/in...

Stakes have gotten higher as more major AI stakeholders are making their move. www.wired.com/story/mira-m...

Analysis: Spotify, which reported its first annual profit in 2024, had just €1.8B in ad revenue, 26% above 2022, while subscription revenue grew 35% to €13.8B (Catherine Perloff/The Information) Main Link | Techmeme Permalink

Happy 40th Anniversary misfits!

We appear to be seeing an uptick of devastating flu-associated Acute Necrotizing Encephalitis in children this season. We've had reports here in No. Cal. Others out of Boston. We're piecemealing things together because there's no active surveillance for ANE, and CDC can't communicate with partners.

Offered a cocktail menu at happy hour. I’ve ordered a long black. ☕️ No alcohol except on weekends is the goal starting 2025.

Things are happening so fast. BYD plans to equip nearly all its cars with an autopilot system. The Chinese automaker says it would also integrate AI startup DeepSeek's software into its cars. lnkd.in/gXAN-Ayn

Elon Musk just offered to buy OpenAI for $97.4 billion