"Our first point of contact with most information is rarely the information itself but some lossily compressed derivative that’s already been processed and strained through a dozen layers of reinterpretation." from Lane Brown at @nymag.com. A great Monday morning read. nymag.com/intelligence...

Absolutely iconic

Imagine the screams 10x louder. And the joy 100x. It’s a beautiful night to be a New Yorker.

“Siri, play 'A New Day has Come' by Celine Dion.”

At just 34 years old, Zohran Mamdani culminated a meteoric political rise Tuesday by scoring a decisive victory in a polarizing mayoral election. He will become the youngest mayor in over a century, the first Muslim to lead New York City. buff.ly/7kOwKhb

I love a confidence boost about choices right into the voting booth. So excited to vote for Zohran.

Happy (belated) Halloween.

Much of the NYT has been bad for years, sure, but this is *disgraceful*.

@zohrankmamdani is a deeply thoughtful human being and we think he would make the best NYC mayor imaginable. We feel this as New Yorkers, as Jews and as human beings who are desperate for kindness, compassion and empathy to be represented in our politics. GET OUT THE VOTE here bit.ly/4nxYXFp

Last week, I attended the Rabbis for Ceasefire Yizkor service. It was incredible to be surrounded by fellow New Yorkers, many of whom are Jewish like me, in mourning for Palestine. Today marks 2 years of this war. 70 years since the occupation began. Ceasefire now. rabbis4ceasefire.com

It was in fact perfect and all of the mistakes were totally intentional.

Translate content in your web app without the server costs → goo.gle/4pbiFc2 Use the built-in Translator and Language Detector APIs in Chrome to run inference for free with expert models, all on the client-side.

IRL vibing 😎

Server costs? Latency? Pfft. Not with client-side AI → goo.gle/4g5M0Ak Build that real-time, AI-powered photobooth app you've been dreaming of. Run the image segmentation model directly on the user's device and give your users the privacy and speed they deserve.

When you say "AI," what are you actually talking about? The acronym seems to mean everything. Learn more about different types of AI in @developer.chrome.com's latest YouTube Short! Starring: me and @bandarra.me. (The number of times I had to try to catch that popcorn... but I finally got it.)

I saw a thing the other day that basically said “no matter what prompt you give it, the question an LLM is answering is ‘what would a plausible response to this prompt look like?’”

This thread 🔥🔥🔥🔥

I've been thinking about this for 24 hours.

100000/10 to our social team because I'm obsessed with these images. Today and tomorrow, developers are coming to Google I/O Connect in Shanghai. It's amazing to be able to share and talk to people around the world about client-side AI.

Next week is Kat's birthday. Every so often I see a flash of curly red hair or a rye smile that makes me think she's alive. Then, I remember, she's not. I feel guilty having adventures she could never have, even if she'd say that's ridiculous. But again, she can't say anything. Grief's a monster.

The people demanded that I make more videos for @chromium.social. Coming this fall, a girl who cannot toss popcorn to save her life.

Docs love is the truest love. Thank you!

"The sun might not come out. It might not come out tomorrow, and it might not come out the next day, and it might not come out ever again. And if you don’t think that’s true, then watch the movie musical about all the orphans who didn’t get adopted."

Truly one of the most beautiful and haunting essays I’ve read.

Really hoping folks chuckle as much as I did when writing dad jokes. 👨

Never have I ever seen a rat run up the center aisle at a Broadway show. However, I have now seen it on the West End.

I’ve been thinking about this nonstop for 24 hours. It’s one of the most beautiful pieces I’ve ever read.

Are rick rolls still funny? Asking for a friend.

Once again. Dying. Dead. Deceased.

“And then I paused. Wait. Why am I thinking about the POPE cleaning up his timelines?” Dying, dead, deceased.

Many of my friends stopped using search because they can’t find the information they’re looking for anymore—there are devastating climate impacts. But you can’t blame the user for trying to solve a problem with the tools that are available to them.

Brooklyn bus stop ads being replaced with guerilla public service announcements.

For years, I've been thinking about digital death, and what happens to myself online when I die. I've shut down accounts across networks, deleted all social apps from my phone. With that, I've lost connections to ghosts of people I loved. medium.com/@alexandraw/...

I was asked by another laid off Googler if I knew Adam, if I read this blog, and all I could think to say is that he is incredibly kind, patient, thoughtful, and all of the adjectives you can think of when you think of your favorite people. I don't understand this. I'll never understand this.

Adam is the brightest, most authentic, inspiring, truly creative, high performing, deeply passionate, and nice person I have ever worked with. And then my employer decided to terminate his role. I am gutted and sick to my stomach. I will miss you, my friend 💔

This thread made my day.

I'm just a few videos in, but really enjoying this course in responsible AI development from Laurence Moroney (future proofing with @laurencemoroney.com, should he join BlueSky eventually). www.linkedin.com/learning/res...

Fulfill your dreams of moving or living in Canada -- and also working on Chrome, that, too.

@andreban.bsky.social and I are really proud of this one.

looking back, AOL had it right. 30 hours of internet per month was the right amount.

This has taken a lot of time, but I'm happy to share this curated list of current Off-Off Broadway shows. There are 21 shows here and I'll be updating on the regular. Take a look! Off-Off is theater's R&D department and it's where the wild thing are. www.timeout.com/newyork/thea...

Turns out my building hasn’t been paying for electricity for months, so ConEd is shutting it off. No lights, no washing machines, and most importantly, no elevators.

Last week, I deleted all of my posts from platform-not-named. I looked through my archive, so much joy early on, then so much heartache. It was a solid reminder that it’s important to share moments of celebration, even when things are scary.

Last night, I had my first big birthday party since 2020 (January, my birthday is in January!). The theme was ballgowns and nightgowns, and I got to make a bunch of yummy food and drinks.

HUZZAH

I miss the other communities I had curated on that-other-platform-we-left. I know a great thing about BlueSky is started packs — is there an NY theater community curation anywhere? Also, are we calling these things TopicSky (TheaterSky, TechSky, etc)? Can we?

Friends, I am BEGGING YOU to a) use alt text on all images in order to make them accessible to everyone and b) label the images of current political numbskulls with their names so the images are picked up by mute lists.

So, there are times when I need to pay attention to the cancer, like, when I have to go to doctor's appointments, take a medication on time, or make choices regarding self-care to increase my quality of life. But when I am not doing those things, thinking about the cancer is actively harmful.

Well at least someone is having a good year.