Hey! You should try @daverutledge.com's fun new game: letters.wiki. It's like Scrabble, but you play your tiles five times, and aim for a top score. The starting word rotates each day. If you got tired of Wordle, do this instead. Dave's games are great.

I just read a lengthy article skeptical about the impact of GenAI, only to see the footer at the bottom which indicated the first draft of the post was written by GenAI.

"If every US vehicle performed like Waymo, we’d prevent 33,000-39,000 deaths annually and save $0.9-1.25 trillion in societal costs... We’re looking at the potential elimination of traffic deaths as a leading cause of mortality." www.linkedin.com/posts/slotki...

Normal teenager parents: "My kids have the worst taste in music, ugh." Me: "Oxytocin by Billie Eilish is actually pretty good. I wonder if there are techno/rave mixes..." Ask and you shall receive. music.youtube.com/watch?v=QY2s...

When @wired asked me to look at Silicon Valley in the age of Trump, I saw the crash of the idealism that originally drew founders--and me--to the tech revolution. Selling out the dream will not serve those moguls (or us) well. www.wired.com/story/silico...

Hey @darthbluesky.bsky.social, you know what might possibly be even better than seeing an amazing band play in the city last night? Having a BART dog come ask to hang out with you and get petted on the way home! This is Leo. He is super friendly and deserving of all the scritches.

The Prodigy absolutely crushed it at The Warfield tonight, and Nitepunk was a blast as an opener as well. This is a pretty solid way to spend a Monday night in the city.

My 'favorite' part of the current administration is how they plan their announcements for after market close, so they can give their cronies the news in advance to load up options, then impact the market and burn retail. Simply the greatest.

Extreme Grandpa Simpson voice: "There are too many streaming services these days. Please delete three."

There are bands, there are great bands, and above all the rest is Underworld. They are the gold standard for live performance, and are inspiring the next generation of artists. What an absolute blast every time I see them. May in SF ✅ September in LA ✅ November in Denver sooon... 🤘🎶

Today, I skipped work and my daughter skipped school. We flew down to LA and are going to see Underworld at the Hollywood Palladium! Traveling to see the best bands in the world is totally worth it and super fun.

In 2011, when I was interviewing at Google, I ended up going to the white board to show "Magic 7ths". Did you know 7th fractions in decimals are the same order which repeat forever? So cool. 1/7 = .142857 2/7 = .285714 3/7 = .428571 4/7 = .571428 5/7 = .714285 6/7 = .857142 Impress your friends.

At risk of getting banned from social and forced to pay fees for defamation, as that appears to be a thing now... I want it on the record the 2026 Coachella lineup is a huge disappointment -- and it will take a lot to convince me in the next months to go.

California Memorial Stadium always looks so good, and definitely does this evening. My son and I are here to see the Cal Bears take on Minnesota. Go Bears and Cal Band great!

September and October are lining up to be an exceptionally busy and fun time in concert land. Last night, Sextile broke out with massive energy at August Hall in SF and the crowd matched. Sextile is post-punk with Underworld level energy and bass and I am 100% here for it. Live music is the best.

The Polestar 5 is an 884hp fastback sedan that should make Porsche nervous

This is the baseball equivalent of a programmer entering code... // This should not happen If you are being no hit through 8 2/3 innings, the math says you should lose. But nobody informed the Orioles tonight.

Imagine sending unsolicited DMs to the founder of a literal blocking app and thinking it will go well.

Brewster loves going for walks, but when it's warm, he doesn't mind stopping in the shady grass to cool off before setting off again.

Pink clouds tonight over Santa Clara. My daughter and I spotted them and drove there, because of course we would, and got the best shots by Great America. Very cool to see and not sure of the source, but I love it. No filter or AI needed for these.

The Angels have walked 7 A's batters and had two hit by pitch, as well as seven hits, including a home run. They trail 9-4. Is that good pitching, @mollyknight.bsky.social ?

Henry, a 13 year old miniature pinscher, is my copilot, and he rocks. He's so slim, he doesn't even set off my car's warning if the passenger needs a seatbelt. Perfect doggo @darthbluesky.bsky.social. We've been through a lot together.

Normies: "This is a cool track." Me: "Sextile's 2025 track 'Kiss' samples the 1987 megahit 'Join in the Chant' from Nitzer Ebb. It's just sped up." Normies: 😑

A friend of mine sends me a link to a YouTube video. The subject line: "Good talk" and the body containing only "I like (this guy)" and a link. The video length: An hour and 20 minutes. Pass. Instead, I ask Gemini: "Watch this video for me and summarize it in three paragraphs." It did flawlessly.

I took the day to travel to Northern California with my daughter to show her my elementary school home and town. On our way back, we enjoyed the sight of the Sutter Buttes in the Central Valley, and you should see them too.

@dens.nyc if you want guidance on the Appalachian Trail, talk to @rusty.todayintabs.com

This is Harbor. He's four months old and looking for his forever home. He's visiting us today to socialize with our pups. What a cute young lad. Here is his bio on Petfinder for the lucky family who gets him! share.google/PyGy1zNv3vTc...

Rave/Techno legends Underworld performed at Boiler Room London this week and, once again, they set the standard. Must stream: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAOH... (Seeing them 3x this year in SF, LA and Denver)

A lesser-known perk of working at Google is using the employee parking lots to charge your car while seeing The Offspring at Shoreline and then sneaking into the building to get free snacks.

So many netizens tonight seem to be indulging in the kind of hopeful flights of fancy typically reserved for kids on Xmas Eve. It’s all silly, of course. But seeing the joy it brings warms the heart. We haven’t lost the capacity to dream.

Has anybody given any thought to how Newsom's social team will need to adjust their approach when it happens? Asking the important questions.

The true takeaway on @jay.bsky.team here, which anybody could learn from. "I think I’m very persistent when I care about something, and I’m very clear about the things that I care about. I spent a lot of time early in my career figuring out what I most wanted to pursue, and then I pursued them."

Three home runs in a game is a lot. Four home runs in a game is legendary. Nick Kurtz did it earlier this year, and Kyle Schwarber just did it tonight. The Phillies are blowing out Atlanta 19-4. Tough year for the Braves.

Office corgi alert! This is Crumpet. Crumpet was spotted running laps in my area and later, demanded to have their photo taken, so I obliged. /cc @darthbluesky.bsky.social @mollyknight.bsky.social

Track of the day nominee: family and friends by Oklou from her album, choke enough music.youtube.com/watch?v=1iM-... Song is simple and light and super catchy. New to me and I've listened probably 8x since last night.

One morning, when in line at the cafe for breakfast, I asked the chief economist at Google, who was to my left, what the best economical choice would be of all the offerings. He looked at the buffet, and quickly said, "Get the pancakes, they're a scarce asset."

I have to say it warms my jaded Gen X EDM heart to hear the Pink Pantheress' track "Illegal" that so broadly samples Underworld's epic "Dark & Long (Dark Train)". Illegal is now going viral on TikTok and bringing those Underworld sounds to a new generation. music.youtube.com/watch?v=XuKq...

1. Yes. 2. You won't believe how often little league coaches don't know this rule and the plate ump has to yell the batter is out to prevent chaos.

If anybody needs me I'll be at home because Speedy the foster dog fell asleep on my shoe and I can no longer leave the house for fear his rest may be disrupted.

We're all trying to ignore the A's as they left Oakland. I assure you I am very bitter, but Nick Kurtz is fun to watch. In 87 games, he's batting .315 with an OBP of .404, 26 HR and 23 doubles. His 1.054 OPS trails only Aaron Judge across all of MLB. ⚾ www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/ku...

My One Billion Users game arrived today, so I probably won't be going into work tomorrow! I've long been looking forward to this. /cc @mmasnick.bsky.social

The only James Dobson obit worth reading www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/08/jame...

A friend of mine brought my attention to a video I posted on behalf of Google Developers twelve years ago this week. The YouTube comments remain undefeated. "Find a girl to present this. This guy is boring and he makes me sleepy." Thanks, anon! 🤣

I guess MS Now is the best we should have expected considering they were limited to using MS Word and MS Paint.

M Snow: Informer

Seeing Lewis Black in SF tonight. If any comedian's rage was made for this moment, it's his. Let's see if by being in a back row, I am out of his spittle range.

Coming soon to CBS: A Silicon Valley legal drama called "Cupertino". The lead: "a Silicon Valley corporate lawyer who was cheated out of his stock options at a startup," who fights back by representing "others who were finagled by the Silicon Valley elite." www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news...

The doors are closing. Please stand clear of the doors.

Parents: Have that conversation with your teenagers before it is too late. Teach them the difference between cloud storage and on device storage, so when they are recording a concert in vertical, they don't delete apps to make space for new videos.