@volts.wtf Hey David - my soon to be college graduate daughter just got her first FT job at an energy research co. I want to get her some subscriptions to newsletters that focus on environmental policy. I think that's Volts but lmk if you recommend any others. Thanks!

#ecosky what's a great subscription newsletter for my soon to be college graduate daughter who just got her first FT job at a green energy research firm?

Free in-flight wifi is a great idea in theory. In reality it translates to "free bad wifi." I got 99 first world problems...

Mood music.apple.com/us/playlist/...

The Boarding Number of Shame

A childhood friend's mom who was the first adult to serve me a beer just passed away.

To all my friends here into music, just found out that a good friend's band, Geese, has been #1 on the college charts for the past 5 weeks! If you have not heard them, this is a good intro: www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3ud...

Finalizing our company's health insurance plan for next year. Only a 15% increase in premiums after a decade of 20-25% YoY increases. I guess I should be grateful?

Good thing I have a bunch of yellow star patches in storage...

When was the last time you used Mapquest? Well, AI probably used it a second ago. According to the latest Yext Research study, Mapquest is the #1 cited source in AI for Local queries. Crazy

Insert Adobe Analytics joke here

40 years ago today our debut album Psychocandy was released. Thank you all for buying it over the years. We ran a competition to win Third Man Records test pressing of Psychocandy. Congrats to life-long fan Chris who won a copy. 40th Anniversary reissues themarychain.com/home

Following up on this. This remains a ‘cave is minutes or hours away’ situation. If you want to impact how this plays out you need to contact senators literally now. I want to add additional points of context. What I’m relaying is what I’ve picked up from highly reliable sources.

This is just fantastic read from @notus.com. Democracy is indeed a letter to the editor www.notus.org/perspectives...

this looks like a trick daffy duck would put up to get bugs bunny into "the oval office"

"If the onions ain't hit, you must acquit"

Early humans were online an hour, maybe two hours, per day

"We are tired of paying Google, so paying a different middle man will be a win."

From our local paper

News of an OpenAI browser “is the latest sign of the company heading down the ad-supported road” — but it raises “a troubling question: does the world need trillions worth of computing infrastructure if all AI winds up being is a new version Google/Instagram?)” - Vital Knowledge $GOOGL

Oh this is perfection

46th anniversary this weekend.

Meanwhile, in Canada .. “.. Prime Minister Mark Carney taps a keg as beer sprays during Oktoberfest celebrations at the Schwaben Club in Breslau, Ontario ..” 🇨🇦 @reuters.com

Uber also plans to launch ctr manipulation and driving directions spoofing. Stock up in early trading.

ICE is horrific, but if they focused only on slow walkers in airports, I could get behind it.

TFW a minute after you send a client a "you're fucked" deck, their current SEO firm requests access...👀

Rapper 50 Cent, adjusted for inflation, is 109 Cent. [50centadjustedforinflation.com]

probably my most deeply-held belief: it is not possible for a slide deck to be both (1) a good presentation aide; and (2) a standalone document that can be read and understood in isolation.

For my friends still active on Twitter/X

Missed the "with ads" part when I first saw it

The Check-In of Shame

If you think I'm not alarmed, read this. www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

Canvassing for YES ON 50

If you drive a 2025/2026 Tesla or still use X, there really isn't an excuse. You really are just an asshole that looks the other way.

If you're in the Dallas area on 10/27-28 definitely come join us at State of Search where I'll be talking about AI & Reddit! Use coupon code = "andrewshotland" to get 40% off! Link in the comments.

The great thing about span is you'll never get lonely

Everyone sue.

@edzitron.com in case you hadn't seen jobs.ashbyhq.com/openai/2f552...

One of the reasons why consolidation of media is dangerous - it's easier for a malicious government to control it.

Everyone should be eating tofu and edamame tonight

Wouldn't be surprised if tonight sets a record for streaming viewership.

Earthquake felt in Pleasanton CA

www.irs.gov/newsroom/irs... IRS asks for public input on free tax filing options to inform congressional report No personal info, multiple choice questions. Super easy. Pass it on and fill it out if you think preparing and filing taxes should be free.