Today's college students are more likely to say they're isolated and lonely.

On a Tuesday in August, at three in the afternoon in Manhattan and two in the valley, a telephone went to speaker and a family… Continue reading → The Retirement Is Always Silent

I had some of the most remarkable conversations of my recent time in France — sharp, well-aligned, genuinely illuminating exchanges with some of the most educated and articulate people I encountered…

I don't have time to blog much nowadays, but I want to keep this place active. One recurring use for the site is to outline things that I find myself having to repeat; better to just have a place I…

Introduction: When it comes to parenting, our parental responsibility does not consist in getting young people to grit their teeth and conform to the standard. The task before us is to bring up our…

I’m out of town for the weekend for a celebration of life (more on that probably next week), so this post is coming to you from the future OOoooooOOo. Or is it from the past? I don’t know, I…

A few years ago, when we were house hunting, a friend gave me a piece of advice I still use. Better to buy a house that needs work in a good location than a perfect house in a bad one. You can…

There were two dogs. And then there is one.

A guide to building the kind of friendships where you can actually be yourself You’re about to meet more new people in a shorter stretch of time than at almost any other point in your life.…

Pretty sure I used up my entire supply of exclamation points in the previous post. comments

After running the AI system for few days along my work resposibilities and other ambitions I started getting tired. I lead a project that should be finished pretty soon and is my iniative. I have…

So many things happened this week (i'm sitting and typing this from a new keyboard and monitor that i love), but I haven't been good about posting daily notes, so here's a big weekly dump to try and…

A good watch of David Epstein's 40 Harsh Truths I Wish I Knew in My 20s. Here are some that resonated with me. 1. Multitasking is impossible.2. Never start your day with email.3. Keep a notepad (for c

searches i made today. reddit how to check current context size in antigravity reddit how to check quotas in antigravity reddit why is antigravity shittier than codex how to use plan mode in…

From: Terrierman's Daily Dose To order the book. .

I got one of these sticks from Steve as a gift in mid-2025. At the beginning of 2026, I ordered… Continue reading “Aromanza – Maya – Naranja Pimenta „Atracción“”…

Sitting around before heading into the city for Pomplamoose.

The card will eventually be there, as we know. My love, Ivanečka, picks withered spinach leaves out of a bag of bio špenát. She tenderly passes healthy leaves into the container that has a slicing…

What a difference a weekend makes! One minute you're riding high after a very stressful week that you vanquished in style...and the next you're lying curled at the foot of the stairs you've…

Ok Google, call Dad. My kids aren't interested in having a phone or a smart watch, which I'm pretty happy about. But I'd like them to have flexibility and freedom to see neighborhood friends and…

Michael Truell posted that they were opening Grok Bot to a small set of companies this weekend. Slack lit up in under a minute. People asked if we could drop our template if it loaded skills and…

I spent my birthday holding court in the snug at Casements ; a number of dear friends stopped by and it was so, so nice to see them all. Many thanks to everyone who made it and to Gillian & Co. for…

yelling, 187 atop a motherfucking cop

never fear competition. never think as if you are falling behind, you are not. everyone is on their own clock and so are you. no one is ahead of you and no one is behind you. you are just competing…

I had many hectic and restless dreams tonight, and in all of them there was a repetition of the same element: I needed to go to toilet but there wasn’t one available, or even if there was, it was in…

Switching devices these last two weeks has been overwhelming and self confidence draining. After picking up the iPhone Air, I’m back to the Pro as both of these phones cause...

I had the best day! And I’m finding it really hard to describe! It’s not that I don’t remember, it’s that it’s still a glowing scene in my heart and...

Every week, I share something I learned in the previous seven days - This week I learned that the worlds third smallest country has changed its name.

A group of us from college work our asses to the bone every year on our tailgates. Football is huge in America, and it's even huger in Texas. And once you start talking about University of Texas…

Congratulations on your promotion to Tech Lead Read the post Congratulations on your promotion to Tech Lead on kirit.com Posted 2026-08-22T04:57:19.818968944Z

Astro Fairy is a longtime client of mine. I’ve helped her with a variety of things over the years. She sees people struggling and she wants to pitch in by gifting a consultation to someone in need…

On turning 21 while recovering from brain surgery, finishing college two months ago with no job yet, and why a spreadsheet never got to decide what I'm worth.

Happy Saturday, everyone! Here on Global Nerdy, Saturday means that it’s time for another “picdump”: the weekly assortment of amusing or interesting pictures, comics, and memes I found over the past…

I'm not fully sure if that's how the title should be since I've never done a post like this before, but fuck it. We'll do it live. I first saw Absurd Pirate's post a few days back, which then led me…

It has been a whirlwind of just shy of a month. Today I finished my second full week of a probationary period with Mobomo. As per Mobomo’s “about us” page: Mobomo is a trusted…

I was in Philadelphia yesterday, passed an important part of my childhood, and posted a picture of One of the spots where I was mugged for a bike when I was a kid. If you weren’t raised in a…

¿Todas las veces que dije que no podía mantener un diario? bueno, ahora lo estoy intentando, nada más porque alguien me regaló una agenda y tengo que usarla! ¿para que más la voy a usar? No tengo…

I want to avoid posts like this but I need to talk about it once. I've been job hunting since September 2025, although I was still in grad school until May 2026. So, in total, 9 months part-time job…

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Edie's new thing is getting up on the desk and then we go through a variety of motions: pawing the air, scritches, laying in my lap, or the placement of the cushion for sleeping.

Win of the week: published my latest thoughts about authenticity in digital art, digging into what evidence makes us perceive cultural works as authentic — I don’t think we’re…

Have been thinking of writing essays on past friendships that have ended but I gotta draw today wahhhh

Last Updated on August 21, 2026 My life has been in turmoil. My mental illness has been kicking my ass, and I stopped fighting back. I drive around every day. I do some DoorDashing sometimes.…

For the past five years or so, I've gone to the MADE bike show in Portland every summer, which showcases custom bike builders, people who make related products, and suppliers for frame builders.…

I only managed to catch one 夏 ( なつ ) の 甲子園 ( こうしえん ) (Summer Koshien) match this year—the final, between 高崎健康福祉大学高崎高等学校 ( Takasaki University High School ) in 群馬県 ( Gunma pref. ) and 智辯学園 ( Chiben…

In one of the biggest overhauls of Seattle’s approach to making streets safer, Mayor Katie Wilson signed five executive orders (PDF) to speed up delivery of safety fixes and expand the…

Forced-choice portfolio prioritisation when cost-of-delay data is thin: Plickers cards, Delphi rounds, and adaptive pairwise ranking in Prioneer. The post Prioritising a portfolio when the…

Tim Foust, "The Lion Sleeps Tonight". Things have been slow around here, due to travel, a crowded schedule, and catching up on things, but they should start picking up a bit more next week.

I'm so overexcited I can't sleep lmao I knew this would happen. Ummmmmmmmmmmm I'm really happy. Need I say more. Maybe. But me and Sam talked it to absolute death and I'm just :) sitting with it now.…