Currently watching the US women’s volleyball team play in the semifinals. Let’s go! 🇺🇸

At the rate I’m adding books to my nightstand versus the rate I’m reading them I’m going to need a bigger nightstand soon. 🙃

This really is amazing. I hope it’s as private as they claim. And I LOVE having the option to switch between models. Claude is apparently so “safe” it will answer almost none of my queries. Which maybe says more about me than it does about Claude… #ai #grownostr View quoted note →

I am writing a blog post and was conflicted about whether to use a semi-colon or a dash. Boldly went with a semi-colon. Checked with chatGPT and according to the AI overlords, I nailed it.

Eric Weinstein talks with RFK Jr.’s running mate. #politics

I recommend all parents, teachers, therapists, and any other people concerned about children give this book a read. Here’s the description: From the author of Irreversible Damage, an investigation into a mental health industry that is harming, not healing, American children In virtually every way that can be measured, Gen Z’s mental health is worse than that of previous generations. Youth suicide rates are climbing, antidepressant prescriptions for children are common, and the proliferation of mental health diagnoses has not helped the staggering number of kids who are lonely, lost, sad and fearful of growing up. What’s gone wrong with America’s youth? In Bad Therapy, bestselling investigative journalist Abigail Shrier argues that the problem isn’t the kids—it’s the mental health experts. Drawing on hundreds of interviews with child psychologists, parents, teachers, and young people, Shrier explores the ways the mental health industry has transformed the way we teach, treat, discipline, and even talk to our kids. She reveals that most of the therapeutic approaches have serious side effects and few proven benefits. Among her unsettling findings: Talk therapy can induce rumination, trapping children in cycles of anxiety and depression Social Emotional Learning handicaps our most vulnerable children, in both public schools and private “Gentle parenting” can encourage emotional turbulence – even violence – in children as they lash out, desperate for an adult in charge Mental health care can be lifesaving when properly applied to children with severe needs, but for the typical child, the cure can be worse than the disease. Bad Therapy is a must-read for anyone questioning why our efforts to bolster America’s kids have backfired—and what it will take for parents to lead a turnaround.

I gave up social media since about June 5 but I downloaded Twitter on Saturday when I heard about the assassination attempt. I just deleted it again. It’s such a bloody cesspool I can’t believe anyone voluntarily spends time there and I feel bad for people who have to use it for their profession. Fb and instagram have lots of problems but there’s something about the structure of Twitter and the algorithm that just creates a black hole of misery. (Changing the color scheme from blue to black makes a lot of sense.)

It’s 71, sunny, and breezy. It’s, dare I say, perfect weather. Especially after the heat we’ve been having. ☀️

I’m really enjoying the stripped down versions of these songs. #tunestr

Look, I don’t know you that well. Maybe you’re dead inside. Or maybe you’d enjoy this compilation of the live version of every song on Born in the USA by Bruce Springsteen. #tunestr #grownostr

Ugh. Nerdy*** View quoted note →

This is needy in the best way. For you fans of mathematics out there. #grownostr

Math with Bad Drawings

Is the derivative a rhetorical intensifier?

An acceleratingly strange quirk.

I’m not particularly well read but that might be the best book I’ve ever read. View quoted note →

Just stumbled on this gem. 🔥 #tunestr

The internet has probably always been mostly garbage. But something about reels/tiktoks/shorts has surfaced that garbage on a far more regular basis. Some of them that my wife shows me I just can’t believe more than three people outside of that person’s immediate family have viewed.

Has anyone found a non-whey based protein powder they like? I’m not vegan but whey seems to really bother my stomach. #grownostr #health #protein

Cooked some steaks for my birthday yesterday. Turned out pretty good! #grownostr

We thought we wanted social media. What we really wanted was robust chat apps with group chats and channels. Maybe not. I don’t know. But I like those a lot better than anything ads and an algorithm.

Jon Haidt is working to literally save a generation. We can all do our part. #FreeTheAnxiousGeneration