Very Online

Been stuck on something for work the past few days — something minor but couldn’t wrap my head around it.

Took some time to formulate it to my AI overlords, with the right context and suddenly things are cleared up. I love using it to help me gain clarity — feels kinda super power-ish

⚾️⚾️⚾️.

The Trump regime remains a shitty, segregationist enterprise that is unworthy of anyone’s respect or obeisance.

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Finally took some time to open my @Topps Series 1 card packs today, ahead of the upcoming Baseball season :)

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Been starved of Baseball — very excited for the start of the Tokyo Series later today between the Dodgers & Cubs!

Think of any game you played as a kid and I can almost guarantee you that you can play that game today “across new devices and in new ways” today. This doesn’t need AI at all, it’s been happening for decades via emulation.

Spent some time with the pals at Fixtured to tell my story of being a sports fan :)

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¡Atléti por favor! Absolutely rooting for the Colchoneros tonight in the #ChampionsLeague return game against their archrival and perennial Karen-team Real Madrid

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Very excited to open this baby up in the next few days: ⚾️ 🃏

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lol Liverpool ✌️ #ChampionsLeague

A Fantasy Baseball update

A Fantasy Baseball update:
My draft was on Sunday, mid-afternoon, so I had to draft using the Yahoo Mobile App, while being out and about, hanging out with friends.

Here’s what I got — wish me luck!

Batters:

  1. Salvador Perez
  2. Luis Arraez
  3. Maikel Garcia
  4. Max Muncy
  5. CJ Abrams
  6. Jackson Merrill
  7. Michael Harris II
  8. Nolan Jones
  9. Shohei Ohtani (Batter)
  10. Vinnie Pasquantino
  11. Matt Chapman
  12. Yandy Díaz
  13. Carlos Correa
  14. Connor Norby
  15. Evan Carter

Pitchers:

  1. Logan Gilbert
  2. Aaron Nola
  3. Jeff Hoffman
  4. Matt Strahm
  5. Reynaldo López
  6. Merrill Kelly
  7. Max Scherzer
  8. Clayton Kershaw

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📺 Onside: Major League Soccer ⚽️

Recently finished Onside: Major League Soccer, the documentary series on TV+ about the past MLS season.

It was a nice and refreshing view compared to team-specific documentaries I’ve seen in the football (⚽️) world, and I really enjoyed the variety of discovering different teams, personalities, and players!

For someone like me, based in Europe, it was super useful to learn more about this league and its personalities. I wish more teams were covered, but I’m assuming that this would be the case if the show was to get renewed for another few seasons… MLS has definitely had the perception of being the “soon-to-be in the Top 5 of football leagues in the world” for 15 years now and we’re still waiting to see it happen, but at least the marketing has been good and the level of play has increased significantly. Though there’s still a lot of work to be done at youth level for the sport to become as mainstream and universal as it is in the rest of the world.

Next up on my watchlist:

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Fun day out today: friends, bike rides, and long walks in our former neighborhood 🌞 🧑‍🧑‍🧒

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Gonna be partaking in #FantasyBaseball for the first time this year (outside of Sorare)… anything I need to know? Any strategy or tips? ⚾️ 🧡 🖤

Quick Duolingo update

Today in “America is not a serious country”: In this report about AI, they’re displaying the logos of differerent companies in the space, including France’s/Europe’s Le Chat from Mistral, however instead of the proper logo… they used the logo of a laundry detergent

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Tough one today

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What a great opener:

The world can no longer trust American tech. If that sounds dramatic, take a step back and consider the facts.
The United States is a nation in the thrall of authoritarianism, owned and operated almost completely by a far-right doomsday cult intent on betraying every alliance, every contract, every promise it has ever made (…) its decision-making is either erratic and illogical or dictated by interests that cannot and will not align with any reasonable principles of freedom, social progress, or ethical governance.

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It is no longer safe to move our governments and societies to US clouds

Written down like this, it seems pretty bizarre, and that’s because it is. It’s also not easy to realize that our relationship with America is over after 80 years. It took time for me as well to accept that.

But it really is over. (…) The US has dismantled the official privacy framework. The deal is dead.

So stop surrendering our society to America. Have the courage to use different software and services. Even if it takes some getting used to.

Absolutely stoked to read a story on my old neighborhood basketball court in the New York Times (by way of The Athletic)

I used to play about 1.5 to 2 hours there every Sunday mornings back when we used to live in Montmartre/Pigalle!

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Unsurprising but insane god-complex coming out of… you guessed it, Silicon Valley:

Zayner wants to create the next generation of pets. “I think, as a human species, it’s kind of our moral prerogative to level up animals

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Huge game tonight! Come on City! #RMAMCI @mancity @championsleague

We’re trailing by one goal but this is a return game in Madrid. Great lineup and hoping for a dominant 3-1 display to go through 🤞⚽️💪 🩵🤍

Absolute insanity from the US, unsurprisingly:

This executive order instructs federal employees of the federal government to ignore Supreme Court rulings and congressional actions if the President or Attorney General tell them to.

Tell me you’re trying to become a dictatorship without telling you’re trying to become a dictstorship.

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Bref 2: un éclair de génie ⚡️ ❤️‍🩹

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Coffee & Complexity: climate change is here and affecting our coffee prices

☕️ I recently read an article by my friend @adders (from his apt-titled Coffee and Complexity) about how the climate crisis is affecting coffee prices. It’s something we’ve been noticing for a while now.

As someone who takes their at-home coffee seriously, I’ve seen the prices at my local roaster go up. She mentioned that the cost per kilo has risen above 10€ for the first time in the past 18 months. Despite the increase, brewing coffee at home is still more affordable than buying from a coffee shop or purchasing beans from those same places. And it’s obviously a million times better than office-coffee.

Our daily habits are connected to larger issues but this is a good reminder to appreciate that morning cup even more.

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🎥 🍿 The Gorge ⭐️⭐️⭐️

A cool concept let down by a final act that went a bit too fast in terms of pacing in contrast with the exposition of the beginning of the movie.

Think Resident Evil x Annihilation x a RomCom

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We don’t deserve @reckless.bsky.social

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Finishing #Silo season 2 tonight. That article last year on the Verge was right: Apple TV+ definitely is the best place to watch great and unique Sci-fi

Omar Marmoush, what a guy! #MCINEW

Major FOMO on the newly launched Topps Series 1 but we’re trying to save money over the next few months, so… 🤷‍♂️

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