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President Trump mused that he could rebrand either the Atlantic or Pacific Ocean, following his efforts to change the names of the Gulf of Mexico and Lake Ontario. “We call it ‘Trump Ocean’ or, or, ‘Ocean of the Americas,’ something like that,” Trump said. wapo.st/4hN2COE

Another week goes by with even more developments in the world of AI/ML. Stop by in an hour for the best space for AI on X, you won't want to this miss this one. xitter.cf/i/spaces/1pKdRDwlVLQJW…

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We Must Pace the Frontier: I’ve written a new essay on why the AI industry should slow down, with a three-part plan for doing so. Anthropic is unilaterally committing to the first of these steps. We’ll provide third-party evaluators with permanent, employee-level access to our systems, so that they can verify adherence to our safety measures, report on incidents, and assess models’ alignment during training. You can read the full post here: darioamodei.com/post/we-must…

OMG. Just got off the most INSANE call ever. Someone I know in very high places just confirmed the following: - CLARITY Act will pass in September - Surprise rate cuts will be announced next FOMC - The United States of America will start buying Bitcoin next month. Prepare yourself for the most PARABOLIC CRYPTO PUMP of your entire lives. WERE ALL GOING TO GET SO RICH. WOW.

Hope he’s ok, thoughts and prayers.

Another angle of that viral video. residual kinetic energy found the joint’s weak axis. waist linkage was the limit.

I’m going to be raw for a minute. I’m fucking tired. Not physically tired. Not “need a day off” tired. I mean mentally tired of trying to do things the right way in a space that constantly rewards the exact opposite. I’ve tried to build with honesty. I’ve tried to support people. I’ve tried to keep my word. I’ve tried to give people chances. I’ve tried to show up for communities, founders, projects, friends, and people I believed in. And lately I keep asking myself the same question: What the fuck is the point of having integrity if the people with none keep winning? You watch scammers get funded. You watch manipulators build massive audiences. You watch people extract every dollar they can from communities and get celebrated for being “good at business.” You watch fake engagement, fake friendships, fake partnerships, fake narratives, fake everything. And somehow the people trying to actually give a shit are the ones wondering how they’re going to keep the lights on. That shit gets exhausting. I’m not posting this because I want sympathy. I don’t. I’m posting it because I know I’m probably not the only person who has had this moment. The moment where you wonder whether being a good person is actually a competitive disadvantage. Whether you need to become colder. More selfish. More calculated. Whether you need to join one of these extractor cabals, find some billionaire patron, sell your soul, and start pretending every relationship is just another opportunity to monetize somebody. Because whatever I’ve been doing clearly hasn’t produced the results I expected by now. And yeah… That hurts. I’ve put years into this. Years of work. Years of showing up. Years of rebuilding. Years of betting on myself. Years of telling myself that consistency, discipline, relationships, and doing things the right way would eventually compound. Today, I’m having a hard time believing that. That’s the truth. But I also know something about myself. I’ve been knocked down before. I’ve been lost before. I’ve had moments where everything in me wanted to say fuck it. And eventually I got back up. So maybe today isn’t about having the answer. Maybe today is just about refusing to make a permanent decision based on a temporary feeling. Maybe 1% Better isn’t always about winning. Sometimes it’s getting through the day without becoming the kind of person you hate. Sometimes it’s keeping your integrity when abandoning it looks easier. Sometimes it’s admitting: “I’m fucking struggling right now.” And then showing up again tomorrow anyway. I don’t know exactly what the next chapter looks like. But I know I’m not interested in becoming a piece of shit just because pieces of shit occasionally get rich faster. I may change the strategy. I may change the business. I may change how I move. But I’m not changing the core of who I am. So if you’ve ever hit this wall yourself… What pulled you through it? Not some motivational quote. I want the real answer. Because today, I could use it.