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• BlueskyNew novel from Emily St. John Mandel (Station Eleven): Exit Party. “Los Angeles, 2031: The first spring after the collapse of the United States, peacekeeping troops withdraw from the city, the Jacaranda trees blossom, and the curfew is finally lifted.”

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• MastodonNew novel from Emily St. John Mandel (Station Eleven): Exit Party. “Los Angeles, 2031: The first spring after the collapse of the United States, peacekeeping troops withdraw from the city, the Jacaranda trees blossom, and the curfew is finally lifted.”

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• Becoming a benchmark

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• It was exactly three years ago that I gave this talk on “regulatory capture” at the @theallinpod Summit. I did predict that the large incumbent AI companies would “beg for” regulation. No idea they would beg this hard.

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• New repofly-with-me — Fly with me - watch a bird fly across an infinite gorgeous world.

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• Strong Opinions, Loosely Held

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• Living on the Edge: Aggressive mediocrity at the summit of America’s intellectual culture

  So much good stuff here at the Edge Foundation and Jeffrey Epstein webpage: – The connection to Ted talks. I had no idea! But it fits. Money and bullshit go together like liver and onions. – “Bill Gates and his

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• i met Aru at @DePaulU's jarvis innovation showcase this spring. she was presenting an anomaly detection project she built for her dad. two weeks later she was our engineering intern.

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• What if healing starts with a deeper conversation with your own body? ✨ Join me online Sept 8–10 for the FREE Womb Health Summit! I’ll be presenting my workshop: Rewiring the Brain: Neuroplasticity & Trauma Recovery. 🔗

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• Apocalypse, When?

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• AIE NYC CFP wave 1 acceptances are being finalized today. last day to get in for wave 1! https://t.co/ldei0UywCk our NYC event last year was the most successful summit we've ever had. excited to head back to 🗽 bigger and better than ever - note the special requirements for our mainstage finance keynotes
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• Some photos from Google I/O Connect + GDE India Summit, Bengalore last month.

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• I spent the last academic year (Sept 25-June 26) on sabbatical, looking after my baby granddaughter, and I loved every moment. I missed teaching, though, and I will be back in the classroom in spring 2027. In the meantime, I will be on the road in Latin America, Europe and Asia in 2026.

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• Issue 106 – A tremendous birthday present

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• The 12 New Books to Enliven Spring and Summer

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• A Dream of Spring for Open-Weight LLMs: 10 Architectures from Jan-Feb 2026

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• Highlights from Stanford's AI+Education Summit

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• The 11 New Books to Brighten Your Spring

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• Emergency blog post - reflections on VP Vance's speech at the AI Action Summit

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