You know that feeling when you find a $20 you stuck in a book once, forgot about, and randomly come across as you’s flipping through it again?

Well, that kinda happened to me today except it was our financial advisor and a whole college 529 plan that we’d kinda forgotten about.

Finished reading: Who Gets In and Why by Jeffrey Selingo — If you’re in the midst of the college application process as we are, this is a fascinating and helpful look at the College Admissions side of the equation. This was published in 2020 and, while some things I’m sure are the same the changes in the past few months alone means that some of what it here has changed significantly. I suspect a follow up or revision is either in the future or should be. 📚

Still buzzing over stopping by to see @zbarocas and his lovely wife at their shop today. Online to IRL friends are so meaningful to me. Feel like that’s really the best reason to use social media.

I could use some MicroHelp. Need some recommendations for a Slack/Discord/FacebookGroup type thing that can help a small group communicate and organize efforts around helping a friend in need.

Ideas?

Just noticed that Sivers link may have been personal and specific to me… My bad.

Have deleted the post.

:-(

Finished reading: Buzz Kill by J. Robert Lennon 📚

A fun second book in the series. This time, sisters Lila and Jane are on the track of drug addled right wing conspirators. An engaging adventure made more so by the fact that J. Robert is really good at writing women characters.

The rock you hide under will likely eventually crush you.

Finished reading: The Productivity Diet by Mike Vardy 📚

The title may be a bit misleading if considered the wrong way. Don’t think of diet in the sense of elimination, think of it in the sense of healthy and balanced. This book is about how to have a healthy and balanced approach to productivity. Mikes approach leverages ideas he’s long advocated. This is a practical guide to how to apply some or all of those to your own personal productivity. I made many highlights though out and plan to incorporate some of them into my own “diet”.

Currently wondering at what point AI decides it needs even more power and decides humans make pretty good batteries.

Thanks to everyone who reached out to me about the accident. I’ve now lost track of who I’ve replied to directly and haven’t so please consider this my thanks to you for your well wishes.