RIP translators. But also, damn, this technology is going to make language barriers obsolete.

My new album, RITUAL, will be released on August 30. It is a 41-minute ceremonial piece, and was the most joyful and collaborative experience I’ve ever had making an album. It feels like a kinetic counterpart to Music For Psychedelic Therapy. (1/6)

jonhopkins.ffm.to/ritual

Our immune system also tries to protect us against toxic people and situations. Our cortisol spikes. Our body gets inflamed because it's fighting an emotional infection. Many symptoms disappear as we get into healthier environments.

True story.

How Google reacted once they realized OpenAI was training Sora on YouTube videos.

VCs in 2023: “we made some bad investments in 2020 and 2021 but we’ve become quite disciplined.”

VCs in 2024: “we’re excited to be leading a $175M pre-seed in IHOP AI - a company that was formed 7 minutes ago by two former interns at Google Deepmind who are seeking to

BREAKING: Germany legalizes recreational cannabis

Treating addiction with psychedelics

news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/…

VCs tweeting vs VCs investing

Caz müziğin yenilikçi isimlerinden Alfa Mist, güçlü sesleri eşliğinde sekizinci Bozcaada Caz Festivali’nde 🎶

Festivalin hızla tükenen erken dönem biletleri Biletix ’te satışta 🎫

Being kind and having a soul >> brand, scale, resources.

Closing first funding round vs 1 month of runway left in the bank

Techno is Berlin has officially been recognised by UNESCO as an intangible cultural heritage following a campaign to protect its status 🎉

mixmag.net/read/techno-be…

“Gardeners learn by TROWEL and ERROR.”

Great read by Emma Robertson, @exberlinermag

A pediatrician who volunteered at a Gaza hospital describes what it's like there.

Salik Shah ✨🚀 Well, to start with I have less to fear. I have enough money. I don't have a job I could be fired from. And since I know I can speak up when so many other people would like to but can't, I feel an additional responsibility to.

“Accidental approval-seeking is what I call “The Pathos Problem.” It happens when you expose your ego, leading people to feel they ought to protect you by saying nice things.” The Mom Test

Good old darling. Comments in these Ultima Online videos (especially the early version) show the type of love people had for the experience of it.

It's much more and different than nostalgia.

youtube.com/watch?v=qHRhq8…

Dropbox founder Drew Houston’s response to investors who told him online storage was a commodity

“Frankly, I agreed with them. I was like, yeah, Google can probably do this. Yeah, we don’t really have a lot of structural advantages. Yeah, we’re not really sure how we’re going to