![TylerAlterman's tweet photo. I always wondered how my NYC community would perform in an emergency situation. We got a test of that last night!
At 8:53pm, @__drewface called me and a few of his closest friends. He said that he'd arrived home to a flooded apartment. His wife was abroad, his baby daughter was freaking out, and he needed help ASAP before mold started growing
Within 10 minutes, we had 7 people on their way to his house. Soon after we had a coordinating WhatsApp group that grew to 14 people
@evodevotee was an hour away so she became the Guy In The Chair, using LLMs to come up with a checklist operating procedure for our converging team. She was joined by @madhu___s to figure out purchases of equipment from Home Depot
Meanwhile @MarkEstefanos took off on his electric skateboard to go pick them up
A big group of us show up all at once at the apartment. @IvanVendrov came with smoothies. @beana_tweets came with her boyfriend. I came with Poli, my rockstar friend visiting from Berlin
We went downstairs to assess the damage. The bottom floor was now a pond about 1inch deep. Lots of furniture, fabrics, and electronics were sitting in water
The source of the flooding was a low-set window. The water had streamed in during the torrential downpour a couple hours previous
We got to work:
• We created a human chain to move wet stuff to dry places.
• In the absence of a mop, @beana_tweets used a broom to usher water into the floor drain we uncovered.
• Poli mopped the floor; she used diluted bleach to clean away runoff water residue, making the floor fit for Andrew's baby to crawl on the next day
In parallel:
• @mr_samosaman went knocking on neighbor's doors to borrow a charge-card to operate the laundry machines
• @pee_zombie brought a wet/dry vacuum from @fractaltechnyc
• I also put on music bc our crew's tacit philosophy is that work can be fun
Finally @MarkEstefanos arrived with the materials to finish the job. These included absorbent towels, gloves, moisture absorbing gel, and four fans that dried the mopped floors extremely fast
As the fans ran, I biked to a place nearby that has the best birria in Brooklyn and picked up tacos, tostadas, and mulitas
We ate them to celebrate
(that's @MarkEstefanos holding the bag of birria)
In the end, @danielgolliher arrived to help, but we had no more tasks for him. Our crew of 10 had conquered the job in about 2hrs
Some takeaways:
1. Supercoordinaion is possible: I came away impressed by:
• how many friends showed up
• the speed with which they arrived late on a Wednesday night
• how fluidly the group coordinated. No one stood around waiting to be directed – each person was independently sensing for what next things needed to be done. Then they did it, enlisting help if needed
2. LLMs are amazing in emergencies: We used them to quickly create plans, like: "Here's the situation: [context dump]. Come up with an operation procedure for a team of 8 amateurs to handle it." They also answered super specific questions on the fly, like "Should we turn off the HVAC system to prevent mold spores from traveling?"
3. The power of friendship: real
Additional thanks to Ian & Sunil, who wanted to volunteer but we already had too many people. Also to @feral_eyes, who lives all the way in CDMX but who volunteered to cover costs from afar
Btw in case you're reading this, thinking "Wow, there's some crazy magic or luck going on there" – you're wrong!
My friends and I spent a few years figuring out the playbook for how to create a community where people actually show up for one another. I'll post the story of that below because I hope other folks find a way to replicate it. I want a society where ppl have each other's backs
💗
https://t.co/DQxGGp6IJv](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GyUW2sVWMAQJKPU.jpg)
![TylerAlterman's tweet photo. I always wondered how my NYC community would perform in an emergency situation. We got a test of that last night!
At 8:53pm, @__drewface called me and a few of his closest friends. He said that he'd arrived home to a flooded apartment. His wife was abroad, his baby daughter was freaking out, and he needed help ASAP before mold started growing
Within 10 minutes, we had 7 people on their way to his house. Soon after we had a coordinating WhatsApp group that grew to 14 people
@evodevotee was an hour away so she became the Guy In The Chair, using LLMs to come up with a checklist operating procedure for our converging team. She was joined by @madhu___s to figure out purchases of equipment from Home Depot
Meanwhile @MarkEstefanos took off on his electric skateboard to go pick them up
A big group of us show up all at once at the apartment. @IvanVendrov came with smoothies. @beana_tweets came with her boyfriend. I came with Poli, my rockstar friend visiting from Berlin
We went downstairs to assess the damage. The bottom floor was now a pond about 1inch deep. Lots of furniture, fabrics, and electronics were sitting in water
The source of the flooding was a low-set window. The water had streamed in during the torrential downpour a couple hours previous
We got to work:
• We created a human chain to move wet stuff to dry places.
• In the absence of a mop, @beana_tweets used a broom to usher water into the floor drain we uncovered.
• Poli mopped the floor; she used diluted bleach to clean away runoff water residue, making the floor fit for Andrew's baby to crawl on the next day
In parallel:
• @mr_samosaman went knocking on neighbor's doors to borrow a charge-card to operate the laundry machines
• @pee_zombie brought a wet/dry vacuum from @fractaltechnyc
• I also put on music bc our crew's tacit philosophy is that work can be fun
Finally @MarkEstefanos arrived with the materials to finish the job. These included absorbent towels, gloves, moisture absorbing gel, and four fans that dried the mopped floors extremely fast
As the fans ran, I biked to a place nearby that has the best birria in Brooklyn and picked up tacos, tostadas, and mulitas
We ate them to celebrate
(that's @MarkEstefanos holding the bag of birria)
In the end, @danielgolliher arrived to help, but we had no more tasks for him. Our crew of 10 had conquered the job in about 2hrs
Some takeaways:
1. Supercoordinaion is possible: I came away impressed by:
• how many friends showed up
• the speed with which they arrived late on a Wednesday night
• how fluidly the group coordinated. No one stood around waiting to be directed – each person was independently sensing for what next things needed to be done. Then they did it, enlisting help if needed
2. LLMs are amazing in emergencies: We used them to quickly create plans, like: "Here's the situation: [context dump]. Come up with an operation procedure for a team of 8 amateurs to handle it." They also answered super specific questions on the fly, like "Should we turn off the HVAC system to prevent mold spores from traveling?"
3. The power of friendship: real
Additional thanks to Ian & Sunil, who wanted to volunteer but we already had too many people. Also to @feral_eyes, who lives all the way in CDMX but who volunteered to cover costs from afar
Btw in case you're reading this, thinking "Wow, there's some crazy magic or luck going on there" – you're wrong!
My friends and I spent a few years figuring out the playbook for how to create a community where people actually show up for one another. I'll post the story of that below because I hope other folks find a way to replicate it. I want a society where ppl have each other's backs
💗
https://t.co/DQxGGp6IJv](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GyUV4Q4WIAMSxI9.jpg)
![TylerAlterman's tweet photo. I always wondered how my NYC community would perform in an emergency situation. We got a test of that last night!
At 8:53pm, @__drewface called me and a few of his closest friends. He said that he'd arrived home to a flooded apartment. His wife was abroad, his baby daughter was freaking out, and he needed help ASAP before mold started growing
Within 10 minutes, we had 7 people on their way to his house. Soon after we had a coordinating WhatsApp group that grew to 14 people
@evodevotee was an hour away so she became the Guy In The Chair, using LLMs to come up with a checklist operating procedure for our converging team. She was joined by @madhu___s to figure out purchases of equipment from Home Depot
Meanwhile @MarkEstefanos took off on his electric skateboard to go pick them up
A big group of us show up all at once at the apartment. @IvanVendrov came with smoothies. @beana_tweets came with her boyfriend. I came with Poli, my rockstar friend visiting from Berlin
We went downstairs to assess the damage. The bottom floor was now a pond about 1inch deep. Lots of furniture, fabrics, and electronics were sitting in water
The source of the flooding was a low-set window. The water had streamed in during the torrential downpour a couple hours previous
We got to work:
• We created a human chain to move wet stuff to dry places.
• In the absence of a mop, @beana_tweets used a broom to usher water into the floor drain we uncovered.
• Poli mopped the floor; she used diluted bleach to clean away runoff water residue, making the floor fit for Andrew's baby to crawl on the next day
In parallel:
• @mr_samosaman went knocking on neighbor's doors to borrow a charge-card to operate the laundry machines
• @pee_zombie brought a wet/dry vacuum from @fractaltechnyc
• I also put on music bc our crew's tacit philosophy is that work can be fun
Finally @MarkEstefanos arrived with the materials to finish the job. These included absorbent towels, gloves, moisture absorbing gel, and four fans that dried the mopped floors extremely fast
As the fans ran, I biked to a place nearby that has the best birria in Brooklyn and picked up tacos, tostadas, and mulitas
We ate them to celebrate
(that's @MarkEstefanos holding the bag of birria)
In the end, @danielgolliher arrived to help, but we had no more tasks for him. Our crew of 10 had conquered the job in about 2hrs
Some takeaways:
1. Supercoordinaion is possible: I came away impressed by:
• how many friends showed up
• the speed with which they arrived late on a Wednesday night
• how fluidly the group coordinated. No one stood around waiting to be directed – each person was independently sensing for what next things needed to be done. Then they did it, enlisting help if needed
2. LLMs are amazing in emergencies: We used them to quickly create plans, like: "Here's the situation: [context dump]. Come up with an operation procedure for a team of 8 amateurs to handle it." They also answered super specific questions on the fly, like "Should we turn off the HVAC system to prevent mold spores from traveling?"
3. The power of friendship: real
Additional thanks to Ian & Sunil, who wanted to volunteer but we already had too many people. Also to @feral_eyes, who lives all the way in CDMX but who volunteered to cover costs from afar
Btw in case you're reading this, thinking "Wow, there's some crazy magic or luck going on there" – you're wrong!
My friends and I spent a few years figuring out the playbook for how to create a community where people actually show up for one another. I'll post the story of that below because I hope other folks find a way to replicate it. I want a society where ppl have each other's backs
💗
https://t.co/DQxGGp6IJv](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GyUUuYsWwAMUYz-.jpg)
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@HC_Richardson steps to the lectern about 42 minutes into the service of the Lantern Service at Boston's iconic Old North Church.
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I suspect many of us know Paul Revere's name but not Dr. Joseph Warren's. I did not. On this Fourth of July, Greg Orman's essay is a moving reminder that America's founding depended not on myths or superheroes, but on ordinary people willing to act when it mattered.
My essay on America’s 250th birthday. Happy Independence Day! https://t.co/KEhALXz4G3
I also found myself thinking about @HC_Richardson's keynote for the 250th anniversary of the midnight rides & her observation that the riders relied on community, relationships & everyday capabilities to do what the moment required.
Read it here: https://t.co/hiq66F3Ml4
Or watch her keynote here: https://t.co/ULzZUEqRn6
@HC_Richardson steps to the lectern about 42 minutes into the service of the Lantern Service at Boston's iconic Old North Church. It's not a long keynote and if you're wired like I am, you will hang on every word.
I also found myself thinking about @HC_Richardson's keynote for the 250th anniversary of the midnight rides & her observation that the riders relied on community, relationships and everyday capabilities to do what the moment required.
Read it here: https://t.co/hiq66F3Ml4
Final unofficial results from the Sedgwick County Election Office showed 9,143 voting in favor and 41,097 voting against, a margin of nearly 82% against to about 18% in favor.
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What an amazing story!
I always wondered how my NYC community would perform in an emergency situation. We got a test of that last night!
At 8:53pm, @__drewface called me and a few of his closest friends. He said that he'd arrived home to a flooded apartment. His wife was abroad, his baby daughter was freaking out, and he needed help ASAP before mold started growing
Within 10 minutes, we had 7 people on their way to his house. Soon after we had a coordinating WhatsApp group that grew to 14 people
@evodevotee was an hour away so she became the Guy In The Chair, using LLMs to come up with a checklist operating procedure for our converging team. She was joined by @madhu___s to figure out purchases of equipment from Home Depot
Meanwhile @MarkEstefanos took off on his electric skateboard to go pick them up
A big group of us show up all at once at the apartment. @IvanVendrov came with smoothies. @beana_tweets came with her boyfriend. I came with Poli, my rockstar friend visiting from Berlin
We went downstairs to assess the damage. The bottom floor was now a pond about 1inch deep. Lots of furniture, fabrics, and electronics were sitting in water
The source of the flooding was a low-set window. The water had streamed in during the torrential downpour a couple hours previous
We got to work:
• We created a human chain to move wet stuff to dry places.
• In the absence of a mop, @beana_tweets used a broom to usher water into the floor drain we uncovered.
• Poli mopped the floor; she used diluted bleach to clean away runoff water residue, making the floor fit for Andrew's baby to crawl on the next day
In parallel:
• @mr_samosaman went knocking on neighbor's doors to borrow a charge-card to operate the laundry machines
• @pee_zombie brought a wet/dry vacuum from @fractaltechnyc
• I also put on music bc our crew's tacit philosophy is that work can be fun
Finally @MarkEstefanos arrived with the materials to finish the job. These included absorbent towels, gloves, moisture absorbing gel, and four fans that dried the mopped floors extremely fast
As the fans ran, I biked to a place nearby that has the best birria in Brooklyn and picked up tacos, tostadas, and mulitas
We ate them to celebrate
(that's @MarkEstefanos holding the bag of birria)
In the end, @danielgolliher arrived to help, but we had no more tasks for him. Our crew of 10 had conquered the job in about 2hrs
Some takeaways:
1. Supercoordinaion is possible: I came away impressed by:
• how many friends showed up
• the speed with which they arrived late on a Wednesday night
• how fluidly the group coordinated. No one stood around waiting to be directed – each person was independently sensing for what next things needed to be done. Then they did it, enlisting help if needed
2. LLMs are amazing in emergencies: We used them to quickly create plans, like: "Here's the situation: [context dump]. Come up with an operation procedure for a team of 8 amateurs to handle it." They also answered super specific questions on the fly, like "Should we turn off the HVAC system to prevent mold spores from traveling?"
3. The power of friendship: real
Additional thanks to Ian & Sunil, who wanted to volunteer but we already had too many people. Also to @feral_eyes, who lives all the way in CDMX but who volunteered to cover costs from afar
Btw in case you're reading this, thinking "Wow, there's some crazy magic or luck going on there" – you're wrong!
My friends and I spent a few years figuring out the playbook for how to create a community where people actually show up for one another. I'll post the story of that below because I hope other folks find a way to replicate it. I want a society where ppl have each other's backs
💗
https://t.co/DQxGGp6IJv
![TylerAlterman's tweet photo. I always wondered how my NYC community would perform in an emergency situation. We got a test of that last night!
At 8:53pm, @__drewface called me and a few of his closest friends. He said that he'd arrived home to a flooded apartment. His wife was abroad, his baby daughter was freaking out, and he needed help ASAP before mold started growing
Within 10 minutes, we had 7 people on their way to his house. Soon after we had a coordinating WhatsApp group that grew to 14 people
@evodevotee was an hour away so she became the Guy In The Chair, using LLMs to come up with a checklist operating procedure for our converging team. She was joined by @madhu___s to figure out purchases of equipment from Home Depot
Meanwhile @MarkEstefanos took off on his electric skateboard to go pick them up
A big group of us show up all at once at the apartment. @IvanVendrov came with smoothies. @beana_tweets came with her boyfriend. I came with Poli, my rockstar friend visiting from Berlin
We went downstairs to assess the damage. The bottom floor was now a pond about 1inch deep. Lots of furniture, fabrics, and electronics were sitting in water
The source of the flooding was a low-set window. The water had streamed in during the torrential downpour a couple hours previous
We got to work:
• We created a human chain to move wet stuff to dry places.
• In the absence of a mop, @beana_tweets used a broom to usher water into the floor drain we uncovered.
• Poli mopped the floor; she used diluted bleach to clean away runoff water residue, making the floor fit for Andrew's baby to crawl on the next day
In parallel:
• @mr_samosaman went knocking on neighbor's doors to borrow a charge-card to operate the laundry machines
• @pee_zombie brought a wet/dry vacuum from @fractaltechnyc
• I also put on music bc our crew's tacit philosophy is that work can be fun
Finally @MarkEstefanos arrived with the materials to finish the job. These included absorbent towels, gloves, moisture absorbing gel, and four fans that dried the mopped floors extremely fast
As the fans ran, I biked to a place nearby that has the best birria in Brooklyn and picked up tacos, tostadas, and mulitas
We ate them to celebrate
(that's @MarkEstefanos holding the bag of birria)
In the end, @danielgolliher arrived to help, but we had no more tasks for him. Our crew of 10 had conquered the job in about 2hrs
Some takeaways:
1. Supercoordinaion is possible: I came away impressed by:
• how many friends showed up
• the speed with which they arrived late on a Wednesday night
• how fluidly the group coordinated. No one stood around waiting to be directed – each person was independently sensing for what next things needed to be done. Then they did it, enlisting help if needed
2. LLMs are amazing in emergencies: We used them to quickly create plans, like: "Here's the situation: [context dump]. Come up with an operation procedure for a team of 8 amateurs to handle it." They also answered super specific questions on the fly, like "Should we turn off the HVAC system to prevent mold spores from traveling?"
3. The power of friendship: real
Additional thanks to Ian & Sunil, who wanted to volunteer but we already had too many people. Also to @feral_eyes, who lives all the way in CDMX but who volunteered to cover costs from afar
Btw in case you're reading this, thinking "Wow, there's some crazy magic or luck going on there" – you're wrong!
My friends and I spent a few years figuring out the playbook for how to create a community where people actually show up for one another. I'll post the story of that below because I hope other folks find a way to replicate it. I want a society where ppl have each other's backs
💗
https://t.co/DQxGGp6IJv](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GyUcsLNW8AAppDe.jpg)
I hated having to find new apps for my gazillion playlists, my podcasts and audiobooks. I hated giving up the easy UX and substantial audio features. But I couldn't rationalize keeping the account any longer.
Canceled my @Spotify premium account after many years and gave this reason:
I'm switching to a different service because CEO Daniel Ek aggressively supports the military industrial complex, particularly his significant personal investment in Helsing. I can't support that.
Bring. It. On. Christy is good people.
Christy Davis announced Saturday she is exploring a run against incumbent Republican U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall, who she said is spending his time flattering the “tyrant in the White House” instead of standing up for Kansans #ksleg https://t.co/cYNpb5RtYD
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My friend & his dog in rural Kansas need a little help. Anything you can donate would be appreciated.
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