Omar Castillo

A ship in harbor is safe... but that is not what ships are for
- John Shedd

[Wicho Olea @tixwilx1916]

Y como último acto de amor, Ochoa nos regaló su última asistencia, en la copa del mundo, en el estadio azteca, en su despedida.

[Anish Moonka @anishmoonka]

When you eat Mexican food, your brain releases endorphins and dopamine. Capsaicin, the compound in chili peppers, binds to pain receptors in your mouth. Your brain reads this as a threat and counters with feel-good chemicals. The burn in a good salsa triggers the same pathway as a runner's high.

This is all happening on top of a food tradition more than 3,000 years in the making. The tortilla in a chicharron taco exists because of nixtamalization, a process Mesoamerican cooks developed roughly 3,200 years ago. Corn kernels are soaked in lime water, which releases niacin, a B vitamin that corn otherwise locks away in an indigestible form. Without this step, corn-heavy diets cause pellagra, a B-vitamin deficiency that killed around 7,000 Americans per year at its peak in the early 20th century. Southern sharecroppers were eating corn without the process Mexico had preserved for three millennia.

In 2010, the UN added Mexican cuisine to its Intangible Cultural Heritage list, the first year any national food culture had ever qualified. The application covered seed preservation, farming customs, ritual preparation, and thousands of years of cooking knowledge passed through communities.

The diversity inside that designation is hard to picture. Mexico has 59 varieties of heirloom corn, more than 60 distinct chili pepper types, and 32 states with cuisines different enough that Oaxacan mole negro (a dark sauce from dried chili and chocolate) and Yucatecan cochinita pibil (slow-roasted pork in a smoky red spice paste) share almost no ingredients. Oaxaca alone has more than 20 types of mole. Mole poblano uses more than 20 ingredients, including several chili varieties, dark chocolate, and cinnamon, in a single sauce.

Chicharron fires three systems at once. Fat carries flavor deep into the palate. The crunch comes from pork skin dried, then dropped in 375-degree oil. The trapped moisture turns to steam, puffs the skin, and produces thousands of flavor compounds through the same browning chemistry that makes coffee and seared meat smell incredible. Then the salsa lands capsaicin on top of everything and the dopamine kicks in.

The "best food ever" reaction has a chemical basis. You are tasting dopamine from capsaicin, browning chemistry from pork fat at high heat, and a tortilla built on a process 3,200 years old. These flavors were engineered to do exactly this.

[DAN KOE @thedankoe]

The 2-4 hours you spend scrolling each day (or 730-1460 hours each year) is more than enough time to write a book, build a business, or get in shape. In the moment, it seems like nothing. That's why it's so dangerous. Your time disappears without you being conscious of it.

[Omar Castillo @Omarcastillol]

@businessbarista Ai-native

[Claude @claudeai]

We’ve agreed to a partnership with @SpaceX that will substantially increase our compute capacity.

This, along with our other recent compute deals, means that we’ve been able to increase our usage limits for Claude Code and the Claude API.

[Omar Castillo @Omarcastillol]

@denohawari LLM

[Omar Castillo @Omarcastillol]

@Heyrohanislam Claude

[Omar Castillo @Omarcastillol]

@Jacobsklug Build

[UHN Plus @UHN_Plus]

🇲🇽‼️ | ÚLTIMA HORA — Ciudadanos hartos del narcogobierno de Morena llenaron la valla metálica del Palacio Nacional con cientos de pósters que exhiben a políticos vinculados al crimen organizado junto a la palabra “NARCOESTADO”.

Mañana se espera una manifestación HISTÓRICA en contra del gobierno de Sheinbaum.

[La República @RepublicaNow]

Para los que siempre me responden que los países nórdicos son exitosos por ser socialistas y bla bla bla....

Ojalá vean todo el video y se instruyan un poquito.

[PacoCalderónCartones🇲🇽❤️🇺🇦❤️🇮🇱 @CartonCalderon]

Por si no están suscritos:

[El Mitotero @elmitoteromx]

¡Tenemos medalla!

El equipo de arco femenil liderado por la hermosillense Alejandra Valencia hizo historia con la primera medalla olímpica para México en esa disciplina (por equipo femenil) y la primera medalla para México en París 2024.

Las mexicanas ganaron el bronce al vencer al equipo de Países Bajos en un emocionante encuentro con mucho viento.

El equipo mexicano se compone de Alejandra Valencia, Ángela Ruiz y Ana Paula Vásquez.

#ElMitotero #París

[Omar Castillo @Omarcastillol]

@CAPUFE increible la falta de personal en caseta de Hermosillo! Si ya saben que es un embotellamiento constante porque no ponen mas gente en horas pico?

[José Díaz @JJDiazMachuca]

Buen día 😃
Instrucciones del #NarcoPresidente @lopezobrador_ en caso de que el crimen organizado te exija cobro de piso.

@MauricioCollado

[Murphy Woodhouse @MurphyWoodhouse]

I left Sonora on Saturday. I'll surely be back, but leaving the place that's been my home for nearly 5 years without an imminent return planned was gutting. Getting to know Sonora has been a wondrous privilege, and I'd like to leave my AZ followers w/ this unsolicited advice:

[Emmanuel Rincón @EmmaRincon]

🇸🇻 @nayibbukele: "La caída de EEUU viene desde adentro, los enemigos están adentro. Cuando ves la velocidad con que se erosionan las ciudades dices: esto debe estar diseñado. Le están dando drogas a la gente, le están dando dinero a personas por no trabajar".

[Lex Fridman @lexfridman]

Focus on things that matter.

[Marius Hauken @mhauken]

Shortcuts is the most powerful app on your iPhone.

But 99% don’t know how to use it.

Here are 7 shortcuts to make your life easier:

[Don Ricardo Salinas Pliego @RicardoBSalinas]

Viva la desigualdad!!!!
Feliz fin de semana 😌😎 recuerden que para lograr resultados extraordinarios, hay que hacer esfuerzos extraordinarios.

[Jose Rosado @ WebScale @joserosado]

People will talk shit about you no matter what you do.

Did you win? They'll talk shit.

Lose? They'll talk shit.

Did nothing? They'll talk shit.

Do what you love, mind your own business, and never defend your choices and lifestyle.