Ash Thaker

Husband/Dad/Gooner in the corner of a foreign field. I know little but am always curious. History rhymes. “If you can think—and not make thoughts your aim...”

[Ash Thaker @ashthaker1]

Weekend Reads to start 2026
https://t.co/hThhNq5GKa

[News from Google @NewsFromGoogle]

We're launching Search profiles, a new way for publishers and creators to shape their presence on Search. Search profiles are a dedicated, shareable space to highlight content across social media, video and news platforms, and help audiences find accurate and up-to-date information about sources on Search.

[Ash Thaker @ashthaker1]

@Saboo_Shubham_ Yes

[Cricketopia @CricketopiaCom]

Ball of the Century

#OnThisDay in 1993, Shane Warne bowled his first ball in England and that turned out to be the Ball of the Century.

It drifted lazily onto leg stump, then spat back a yard or two and clipped the top of off.

The famous picture of Ian Healy aahing and Gatting oohing tells the story perfectly.

[Nick Ames @NickAmes82]

Here is our comprehensive guide to all 1,248 World Cup players – feast on it, and don't let it out of your sight from next Thursday: https://t.co/iKuOB8q8Jn

[Cricketopia @CricketopiaCom]

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What an over by Ollie Robinson

[College Board @CollegeBoard]

Our long-standing partnership with @codeorg (now CodeAI) has expanded access to AP Computer Science Principles for students of all backgrounds. As AI reshapes the workforce, we too believe students need foundational skills and hands-on exposure to the future of work in high school to succeed in an AI-driven workforce. Learn more about CodeAI's renewed commitment to preparing students for the future.

[Y Combinator @ycombinator]

Lamina Labs is building the fastest infra for explainer videos.

The first product from @laminalabs, Simi, turns any prompt or document into a whiteboard-style explainer video in seconds, across 80+ languages, so anyone can explain anything clearly.

Congrats on the launch, @sudiprokaya and @mk314k!

[Dennis Hong @dennisihong]

AI

[nxthompson @nxthompson]

The most interesting thing in tech: According to @eastdakota, bot traffic now exceeds human traffic. The web was made for people, and in the next few years, it's going to have to be completely reengineered for this new reality. If you run a website, you need a strategy for what's coming.

[Ash Thaker @ashthaker1]

@dennisihong @TheTranscript_ @mustafasuleyman reckon end goal here is Open Source Models driving a Personal OS for each user?

[Ash Thaker @ashthaker1]

@dennisihong @TheTranscript_ @mustafasuleyman I'm doing the Google Agents course on June 15th - will see how it goes.

[Ash Thaker @ashthaker1]

@InvestLikeBest @patrick_oshag @dkhos https://t.co/T0OyW7552v

[Ash Thaker @ashthaker1]

@InvestLikeBest @patrick_oshag @dkhos Come on you Tractor Boys!! IYKYK @dkhos

[Ash Thaker @ashthaker1]

@patrick_oshag @dkhos https://t.co/T0OyW7552v

[John Arnold @johnarnold]

Seems like if we're really concerned that capital will displace labor, we should start by closing the 16 percentage point tax advantage capital enjoys over labor.

[Ash Thaker @ashthaker1]

Why do you think it is behind the others. Do you think it was trained on Googles codebase (which also begs the question about quality of existing code) or is it just better to start fresh and learn off modern coding patterns. Kind of like a python coder will be used to infinite memory while a CoBOL coder will have the cleverest and most efficient code. But both don’t work in same situation.

[Dennis Hong @dennisihong]

@TheTranscript_ @mustafasuleyman Google’s coding agent is the missing piece. If they can nail that, they’re perfectly positioned to drive involution in AI token prices.

[Ash Thaker @ashthaker1]

@Jesse_Livermore https://t.co/3WBdPc9tRN there is also the P vs NP Closed Solvable Systems vs Open Ended random mutation based systems - to consider. And do we even want perfect Mr Spock.