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[Kevin Durant @KDTrey5]

I remember asking assistant coach Mo Cheeks, what’s harder to do? Workout after practice or before?? I only asked cuz by time I would get to the gym, Russ was already done in the morning and I usually got mine in after practice. Mo like, “coming in before practice is probably harder”…since then, it’s been my routine….a lot of people looked at the emotions on the court and thought Russ was loud, nah to me, he was quiet and methodical. He lead by example and once the lights were bright, he let everything out and experienced pure freedom. It was inspiring as his teammate and everywhere I went, I seen it inspire people from all walks of life, crazy thing is, he didn’t say much, he just showed up. For 18 years. This basketball life is sacred to us as professionals, what we put into that court means everything. Some of us wish we could go back and do things with a little more intent and some can just wipe their hands and be satisfied with the time spent. Who u gonna be? We know what zero was on…keep inspiring in the next phase of life champ. I don’t care what happens, can’t erase what it was…The first YNs, finals run in our early 20s, all star games, seeing each other get injured and bounce back, the bus rides, plane rides, card games, jokes and arguments, the whole thing, memorable!! …to the whole Westbrook family, Nina, the kids, mama Westbrook, big Russ, Ray, Donnell, everybody from luezinger high and ucla and many more that I’m forgettin, much love and Congratulations on a iconic career.

[Goblin Moder @mischiefanimals]

in the days before cameras this would've become a legendary local cryptid. in the 21st century we're calling it Jimothy

[Henrik Karlsson @phokarlsson]

My sense of self is highly entwined with my wife Johanna: we work together, we always talk, and we became adults together. It used to be hard on me when she had to travel, I rapidly got sad and didn’t eat properly and so on, regressing I guess. I just couldn’t see the meaning in making food just for me! Or make the house look good, etc.
Then my friend Alice died, and I watched her husband handle the grief. His energy was very much “Alice enabled me to become a person I’m proud of, and if I keep living the way she enabled me to live, I honor and keep a part of her alive, the part that worked itself into me”—and there was such strength in that. He was sad of course, but there was almost a holy energy about him.
I have no idea if I could honor the dead with such grace, but seeing him changed something deep inside of me. I now feel like I carry the love of everyone I care for, present or not, alive or not, and try to live as close as possible to the best version of me that their presence enabled. It buttresses me. Psychologically, I guess it is similar to mental move that deeply religious Christians do when they make themselves feel a demanding yet loving God looking over them.

[Tyler is finishing a book, slow to reply @TylerAlterman]

IMO ppl r unhealthily obsessed with “the state of the world.” This scale of focus makes sense if you are, eg, a billionaire philanthropist, famous person, or policymaker. If you’re not, I think it’s ok to just focus on the state of YOUR world. How are your friends & fam doing?

[ib @Indian_Bronson]

So far no drones can do this. Even elaborate light shows rely on preprogrammed routes and deterministic behavior. This emergent, dynamic behavior where the individual birds all follow one another and a ‘flock’ comes to be is still beyond edge compute.

[justin @choamjomsky]

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[justin @choamjomsky]

Pico and Tasha, 1987

Henry Wessel