Him Tortons

I hate the leafs. I love the leafs.

[NixUniverse 🐦‍🔥 @TheNixUniverse]

The literal vice president of the United States saying “give us another chance” after 2 years of pure dystopia is fucking insane and you’re an idiot if you vote for them

[Him Tortons @horglund]

@markdfabela I live in the outer sunset, have kids, and my family uses this beautiful park every day. Absolutely worth having my commute be 5 mins longer for Sunset Dunes.

[Him Tortons @horglund]

These tech losers desperately need to touch grass, and experience all that make SF such a magical city.

[Deedy @deedydas]

The vibes in SF feel pretty frenetic right now. The divide in outcomes is the worst I've ever seen.

Over the last 5yrs, a group of ~10k people - employees at Anthropic, OpenAI, xAI, Nvidia, Meta TBD, founders - have hit retirement wealth of well above $20M (back of the envelope AI estimation).

Everyone outside that group feels like they can work their well-paying (but <$500k) job for their whole life and never get there.

Worse yet, layoffs are in full swing. Many software engineers feel like their life's skill is no longer useful. The day to day role of most jobs has changed overnight with AI.

As a result,
1. The corporate ladder looks like the wrong building to climb.
Everyone's trying to align with a new set of career "paths": should I be a founder? Is it too late to join Anthropic / OpenAI? should I get into AI? what company stock will 10x next? People are demanding higher salaries and switching jobs more and more.

2. There’s a deep malaise about work (and its future).
Why even work at all for “peanuts”? Will my job even exist in a few years? Many feel helpless. You hear the “permanent underclass” conversation a lot, esp from young people. It's hard to focus on doing good work when you think "man, if I joined Anthropic 2yrs ago, I could retire"

3. The mid to late middle managers feel paralyzed.
Many have families and don't feel like they have the energy or network to just "start a company". They don't particularly have any AI skills. They see the writing on the wall: middle management is being hollowed out in many companies.

4. The rich aren’t particularly happy either.
No one is shedding tears for them (and rightfully so). But those who have "made it" experience a profound lack of purpose too. Some have gone from <$150k to >$50M in a few years with no ramp. It flips your life plans upside down. For some, comparison is the thief of joy. For some, they escape to NYC to "live life". For others still, they start companies "just cuz", often to win status points. They never imagined that by age 30, they'd be set. I once asked a post-economic founder friend why they didn't just sell the co and they said "and do what? right now, everyone wants to talk to me. if i sell, I will only have money."

I understand that many reading this scoff at the champagne problems of the valley. Society is warped in this tech bubble. What is often well-off anywhere else in the world is bang average here.

Unlike many other places, tenure, intelligence and hard work can be loosely correlated with outcomes in the Bay. Living through a societally transformative gold rush in that environment can be paralyzing. "Am I in the right place? Should I move? Is there time still left? Am I gonna make it?" It psychologically torments many who have moved here in search of "success".

Ironically, a frequent side effect of this torment is to spin up the very products making everyone rich in hopes that you too can vibecode your path to economic enlightenment.

[Jeff Veillette @JeffVeillette]

Say what you will about the Leafs, the stars underperforming their potential and all that, but it's never gotten as bad as "swept 4-0, never had a lead for a second, and their four highest-paid skaters combined for 0 goals and 3 assists"

[Waymo @Waymo]

Now beginning to offer fully autonomous freeways rides in SF, LA, and PHX! Express interest in the Waymo app to be one of the first in the world to relax on freeways with no one behind the wheel. More about this and our SF Bay Area expansion at https://t.co/6cnm1PirMo

[Him Tortons @horglund]

Very smart people being paid very well to create the absolute lowest common denominator slop delivery mechanism. Tragic.

[Alexandr Wang @alexandr_wang]

Excited to share Vibes — a new feed in the Meta AI app for short-form, AI-generated videos.

[Kevin Roose @kevinroose]

I don't know how people can look at Waymo's safety data (or just ride in one) and not feel like we live in an age of miracles. The car! Drives! Itself!

[Dmitri Dolgov @dmitri_dolgov]

We lead the AV industry with our deep commitment to safety, transparency, and accountability. Our track record, with the latest update covering 96M fully autonomous miles, has earned the trust of partners like SFO. We're honored and excited to begin autonomous testing at the airport!

[Ethan Teicher @ethanteicher]

96M miles of @Waymo safety data just dropped

[Waymo @Waymo]

Set your pickup time, we’ll handle the rest. 🤝 Now you can plan a ride with Waymo ahead of time, on your terms.

[Him Tortons @horglund]

But what does this mean for the leafs?

[Chris Johnston @reporterchris]

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce will be in attendance for Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final tonight.

[Him Tortons @horglund]

@wyshynski

[Him Tortons @horglund]

@taj1944 I wouldn’t listen to anything Seravalli says…

[Him Tortons @horglund]

@jakewoolf Evan kinori, studio Nicholson, our legacy, mfpen

[Him Tortons @horglund]

@wyshynski Is the missed call Lohrei holding his stick?

[Him Tortons @horglund]

@FulIMeasures Ok that was a pretty sick goal

[Him Tortons @horglund]

@FulIMeasures I’ll stop hating when he does something like that in game that matters.

[Him Tortons @horglund]

@TheCinesthetic At least link to the site of the creator who designed the hat (and who the image on the right is taken from), rather than some low quality fake factory https://t.co/hPz1nQx0Pm

[Him Tortons @horglund]

@mic_mazz I actually think it’s their best logo. Negative connotations from that era, but appreciate its simplicity and impact.