J Marston

Dad of 3 doing stuff | prev: @stripe @Uber | sports, food, travel enthusiast

[New York Magazine @NYMag]

Over the last few years, Vanderbilt has become one of the most desired and admired schools in the country. At a time when only 42 percent of Americans say they have a lot of confidence in higher education, and as other schools face a spate of crises — an increasingly antagonistic White House, the existential threat of AI, administrative uncertainty about how to handle student protests — the university has emerged as a bit of an apolitical fantasy land.

It accepted just 2.9 percent of regular-decision applicants, and although its overall acceptance rate won’t be available until late August, a university official said it’s expected to be about 4.8 percent, which would make Vanderbilt almost as hard to get into as Yale was last year. And in about a month, the university will take over most of a city block in Chelsea, which will allow roughly 90 undergraduates to “study abroad” in New York, interning for such beloved local institutions as JPMorgan and McKinsey.

“I’m not exaggerating when I say it’s on 85 percent of my students’ lists,” said Christopher Rim, a college-admissions consultant who works primarily with the ultrawealthy in Manhattan. “It’s the Ivies, MIT, Duke, Stanford, Vanderbilt.”

Claire Suddath reports on how Vanderbilt’s reputational makeover — making the school less fancy and southern, and considerably more selective and popular — has been in the works for decades: https://t.co/dZedb1gzJS

[Daniel Green @dgrreen]

The Sam Altman and @miramurati texts from the day he got fired from @OpenAI in 2023 just became evidence in the @elonmusk v. @sama trial.

It felt like a meaningful moment in AI history, so I turned it into a musical.

The lyrics are the texts.

[Vanderbilt Baseball @VandyBoys]

ARE YOU SERIOUS?!

Walk-off slam for the sweep!

[J Marston @johnmarston4]

@BofA_Help I cannot log into my account using the iOS app. According to your app reviews - dozens of others can’t either. Doing so just returns a blank white screen. Can you please give us a workaround and pass this feedback to your dev team?

[J Marston @johnmarston4]

@NESpower Not sure a DM is necessary given I shared the intersection, but ok!

[J Marston @johnmarston4]

@NESpower any chance you could send somebody out to McGavock and Maxey Lane to address this pole somebody smashed into today?

[J Marston @johnmarston4]

@NissanUSA Can we expect the new #NissanMurano to also have an unfixable, faulty sunroof drain system design (according to your service centers)? Having half a gallon of water in my floorboard every time it rains on both sides of my car is less than ideal.

[J Marston @johnmarston4]

@SonySupportUSA my toddler accidentally damaged the panel on my Sony TV. Is there any way to determine if it can be repaired?

[J Marston @johnmarston4]

@nilansaha Stepping in to figure out what’s going on here, Nilan.

[J Marston @johnmarston4]

@callmehouck This is incorrect. https://t.co/H0pBsJscw4

[J Marston @johnmarston4]

@BofA_Help having trouble understanding how to interpret my preferred rewards tier. Can you help?

[J Marston @johnmarston4]

@PradyuPrasad @Scobleizer Most results in any Google search on this claim GT as the winner. What’s your basis for ChatGPT?

[J Marston @johnmarston4]

@bracketdan @NotJakeKemp heard on an old podcast ep about your credit card canceling habits. Check out https://t.co/e8xyjKfbgj instead and save yourself the headache (not affiliated with them but I use them)

[FB_Helmet_Guy @FB_Helmet_Guy]

NFL fun facts. Tom Brady retires with the second most career receiving yards after age 40 in NFL history (min 1 rec).

1. Jerry Rice 2,169
2. Tom Brady 6
3. Brett Favre -2

[Joe Pompliano @JoePompliano]

David Beckham shocked the world when he left Real Madrid in 2007 to sign with the LA Galaxy of MLS.

He was just 31 years old and accepted a 70% pay cut.

But his contract included two unique clauses that eventually helped him earn more than $500 million.

Here's the story 👇

[J Marston @johnmarston4]

@SumeetOlivier @ShaanVP Unlimited photos and videos hasn’t been a thing since Pixel 5, and anything other than the OG Pixel is a reduced quality, compressed version. Everything else here is right.

[Dave Portnoy @stoolpresidente]

Rant Alert - SBF Will Not Be Subpoenaed To Testify Regarding FTX Collapse? @elonmusk

[J Marston @johnmarston4]

@sweatystartup Or, and I know this is crazy, spend 80% of that or less and have somebody come directly to your house so you don’t deal with drop off or pickup. I call it “babysitter”, and it is going to change everything!

[J Marston @johnmarston4]

@ColinandSamir @DudePerfect @NotJackKemp