A really poignant answer here from R Mason Thomas, prompted by a question from @johnehoover, as he reflects on his career with the #Sooners.
"How [the coaches have] developed me to get where I am today... is crazy."
If I could send my 18 year old self a message, it would have three parts:
1. Prestige is often mistaken. Follow curiosity instead.
2. There's no way to avoid hard work. It's not sufficient, but it is necessary.
3. Don't take your parents for granted.
New browser tool lets users freeze the internet in 2022 to escape AI-generated content.
Say “goodbye” to “AI slop”.
A new browser extension called Slop Evader lets you surf the web as if AI never existed. Created by artist and researcher Tega Brain, it automatically filters Google search results to show only pages published before November 30, 2022—the day generative AI went mainstream.
The result is a quieter, more human internet: no AI-written listicles, no synthetic stock photos, no deepfake videos or bot-penned product reviews. Just the pre-2023 web, frozen in time.
Slop Evader (and similar tools like Kagi’s SlopStop) reflects a growing backlash against the flood of low-quality, machine-generated content that has overwhelmed search engines and social feeds.
Brain stresses that the extension isn’t meant to be a forever solution. Instead, it’s a deliberate act of protest—an easy way for everyday users to reject the creeping artificiality of today’s web and demand something better. You lose access to anything new, of course, but for many, the trade-off feels worth it: clarity over noise, authenticity over algorithm.
Ahead of Thanksgiving, this school in Ohio set up a microphone, asking students to share something good that happened that day. The result was a whole lot of gratitude and thankfulness.
Your mood follows your attention. Gratitude shifts it in the right direction.
Across 64 randomized trials, simple gratitude exercises (diaries, expressing thanks, grateful reflection):
- Lower anxiety (8%)
- Lower depression (7%)
- Greater life satisfaction (7%)
We have lost too many people around this time of year to not say it: reach out to those you haven’t heard from in a while, ask them how they are really doing, grab a coffee a walk or a hike. Chances are, someone you know is in despair. It can make a difference.
The greatest gift you can give someone is the power to be successful. Giving people the opportunity to struggle rather than giving them the things they are struggling for will make them stronger.
Compliments are easy to give but they don't help people stretch. Pointing out someone's mistakes and weaknesses (so they learn what they need to deal with) is harder and less appreciated, but much more valuable in the long run. Though new employees will come to appreciate what you are doing, it is typically difficult for them to understand it at first; to be effective, you must clearly and repeatedly explain the logic and the caring behind it. #principleoftheday