Jonathan Baillie Strong

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[Jonathan Baillie Strong @jonbstrong]

Let's play "spot the well known podcast"..

[Adam Fry @adamhfry]

This week’s ChatGPT feature drop - Aug 21:

Another Friday, another roundup of what we shipped this week:

1/ Recent photos: Long press on + menu to quickly attach recents on iOS - this is a fun, power user feature. just beautiful design! also a handy shortcut.

2/ Time: We made it so ChatGPT better understands your current time. It was surprisingly bad at this before, for some interesting, complex reasons. Now it's better!

3/ Long convo loading: Long conversations load and run faster on https://t.co/Hp1l59poJq. Less waiting = better.

4/ 'No internet' errors: We show clearer updates in the UI when you’re waiting for an internet connection. It's so frustrating when ChatGPT times out. Now at least you'll know why, when it's the internet.

thanks to the crew that keeps shipping every week and hope you all enjoy 🚀

[Jonathan Baillie Strong @jonbstrong]

@TrungTPhan The best Parmigiano story may be how Massimo Bottura rescued the Emilia-Romagna region’s industry by turning a risotto recipe into a global movement - helping local cheesemakers keep their jobs and saving 360,000 wheels after earthquakes in 2012.

https://t.co/EIpbpKAYXY

[Jonathan Baillie Strong @jonbstrong]

@levelsio It hasn’t “passed” yet. Parliament sent its amended version back to the Council, where member states decide next.

https://t.co/qBCFfh3h39

Chat Control is bad, but misinfo and “democracy is dead” framing don’t make the case stronger.

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@MrJacobEspi Hey why did you cut me and the rest of east coast off the map haha

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@itsjohnapolinar @BrianMSkinner Awesome! Congrats!

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@itsjohnapolinar how did it go???

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@itsjohnapolinar Good luck John! I’m sure you’ll crush it!

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@MrJacobEspi Stoked!!!

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@nberke @epicenter_nyc + h/t to @SachiTakahashi for putting your list on my radar :)

https://t.co/Og2pBXJmaS

[Jonathan Baillie Strong @jonbstrong]

@nberke Hey Ned! Great list (and still relevant!)
https://t.co/n2s4A1VCjV

One more worth adding: @epicenter_nyc

Curious if you’d ever include hyperlocal event newsletters (Jackson Heights Insider, Astoria Live) - not classic newsrooms, but deeply embedded community info hubs.

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@communityboard3 Is there a recording available for this somewhere?

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@louisnicholls_ thanks!!!

[Jonathan Baillie Strong @jonbstrong]

I wrote a personal review of 2025.
Lots of travel. Unexpectedly went very local.
A reminder that people > algorithms.

If you’re into annual reviews, it’s here 👇

https://t.co/d5TUTDEPuu

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@thegarrettscott @doanythingapp 🙏

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Drop your favorite annual review.

Yours counts.

Self-plugs encouraged 👇

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@andruyeung @DavidNebinski has been interviewing (mostly NYC-based) people doing exactly this for years on the Portfolio Career Podcast

https://t.co/4qfiyBsUal

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@nickgraynews Go to the former secretary of education hq, murals everywhere (only recently opened up to the public in September 2024)

https://t.co/O7bEtGEsJd

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@nickgraynews If you’re still in CDMX on Sunday, definitely go to this open art gallery in Colonia San Rafael just off Reforma if you haven’t already been

https://t.co/cmvN2p5LXm

@meryyoyo (my wificita) and I went earlier this year and loved it. Absolute gem!