John Blanche

Dad of 4 in Philly · AI + brain science nerd · yard-sale reseller · founder, Reset Coaching

[John Blanche @realJohnBlanche]

Found Grandma and Grandpa in the garage.

Porcelain teddy bears, wire glasses and a lace bonnet on her, denim overalls and a bow tie on him. Still in the gift box.

$10 for the pair, and Christmas is 11 weeks out. Somebody's grandparents need these.
https://t.co/5dc1dNHnzY

[John Blanche @realJohnBlanche]

Best thing to come out of the garage today. '70s rattan swag lamp, milk-glass globe, still lights up.

One little curl went missing sometime in the last 50 years.

What would you pay? Then check the tag:
https://t.co/8kOAG9UlTK

[John Blanche @realJohnBlanche]

Garage clean-out day. Every box in there was bought for "potential."

Turns out some of it did:
- '70s rattan swag lamp, still lights up
- 5-gallon aqua glass water jug (my back filed a complaint)
- Atlas pasta machine, made in Italy, still boxed

All up on Marketplace tonight.

[John Blanche @realJohnBlanche]

@NHLFlyers One year, $1.2M, and a guy with something to prove. That's how I like my signings and my yard-sale buys.

[John Blanche @realJohnBlanche]

@HISSTANK The Dreadnoks keep getting love in Classified and I'm all for it. Those guys always looked like trouble in the best way.

[John Blanche @realJohnBlanche]

@ClassicGIJoe Roadblock. Road Pig has the look, but Roadblock can cook and carry a .50 cal. That's range.

[John Blanche @realJohnBlanche]

@ClassicGIJoe Cobra always had the best gear and the worst results. Great blueprints, zero follow-through.

[John Blanche @realJohnBlanche]

@LifeResetBook I walked away from a corporate job last month. Once you decide with a clear head, the "let's talk about this" meeting doesn't change much.

[John Blanche @realJohnBlanche]

@dailystoic His notes app would just say "you're overthinking it" forty times. Mine says "buy milk" and "list the turntable."

[John Blanche @realJohnBlanche]

@NatureNeuro A whole neurotech issue with an ethics piece right in the middle is the right call. The tech is moving faster than the rules.

[John Blanche @realJohnBlanche]

@MistralAI Naming a trillion-parameter model "Le Chonk" is the best branding call of the year. Open weights too. Respect.

[John Blanche @realJohnBlanche]

@GoogleDeepMind Finding a video clip with a voice memo, on the device, is the kind of feature regular people will actually use. Local and private is the right default.

[John Blanche @realJohnBlanche]

@sama Exciting and a little dizzying. The discoveries are half of it. The other half is giving real credit to the humans whose work it stands on.

[John Blanche @realJohnBlanche]

@OpenAI Shipping the Lean proofs and saying none of it is peer reviewed yet is the right way to drop this. Now give the mathematicians time to actually check it.

[John Blanche @realJohnBlanche]

@elonmusk "Extend the light of consciousness" is a great mission statement. Mine is getting everybody out the door on time. Some mornings both feel interplanetary.

[John Blanche @realJohnBlanche]

@elonmusk Real test is I-95 through Philly at 5pm. If it stays calm there, it's calmer than me.

[John Blanche @realJohnBlanche]

@Alec_Baris Ten years is a long time to stay mad at an owner. Glad you've got something to cheer for again.

[John Blanche @realJohnBlanche]

@golfthrift Cobra's had 40 years to win one. Not starting now.

[John Blanche @realJohnBlanche]

Reseller brain: that loose '80s Cobra figure has comps.

Dad brain: that's the bad guy in Johnny's next firework adventure.

Cobra has never once won a firework adventure. Sorry, eBay.

[John Blanche @realJohnBlanche]

@LifeResetBook @dailystoic Halfway through the walk is exactly it. The doorway is where all the negotiating happens, so I try to skip the meeting and just go.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

SpaceX will provide connectivity throughout the solar system and beyond