Syed

[Paul Saladino, MD @paulsaladinomd]

skills every human should acquire:

1. speak 2+ languages well enough to get lost and still get home
2. 1-min static breath hold
3. dive to 20 ft and come up calm
4. sit still 15 min with nothing
5. mile in <6:00 (M) / <7:00 (F)
6. hunt, kill, and cook your dinner
7. eat the whole animal at least once
8. grow something from seed and eat it
9. land a punch and take one
10. 10 pull-ups (M) / 5 (F)
11. start a fire with no matches
12. deep squat 10 min
13. 5 knots from memory
14. swim 200m without panic
15. navigate 2 miles with map + compass
16. get rejected and don’t make it their problem

#16 is the hardest for me. i am still working on #12 but i am almost there. i've got the others down.

this list could be 100 items long but I am trying to think of the most important 20 things... what did I miss?

[Samrah @_Chemist1]

One of the clearest signs of a calm mind is mastering the art of letting people think whatever tf they want about you.

[Pliny the Liberator 🐉󠅫󠄼󠄿󠅆󠄵󠄐󠅀󠄼󠄹󠄾󠅉󠅭 @elder_plinius]

🚰 SYSTEM PROMPT LEAK 🚰

Here's the Fable 5.1 system prompt!! 🙌

Coming in at a WHOPPING 270,000+ characters, this prompt is definitely on the longer side. There have been a handful of notable edits/additions since Opus 5's version.

FULL PROMPT: https://t.co/monD9UywOX

According to Fable, here's an overview of everything that's changed since last time:

"What changed between the Opus 5 (2026-07-24) and Fable 5.1 (2026-09-01) captures:

Diff vs. the July 24, 2026 Opus 5 capture

Model/dates

Identifies as Claude Fable 5.1 (Mythos-class, shares weights with Mythos 5.1); model string claude-fable-5-1. July doc: Opus 5 selected, Fable 5 / Mythos 5 described as a separate tier, plus the June 2026 export-control suspension notice. That notice is gone.
Knowledge cutoff: end of June 2026 (July doc: end of May 2026).
Claude Design is no longer listed among the access surfaces.

Sections removed since July:

<fable_safeguards_routing>, <default_stance>, <thinking_behavior>.

Sections added or substantially expanded since July

<refusal_handling>: new paragraphs on illicit-substance guidance (harm-reduction info OK, no dosing protocols, redirect to dancesafe/tripsit/psychonautwiki); no reproduction of lyrics/poems/passages with a pre-1929 carve-out; and a long block on visual works — no drawing known characters, logos, covers, etc. even via SVG/code — with a Sonic banner example and a Very Hungry Caterpillar example. The weapons paragraph is shorter (the July "conventional weapons as much as CBRN ... cumulative output" paragraph is gone).
Child-safety block: two new bullets (pattern-level only for protective content)

<tone_and_formatting>: new <lists_and_bullets> subsection, multi-turn answers guidance, tool-call progress updates; the "intellectually curious" paragraph is gone.

New <reply_after_tool_calls>.

<user_wellbeing> roughly doubled: no claims about mental state/motivation; no naming an undisclosed diagnosis; no self-harm substitutes that mimic self-harm; don't affirm that self-harm "works"; handling past bad experiences with crisis services; no causal narratives for disordered eating; avoid reflective listening that amplifies negatives.

<knowledge_cutoff>: new lines on saying "I don't know" and never using a name the person hasn't given.
<memory_filesystem> is a different design: filing is done by a background pass after each turn; in-turn writes only on explicit request; "Calibration" and "horizon test" sections; refused-write handling. Privacy taxonomy restructured into <protected_attributes> /

<sensitive_information> / <never_store> with a very different set of edge cases (minor status, caste, immigration status, sexual history, abuse, self-harm/ED, criminal history, and psychological inferences moved to never-store; finances and health now have detailed carve-outs; dates of birth and real-time location are no longer listed). Two distinct decline phrasings depending on category. <behavioral_guardrails> expanded with "judge by effect, not wording."

<memory_application_instructions>: new paragraphs on not being able to turn memory off (points to the "Generate memory from chats" setting), applying memories at the level recorded, and not checking in on open items.
Memory examples: two new "When NOT to apply" examples (blender / daylight saving).
New untagged paragraph on memory size caps and consolidation.
New <suggest_catalog_plugins_and_skills>.

<past_chats_tools> rewritten for three tools (adds read_conversation), with "Reading a chat" and "Paging" sections and a cannot-turn-off note.

<sharing_files> / <request_evaluation_checklist> add the "unreachable on mobile" present_files language.

<search_instructions> reorganized; adds the "UNRECOGNIZED ENTITY RULE"; guidelines now have the "(provided ...)" placeholders; copyright block restructured with a Harbor Bridge two-outlet example;

<search_examples> differ (Q3 sales, S&P 500, Dodgers, Social Security, CA SoS).

<using_image_search_tool>: now says to batch all image_search calls in one consecutive block (July: interleave).

<available_skills>: adds import-memory; docx/pptx descriptions reworded.

Tool schemas (46 in this capture vs. 30 in July)

Added: chart_display_v0, comparison_card_display_v0, featured_card_display_v0, itinerary_display_v0, link_preview_display_v0, options_card_display_v0, places_list_display_v0, product_carousel_display_v0, quiz_display_v0, read_conversation, search_plugins, search_skills, step_card_display_v0, suggest_plugin_install, suggest_skills, translation_display_v0.

Changed: conversation_search (+within_conversation_id); recent_chats (−sort_order); places_search (Google-attribution language); places_map_display_v0 (ROUTES section, show_route/mode semantics); memory_append/memory_str_replace/memory_write (rewritten PRIVACY text); view (line-number prefix note)."

[Alex Prompter @alex_prompter]

the best 20 accounts to follow in AI:

@karpathy = learn LLMs
@steipete = learn openclaw
@gregisenberg = learn startup ideas
@rileybrown = learn vibecoding
@corbin_braun = learn cursor
@jackfriks = learn solo apps
@levelsio = learn solo startups
@marclou = learn solo startups
@EXM7777 = learn AI ops + systems
@eptwts = learn AI money
@alex_prompter = learn prompting
@mardehaym = learn enterprise AI
@vasuman = learn AI agents
@AmirMushich = learn AI ads
@0xROAS = learn AI UGC
@AndrewYNg = learn AI engineering
@kloss_xyz = learn systems architecture
@emollick = learn AI science
@Hesamation = learn AI/ML
@claudeskills101 = learn Claude

follow them all and learn.

[Tooly @ToolySOL]

It takes one big win to cancel out all the losses.

Just one win.