taylor marsh

freelance writer/cd/gcd/ecd

[evan loves worf @esjesjesj]

You live in NYC you fucking traitor

[Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @NYCMayor]

.@NYCSanitation I'd like to report a sweep

[taylor marsh @taylor_marsh]

Webby Winner: Messi Intercepts the Super Bowl https://t.co/EWjLlojk8B via @TheWebbyAwards

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

When simulation becomes the norm, it weakens the human capacity for discernment. As a result, our social bonds close in upon themselves, forming self-referential circuits that no longer expose us to reality. We thus come to live within bubbles, impermeable to one another. Feeling threatened by anyone who is different, we grow unaccustomed to encounter and dialogue. In this way, polarization, conflict, fear and violence spread. What is at stake is not merely the risk of error, but a transformation in our very relationship with truth.

[Big Brain AI @realBigBrainAI]

Peter Steinberger, creator of OpenClaw, on why AI agents still produce "slop" without human taste in the loop:

"You can create code and run all night and then you have like the ultimate slop because what those agents don't really do yet is have taste."

Peter is direct: raw capability without direction still produces mediocre output.

"They are spiky smart and they're really good at things, but if you don't navigate them well, if you don't have a vision of what you're going to build, it's still going to be slop. If you don't ask the right questions, it's still going to be slop."

Great AI-assisted work is defined by the human guiding it.

@steipete describes his own creative process when starting a new project:

"When I start a project, I have like this very rough idea what it could be. And as I play with it and feel it, my vision gets more clear. I try out things, some things don't work, and I evolve my idea into what it will become."

Most people skip this part entirely, front-loading everything into a single prompt and wondering why the result feels hollow.

"My next prompt depends on what I see and feel and think about the current state of the project."

Each step informs the next. The work itself is the feedback loop.

"But if you try to put everything into a spec up front, you miss this kind of human-machine loop. And then I don't know how something good can come out without having feelings in the loop — almost like taste."

The agentic trap is what happens when you remove yourself from the process too early.

[taylor marsh @taylor_marsh]

Leverage = angle + timing + psychology.

[taylor marsh @taylor_marsh]

If you can create a moment that travels faster than regulation, someone will pay for it.

[NYC Water @NYCWater]

NYC saw a significant reduction in water usage throughout the five boroughs during the Super Bowl’s #BadBunny halftime show yesterday, but in the 15 minutes right after the show ended, there was a spike in usage equivalent to 761,719 toilets flushing across town.#SBLX

[taylor marsh @taylor_marsh]

Still want your MTV? https://t.co/hKc61U5JQ1

[Will Manidis @WillManidis]

over the next few years a majority of the population will outsource their taste, their opinions, their thoughts, their work, and ultimately their lives to language models. the great cultural norming is coming,

you will be unbelievably powerful if you resist model capture

[Desus MF Nice💯 @desusnice]

clipse doing 113k is the same as nature healing when we had the lockdowns

[demi adejuyigbe @electrolemon]

you guys are being sooooo weird on the website where we created an economy of clout for Who Can Be The Most Mean About Stuff

[atlas @creatine_cycle]

if you're feeling a little uneasy about the state of global geopolitics tonight remember to spend as much time on your phone as possible. the more information you ingest as you scroll the calmer you will become

[New York Liberty @nyliberty]

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[KnicksMuse @KnicksMuse]

NBA Playoffs Most Points Per Game:

Since 2023 (min 20 GP)
#1 — Jalen Brunson

Since 2024 (min 10 GP)
#1 — Jalen Brunson

Since 2025 (min 10 GP)
#1 — Jalen Brunson

He’s a bonafide superstar.

[taylor marsh @taylor_marsh]

Apple | When football ends, fútbol begins https://t.co/StqCKdliwg

[Complex Sports @ComplexSports]

KNICKS TAKE 3-1 LEAD

[taylor marsh @taylor_marsh]

Sometimes you just need to close your computer and get off Slack. And pick up your phone, and get on Slack.

[Soren Iverson @soren_iverson]

Google Meet confirmation that yes, everyone can see your screen