Climate and sustainability @Accenture. Former Singapore policy guy and diplomat. Proud papa. Cities/trivia/wordplay/food/sports. Pronounced “suhng”
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Anyone using @Shortwave? I’m trying and like it so far but I made the mistake of asking it to bundle together some newsletters and now those newsletters are appearing in my inbox instead of being tucked away in newsletters
A book launch for a really fun read!
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Never Gana Gueyeve you up
The part in this about SBF essentially blowing off Anna Wintour to play Storybook Brawl only solidifies my sense that SBF was terminally video gamed, in that he lived life as though any major mistake could be erased by restoring a previous saved game
At one point, Sam Bankman-Fried was worth $22.5 billion.
No one but Mark Zuckerberg had become richer faster.
Then his crypto empire collapsed.
Michael Lewis was there for the rise and fall. Read an exclusive excerpt from his book on SBF's last year: wapo.st/3LIAQ6T
I have a half-baked theory that the rise of video games has caused some people to act as though consequential actions with bad outcomes can be fixed by a simple respawn (see: SBF and FTX)
Daryl Sng retweeted
[Scooby Doo at an interview]
Interviewer: May I see your CV?
Scooby: *hands CV over* Rrres you may!
Interviewer: Round here we call it a CV.
Very well deserved
BREAKING NEWS
The 2023 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman for their discoveries concerning nucleoside base modifications that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19.
When that Wakefield knuckleball was dancing it was Astaire or the Nicholas Brothers in baseball form
RIP to one of the best
Our hearts are broken with the loss of Tim Wakefield.
Wake embodied true goodness; a devoted husband, father, and teammate, beloved broadcaster, and the ultimate community leader. He gave so much to the game and all of Red Sox Nation.
Our deepest love and thoughts are with Stacy, Trevor, Brianna, and the Wakefield family.
ALT A photo of Tim and Stacy Wakefield posing with the 2004 World Series trophy in the clubhouse after winning. The graphic reads "The Boston Red Sox remember Tim Wakefield 1966-2023"
Daryl Sng retweeted
Before a Harvard community that stood in the rain to witness history, Claudine Gay is inaugurated as the university’s 30th president. She met the moment with an extraordinary speech. 1/
Puzzle take me from Reddit: if you type in “sem” into the iPhone emoji keyboard you get two semi trucks (understandable) and a croc/gator. Why is that? (The answer is kind of bizarre)
Thought Thurs #NYTXW was fine but didn’t understand the theme. Then after I was done I saw that those random black boxes in the app were supposed to have clues & images of a musical staff! 🎼 Sorry @rickycruzart got done dirty, would’ve been great with theme executed right. 7:04
