Craig Weich
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Breakthrough Energy Ventures Operating Advisor/ Startup Chief Commercial Officer Climate/ DeepTech. Black Diamond. Scarpa. Petzl. Hoka. Garmin.
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Just started listening to this 100 best songs list and I am 3-for-3 digging these so far, a far higher percentage than any other list I have started this year
December 4, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Just started listening to this 100 best songs list and I am 3-for-3 digging these so far, a far higher percentage than any other list I have started this year
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Raise a glass to pop's newest little weirdo
Glad she earned her rightful spot on @pitchfork.com's best pop albums of 2025 list: pitchfork.com/features/lis...
Glad she earned her rightful spot on @pitchfork.com's best pop albums of 2025 list: pitchfork.com/features/lis...
December 4, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Raise a glass to pop's newest little weirdo
Glad she earned her rightful spot on @pitchfork.com's best pop albums of 2025 list: pitchfork.com/features/lis...
Glad she earned her rightful spot on @pitchfork.com's best pop albums of 2025 list: pitchfork.com/features/lis...
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From Otis Redding to Booker T, Steve Cropper was a strong yet subtle force that shaped so many soul classics
From Otis Redding to Booker T, Steve Cropper was a strong yet subtle force that shaped so many soul classics
The guitarist for Booker T & the MGs defined the sound of original R&B, co-creating soul anthems and proving himself one of the most influential musicians of the 60s
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:34 PM
From Otis Redding to Booker T, Steve Cropper was a strong yet subtle force that shaped so many soul classics
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Australian diver Rhiannan Iffland explains the physical strength and mental toughness required to jump from the height of a five-story building and survive
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I’m the World’s Best Cliff Diver. Here’s What It’s Like to Jump from 68 Feet.
Australian diver Rhiannan Iffland explains the physical strength and mental toughness required to jump from the height of a five-story building and survive
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December 4, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Australian diver Rhiannan Iffland explains the physical strength and mental toughness required to jump from the height of a five-story building and survive
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Steve Cropper, the prodigious guitarist, songwriter and producer who played a pivotal role in shaping the lean gutbucket soul music made at Memphis’s Stax Records in the 1960s and ’70s, has died at 84.
Steve Cropper, Guitarist, Songwriter and a Shaper of Memphis Soul Music
As a member of Booker T. & the MG’s and as a producer, he played a pivotal role in the rise of Stax Records, a storied force in R&B in the 1960s and ’70s.
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December 4, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Steve Cropper, the prodigious guitarist, songwriter and producer who played a pivotal role in shaping the lean gutbucket soul music made at Memphis’s Stax Records in the 1960s and ’70s, has died at 84.
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If you say it's an off year for rock or, worse, nobody's making interesting guitar records, I will laugh in your face
The list goes on and on
(but for now, it's capped at 30)
pitchfork.com/features/lis...
The list goes on and on
(but for now, it's capped at 30)
pitchfork.com/features/lis...
The 30 Best Rock Albums of 2025
Featuring Geese, Wet Leg, Suede, the Beths, Cass McCombs, Panda Bear, and more
pitchfork.com
December 3, 2025 at 2:33 PM
If you say it's an off year for rock or, worse, nobody's making interesting guitar records, I will laugh in your face
The list goes on and on
(but for now, it's capped at 30)
pitchfork.com/features/lis...
The list goes on and on
(but for now, it's capped at 30)
pitchfork.com/features/lis...
@benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org A friend's film on Ukraine that you might want to be aware of (maybe you already are)
www.pbs.org/video/ukrain...
www.pbs.org/video/ukrain...
Ukraine Under Fire
At its essence, UKRAINE UNDER FIRE is a film about Ukrainian resilience during a time of war.
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December 2, 2025 at 10:11 PM
@benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org A friend's film on Ukraine that you might want to be aware of (maybe you already are)
www.pbs.org/video/ukrain...
www.pbs.org/video/ukrain...
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The best history and politics books of 2025
The best history and politics books of 2025
The revolutionary spirit in politics and architecture; histories of free speech and civil war; plus how the Tories fell apart and Starmer won
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:33 AM
The best history and politics books of 2025
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The best crime and thrillers of 2025
The best crime and thrillers of 2025
Mick Herron’s Slow Horses, Belinda Bauer’s obsessive world of bird egg collectors, Uketsu’s innovative Japanese detective mystery – and more
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 9:59 AM
The best crime and thrillers of 2025
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In matching, brilliant blue suits, David Byrne and his band squeeze behind the Desk to perform four songs, including Talking Heads' "Life During Wartime." n.pr/4pFYoun
David Byrne: Tiny Desk Concert
In matching, brilliant blue suits, David Byrne and his band squeeze behind the Desk to perform four songs, including Talking Heads' "Life During Wartime."
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December 1, 2025 at 11:52 AM
In matching, brilliant blue suits, David Byrne and his band squeeze behind the Desk to perform four songs, including Talking Heads' "Life During Wartime." n.pr/4pFYoun
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I am convinced that one reason why NPR’s Books We Love has been so successful is that while it allows you to filter in a bunch of ways, it also emulates elements of browsing. In its regular cover mode, it’s not a list, it’s an array, and when you refresh the page, it shuffles. (1/)
The death of browsing is part of the reason art is the way it is now. Our opinions are largely fed to us by algorithms. Spending a spare 15 minutes wandering around a bookstore or comic shop or video rental place was how you found stuff you wouldn't ordinarily pick up and thereby expanded your taste
Bookselling is like the most "people go to the store and buy what looks cool to them without a particular agenda" type business left, and your purchases have a huge influence on what is ordered, what is displayed, and what is recommended.
November 30, 2025 at 1:54 PM
I am convinced that one reason why NPR’s Books We Love has been so successful is that while it allows you to filter in a bunch of ways, it also emulates elements of browsing. In its regular cover mode, it’s not a list, it’s an array, and when you refresh the page, it shuffles. (1/)
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This is Bear. He is in charge of supervising Thanksgiving dinner preparation. Appointed himself to the role, but takes it very seriously. 14/10 (TT: emileebellant)
November 27, 2025 at 5:25 PM
This is Bear. He is in charge of supervising Thanksgiving dinner preparation. Appointed himself to the role, but takes it very seriously. 14/10 (TT: emileebellant)
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November 27, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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Researchers say fitter bodies keep brains younger www.upi.com/Health_News/... via @washumedicine.bsky.social
"Healthier bodies with more muscle mass and less hidden belly fat are more likely to have healthier, youthful brains."
#Move!
"Healthier bodies with more muscle mass and less hidden belly fat are more likely to have healthier, youthful brains."
#Move!
Researchers say fitter bodies keep brains younger - UPI.com
Healthier bodies with more muscle mass and less hidden belly fat are more likely to have healthier, youthful brains, researchers said in a new study.
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November 26, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Researchers say fitter bodies keep brains younger www.upi.com/Health_News/... via @washumedicine.bsky.social
"Healthier bodies with more muscle mass and less hidden belly fat are more likely to have healthier, youthful brains."
#Move!
"Healthier bodies with more muscle mass and less hidden belly fat are more likely to have healthier, youthful brains."
#Move!
Fact check: True
Just get out the door.
There are many days when I'm not motivated to go on a run or sit down & write. The secret isn't to try to find motivation.
It's to put your shoes on & start. Tell yourself you'll come back in 5 minutes if it sucks. More likely than not, you'll keep going.
There are many days when I'm not motivated to go on a run or sit down & write. The secret isn't to try to find motivation.
It's to put your shoes on & start. Tell yourself you'll come back in 5 minutes if it sucks. More likely than not, you'll keep going.
November 26, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Fact check: True
Hard pass
How to turn the dregs of a jar of Marmite into a brilliant glaze for roast potatoes – recipe | Waste not
How to turn the dregs of a jar of Marmite into a brilliant glaze for roast potatoes – recipe | Waste not
Eke out that last stubborn scrape of Marmite and turn it into a dream glaze for crisp roast potatoes
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November 26, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Hard pass
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Here's the standout fiction and nonfiction of the year, selected by the staff of The New York Times Book Review.
100 Notable Books of 2025
Here is the standout fiction and nonfiction of the year, selected by the staff of The New York Times Book Review.
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November 26, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Here's the standout fiction and nonfiction of the year, selected by the staff of The New York Times Book Review.
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Jimmy Cliff’s charisma and fearless creativity expanded the horizons of reggae | Lloyd Bradley
Jimmy Cliff’s charisma and fearless creativity expanded the horizons of reggae | Lloyd Bradley
Cliff, who has died aged 81, took every opportunity that he was presented with, and created plenty more himself. It resulted in a career path like no other
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November 25, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Jimmy Cliff’s charisma and fearless creativity expanded the horizons of reggae | Lloyd Bradley
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RIP to the legend Jimmy Cliff, who has sadly left us age 81.
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Many rivers to cross - Jimmy Cliff
YouTube video by TheSunAnge
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November 24, 2025 at 12:24 PM
RIP to the legend Jimmy Cliff, who has sadly left us age 81.
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My cultural awakening: Chicken Run turned me vegetarian
My cultural awakening: Chicken Run turned me vegetarian
Aardman’s tale of a group of plucky hens standing up to their pie-making masters was a favourite in our house, and – I realised – incompatible with my taste for burgers
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November 23, 2025 at 8:27 AM
My cultural awakening: Chicken Run turned me vegetarian
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Not to brag, but we’re pretty confident this is the best sticker on the planet. Get a free "tell your dog i said hi" sticker with every order through December 1st: www.weratedogs.com/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=bf-sale
November 22, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Not to brag, but we’re pretty confident this is the best sticker on the planet. Get a free "tell your dog i said hi" sticker with every order through December 1st: www.weratedogs.com/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=bf-sale
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Just a reminder that pre-orders for books matter way more than they should!
If you enjoy and appreciate my work and you want a *bullshit-free* guide to the limited (but powerful!) applications of AI that are already happening. here's the book for you.
If you enjoy and appreciate my work and you want a *bullshit-free* guide to the limited (but powerful!) applications of AI that are already happening. here's the book for you.
I wrote a skeptic's guide to how to use AI, out soon.
Readers know I don't suffer fools -- or AI hype merchants -- gladly. I regularly write about the bubble that's formed as a result of their grift.
But AI *does* have utility.
You can pre-order here:
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/782388...
Readers know I don't suffer fools -- or AI hype merchants -- gladly. I regularly write about the bubble that's formed as a result of their grift.
But AI *does* have utility.
You can pre-order here:
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/782388...
How to AI by Christopher Mims: 9798217086184 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
A frank, hands-on guide to using AI at work, unpacking for the curious and skeptical alike the “24 Laws” of AI and revealing strategies that businesses of every size can use to free up time,...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Just a reminder that pre-orders for books matter way more than they should!
If you enjoy and appreciate my work and you want a *bullshit-free* guide to the limited (but powerful!) applications of AI that are already happening. here's the book for you.
If you enjoy and appreciate my work and you want a *bullshit-free* guide to the limited (but powerful!) applications of AI that are already happening. here's the book for you.