todd utterback @tsmells

If USA beats you in the World Cup That country has to call it Soccer until the next World Cup New rule I just made up

I ordered a couple of Chipp dog ties after you sent this out. Paul Winston (Chipp Neckwear) called me this morning. The tie business has slowed down. He gets 1-2 orders a day for the ties. He woke up this AM to dozens of tie orders. He called me cause I'm close to where he has lived for decades. He wanted to know why there was a sudden surge in orders. I confirmed I wanted the order (he worried about fraud), I told him about the tweet, and then we spoke for 20 minutes! He talked to me about some fun men's fashion history and a great story about Tom Watson (IBM).

My wife, watching me write "H.A.G.S" on all 10 graduation cards after she bought the cards and gifts and wrote personalized messages on each.

I never met Gordon Wood, but I have a story about him. In one of my grad school seminars, we read Wood’s Creation of the American Republic. The sheer erudition and evidentiary depth of the book bowled me over. Back then, before kids and before life accelerated to warp speed, I used to call my mother every Sunday to catch up. Lots of times, we ended up talking about what I was reading that week in my grad seminars or for leisure. Mom had an omnivorous mind, and she was always looking for something else to read. She was a true intellectual—curious about almost everything, always eager to integrate new arguments or ideas into her existing schemas of how the world worked or to have those schemas challenged and changed. When we talked that particular Sunday, I think I tried to describe to her part of Wood’s argument about the relationship between the state constitutions during the Articles of Confederation era and the federal Constitution. Maybe I was tired, maybe I didn’t completely understand her questions, but the end result of the conversation was that Mom had questions about Wood’s argument that I didn’t answer satisfactorily. I told her that she should probably just read the book, and we said goodbye. She did eventually read the book, but the next Sunday, Mom started our conversation by saying, “Well, I had a lovely conversation with Gordon Wood this week.” For a split second, I thought she was joking, but then I remembered who I was dealing with. I started to sweat. “How?” I asked. A whole variety of unlikely scenarios in which the foremost historian of the American Revolution and my mother, who lived in Wichita, Kansas, might have met ran through my mind. “Oh, I just looked up his office phone number on Brown’s website and called, and he picked up!” Mom said. I decided I would have to find another profession. As it ended up, Gordon Wood spent about an hour on the phone with my mother answering her questions about the Constitution. Ever since, I’ve had a soft spot for the man when I imagine him picking up the phone in Providence and finding Becky Elder from Wichita on the other end of the line. His generosity in that moment spoke very well of him. Rest in peace, professor.

Me: Stands up My dog: You son of a bitch I’m in

👏 👏 My goodness!!! A few paragraphs in and I’m a huge fan of Keldon Johnson. I love it. Perfectly framed a tough situation and the choice he always had. Gotta print this one off for the kiddos.

The Players’ Tribune @PlayersTribune

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Keldon Johnson on his role with the @spurs: “I remember a couple years ago, I had a hard conversation with Pop. One morning, we were getting ready to play Dallas, and he pulled me to the side and told me that he thought it would be best for the team if I started coming off the

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Eat DC @eat_dc

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Friday is Hot Dog Day at @NationalsPark. The first 20,000 fans get this sweet hat, and franks will be $5 all night. A live counter will track the number of glizzys sold, with additional concession deals unlocked as the crowd downs dogs. There will also be specialty items. See👇🌭

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*Walter Bloomberg @DeItaone

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SPIRIT IS CURRENTLY EXPECTED TO CEASE OPERATIONS AROUND 3 A.M. ET SATURDAY - WSJ

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@Dougbarnett Sorry to hear this, Doug. Thinking of your team.

Sometimes this world wears you out and leaves you cynical … and then you see a moment like this and realize there will always be more good than bad.

@TrentMano @nazzobetweeting Bro, I’m lucky anytime I’m in the city with you. But yesterday was bananas. We were downtown with the kiddos for the day and so glad we had reservations where we were going. Bubby’s was a 3-hour wait!

@scottew 👏 👏👏Bravo

@Ryan_Holdaway Absolute fire. Congrats man!

@scottew Thanks for the rec. The Power Law was a blast, so this is on the list.

Running a company: 2020: can you survive a pandemic? 2021: still here? we’re going to give all of your competitors $100m series A rounds. 2022: wow, you made it? okay, all engineers cost $600,000/year now. 2023: nice job! okay, SVB failed and we’re going to take away your bank account. 2024: a survivor I see. but can you pivot from ai to crypto to defense tech back to ai-enabled defense tech in a 12 month period to stay relevant? 2025: unfortunately all of your competitors have raised $2b series B rounds. oh and only 500 engineers are relevant and they cost $100m/yr each. 2026: well, well, well. you’re still in business? let’s deploy the thunderclap of godlike LLMs from the heavens so all of your customers can rebuild your app in 2 hours. can you survive?

@jamison_dance I think you need another LLM to reinforce the lesson for it to be a true “Belt-and-Suspenders” learning

@Kerrcybertruck I feel seen

I'm hiring senior engs in the US! Come make K-12 edtech better. Slay toil for users and engineers, marshal an army of robots, and exchange your labor for $ which can be used to buy goods and services! grnh.se/0ce67d277us Don't use LLMs to apply or I'll email you a poop emoji.

I don’t have many neighbors but i’m glad they all decided to leaf blow on a different day of the week.

@Ryan_Holdaway An actual dream. Go ham