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I quit the news. The hardest habit I’ve ever broken. Now I watch YouTube. Instead of memorizing names of criminals, I learn how to whistle. Need a taxi? I got you. Life’s better with fewer headlines and more skills.

Hate to break it to you, but if someone constantly talks smack about others behind their backs, they’re doing the same to you. That’s not social analysis—it’s a personality flaw.

It’s wild seeing the difference between adult and child AI interaction. I show my friends Duolingo’s AI and they marvel that it works. Their kids immediately go: “Why are you so bored, Lily?” (the AI character) Then yell at her not to leave.

Ridiculous! You can’t be ridiculous about the ridiculousness. That’s just… ridiculous.

Take away everything. Lock me in a room. Give me a pen—I’ll write a poem. Take that too—I’ll recite Coleridge from memory. In Xanadu did Kubla Khan…

Universities won’t vanish. They’ll just drift into aestheticism—part salons, part sanctuaries. A place for the curious to gather, not the credentialed to climb. Professors as mystics. Classrooms as whispered rituals. Learning as a kind of beautiful madness.

A nontrivial amount of OpenAI’s computing power is probably just hustle bros getting AI to hype them up while they hype up other hustle bros who are also using AI. A closed loop of digital chest bumps and recycled mantras.

Everyone raves about air fryers. They’re the George Foreman grill of the dopamine era: fast, hot, and dangerously easy to overuse.

Once I figured out Mac's 50 key stroke combination, I became a screen shot maniac.

Well well well. Where is the emoji of the pinky finger against my lips. www.wired.com/story/big-in...

So I guess the deal art is passing the buck to Putin.

You’re only crazy until it works. Then you’re a genius. And when it does work? Don’t let the genius go to your head—Same way you didn’t let the crazy go there before.

The irony is brutal: You sacrifice time, love, and peace… To get more of the things you thought would bring you time, love, and peace.

Wait a second— Shatner runs X. Takei runs Bluesky. Is Star Trek secretly running the internet?

Everyone agrees Walter Cronkite was a legend. But what percentage of that came from his last name sharing roots with “chronicle”? The name literally screams “storyteller.” Coincidence? Or was it some clever cosmic branding?

This song The Ballad of Matt & Mica by Magdalena Bay, and it’s one of the most cool and captivating things I’ve put in my ears in a long time. #nowplaying

In matters of love, people have to believe in you enough to take the risk. But the more you brag, prove, or overcompensate, the more you rob them of the joy that comes from choosing you. Trust is the reward of risk. Don’t take that from them.

The destruction and dismantling of America will be studied for a thousand years to come.

You can track every step, weigh food, optimize sleep, and tweak every supplement. And then there’s that one guy who drinks beer, never stretches, eats like a raccoon—and still outlives everybody. There’s always an X factor. Maybe it’s luck. Maybe it’s not giving a damn.

I was shipwrecked on a deserted island in Belize once. True story. Here’s the thing about being shipwrecked: The storm is over. The beach is yours. The water is cool. The sky is beautiful. Go find a coconut.

I had the perfect tweet. Then my neighbor started baking those chocolate chip cookies and I forgot it. AI would never forget. But it’ll never smell those cookies either.

When you work for someone else, the days drag. That giant ticking clock… KA-chunk… KAaaaaa-chunk. You watch the seconds crawl. When you work for yourself, you blink—and the day’s gone. So fast you worry… was it too fast?

They’re scared to show up in Turkey because Zelenskyy’s strength isn’t photoshopped.

It’s funny how hard I work just to stay independent. If I worked for someone else, I’d probably have more free time. But then again… I wouldn’t be free.

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I wish there was an actual marking for when someone says “mark my words” because they always sound like they know something you don’t—and they’re usually wrong. I really am going to start marking them next time. Get ready to be word marked.

If only my AI could smoke cloves and judge my metaphors… then I’ll know it’s the future.

Naming something can tame it. Domesticate it. Put it in a box. Manage it. Teach it. Package it. Monetize it. Let part of it slip through your fingers. Be careful not to do this with everything you love. Resentment starts where joy once lived. Keep some things wild and just for you.

If you ever feel unqualified— remember: I once ran a content studio out of a imitation Starbucks bathroom in Oaxaca with a burner laptop and a stolen Wi-Fi handshake. (Not literally true… right????)