Including a random photo this week. This may be one of the most memorable ads I’ve seen on the subway, ever.

It has been about two months since the Youtube ban of 2025 went into effect. While I still have Youtube blocked on my computer at home, the ban hasn’t yielded a massive amount of bass practice and I am still far from reaching James Jamerson levels of skill. Instead, I’ve been watching more HBO and Netflix, oops. It’s not all bad though. My Youtube consumption is down sharply and what I watch now is of higher quality. Also, with longer form entertainment, think I can be more intentional with my viewing than with the random, short videos on Youtube. Going forward, I’ll put some more thought into what I’m about to do before I click play.

Links

• ‘No One Else Has a Bike Like Mine’: How Deliveristas Trick Out Their Rides via Gothamist
• Ghost stairs and pig bones sit in the way of new NYC train tunnel
• Waymo Starts Robotaxi Testing In Philadelphia and NYC
  Autonomous vehicles should be illegal in urban environments, full stop. Sure, this is just testing, but they will try to push the envelop on this and pedestrians will get killed.
• Jack Dorsey Launches a WhatsApp Messaging Rival Built On Bluetooth
• AI Therapy Bots Fuel Delusions and Give Dangerous Advice, Stanford Study Finds
• AI Slows Down Some Experienced Software Developers, Study Finds
• Microsoft Touts $500 Million in AI Savings While Slashing Jobs