Ran my 14th Bay to Breakers race in 1:57:12 this past Sunday.
Almost 2min behind last year, from needing a 5min+ pitstop at the Panhandle.
I skipped public transport (see previous years), and left at 7am to jog to the start. After ~3.5 miles I found my way to corral A and serendipitously my pal Henri, dressed in the purple grape costume he’s known for.
Beautiful day for a run, cool and sunny blue skies from the start. The South of Market (SoMa) area seemed cleaner than usual which was a nice change.
High-fived the Midnight Runners Raccoon Riot cheergang on Hayes street. Hayes hill was a jog / power hike slog like recent years with a pleasant downhill after. Except by the time I got to Fell street I felt uncomfortable enough to run out to the portapotties and took a while to deal with the discomfort. The prior evening’s dinner out at Thee Parkside was perhaps too much of a change for my system. Novel eats the night before a race a minor rookie mistake.
The parties on Fell Street seemed particularly loud and crowded this year.
Golden Gate Park was beautiful as usual, and I spotted a few November Project San Francisco (NPSF) folks near Blue Heron Lake (formerly known as Stow Lake). We gathered a few more and took photos in front of the Naga Sea Serpent sculpture.
The rest of the race felt like a comfortable downhill til we passed the bison paddock. Normally where the race turns left at the end it turned right to a new southbound finish on Great Highway. Picked up the pace there to finish in 1:57:13 by my watch, only one second off the recorded chip time.
This past week was a step up in running volume over the past few months, ironically a bit of a reverse taper. Including the warmup and race, I ran 29 miles total (Monday through Sunday). That was a big jump from the previous week so I hiked back through Golden Gate park rather than jogging it out.
Last year: https://tantek.com/2025/138/t1/ran-bay-to-breakers
#SanFrancisco #run #runner #race #roadRace #B2B #Bay2Breakers #BayToBreakers #MidnightRunners #NovemberProject #NPSF
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"html": "<p>That\u2019s right, Google. <strong>I am now blocking you from my Web site.</strong></p>\n\n<p>You don\u2019t get to steal my content.</p>\n\n<p>You don\u2019t get to hoover up my work and then regurgitate it back out as <a href=\"https://jaredwhite.com/tag/generativeai\">#GenerativeAI</a> slop.</p>\n\n<p>And y\u2019know what? The truth is your crappy portal hasn\u2019t been sending me much meaningful traffic anyway.</p>\n\n<p>At this point, <strong>I really don\u2019t give a shit about your joke of a \u201csearch engine\u201d and your lousy so-called AX.</strong></p>\n\n<p>That\u2019s right, Google, I think all of your products totally suck. <em>Even YouTube.</em> All of it is atrocious & gross & and makes me wanna hurl.</p>\n\n<p>I hope your company fails. I hope your craptastic slop portal dies a horrible, miserable death.</p>\n\n<p><strong>When it comes to the <a href=\"https://jaredwhite.com/tag/openweb\">#OpenWeb</a>, I am ride or die.</strong></p>\n\n<p>If I\u2019m wrong, and your absolute fucking shitburger of an ensloppified shit engine somehow manages to fool people into thinking they\u2019re accessing the Web when clearly they\u2019re not, so be it. That won\u2019t get me to change my mind. <a href=\"https://buttondown.com/theinternet/archive/a-tale-of-two-cyberspaces/\">You have firmly planted your flag in EmpireNet. Me and my ResistanceNet friends</a> will do everything humanly in our power to STOP YOU.</p>\n\n<p>Google, you don\u2019t own the Web, and you don\u2019t get to decide what happens to it.</p>\n\n<p><strong>WE DO.</strong></p>\n\n<p>Because the Web belongs to us. <em>All of us.</em></p>\n\n<p>Not you.</p>\n\n<p>Us.</p>\n\n<p><strong>And we\u2019re not going to let you take it.</strong></p>\n\n<p>Calling all Resistance netizens to join me: <strong>LET\u2019S FIGHT!</strong> \u270a</p>",
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The "Agent Verified" signup flow from WorkOS is exactly what I've been telling the agent platforms they should be doing with Cross App Access! Very cool to see this launch! 👏
https://workos.com/auth-md/docs/flows/verified
"The agent's provider — OpenAI, Anthropic, Cursor, or any trusted agent platform — attests to the user's identity at registration time. Your service verifies the attestation and issues credentials synchronously, no human interaction required."
In Cross App Access terms:
• The "agent platform/provider" is the ID-JAG issuer, because users are already signed in to those platforms when they use agents
• The "service" is the ID-JAG consumer (the Resource AS), and issues an access token if the ID-JAG is trusted and valid
You can test this out in the Cross App Access sandbox today! https://xaa.dev/
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It’s the end of an hair-a.
I started growing the facial hair in April 2020 because, hey, why not? I had no idea if I would keep it for long, but fast forward six years and I guess I liked it. I still like it today, but I thought it was time for a change, especially with summer coming.
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Prototyped in PLA, sent out for printing in nylon, they turned out great! Now I just have to put this together
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my head feels like a blender that has been filled past the "do not fill above" line
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CanesInSight
CBS Sports Names Three Miami Hurricanes Defenders Among College Football’s Most-Feared Players | CanesInSight
On Friday morning, CBS Sports writer Brad Crawford released his list of the most feared defenders in college...
As you likely know as a reader of my site, I am a massive fan of the Miami Hurricanes. The 2025 season was dramatic, with stunning highs and frustrating lows, but there is no question that it was the best season in two decades. A huge part of Miami's run to the title game was the dynamic duo of defensive linemen Reuben Bain and Akheem Mesidor, both of which were taken in the first round of the NFL draft. Given the loss of these trench bullies, its tempting to assert that Miami's defense will take a significant step back in 2026. But in the age of the transfer portal and Mario Cristobal's incredible ability as an elite recruiter and developer of talent, things aren't so simple.
A few days ago, CanesInsight's Trinton Breeze linked to a CBS Sports report that is bullish on Miami's 2026 defense.
On Friday morning, CBS Sports writer Brad Crawford released his own list of the most feared defenders in college football, where he was very high on the Miami Hurricanes including three players.
Crawford included tres Hurricanes among the 26 players featured on his list: No. 26 Bryce Fitzgerald, No. 19 Ahmad Moten, and No. 6 Damon Wilson.
This trio of elite defenders exemplify Miami return's to the upper echelons of College Football. Fitzgerald had an absolute banger of a freshman season, demonstrating Mario's knack for identifying and recruiting talent. Moten provided depth on an elite DL in 2025, steadily developing in his time at Miami, and is already projected as a first-round pick in 2027. Wilson, an absolute monster pass rusher, arrives at Miami via the portal at the expense of the SEC's Missouri Tigers.
Maybe I'm wearing orange tinted glasses, but I think Miami's defense is going to be elite in 2026.
It doesn't stop there, though. The RB room returns in its entirety, including veteran contributors Mark Fletcher and CharMar Brown, electric freshman Gerard Pringle, and a healthy Jordan Lyle, who flashed in 2024 as a speed demon. The WR room has been upgraded, and Miami landed the top QB in the portal again in Darien Mensah.
All the pieces are in place for another national title run. Its been far too long!
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What are people using for a terminal emulator app on iOS these days? I’m currently using Blink because it’s the only one I’ve found that handles custom fonts with ligatures and NerdFont icons, but there is a lot I don’t like about it. I paid good money for my preferred font, and I like to use it everywhere 🤓
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Decided to make Shepherd’s Pie for dinner, but my daughter reminded me that she doesn’t like lamb. She requested Potato Cheese Soup. So I decided to make both, and they turned out perfect, but now I’m exhausted. Lots of leftovers for the week though! 😎
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"text": "Review: Project Hail Mary\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Recommended\n \n \n \n \n Project Hail Mary\n \n \n \n \n Instant Sci-Fi classic",
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Finally got around to watching Project Hail Mary. Perfect movie. No notes.
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Just watched a video about Gaussian splats and my mind is blown. So cool!
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Carbonara for dinner? Meringues for dessert! Thank you, eggs, for being so awesome.
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Indigo is quite a nice iOS app for a converged Bluesky and Mastodon experience. I post (POSSE) from my site typically, but replies are almost always done directly on the platforms. A bit of a gap to close, but I’ve never been able to think of a convenient way to do it.
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"html": "<img alt=\"\" src=\"https://res.cloudinary.com/mariposta/image/upload/w_1200,c_limit,q_65/abstract-mind.jpg\" /><h2>I need to fill my mind with ideas and concepts that are bussin\u2019. Chat, you know what I\u2019m talking about. Bet!</h2>\n\n<p>Tired of <em>brainrot</em>, of often feeling uncreative and uninspired? Of endlessly <em>doomscrolling</em> through ick feeds which increasingly feel like they bear no connection to reality?</p>\n\n<p><strong>Me too.</strong> I want my brain to operate at full capacity\u2026in fact I want to exercise my brain so it has even <em>more</em> capacity. I want to go into <strong>hardmore mode</strong> flow state every day. I\u2019ve had enough of putting out content that\u2019s just <em>mid</em>\u2026time to up my game.</p>\n\n<p>Here\u2019s my goal for the rest of month: I\u2019m going to be <em>neuromaxxing</em>.</p>\n\n<p>That\u2019s right. Instead of looking at myself in the mirror every morning feeling <em>chopped</em>, giving bed rot, I\u2019m establishing a strict routine for myself finna experience a mental glow-up.</p>\n\n<p><strong>Here\u2019s my new neuromaxxing regimen for May:</strong></p>\n\n<ul><li><em>Putting my phone on blast.</em> The real real, it\u2019s got no rizz anymore. I turned it <strong>completely off</strong> last night, then went on to have the most hype music recording sesh. ngl, I <em>slayed</em>.</li>\n <li><em>Ignoring the cheugy.</em> It takes too much mental energy to be engaging with thirsty people who are always <em>meatriding</em> tech companies and influencers. Too much exposure to that and I\u2019m cooked.</li>\n <li><em>Reading books that slap</em>. If I want to avoid having a menty b, I need to fill my mind with ideas and concepts that are bussin\u2019. Chat, you know what I\u2019m talking about. <em>Facts!</em></li>\n</ul><p>If you\u2019re ready for real change, you too can follow these steps and start <em>neruomaxxing</em> like I am. Don\u2019t let those techbro chuds live rent free in your head. Wondering if you can actually go through with this? I didn\u2019t eat and leave no crumbs. <em>Bet!</em> I believe in you!</p>\n\n<p><em>Let\u2019s get this bread!</em></p>\n\n\n\n<p>So at this point if you have absolutely no idea what I\u2019m talking about, don\u2019t worry. <strong>Nobody really talks like this IRL.</strong> \ud83d\ude02 I just thought I\u2019d have fun seeing how many \u201cGen Z slang words\u201d I could fit into a short article (because I\u2019m a cringe Millennial <a href=\"https://buttondown.com/theinternet/archive/the-kids-are-alright-so-lets-team-up/\">who greatly admires the next generation</a>), but also because I wanted to make a broader point:</p>\n\n<p><strong>The Computers Are Rotting Our Brains.</strong></p>\n\n<p>I was reading an article on <em>404 Media</em> titled <a href=\"https://www.404media.co/software-developers-say-ai-is-rotting-their-brains/\">Software Developers Say AI Is Rotting Their Brains</a> (it\u2019s a very good article), but that got me thinking about how frustrated I\u2019ve been feeling in general over the past few weeks in regard to my productivity. <strong>Honestly, it\u2019s been a bit of a slog all year.</strong> I\u2019ve tried a whole slew of changes to my routines, from signing up for a local coworking space membership to strict timeboxing to even taking supplements like B vitamins and fruit powders. I\u2019ve been reading books again on productivity (absolutely loving <a href=\"https://calnewport.com/writing/\">Slow Productivity by Cal Newport</a> right now), and <a href=\"https://jaredwhite.com/podcast/129/\">practicing work logging</a>.</p>\n\n<p>Has any of that helped? Well, yes! I think all of it has helped. But I kept feeling like I was trying to address symptoms rather than solve the underlying pathology.</p>\n\n<p>Here\u2019s the deal: everything I said up above in \u201cGen Z lingo\u201d is true. I <em>did</em> put my smartphone on blast last night and completely switched it off.</p>\n\n<p>Didn\u2019t put it in focus mode. Didn\u2019t turn on screen time. Didn\u2019t plug it in and leave it in another room.</p>\n\n<p><strong>I. TURNED. IT. OFF.</strong> \ud83d\ude31</p>\n\n<p>After a mild panic attack for a few minutes, freaked out that something terrible might happen to a friend or loved one and they\u2019d be unable to reach me (which is completely silly because I still had my Mac <em>and</em> my iPad on and connected!), I felt the sudden urge to plug in my MIDI keyboard, fire up Logic Pro, and mess around with some soft synthesizers.</p>\n\n<p>\ud83d\udc49 <em>I ended up enjoying the best several hours of music production I\u2019ve had in months\u2026maybe years.</em> \ud83d\udc48</p>\n\n<p>The funny thing is, before I even got really started, my teen called me (from Mom\u2019s house) and we enjoyed chatting for a while. Yeah, like I said, I still had my iPad nearby!</p>\n\n<p>But somehow the <strong>cognitive load</strong> of always have that goddamn fucking smartphone next to me or in my pants pocket was gone, and <em>I was free.</em></p>\n\n<p>And now I\u2019m going to start ironically calling this pattern <strong>neuromaxxing</strong>: the idea that instead of optimizing our lives and our habits around <em>being connected 24/7 to The Network</em> aka the Internet at all times, we\u2019re going to optimize our lives and our habits around <em>improving our minds</em> and doing <strong>REAL CREATIVE WORK</strong>.</p>\n\n<p>And this concept is an absolutely brilliant antidote to the mind-numbing (literally!) effects of AI usage, because guess what you can\u2019t do if you\u2019re not actively attempting to access Internet resources? <em>Connect to ChatGPT or Claude!</em> \ud83e\udd23</p>\n\n<p>So that\u2019s what I\u2019ll be doing for the rest of May. Taking meaningful time out of each day to switch my phone off completely. Not just temporarily set to an unaccessible OS-level mode\u2014I\u2019m talking <em>dead off.</em> \ud83e\udea6</p>\n\n<p>Can I still access the Internet on my iPad or Mac or Linux computer? Obviously\u2026 \ud83d\ude02 but this isn\u2019t about forbidding myself any usage of computer technology. It\u2019s about retraining the neurons in my brain so that they\u2019re no longer addicted to that endless drive to <em>pick up the smartphone and start doomscrolling.</em> I\u2019m so sick of that shit; it\u2019s actively turning my life into a living hell.</p>\n\n<p><strong>I deserve better.</strong> You deserve better. We all do. And it\u2019s not going to happen until we give Big Tech the metaphorical middle finger \ud83d\udd95 and show them that we still hold all the power.</p>\n\n<p><em>We can switch them off.</em> And go exercise our brains instead.</p>\n\n<p><strong>Neuromaxxing.</strong> You heard it here first. <em>Let\u2019s get this bread!</em></p>\n\n<p><br /></p>\n\n<p><em>Photo credit: <a href=\"https://unsplash.com/photos/a-colorful-circular-object-H9EquDifky4\">Mariola Grobelska on Unsplash</a></em></p>\n\n\n\n <br /><p>\n \n <a href=\"https://jaredwhite.com/tag/creativity\">#creativity</a>\n \n <a href=\"https://jaredwhite.com/tag/mindfulness\">#mindfulness</a>\n \n </p>",
"text": "I need to fill my mind with ideas and concepts that are bussin\u2019. Chat, you know what I\u2019m talking about. Bet!\n\nTired of brainrot, of often feeling uncreative and uninspired? Of endlessly doomscrolling through ick feeds which increasingly feel like they bear no connection to reality?\n\nMe too. I want my brain to operate at full capacity\u2026in fact I want to exercise my brain so it has even more capacity. I want to go into hardmore mode flow state every day. I\u2019ve had enough of putting out content that\u2019s just mid\u2026time to up my game.\n\nHere\u2019s my goal for the rest of month: I\u2019m going to be neuromaxxing.\n\nThat\u2019s right. Instead of looking at myself in the mirror every morning feeling chopped, giving bed rot, I\u2019m establishing a strict routine for myself finna experience a mental glow-up.\n\nHere\u2019s my new neuromaxxing regimen for May:\n\nPutting my phone on blast. The real real, it\u2019s got no rizz anymore. I turned it completely off last night, then went on to have the most hype music recording sesh. ngl, I slayed.\n Ignoring the cheugy. It takes too much mental energy to be engaging with thirsty people who are always meatriding tech companies and influencers. Too much exposure to that and I\u2019m cooked.\n Reading books that slap. If I want to avoid having a menty b, I need to fill my mind with ideas and concepts that are bussin\u2019. Chat, you know what I\u2019m talking about. Facts!\nIf you\u2019re ready for real change, you too can follow these steps and start neruomaxxing like I am. Don\u2019t let those techbro chuds live rent free in your head. Wondering if you can actually go through with this? I didn\u2019t eat and leave no crumbs. Bet! I believe in you!\n\nLet\u2019s get this bread!\n\n\n\nSo at this point if you have absolutely no idea what I\u2019m talking about, don\u2019t worry. Nobody really talks like this IRL. \ud83d\ude02 I just thought I\u2019d have fun seeing how many \u201cGen Z slang words\u201d I could fit into a short article (because I\u2019m a cringe Millennial who greatly admires the next generation), but also because I wanted to make a broader point:\n\nThe Computers Are Rotting Our Brains.\n\nI was reading an article on 404 Media titled Software Developers Say AI Is Rotting Their Brains (it\u2019s a very good article), but that got me thinking about how frustrated I\u2019ve been feeling in general over the past few weeks in regard to my productivity. Honestly, it\u2019s been a bit of a slog all year. I\u2019ve tried a whole slew of changes to my routines, from signing up for a local coworking space membership to strict timeboxing to even taking supplements like B vitamins and fruit powders. I\u2019ve been reading books again on productivity (absolutely loving Slow Productivity by Cal Newport right now), and practicing work logging.\n\nHas any of that helped? Well, yes! I think all of it has helped. But I kept feeling like I was trying to address symptoms rather than solve the underlying pathology.\n\nHere\u2019s the deal: everything I said up above in \u201cGen Z lingo\u201d is true. I did put my smartphone on blast last night and completely switched it off.\n\nDidn\u2019t put it in focus mode. Didn\u2019t turn on screen time. Didn\u2019t plug it in and leave it in another room.\n\nI. TURNED. IT. OFF. \ud83d\ude31\n\nAfter a mild panic attack for a few minutes, freaked out that something terrible might happen to a friend or loved one and they\u2019d be unable to reach me (which is completely silly because I still had my Mac and my iPad on and connected!), I felt the sudden urge to plug in my MIDI keyboard, fire up Logic Pro, and mess around with some soft synthesizers.\n\n\ud83d\udc49 I ended up enjoying the best several hours of music production I\u2019ve had in months\u2026maybe years. \ud83d\udc48\n\nThe funny thing is, before I even got really started, my teen called me (from Mom\u2019s house) and we enjoyed chatting for a while. Yeah, like I said, I still had my iPad nearby!\n\nBut somehow the cognitive load of always have that goddamn fucking smartphone next to me or in my pants pocket was gone, and I was free.\n\nAnd now I\u2019m going to start ironically calling this pattern neuromaxxing: the idea that instead of optimizing our lives and our habits around being connected 24/7 to The Network aka the Internet at all times, we\u2019re going to optimize our lives and our habits around improving our minds and doing REAL CREATIVE WORK.\n\nAnd this concept is an absolutely brilliant antidote to the mind-numbing (literally!) effects of AI usage, because guess what you can\u2019t do if you\u2019re not actively attempting to access Internet resources? Connect to ChatGPT or Claude! \ud83e\udd23\n\nSo that\u2019s what I\u2019ll be doing for the rest of May. Taking meaningful time out of each day to switch my phone off completely. Not just temporarily set to an unaccessible OS-level mode\u2014I\u2019m talking dead off. \ud83e\udea6\n\nCan I still access the Internet on my iPad or Mac or Linux computer? Obviously\u2026 \ud83d\ude02 but this isn\u2019t about forbidding myself any usage of computer technology. It\u2019s about retraining the neurons in my brain so that they\u2019re no longer addicted to that endless drive to pick up the smartphone and start doomscrolling. I\u2019m so sick of that shit; it\u2019s actively turning my life into a living hell.\n\nI deserve better. You deserve better. We all do. And it\u2019s not going to happen until we give Big Tech the metaphorical middle finger \ud83d\udd95 and show them that we still hold all the power.\n\nWe can switch them off. And go exercise our brains instead.\n\nNeuromaxxing. You heard it here first. Let\u2019s get this bread!\n\n\n\n\nPhoto credit: Mariola Grobelska on Unsplash\n\n\n\n \n\n \n #creativity\n \n #mindfulness"
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