Ezra Mechaber @ezra.im · 29/09/2026In fairness to the America.gov AI bot... it got the answer right. 110
Ezra Mechaber @ezra.im · 25/09/2026"Workers in meeting-intensive firms report greater on-the-job learning...suggesting that knowledge transmission within firms is an important mechanism. Meetings are the broccoli of work – widely disliked, but probably good for us anyway." Horrible study. www.nber.org/papers/w35706nber.orgMeetingsFounded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an... 010
Ezra Mechaber @ezra.im · 26/08/2026Local parents going nuts, The City reports. www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/08/25/n...thecityreporter.nycNYC Families Struggle With Late-Summer Childcare Due to Later School Year StartWhile most major U.S. school districts are already back in session, New York City students don’t return until Sept. 10. The late start leaves working parents struggling to cover weeks of costly childc... 142
Ezra Mechaber @ezra.im · 29/07/2026There are the people who take their backpacks off on the subway… and then there is everybody else. 010
Ezra Mechaber @ezra.im · 27/07/2026And yet we are still waiting on Kathy Hochul to sign NY's balcony solar bill. www.canarymedia.com/articles/sol...canarymedia.comWill New York Gov. Kathy Hochul sign a balcony solar bill?The legislature passed a measure to allow DIY plug-in solar panels, and clean energy boosters are hopeful that Hochul will sign it to promote… 010
Ezra Mechaber @ezra.im · 27/07/2026Watching someone on the train read Donna Tartt’s Secret History for the first time and I’m just so excited for them. Are you kidding me???? What a rush. 010
Ezra Mechaber @ezra.im · 25/07/2026As a person who recently drove on the FDR during the recent storm… I appreciate this. 000
Ezra Mechaber @ezra.im · 20/07/2026Obsessed with @nycferry.bsky.social's new merch. shop.ferry.nyc 011
Ezra Mechaber @ezra.im · 15/07/2026I found this interview with Kevin Rudd on China to be fascinating. What long-form interviews should I be listening to? Volts.wtf (energy/climate) and 80,000 hours are my others like this. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/14/o...volts.wtfVolts | David Roberts | SubstackA newsletter, podcast, & community focused on the technology, politics, and policy of decarbonization. In your inbox once or twice a week. Click to read Volts, a Substack publication with tens of thou... 200
Reposted by Ezra MechaberLizzie O'Leary @lizzieohreally.bsky.social · 14/07/2026How humiliating to be an apex predator in your ecosystem and sound like that. 1281
Reposted by Ezra MechaberKeith Kurson @keithlaugh.love · 07/07/2026it is very cool to be able to say this. the back-end is down, but all of the data is just.... out there and safe. even if the site never came back, ppl could easily build a replica 111
Ezra Mechaber @ezra.im · 02/07/2026Using the internet in Europe is just so deeply unpleasant. So many modals. So many modals. 000
Reposted by Ezra MechaberMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 27/06/2026When they said, "wear a suit," I just assumed… Find a public pool near you at nycgovparks.org. 572234913708
Ezra Mechaber @ezra.im · 27/06/2026Trump administration is picking winners and losers. The winners are large companies and the losers are small startups. Reserving the most advanced models for the largest companies will only increase their moats. 020
Ezra Mechaber @ezra.im · 22/06/2026Haven't opened Ableton in years, but Bat For Lashes "Daniel" would go so hard over Donna Summer's "She Works Hard for the Money." 020
Ezra Mechaber @ezra.im · 19/06/2026Everyone talks about leaving their laptop open for long-running agents, nobody talks about doing it with a three year old in the house. 010
Ezra Mechaber @ezra.im · 16/06/2026Politico is resending election night 2024 breaking news alerts to my email in an act best described as a war crime. 030
Ezra Mechaber @ezra.im · 05/06/2026I'm not asking for much. Do not give me a brussel sprout you haven't cooked. Do not give me a kale leaf you haven't massaged. 010
Ezra Mechaber @ezra.im · 27/05/2026You're not a dad until you're in a group chat debating the merits of different Jack Ryan actors. 020
Ezra Mechaber @ezra.im · 27/05/2026It blew my mind when I heard someone describe batteries as electron time machines. www.volts.wtf/p/sooner-tha...volts.wtfSooner than you think, electricity is going to be cheap, abundant, and boringHow batteries can enable big new loads like data centers to reduce electricity rates and increase grid reliability. 020
Ezra Mechaber @ezra.im · 20/05/2026My very first participation in democracy was, at age 4, sending a letter to Barney Frank to ask about the status of the Isabella Stewart Gardner heist investigation. He—or his LA and an autopen—wrote me back. I still have it. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/20/u...nytimes.comBarney Frank, Gay Pioneer and Liberal Stalwart in Congress, Dies at 86 010
Ezra Mechaber @ezra.im · 07/05/2026Leaned against an NYC subway station wall after a rainstorm and I’m now covered in an unknown combination of liquids. Expecting superpowers any moment now. 000
Ezra Mechaber @ezra.im · 03/05/2026The tree pollen levels have reached "personal violence against me" territory. 010
Ezra Mechaber @ezra.im · 24/04/2026Aw gee, who could have predicted that Polymarket was awash in insider trading by members of the government? www.nytimes.com/2026/04/23/n...nytimes.comSoldier Used Classified Information to Bet on Maduro’s Ouster, U.S. Says 0155
Reposted by Ezra MechaberAndy McMillan @andymcmillan.com · 23/04/2026As someone who only knows how to work really very hard on things, let me tell you, no joke, I worked harder on this than anything I've ever worked on before, including any previous year of the festival. Letting myself feel relieved and proud today 💛 6736
Reposted by Ezra MechaberWhy @why.bsky.world · 22/04/2026Yeah people seem to have decided that making anti social comments to anyone even remotely into AI is good ingroup signaling. 17825
Ezra Mechaber @ezra.im · 21/04/2026A bunch of high school kids are walking to school wearing ski goggles and safety glasses. Took me a minute to realize they’re playing Assassin - incredible it’s still around. 100
Reposted by Ezra MechaberTim Murphy @timothypmurphy.bsky.social · 16/04/2026if Sean Duffy hates public transit so much, why does he always take the L? www.politico.com/news/2026/04...politico.comTrump administration plans to release money for Second Avenue Subway after MTA lawsuitPresident Donald Trump has for months bottled up promised money for the project. 15613
Ezra Mechaber @ezra.im · 13/04/2026@reckless.bsky.social @davidpierce.xyz think you guys would be interested in this one (from a former colleague, absolutely no idea if it's vaporware) www.crowdsupply.com/t76-org/dr-pdcrowdsupply.comDr. PDAn open-source USB Type-C power analyzer and programmable sink for debugging, testing, and understanding power negotiation 010
Ezra Mechaber @ezra.im · 13/04/2026Missed that Waymo's permits expired in NYC. Hope they restart it. There are lots of people with driving jobs, and we need to help them, but we should have fewer people driving. (See also: More public transit, etc.) www.thecity.nyc/2026/04/06/w...thecity.nycWaymo’s Robot Car Testing Ends in NYC After Permits ExpireThe company’s eight autonomous vehicles had been driving in the city since last summer. 130
Ezra Mechaber @ezra.im · 11/04/20263yo daughter combing my hair. "Now, we have to get the nuts out so we can plant an acorn tree." I couldn't figure it out until I realized that all this time we were combing the knots out of her hair... she thought we were combing the nuts. 000
Ezra Mechaber @ezra.im · 10/04/2026Forcing my young children to join the one bag travel life like a Bean Dad over here. 000
Ezra Mechaber @ezra.im · 09/04/2026Lavishly eating the entire bag of Marcona almonds like a member of the Medici family. 020
Ezra Mechaber @ezra.im · 07/04/2026not to dunk on the NYT, but leading with "Trump Calls to Wipe Out a ‘Whole Civilization’" and "Melania Trump's Unexpected Look" has some cognitive dissonance involved. 010
Ezra Mechaber @ezra.im · 07/04/2026Being an ex-DJ rules. Yes, I would love DJ Jazzy Jeff and Mark McGrath to come play our family BBQ, thanks for asking. 000
Reposted by Ezra MechaberHank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 04/04/2026Ok, actually this headline is hilarious. 38156377
Reposted by Ezra Mechaberspooky halloween txt @metaltxt.bsky.social · 03/04/2026Marco Rubio’s business cards are gonna look like Dr. Bronner’s bottles 242728
Ezra Mechaber @ezra.im · 02/04/2026okay now you can say "Bubble." www.bloomberg.com/news/article...bloomberg.comOpenAI Buys Tech Talk Show TBPN in Rare Move Into Media BusinessOpenAI has acquired the online technology talk show TBPN, an unusual purchase for the artificial intelligence model developer aimed at driving the conversation around AI. 110
Ezra Mechaber @ezra.im · 02/04/2026Stunning reporting and the most important thing you'll read all day. www.wired.com/story/border...wired.comUnmasking the Paramilitary Agents Behind Trump’s Violent Immigration CrackdownA WIRED analysis of DHS records identified dozens of specialized federal agents who used force against US civilians during the largest known deployment of its kind in US history. 011
Reposted by Ezra MechaberCamille Fournier @skamille.themanagerswrath.com · 02/04/2026This drives me, the parent of public school kids, absolutely bonkers 1172
