Well it finally happened to me: I just got laid off for the first time

Hmu with writing opportunities, especially biz/tech ones

Stargate corporate breakdown:

Key partners: OpenAI (runs ops) and SoftBank (handles finances)

with funding from: SoftBank, OpenAI, Oracle, and MGX

and tech from: Arm, Microsoft, NVIDIA, Oracle, and OpenAI

Goal: Build data centers for OpenAI

LA is still on fire btw

There are so many new blazes popping up that even the people living here (me) can't keep the names straight

Trump takes over as the biz world celebrates, and partly dreads, his first 100 days Return to (oval) office… Donald Trump was inaugurated as the 47th POTUS yesterday (indoors for the first time since ’85 because of the severe...

very brief, biz-focused Trump overview for yall:

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TikTok is so confused

Literally yesterday it said "goodbye" and today it's like "JK! Thanks Trump"

The ancient practice of bee-sting therapy enters a new social-media age There's no proof, but "stinging influencers" are still embracing bee venom...

More here: sherwood.news/culture/the-...

FYI: The majority of people I spoke to talked about BVT's use for post-infection symptoms of Lyme (aka "chronic Lyme" though the CDC recs against that name)

The gist: Literally, you sting yourself with bees. They can be delivered to your door for $40-$80 per month

Optionally, you can pay thousands for a coach

But some people just teach themselves on social media

Bee Venom Therapy came onto my radar about a year ago

Now, after many interviews (and dead ends) I've published an article about the homeopathic practice

What company’s past reveals the future of OpenAI? Sherwood asked a baker’s dozen of writers to make their best case for what’ll happen to the most important company of 2024: OpenAI....

Sherwood asked writers: "Which company is OpenAI most like?"

my take: OpenAI is Napster, a tech breakthrough that lawsuits might break

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for your Week Between idle reading pleasure Sherwood asked a bunch of really smart people ( @edzitron.com, @taylorlorenz.bsky.social, @ryanhatesthis.bsky.social @sophiasgaler.bsky.social and many more!) to make their case for what OpenAI is gonna actually be
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Sure Argentina exited its recession but now more than half of its population is in poverty following president Milei's slashing of government programs

Should be read as a cautionary tale but instead it's being applauded

Hallmark's foray into reality TV is so smart but the show's premise sounds like a nightmare: everyone you know from your hometown sets you up on blind dates

What Bezos, Zuckerberg, Altman, and Musk’s donations to Trump would feel like for normal people It’s one banana, Michael. What could it cost, $10?...

Tech leaders—Zuckerberg, Bezos, Altman—are all lining up to donate $1M to Trump's inauguration fund. But what does a million dollars mean to someone with that much money? sherwood.news/power/what-b...

Birds aren’t real, and neither is the Enron relaunch What we do know: the guy behind "Birds Aren't Real" is involved and there's probably a cryptocurrency coming soon....

What we know so far about today's bizarre "relaunch" of Enron: the guy behind "Birds Aren't Real" is involved, and there's probably a cryptocurrency coming soon sherwood.news/crypto/behin...