Brad King

Wild that #Friends premiered 30 years ago today. DYK @cmu.edu alum literally created the magic we're all still obsessed with?

Burton Morris (CFA '86) painted those coffee cups in Central Perk. John Shaffner (CFA ‘76) & Joe Stewart (CFA ‘77) designed Monica's apartment.

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Prof. Scott Fahlman

🎉 HAPPY 43rd bday to the emoticon!

Before 😀 there was :-) In 1982, Prof. Scott Fahlman created the sideways smiley to help distinguish jokes from serious posts on message boards. This became the foundation for today's billion-dollar emoji industry!

Visit the #CMU125 exhibit: cmu.is/room-to-imagine

Luis von Ahn. Courtesy of Carnegie Mellon University Archives

Professor Manuel Blum. Courtesy of Carnegie Mellon University Archives

ON THIS DAY in 2009, Google acquired reCAPTCHA!

Ever wonder why you prove you're human online? @cmu.edu Prof Manuel Blum & grad student Luis von Ahn (SCS 2005) created CAPTCHA—those squiggly letters distinguishing humans from bots. 🤖👩‍💻

Celebrate 125 years of CMU history here: cmu.is/room-to-imagine

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Corporate America is silent as Trump abandons free-market principles | CNN Business Not long ago, American conservative orthodoxy held that when it comes to doing business, the government that governs least governs best.

From the IT WAS ALWAYS ABOUT CONTROL files....

Corporate America is silent as Trump abandons free-market principles | CNN Business www.cnn.com/2025/08/20/b...

I will die on this hill: play-by-play chatter between pitches in baseball is the best when they are just random talking about the crowd. (Currently listening to announcers debating whose Ditka mustache is real, and whose is glued on during the Cubs game.)

OR NOT?!?!?

WHO KNOWS? TUNE IN TO FIND OUT!

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Well shit, Kai.

I love learning how people are using AI to streamline their work processses and operations. | Brad King I love learning how people are using AI to streamline their work processses and operations. Drop a comment below and tell me how you are using AI. It only needs to be world changing for you 👏 This…

I love learning how people are using AI to streamline their work processses and operations. Drop a comment below and tell me how you are using AI. It only needs to be world changing for you 👏

This is my latest little discovery (over on LinkedIn): www.linkedin.com/posts/thebra...

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Jon Stewart did a whole ass "fire me, too" monologue last night and I'm here for it.

FEMA search and rescue chief resigns after frustration with Texas flood response | CNN Politics The head of FEMA’s Urban Search and Rescue branch, which runs a network of teams stationed across the country that can swiftly respond to natural disasters, resigned on Monday.

Head of FEMA Urban Search and Rescue branch resigns.
He told colleagues that TX delay was tipping point after months of admin efforts to dismantle the agency. DHS Sec Noem took 72 hours after TX flooding to authorize the deployment of FEMA’s search and rescue network
www.cnn.com/2025/07/21/p...

When I was little, the U.S. military came to our home at gunpoint and took me and my family away. We were imprisoned for years in barbed wire camps simply because we were Japanese American. I have spent my life telling that story, hoping it would never be repeated.

My partner and I have this conversation in terms of marriage. She's most definitely not changing her name and we have ordered all our documents (birth certificate, SS card, passport) and keep them locked up in a fireproof carry case.

My lordy what is even happening

Superman is the Avengers of the Guardians of the Galaxy.

Lots of Joss Whedon out-of-the-blue knock abouts mid speech and a few Loki smashed by Hulk moments.

And full Gunn soundtrack and "lovable doof" moments.

Lex and Mr. Terrific are the actual stars.

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Fence fight: CMU orders students' anti-Trump message painted over ahead of president's visit triblive.com/local/fence-...

The Carnegie Mellon University student fence is a place where students have long exercised their freedom of speech: www.cmu.edu/stugov/fence....

Today, you might want to follow its IG account: www.instagram.com/cmufence/p/D...

Moonstruck!

I'm annoyed because I paired my Garmin watch with a sleep app. I've been following its advice and have much more energy. It also very accurately lets me know when energy crashes are coming.

We are all just Meat Puppet Robots.

DR. JOHNNY FEVER APPROVES!

Signed, a Cincinnati Kid

I encourage everyone to read this letter.

Please then realize the president is imposing a tax on American consumers to leverage a foreign nation into making a domestic political decision that will help one of his political allies.

Over 2,000 senior staff set to leave NASA under agency push The losses could endanger the administration’s plans for landing astronauts on the moon and Mars.

ALL CAPS

THIS IS CATASTROPHIC FOR SPACE SCIENCE AND ASTROPHYSICS ...

GLOBALLY CATASTROPHIC, NOT JUST FOR AMERICANS 🔭🧪

www.politico.com/news/2025/07...

@propublica.org is doing some of the most important work in these times. If you want to feel good about something today, support them: give.propublica.org/give/346423/...

And here's a list of what is at stake at each US agency if the White House's budget proposal goes through: thebradking.com/2025/07/07/r...

Research Cuts in the White House's 2026 Proposed Budget — Brad King: Writer, Managing Editor, & Strategist President Trump's fiscal year 2026 budget proposal represents the most aggressive assault on federal research funding in modern history.

Research Cuts in the White House's 2026 Proposed Budget thebradking.com/2025/07/07/r...

I used Claude to help me parse the budget, analyze sources (included), and compile the impact on US science. Intro writing and copy edits by me!

AI is pushing the limits of the physical world Artificial intelligence is painting pictures, writing novels, making videos, and composing symphonies. Can it change what we build?

AI is pushing the limits of the physical world | MIT Technology Review www.technologyreview.com/2025/04/21/1...

Research Cuts in the White House's 2026 Proposed Budget — Brad King: Writer, Managing Editor, & Strategist President Trump's fiscal year 2026 budget proposal represents the most aggressive assault on federal research funding in modern history.

Research Cuts in the White House's 2026 Proposed Budget thebradking.com/2025/07/07/r...

I used Claude to help me parse the budget, analyze sources (included), and compile the impact on US science. Intro writing and copy edits by me!

And when these photos appear in textbooks in a couple of decades, they'll tell their grandkids that Everyone Was Doing It and How Were They To Know It Was Wrong.

H.R.1 One Big Beautiful Bill Act: Complete Analysis — Brad King: Writer, Managing Editor, & Strategist H.R.1: One Big Beautiful Bill Act is a radical reorientation of federal priorities, yet its size makes it nearly impossible […]

I spent the morning building a model in Claude to help distill H.B. 1 into bite-sized portions. Here is what the model built, complete with a source list for those who want to either build their own model or fact-check what I've done. thebradking.com/2025/07/04/h...

Cooper, the star of trivia last night