Alex Priest

I’ve officially reached “volume discount” level for my impulse buying of domain names

“One of sludge’s most insidious effects is our ever-diminishing trust in institutions… Once that skepticism sets in, it’s not hard for someone like Elon Musk to gut the government under the guise of efficiency.” www.theatlantic.com/ideas/arc…

This episode fucking wrecked me. Completely, utterly devastating. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/0…

One of the best articles I’ve read in a long time— “taste is the new intelligence.” I think I highlighted every paragraph. (h/t @kai_t_b) wildbarestepf.substack.com/p/taste-i…

I smashed my finger collapsing a stroller this afternoon (UGH) but gotta admit I got a kick out of this ChatGPT response when I asked about treating it. “booby-trapped ankle-snapping finger-gnashing hell machines masquerading as family gear.”

Unexpected — curious and excited to see what comes out of this. Congrats to @alexkehr and the Superlocal team! www.threads.com/@alexkehr…

This is such a fun word of the day—I had no idea “acme” had a meaning beyond the cartoons learnwithlookup.com/share/ind…

This vase giving attitude

First post in a while up on my (newly revamped!) website: can new ways of working and thinking bring a fresh era of generalists? + 10 fun things :) alexpriest.com/universal…

Pete Firman on Instagram: "The Impossible Fold!😵‍💫 If you like puzzles, optical illusions and magic, I’m on tour in 2025 with a brand new live show featuring all that good stuff! Check all the dates in my bio☝️☝️☝️ #magictrick #magician #puzzle #fyp" 380K likes, 1,999 comments - petefirman on June 4, 2025: "The Impossible Fold!😵‍💫 If you like puzzles, optical illusions and magic, I’m on tour in 2025 with a brand new live show featuring all that good stuff! Check all the dates in my bio☝️☝️☝️ #magictrick #magician #puzzle #fyp".

I just did this at my desk and I am *still* impressed, what a fun little trick. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DKfITaHifLU/?id=3647670741279306452_637596492

This is one of my favorite Ezra Klein episodes yet. “Our Lives Are an Endless Series of ‘And’"

Live Updates: Trump-Musk Alliance Dissolves as They Hurl Personal Attacks

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Great read, excellent renders—fun to imagine

lol totally fair

First flying lesson today—wish me luck!

Austin Affordable Art Fair Austin returns this May showcasing a wealth of spectacular artworks from local, national and international galleries.

But on the flip side, the affordable art fair in Austin this weekend was absolutely lovely. Great show, highly recommend. affordableartfair.com/fairs/austin/

I need art galleries / art fairs to make themselves explicitly no-kids. Not because I mind the kids being there, but because I need them to save me from inflicting this upon myself. My kids + art fairs = not fun.

Parenting thought today: my biggest frustrations with my kids tend to be when they struggle with something I excel at, i.e. decision-making, moving fast, focus. Now trying to reframe these moments as reminders that 1/ they are not me and 2/ this is what I am supposed to teach.

I have long wanted a place to track what I read, watch, and play—so I built my own. Just a low-key section on my website for now (and only this year), but fun to put together: alexpriest.com/timeline/

Raddle is a very fun new word game. Might accompany my morning coffee ritual alongside Bracket City… raddle.quest

This is sick. A remake of the Goldeneye pause music done on a Teenage Engineering K.O. II and OP-1 Field (h/t @hiro.report): www.youtube.com/watch

This fluid audio visualizer by @dakd_jung is so cool. Looks like it made waves (lol) in 2021 but I missed it then. Would love to get my hands on one of these. https://burnslap.me/26

Launch day! I revamped my website, updated my bio, added a /now page, and embedded my microblog. It’s a permanent work in progress, but check it out / sign up here: alexpriest.com

A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope

Maybe my favorite ChatGPT use case so far https://chatgpt.com/share/6803ca2f-de70-8006-86b7-06716d719254

date night in the time of parenting do you believe in love after kids?

This was beautiful, @alexd23.bsky.social -

A bell pepper in the fetal position

Same, little pepper, same

Hahaha I’ve managed to shake it today 🙏👊🔥

Getting older is just saying “oh it’s so weird to be back in _____” for every city you’ve ever been to and then you die

I've had "Let It Go" stuck in my head all day… until I heard "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" in the hotel bar. I'm not sure which is worse