Danny Groner

Do you abstain from AI? I'd love to hear about why you avoid it -- and how hard that might be getting. Send me a DM or Signal @lisabonos.18

A Walk With New York’s Most Hated Tech Founder Avi Schiffman says he’s enjoying the angry reaction to the Friend AI pendant. Is he serious?

"As I listened to his ideas, I kept coming back to Schiffmann’s observation that “everything is ironic.” Throughout the AI boom, picking apart sincere statements from hyperbolic PR, or just plain trolling, has become harder and harder." www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...

Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop

'Micro-shifting,' coffee badging: Bosses are still mandating RTO—workers are going, but on their own terms Work-from-home rates have persisted even as the labor market sours, people cling to their jobs and leverage swings back in the direction of CEOs.

'Micro-shifting,' coffee badging: Bosses are still mandating RTO—workers are going, but on their own terms

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"hand-to-hand combat with antifa every night"

@pbump.com Good podcast interview.

lolol

I find the people who get joy from rubbing their baseball team's win in the face of someone else to be extremely weird.

Bonfire of the middle managers Why firms are “delayering”

Bonfire of the middle managers
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She Faked Her Way into Yale. Then Things Unraveled. How fabricated transcripts and a made-up personal statement about North Dakota fooled the Ivy into admitting a Chinese student from the Bay Area.

She Faked Her Way into Yale. Then Things Unraveled
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9-1-1 poster with Angela Bassett in FUCKING SPACE!

Look, I appreciate this. TV needs more of this. Let’s have fun again. Seriously things are so bad in the industry and everywhere. Let’s all turn on stuff at night together and go “that was insane” and then surprise there are 20 more episodes and the characters don’t remember being in orbit.

TIL Klay and Megan were together.

I can't wait to have to explain Tilly to people who ask me this week about Tilly.

I met someone this weekend who told me that when he does his annual sexual harassment training via virtual course he takes notes along with it so he can get a 95% on the exam that follows the course. He said he leaves 5% for debate about what the policy should entail and encompass.

Pressbox and Tide Cleaners: Vijen Patel. The $1.99 Gamble That Built a National Brand Podcast Episode · How I Built This with Guy Raz · 10/06/2025 · 1h 6m

“We were so focused in our business that we weren’t focused on our business.”
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As many CEOs call employees back to the office, this CEO is bucking the trend and embracing remote work Synchrony’s Brian Doubles explains how trust and agility are fueling growth and innovation at the credit card issuer.

"All of Doubles’s executive leadership team members have coaches, and Casto is working to make coaching available to a wider group of employees, including high-potential folks or people trying to work through complicated problems. The company also offers wellness coaches to all employees."

Lord...

"You may feel put out in spotting a friend $7 for a coffee drink. But if you harass them endlessly to pay you back, you risk fracturing the friendship.

Friendship implies the occasional exchange of small favors: You buy this coffee, and I’ll buy the next one." www.usatoday.com/story/money/...

The Gen Xers turning to odd jobs — from summer internships to ice hockey refereeing — to stay employed These Gen X job seekers are embracing unconventional jobs and side hustles to stay afloat in a challenging labor market.

These Gen X job seekers are embracing unconventional jobs and side hustles to stay afloat in a challenging labor market.

As stock market booms, Americans have more at stake than ever Small investors are riding a wave, even as Wall Street’s gains overlay a mixed economic picture and some analysts think the market is overheated.

As stock market booms, Americans have more at stake than ever
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When Managing Your Team Becomes Too Much Your team needs you, but you’re exhausted. You need to focus on the big picture, but you can’t move past the daily firefight. This is the classic trap of leadership: The more indispensable you become,...

When Managing Your Team Becomes Too Much
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Her Last Startup's Shutdown Went Viral. Now She's Back. Amanda Peyton's last startup Braid had early traction before faltering. Now she's launching Pool, a new-look successor that's raised $4.5 million.

"For Pool to be successful, Peyton will need to market it to a wider audience than just tech-savvy early adopters, however, meaning that Pool will need to invest in education and marketing for its product." www.upstartsmedia.com/p/braid-foun...

It’s Just a Virus, the E.R. Told Him. Days Later, He Was Dead.

Great listen. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/05/w...

Nautical Design Is Big in New York. Will It Work Now That Summer Is Over? Last season's biggest trend heads into fall.

"Designers like Parades are drawing on the fundamental principles that make boats functional: durability, craftsmanship, and creating intimate shelter, transforming nautical design from seasonal novelty into year-round sophistication." www.elledecor.com/life-culture...

The people turning to AI for dating and relationship advice More people are turning to AI for help with their relationships, but is that a good idea?

"When giving relationship advice, issues of safety could come up. A human counsellor would know when to intervene and protect a client from a potentially harmful situation.

Would a relationship app provide the same guardrails?" www.bbc.com/news/article...

From erectile dysfunction to weight loss, how telehealth got hooked on drug-first thinking Marketing of on-demand telehealth prescriptions has rapidly become a constant presence for American consumers

For 3 years, I've reported on 2 big telehealth trends: pharma partnerships and compounding. They've gone head-to-head as patients demand GLP-1s.

But they've been part of the same story for much longer. Here's how telehealth got hooked on drug-first thinking: www.statnews.com/2025/10/06/t...

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‘Obedient, yielding and happy to follow’: the troubling rise of AI girlfriends AI dating sites claim they remove potential for exploitation, but critics say they are reinforcing harmful stereotypes

Read to the end.
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Sports-Betting Stocks Face Growing Threat From Prediction Rivals Stock traders are making a clear prediction about prediction markets: They’re fast becoming the next big thing for online gambling.

"The exchanges have worked to draw in sports gamblers, but until recently have lacked the ability to offer the type of complex parlays — or high-payout wagers on a series of outcomes — that are a key profit driver for DraftKings and FanDuel." www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Instagram wants me to make content — I just want to post a photo Plain old pictures are out; content is in.

"But there’s a way to age gracefully, and then there’s a Meta app — bloated with all the greatest hits of the last decade’s efforts to keep you scrolling through the feed. Given the number of times I open the Instagram app every day, I guess the joke’s on me."
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