Friday, May 23, 2025

Yeah this isn't going to be one of those newsletters I spend much time writing. But it's not going to take you long to read it, either, so I am not losing sleep over it.

Item 1: a link

Enjoyed this short, incendiary work of journalism: Three things we learned about Sam Altman by scoping his kitchen. All you really need to know is there's an extremely overhyped olive oil that he has a lot of, and he's using it wrong. But there are a couple of other things as well.

(Altman is in the news for other reasons this week, thanks to a stunningly self-congratulatory video he made about how great he is.)

Item 2: a list

Countries That the Tropic of Cancer Runs Through, According to ChatGPT, Ranked, Including a Helpful Map That ChatGPT Generated For Me That Shows The Tropic of Cancer In the Wrong Hemisphere and Nowhere Near the Countries it Says the Tropic of Cancer Runs Through:

1. Mexico
2. Bahamas (Southern edge of some islands)
3. Algeria
4. Mali
5. India
6. Mauritania
7. Egypt
8. Bangladesh
9. China
10. Oman
11. Myanmar
12. Niger
13. Western Sahara (disputed territory)
14. United Arab Emirates
15. Libya
16. Saudi Arabia

Item 3: a media recommendation

Item 4: word of the week

Eutatic

I'm a simple man. All I need to be happy is a comfortable place to take a nap and a eutatic kitchen.

Item 5: a photograph

See ya!

Thanks for reading. I will see you back here again next week.