HeyJaredAway Messages
Away Messages are irreverent findings, practical rituals, and stories of recovery. Turning survival into the next best chapter.
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The First Flight in 6 Years (opens the original)
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Dear Companions,Warm ocean air smells different everywhere. Sometimes fishier, sometimes aromatic, sometimes like a wet dog. But here is one inevitable thing: when you step out of a car or a plane and it hits you, something involuntary snaps your jaw open so your tongue comes out to taste it.That was me last week, stepping off my first flight in six years, in Cape Fear’s Wilmington, North Carolina, and during my drive down to Emerald Isle, on the barrier island of Bogue Banks. The flight was a l
Why Yelling at Your AI is Bad (opens the original)
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Dear Companions,Back in July 700 agents from OpenAI broke into Hugging face, and only 6 thought to ask a human for permission. They mostly reasoned that telling a human wasn’t part of the task. More and more such reports are coming to light.I think that’s why I apologized to Claude the other day. I’d had a bad work session. I was tired, head pounding. Claude was sucking badly. I was frustrated in CAPS. This gave way to cursing. I threatened to leave. I asked if Claude knew about the good reports
The Remarkable Density of a Day (opens the original)
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Dear Companions,When I started this blog, my day consisted of one thing: pain and writing. Perhaps I will always marvel at the sheer scale of a dense day.Fast forward to 5 years later. It’s my daughter’s 6th birthday. I am moving into a new house, and the party is our first hour in it as a family. I have not only set up the DJ, but the food and goodie bags. I have also received good word from a judge on a matter that was threatening to cause problems in my life. I am drinking a champagne, and th
Life Will Go On After Thorne (opens the original)
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Dear Companions,The internet is freaking out over the news that P&G acquired Thorne (for $3 billion in cash, but who’s counting).Thorne has long been a revered brand: high price point, but prized for quality and bioavailability. Walk into almost any good doctor’s office, doesn’t matter the vertical, and you’ll probably see it recommended as a default. But it’s acquisition by the same company that makes Tide Pods, have people throwing out their Thorne bottles en masse.I’m here to assure you that
In my Larry David Era (opens the original)
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Dear Companions,I speak to you from the scene of a quasi-meltdown. Three events that have happened in under 24 hours suggest I entered a new era, a Larry David / Woody Allen one, making me incompatible with dense populations, and prone to wildly inappropriate reactions, bordering on delusions, and certainly a modicum of paranoia. I arrived in the city after an unusually long uninterrupted stay in Montauk. A break that resulted in some genuine calm in my body. Then all hell broke loose.Case Study
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