Peter Abraham

@PeterAbraham
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I've always heard about the importance of having close friendships but I only recently learned that our "weak ties" can be just as important. This article changed my mind!

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/22/health/seniors-acquaintances-happiness.html

They May Be Just Acquaintances. They’re Important to You Anyway.

The people at the dog park, the bank teller, the regular waiter — these casual relationships may be “weak ties,” but they’re also a key to well-being.

The New York Times
Why Black Cycling is the Next Big Thing in Bikes - Peter Abraham - Medium

Last weekend I attended, for the second time, the All Clubs LA weekend in Long Beach, California. It’s three days of events — rides, seminars, a black tie gala — that welcome cycling clubs from all…

Medium
New cracks emerge in Elon Musk's Twitter

Jira went down, Slack's gone, and site performance is degraded. What's next?

Platformer
Whatever happened to the metaverse?

News, analysis and comment from the Financial Times, the worldʼs leading global business publication

Financial Times
I'm so glad I left twitter. The platform internally and externally has gotten so much worse since Musk took over:
https://www.platformer.news/p/elon-musk-fires-a-top-twitter-engineer
Elon Musk fires a top Twitter engineer over his declining view count

Inside Twitter 2.0, turmoil leaves employees stretched to the max

Platformer
Why You Should Ride Your Bike in Europe - Peter Abraham - Medium

This summer our family went to Prague to visit our daughter Sadie, who’s graduated from college and moved to Europe to work as an English teacher. I decided to bring my bike, since I was tacking on a…

Medium

RT @[email protected]

Incoming storm yet again getting a boost from an extensive fetch of subtropical moisture, which will provide a boost to rain rates/hr esp. coastal mountains into Monday #CAwx 1/8/2023

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/RobMayeda/status/1612254306140590081

Rob Mayeda on Twitter

“Incoming storm yet again getting a boost from an extensive fetch of subtropical moisture, which will provide a boost to rain rates/hr esp. coastal mountains into Monday #CAwx 1/8/2023”

Twitter
Sad to hear that action sports icon Ken Block died today. He was once my client, and he went to my high school a few years after me: https://www.tmz.com/2023/01/02/rally-car-driver-ken-block-dead/
Rally Car Driver Ken Block Dead At 55, Snowmobile Accident

Ken Block, rally car driving champion, action sports star, and DC Shoes co-founder is dead at the age of 55 following a snowmobile accident in Utah, TMZ Sports has learned.

TMZ
Watching MVDP, WVA & Pidcock race CX this morning. The three greatest all around bike racers in the world. Amazing. @fedibikes #cycling