You have an old Android phone in a drawer right now. Collecting dust. Worth nothing. Someone built a script that turns it into a full Linux desktop. Or a smart home server. Or a development machine. For free. It's called linux-android. One script. No root required. No flashing. No risk of bricking your device. Run it in Termux and your old phone becomes a Linux computer. Here's what it installs: → Full Linux desktop. XFCE4, LXQt, or MATE. Real windowed desktop on your phone. Connect a monitor and keyboard via USB and it looks like a PC. → Smart home server. Home Assistant runs on your phone. Control your WiFi lights, plugs, and smart devices from any browser on your network. No cloud needed. → GPU acceleration. Snapdragon phones get near-native GPU performance through Turnip Vulkan drivers. Mali GPUs use software fallback. → SSH server. Access your phone from any computer on your WiFi. Full terminal. Transfer files. Write code. All from your laptop keyboard. → Wine support. Run basic Windows applications on your Android phone through Box64 translation. → Audio support. PulseAudio configured automatically. → Works on any Android phone with Termux support. Here's the wildest part: A Raspberry Pi 4 costs $35 to $75. A used mini PC costs $100+. A VPS costs $5/month forever. That old phone in your drawer? It has a faster processor, more RAM, a built-in battery backup, WiFi, and a touchscreen. All for $0. You already own it. A Snapdragon 855 from a 2019 phone still outperforms most entry-level server chips. You're throwing away a computer every time you upgrade your phone. Not anymore. One command. One old phone. A full Linux machine. 100% Open Source. MIT License.

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BasedBiohacker

you might have one of the most underrated baseline performance optimizers in your medicine cabinet right now. aspirin. a few cents per dose, and it's doing things that many $$$$ supplements foolishly try (and fail) to emulate. dr. ray peat spent decades on this. here's what he found. but let's get this out of the way; it's not a pain drug. it's a metabolic drug. aspirin stimulates mitochondrial respiration; the process by which your cells actually generate energy. it activates both glycolysis and mitochondrial function simultaneously, shifting your metabolism toward efficient oxygen use. this mirrors the actions of thyroid hormone. it's pro-thermogenic. it counters the hypothermic, low-energy state that chronic stress, aging and modern life push you into. the anti-fever reputation is misleading. aspirin doesn't suppress metabolism; it enhances mitochondrial oxygen consumption while reducing pathological inflammation. those are 2 different things. and the anti-inflammatory picture goes deeper than most people think. looksmaxxers, lock in. by inhibiting COX enzymes, aspirin lowers prostaglandins and free fatty acid release; two of the primary drivers of puffiness, water retention, and tissue breakdown. it protects against lipid peroxidation, guards DNA and proteins from free radical damage, AND it reduces oxidative stress linked to heart disease and neurodegeneration. it's also anti-estrogenic. it blunts aromatase activity and has mild anti-prolactin effects. it lowers cortisol's visible impact on tissue. for anyone thinking about their hormonal environment, aspirin could quietly tilt it toward regeneration. epidemiological data consistently shows reduced risk of breast, colon, and prostate cancer with regular low-dose use. it inhibits abnormal cell division while leaving normal cellular growth intact. neurologically, it enhances mitochondrial energy production in the brain, protects against excitotoxicity, and inhibits prostaglandin sy…

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Imtiaz Mahmood

This cartoon mocks the description of the houris (ḥūr al-ʿīn) in Islamic paradise: according to Hadith, every man will have two houris, and their bodies will be so transparent that the bones of their shanks will be visible through the flesh due to their extreme beauty. This is taken from Sahih al-Bukhari 3245 and Sahih Muslim 2834, which shows that the promise of paradise in Islam is built on sexual greed and patriarchal fantasy, treating women as mere sexual objects and promoting an unrealistic, unhealthy concept of beauty. This proves that Islam is the product of Muhammad’s sexual lust and deception, where paradise is used to lure followers with unlimited sexual rewards for men. Let’s examine this in detail, based on Hadith and Islamic descriptions, which reveal his lust and deception. 1. Description of the Hadith and Its Meaning Sahih al-Bukhari 3245 states: “Every person will have two wives; the marrow of their shanks will be visible through the flesh and bone due to their extreme beauty.” Sahih Muslim 2834 says: “Every person will have two wives, and the marrow of their shanks will gleam beneath the flesh.” This description emphasizes the sexual allure of paradise women—their beauty is so intense that their bodies become transparent. It is a promise of sexual gratification for men, where women are reduced to sexual objects and symbols of unnatural beauty. 2. The Sexual Description of Islamic Paradise and Greed The Quran and Hadith describe paradise as a place of sexual pleasure: houris with large eyes, beautiful bodies, and endless sexual relations (Surah Al-Waqi’ah 56:22-24, 35-38; Surah Ar-Rahman 55:56-58). Hadith states that every man will receive 72 houris (Jami’ at-Tirmidhi 2687), with endless sexual relations. This depiction reflects Muhammad’s sexual lust—he promised men unlimited sexual bliss in paradise to attract followers, especially warriors. Descriptions of paradise for women are far fewer and vague, they will only be with their husbands. 3. …

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Alex Lieberman

I stole this idea and now use it with every single employee. It’s the best illustration I’ve seen of teaching someone to be high agency. It says there are 5 levels of work: Level 1: “There is a problem.” Level 2: “There is a problem, and I’ve found some causes.” Level 3: “Here’s the problem, here are some possible causes, and here are some possible solutions.” Level 4: “Here’s the problem, here’s what I think caused it, here are some possible solutions, and here’s the one I think we should pick.” Level 5: “I identified a problem, figured out what caused it, researched how to fix it, and I fixed it. Just wanted to keep you in the loop.” Using this framework, here’s what I say to every new employee… You will live at Level 4 from Day 1 and as we build trust you will rise to Level 5. Being high agency doesn’t just mean tackling problems in this way. It means your entire way of working should be oriented to being a Level 4+ employee. Plz feel free to steal it as well. And ty @stephsmithio for the framework!

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JJ Englert

Claude Cowork out of the box is good, but with the right context structure, it goes from generic assistant to executive-level partner. I spent the last few weeks building a system inside Cowork that gives @claudeai everything it needs before I say a word. Who I am. How I write. What I'm working on. My team. My calendar. My priorities. All of it. Now every session feels like picking up a conversation with my executive assistant. The difference is context. Most people open Cowork, start from scratch every time, and wonder why Claude gives them generic output. It's not a Claude problem. It's a setup problem. Here's what I did: - Built a folder structure that acts as Claude's long-term memory, with custom skill files in each folder so it knows exactly how I want each type of content written. -Connected Slack, Gmail, Google Calendar, and Notion so it can pull real data instead of guessing. -Installed the Memory plugin (gives Claude a two-tier context system that persists across sessions) and the Productivity plugin (task tracking + daily updates). That combination changed everything. Content drafts that used to take 3 rounds now land on the first try. Meeting prep, email replies, task management. All better because Claude already knows the context. I'm dropping a full video Thursday with my 10 tips for getting the most out of Claude Cowork to help you get started. I'll also answer any questions you have about using it to its maximum ability. Comment below. Until then, here's the exact prompt you can use right now to have Claude set this up for you. Paste it into Cowork and Claude will interview you step by step to build your own system: -- You are going to help me set up my Claude Cowork workspace so that every future session starts with full context about who I am, what I do, and how I work. We're building a "brain" that makes you useful from the first message. Here's how this works. You're going to interview me in phases. Ask me questions, then build t…

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Ian Macomber

We’ve seen mainstream adoption of Claude Code across non-eng in the last six weeks at @tryramp. 80% of PMs, 70% of compliance, 55% of the finance team. It’s changed how I think about the role of the data team. * 2021-2024: analyst says “hey the numbers look off” in #helpdata, someone on the data team digs through code, troubleshoots, and pushes a PR. You could fill your entire day just doing this (and stakeholders were happy and grateful)! * 2024-2025: analyst says “hey the numbers look off” in #helpdata, someone on the data team copies the question into Claude Code, troubleshoots, and pushes a PR * Jan 2026: the analysts start by using CC themselves, and show up to #helpdata with “hey, the numbers look off, I know why, and here’s the line of code I think needs to change” * Feb 2026: “This number looks off, here's why, here's a PR, just approve it" AI tools are fundamentally changing what’s possible for non-engineering roles. Our finance team ships SQL (shoutout Kate and Jun), our product team conducts causal analysis (Sam, Teddy), our design and engineering team build KPI dashboards. So what does this mean for the data profession, and the size of data teams? The strongest data ICs are expanding what they are capable of, compressing timelines, shipping front end + back end code, fixing copy, writing SKILL.mds, and driving outcomes. If you are extremely resourceful and curious, have great taste for what matters to our customers, can source your own projects and ship anything in two days (or two hours) I can use 100 of you. You'll be more effective than you've ever been. Something something #jevonsparadox. If you define yourself by your skillset “I do dbt models and dashboards “I do causal analysis” “I do data eng and Airflow DAGs”, that scope and role is shrinking fast. The existing team can do more, and AI is competing your skillset out. Paraphrasing @giansegato, we’re progressively automating the easier parts of data jobs to agents, and the complexity and imp…

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