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Louis Gray
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14 year Googler: Data Cloud Marketing. Dad to 3 high schoolers. Baseball, puppies, analytics. In that order.
Can't think of a better way to spend Saturday night than in San Francisco with the legendary Paul Oakenfold.

He put on an amazing show, the crowd was more than ready, and I get to cap it off by taking a Waymo home with my music already set up.

We live in the future. See live music. Have fun!
December 7, 2025 at 10:40 AM
"If Waymo’s results are indicative of the broader future of autonomous vehicles, we may be on the path to eliminating traffic deaths as a leading cause of mortality in the United States."

The Medical Case for Self-Driving Cars
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/o...
Opinion | The Data on Self-Driving Cars Is Clear. We Have to Change Course.
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:09 AM
An artist my daughter and I both appreciate released a custom necklace with a USB stick that retails for $100.

It would make @therealfitz.com blush, but I assume he already has one. No wonder it sold out immediately.

Upon review, my kid accurately tells me: "That's incredibly stupid."
December 3, 2025 at 10:58 PM
My neighbors have a son who is a recent college grad with a Computer Science degree, looking to enter the workforce.

Resume is fine, plenty of projects. But he's had a tough time in the market, so I thought I'd look further.

Then I realized his contact was a Hotmail account and it all made sense.
December 3, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Come on. Don Drooper is right there.
Dozy Don
December 2, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Reposted by Louis Gray
If that final three-game stretch isn’t enough to vault Cal up the @sickoscommittee.org ratings, I don’t know what is
November 30, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Just another casual 38-35 Cal game in Berkeley with the Bears prevailing over #21 SMU. What a ridiculous evening.

Go Bears!
November 30, 2025 at 5:21 AM
@profanity.accountant I assume we are clean. Prove me wrong.
November 29, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen (all this year by the way)...

Underworld
Above & Beyond
The Prodigy
Sasha & Digweed
Sextile
Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen

Depeche Mode
Le Tigre
Underworld
Scissor Sisters
LCD Soundsystem
Orbital
Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen

Pixies
Breeders & Nirvana
Bikini Kill
Sonic Youth
Shonen Knife
November 28, 2025 at 4:18 AM
2025 Dreamstate videos are hitting YouTube 🎧

Tiesto: www.youtube.com/watch?v=OD5L...
Gareth Emery: www.youtube.com/watch?v=SoyK...
Solarstone: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YZe...
PvD and Aly & Fila: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ml2f...
Miss Monique: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ftt...

2026 Tickets acquired. ☑️
Tiësto - Dreamstate 2025 (Full Set)
YouTube video by Tiësto
www.youtube.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Every announcement:

"Our fastest yet."
"Easier than ever."
"The best we've ever released."

I mean, if it wasn't, why would you ship it?

Alternatively: I'd love for someone to come out and say the new version isn't as good. Double dog dare you.
November 26, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Some people's kids call them to check in or ask for favors. My son called me to say Cal fired their football coach. We are not the same.
November 23, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Having conquered the rave circuit with @ogrady.ai last night until past 3 a.m., now putting on my dad hat and taking my daughter to Billie Eillish in SF.

See live music. Have fun while it's still legal!
November 23, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Reposted by Louis Gray
6-7: it’s not just a trend among the young people it’s how every Justin Wilcox-led Cal team inevitably finishes
November 23, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Reposted by Louis Gray
since the "google is now training gemini on your email contents" thing keeps bumping around here: it's _not happening_. I say this not to defend google but because I know a lot of people that have broken their filtering and made their lives much more annoying from sheer misinformation.
The malwarebytes Google opting-your-emails-into-ai-training thing is not true. The post is based on one bad tweet.

I know anti-tech lamenting is a Bluesky core principle, but please use the same judgement you would for any other clickbait.

www.theverge.com/news/826902/...
Google denies ‘misleading’ reports of Gmail using your emails to train AI
Google says “we do not use your Gmail content for training our Gemini AI model.”
www.theverge.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Today's plan: See Cal defeat Stanford at the Big Game, then head to the East Bay with @ogrady.ai to see Sasha and Digweed.

Have fun while it's still legal!

Go Bears.
November 22, 2025 at 9:44 PM
I asked Gemini to predict the next four US presidential elections.
gemini.google.com/share/37d395...

The results:

2028: Josh Shapiro (D) defeats JD Vance (R)
2032: Josh Shapiro (D) defeats Ron DeSantis (R)
2036: Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R) defeats Wes Moore (D)
2040: AOC (D) defeats Sanders (R).
‎Gemini - direct access to Google AI
Created with Gemini
gemini.google.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:45 AM
When you're dropping your dog off at the vet in Silicon Valley, wearing a Google jacket, and some other guy shows up with his dog, carrying a Meta logo bag...
November 21, 2025 at 5:06 PM
It is worth noting the newest office dog is exceptionally tiny.

I almost walked off with this one in my jacket pocket today @darthbluesky.bsky.social, but her owner objected.
November 20, 2025 at 3:19 AM
My daughter messages me about her college class.

"The infographic on (the teacher's) slide is old enough that it has Google Plus, Hangouts, Skype, and the original Twitter logo."

👴
November 19, 2025 at 8:44 PM
"In the end, it was barely a contest. Gemini 3 Pro was faster and smarter."

Nice game @lanceulanoff.com. Two thumbs up.
November 19, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Finally met @dataandpolitics.net at the Underworld show in Denver. See live music! Have fun before it's illegal!
November 15, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Tonight: Pink Pantheress in Oakland
Tomorrow: Underworld in Denver
Saturday: Mau P in Red Rocks

It's concert season and I'm ready.

See live concerts before having fun is illegal!
November 14, 2025 at 2:36 AM
My niece in Florida recently had a medical emergency and had to undergo brain surgery. Her doctor? A former college football player who was later drafted by the Titans and later was signed by the Steelers.

Now, he just saves kids' lives as a pediatric surgeon.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myron_R...
Myron Rolle - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 13, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Pro tip: If you bring home chips from El Pollo Loco, dogs will absolutely adore you.
November 12, 2025 at 5:51 AM