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Thank you for checking out WORKWORK, a space where ambitious people out in the world can turn inward and become more mindful. I’m so happy you’re here :) I created WORKWORK after having a profound realization: That my worldly ambitions do not distract or deter from my path to freedom, rather they help to fuel the entire process. Prior to this realization, I felt like my Inner Work was completely separate from my Outer Work.

Hi! I’m Alison Wu. You can call me Ali. I’m the founder and creative director of Wu Haus. I’m currently based in Mexico City, where I’ve lived since early 2020. I am a lover of all things style + design, travel + architecture, well-being + nourishment and meditation + deep personal practice. This newsletter is an expression of what is closest to my heart and all the beauty I’m inspired by in the world.

I studied art at the University of Vermont while also founding a cookie company as a way to earn extra money. I then traveled throughout Europe, tasting pastries along the way, and later studied at the Culinary Institute of America in New York. Since then I have been a pastry chef at several Twin Cities restaurants and have worked repeatedly with Andrew Zimmern. Together with Jeff Hertzberg, I wrote the book Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day, which turned into a bestselling series.

People ask me what I think of Scott Sayare’s Nov. 9, 2023, article in New York Magazine, “Unsolved Mysteries: Secrets of the JFK Assassination Archive,” which recounts my journalism about the CIA’s role in the events leading to November 22. But what I think of the article is rather less important than what readers think. After all, I have a built-in bias… ncG1vNJzZmiilqCzoq%2FTrGWsrZKowaKvymeaqKVfpXyirs6uq2amlax6urvRpGSmmZeWx6q6xKxko56bYr2qscKedq6snZTAsMHRnJx2q6WXwLWtwqRdrqydlLqmsMiupHadnZa2rXLUraSYm5%2Bjwaa603aqoZmimnOir9Oipqd1o52us7E%3D

[Newscaster]: We interrupt your Thanksgiving to bring you this bulletin. Yesterday at The Information, in the continuing drama surrounding OpenAI: Later, at Reuters, further developments: The technique in question appears to be something OpenAI is calling both ominously, as Q*, pronounced “Q-Star.” Get it? Perfect grist for anyone who wants to freak about the Death Star killing us all. (In reality, though, it seems to be named in reference to a clever but not particularly ominous AI technique known as A* that is often used to power character movements in video games.

An F-16 like those that intercepted the Citation jet that flew to its doom over Washington D.C. this weekend. (Getty Images.) This post is about two news-making sad outcomes, with a set-up for discussion of a longer-term ongoing challenge. As a kid, I thought that sonic booms were just part of the daily soundscape. My K-12 schools were underneath the flight path for the gigantic Norton Air Force Base in San Bernardino, California.

Ray Stevenson was an incredible actor. His recent passing, at a relatively early age, saddened me. In his honor, I’ll post here some writing I did about the greatest character he ever brought to life: Titus Pullo from the HBO TV series Rome. SPOILERS FOLLOW. In a very telling moment from the tenth episode in Season two, Cleopatra questions someone who is very familiar with Pullo about his character. “Is he a good man?

Dominick Fernow is a critically-lauded polymath of modern "extreme" and experimental  music. As “Prurient”, he makes sophisticated noise.  He's toured with, remixed, and produce… ncG1vNJzZmiilZa7qcHGrpyso5GXwqq31Geqrpqjqa6kt42cpqZnoGSuo7vUrWSvmaSesKK6jKyfmpyfrHqttc2kZLChpJ16tbTE

In October I traveled three weekends in a row and I deeply missed my family. Coming back to them felt really special. It reminded me that when we are away from the people and stuff we love, it makes us better appreciate our experiences with them when we are able to have them.  It can feel good not to give ourselves what we want all the time. I have this chai that I really love.