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Know this, the day will come when all these moments of defiance will have flooded the banks of authoritarianism and then one single thing will break the siege…
Globe Trotter✈ (87 countries)Joined January 2008

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Would be interesting to know who pushed to modify the definition of “vaccination” and why? Who benefits most? 🤔 From “PREVENT the disease” (pre-2015) to “PRODUCE IMMUNITY to a specific disease” (2015-2021) to “PROTECTION FROM a specific disease” (2021)
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The world is a museum of passion projects 💯
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As you become an adult, you realize that things around you weren't just always there; people made them happen. But only recently have I started to internalize how much tenacity *everything* requires. That hotel, that park, that railway. The world is a museum of passion projects.
Ship updates, get feedback, iterate, ship again = this is your clock speed The CEO created positive clock speed pressure & a clever marketing campaign by publicly: • declaring to ship weekly • posting weekly update in a thread • advertising the thread Smart💥
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Each week @EightSleep, no matter how busy we are, we always strive to ship at least one meaningful app design improvement Continuous improvement and listening to users are the foundation of a great company 🦾 I’ll be sharing our weekly app improvements, big and small, below
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An American group made false claims about Russian election interference to interfere with American elections
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Hamilton 68’s blue-red founding team of Jamie Fly and Laura Rosenberger, told Politico they couldn’t reveal the “dashboard” accounts because “the Russians will simply shut them down.” The real reason? It was bullshit: racket.news/p/move-over-ja
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How a Chief of Staff (CoS) can be a “force multiplier” for principal executives / operators — increasing the principal’s effectiveness by a multiple versus just incrementally. Great “specifics filled” thread 👇
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1/ I've had a number of conversations with (1) those looking to join a startup as a chief of staff, or (2) founders looking to hire their first CoS. A lot has been written on this topic already, so I want to highlight a few points I think are under-discussed.
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You think this is nuts until you go down the rabbit hole of replies to this tweet and realize nuts is normal… 🤯
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A man broke into someones home here in LA while on vacation, changed the locks and set up shop with a fake lease. When homeowners came back to find the stranger in their home they called the police. But because of the fake lease he created,they were told to fight it in court. WTF
Just when you think this is nuts, you go down the rabbit hole of comments to this tweet and realize nuts is normal 🤪
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A man broke into someones home here in LA while on vacation, changed the locks and set up shop with a fake lease. When homeowners came back to find the stranger in their home they called the police. But because of the fake lease he created,they were told to fight it in court. WTF
Whether someone likes the Pfizer CEO or not, likes the WEF or not, likes the reporters or not — the fact that an investigative journalism video has been BANNED by Youtube, Facebook, Instagram should wake up EVERYONE.
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This video has now been BANNED on Facebook, Instagram and YouTube. The WEF wants it scrubbed, and their lackeys are happy to oblige. Thank you @elonmusk for not caving. 7.3M views and counting. The public want answers. MORE: WEFreports.com
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Most of Trader Joe’s best innovations are rooted in some form of “rule change” or “regulatory arbitrage”👇
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The Trader Joe's book is the most savage business book I've read. Paraphrasing: "Our customers were over-educated and underpaid professionals" "We cater to the newly educated masses. They may lose part (or all) of their income but they will retain their new tastes"
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The Science of Slot Machines Fascinating thread, links & comments👇 (filled with marketing insights)
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Slot machines are absurd: — 70% of total Nevada gaming revenue — In 2022, its $9B revenue was more than North American box office ($7.5B) — The slot machine at Las Vegas airport recently passed $1B in lifetime revenue
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How boring would conversations be if we all agreed on everything? Klaus: “I believe X” Everyone: “Yes, I agree as well” Repeat for entire conversation 🥱 Exhibit A: WEF
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What strikes me most about the WEF is how little disagreement there is. The largest matters on earth are at stake (supposedly) yet the conferees don't argue. They don't debate. All points seem smugly settled. It's an ego orgy, a great self-satisfied mutual grope.
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Harsh reality of Fentanyl on the street Just in San Francisco, hundreds of organized Fentanyl street drug dealers work in shifts like a business, killing 2 people per day in the city It's destroying the most vulnerable in our communities. It must stop🛑
One of the best things you can do for yourself and for your family is to figure out what you actually want and ignore everything else. Everything else is just noise, a distraction. Focus on what matters most.
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Trying to do entrepreneurship without having salesmanship? You just can’t. 👉 You have to be able to sell somebody something. If you want to be an entrepreneur, you have to learn sales.
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You don’t want people to say, “This is a Rick Rubin record?” “No. I want them to say, ‘This is the best thing I’ve ever heard, and not know why.’” 🔥 “The audience doesn’t know what they want. The audience only knows what’s come before.” 🔥
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Rick Rubin helped popularize: • hip hop: Beastie Boys, Run-DMC, Public Enemy, LL Cool J… • heavy metal: Metallica, System of a Down, Slayer, Danzig… • alternative rock: U2, Green Day, The Cult, Red Hot Chili Peppers… • and country: Johnny Cash, The Dixie Chicks…
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In addition to reducing animal suffering, the bill "will accelerate innovation and get safer, more effective drugs to market more quickly by cutting red tape.” Previously, *all* drugs in development were *required* to undergo animal studies before being tested in human trials.
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Open sourcing the Twitter recommendation algorithm puts pressure on other social media companies to do the same — 👏👏
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Replying to @JaneidyEve
The recommendation algorithm will get much better and it will be open source
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