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Journalist. @twistartups , @CaOptNews . Dad x2. He. Black Lives Matter. I podcast and write. Hey!

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Written words: Spoken words: @twistartups Favorite person: you!
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ok wfh team, what do you eat for lunch i either 1. do not eat lunch and get very cranky 2. spend $10349 ordering four tacos or 3. eat one (1) banana
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the crypto/web3 pushback is kinda material now it feels
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Biden is going to lose, isn't he
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this Rihanna interview
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every damn day
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stop teaching students to put two spaces after a period what the hell is wrong with you
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I am not a huge AA person as I am roughly as religious as a small stone, but I am going to a meeting tonight for the first time in like 1.5 years? Wish me luck.
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Trading apps: Here, have zero-cost trading and options access, go wild Also trading apps: Woah not like *that*
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elon wants outtttt the deal
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if all goes well at pickup, we get to adopt our next pup on sunday and i am so excited i could burst - here's the only pic of her that we have
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companies who ship ram-eating software that turns modern PCs into stuttering messes are my true enemy
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if nothing else, @TaylorLorenz is doing a good job exposing that the general public doesn't really know how journalism works, and expects far too much deference
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Meta Quest? Oculus was a ….. good brand
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Unpopular opinion: the best thing young people can do early in their careers is to win the lottery, invest the money in index funds and retreat from public life.
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$ASS coin wins best crypto site to-date
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This just kicked my ass
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Can’t wait for the @theneedledrop Eminem album review
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I wish uber would solve the “driver drives away from you until you cancel and then charges you $5 for the driver doing that” issue
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I got my first gun when I was 12. My dad hunted when I was growing up. We have a gun safe at the house in Oregon. I’ve had a lot of fun shooting guns on in the woods. Fuck it, take them all. I don’t understand ppl who won’t give up a hobby to save kids’ lives.
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Excited to announce that I am taking on the Editor in Chief role for @TechCrunchPlus , once again reporting to @panzer . Super hype about the project and helping it grow this year. And I am hiring, so don't be a stranger!
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think you are having a bad day? you got nothing on this
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good rocket day coverage
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Lauren Kaori Gurley
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New: Amazon denied Patty Hernandez, a 23-year old warehouse worker in Tracy, California, pregnancy accommodations in October, then she miscarried at work. I spoke to her about the nightmare Amazon put her through just to get lighter duty.
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c-span now pointing out that @senatemajldr is blocking their cameras
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wait there are 600 people on the 30 under 30 list?
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Beautiful graphics work @nytimes
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mark meadows is a fascist apologist and was more than willing to try to subvert the us government in opposition of the will of the people - what a sad little sack of shit
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:|
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just paid off the last of my student loans, hell yeah
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the duolingo founder letter is getting press - here it is
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alex 🏴‍☠️🇺🇸🇺🇦
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I keep being amazed at how Google is bigger than ever in terms of ppl, but search is getting worse, Gmail is stagnant, Docs is still pretty subpar (only good idea was co-authoring, which is now old), etc. What are they doing over there.
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two years not drinking as of today, if I have my calendar correct - yay! obligatory fuck you, alcohol
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some personal news!
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re: the startup/working hours/hustle debate, keep in mind that everyone saying you should work insane amounts are the same folks holding the equity that your labor will enrich; if you are getting a material %, work your ass off. if you own little or nothing, maybe don't.
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startup idea: build a browser that can handle having 100 tabs open on machines with 16/32 gigs of ram; charge users $10/month for it or more. I would 100% pay for something that could handle my workload.
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note for early-stage startups
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today is three years of not drinking for me, thanks to everyone for being so lovely along the way
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@yashar I just fucking cannot.
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what is supreme
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no alcohol for 1,301 days woot
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if i talk to your company that doesn't mean i am writing a feature on it
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great now jeff use ur clout at amazon to better pay and care for drivers and warehouse workers
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visa paid nearly $12M per Plaid employee lol
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was recording @EquityPod so missed that @Pickavet let me write about $ASS
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Idea: A Macbook Pro, but it has regular USB ports, and LOTS of them
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doing some thinking about API-led startups — what are the companies I should look at more closely?
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Twitter, I will pay $10/month for ad-free Twitter. Spotify, I will pay 2x to give more $ to artists at the current revenue split.
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I only have 4k left of student debt give or take, but I would gladly watch folks who haven’t paid dowin a penny get theirs 100% taken away. If you are mad that you made more progress than others who might get more help, you suck. thanks for coming to my ted talk
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Due to some things we had Ada by c-section an hour ago. Baby healthy. Mom healthy. Now in recovery with her. ❤️
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My wife heard about the GameStop thing on npr and asked me about it, which made my job relevant to our relationship for the first time in ages - kinda fun
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New baby is here. Mom and kiddo healthy and happy. Will share a pic when I get one approved. Full of love rn.
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Why the fuck are stocks going up as unemployment skyrockets
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His phone is a computer this is dumb
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Jack Dorsey runs two multibillion-dollar companies without using a computer
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I couldn’t think of the best way of saying that we’re having a kid in mid-December so this was it - we’re very exited ❤️
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Coffee is good, dogs are lovely, friends make life worth living, food is a delight and books are cheap trips out of this universe.
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Got married to @Lizaswagner today! After a breakfast in the sun with everyone we got married at Liza’s church, and then had a second line parade with @whatcheerb through downtown Providence to the party. Full of love. ❤️🥰
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five years of not drinking
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I guess what annoys me is that now that we know the M1 is possible, what the fuck was Intel doing all those years?
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just realized that @beckpeterson works for Insider, which makes the following exchange even more amazing
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Esports numbers are always bigger than I expect
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THERE IS OVER SIX MILLION (!!) CONCURRENT VIEWERS FOR THE FORTNITE 'THE END' EVENT ACROSS TWITCH AND YOUTUBE INCLUDING OVER 4 MILLION ALONE (!!) ON YOUTUBE incredible
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Is it possible to work, work out, be an active parent, have hobbies and get enough sleep? I am failing here and sleep keeps getting cut.
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sadly no one seems to think that my "a banana will fix it" approach to not starving is winsome
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I guess my question is, if we lay off tens of millions of workers and the economy is fine (per the stock market)... what the fuck does that mean
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in ironic twist, that one bedroom apartment is now also worth $140B
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Salesforce is the world’s leading CRM software, valued at $140 billion. But did you know the company started 22 years ago in a 1 bedroom apartment?
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no-code is hawt
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this is not just a google issue, but a slack issue, a tweetdeck issue, etc
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Good thing we financed his pr while his father in law was president
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Margherita Stancati 🌸
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Seeking Backers for New Fund, Jared Kushner Turns to Middle East
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Pups
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ok so hubs: Seattle: cloud Colombus: insurtech SF/bay: software LA: creative-facing tech what else?
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The @Blizzard_Ent faux apology is bad. Not watching Starcraft games until the company does better.
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i never get tired of talking to founders, such a jam to talk to ppl fired up about something
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look i am a west coast kiddo living on the east coast and it’s fine but if we get spider paratroopers i am fucking *out* of here
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The puppies love quarantine as it means we’re home all the time
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People who like this meme / brands trying to find a way to cash in on it / people who have found a way to mute it / your father
@daveweigel
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The Cook, The Thief, His Wife, And Her Lover
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The children
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therapist: what if you derived less self-worth from work? me:
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shit I broke 1,000 days and didn't notice, so happy 1,001 days of not drinking to me
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New @TechCrunch staffer is in orientation
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this headline won't make it out, so enjoy it now
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Trump losing while golfing is a bit on the nose
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ok fine fine fine i made it
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symphonic metal fans alert:
@FloorJansen_
Floor Jansen
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I could not be more honored and prouder to perform the Dutch national anthem at this year's @F1 @f1dutchgp ! 🧡 #DutchGP #Formula1 #Zandvoort
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Is there a way to disable alcohol ads on twitter - not to be the boring recovering alcoholic or whatever but I’d love fewer whiskey ads while in recovery thx
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@yagizsozmen @lucasmtny Yes, well, no, I would sell it first and use that money to continue employing them
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holy shit this is just amazing
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*takes puppy outside *puppy plays around on lawn, nothing happens *takes puppy inside, puts in gated space with peepee pad *makes tea *puppy pees on floor where there is no peepee pad *alas
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Lmao
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I’m sorry but am I reading correctly that musk is suing zuck for hiring the people he fired?
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here's what you're missing at YC demo day, in terms of charts:
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New ultrasound day == best day
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Anyone know why bitcoin just dropped like $4k in one minute?
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put fucking publication dates on your blog posts for the love of god
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Brutal
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It's scary to see people far more talented than yourself get laid off
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Ok but what if @LandoNorris pulls the surprise win - lfg
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Gm from Ada!
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have not drank in 1,603 days, per my running counter, goddamn
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Turns out baby timings are kinda random and whatnot but we’ve made it to the “at hospital but still in triage” portion of birth. My role this far is being a snack gofer. Mom and baby so far doing well.
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