- Lost in space
- Economy is brat
- Unburdened (by a platform)
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It’s been 12 days since NASA briefed the media on Barry Wilmore and Sunita Williams, the two stranded astronauts aboard the ISS, and — in the absence of official news — sources say there’s a “greater than 50-50” chance SpaceX will be tapped to bring them home. But if you’re assuming the classified deliberations happening right now are concerned entirely with mission safety? Man, have I got a twee new wearable AI company to sell you. If Boeing loses this return, the Starliner program could cease to exist. That would obviously be bad for Boeing, or at least as bad as every other Boeing headline this year. But it would also suck for Democrats, who would lose their only alternative to SpaceX. A business coup for AOC’s most hated billionaire founder, investor, philanthropist, baby daddy? That would sting like hell. Which is probably why this is taking so long.
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P.S. I’m helping a killer NYC tech company look for a based (essential) recruiter. Just reply to this email, or forward it to the best (based) recruiter you know. -Solana |
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Monday morning, stocks, crypto, and oil prices all fell sharply amid fears the U.S. economy is slowing faster than expected. While there are many factors at play here — conflict in the Middle East, the Japanese market cratering, Warren Buffett dumping his Apple shares, and disappointing earnings reports / job numbers — it’s hard not to notice the market crash also coincides with the polling bump for a certain ‘brat’ presidential candidate. Will the economic downturn rain on Kamala’s parade? Unclear, though I suspect most voters care more about the price of rent than the 401k they don’t have. Still, I do know one influential group that’s probably seething: the crypto bros who spent all day spam-refreshing their sad-looking graphs. Hodl, boys. There’s still a chance America gets tired of the zany memes by November, a pro-crypto president gets elected, and you don’t have to find a real job.
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Unburdened (by a platform) |
It’s been a week since VCs for Kamala, the wacky list of “industry leaders” most of us never heard of until a few days ago, argued the technology industry would cease to exist if their beloved Coconut lost her run for office. While initially inclined to ignore the “democracy is going to end” brain worm people, who are presently supporting a party that just circumvented a democratic primary, they did get me wondering: what does Kamala believe about the industry? Rather than speculate on vibes, I checked out her website, which is how I discovered the incredible fact that she — wait for it — literally doesn’t have a platform. As in, these people are not even pretending to believe in anything. I suppose this is a feature for blobocracy enthusiasts, but for a man who actually does want the industry to exist? I have to say it gives me pause.
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What can be, unburdened by what has been |
As a thought leader in quantum computing, artisanal cheese-making, or sustainable architecture, you’ve become a victim of your own success. Your inbox overflows with queries, DMs burst with chat requests, and your calendar is a mosaic of mentorship calls. That’s what has been. But what can be, unburdened by these constraints? Enter Delphi, the digital cloning platform that puts your knowledge-sharing on autopilot. It captures your essence in text, voice, and now video, delivering your wisdom 24/7. You can now scale the impact of your authentic, personalized, face-to-face mentorship to thousands simultaneously. This is what can be. Your expertise, unbounded. Your reach, limitless. Your time, reclaimed. Welcome to a future of dynamic, visual
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How the Regime Captured Wikipedia |
inside the cultural revolution at wikipedia, which pivoted it from a decentralized database of all the world’s knowledge to a top-down social activism and advocacy machine |
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Trump Brings Up Operation Chokepoint 2.0
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this week, nic carter joins the pod to give us the latest on bitcoin and crypto after trump recently mentioned operation chokepoint 2.0. plus: crypto money changing the landscape of elections, vcs for kamala, google search results on the trump assassination attempt, and more |
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The Battle of the Billionaires |
pirate wires #124 // open war in silicon valley — a question of ethics, politics, or status? — trump’s new dance with venture capital, zenefits, and the other side of “going direct” |
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