Frederick DeWorken

Some still call me rukus.

[Frederick DeWorken @fdeworken]

@StartupArchive_ @Jason GOAT

[Frederick DeWorken @fdeworken]

I caught a peek of the table of contents of Love Conquers Fear while I was with Brett Hurt at the Austin Technology Council’s Hall of Fame celebration, and all I can say is 🤯

To say that this is going to be a “spiritual banger” is definitely an understatement.

https://t.co/m0zCeLbRiq

[Chamath Palihapitiya @chamath]

💯

[Frederick DeWorken @fdeworken]

@hwbhatti Lemon

[Hassan W. Bhatti @hwbhatti]

Think it. Say it. Done.

The average person spends 3 hours typing + switches 1,000 tabs per day.

That ends today.

Meet Lemon: The first voice-to-action AI agent that turns your voice commands into finished tasks.

RT + Comment "Lemon" to get free access for 30 days.

(must be following so I can DM you)

[Frederick DeWorken @fdeworken]

@elonmusk I wonder if they took the “trannies” out of the “white” population for this graph.

[Sana Ebrahimi Ledene @__Injaneb96]

This is Tehran. Let that sink in. You are watching a revolution unfold live while the world’s media stays dead silent. Legacy media has become nothing more than a propaganda machine, because what news could possibly be bigger than this?
@FoxNews @CNN https://t.co/1X5PlzQAhw

[Frederick DeWorken @fdeworken]

@Jason @elonmusk This is the solution.

[Frederick DeWorken @fdeworken]

@elonmusk This infection is in Austin too

[Save Austin Now @SaveAustinNow]

Austin spent $1.1 MILLION tax $ on this logo. Last week, they started legal action against us for this parody logo to highlight the waste. We're still using it, & we have filed a free speech suit in state court. Time for a FULL audit of the $6B budget.

[Frederick DeWorken @fdeworken]

Vote no on Prop Q!

[Frederick DeWorken @fdeworken]

@tparon The Casuelo burned in a very similar manner. Things that make you go hmmmm.

[ATX RE @atxREpodcast]

The City of Austin is proposing an 18% property tax increase, on top of Travis County pushing an 8% increase.

This triggers a tax rate election on Nov. 4th.

The average tax bill will go up roughly $482 for a $500k value home. Depending where your home is located, taxes on a $500k home are already about $10,000 per yr.

Although Austinites historically vote for tax increases, I bet this rate increase vote will fail.

Regular people are under financial strain from general inflation and the erosion of spending power.

There is no clear argument for the substantial tax increase and the City budget is one of the highest in the State on a per capita basis.

I can’t imagine people show up in droves to vote FOR more taxes.

This will be a critical moment for small businesses, homeowners and renters alike.

[Frederick DeWorken @fdeworken]

“You come to understand that most people are neither for you nor against you, they are thinking about themselves.”
— ​John W. Gardner​

from @tferriss

[Frederick DeWorken @fdeworken]

“You come to understand that most people are neither for you nor against you, they are thinking about themselves.”
— ​John W. Gardner​

via the 5-Bullet Friday newsletter (https://t.co/LDnt2LhT49) from @tferriss

[Frederick DeWorken @fdeworken]

@atxREpodcast Thanks @GregCasar, @kathietovo , @piorenteria11 and others for inviting every homeless person in America to camp in Austin’s open spaces during the pandemic. Geniuses

[AG @AGHamilton29]

Things that almost every major news outlet magically ignored:

- Last November there were tapes released showing Hamas torturing Palestinian dissidents in Gaza pre-10/7

- A few weeks ago there were videos of Hamas shooting critics in Gaza post-ceasefire

- Yesterday a rocket was fired from Gaza but landed short and made an impact in Gaza. This not only violated the ceasefire but killed a 14-year-old Palestinian boy. There have been thousands of rockets that have fallen short in Gaza throughout the war.

- A report yesterday from the mother of one of the released female hostages described how they were forced to watch videos of other male hostages being tortured. There are extensive reports detailing the torture hostages went through.

I can go on and on. Anything contrary to Hamas' preferred narrative regarding Gaza simply does not get extensive coverage at most major outlets. Someone has to go on X or read Israeli news to discover many of these things. The reason this happens is obvious, but no one can provide a reasonable defense for it.

[Frederick DeWorken @fdeworken]

I really like hearing songs that drove my parents nuts on commercials. 😂

[Frederick DeWorken @fdeworken]

Time to take the SIC down!

[Chamath Palihapitiya @chamath]

The Software Industrial Complex ("SIC") is what I call the $5T economy of SaaS, Services and internal teams that help companies use software to run themselves. This economy is naturally inflating 10-15% per year. In short, its an enormous economy that is unsustainable.

After 30+ years of the SIC, their solutions are overgrown, expensive and don't work. Companies ultimately end up spending $100M's per year for a few features and workflows that create a stranglehold on their data.

Palantir is an example of a company blowing this up. 8090 is a more recent example trying to do the same.

We are ripping out the SIC and replacing it with more streamlined solutions that eliminates the sprawl and waste riddling most corporations.

The companies that take us up on it, become more efficient, grow faster and are more profitable.

[Frederick DeWorken @fdeworken]

Sometimes I really miss W

[sean yoo @SeanYoo]

when you realize you took an edible before doing something serious