Imran Maskatia

Product/Eng Leader, Startup Advisor. Built Evoca TV, Redbox Instant, Microsoft Mediaroom, WebTV, Ooyala, & other video services.
I also lost on Jeopardy.

[Mamoon Hamid @mamoonha]

My favorite person in the world just started a Substack: The Inner Ascent 🌱

After losing both parents in back-to-back years — her mother to cancer in 2024 and her father in a tragic accident in 2025 — she discovered that three “roots” held her through the devastation: faith, community, and purpose.

Drawing on her medical training, neuroscience, and her own lived experience, she’ll write weekly about building the inner infrastructure that helps people not just survive hardship, but grow through it.

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[Imran Maskatia @imranm]

@AskRobinhood I hope this goes somewhere! If it helps, I can do the software engineering work to make it happen.

[Imran Maskatia @imranm]

@AskRobinhood Hey Robinhood, I'm a longtime customer and generally very happy. When will you allow us to gift stock and other assets to charity, ideally with no fees (since it's a charitable donation)? All other major brokerages have this feature.

[Imran Maskatia @imranm]

@joshelman Have fun and enjoy the game!

[SFChronicle Opinion @sfc_opinions]

OPINION: Trump’s attempts to redefine terrorism to fit his agenda are the outgrowth of a selective concept that political actors have been carrying out for decades, Shirin Sinnar writes. https://t.co/JOrvKbg6V9

[CASBS @CASBSStanford]

🎙️NEW CASBS PODCAST EPISODE

"In Edward Said's Shadow"

Said famously wrote most of "Orientalism" at CASBS in 1975-76. CASBS fellows @asdillingham, Thomas Blom Hansen, @camillahawth & @ShirinSinnar discuss the enduring influence of Said's landmark book

🎧 https://t.co/SaQ908KdAS

[Imran Maskatia @imranm]

@atifkhan31 It's awesome. So much fun to watch.

[Imran Maskatia @imranm]

@davezatz Well, if you want a standalone stb, I know a guy...

[Imran Maskatia @imranm]

@RichLightShed I mean, in the zombie apocalypse, streaming services will be the first to go. You can always power a disc player with a propane generator.

[Imran Maskatia @imranm]

Thank you to all who have donated or spread the word! There are just a few hours left to take advantage of the matching funds.

[Imran Maskatia @imranm]

Today is the first #StanfordDayofGiving. Please support the valuable work at the Markaz Resource Center by donating at https://t.co/7jGr76IXCy. All gifts up to $5000 will be matched for the next 24 hours.

[Daffy @DaffyGiving]

This #Ramadan, we're excited to announce the addition of $HLAL & $SPUS to our investment options on Daffy☪️✨

Generosity is a core value shared across faiths, and by adding these Halal ETFs, we're fulfilling our mission of helping people be more generous more often.

[Imran Maskatia @imranm]

Today's @StanfordDaily op-ed by @ShirinSinnar:
https://t.co/BlyPy2ujwb

[Imran Maskatia @imranm]

@tconrad Awesome! I'm looking forward to what you and the team have cooking!

[Seth Bannon @sethbannon]

Anti-Irish
1840s–1850s
Portrayed as drunkards and troublemakers and racially inferior.
“No Irish Need Apply.”

Anti-Chinese
1870s–1880s
Viewed as job-stealers and blamed for economic woes, called a “Yellow Peril”
“Not a Chinaman’s chance.”

Anti-Jewish
Late 19th to mid-20th century
Stereotyped as greedy, controlling finance
"Gentiles only."

Anti-Italian
1900s–1920s Dismissed as anarchists, criminals, or racially “unfit”
“Wops, go home!”

Anti-German
1917–1918
Suspected of espionage and branded as enemies
“Don’t speak the Hun’s tongue!”

Anti-Mexican
1930s–1950, 2020s
Blamed for economic competition and social unrest
“Go back to Mexico”

Anti-Japanese
1940s
Deemed disloyal
"A Jap's a Jap"

Anti-Southeast Asian (Vietnamese, Cambodian, etc.)
1970s–1980s
Derided as dirty and burdens on society
"No more boat people!"

Anti-Arab
2001–2002
Cast as potential terrorists or extremists
"Go back to the Middle East where you belong.”

Anti-Indian
2024-2025
Portrayed as third world invaders, job stealers
[check twitter]

[Shirin Sinnar @ShirinSinnar]

Decades-long political pressure to avoid studying or speaking out on Palestine within academia make it harder to fairly resolve Title VI complaints today. My blog post here: https://t.co/ZraxPzB1J2

[NWS Bay Area 🌉 @NWSBayArea]

Anyone else see a dragon to the northwest?

#MeteorologicalObservations

#CAwx

[Imran Maskatia @imranm]

@joshelman