Elon Boms

Founder of LaunchCapital. MD at Pritzker Vlock Capital. Love to play sports and hang with my family. New tech toys are fun too!

[Elon Boms @LaunchLife]

@BillAckman was part of the Yale event today. Your analysis of the institutional issues associated with elite universities is spot on. The long term implications point towards further isolation of unique ideology rather than an all for one mentality and open discourse.

[Jonathan Nicholas @JonathanNichol4]

@metpoliceuk 11,000,000 Muslims - mainly women & kids - dying in air raids & starvation

The UN called it ‘The worst humanitarian catastrophe of modern times’

Yemen, not Gaza

No rallies

Why?

No Jews involved

Think about it

[Bill Ackman @BillAckman]

How are these students not immediately suspended? How does this not violate @Harvard’s code of conduct for students? How would Harvard respond if the affected student were Black, Latino or LGBTQIA? How does this man remain Editor of the Harvard Law Review?

[Hillel Fuld @HilzFuld]

This video is a 10/10.

Who is she? I want to express my gratitude and admiration for her.

One of the best videos I’ve seen.

[Meghan McCain @MeghanMcCain]

AntiSemitic incidents are up over 10000% in some areas since October 7th.

I don’t want any of you to ever question how Jews were hauled off into boxcars and exterminated less than 100 years ago again.

We are seeing it in real time.

[Ed Krassenstein @EdKrassen]

Was Hillary Clinton right all along when it comes to the Israel / Palestinian situation?

In this old clip, Hillary says:

"Remember, Israel left Gaza. They took out all the Israelis. They turned the keys over to the Palestinian people and what happened?

"Hamas took over Gaza, so instead of having a thriving economy with the kind of opportunities that the children of the Palestinians deserve, we have a terrorist haven that is getting more and more rockets shipped in from Iran and elsewhere”

I'd love to hear the Hamas defenders respond to this.

[Elon Boms @LaunchLife]

Now we must hope that the lack of sophistication and understanding by the population at large as to how and why Israel, Hamas and the Palestinians are locked into a horrific situation doesn’t spark a much broader and escalated war. #IsraelHamasConflict

[Elon Boms @LaunchLife]

Our society, which values news bites and short form communication, can no longer process or understand complex and nuanced situations. The #IsraelHamasConflict shows the errors of our 140 character society.

[Elon Boms @LaunchLife]

Domestically, we have dealt with this same situation, but on a smaller scale, when seeing the debate between Conservatives and Democrats on key issues.

[Nuseir Yassin @nasdaily]

Personal Thoughts:
(not for everyone, feel free to skip)

For the longest time, I struggled with my identity.

A Palestinian kid born inside Israel. Like…wtf.

Many of my friends refuse to this day to say the word “Israel” and call themselves “Palestinian” only.

But since I was 12, that did not make sense to me.

So I decided to mix the two and become a “Palestinian-Israeli”

I thought this term reflected who I was.
Palestinian first. Israeli second.

But after recent events, I started to think.
And think.
And think.
And then my thoughts turned to anger.

I realized that if Israel were to be “invaded” like that again, we would not be safe. To a terrorist invading Israel, all citizens are targets.

900 Israelis died so far. More than 40 of them are Arabs. Killed by other Arabs. And even 2 Thai people died too.

And I do not want to live under a Palestinian government.

Which means I only have one home, even if I’m not Jewish:

Israel.

That’s where all my family lives. That’s where I grew up. That’s the country I want to see continue to exist so I can exist.

Palestine should exist too as an independent state. And I hope to see the country thrive and become less extreme and more prosperous. I love Palestine and have invested in Palestine.

But it’s not my home.

So from today forward,
I view myself as an “Israeli-Palestinian”.

Israeli first.
Palestinian second.

Sometimes it takes a shock like this to see so clearly.

[Elon Boms @LaunchLife]

@practicalgolf Is your data coming from @ArccosGolf ?

[Elon Boms @LaunchLife]

@JMRivers17 @benberkowitz Density, scale and consequences resulting from open air market are the contributors to SF's decline. NHV will one day feel effects from lack of enforcements or controls. Ex: who uses the NHV Green for any intended purpose besides a quick cut thru? Pretty sad for the city.

[Elon Boms @LaunchLife]

@PerlmanOfficial we are headed to Glen Cove today to see you. My 9yr old daughter is a major fan and is presenting her biography of you at school next week. Can we find a way to get you a note from her?

[Elon Boms @LaunchLife]

@Jason This is probably the smartest AI tweet I have seen in the last month. Completely agree.

[Elon Boms @LaunchLife]

@jjacobs22 Exactly my thought. If @elonmusk committed to donate all profit he makes above the $44b cost of $twtr to climate initiatives, I think that the response to his ownership would be totally different.

[Elon Boms @LaunchLife]

@jen_mcfadden Disagree. Platform is so underwhelming right now with so much opportunity. Prior leadership had mentality of don’t break what we’ve got. A motivated person could make massive impact.

[Elon Boms @LaunchLife]

Just learned that most 18 - 24yr olds have “finstagram” accounts - fake accounts that don’t tie to their names. What % of new users is that?

[Elon Boms @LaunchLife]

That time u let your 4yr old make her own birthday card for mom: “it’s a giraffe peeing and this is his penis...”