Rodney Faraon 方德 寜

Helping C-suites think ahead. Ex-CIA briefer. China expert. TV/film side quests. Top Chef amateur. Powered by reckless curiosity.

[CIA @CIA]

Congrats to #CIA alum @rfaraon for taking on the notorious risotto challenge on @BravoTopChef's #TopChefAmateurs.

[Rodney Faraon 方德 寜 @rfaraon]

I wrote this for Crumpton Global's C-Note on what the recent U.S.-China summit did, and what it left for later.

The key month to watch is November.

https://t.co/hKOYWE9TLg

[Dennis Wilder偉德寧 @dennisw5]

Are there any Chinese-American reporters left in Beijing. China wants them out because they can blend in and have great language skills.

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@dennisw5 Make the Agency Central Again

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Our Latest Substack, from Crumpton Global: Washington Opens a New Front Against Mexico’s Cartels https://t.co/Zxjk7AWcsm

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Our latest Substack:

https://t.co/Vg4I2St7fE

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@elonmusk You know you can do both, right?

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My advisory firm Crumpton Global has started a Substack! Take a free peek behind the curtain at the kind of insights we share with our exclusive clients.

https://t.co/DoYi3vXKqN

[Miles Commodore @miles_commodore]

A John Coltrane mural in Hamlet North Carolina.

[The Hoya Sports @thehoyasports]

Georgetown men’s lacrosse upset the No. 5 University of Virginia 14-10 in the first round of the NCAA tournament, their first victory over the Cavaliers in program history. The Hoyas will take on the Duke University Blue Devils in the quarterfinals May 17.

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Anyone can call themselves a “Christian.” That’s an identity. What’s harder is to act Christ-like. That’s takes work and effort and means more than waving around a cross or a rosary or raising a flag to God.

[Cheri Jacobus @CheriJacobus]

I had no idea Michael Jackson simply copied Bob Fosse almost to a "T".

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@SidKhurana3607 Source?

[Rush Doshi @RushDoshi]

This scoop from @Lingling_Wei says the US and China are considering an AI dialogue or crisis hotline.

Here's what I told her, drawing from past experience.

Dialogue is absolutely essential, but we need to level-set expectations based on the track record:

1) We negotiated an AI dialogue in 2023, but the PRC tried to extract concessions on unrelated issues to even hold it; when we held the dialogue, they didn't send the right folks.

2) We do have crisis comms lines, but the PRC has not picked up the phone during crises (from EP-3 to the balloon). An AI crisis line may face similar challenges.

In short, the PRC has for decades been less serious about risk reduction and crisis communications than the Soviet Union was. What we do have, they rarely use and frequently pull down when they are upset (we don't do this).

That needs to change. But that only happens if the world collectively pushes for a different outcome.

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@thecfhk Narrator: it was not so easy.

[Frank Luntz @FrankLuntz]

54% of Americans read below a 6th grade level.

https://t.co/ez7rqoTkML

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@DHLUS @DHLexpress marked a package delivered and “signed,” but used a nonexistent address and left it at the wrong house. Photo confirmed it. I had to identify the location and retrieve it myself.

This shouldn’t happen. Fix your delivery validation.

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@etanthomas36 This is like LA in the 80s.

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@united Club at ORD, C Concourse. Coffee/espresso machines out of order. Ice machine, water out of order. @CocaCola Freedom machine no ice, soda flat and warm.

Do better.

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@tom_peters It was fine, but nothing special.

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@MikeBales I’ll take Things That Never Happened for $100, Alex.

No one goes to a steakhouse to have salad in uniform unless they were scammers or fictional.

Given that this story was cut and pasted from somewhere else, it was the latter. Either way, not good.