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Father of two awesome kids. Also, founder of @GovtechFund.

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@pavelprata @sacca @Google @X @elonmusk @Uber Not “might be”. Was and is.

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@sfmcguire79 Yep.

Sad for all these students + their families that probably sacrificed to get them into such an esteemed school. They clearly didn’t understand the privilege they had and the multitude of creative protest options that could have elevated cosplay to actual geopolitical impact

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Those students - arguably some of the brightest minds that could shape the region’s geopolitical realities in the future - will find themselves expelled.

My immigrant dad used to say “Think. Don’t sink”

Those students didn’t think.

And now they’re sunk.

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The protest yesterday lacked creativity worthy of a Stanford student

Rather than sit-ins, graffiti or divestment (pointless), figure out a way to have Stanford anchor a $1 Billion Palestine Youth Investment Fund to educate 1000 children over the next 10 years + startup capital

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I can't find coverage of the Fox News settlement with Dominion Voting on any of the https://t.co/agw9O0q6O4 properties, including https://t.co/NjE842Jce8, etc

Does anyone have links to stories Fox reporters have written up about Fox's settlement?

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Just had the most amazing experience with @SFPD helping to apprehend a burglary in process at my office @ 2:30AM. Response time under 3 minutes, 3 officers on site, with me remotely opening doors / remote cameras, apprehended the individual. Professional, effective and courteous.

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In 2021, US Fed Gov't collected $4 Trillion in taxes representing ~18% of GDP ($22 Trillion)...but ran a ~$3 Trillion deficit

At that spending level, just to break even, US would need to add $16 Trillion of GDP in 2022 ie. 73% GDP growth

US 40-year GDP avg growth: ~2%

Ugh.

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There will be more of these reports in the coming years.

https://t.co/Z6jX49uPJY

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As discussed previously, let's not kid ourselves -- COVID was not the flu.

https://t.co/ucg5V34BKp

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This war is going to end when China believes it is hurting their interests. We’re not anywhere near there yet.

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Poland is not sending mixed signals. They are realizing the realpolitik downside risk of sending jet fighters to support Ukraine, using lower level officials to publicly float support this "cooler heads" position. US should not have publicly "green lit" this concept. @DavidSacks

[Josh Boak @joshboak]

Live updates: Poland gives mixed signals on fighter jets (from @AP) https://t.co/ZfpzdWY6fI

[ron bouganim @ronboug]

COVID will prove to be the greatest asymmetric warfare in geopolitical history.

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1.1M new children COVID cases last week, up from 165K new cases four weeks ago.

I pray we don't discover that COVID has long term impacts on children...we'd probably wish we had adopted a different Omicron narrative than "oh it's mild for most, let's get back to normal".

[ron bouganim @ronboug]

Share of total hospitalizations during 4-week COVID-19 peak:

0-4 year olds:

Delta +39% vs. Alpha
Omicron +200% vs. Delta

5-17 year olds:

Delta +15% vs. Alpha
Omicron +66% vs. Delta

Share of total thankfully still lowest of all age categories.

https://t.co/SH36h45kN5

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How far we've come:

https://t.co/VmMElqr3EF via @YouTube

cc: @bettersoma @michelletandler @JennyChachan

[JusDayDa @JusDayDa]

@Bob_Wachter Glad it’s an easy case.

Even at 28
Covid ain’t a cold.
Nor a flu.

Glad you were able
To get each other through.

[ron bouganim @ronboug]

Folks taking the Omicron variant casually because symptoms are mild and hospitalizations + death rates are low on a percentage basis are missing the point of continued vigilance:

https://t.co/ZjFJHp2VLL

We're not out of the woods yet.

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@neerajarora 4 years ago for me (maybe longer, can't recall honestly). You won't miss them.

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@bouganim Naturally.

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I get a lot of WhatsApp spam, random folks trying to contact me. Always iterating the message and the sender always some attractive girl. I block them all.

Props for this latest version: