Ted Wind

@jakeottiger LFG

last friday was my final day at Thrive. witnessing the herculean effort that went into closing Thrive X was the way to finish. it resembled everything i love and admire about the place and its people. so what's next... i left to build any and all software for any and all businesses. an ~ai~ consulting company of sorts. i've craved to run a service based business like this where i know my customers and they know me. there's no amorphous corporate blob to deal with. clients deal with me. now, with leverage from AI, they can get world class, personalized service from one guy at a reasonable rate. i hope this model lets me build trust and goodwill between tech and the long tail of industries from Anthropic's survey. (important note: i will also work with startups and tech companies given my mandate is literally any business) i've started with a used machine shop in Louisville, a wayfinding company in Cleveland, and a distributor of rags (literal towels not RAG...) in LA. we'll see how it goes...

@KiDCuDi @kingchip Ask About Meeeeeee

For those wondering, there will be a mini 20 min set in the show featuring @kingchip Were gonna do all the hits and the new jams. Even Willis 😉 What Almighty GloryUs songs u wanna hear on tour??

Chance of a lifetime! For you to go to #SuperBowlLX & support 2 great causes @LightFoundation and ronburtontrainingvillage.org $10 per raffle ticket! @daviosboston @SteveDiFillippo #Patriots

GREATNESS

@kobuckeye @KiDCuDi @BigBoi 🙏🙏🙏

Oh shit. Are we getting She Hates Me??? @KiDCuDi @BigBoi 🤔🤔🤔🤔

Got Pit Tickets for the first time ever to see @KiDCuDi in Mansfield!!!! Actually shaking lol—can't wait!

See you in Mansfield!!!!

This seems to be the prevailing sentiment amongst non-climbers... But it's simply wrong. Honnold's climb of Freerider on ElCap (which was captured on film by the legendary Jimmy Chin) is EASILY 10x more impressive than what Alex did on the skyscraper. I don't think it's possible to fully appreciate the absurdity of Honnold's free solo of ElCap unless you yourself have been on that climb. I have... I've been up there... I've done all the moves... (and this was during a period of my life wher I was in the top 0.00001% of strongest climbers in the world) And I got my ass handed to me. The 13a crux 23 pitches off the ground is unbelievably technical and requires a level of precision that, to execute without a rope, is nearly unbelievable. This is a hill I will gladly die on: Honnold's free solo of ElCap is THE single most impressive athletic achievement in human history. Nothing else comes even remotely close. (and certainly not this skyscraper). If you want to have your paradigm for what humans are capable of turned upside down... Go watch Free Solo.

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This has been the worst year ever for Al. Anytime somebody named Al gets mentioned in text 99% of people will default to reading it as AI. 2026 prediction is Al full names like Alfred and Albert gonna make a big time comeback

GO PACK LFGO!!!!!! Step up and bear down!! Gang

@PalmerLuckey @mttgrmm @brianrbell Wonder what the rebrand will be… Extinguished Ventures?

@mttgrmm @brianrbell "leaked, confidential, internal investment memo" Please respond to confirm compliance, @brianrbell. x.com/Jeffreyw5000/s…

I somehow missed these DMs in the spammy mess of my "message requests" folder. My bad. @brianrbell please consider this post your formal notice to shove your flimsy legal threats directly up your own ass. In the future if you want to make vague threats my email address is matt@anduril.com, and if you want to deliver formal legal documents our address is 1400 Anduril, Costa Mesa, CA. Merry Christmas!

@the_transit_guy Beautiful

If America were a proper country, we’d have a Midwest rail network as robust as this:

@mttgrmm @PalmerLuckey This is awesome!

My oldest Grimmlin has a school project where he is doing a biographical presentation on someone who's had a "significant" impact on the world (broadly defined). 8 billion people on this planet and my little guy picks.... @PalmerLuckey. Hard hitting interview at HQ today.

So excited for this week! New early design partners joining that care deeply about what we are building and want to make it better 🚀

@jordihays and @johncoogan just birthed the greatest Cramer meme template I’ve ever laid eyes on 😭

@tbpn Getting the dog hooked on TBPN

🗽 NYSE Gigastream x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

Elizabeth Holmes can you please undo your witch spell on me, it’s destroying me. Whoever hunts witches can you help me get this witch spell off? Do you know she can still cast witch spells from prison?? You may need to look into better solutions.

Thankful for my team! Happy Thanksgiving to all and to all a GO PACK GO!!!

@jackmmcclelland This investor sounds like they’re cool at parties lol 🙄

got asked by an investor yesterday: why do bay area founders seem more ambitious than east coast founders? i suggested: perhaps there's some truth to it, or maybe sf founders are better at "playing the game" and saying the right things to say to vc’s…