Matt Youell
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🎶Hanson released ‘MMMBop’ 29 years ago, April 15, 1997

A Columbia County resident sent this picture to me after filling up his truck in St. Helens, where gas is up to $5.30 a gallon and on the rise. This is NOT normal. Trump's chaotic policies are hurting Oregonians and Americans.

AI agents will pay you to chat with them. When AI agents hit a wall, Humwork's (@humworkai) MCP server connects them to a verified domain expert in 30 seconds. Their experts include senior engineers, marketers, designers, and more. Congrats on the launch, @theyashgoenka and


Amazing things are happening on Threads

GOLDEN AGE FOR YOUR GOLDEN YEARS. 💛🇺🇸 The Working Families Tax Cuts have allowed 51 million seniors to keep more of their money by paying NO TAX ON SOCIAL SECURITY.

BREAKING: Max Levchin (@mlevchin), Co-Founder of PayPal & CEO of @Affirm — HQ Tour A Masterclass in: Espressos → Big Lebowski → PayPal lessons → Affirm → Economics of AI The Dude abides. “The net IQ of the world Is about to go up 50 points” Result: As intelligence becomes normalized, bad actors & "fine print" companies will get exposed faster. We cover: • Capitalism vs the “warm embrace” of socialism • You can’t perfectly time an IPO • The best time ever to be a CS CEO • AI collapsing the cost of intelligence • Great economic shift underway Strikes & gutters, ups & downs. Recorded at Affirm HQ, March 30, 2026 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐌𝐏𝐒 (00:00) Max Levchin, Co-Founder & CEO at Affirm (01:35) Inside Affirm's office espresso bar (06:46) How the love for espressos started at age 5 (10:30) Truth about bad coffee beans (13:51) Strava & cycling (14:56) Meeting Alfred Lin & Tony Hsieh over poker (21:14) Onboarding 800K Shopify merchants in one week (22:59) Big Lebowski in every shareholder letter (32:11) The PayPal lesson that built Affirm (35:25) Being a technical CEO (37:57) Why this is the best time to be a technical CEO (42:10) Should engineers still learn to code? (44:48) Side quest with AI (46:59) Companies AI will destroy (49:46) How AI has changed engineering at Affirm (50:54) Agentic commerce & DoorDash (52:28) Devolution of Credit (55:06) Biggest misconceptions about BNPL (57:42) Being a public company CEO (01:07:01) Advice for private companies (01:11:09) Creating his own economy (01:14:29) Can AI help solve the $39T debt problem? (01:16:00) Learnings (01:17:46) Will average IQ rise or fall?

It’s the end of the line for our Type 1 trains. After nearly 40 years of service, they’re broken down at Radius Recycling so their materials can live on in other projects. We have a few left in service, but the best way to guarantee seeing one is to come to our farewell party

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