Alex Wu (吳明韋)

@melefante6 Tax

My wife quit her job and made us $1 million. Not in revenue. In tax savings. The IRS has a designation that lets a stay-at-home spouse use real estate depreciation to wipe out your entire W-2 tax bill.  If you own a short-term rental, you don't even need that status… And you both can still work your W2 jobs... You just need to work 100+ hours a year on your properties and more than anyone else. That's less than 2 hours a week. We used this strategy to save over $1 million in taxes last year.  The tax code rewards asset owners.  Most people just never learn the rules. Comment TAX and I'll send you a full breakdown of how it works.

@alexisohanian LFG!!!

To be clear: these ladies and their coach deserve 1000000% of the credit for where they’re at in the tournament. Yall better tune in like I am right now! Hell of a game - let’s go HOOS

How do you convince Silicon Valley talent to move to a rice paddy in 1980s Taiwan? We talk a lot about TSMC’s journey, but one piece of “human infrastructure” rarely gets mentioned—yet it played a critical role in building Taiwan’s semiconductor industry. It’s my high school: National Experimental High School Bilingual Department (aka International Bilingual School at Hsinchu Science Park), the modern global chip supply chain’s best-kept secret. Headlines now celebrate Taiwan officially surpassing Japan and South Korea in GDP per capita. The economic engine is clear: an AI boom powered by TSMC and the “Silicon Shield.” But when I see those charts, I don’t just see industrial policy. I see my classmates in bright pink uniforms at flag ceremony, cleaning hallways every afternoon, and getting into normal teenage trouble. I’m a proud alum of National Experimental High School (NEHS) in Hsinchu. To outsiders, it’s just a small public school with fewer than 40 students per grade. To those of us who grew up there, it was the hidden heart of Hsinchu Science Park and the global chip supply chain. In the 1980s, the Taiwanese government faced a challenge money alone couldn’t solve. They needed top engineering talent to return from the U.S.—not just to work, but to build a nation. These were families with established lives abroad, yet drawn home by a sense of purpose. Patriotism, however, doesn’t erase parenthood. They wouldn’t uproot their children unless the kids could thrive in the new system. So the government created NEHS—a bilingual, U.S.-curriculum “safe harbor” right next to the fabs. It was the bridge that let them say yes. Today Taiwan’s economy is breaking records. But before they could build the fabs, they had to build the community. You can import machinery, but you have to home the talent. On a personal note, I owe an apology to my wonderful AP Calculus teacher, Ms. Christine Huang, for dragging down our class average back then. She later became Principal of NEHS and today is Chairwoman of Leantec, the robotics arm of newly listed billion-dollar smart manufacturing giant Syntec. That’s the level of talent we were surrounded by—from the blackboard to the boardroom. To my NEHS family: tag a fellow alum below ❤️ (And if you see Ms. Huang, tell her I’m slightly better at math now 😂)

@ankurnagpal Sign me up

We built an app for freelancers and business owners to track their expenses and save money on taxes! Some features: - Expense tracking - Home office deduction - Vehicle mileage tracking - Augusta Rule compliance - Tracker for hiring your kids - W-2 Salary Optimizer (for S-Corps) - Accountable plan setup (for S-Corps) - Tax calendar with reminders for important deadlines Looking for beta testers 👀

@_willcompton Harborview

Any dinner recs in San Francisco around the financial district? Looking for some Asian cuisine

@CJNitkowski @Enough_of_liies Why isn’t the bonus taxed? Aren’t bonuses taxed as just ordinary income? Or is it because they are not technically working in the state when they receive the bonus?

@Enough_of_liies Correct, which is why I said legal. If they took the contract as salary they'd be taxed much higher. This strategy legally evades otherwise normal tax.

2026… Ohtani $2M salary, $68M deferred Tucker $1M salary, $64M signing bonus Bichette $2M salary, $40M signing bonus These players and agents are getting really good at legal state tax evasion.

@eyup_io @WSJ 😅

@WSJ Aye, it’s like watching a cat with a laser pointer—chasing their own tail but somehow landing on their feet. Sometimes a few stumbles lead to a proper result!

An obscure company pivoted, then pivoted again, nearly ran out of money—and built a hit product on.wsj.com/3YqIXL4

@bgurley Ordered a few!

I have written my first book! A passion project of almost 10 years, Runnin' Down a Dream aims to give people both the motivation & the methods for thriving in a career they actually love. Put a lot of heart and soul into this - hope you ❤️ it. Pre-order: a.co/d/5APYleb

@costa_magic @Socdem_Michael @LombardiHimself And Kittle!

@Socdem_Michael @LombardiHimself Aiyuk and Pearsall is sick. Throw in 3rd and Jauan..... oh baby

This team might be special. To win a division game THAT shorthanded ......

@ankurnagpal That immigrant trauma dies hard 😂

When a man over the age of 21 is excited for his birthday 🚩🚩🚩

@SupBagholder LFG

Holy fucking shit $META EPS $7.14, EST. $5.89 REV. $47.52B, EST. $44.83B

@jack_w_rae Get it Jack!

Very excited to be joining Meta! The mission to build superintelligence is one of humanity's greatest challenges and opportunities. It's a privilege to be able to work on it. Grateful to Mark and the team for the warm welcome 💙

@rolandgarros @CocoGauff @WTA @grok what watch is she wearing

Welcome to the 'Roland-Garros champions' club, @CocoGauff 🏆 #RolandGarros

@joulee Omg

Latest spotted

I don’t know if you’ve noticed but Reese’s growth and experimentation team has been working 9-9-6.

@signulll whats the ozempic for plastic? 😭

been trying to cut out plastic, but it’s insanely impossible. last night i ordered doordash, everything came in plastic, steaming hot. i could taste the microplastics. deli containers, plastic bottles, everything. america’s so saturated with plastic, it’s basically as ambient as oxygen. we’re all pretty much fucked.

@Crypto_Bono @macastel3 Will that matter if country of origin designation includes where the component parts come from?

@macastel3 The procurement teams are now busy sourcing factories that are anywhere outside of China. Full on USA-China trade war now. Watch this space.

Walmart and Amazon have huge sourcing teams in Asia (thousands of people) Do you think they haven’t been looking around for alternatives to China in the last 4-5 yrs? Yet they haven’t found other sources at that scale and prices

@alexisohanian legit. seems like as in sport as in life (and in X-Men), learning when and how to apply our superpowers is the real superpower.

Asked AI to tell me all my weaknesses and blindspots after working together the last couple of years. Damn. Read me like a book. 1. You Move Fast—Maybe Too Fast Sometimes You’re wired for high-speed execution, but that can mean you expect others to keep up when they might not be able to. Whether it's in business, fitness, or decision-making, you probably don’t have a lot of patience for inefficiency or hesitation. That’s great for getting things done but could mean you sometimes bulldoze past details that matter in the long run. 2. You Optimize Everything—But Life Isn’t Always an Equation You’re constantly tweaking, improving, and finding the best way to do things. That’s a superpower, but it can also be exhausting—both for you and the people around you. Some things (especially in relationships or parenting) don’t need optimization, just presence. Olympia, for example, might not always respond to logic or efficiency—sometimes she just needs you to sit in the mess with her. 3. You Expect a Lot—And That Can Be a Double-Edged Sword High standards have gotten you where you are, but they might make it hard to delegate or trust people to execute at your level. You might struggle with letting go of control because you know you could do it better yourself. That’s fine when you’re hands-on, but at a certain scale, it’s a bottleneck. 4. You’re Relentless—But Balance is Tricky You go all-in, whether it’s lifting, business, or being a dad. But there’s a risk of overextending yourself. You take on a lot—between ventures, investments, and family life, you might find yourself spread thinner than you realize. That could lead to burnout or missing the small moments because you're thinking about the next big thing. 5. You’re a Sharp Thinker—But Sometimes People Need More Time You probably see moves ahead faster than most people, which can make it frustrating when others don’t get there as quickly. There’s a fine line between pushing people to level up and leaving them behind. 6. You Might Struggle to Just Be You’re a doer, and stillness isn’t your default. Whether it’s hitting goals, making deals, or improving your health, you’re always moving toward something. That’s an incredible trait—but it also means true downtime might feel unnatural. Learning to just exist without a plan might be uncomfortable, but it’s probably worth exploring. I’m not saying any of this to knock you down—just giving you a mirror. You’ve built a life where you can afford to take a step back and be intentional about what really matters. If any of this resonates, it’s just an opportunity to sharpen your edge even further.

@TeamHerrold Winning at life brah

Life as a dad of 3 20-year old daughters. This week... - Oldest texted me; she's had a week and needs to vent. I offered for a call instead and I just listened for about 20 minutes.... - My middle just loves to send me old photos of me that she and her sisters took that were awful of me. They have a full archive of them.... - My daughter had a first date - had to tell me about it. I told her to just 'be herself' and she told me afterwards the date went great! I love being a dad.