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Clipping is not the strategy. Building the sandbox and inviting creative people into it so that you make content worthy of Clipping - that is the strategy. @edels0n

@shaunmmaguire I saw you walking across the street on sunset blvd the other day. Near the flats. Wired apple headphones. I assumed you were more uber black AirPods in guy. Respect.

This is the energy LA needs

Softens the blow of the @LAClippers not making the playoffs. NPR def worth more than Kawhi.

@nicknorwitz This was fascinating and actually perfect for my 6 minute commute! Keep em coming.

Off-the noggin rant about GLP-1s, Muscle Loss (or lack thereof), Reta, FGF-21, and bio individuality 👇

@edels0n Just like most books could be articles, most podcasts can be clips. Don’t hate the clipper, hate the game.

Shohei becomes first person ever to beat the game of baseball.

One of the greatest emerging filmmakers and the second coming of George Lucas is on X sharing all, well most, of his secrets.

@ImGordonSun Sim me

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@jameygannon Definitely hiring someone to train AI models to make good decks. Thus, replacing themselves.

Anthropic is hiring a deck designer for $350k/yr we are so back

@eriktorenberg @a16z Damn, bros got Budget.

This is the part of my job at @a16z that most gets me up in the morning: building an incredible team. We’re hiring for a lot of roles at the moment: Chief of Staff: help me run all our initiatives at the intersection of investing, networks, and media. Senior role with a big impact. Marketings and Comms Leadership: own the narrative for the a16z portfolio and firm. We’re hiring a CMO and a Chief Comms Officer. Head of Podcasts: run, produce, scale our podcasts end-to-end. We’re also looking for a podcast host for new podcasts. Content: define the agenda for tech. Build the most well-read and high-taste tech publication in the industry as an editor, writer, or specialist in growth/operations. Social: build the biggest go-direct channels for the firm and top-tier CEOs, drive content strategy, design and audience growth. Research: help us curate the most important conversations in tech. Networks: Help build digital and IRL community across our extended networks of founders, investors, creators, and the tech ecosystem more broadly. Help run our VIP group chat operation. Help us source and identify amazing future founders at top companies today. College: help us build a network of talented young people on campuses across the country (and the world). Events: own flagship gatherings and summits that create moments people talk about. Video: we want to take flyers on creative directors, content generalists, and aspiring filmmakers in tech. More broadly, we’re interested in hiring anyone doing something exceptional at the intersection of investing and networks or content. People here love the work, the people, and the growth. a16z.fillout.com/new-media-hiri…

@scottbelsky 🤝

@Flinndustries love that one and never said I don't enjoy remixes.

arghh. remaking a masterpiece isn't hard. making a masterpiece is hard.

Mr Beast lined up one person from each age 1-100 and had them race to a finish line, and the overhead camera is an oddly beautiful data visualization of speed by age.

@DKThomp what do ya think of your score (5D)? freethinkersdb.com

@mtaibbi what do ya think of your "score"? freethinkersdb.com

@KonstantinKisin watcha think about your score? freethinkersdb.com

Shoutout some of my favorite free thinkers - @Noahpinion (8D), @tylercowen (5R), @mtaibbi (15R), @AaronParnas (35D), @DKThomp (5D), @WakeUp2Politics (0!), and @benshapiro (45R).

There is no subjectivity of my own in this. Everything was assessed and summarized through the lens of 3 models - Claude, Gemini and GPT.

There has never been a better time to be an independent journalist and free thinker. No boss, billionaire or advertiser to censor you. However, all free thinkers come with biases and beliefs that are important to understand. So I built a Free Thinkers DB to help us navigate...