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UPDATE: Renaissance Philanthropy is officially one year old. I am so very proud of the team and what we have gotten done.

@TheAnnaGat time for a slop salon series

Everybody talking about AI slop Nobody talking about Government slop

@allafarce @pbifund 🙌 🙌 🙌

@ae_fernandes @pbifund Congrats! Excited to follow your work on this.

Some *personal news* — I’m very excited to be building @pbifund, a philanthropic venture fund + R&D lab backing AI for public good. 1/ A bit about why I’m so excited about this and who we hope to support 🧵

@EconDerek @pbifund Thanks Derek!! Excited for the work ahead ☺️

@ae_fernandes @pbifund This is great!

@pahlkadot @pbifund Thank you Jen!! Very excited for what we’re building and grateful for your support!

@ae_fernandes @pbifund Congrats, Anjali!!

@eric_is_weird 🫡 anyone who reads freaktakes / wants to build a BBN for this should absolutely come chat

Anjali is the best! Anyone already working in AI for social service delivery (etc.) or interested in doing so should reach out to her.

9/ I’m grateful to many individuals and communities who have shaped this field, shared their time & insights over many years, and have helped make this real, especially @KumarAGarg and @tkalil2050 (and many more IRL!) Excited for what’s ahead 🚀

8/ We’re also actively seeking input on our future funding priorities and horizon scanning. The future of technical progress in the social sector isn’t inevitable — it’s something we build, and the opportunity to make lives better is massive.

@danwwang @allafarce this feels like a bat signal for you!

For anyone in New Haven: Grey Matter Books has James C. Scott’s personal collection on sale (donated by his children). Many are about rivers

@visakanv the Lusosphere! I literally learned this word today while looking up a pastel de nata recipe, what are the odds

(I know Portugal is in Europe, but there’s still something here about like the… there has to be a Latin equivalent of “anglosphere”?)

I don’t know why this is but for some reason whenever I discover people who have really similar artistic/aesthetic tastes to me, they seem to be disproportionately likely to be South American. often Brazilian

@freeshreeda @ijfen unreal

Baby's first strongman show came in fourth overall, with first place in natural stone grip Couldn't have picked a better emotional support friend/cheerleader/handler than @ijfen

⏰ The wait is over - applications for our 2025 Coding it Forward Fellowship are LIVE! We're looking for: 🎓 Current & recent bootcamp, undergrad, or grad students 💻 Skills in data, design, product, software, or cyber 🏛 Passion for public service Apply by 10/27! 🔗in bio

@roybahat And the similarly named but different enough title by EO Wilson, Letters to a Young Scientist bookshop.org/p/books/letter…

@roybahat Perhaps too on the nose, but I love Advice for a Young Investigator! bookshop.org/p/books/advice…

Curious for the scientists and science-interesteds out there... favorite books or articles or podcasts on how to be a great scientist? Asking for a #thisisnotadvice thing where we might go in depth...