Erik J. Leklem

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Erik J. Leklem

Erik J. Leklem

@eleklem

I'm a Liberal Hawk. And venture capital curious.

Oakland, CA Katılım Temmuz 2008
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TechCrunch
TechCrunch@TechCrunch·
Backed by a16z and NEA, Backflip raises $30M Series A to turn text into AI-generated designs tcrn.ch/4gLOMtV
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Trent Telenko
Trent Telenko@TrentTelenko·
This is the "Dronification" of military combat engineering. Combat engineering without drones going forward is obsolescent and only done by backward military powers in the 21st Century.
Wild Hornets@wilendhornets

The "Black Hawk" unit of the 100th Separate Mechanized Brigade, 1st Company, is conducting demining operations with the Queen Hornet drone 🐝🇺🇦 You can support the production of these essential drones via the following details: 💳 Apple Pay, Google Pay, Credit cards: secure.wayforpay.com/payment/wildho… 💲 PayPal, Crypto Currency: linktr.ee/wildhornets 🔗 monobank: send.monobank.ua/jar/E5kHzqvBb

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Ben Kohlmann 🇺🇸
Ben Kohlmann 🇺🇸@benkohlmann·
IN CONCLUSION Foreign military sales is big business. It’s why there are sales teams allocated to it. But it is not for the faint of heart. Have clear expectations going in, invest time and resources only if the risk-weighted outcome seems worth it, and be prepared for all sorts of shenanigans. Godspeed.
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Ben Kohlmann 🇺🇸
Ben Kohlmann 🇺🇸@benkohlmann·
6 Hard Truths about Int'l Defense Sales – from a 20-year veteran in the industry. Many defense startups pitch an international sales story. So I hosted a seminar for our Defense Tech PortCos with a successful and long tenured Int'l Defense Sales lead. Here's what we learned : 1) You need the stomach for exceptionally long sales cycles – even from inbounds 2) Entangling Alliances are a death trap 3) Don’t mess around with ITAR and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act – there is no freedom to “move fast and break things” 4) The Defense Tech boom is mostly US based – it’s a lot of talk with limited action overseas 5) So. Much. Risk. 6) It can work with big margins if you’re willing to eat the cost of significant time and financial investments with no assurance of success Deep Dives on each below👇
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Erik J. Leklem
Erik J. Leklem@eleklem·
@janleike This reminds me of human deception under duress training, like hazing or indoctrination. Curious 🧐
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Erik J. Leklem@eleklem·
@janleike Interesting research and results, thank you 🙏 for posting.
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Jan Leike
Jan Leike@janleike·
To ensure future models are safe and aligned, we need to reliably distinguish models that fake alignment from models that actually are aligned. Having a clear demonstration of alignment faking is an important milestone!
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South China Sea Connect
South China Sea Connect@Scs_Connect·
Chinese PLA recently published a report on targets for a coordinated attack against US carrier strike groups, per @SCMPNews Dec 16. The list incl. radars, sensors and communication systems - part of the US Navy's Cooperative Engagement Capability system. scmp.com/news/china/sci…
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Aaron Slodov
Aaron Slodov@aphysicist·
why manufacturing people don't want to migrate to x from linkedin
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Erik J. Leklem
Erik J. Leklem@eleklem·
@JaharaMatisek There’s a lot to be done…will be curious to see who you interview in the SC enterprise as part of your project.
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Isaiah Taylor - making nuclear reactors
Guys I’ve had enough. I’m leaving X and heading to the other app. I’ll still post occasionally, and like + rt my friends’ content to be supportive of them. Reply to a few comments. A scroll here and there perhaps. A rare “DM”. But trust me, my heart will be in the other app.
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PUDDLES
PUDDLES@scoduckz·
Excuse me, what?
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Erik J. Leklem
Erik J. Leklem@eleklem·
@usembassykl Great to see defense leaders visiting to promote bilateral security cooperation. We need more senior officials visiting like this and inking new agreements 🇺🇸🇲🇾
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Erik J. Leklem@eleklem·
Imperial colonialism by PRC and their aggressive actions in Asia are a threat to world peace ☮️.
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Coach GDaddy
Coach GDaddy@mojorizn1·
SMU just made the playoffs and put Bama out. Oh well.
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Middle East Eye
Middle East Eye@MiddleEastEye·
Internationally recognised Israeli historian Lee Mordechai has concluded that his country is committing genocide in Gaza after compiling a vast, methodical report documenting a litany of war crimes committed since Israel’s invasion began last year pulse.ly/5h8gstdg4r
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Euan Graham
Euan Graham@graham_euan·
True. More also needs to be made of the fact that China’s coast guard deliberately impedes the passage of Philippines vessels, eg shouldering or ramming them. Contrary to Beijing’s claims, it does not/not respect freedom of navigation or uphold COLREGS in waters it contests.
Collin Koh 🇸🇬🇺🇦@CollinSLKoh

Honestly, the video shows nothing of PH provocations. Instead, it begs the question why PRC is infringing upon Manila's exercise of sovereign rights in the Philippines' legal EEZ, per UNCLOS. 🤷🏽‍♂️

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OSINTtechnical@Osinttechnical·
Donetsk Oblast, a flight of Ukrainian Army Aviation Mi-24 Hind gunships head towards the front at low level, only popping up to barely clear treelines on their route.
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