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Don Fotsch 🌵🇺🇸

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Cofounder Greyscale AI, Sevaro Health Advisor, startups investor, Betfair, PayPal, decade @ Apple. uop . AI, AI, Oh! Grateful for Elon @ X

Paradise & Silicon Valleys Katılım Şubat 2008
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will o’brien@Willob·
🌊HIRING A MANUFACTURING LEAD🌊 As we scale up production, we’re looking to hire someone to work w/@colm_o_brien to lead manufacturing. This role is a critical hire for us. We want to build more underwater vehicles than anyone else in history. We expect this to be a career-defining role for someone. You will be responsible for doing things the maritime engineering industry never thought to be possible. Join us as we change the maritime industry forever and set a new standard for the speed and scale that manufacturing is done. Link below 👇
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Samantha Smith
Samantha Smith@SamanthaTaghoy·
19 year old Iranian wrestling champion Saleh Mohammadi was just publicly executed for protesting against the Islamic Regime. So, to all liberal Westerners: Watch and learn. This is what it’s like to ACTUALLY live in a nation with no free speech.
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Seth Keshel
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Lisa Murkowski’s biggest lie starts like this: “I do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same…”
Mila Joy@Milajoy

Ouch! Senator Lisa Murkowski caught in a MAJOR LIE. Either that, or she's so old and decrepit that she can't remember what she's done. Either way, she's GOT TO GO. Alaska, outlaw Ranked Choice Voting and GET RID OF HER.

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@jasonjwilde @MarkTauscher65 @espnhomer Welcome to Wisconsin, we have “nice teams”. When our GB O linemen don’t go after D linemen when they rough up JLove, imhe, the root cause, lack of toughness, is the same root cause that explains WI or Marquette’s uncanny ability in March Madness, to lose to low ranked opponents whom they were not mentally prepared to play down to the wire. High Point believed they would win. WI played like they had doubts. ———————————————— Chicago played like they would win GB …….. ———————————————— I love my home state of WI. It’s just weird that across college and pro teams, we lack mental and physical toughness across the board. Somehow we became a bunch of nice players that no one fears; weird. p.s. Homer called it, “WI could go deep in the tournament if they can get past the first game.”. 🤷🏼‍♂️🧀 in other news… see Ed Policy, focusing on everything other than doing what Bob Harlan did to bring a Lombardi 🏆 home. Bob, of course, put ONE football guy in charge of all things football, Ron Wolf. We all love Bob for all he did. We just don’t seem to know how to truly honor him by following his best practices for winning championships.
Seamus@seamus_rohrer

Plays and Stats that defined Wisconsin’s stunning loss to High Point How the #Badgers collapsed so spectacularly in March Madness: si.com/college/wiscon…

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I don’t believe their concern was sincere, any more than I believe my ocean front property here in AZ, will sell for a bundle. In these situations, the most consistent reality, is this… When people say “they were simply wrong”, “they were simply stupid”, they were simply “incompetent”… Well, the people who crucified Christ, were all those things too, and one more, evil, as history makes clear. When judgement comes, “intentionally wrong or incompetent” doesn’t clear the bar unless and until genuine….
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DataRepublican (small r)
DataRepublican (small r)@DataRepublican·
Ok, I'm apparently not good at writing parables, because nearly everyone interpreted it wrong. I used a parable because I want to respect others' service records, especially when not all the facts are out yet. So let's pivot to a much more direct analogy. In 2016, career intelligence professionals, people who had genuinely spent their lives fighting America's enemies, became convinced that a foreign power had compromised the incoming president. They had data points. Real ones. Trump had business dealings in Moscow. He said nice things about Putin on camera. People in his orbit had meetings with Russian nationals. A dossier appeared with salacious claims. Each data point individually was... a data point. But they were looking for Russia. So they found Russia. Everywhere. They were so certain they were right that they leaked to the press. They used classification authority to spy on American citizens. They presented unverified opposition research to a FISA court as intelligence. Peter Strzok texted about "insurance policies." Andrew McCabe authorized leaks. They were experienced professionals who genuinely believed the republic was in danger. Their service records were real. Their concern was sincere. And they were wrong.
DataRepublican (small r)@DataRepublican

I'm a Smurf. I've been hired to run counter-intelligence operations at Smurf Village. My role is political; I've personally gone up against the evil wizard Gargamel. But once I'm on the inside, I discover that Smurf Village has a relationship with a goat-riding human boy called Peewit. Peewit isn't a Smurf. He's caused a lot of damage with his antics over the years. Why is he even here? I start digging. I pull up Papa Smurf's history with Peewit. Papa Smurf has been collaborating with this kid for years. Protecting him. Making excuses for him. Why? Peewit is reckless. Peewit makes messes. But Papa Smurf keeps letting him back in. The more I dig, the more Peewit I find. He's everywhere. In every file, behind every favor, connected to every mess. A picture forms in my head: if I'm looking for Peewit everywhere and I keep finding Peewit, the only logical conclusion is that Peewit is the one controlling Papa Smurf. Then a prominent Smurf gets assassinated. They say Gargamel's people did it. Case closed, move along. But I get access to the dead Smurf's private messages. And there's Peewit. Right there in the chats. The same Peewit I've been laser-focused on all year. Pressuring him. Making demands. I bring this to Papa Smurf and his inner circle. I bring it with alarm. Papa Smurf looks at me funny. And then — just like that — I'm kicked out of the investigation. No explanation. Just... out. This is the final proof that Peewit is controlling the Smurf Village. I know what I saw. I have to get the truth out there. So I do the unthinkable. I leak the information.

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@NatalieVarty @sthenc Monetarists, FTW!!! p.s. not new; like not new for centuries What’s new? America’s founders were businessmen (farmers, merchants, etc). Today’s lawmakers are overwhelmingly career politician, lawyers. Aaaaahhhhh…. 🇺🇸
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Natalie Nicole
Natalie Nicole@NatalieVarty·
Most universities still teach Keynesian economics like it’s gospel, and students rarely hear a serious challenge to it. The conversation is shifting, and it’s uplifting to see it happening right here in my home state at the largest private Christian university in America. Tonight at Grand Canyon University @gcu, faculty and the Project Management Club brought ~70 students face to face with the truth: our broken monetary system, Bitcoin, and faith as the cornerstone. Bitcoin is a blessing… and so are the universities and faculty that get it. 🎩 H/T: GCU professors, @sthenc @gmekhail @gcupmclub
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Todd Saunders
Todd Saunders@toddsaunders·
I know Silicon Valley startups don't want to hear this..... But the combination of someone in the trades with deep domain expertise and Claude Code will run circles around your generic software. I talked to Cory LaChance this morning, a mechanical engineer in industrial piping construction in Houston. He normally works with chemical plants and refineries, but now he also works with the terminal He reached out in a DM a few days ago and I was so fired up by his story, I asked him if we could record the conversation and share it. He built a full application that industrial contractors are using every day. It reads piping isometric drawings and automatically extracts every weld count, every material spec, every commodity code. Work that took 10 minutes per drawing now takes 60 seconds. It can do 100 drawings in five minutes, saving days of time. His co-workers are all mind blown, and when he talks to them, it's like they are speaking different languages. His fabrication shop uses it daily, and he built the entire thing in 8 weeks. During those 8 weeks he also had to learn everything about Claude Code, the terminal, VS Code, everything. My favorite quote from him was when he said, "I literally did this with zero outside help other than the AI. My favorite tools are screenshots, step by step instructions and asking Claude to explain things like I'm five." Every trades worker with deep expertise and a willingness to sit down with Claude Code for a few weekends is now a potential software founder. I can't wait to meet more people like Cory.
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Christopher Porter
Christopher Porter@DrPorter·
In the summer of 2020 the CIA stated, in a meeting recorded on the record, that it was their policy not to assess China was interfering against Trump because "his reelection campaign would use it." CIA leadership then tried to alter the official meeting minutes, and began a retaliation campaign against me when I reported it. Still, once the election was over no one cared--so thankful to @jsolomonReports for following up on this outrage. The IC is the eyes and ears of the President, but how can any President trust them when the people who did this still run things and there has been no reform? justthenews.com/government/sec…
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Amen @JoshIsner! This has been true of tools/technology, since humanity began. tools make us more productive more productive humans, imagine and do more, faster companies/people without curiosity, imagination, integrity, ambition… die… not because tools made them obsolete; rather, because their limited imagination and ambition, got exposed 🙏🏼🛠️💻….. 🚀
Ricardo@Ric_RTP

Jensen Huang just called out every CEO who’s been firing people “because of AI.” Jim Cramer asked him why companies are laying people off if AI is supposed to make everyone MORE productive. Jensen's answer: "For companies with imagination, you will do more with more. For companies where the leadership is just out of ideas, they have nothing else to do. They have no reason to imagine greater than they are. When they have more capability, they don't do more." Read that again. The man who built the most important tech company on Earth just told you that if your CEO is using AI to cut headcount, it means one thing: They have no imagination. They have no vision for what comes next. They got handed the most powerful tool in human history and their FIRST instinct was to fire people. This is the CEO of NVIDIA. The company whose chips power every AI system on the planet. If anyone on Earth has the right to say "AI replaces workers," it's Jensen Huang. And he said the OPPOSITE. He said every carpenter could become an architect. Every plumber could become an architect. AI elevates capability. It doesn't eliminate it. But here's where it gets really interesting... During the same interview, Jensen revealed something nobody's talking about: He said AI startups like OpenAI and Anthropic are seeing their revenues increase by one to two billion dollars a WEEK. And he wishes these companies were public so the world could see what he sees. One to two billion per week. That's a $50 to $100 BILLION annualized run rate. For companies that most people think are burning cash and making nothing. The entire Wall Street narrative that "AI companies aren't profitable" might be completely wrong. Jensen sees their numbers. He sees their compute orders. He sees their growth. And he's saying the revenue is real. So if the money IS real, why are other companies firing people? Because they're not building AI products. They're not creating new revenue streams. They're not using AI to expand into new markets. They're using AI as an EXCUSE to cut costs because they ran out of ideas 3 years ago and need something to tell the board. Jensen's company added $500 billion in new orders in 5 months. He expects $1 trillion in cumulative revenue through 2027 from just two product lines. That number doesn't include the new chips, systems, or partnerships announced this week. And he's not cutting people. He's hiring. Because when you have imagination, more capability means MORE opportunity. Not less headcount. Meanwhile Salesforce cut thousands. Meta cut thousands. Amazon cut thousands. All blaming "AI efficiency." Jensen's response: You're out of imagination. He also said something that stuck with me. Cramer asked if he ever thought he'd build a $10 to $20 trillion company while waiting tables at Denny's. His answer: "I was just trying to make it through the shift." Biggest tip he ever got? Two, three dollars. Now he's building tech that increased computing demand by one million times in two years. He announced OpenClaw, which he says is as big as ChatGPT. And he's got 21 months of new business that isn't even counted in the trillion dollar figure yet. When asked how long he plans to keep working? "I'm hoping to die on the job. And I'm not hoping to die anytime soon." This is a man who believes every single thing he's building. And his message to every CEO using AI to justify layoffs is simple... You're not innovating. You're surrendering. The technology wasn't built to shrink companies. It was built to make them limitless. If your leadership can't see that, the problem isn't AI. It's THEM.

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The Vigilant Fox 🦊
The Vigilant Fox 🦊@VigilantFox·
“There is going to be job displacement.” “We’re going to see 100% of driving go away by humans.” “That’s 15 million people in the United States who are employed.” “That is going to happen. Yes?” NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang answered: “I think that jobs will change.” “I believe that many of those chauffeurs will actually be in the car sitting behind the steering wheel while the car is driving by itself.” “And so I wouldn’t be surprised, actually, if the chauffeurs of the future become your mobility assistant.” “They are helping you do a whole bunch of other stuff. But the car’s driving by itself.”
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How many of those mentioned here, have grandparents or great grandparents over 90? Funny part? talk to people over 90 who are in good health… living a lot longer is not high on their list living a continued high quality of life, regardless of how many years they live, is at the top of their list conclusion, it’s not about longevity; it’s about quality of life, no matter how many years God has in mind for us many of us in tech tend not to get this; not a surprise since the names outlined here are people from small families who have small families… — engr/founder; one of eight; six of our own; married to bff p.s. the most impactful human to ever walk the face of the earth, lived to 33; it was not about how long He lived; it was about what He did for others while here…. His point? What are we doing for the least fortunate?
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Anish Moonka
Anish Moonka@AnishA_Moonka·
Brian sold 2% of his Coinbase stake, about $110 million, to co-found a company called NewLimit in 2021. Its mission is to reprogram old human cells back to younger states. So when he tweets that aging is a “disease,” he’s not making a philosophical argument. He’s talking about a market he’s personally betting nine figures on. About 150,000 people die every day worldwide, and roughly two-thirds of those deaths are age-related. Heart disease, cancer, stroke, dementia, all conditions where age is the single biggest risk factor. NewLimit has raised about $250 million total. Kleiner Perkins led a $130 million round in May 2025. Then in October, Eli Lilly put in $45 million, pushing the valuation to $1.6 billion. What the company actually does: it uses AI models and lab experiments in a cycle to discover drugs that reprogram liver cells to behave like younger versions of themselves. Three prototype medicines so far. No human trials yet. Armstrong isn’t alone. Sam Altman put $180 million of his own money into Retro Biosciences, which is raising $1 billion at a $5 billion valuation with no clinical results to show yet. Jeff Bezos was among the early backers of Altos Labs, which launched with $3 billion in 2022. Add NewLimit’s $250 million and the total capital flowing into just these three longevity startups tops $4 billion. Longevity funding hit $8.5 billion across 331 deals in 2024, more than double the year before. By late 2025, half of all that money was going to cellular reprogramming (turning old cells young again), the same approach NewLimit and Retro both use. The catch: the FDA doesn’t classify aging as a disease. The WHO almost did but reversed course in 2022. So none of these companies can run trials targeting “aging” directly. They target Alzheimer’s, liver disease, immune decline, and hope the anti-aging effects follow. The track record so far is rough. AbbVie walked away from a $1.5 billion decade-long partnership with Google’s longevity arm Calico late last year. Unity Biotechnology once had a $700 million valuation, then dissolved entirely last year. When a CEO says aging “will be optional,” check where his money is. Armstrong’s is exactly where his tweet is.
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Getting old shouldn't be viewed as inevitable, just because it happens to everyone. It's a disease that kills over 100,000 people a day, and hopefully it will be optional in the future.

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@RealSKeshel please help him find his signature issue not having one is often the downfall of “politician for life”, candidates
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Seth Keshel
Seth Keshel@RealSKeshel·
It’s Biggs or bust here in AZ
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Madison Kanna@Madisonkanna·
@allgarbled i'm still fairly new-ish to SF last night i go to my roommate and i'm like "lets turn on the AC, for the love of god" and he goes "we don't have one" WHAT. WHAAAA
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gabe@allgarbled·
How it feels to have air conditioning during the great san francisco heatwave of 2026
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@RealSKeshel @RJ4arizona gotta get the rolls clean… and Andy needs to get focused on what his signature issue is, just like Trump did “incumbent bad” is a losing message that will leave many many voters, home
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Seth Keshel
Seth Keshel@RealSKeshel·
AZ Voter Registration by Party since Nov. 2024 Unofficial numbers, but I pull Maricopa/Pima at beginning of month. Have to wait for Sec State update for the other 13 counties, which are all heavily shifting R every update. Dems made modest gains in Maricopa/Pima in Feb, but both parties adding registered voters, so less concerning than one taking up the others voters. Assessment: AZ looks to be R+6 or greater in 2028 for president. State is 161k registrations redder than it was in the 2022 quasi election decided by 17,117 ballots at top of ticket. Big wind in the sails of Andy Biggs.
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@nikitabier @durreadan01 yes, the key points are always two fold… — information hierarchy — discoverability excellent navigation design, results in, “ah, it’s exactly where I thought it would be, even if seldom used, this not at top level”
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Nikita Bier
Nikita Bier@nikitabier·
@durreadan01 This was the dumbest UI paradigm ever. It was form over function. Glad it's gone. Navigation should never be concealed from the user; it's how they wrap their mind around an app.
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Adan@durreadan01·
iOS 26.3 vs iOS 26.4 — App Store tab bar: Is it an upgrade or a downgrade?
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Dana Stalder
Dana Stalder@dcstalder·
Incredible.
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