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The short story + lessons from how I 'blew up' buying an SMB at age 43 1. 17 yrs of W2 Corp tech sales 2. Married, 3 kids 10-14 y.o. 3. Owned house, vaca home & rental 4. Living in Redmond Life is good, yes? Yes, life is good, I'm on TV! Soooo...why do this entrepreneur thing?

Lincoln’s letter to Mrs. Bixby, always worth a read on Memorial Day

does nobody have the political will and integrity to connect all of these dots and impeach him for how much he and his family have enriched themselves, and their allies, through federal power

'She made her position a platform for promoting distortions and undermining public confidence in the very institutions she’d sworn an oath to lead" From @shaneharris, on Tulsi Gabbard theatlantic.com/national-secur…

The creation of President Trump's new $1.8 billion slush fund is one of the most corrupt acts in American history. washingtonpost.com/national-secur…

JUST IN: Justice Department moves to dismiss most serious criminal case filed over #Jan6 Capitol Riot: seditious conspiracy prosecution of Proud Boys. Doc: documentcloud.org/documents/2814… Earlier: politico.com/news/2023/05/0…

Life advice nobody taught you in school:

@drgurner Couple things come to mind: Confidence that comes with being right a lot (that includes recognizing being wrong and adapting quickly). Frustration that you cant speed run everything Confusion why others cant see it Fatigue from seeing all of the things

Pattern Recognition is also the form of intelligence that causes the most stress. You will see things that others do not. You'll feel crazy. Things will be *so obvious* to you, and others will just deny it.

@matt_slotnick Loosely coupled architecture comes to mind

i'd read a take on how slack agents play out. do we end up with... (1) many function specific agents (eg one for sales, one marketing, one coding) (2) one superagent that can do it all (3) one orchestrator that delegates to function specific subagents (4) other

Reminder… Romney warned McConnell, McConnell ignored him… and he worried Trump would intentionally not send help… @ashley.rambin/post/DYoApz-jri0?xmt=AQG0CH4X8Tcm1lQBICfAa-MpaerLoTTMIy91LGktWT9AjFpMSpruS5BY7SVeVFWJLIh-4zUR&slof=1" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">threads.com/@ashley.rambin…

A merch website run by Kash Patel is trying to trick visitors into installing malware. Customers are instructed to copy seemingly benign text into their terminal, but clicking copy and pasting installs software stealing personal data.

@EconomPic @ActuallyFinance Does the CPA classify that as Marketing, Donations, or Other?

Incredible ROI

The Trump Slush Fund is so audacious, so flagrant, so outside the law, it takes your breath away. One can barely speak. But you know who can speak? Kevin D. Williamson. For which I'm glad. thedispatch.com/article/trump-…

Serious freaking audacity. I spilled the box and partied with everyone while we did it. I picked up a handful of Cheerios, and am amazing, now you all do the rest? The people who enabled the trump grift and theft, including those that figured out their mistake, are going to be in history with him.

New newsletter: THE END OF MORALITY AND THE RISE OF THE 'MORAL BLANK CHECK' Within a 48 hour period this week, Trump: - got out of a $100m IRS fine - secured IRS "immunity" for his family - created a $1.8b slush fund for his supporters - was reported for likely insider trading worth nearly $1 billion Trump's corruption is obvious. What I find less obvious and more interesting is that practically nobody tries to defend him. The closest thing to a defense you get is the common argument that "Biden/woke was also bad," which isn't even an attempt at a defense. It's rather a moral blank check made out to the administration that promises to cover the cost of any transgression. When you zoom out, it is extraordinary how rare it is in modern politics to hear universal arguments for virtue or morality. Just listen to the way we talk about right and wrong, these days. We hear that 'the rich don't play by the rules, so why should I?' We hear that Democrats are bad, so why should Republicans be good? It is broken social contracts and special excuses all the way down. We are in a world after virtue. It's the age of vicemaxxing. And that's bad. derekthompson.org/p/can-america-…

@A_Jude @ByTimBooth Oh please

Interesting story from @ByTimBooth …

@thedealdirector If you postin you aint vibin, you frontin, thats all

@jdklein33 That’s my buddy Johnny, wdym?

Average millennial tech sales rep.

@ChangeWash @MayorofSeattle No way

Ouch! More Seattle Councilmembers are critical of the reckless actions of @MayorofSeattle Katie Wilson as high-paying jobs flee. Previously supportive CM Rob Saka now says he is "Gravely concerned." Is Wilson already a lame-duck mayor less than six months in office?

Kids ruthlessly win negotiations because they aren’t afraid to ask There’s a lesson there

Underrated life skill: Making people feel important. Put your phone away. Listen closely. Ask thoughtful questions. Remember details. Remember names. Be fully present. The ability to make someone feel seen is one of the rarest and most valuable skills. And it's not that hard.