David Wu

I visited 100+ universities & made 360 vr campus tours of each, so your kids can visit from home. All free, please rt, thank y'all!! youtube.com/c/TheArtofColl… youtube.com/c/TheArtofColl…

Great insight by @mawangcun1 about the uselessness of nostalgia and the usefulness of clear-eyed thinking about the new nationalism-driven world the US and China are navigating.

Shared some thoughts for this @CFR_org piece on China’s relationship with U.S. allies

POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE, SIGNIFYING NOTHING. That's my Trump-Xi take... Few deals. No breakthroughs. But thankfully no US concessions on Taiwan or tech. Hard to call this summit a success, since it didn't really address any US-China structural problems. Yet not a disaster either.

4/ The two leaders operated on different planes and different timelines. Xi was looking through Trump to set longer-term expectations for a relationship that takes greater account of PRC interests/concerns. Trump was focused on securing near-term movement on US priorities.

Zhongnanhai of course is also where Xi Jinping's father Zhongxun worked in the 1950s (in West Flower Fall in the northern part) and 1980s (in Qinzheng Hall in the southern part). In the summer of 1958, Mao summoned Zhongxun to a fateful meeting at Zhongnanhai swimming pool.

Interesting that Trump called Takaichi immediately after leaving China to discuss the Chinese economy esp economic security. This confirm the core argument of my new paper in Law and Geoeconomics: Trump’s economic security agreements are all about China. Download the paper now at brill.com/view/journals/… Note: You can get free access to the journal in 3 easy steps: 1. Go to Create Account at the top of brill.com. Alternatively, go to Login, if you already have an account. 2. Click on your account name and click on the 'Token Redemption' tab. 3.Enter the token (LGEO4U) and click on “Redeem Token”.

@safetyth1rd I started noticing last week, it's bad. Use /effort max Apparently that's a new level higher than "high"

It’s taking 2-3x longer to do stuff with Claude code than a month or two ago and It does a worse job The rumors are true they’re throttling this thing.

@safetyth1rd Superficially similar, fundamentally different.

One of the ironies of Iran and Israel rivalry They are not that different Iran is a theocracy but Israel is basically one as well. Both highly religious, highly educated and developed societies (yes Iran despite sanctions is developed) Like parallel versions of each other

@safetyth1rd But yeah that pope a real G for going to Lebanon

Ngl Catholicism is growing on me A religious leader that actually promotes peace and condemns violence Incredible to see, sadly.

@safetyth1rd Don't look at people for leadership, we all fallable, even the pope. It's like you can't judge math/science because of a bad teacher. Look to the source of life and truth, God himself. Yt "christian apologetics", they examine with evidence and reason. Can dm vids I found helpful

@safetyth1rd I'm eyeing one more big pullback (in time or depth) after mid april. Too early to tell when but not up only yet...

Despite my doom and gloom about the war Im pretty bullish on crypto at the moment Crypto is outperforming stocks. Geopolitical risk is where crypto actually shines. Send it(slowly over the next few weeks)

@ruima Thank you Ma 老师！

I finally found my chapter by chapter notes of this book so you do not have to spend $81 if you don't want to. As for why it is $81, I assume it is marketed / published like a textbook: missruima.notion.site/Chinese-Govern…

Gold

A lot of these are so easy to do. Pick a few and dramatically improve yourself.

my friend JUST used claude code to rank #2 on google for "mobile diesel repair" within 24h. phones WON'T stop ringing and he made THOUSANDS of revenue. he shows EVERYTHING, the prompts, the whole claude code process, ranking locally hacks in this 32 min saucy tutorial

How to raise bilingual & bicultural kids (Chinese + English), my journey thus far: I’m raising kids that I hope will grow up feeling like they belong in more than one place. And not just in the “my mom makes me go to Chinese school on weekends” kind of way lol but I mean actually being able to live, think, and connect in two languages and two cultures. I just got back from WAIC (the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai), and honestly, being there made everything I’ve been doing feel even more urgent and obvious. Like, yes, this is the right path. There’s really no reason to raise your kid not knowing Chinese if you have any connection to it. If you’re wondering how to even begin with all this (especially if Chinese isn’t your “default” language anymore, my husband and I speak mostly English to each other, but we’re both bilingual), here’s what’s worked for us so far: 1. First of all, you have to start early. Like, baby-is-born early. Not because babies are going to know the difference, but because you need to get used to hearing yourself say things in Chinese out loud, every single day, in every kind of mood, to your kid. And let me tell you, if you’re not used to it, if you and your partner usually speak English (like we do), it can feel super awkward at first. But it works. Now I feel absolutely weird if I don’t speak Chinese to my kiddos. 2. You can’t let Chinese become the “home-only” language. If you only speak Chinese at the dinner table but switch to English at the playground, your kid’s going to internalize that Chinese is something private, maybe a little embarrassing, or just not something that belongs in “real life.” So I make a point of speaking Chinese to my toddler everywhere. The upside (by the way) is that other Chinese parents will hear us and say, “Wow, your kid speaks Chinese so well!” and my kid is starting to understand that it’s a compliment. Some external validation is definitely OK. It tells her this language isn’t just something weird mommy makes her do ... it’s impressive and special!! 3. But it’s not just about “keeping the language.” It’s about using it to do things. I want my kid to see that Chinese isn’t just a set of commands from mom, but a way of exploring the world and expressing thoughts. You’ve got to regularly use Chinese to learn about the world, to communicate with people, and to acquire new knowledge. Otherwise, it just becomes this decorative skill with no real function. 4. You also have to make it fun. Like, joyful and personal. When they’re younger, find entertainment they like in Chinese. For me growing up, it was wuxia martial arts novels. For my husband, it was comic books. But the point is, we both found something in Chinese that felt like ours (not something we were doing just because our parents wanted us to). My 3-year-old is still a bit young for this, but I think around age five is when that kind of independent connection starts to click. Eventually, of course, entertainment won’t be enough. They’ll need to learn how to learn in Chinese in an academic or professional context, and that’s when parents really need to step up and either create the right opportunities or go find the right programs.** 5. And you need to inoculate your kid against bullying and weird comments. Inevitably there will be people (Chinese, American, others) who make fun of your kid for knowing another language, or for not knowing enough of it, or not knowing the “right” stuff. (Most people in China are actually super kind about this, but I’ve definitely met some mean new immigrants here in the U.S. who make fun of me for not knowing their hometown or some random celebrity. Like, “oh lookie here, someone who clearly didn’t grow up in China.” FU lol.) It sucks, but it happens. I just don’t want that to be the reason my kid stops trying. At the end of the day, I’m not trying to raise a perfect native speaker. Let’s be honest, language skills alone are going to get commoditized fast. AI can already translate, transcribe, and do a lot of what we used to think made someone “bilingual.” What I’m trying to do is raise someone who’s comfortable living between cultures. Someone who can connect, explain, understand nuance, and read a room, whether that room is in Shanghai or San Francisco. What’s going to matter is whether your kid can build real trust and real relationships. PS: I’ll keep sharing anything I find helpful, and I’d love to hear your ideas too. I’ll probably start a group chat at some point when I have a bit more time! **If you're building or know of such programs, do let's chat, a few friends and I are looking into creating some for our own kids ~~

nav.al/find I ultimately think that everyone should be figuring out what it is that they uniquely do best—that aligns with who they are fundamentally, and that gives them authenticity, that brings them specific knowledge, that gives them competitive advantage, that makes them irreplaceable. And they should just lean into that. And sometimes you don’t know what that is until you do it. So this is life lived in the arena. You are not going to know your own specific knowledge until you act and until you act in a variety of difficult situations. And then you’ll either realize, “Oh, I managed to navigate these things that other people, would’ve had a hard time with,” or someone else will point out to you. They’ll say, “Hey, your superpower seems to be X.” I have a friend who has been an entrepreneur a bunch of times. And, what I always notice about him is that he may not necessarily be the most clever or the most technical, and he is very hardworking, that’s why I don’t want to say he isn’t hardworking. He’s actually super hardworking. But what I do notice is he’s the most courageous. So he just does not care what’s in the way. Nothing gets him down. He’s always laughing or smiling. He’s always moving through it. And this is the kind of guy that a hundred years ago you would’ve said, “Oh, he’s the most courageous. Go charge that machine gun nest.” He would’ve been good for that. But in an entrepreneurship context, he’s the one who can keep beating his head against the sales wall and just calling hundreds of people until finally one person says yes. So he’ll call 400 people and get 399 nos. And he’s fine with one “Yes”. And that’s enough. Then he can start iterating and learning from there. So that’s his specific knowledge. It is knowledge. It’s a capability that he knows that he’s okay with it. There’s an outcome on the other side that he’s willing to go for and that’s a superpower. Now, maybe if he can develop that a little further or combine it with something else, or maybe even just apply it where it’s needed, that makes him somewhat irreplaceable. And so you find your specific knowledge through action—by doing—and when you are working for yourself, you’ll also naturally tend to pick things and do things in a way that aligns with who you are and what your specific knowledge is.

@garrytan Garry, can I get a rt on my pinned tweet? I visited 100+ universities & made 360 vr campus tours of each, so kids anywhere can visit them from home, 100% free at @TheArtofCollege?si=rsIZdmScweq6Dkcf" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">youtube.com/@TheArtofColle…

My California public high school counselor looked at my grades and scores and said I could go to UC’s. But I had to comb the Internet forums to learn I could be competitive against anyone at the top colleges, which is why I even applied and got into Stanford.

@VW Disappointing, especially when a quick search on forums/reddit show most manufacturers would simply do an alignment and check the balance under warranty, esp for a new car with 60 miles on the odometer

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@InTouchMin When I was a kid and my dad was in seminary, he would take us to hear Dr. Stanley preach because he was "the gold standard" in effective preaching. When I heard Dr. Stanley as an adult, it was obvious why he was so respected by other pastors. Thank you for your service!

In Touch Family, this morning, God called our beloved pastor, Dr. Charles Stanley, home to heaven. Dr. Stanley lived a life of obedience and is now receiving the joy of his soul—seeing his Savior face-to-face. Please join us in praying for the Stanley family.