Stuart Bates

I’m old enough to remember people freaking out about Zohran Mamdani’s plan for 5 city-owned nonprofit grocery stores.

So @Dott e-bikes don’t work on the Bristol to Bath cycle path? Absolutely ridiculous. Forcing me to ride down busy main roads out the city isn’t going to encourage me not to just drive in 🤷‍♂️

Traitor? Elon, if you don’t understand that defending freedom is a basic tenet of what makes America great and keeps us safe, maybe you should leave it to those of us who do.

This 2016 video is just an incredible two minutes. Every second of it. It will be in the documentary.

@jesslivingston 8 months of dreary weather and short days are a small price to pay for the contrast… maybe. Our countryside is pretty wonderful in summer too!

A really sunny day in England is startlingly euphoric if you spend a lot of time here. 🌞

@jjacobs22 Is there an email list to subscribe to for when it gets going? I need to listen this!!

I’m self conscious about the fact that I am launching a pod exploring how to work different (outsized ambition while being heavily engaged in the kids lives) and what may be different for me and a lot of men is what women have been expected to do all along 😳

@jjacobs22 You’re looking for companies run by introverted, control-freak perfectionists. I know because that sounds like the manifesto for my new company! 😂

I am intrigued by the idea of building technology companies in a way that: - the team stays small by design - no outside capital is raised - growth does not out pace profit - products are made with strong craftsmanship and amass loyal followings - there is a culture of transparency, curiousity and experimentation from day zero Any examples come to mind?

@tferriss Not an investor but imo the stuff on risk management and psychology of market participants feels timeless. Valuation models feels outdated given the rise of growth valuations since the internet.

Investing friends - How would you say Seth Klarman's "Margin of Safety" is most out-of-date and/or up-to-date (timeless)?

🦁4-4🐶 End of 2nd Period. Who's gonna take the win guys? Lions or Pitbulls?

@vrashabh MSTR BTC holdings $32.75 billion MSTR Market Cap $80.51 billion That's a hefty premium to pay for BTC..!

Wild

@CosminDolha @tferriss 🤩 I’ve been waiting for this episode for years! After Tim’s UK visit and a little name drop on the random show I did wonder/hope!

Derren Brown is really cool, I watched a lot of his shows :) @tferriss has wonderful guests. youtu.be/I7AJA3o0jkY?si…

@t_blom I’d highly recommend reading How Westminster Works (and why it doesn’t) by @IanDunt Fantastic book which goes into detail on many of the reasons UK governments are ineffective. amzn.eu/d/eDYbclj

When was the last time someone tried running on the promise of extreme competence in government? I’m pretty fed up of the left vs right nonsense. I just want an effective, technocratic government and civil service.

Must have run out of space before they could mention Dyson bought 36k acres of farmland to avoid inheritance tax.

The people who know Trump best won’t support him. Why should you? A thread

I feel like I'm taking crazy pills looking at this election. It's like many people completely wiped 2016-2020 out of their minds. A new form of amnesia.

@AliciaGarside1 @Pitbulls2MNL End of second period now

@Pitbulls2MNL What period are you in?

Play stopped due to injury.

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@ramit Membership at an insanely expensive golf club.

It's kind of fun watching people who just came into a bunch of money speed-run through the things they think wealthy people do: - Expensive watches - Sports car - Angel investing/PE - World tour of Michelin ★ restaurants - Extremely esoteric health protocol What did I miss?

@patio11 Isn’t this a little misleading? Isn’t most of this due to “what” space x have pursued rather than “how”. 7000+ satellites for Starlink must skew this significantly. Not that I don’t think space x is impressive.

It’s a bit uplifting, and terrifying, to think “What other graphs do we have which are one (1) competent executive from hockey sticking?”

@Jason @ajassy “Amazon Embraces On-Prem”

Looks like @ajassy has had enough of treading water at $amzn — founder mode unlocked 😂😂😂