Asheesh Birla: Offered Internship To Vitalik

1/ After ~9 amazing years I’ve decided to wrap up my day job at @Ripple. Luckily, I’m not going far as I join the Board of Directors, where I’ll continue to provide input on company vision + strategy. I haven’t decided what’s next, but plan to continuing BUIDL in crypto :)

— Asheesh Birla (@ashgoblue) June 9, 2022

2/ In the past few days, I’ve had the chance to reflect on where we’ve come from and how much we’ve accomplished both as Ripple, and as an industry through some memorable moments and launches over the years.

— Asheesh Birla (@ashgoblue) June 9, 2022

3/ When I started…
Largest crypto exchange: Mt Gox vs Binance
Daily volume: $2m vs $70B
Market cap: $1.6B vs $1.3T
This is an early picture of the team in our first-ever office! pic.twitter.com/wVdBY7FySw

— Asheesh Birla (@ashgoblue) June 9, 2022

4/ 2013 – Within a few weeks of joining, Stripe tried to acquire us. Ultimately the deal fell apart shortly after this dinner at El Tepa Taqueria in SF, but who knows what crypto would look like today if Stripe had gotten into the industry in 2013. pic.twitter.com/8gjGjqu1Rv

— Asheesh Birla (@ashgoblue) June 9, 2022

5/ When he was at Bitcoin Magazine, Vitalik worked out of our office in Dec 2013. I remember him talking about early smart contract concepts. We made him an offer to be an intern at Ripple but couldn’t get the Visa sorted out, and he’d later speak at our first Swell conference. pic.twitter.com/aN4u3QBcsf

— Asheesh Birla (@ashgoblue) June 9, 2022

6/ 2013 - we piloted RipplePay, a functional credit card where you could use XRP to make everyday purchases, using the XRPL DEX to convert any currency in your XRPL wallet into USD. Unfortunately, no card network was willing to come within a 10-foot pole of crypto at the time. pic.twitter.com/2sy5cKTK9i

— Asheesh Birla (@ashgoblue) June 9, 2022

7/ When RippleNet first launched crypto liquidity in the market was too limited to support crypto-enabled payments at scale, so we laid the foundation for RN w/ fiat first, while continuing to iterate on a product that would also use crypto liquidity when the timing was right.

— Asheesh Birla (@ashgoblue) June 9, 2022

8/ In 2018, the timing was finally right for the first production ODL transaction (FKA xRapid). This was a huge milestone launching the first production cross-border use case that leveraged crypto at scale, despite lots of external skepticism.

— Asheesh Birla (@ashgoblue) June 9, 2022

9/ Also in 2018 - @hodges hosted an amazing crypto dinner in April with @twobitidiot, @DaveBalter, @GaryGensler and others. Selkis was a lot nicer in-person & Gary Gensler was interested in learning about the intersection of crypto and finance (🤔what happened?). pic.twitter.com/2aGgkrrZ8u

— Asheesh Birla (@ashgoblue) June 9, 2022

10/ Back to Ripple…I’m incredibly proud of the RN team as RippleNet continues to hit new milestones. In 2021, we previewed new alpha products like Liquidity Hub and RippleNet hit 1 billion in monthly volume. We’ve gone from 3 to 25+ payout markets for XRP-powered payments today.

— Asheesh Birla (@ashgoblue) June 9, 2022

11/ Lastly, I want to thank @chrislarsensf and @bgarlinghouse who gave me invaluable opportunities and many, many lessons learned along the way at Ripple. I’m honored to join the Board and continue being a part of the company. (Photo: Brad’s first day at Ripple) pic.twitter.com/zmsWtpazbq

— Asheesh Birla (@ashgoblue) June 9, 2022

12/ And finally to @MonicaLongSF – we started at Ripple in the trenches together just two weeks apart! I can’t think of anyone better suited to take the torch to lead the RippleNet team. pic.twitter.com/YgOkfgO4o3

— Asheesh Birla (@ashgoblue) June 9, 2022

I have just the thing for you. I just messaged you on LinkedIn.

— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) June 9, 2022

The unofficial Head of Snacks title carries over to the new Board seat, right? RIGHT? pic.twitter.com/jq9pqiys4U

— Ripple (@Ripple) June 9, 2022

@ashgoblue You team up with me now, and I will topple Putin by Christmas. Russia's Democracy Movement will be tokenized. https://t.co/YaBK8rHUwV #russia #ukraine Please take a listen. This is my pitch.

— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) June 9, 2022

https://t.co/Ux414mUSRO

— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) June 9, 2022

9: Brahmastra

RT @TamaraMcCleary: The Best Leaders Have a Contagious Positive Energy https://t.co/GMy2Y81sB2 by @HarvardBiz #leadership pic.twitter.com/nXiqtz4R22

— Steve Keating (@LeadToday) June 9, 2022

In May 2021 my startup did $475 in sales...

Now in May 2022 we did $4,615 🤯

10x improvement in 1 year with $0 ad spend 🥳

Just by switching my focus from building to marketing 🤷‍♂️ pic.twitter.com/oNdbI9AinQ

— Dagobert Renouf (@dagorenouf) June 9, 2022

To VCs, Founders, Students:

I’m running a big 1-day Startup event in Cambridge on the 15th June

- free food / drinks 🍔 🍹
- 300+ smart brains from London, Cambridge, Oxford 🧠
- keynote talks from hot UK startups 🦄
- gorgeous location (Darwin College’s garden) ☀️

Join us!

— Remy Messadene (@remy_mess) June 9, 2022

First trailer for #BlackAdam
pic.twitter.com/a4NVxkLfQx

— Culture Crave 🍿 (@CultureCrave) June 8, 2022

Consequences. https://t.co/JDVs8uiFvG

— Amy Hyslop-Stover MD (@dancingnancy43) June 9, 2022

Doctor who treated Uvalde victims recalls "two children whose bodies had been pulverized by bullets fired at them, decapitated, whose flesh had been [so] ripped apart, that the only clue as to their identities was the blood-spattered cartoon clothes still clinging to them." pic.twitter.com/Bx1t3yPvHb

— ABC News (@ABC) June 8, 2022

Makes me think Michelle Obama quote re impostor syndrome. Something like:

"I've sat at every powerful table you can think of - they're not that smart"

— Carleen Haylett (@carleenhaylett) June 8, 2022

I respect Harry and will take the counter here.

The idea or directional idea matters a TON. And founder-mkt fit matters a ton.

This is also why you often see a great founder strike out on several businesses but then hit on one w a much better idea later. https://t.co/tgYB3eIUZB

— Elizabeth Yin (@dunkhippo33) June 9, 2022

Russia's Democracy Movement will be tokenized. https://t.co/YaBK8rHUwV #russia #ukraine Please take a listen. This is my pitch.

— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) June 9, 2022

Good point. I thought David Brooks was really offbase today. Sure, we need to figure out how best to move forward. But too few people really get what happened. These hearings are necessary but not sufficient. https://t.co/cfS1bIhyge

— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) June 9, 2022

if you're in/coming to SF, NYC, or Austin and you like being social & getting plugged into events around town, engage with this tweet! been cooking up some fun stuff for you ✨🕺

— michelle fang ✨ (@michelleefang) June 8, 2022

I have just the thing for you. I just messaged you on LinkedIn.

— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) June 9, 2022

3/ When I started…
Largest crypto exchange: Mt Gox vs Binance
Daily volume: $2m vs $70B
Market cap: $1.6B vs $1.3T
This is an early picture of the team in our first-ever office! pic.twitter.com/wVdBY7FySw

— Asheesh Birla (@ashgoblue) June 9, 2022

This looks awesome 😍#Brahmastra pic.twitter.com/cgEURwVgma

— Mukul Sharma (@stufflistings) June 9, 2022

#PresidentElection
Who will be India's next president, Arif Mohammad Khan or Amitabh Bachchan?#PresidentElection #AmitabhBachchan #ArifMohammadKhan pic.twitter.com/FWXheO2ing

— dbhaideshmukh (@dbhaideshmukh) June 9, 2022

Nepal has started exporting maximum upto 312 MW of Electricity from today to India everyday after increase in production due to monsoon. Around NRs. 7 crores worth of electricity is exported daily on an average. ❤️ pic.twitter.com/kRLFGmbVYP

— Kulman Ghising (@kulmanghNea3) June 9, 2022

Guinness World Record: India breaks Qatar's record by constructing 75km good quality highway in 5 days i.e. 105 Hours and 33 Minutes. Nepal should also learn from this even if it is of small scale. pic.twitter.com/3Y4WKKhX0I

— Routine of Nepal banda (@RONBupdates) June 9, 2022

When we teach kids to follow the rules that there is only one right answer and to avoid mistakes at all costs, we are resigning them to average.

— Josh Linkner (@joshlinkner) June 9, 2022

Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) on the importance of gun reform talks in Congress:

"If we can't deliver on the thing that matters most to parents ... they are going to ask this fundamental question: What on earth are we doing here?" pic.twitter.com/DZdi2BQuzM

— The Recount (@therecount) June 9, 2022

What feeds terrorism domestically is suicidal tendencies. The illusion is that we simply die. But we are Souls and it is always us we have to face. And we have, however hidden, an inner light that means self-hatred never wins. The problem is always self-hate.

— Stephen C. Rose -- Follow me. I reciprocate. PEACE (@stephencrose) June 9, 2022

Our newest @ipsosus poll with @FiveThirtyEight is out from @geoffreyvs & @holly_fuong, American worries about gun violence up sharply from May, inflation still top concern. https://t.co/2aNbTWWBY0

— Chris Jackson (@jcbjackson) June 9, 2022

actually, no consumer would have asked henry ford to build faster horses because that's a really stupid thing to ask for

— david phelps (🐮,🐮)(🃏,🃏) (@divine_economy) June 9, 2022

reminder: ford won a major award from the nazis, hitler said he was "my inspiration," and he destroyed an entire business and city through a preposterous neocolonialist exercise in his delusionary, egotistical refusal to listen to others!

— david phelps (🐮,🐮)(🃏,🃏) (@divine_economy) June 9, 2022

😘 https://t.co/BrZx3dwA5q

— Nayib Bukele (@nayibbukele) May 30, 2022

@Aroosh_ND @yoshida_chris @NorthernDataAG Hire me as a Consultant to draw a 1000X growth trajectory for your company and also help execute. You are a gem. My first name at Gmail.

— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) June 6, 2022

things that are simply better in europe: dairy, zara, public transportation

— Olivia Deng 🍌🧢 (@olivia_deng_) June 6, 2022

being overdressed in sf and underdressed in ny in the same outfit

— Nix (@startingfromnix) June 5, 2022

Billion dollar idea: Chipotle but Indian Food

— Young Parik (@YoungParikPatel) June 5, 2022

Nepal starts selling 177.7 MW electricity to India. Average clearing price of the electricity has been maintained at INR 7.04 per unit, according to NEA. This is the first time that the country is exporting such huge quantity to India. In the near future it is expected to rise.

— Dr. Shankar P Sharma (@DrShankarSharma) June 5, 2022

Web3 isn’t a technology, it’s a vibe. A vibe that propagates by misrepresenting the capabilities of various technologies.

From claiming NFTs create an “ownership society” to stating that web3 is decentralized when in practice it’s centralizing around a new set of players. https://t.co/lffoLLh8Ei

— Dare Obasanjo (@Carnage4Life) June 5, 2022

TikTok will be more influential on future elections than any other social media app — and yet it’s controlled by a hostile, foreign government. Why isn’t this a bigger issue?

— Zak Kukoff (@zck) June 5, 2022

Such a shame that some of the best minds of our generation want to work in “web3,” instead of real jobs like hedge fund analysts, venture capitalists or bankers.

— logan bartlett (@loganbartlett) June 6, 2022

On your best days, how do you spend the first hour of your day?

— Justin Gordon (@justingordon212) June 5, 2022

I ate saag paneer for lunch while wearing a white skirt and did not spill it on myself, please clap

— Becky Robison (@Rebb003) June 6, 2022

Top 10 Women Founded startup fundraises in May:@pathlock - $200M
Mainspring Energy - $150M@montecarlodata - $135M @SirionLabs - $85M@vivun_inc - $75M@helloheartapp - $70M@BrightseedBio - $68M@SwanBioTx - $56M@deel - $50M@DustyRobotics - $45M

— Gabby Cazeau (@gabbycazeau) June 6, 2022

I took all my crypto out of Coinbase.

Coinbase is worth $16B+, but I don't trust them with my money.

I found 5 hard truths you need to hear if your crypto is with Coinbase.

[🧵 THREAD]

— Jason Levin (@iamjasonlevin) June 6, 2022

NEW: Billionaire Tim Draper Predicts $250,000 $BTC Price in 2022

— Market Meditations (@MrktMeditations) May 30, 2022

Zero in on the problems you can solve, instead of lamenting the ones you can’t. https://t.co/JvHA7zNgqq

— Harvard Business Review (@HarvardBiz) May 30, 2022

lord give me the confidence of a junior VC telling founders how to navigate downturn

— VCs Congratulating Themselves 👏👏👏 (@VCBrags) May 30, 2022

The hardest task for a senior engineer is to learn a new area where they will need to become a beginner again. But at some point, this is the only way to grow, and doing it successfully unlocks unique impact. Especially true for great engineers switching into machine learning.

— Greg Brockman (@gdb) May 30, 2022

Don't be confused by what looks like luck to you. Success always comes as a result of earlier actions—no matter how seemingly insignificant they are or how long ago they were taken

— Mehta Sanjay (@mehtasanjay) June 4, 2022

VC feels that they overpaid for the Series A round in 2021 and is now being mean to the founder. Has a BOD seat, is not being helpful, often putting down the founder. This is super weird and unfortunate. Peak VC bad behavior 👎🏼

— Jenny Fielding (@jefielding) June 3, 2022

One of the more surprising things in business is the degree to which an inexperienced person with the right mindset will outperform a highly experienced person without it.

— Jack Altman (@jaltma) June 3, 2022

DM sent.

— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) June 4, 2022

Uh huh. pic.twitter.com/HWjvsGAmAg

— Conor Sen (@conorsen) June 4, 2022

Charity has been used for centuries to treat poverty. https://t.co/EeRCwM15lT

— Scott Santens (@scottsantens) June 4, 2022

You are right, Scott, in your innuendo. We need structural solutions. Policy. Technology is helping.

— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) June 4, 2022

Body. Mind. Heart. Soul. AI pretends to imitate, reciprocate and outperform only some parts of the brain/mind. Character is not on the menu. Car wheels are your limbs. They don't have character.

— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) June 4, 2022

people have an intrinsic desire to believe in big ideas, but it's very dangerous for most americans to hold any actual convictions

— Calico Fisk (@CalicoFisk) May 29, 2022

This photo by @PulitzerPrizes-winning photojournalist Liu Heung Shing never fails to take the breath away.
A couple under the Jianguomen Bridge in Beijing as tanks roll past above on June 4, 1989.#TiananmenSquareMassacre https://t.co/V1RPq5RcRn

— Mikhail Khodorkovsky (English) (@mbk_center) June 4, 2022

China is a country which could have been but didn't.

Remember #TiananmenSquareMassacre on June 4.https://t.co/jc5XGi7Iq8 pic.twitter.com/1N8Hfn1HFX

— Maya Wang 王松莲 (@wang_maya) June 3, 2022

The 33rd Anniversary of Tiananmen Square Massacre
Never forget, Never give up.#June4 #June4th #TiananmenSquareMassacre
勿忘 #六四 pic.twitter.com/2aXd80adV4

— Andy Lau (@realACLau) June 3, 2022

The memory of true bloody history under CCP’s ruling - 1989 in Beijing, 2019 in Hong Kong…Please don’t let the history repeat!#TiananmenSquareMassacre #FreeHongkong https://t.co/tUnMdnQqjh

— Dr. Li-Meng YAN (@DrLiMengYAN1) June 4, 2022

30 years ago, the CCP ordered its military to shoot the civilians and students who peacefully protested for the freedom and democracy. #TiananmenSquareMassacre pic.twitter.com/VDQqJUk9kA

— 澳喜公关外联 🌻🌻🌻中文 (@2_auxipr_CN) June 4, 2022

Art for the 33rd Anniversary of #TiananmenSquareMassacre #六四33周年 #八九 #六四 pic.twitter.com/M1NuxRr2z0

— 巴丢草 Badiucao💉💉 (@badiucao) June 3, 2022

#TiananmenSquareMassacre #TiananmenSquare

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Tomorrow, June 4th, is the date that China's government massacred thousands of innocent protesters.

But, according to the CCP, this never happened. pic.twitter.com/xqd6cPwY14

— Say No To Sino (@SayNoToSino) June 3, 2022

Did you know that ‘tank man’ lived? Did you know that #TiananmenSquareMassacre was a CIA color revolution? Did you know that the goal was to install a Yeltsin-type figure in China to privatize China’s banking system?pic.twitter.com/kCmYpu9vwu https://t.co/7zcDu7QiJG

— 🅰pocalypsis 🅰pocalypseos 🇷🇺 🇨🇳 🅉 (@apocalypseos) May 31, 2022

Heavy police presence in Causeway Bay on #June4, the anniversary of #TiananmenSquareMassacre. A man near Victoria Park has been surrounded by police officers for 25 mins. They have meticulously gone through everything in his bag, including every card pocket of his wallet. pic.twitter.com/9X1AAQzNHb

— Rachel Cheung (@rachel_cheung1) June 4, 2022

1989 4 June #TiananmenSquareMassacre pic.twitter.com/igH3PzMxq0

— WumaoHub (@WumaoHub) June 3, 2022

Today you will hear a lot about the so called “#TiananmenSquareMassacre” Beijing, China. This is part of the imperialists' Information War against China.

They will show you 1 image from Tiananmen Square; They do NOT want you to see this whole video: pic.twitter.com/HhKhuMXZMr

— کرن فاطمہ 🕊☭ (@kiranfatimaopal) June 4, 2022

One day—and let’s hope that day will be soon—the #Chinese people will take back their country from #CCP tyrants and govern themselves. #China #TiananmenSquareMassacre https://t.co/TivpnjRycQ

— Gordon G. Chang (@GordonGChang) June 4, 2022

Each life extinguished by the PRC is a flame that grows stronger with each passing year.

The #TiananmenSquareMassacre happened.

We will remember it, always.#TiananmenSquare https://t.co/kbHIpa8o9X

— PW 🔶 🌹 🇪🇺 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 (@PoliticalWelshy) June 4, 2022

Taking a tour of the @VoCommunism Museum in Washington, DC, opening Jun 13.

A replica of the Goddess of Democracy the students built before the June 4, 1989 #TiananmenSquareMassacre adorns the entranceway.

Keeping memory of crimes against humanity of Communism is *so critical*. pic.twitter.com/rtgiTePZ4M

— Jan Jekielek (@JanJekielek) June 2, 2022

They deceive the people by holding flags on 14th August and saying that they have celebrated independence while after independence from India the Pakistani nation has been enslaved by these dogs.#COAS #BajwaHasToGo #DGISPR #General_Bajwa#امپورٹڈ___حکومت___نامنظور pic.twitter.com/gfWOyHozu7

— Haroon Ur Rashid.Marwat (@haroon_rashid8) May 27, 2022

That’s so called civilian supremacy! #BajwaHasToGo https://t.co/iPuD9qEIus

— بھٹی (@qrrni) June 3, 2022

Kabhi Socha hei? IMF inky budget mein deduction ka kiu nhi kehti ?

I'm never against the defense budget but the matter of fact is ,that army has biggest businesses in Pakistan.They must be limities to their budgets. Institutes don't have authority to run business#BajwaHasToGo pic.twitter.com/FQx18JcEUP

— نعیم ثانی (@credo_mind) June 4, 2022

#BajwaHasToGo
Pakistan once again had a chance to move forward, to get out of American slavery. Unfortunately, Bajwa preferred the dollar over the national interest. pic.twitter.com/NpYbIBBEOe

— Zaiba.Rubaab (@RubaabZaiba) June 4, 2022

Keeping aside the debate about Bajwa being right or wrong, I acknowledge the fact that he depleted the credibility and integrity of the armed forces.#BajwaHasToGo https://t.co/7M7TmG1ZM0

— Manahil Jaffer (@ManahilJaffer) June 4, 2022

Change your life today. Don't gamble on the future, act now, without delay.#BajwaHasToGo pic.twitter.com/pDxATHJxYb

— Assad🇵🇰 (@AssadkPTI) June 4, 2022

Imran Khan is trying his best to save Pakistan from these thieves and America

Welcome to Purana Pakistan #GeoNews #COAS #BajwaHasToGo #RevolutionWithImranKhan pic.twitter.com/5xxS0I96GP

— iamsamra (@samra545) June 4, 2022

One is hard earner and the other is traitor #BajwaHasToGo https://t.co/whE0gPI5gu

— noorfatima (@noorfat07023109) June 4, 2022

And we @OfficialDGISPR are the lamber one in the world! Any shame for ruining my country? Any apology for your shameless and never ending meddling with our institutions? Look at the India you hv been poisoning us against since childhood. #BajwaHasToGo https://t.co/egvpFRwF4S

— Shah Marwan (@shahmarwn) June 4, 2022

1/I don’t talk about this a lot but I’ve been pulled over 4x in the past year alone by cops. Why? They tell me it’s because of something I did 1-2 miles back…aka they followed me for 1-2 miles before deciding to pull me over.

Black woman followed by cops for 1-2mi? Not good.

— Vivianne Castillo (@vcastillo630) May 28, 2022

Putin: Cotton Candy https://t.co/OY2fwcqBYV

— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) May 29, 2022

Nepal’s air safety record has been improving in recent years, but the crash on Sunday will once more highlight the dangers of domestic aviation in Nepal. https://t.co/MiC5KTy7iv

— Tufan Neupane (@tufanjee) May 29, 2022

One measure of a great 3-day weekend?

Zero minutes in the car.

Awesome to embrace vacation in your hometown.

— Marsden Kline (@marsdenkline) May 29, 2022

Lost $300k in $LUNA

Got an airdrop of $59

Thank you do kwon and team

— Ash WSB (@ashwsbreal) May 29, 2022

But here’s what those folks are NOT telling you: 1) no brand new enlistee in the Army (or any branch of the military) is given a firearm on Day 1 of his/her service. They receive quite a bit of training in firearm safety before they ever are allowed to handle the weapon – even pic.twitter.com/wTsav4LTPS

— John (@JohnKaminar) February 14, 2020

if they grew up around guns and know all about them. 2) When they do get to handle their M-16s for the first time, there are no bullets ANYWHERE around. After being trained in firearm safety, they are then trained on the weapon itself without ever firing a live round. They pic.twitter.com/YQEdTWG6ey

— John (@JohnKaminar) February 14, 2020

learn how to handle it, carry it safely, disassemble it, clean it, check it for functionality, and reassemble it. 3) When they finally do get to fire the weapon, they are closely, CLOSELY supervised by their sergeants and officers. In fact, when the trainees go to the trainees pic.twitter.com/xdoJyaJUBr

— John (@JohnKaminar) February 14, 2020

go to the firing range for the first time, there are almost as many sergeants on the range as there are trainees. And some of the sergeants are assigned the specific responsibility for ensuring everything is done according to Army safety regulations. 4) Once the recruits pic.twitter.com/mQdP8RBSMT

— John (@JohnKaminar) February 14, 2020

finish their training and join their units, they NEVER get to carry their firearms around. Those weapons are kept in the unit arms room under double lock and key – each weapon is locked into its storage rack and the arms room itself is locked. And the arms room is protected by pic.twitter.com/xky5cYk2uE

— John (@JohnKaminar) February 14, 2020

an alarm system. 5) No soldier of ANY rank can simply go to the unit armorer (the sergeant responsible for the arms room) and say, “Gee, Sergeant, may I please sign out my M-16? I feel like exercising my 2nd Amendment right today by carrying my rifle around just because I can.” pic.twitter.com/QTVA8tlLyg

— John (@JohnKaminar) February 14, 2020

No, the troops only sign out their weapons for authorized purposes, such as marksmanship training or field exercises, and when they do that, they are ALWAYS under the supervision of a sergeant – usually under the supervision of several sergeants and a few officers, to boot. So, pic.twitter.com/ECnd1ckAKd

— John (@JohnKaminar) February 14, 2020

friends, that’s the rest of that story. Those 18 year old soldiers whom we trust to carry an assault rifle are doing to under conditions so tightly regulated as to make any gun rights activist blanche in anger. The military recognizes that those weapons are so deadly that they pic.twitter.com/ytUKwKllZi

— John (@JohnKaminar) February 14, 2020

Are soldiers allowed to carry a assault weapons in public to Starbucks regardless of how well trained they are? pic.twitter.com/TqWEIg2Z1A

— MICHAEL RICHARDSON🌊🌊🌊🌊 (@MICHAEL1photog) May 28, 2022

The male urge to treat women as free therapy and to talk about how they have been unemployed and are living with their parents on a date

— trisha pan in nyc🗽 (@trishaepan) May 29, 2022

n

WTF!? This is so disturbing for so many reasons. https://t.co/TCCRd2wzjF

— Amy Hyslop-Stover MD (@dancingnancy43) May 29, 2022

Lord give me the confidence of a disgraced South Korean cryptocurrency developer who just vaporized $45 billion

— Lily (@nope_its_lily) May 29, 2022

Most 18yo Americans are not accredited investors, meaning they can't invest in their friends' startups. That would be dangerous!

But you can buy a gun online with bnpl (credit) in seconds. Or you can start gambling in a casino at 21! That's safe 🙂

— Daniel Koss (@danielkoss_) May 29, 2022

I don't think Scholz, Macron, and Draghi want Putin to win, not exactly. But they are afraid of Ukraine winning and the world changing, of becoming less relevant. A new European security structure won't see them as leaders after their appeasement.

— Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63) May 29, 2022

The complacent Western European old guard want to keep having it both ways. They claim the moral high ground & posture about human rights while funding Putin's police state and the war machine that is now slaughtering Ukrainians.

— Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63) May 29, 2022

You are right Gary. A Navalny-led fully democratic Russia at peace with a vibrant Ukraine would make NATO irrelevant, and the center of gravity in Europe would move east to Ukraine.

— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) May 29, 2022

I’ve been thinking about a16z’s obsession with crypto in the context of the downturn and had a realization. The past two tech downturns were reversed by the creation of new platforms. The internet for the dotcom crash and the iPhone post-housing crisis.

We need one for post-2022

— Dare Obasanjo (@Carnage4Life) May 29, 2022

Benedict Evans has argued that tech’s growth has been fueled by new platforms which are 10x the opportunity of the previous one. As one generation fades, the next one is even bigger.

The question is what platform can be bigger than the smartphone? A16Z is betting it’s crypto. pic.twitter.com/dAfYsbph14

— Dare Obasanjo (@Carnage4Life) May 29, 2022

Observation of a paradox at startups (and also at larger companies). People would be surprised by how much thought, time and effort is spent on people and culture issues at successful companies. A thread...

— Ho Nam (@honam) May 29, 2022

Oddly, it is 2018 again. I am sitting in my house getting a ton of credible pitches. I wonder what is going on that is causing teams to look at angels in volume again. Probably nothing.

— Dan Scheinman (@dscheinm) May 29, 2022

Russia's Democracy Movement will be tokenized. https://t.co/YaBK8rHUwV #russia #ukraine Please take a listen. This is my pitch.

— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) May 29, 2022

VC markets are close to frozen right now. I don’t think there’s reason to panic — mostly this is like March 2020 as everyone digests new info and waits for markets to stabilise. Expect a reopening in September.

(And yes the crossover fund picture is markedly worse).

— Fred Destin (@fdestin) May 29, 2022

“Pakistan has become less safe, not safer, after the Taliban’s victorious march into Kabul.” Read @husainhaqqani on how Islamabad’s bet on Afghanistan’s hardliners is backfiring. https://t.co/BS78WbHjWv

— Foreign Affairs (@ForeignAffairs) May 29, 2022

I tested positive today.
Was taking every precaution possible.
Don’t think it’s not going to happen to you. Stay safe!

— Billy Crystal (@BillyCrystal) May 28, 2022

You ever see firemen not go into a burning building to rescue kids?

Yup…neither have I.#KidVicious🤦🏻‍♂️

— KID VICIOUS🔪 (@kirkacevedo) May 29, 2022