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16 y/o 🛠 Pivot Essentials

Joined February 2026
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michael spent his weekend reviewing shampoo. we invest in startups.
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Was amazing. If you were hesitant to apply this year, you won't regret applying for the next.
Some scenes from 2E 2026. We got a bunch of unusually curious teenagers together, took them to see some wild technology, and let them spend a few days with people who are just as obsessed with their interests as they are. Pretty good way to spend a weekend.
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Heavy metals are an issue in consumer products and certain foods, but Oasis turned it into a joke. When an issue is distorted and obfuscated, people get fatigued and give up; unable to determine threat. This is the essence of the pushback, not to defend heavy metals.
Oasis fear for profit scheme continues. Lead in everyday vegetables: Potatoes: 4.82 µg /serving - About 9x CA Prop 65 - 220% above FDA threshold for children Lettuce: 2.15 µg /serving - About 4x CA Prop 65 - 98% of FDA threshold for children. Tomato: 1.14 µg /serving - About 4x CA Prop 65 - 48% of FDA threshold for children. Food from the earth has trace heavy metals. This does not mean it’s harmful. The Prop 65 level is set with a 1,000x margin of safety to “no observable harm.” That means this threshold says you could have 1,000 times the level - or 162 Aloha bars - every day, for years, and would still see no harm. Not to mention these levels were set based on the context of lead contamination in drinking water (ie, pipes), not naturally occurring lead forms - which are far less bioavailable. Next, the FDA threshold for children must be compared against children portions, not adults. So once again Oasis missed basic arithmetic and are falsely representing the data. Calling out food for having trace heavy metals and saying it’s a health crisis is like calling out breathing for being toxic because too much oxygen in your blood is harmful. If you want to eat food, you will consume heavy metals. And you’ll be just fine. Consuming this type of content, however, will result in fear and misunderstanding.
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Oasis fear for profit scheme continues. Lead in everyday vegetables: Potatoes: 4.82 µg /serving - About 9x CA Prop 65 - 220% above FDA threshold for children Lettuce: 2.15 µg /serving - About 4x CA Prop 65 - 98% of FDA threshold for children. Tomato: 1.14 µg /serving - About 4x CA Prop 65 - 48% of FDA threshold for children. Food from the earth has trace heavy metals. This does not mean it’s harmful. The Prop 65 level is set with a 1,000x margin of safety to “no observable harm.” That means this threshold says you could have 1,000 times the level - or 162 Aloha bars - every day, for years, and would still see no harm. Not to mention these levels were set based on the context of lead contamination in drinking water (ie, pipes), not naturally occurring lead forms - which are far less bioavailable. Next, the FDA threshold for children must be compared against children portions, not adults. So once again Oasis missed basic arithmetic and are falsely representing the data. Calling out food for having trace heavy metals and saying it’s a health crisis is like calling out breathing for being toxic because too much oxygen in your blood is harmful. If you want to eat food, you will consume heavy metals. And you’ll be just fine. Consuming this type of content, however, will result in fear and misunderstanding.
The 5 highest-lead protein bars in 2026 testing Aloha Peanut Butter Cup: 3.08 µg /serving - About 6.2× California’s Prop 65 lead benchmark - 140% of FDA’s daily lead benchmark for children Santa Cruz Paleo Chocolate: 1.80 µg - 3.6× Prop 65 benchmark - 82% FDA’s benchmark David Peanut Butter Chocolate Chunk: 1.67 µg - 3.6× Prop 65 benchmark - 76% FDA’s benchmark Kreatures of Habit Daily Bar Chocolate Peanut Butter Banger: 1.36 µg - 2.7× Prop 65 benchmark - 62% FDA’s benchmark GoMacro Smooth Sanctuary: 0.98 µg - Nearly 2× Prop 65 benchmark - 44% FDA’s benchmark Check Oasis app for the complete protein bar reports
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