Nerding out on leadership, sustainability, purpose-driven entrepreneurship. Prev: Questify, @xprize,@singularityu,@pewtrusts. @Wesleyan_u+@georgetownsfs. #YNWA
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“I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. I felt fear more times than I can remember, but I hid it behind a mask of boldness. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.” -Nelson Mandela
“Give as you go. Don’t wait to accumulate and for the perfect moment. Giving grows as you get into it.” -my friend and one of my personal heroes, @VRFerose .
Service AS the path. This man lives it.
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"The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new." -Socrates
Israel must loudly arrest the West Bank settlers who are killing Palestinians. slate.com/news-and-politics/… via @slate
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Yesssssss. More of this. Much more of this.
Judge Rules in Favor of Montana Youths in a Landmark Climate Case nytimes.com/2023/08/14/us/mo…
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I’ve masochistically gone out of my way to attempt to rationally engage in places like Parler and Truth Social over the years, as well as with people from my past on Facebook, and can confirm that this is what that engagement consistently looks and feels like. 👇
Remembering the first time I knowingly encountered the befuddling thing I would eventually know as MAGA.
It was 2008, on Facebook.
It was my old college buddy, Stove Minivan.
(Names have been changed to mock the guilty.)
(Link at the end of the thread to avoid throttling)
ALT Donald Trump in 2016 greets a screaming horde of ecstatic white christian nationalists
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Why I Gave Up My Newcastle United Season Ticket footballparadise.com/why-i-g… via @Football_P
“I’m not saying 12 white men would have avoided this mess, [but I’m not NOT saying that].” 🤦♂️
If only there were more white males on bank boards during the 1929 and 2008 crashes…oh wait… 🧐
Andy Kessler and @WSJ rightfully getting owned today for this nonsense.
From the Wall Street Journal's explanation of why Silicon Valley Bank failed:
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A new Tiktokified newsfeed optimized for attention? What could go wrong? 🤪
Would love to see Systrom/Krieger invest in reversing the decay of local news & journalism. If keeping citizens informed (vs. users addicted) is the goal I'm listening...
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