Yoni rechtman

Democrats run some of the wealthiest states in the richest country on earth, but we fail at the most basic task of human society: building enough homes. If we can’t solve this in places we govern, it’s no wonder voters are losing faith in the party.

We're at the start of a new private equity X venture capital supercyle:

Whether it’s PE funds buying venture backed companies, venture funds launching PE strategies, or startups using PE-like approaches to buy their customers, something big is going on.

Uber saw me out of the house at 930 on a school night and knew something didn’t line up

‘Everybody Is Drinking Guinness.’ We Know Why. Guinness, the beer of Irish pubs and Irish men, has endeared itself to chug-happy Americans eager to “split the ‘G.’”

this is a profoundly dumb take. Everyone is drinking Guinness for 3 simple reasons

1. tastes great
2. low cal. you can't get fat on a guinny
3. low abv. it's literally impossible to get too drunk no matter how many guinnies you drink

www.nytimes.com/2024/12/03/d...

Real bummer. She used to be pretty normal and cool. Too much online really did her in.

Well put thread

I really did miss my chance by only 5 days huh

South Korea President Yoon declares martial law South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Tuesday declared martial law in an unannounced late night address broadcast live on YTN television.

So martial law in Korea seems pretty bad huh? www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...

AFAIK the case for presidential pardons is that the justice system is imperfect (sometimes slow, arbitrary, cruel). So the president is a safety valve to spare people in exceptional circumstances from those harms.

That’s a great case for reform and a terrible case for unlimited, unilateral pardons

Absolutely insane that private commercial trash collection happens in the middle of the night (midnight-4am) with ICE trucks stopping and starting. Unbelievable persistent noise nuisance that could easily be solved with EVs.

The pelicans are like a college team. This is painful #knicks

The Mets quarter zip is a nice touch

And yet people are mad if you either 1) only bring a small bag and put it there instead of at your feet or 2) bring no bag and put your coat there

Yes.

If I’m sitting in first or comfort (with dedicated bin space) I can put whatever I want in the overhead

The “creator economy” might not exist as distinct from “the economy” but creators are def real as a distinct kind of entrepreneur

Venture is a weird job The good and bad of VC, don't quit your day job, and 5 tarpit ideas worth building

My weekly roundup: here’s the skinny on this very weird “profession” of venture - good, bad, and other.

Plus 5 tarpit ideas that are worth building, why you shouldn't quit your day job, and an abundance update 99d.substack.com/p/venture-is...

Perhaps some sort of verification system. They could take folks who are notable and confirm their accounts are authentic. Then they could put some kind of simple visual symbol to represented that they have been checked

Witchcraft

I might it seriously if people were quitting their jobs to work full time for the government. People do that all the time! These guys just aren’t built that way

It’s not literally true but afaik DJF only did the seed round - $500k for crazy idea seems fine. The big black eye of fraud and no DD came later. But also also Tim Draper clearly lent her his name and enabled her. So basically, it’s complicated.

If you’re gonna cross post then I’m gonna cross post my replies

I got to my thanksgiving and left within 10 minutes to go buy bourbon

I did not do my PT yesterday. Streak snapped.

I feel pretty committed to the animated Boba Fett as my universal avatar across platforms BUT this image is really speaking to me right now. So much power, grace, feeling, in a single frame.

I did my PT today. One day streak.

not yet. i've still got time

Today is my last day to make a Forbes 30 Under 30 list. Time to do some big fraud while I still can.

Yeah I get that it feels icky but I don’t think it specifically bothers me. Kind of like “I should be paid for being here”