Charlie O’Donnell

America, we have to talk — Charlie O'Donnell - Coach, Writer, VC I didn’t like Charlie Kirk or anything he stands for. He and others like him made me angry. If I ever met him and got into a conversation with him, I think there’s a very strong chance I’d want to pun...

"The collective fear of the unknown became a useful tool for rallying the country in ways that were both popular and profitable.

Our society is a product of stoked fear... [but] Striking out violently against people you do not agree with is never ok."

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A magazine list showing #37, Zohran Mamdani, age 11, asked for Books, FIFA 2003 and SimCity 3000 video games.

we’re about to find out if loving SimCity makes you a better mayor

Mamdani was asked in 2002 by NY Mag what he wanted for Christmas and said SimCity 3000

“I Have Lost Everything”: The Toll of Cities’ Homeless Sweeps Cities often take belongings — including important documents and irreplaceable mementos — when they conduct sweeps of homeless encampments. ProPublica gave notecards to people across the country so…

We asked people who lived in homeless encampments that were cleared out in city “sweeps” to write about what object was the hardest for them to lose.

“They took my baby pictures and my moms obituaries,” a 29-year-old in California wrote.

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The #nygiants drafted a QB named Dart. That’s like a library cop named Bookman or an ice cream truck driver named Cone!

Is it me? $40B out of $73.1B = 54.72%.

So, of the remaining 45.28%, every other startup was only 3.63% of the total? Meaning that, without OpenAI, AI represented just 8% of all VC money?

Get Out of Kale Free

Eric Adams never met a quid he didn’t like.

He’s a pro at this kind of quo.

In 2009, I was kayaking in the Hudson when a helicopter collided w/a small plane. Nine ppl died. I was one of the first to the crash site. Can't believe more than 15yrs later we have an even more devastating crash + still haven't put in safety regs and warning systems to prevent this from happening.

Trump Throws Wrench into Offshore Wind — And New York’s Clean Energy… On his first day in office, Trump ordered federal agencies to halt all new approvals for offshore wind, which New York is counting on to meet climate…

Where are all the Silicon Valley Libertarians on this? This is a growth industry getting killed by government regulation.

Where’s Blow, Baby, Blow?

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Waymo is peak American innovation. With way less money they could have built a reliable public transport network, but instead someone was like "what if we could find a way for empty vehicles to contribute to traffic too? There's no reason we can't have more cars on the road than there are drivers"

You have about 200k in the bank and 0 debt. You have the best money managers in the world putting this to work. You spend 20k on a purchase you’ve been dreaming about your whole life and then spend another 7500 to upgrade it.

This was Steve Cohen’s Juan Soto decision, just w/way more zeros. #mets

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Billionaires shouldn’t exist.

Also:

No matter how tired you are or whatever else you have going on in your life, if your half asleep toddler asks, “Can you snuggle with me?” you will never regret saying “sure”.

son, I have tried to keep quiet about your character and behavior, but after listening to the way you made Samantha feel today, I cannot stay silent. And as a woman and your mother I feel I must speak out.. You are an abuser of women — that is the ugly truth and I have no respect for any man that belittles, lies, cheats, sleeps around, and uses women for his own power and ego. You are that man (and have been for years) and as your mother, it pains me and embarrasses me to say that, but it is the sad, sad truth. I am not a saint, far from it.. so don't throw that in my face,. but your abuse over the years to women (dishonesty, sleeping around, betrayal, debasing, belittling) needs to be called out. Sam is a good mother and a good person (under the circumstances that you created) and I know deep down you know that. For you to try to label her as "unstable" for your own advantage is despicable and abusive. Is there any sense of decency left in you? She did not ask for or deserve any of what has come to her by your hand. Neither did Meredith.

I know you think this is one big competition and that we have taken her side... bunk... we are on the side of good and that is not you. (Go ahead and call me self-righteous, I dont' care) Don't you dare run to her and cry foul that we shared with us... that's what babies do. It's time for someone (I wish it was a strong man) to stand up to your abusive behavior and call it out, especially against women We still love you, but we are broken by your behavior and lack of character. I don't want to write emails like this and never thought I would. If it damages our relationship further, then so be it, but at least I have said my piece. [Redacted] And yes, we are praying for you (and you don't deserve to know how we are praying, so skip the snarky reply) I don't want an answer to this... I don't want to debate with you. You twist and abuse everything I say anyway. But... On behalf of all the women (and I know it's many) you have abused in some way, I say... get some help and take an honest look at yourself... Mom

NEWS

The NYT has obtained an email that Pete Hegseth’s mom sent to her son in 2018.

In the email, Penelope Hegseth refers to her son as “an abuser of women.”

In an interview with the New York Times, Penelope Hegseth says she regrets sending the email to her son.

Full Story: bit.ly/3ZbUs9h

It’s unfortunate that Matt Eberflus didn’t coach long enough to see AI take over clock management. Perfect use case. #Bears #NFL

This is way better than PaperTree and Rithm. Glad you kept at it and found product/market fit!

Would you add milk to this?

I would love for @thecity.bsky.social to curate a list of essential follows for folks who care about a functional NYC that works for everyone. (Also, you should subscribe to them because they do great work.)

Nonprofit Service Providers Take on Debt, Mull Layoffs as City Hall Slow Walks Payments At least one major organization has had to shutter, while others are preparing to scale back work and staff because of snowballing financial issues.

Nonprofit organizations around New York are still facing months-long delays in getting paid on city government contracts, recently forcing some to close their doors while others are worried about paying their staff.