COURAGE is when you're a night-shift custodian, who protects students by taking on a masked intruder all by yourself - while cosplaying, tenured professors in matching safety vests sit outside, letting others implement the doctrine of destruction they teach.

Columbia University University

A few words about the protests/encampments at Columbia:

Back in December 2018, when I was a junior, a white student named Julian Von Abele was filmed going on an ethno-centric rant about how much he loved white people. He said things like: “White people are the best thing that

'Agitators' or terrorists, I guess it is all about context. In this case the context is masked people taking over a building by force and destruction which is slightly more than agitating (to arouse and raise concern).

What Columbia Should Have Learned From the Protests of 1968 // And also 1985... it wasn't the police that inflamed things as this article from 3 days ago says but letting the tents get set up in the first place or thinking classes ending was the end. in reality classes ending was

When we started AWS, we looked at the undesirable situation of developers spending 70% of their time on the undifferentiated muck of managing infrastructure (vs only 30% on what differentiated their customer experiences) and aimed to flip that equation on its head. It’s made a

Important to emphasize 'constantly under attack' -- not only in public discourse but with thousands of rockets 'targeting' civilians during the ceasefire culminating in a literal invasion on 10/7.

The talking paper clip could have explained this to you, but he’s long gone.

It’s like they are following a script it is so predictable once they took the university hostage.

Taking 'freedom of expression' to a whole new level of implementing blatantly illegal actions on public property.

Also, wearing masks isn't a protocol anymore (and outdoors it never was). I wonder why they are wearing them...(rhetorical)

What changed from before until now? It wasn't a surge iPad sales. It wasn't the DMA criteria. It must be the success and 'market feedback' over how much more choice and better quality the DMA created in such a short time...

I rarely post anymore because the internet is full of trolls. But since the trolls are now coming to me, I guess no reason not to do so. I have lived next to UCLA for close to 20 years, and I can't believe what I am watching occur on the campus and in my neighborhood. I don't

This is true. And horrible. For this to work you really need a product that is so essential and works for one bit of the promise long enough that the rest can be delivered (like Tesla and FSD) AND a core 'enthusiast' audience who goes along for the process.

Tonight. Live at 8:05pm ET. Talking with Anderson Cooper 360° CNN about protests on college campuses.

Academic Munich (a phrase coined by great Harvard Dean Henry Rosovsky) fits this moment. I am beyond appalled that Harvard leadership was unable to prevent a Palestinian flag from being

'The general principle we will abide by is to provide the greatest leeway possible for free expression, even expression of viewpoints that some find deeply offensive. We only will intervene when what might have been an exercise of free expression blocks the learning or expression

How we fought bad apps and bad actors in 2023 In 2023, we prevented 2.28 million policy-violating apps from being published on Google Play… // This number is astounding. Imagining either a 5% false positive or negative is mind-blowing. security.googleblog.com/2024/04/how-we…

Latest Harvard-Harris poll:

• Israel more favored that Ukraine, FBI, SCOTUS
• A strong majority of voters continue to support Israel in the conflict, and two-thirds feel Israel is trying to minimize casualties
• Most voters agree Mamas should be removed from gaza, but are

It was wonderful to see so many of the world’s great entertainers coming together to celebrate some of the world’s great scientists at the 2024 Breakthrough Prize. youtube.com/live/XnNsH2g0g…

1/ For too long, big financial institutions have felt the need to build everything in-house, while startups struggled to navigate these complex organizations. As former founders and executives at a16z - we see the opportunity to accelerate a more collaborative future.

Columbia and the president are being held hostage by the protestors making demands while the university is 'negotiating' and 'discussing' in an effort to save graduation. president.columbia.edu/news/statement…

Also protestors clearly have no idea how endowments or investments in general work.

This is what Europe does. Regulate > Innovate. 9to5mac.com/2024/04/29/eu-…